Question

________________ does not attempt to reverse the actions of compiler; rather it transforms the input program repeatedly until HLL code is achieved.

(a) Debugger

(b) Hex Editor

(c) Disassembler

(d) Decompiler

This question was posed to me in class test.

This key question is from Attack Vectors in chapter Understanding Attack Vectors of Cyber Security

Answer 1

The correct choice is (d) Decompiler

To explain I would say: Usually, decompiler is feed with executable files and it tries to produce high-level code. They can be said as opposite of compiler. It does not attempt to reverse the actions of a compiler; rather it transforms the input program repeatedly until HLL code is achieved.