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Answers Answer 1. example_1 and ltest are valid HP ALLBASE/4GL names. HP ALLBASE/4GL names cannot contain hyphens or periods, and cannot be longer than 16 characters long. Answer 2. File names and SQL select list names cannot be up to 16 characters long. Both of these can have a maximum of only 8 characters. Answer 3. No, N-number and N-NUMBER refer to different numeric constants. HP ALLBASE/4GL is case sensitive. Answer 4. Field specifications are defined in the Dictionary. Answer 5. Record layouts are used in file definition. The record layout defines the format of records in a file. It specifies the fields, their sequence, and which fields are to be used as key fields. Answer 6. File definition defines the characteristics of a file, such as its external name, its HP ALLBASE/4GL name, and the record layouts associated with the file. File creation physically allocates space to, and creates, a file. Answer 7. Record layouts need to be generated. Files and field specifications don't need to be generated. Answer 8. All of them. When you enter a lower case value in a field defined as type U edit code, HP ALLBASE/4GL automatically upshifts the letters. Numbers are accepted too.