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CS201- Introduction to Programming

What will be the correct syntax of the following statement?
ptr is a constant pointer to integer.

const int *ptr ;

const *int ptr ;

int const *ptr ;

int *const ptr ;

How many dimensions does n-dimensional array has?

n dimensions

2n dimensions

(n+1) dimensions

(n-1) dimensions

The memory address of the first element of an array is called

floor address

foundation address

first address

base address

'while' loop becomes infinite when __________ .

the condition is always false

the condition is less than zero

the condition is always true

the condition contains a logical operator

We want to access array in random order which of the following

approach is better?

Pointers

Array index

Both pointers and array index are better

Matrix

In C/C++, the #include is called______________.

Header file

Preprocessor Directive

Statement

Function

Assignment operator is used for ___________.

Calculation

Reading

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assigning values to variables

equality checking

Programming a computer simply means telling it __________.

why to do

when to do

what to do

how to do

Using a segment of source code again by adding new functionalities

with slight or no modification is termed as ____________.

code efficiency

code reusability

code modification

code compatibility

From the options given, you need to choose the option which is true
for the given code.
for (int i = 1; i > 0; i++) {
/* loop code */
}
the logical operator && cannot be used in a test condition
the while loop is an exit-condition loop
the test condition is always false
the test condition is always true
C is a/an ______ language.

low level

object based

object oriented

function oriented

___________ operator is used to pass the address of a variable to

the called function.

*

**

&

&&

In C/C++, there are _________ levels of scope for identfiers.

2

4

3

1

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What will be the correct syntax for initialization of a pointer ptr with
string "programming"?

char *ptr = ‘programming’ ;

*ptr = “programming” ;

char ptr = ’programming’ ;

char *ptr = “programming” ;

C is widely known as development language of _______ operating

system.

Windows

Unix

Mac OS

Linux

In C/C++, the header file used for string manipulation is

__________.

stdlib.h

string.h

strings.h

stype.h

In C/C++, when two programs a and b are trying to open a file

xyz.txt at same time then ___________.

Both programs will generate error

Only one of them will succeed in opening that file and other will fail

Both programs will open the file

One of the program will re-start

__________ is used to check for the end of file when a file is being
read.

Eof

Endline

Fend

Endf

The function write() takes ___________________as parameter(s).

String of pointer type

String of variable lengths, no. of bytes to be read and flags

Pointer array of characters and a delimiter

String and no. of bytes to be written

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A ________ name includes a primary name and an optional period

with an extension.

File

Disk

Data

Database

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 2 )

Write the code to access the element at third row and second column of a 2D
array uses pointer named arrayptr .

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 2 )

Identify each of these functions as character conversion functions or
manipulation functions.

1. int isprint( int c )

2. int tolower( int c )

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 3 )

Determine the output of the given code segment.

#include <iostream.h>

main()
{
char *name[] = {"Ali", "Ahmad", "Riaz"};
int x;
int y;

x = sizeof(name);
y = sizeof(*name);

cout<<x<<endl<<y;

return 0;
}

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 3 )

Explicitly opening and closing a file by using open() and close() functions
provide us an advantage in term of memory utilization. Mention that
advantage.

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