CS201 Midterm Mega File by Adil Alvi

CS201- Introduction to Programming · Latest Solved Mcqs from Midterm Papers · May 07,2011 · Lectures 1-22

asad Asad Ali

Latest Mcqs

Spring 2010

Q1. In order to get 256 from the number 2568 we divide this number by 10 and take, (1 marks)

1. Its remainder
2. The number
3. Its quotient
4. Its divisor

Correct answer: Its quotient

Q2. The correct syntax of do-while loop is, (1 marks)

1. (condition ) while; do { statements; };
2. { statements; } do-while ();
3. while(condition); do { statements; };
4. do { statements; } while (condition);

Correct answer: do { statements; } while (condition);

Q3. Which of the following function(s) is/are included in stdlib.h header file? (1 marks)

1. double atof(const char *nptr)
2. int atoi(const char *nptr)
3. char *strcpy ( char *s1, const char *s2)
4. 1 and 2 only (Pg 191)

Correct answer: 1 and 2 only (Pg 191)

Q4. If the break statement is missed in switch statement then, (1 marks)

1. The compiler will give error
2. This may cause a logical error (Pg 76)
3. No effect on program
4. Program stops its execution

Correct answer: This may cause a logical error (Pg 76)

Q5. The data type before a function name represents its, (1 marks)

1. Return Type ( Pg 499)
2. Function data
3. Function arguments
4. Function name

Correct answer: Return Type ( Pg 499)

Q6. Member function tellg() returns the current location of the _____________ pointer. (1 marks)

1. tellptr()
2. write()
3. seekg()
4. get() (Pg 215)

Correct answer: get() (Pg 215)

Q7. What does 5 | 6 , evaluate to in decimal where ‘|’ is bitwise OR operator? (1 marks)

5 | 6 =

0 1 1 1 = 7

Q8. C is widely (1 marks)

known as development language of _______ operating system.

1. Linux
2. Windows
3. Unix (Pg 12)
4. Mac OS

Correct answer: Unix (Pg 12)

Q9. What will be (1 marks)

the result of arithmetic expression 6+27/3*3?

1. 33
2. 45
3. 9
4. 30

Correct answer: 9

Q10. How many (1 marks)

bytes are occupied by declaring following array of characters?

char str[] = “programming”;

1. 10
2. 11
3. 12
4. 13

Correct answer: 12

Q11. What will be (1 marks)

the correct syntax for initialization of pointer ptr with string "programming"?

1. char ptr = ’programming’ ;
2. char *ptr = “programming” ;
3. char *ptr = ‘programming’ ;
4. *ptr = “programming” ;

Correct answer: char *ptr = “programming” ;

pg 166

array element in each array initialized with a single character enclosed in single quote.

pg 21

While assigning a character value to a char type variable single quotes are used around the character as ‘a’.

Q12. What will be the result of expression x%= 2, if x = 7? (1 marks)

Q13. UNIX has been developed in ________ language. (1 marks)

(pg 12)

Q14. Declaring structures does not mean that memory is allocated. (1 marks)

(Pg 229)

Q15. What will be the value of i and j in the following code segment? (1 marks)

int i, j ; int x[5] = {2, 3, 4, 8, 9} ; int *ptr =&x[2]; i = (*ptr)++ ; j = *ptr++ ;

Q16. When an array element is passed to a function, it is passed by ----------------. (1 marks)

(Pg 266)

data type