Computer interview questions – page 52

A pointer is

1. A.data type of an address variable
2. B.a variable for storing address
3. C.indication of the variable to be accessed next
4. D.address of a variable

A relational operator

1. A.assigns operand to another
2. B.yields a Boolean result
3. C.logically combines two operands
4. D.compares two operands

An array element is accessed using

1. A.member name
2. B.an index number
3. C.dot operator
4. D.a first in first out approach

The acronym ANSI stands for

1. A.American National Standards International
2. B.American National Standards Instructions
3. C.American National Standards Institute
4. D.American National Software Incorporation

Data structure suitable for the application is discussed in

1. A.Interface design
2. B.Procedural design
3. C.Architectural design
4. D.Data design

Which of the following is a tool in design phase?

1. A.Abstraction
2. B.Refinement
3. C.Information hiding
4. D.All of these

Which of the following types of maintenance takes the maximum chunk of the total maintenance efforts in a typical commercial application environment?

1. A.Adaptive Maintenance
2. B.Perfective Maintenance
3. C.Preventive Maintenance
4. D.Corrective Maintenance

A CPU generally contains

1. A.Instruction decoding circuit
2. B.Control and timing section
3. C.Registers and ALU
4. D.All of these

Terms used to describe concurrent processing via CRT in unit processor system is/are

1. A.Online processing
2. B.Interactive processing
3. C.Time sharing
4. D.All of these

In the batch processing environment, data is

1. A.Collected over a period of time
2. B.Processed immediately
3. C.Held in a temporary computer file
4. D.Entered directly into the computer

Computer instructions in a program are performed in which order?

1. A.Random
2. B.Parallel
3. C.Consecutive
4. D.All of these

An application program that helps the user to change any number and immediately see the result of that change is

1. A.Spreadsheet
2. B.Desktop publishing program
3. C.E-mail Editor
4. D.Database

_____ is a variable name used to identify a function.

1. A.Name
2. B.Structure name
3. C.Function name
4. D.Variable name

Which of the following statements is not true about C language?

1. A.Every instruction is terminated by semicolon
2. B.It is case insensitive
3. C.Comments can be placed anywhere in the program code
4. D.It has features of both high level and low level languages

The range concept of a spread sheet is its ability to

1. A.Calculate random portions of that spread
2. B.Print only selected portions of that spread sheet
3. C.Indentify subordinate portions of the spread sheet
4. D.Merge two spread sheets in similar areas

A microcomputer consists of at least an input unit, an output unit, microprocessor unit, and a

1. A.Stabilizer
2. B.Memory unit
3. C.Printer
4. D.Network

A program to detect overall system malfunction is

1. A.System diagnostics
2. B.System software
3. C.System analysis
4. D.Utilities

In an IBM PC, ROM contains

1. A.The file manager
2. B.The I/0 manager
3. C.The operating system supervisor
4. D.All of these

Home finance programs are

1. A.Inventory management programs
2. B.Project management programs
3. C.Accounting programs
4. D.None of these

The shell

1. A.Accepts command from the user
2. B.Maintains directories of files
3. C.Translates the keyboard's character codes
4. D.None of these

In object oriented design of software

1. A.Classes are always different
2. B.Classes are defined based on the attributes of objects
3. C.Objects inherit the properties of the class
4. D.All of these

The extent to which the software can control to operate correctly despite the introduction of invalid input is called as

1. A.Portability
2. B.Fault tolerance
3. C.Robustness
4. D.Reliability

The maximum error distribution is in

1. A.Testing
2. B.Coding
3. C.Design
4. D.Requirement analysis

The model which estimates the total effort in terms of person, months of the technical project staff, is

1. A.COCOMO Model
2. B.Waterfall model
3. C.Prototyping
4. D.Spiral

Game programs include

1. A.Video arcade games
2. B.Adventure games
3. C.Simulation games
4. D.All of these

The principle, a function can always be replaced by its value (irrespective of the context), without changing the meaning is called

1. A.Referential transparency
2. B.Context-free
3. C.Orthogonality
4. D.Unbinding

Types of design phase 1s/are

1. A.One
2. B.Two
3. C.Three
4. D.Four

Data flow diagram, regular expression and transition table can be combined to provide _____ for functional specification of system software.

1. A.Event Table
2. B.Decision table
3. C.Finite state automata
4. D.None of these

In object oriented design of software, objects have

1. A.Attributes name and operations
2. B.Attributes and name only
3. C.Operations and name only
4. D.None of these

To write a program that solves a given problem, a programmer

1. A.Debugs the program
2. B.Designs an algorithm
3. C.Codes an algorithm in a programming language
4. D.All of these