1.      Distinguish between machine language and assembly language.

2.      Distinguish between assembly language and high-level language.

3.      Which computer language is directly related to and understood by a computer?

4.      List four steps in programming language translation.

5.      List four common computer language paradigms.

6.      Compare and contrast a procedural paradigm with an object-oriented paradigm.

7.      Define a class and a method in an object-oriented language.  What is the relation between these two concepts and the concepts of an object?

8.      What is a functional paradigm?

9.      What is a declarative paradigm?