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Types Of Programming Language, Translators And Ides (GCSE Computing)

The following is a GCSE Computing test covering 'Types Of Programming Language, Translators And Ides' from the broader topic 4. Software. The test is geared towards the CAMBRIGE-IGCSE exam board style syllabus.
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What is the purpose of a linker in the build process?
Which programming language type is written using 0s and 1s and directly executed by the CPU?
Which translator is responsible for converting source code written in a high-level language to assembly language or machine code?
What does an IDE’s “auto-complete” (code completion) feature provide?
Which language is considered low-level and uses mnemonic codes like MOV and ADD that are translated by an assembler?
Which IDE feature helps enforce consistent coding style and flags suspicious patterns before runtime?
What does an interpreter do when executing a program?
Why might a developer use a REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop) during development?
Which language characteristic means types are checked at compile time?
What is the main difference between a compiled language and an interpreted language?
Which translator produces platform-independent code that requires a virtual machine like the JVM?