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Intermediate Code & Optimization

GATE CSE & IT · 22 questions across 10 years (1994-2025) · 25% recurrence rate

Recurrence sparkline

19942025
199420102025

Difficulty mix

easy 50%
med 50%

Question types

MCQ15
NAT4
MTF2
MSQ1

All 22 questions on Intermediate Code & Optimization

2025 PYQ

Refer to the given 3-address code sequence. This code sequence is split into basic blocks. The number of basic blocks is ________ . (Answer in integer) $$\begin{aligned} & \text { 1001: } \mathrm{i}=1 \\ & \text { 1002:...

Easy
2025 PYQ

Which ONE of the following techniques used in compiler code optimization uses live variable analysis?

Easy
2024 PYQ

Consider the following expression: $x[i] = (p + r) * -s[i] + \frac{u}{w}$. The following sequence shows the list of triples representing the given expression, with entries missing for triples (1), (3), and (6). (0) + p r...

Med
2024 PYQ

Consider the following pseudo-code. L1: t1 = -1 L2: t2 = 0 L3: t3 = 0 L4: t4 = 4 * t3 L5: t5 = 4 * t2 L6: t6 = t5 * M L7: t7 = t4 + t6 L8: t8 = a[t7] L9: if t8 L10: t1 = t8 L11: t3 = t3 + 1 L12: if t3 L13: t2 = t2 + 1 L1...

Med
2024 PYQ

Consider the following two sets: Set X P. Lexical Analyzer Q. Syntax Analyzer R. Intermediate Code Generator S. Code Optimizer Set Y 1. Abstract Syntax Tree 2. Token 3. Parse Tree 4. Constant Folding Which one of the fol...

Easy
2021 PYQ

In the context of compilers, which of the following is/are NOT an intermediate representation of the source program?

Easy
2021 PYQ

For a statement S in a program, in the context of liveness analysis, the following sets are defined: USE(S): the set of variables used in S IN(S): the set of variables that are live at the entry of S OUT(S): the set of v...

Easy
2021 PYQ

Consider the following ANSI C code segment: z = x + 3 + y -> f1 + y -> f2; for (i = 0; i < 200; i = i + 2){ if (z > i) { P = p + x + 3; q = q + y -> f2; } else { p = p + y -> f2; q = q + x + 3; } } Assume that the variab...

Med
2021 PYQ

Consider the following C code segment: a = b + c; e = a + 1; d = b + c; f = d + 1; g = e + f; In a compiler, this code segment is represented internally as a directed acyclic graph (DAG). The number of nodes of nodes in...

Med
2016 PYQ

Consider the following code segment. x = u - t; y = x * v; x = y + w; y = t - z; y = x * y; The minimum number of total variables required to convert the above code segment to static single assignment form is .

Easy
2015 PYQ

Consider the intermediate code given below. (1) i = 1 (2) j = 1 (3) t1 = 5 ∗ i (4) t2 = t1 + j (5) t3 = 4 ∗ t2 (6) t4 = t3 (7) a[t4] = -1 (8) j = j + 1 (9) if j<=5 goto (3) (10) i=i+1 (11) if i<5 goto (2) The number of n...

Med
2015 PYQ

The least number of temporary variables required to create a three-address code in static single assignment form for the expression $$q + r / 3 + s - t * 5 + u * v/w$$ is _______________.

Med
2015 PYQ

Match the following: GROUP 1 GROUP 2 P. Lexical analysis 1. Graph coloring Q. Parsing 2. DFA minimization R. Register allocation 3. Post-order traversal S. Expression evaluation 4. Production tree

Easy
2015 PYQ

In the context of abstract-syntax-tree $$(AST)$$ and control-flow-graph $$(CFG),$$ which one of the following is TRUE?

Med
2014 PYQ

Consider the basic block given below. a = b + c c = a + d d = b + c e = d - b a = e + b The minimum number of nodes and edges present in the DAG representation of the above basic block respectively are

Med
2014 PYQ

Which one of the following is FALSE?

Easy
2014 PYQ

For a C program accessing X[ i ] [ j ] [ k ], the following intermediate code is generated by a compiler. Assume that the size of an integer is 32 bits and the size of a character is 8 bits. t0 = i * 1024 t1 = j * 32 t2...

Med
2014 PYQ

One of the purposes of using intermediate code in compilers is to

Easy
2010 PYQ

The program below uses six temporary variables a, b, c, d, e, f. a = 1 b = 10 c = 20 d = a + b e = c + d f = c + e b = c + e e = b + f d = 5 + e return d + f Assuming that all operations take their operands from register...

Med
2008 PYQ

Some code optimizations are carried out on the intermediate code because

Easy
2006 PYQ

Consider the following C code segment. for (i = 0; i < n; i++) { for (j=0; j < n; j++) { if (i%2) { x += (4*j + 5*i); y += (7 + 4*j); } } } Which one of the following is false ?

Med
1994 PYQ

Generation of intermediate code based on an abstract machine model is useful in compilers because

Easy