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TCS - Question paper - 15    Conducted On -- l-2004   

Subject: C and COBOL (fwd)

  1.The C language terminator is

  a.semicolon 

  b.colon

  c.period

  d.exclamation mark

2.What is false about the following

  A compound statement is

  a.A set of simple statments

  b.Demarcated on either side by curly brackets

  c.Can be used in place of simple statement

  d.A C function is not a compound statement.

3.What is true about the following

  C Functions

  a.Need not return any value

  b.Should always return an integer

  c.Should always return a float

  d.Should always return more than one value.

4.Main must be written as

  a.the first function in the program

  b.Second function in the program

  c.Last function in the program

  d.any where in the program

5.Which of the following about automatic variables within a function

  is correct ?

  a.its type must be declared before using the variable

  b.they are local

  c.they are not initialised to zero

  d.they are global.

6.Write one statement equalent to the following two statements

  x=sqr(a);

  return(x);

  Choose from one of the alternatives

  a.return(sqr(a));

  b.printf("sqr(a)");

  c.return(a*a*a);

  d.printf("%d",sqr(a));

7.Which of the following about the C comments is incorrect ?

  a.commentscan go over multiple lines

  b.comments can start any where in the line

  c.a line can contain comments with out any language statements

  d.comments can occur within comments 

8.What is the value of y in the following code?

   x=7;y=0;

   if(x=6)

    y=7;

   else

    y=1;

  a.7

  b.0

  c.1

  d.6

9.Read the function conv() given below

  conv(int t)

   {

    int u;

    u=5/9 * (t-32);

    return(u0;

   }

  What

  a.15

  b.0

  c.16.1

  d.29

10.which of the following represents true statement

   either x is inthe range of 10 and 50 or y is zero

   a.x>=10 && x<=50 || y==0;

   b.

   c.

   d.

11.Which of the following is not an infinite loop ?

   a.while(1){

     ....

     }

   b.for(;;){

     ...

     }

   c.x=0;

     do{

     /*x unaltered within theloop*/

     ...

     }while(x==0);

   d.# define TRUE 0

     ...

     while(TRUE){

     ....

     }

12.what does the following function print?

   func(int i)

   {

   if(i%2)return 0;

   eale return 1;

   }

   main()

   {

   int =3;

   i=func(i);

   i=func(i);

   printf("%d",i);}

   a.3

   b.1

   c.0

   d.2

13.how does the C compiler interpret the following two statements

   p=p+x;

   q=q+y;

   a.p=p+x;

     q=q+y

   b.p=p+xq=q+y                     

   c.p=p+xq;

     q=q+y         

   d.p=p+x/q=q+y

  

   For questions 14,15,16,17 use the following alternatives

  

   a.int

   b.char

   c.string

   d.float

14.'9'

15."1 e 02"

16.10e05

17. 15

 

18.read the folllowing code

   # define MAX 100

   # define MIN 100

   ....

   ....

   if(x>MAX)

     x=1;

   else if(x<MIN)

     x=-1;

     x=50;

   if the initial value of x=200,what is the vlaue after executing this code?

   a.200

   b.1

   c.-1

   d.50

19.a memory of 20 bytes is allocated to a string declared as char *s

   then the following two statements are executed:

   s="Etrance"

   l=strlen(s);

   what is the value of l ?

   a.20

   b.8

   c.9

   d.21

20.given the piece of code

   int a[50];

   int *pa;

   pa=a;

   to access the 6th element of the array which of the following is incorrect?

   a.*(a+5)

   b.a[5]

   c.pa[5]

   d.*(*pa + 5)

21.consider the following structure:

   struct num nam{

                int no;

                char name[25];

                };

   struct num nam n1[]={{12,"Fred"},{15,"Martin"},{8,"Peter"},{11,Nicholas"}};

   .....

   .....

   printf("%d%d",n1[2],no,(*(n1 +  2),no) + 1);

   What does the above statement print?

   a.8,9

   b.9,9

   c.8,8

   d.8,unpredictable value

22.identify the in correct expression

   a.a=b=3=4;

   b.a=b=c=d=0;

   float a=int b=3.5;

   d.int a;

     float b;

     a=b=3.5;

23.regarding the scope of the varibles;identify the incorrect statement:

   a.automatic variables are automatically initialised to 0

   b.static variables are are automatically initialised to 0

   c.the address of a register variable is not accessiable

   d.static variables cannot be initialised with any expression

24.cond 1?cond 2?cond 3?:exp 1:exp 2:exp 3:exp 4;

   is equivalent to which of the following?

   a.if cond 1

     exp 1;

     else if cond 2

     exp 2;

     else if cond 3

     exp 3;

     else

     exp 4;

   b.if cond 1

      if cond 2

       if cond 3

          exp 1;

        else

           exp 2;

        else

           exp 3;

        else

           exp 4;

   c.if cond 1 && cond 2 && cond 3

     exp 1 |exp 2|exp 3|exp 4;

   d.if cond 3

        exp 1;

     else if cond 2

            exp 2;

     else if cond 3

            exp 3;

     else

            exp 4;

25.the operator for exponencation is

   a.**

   b.^

   c.%

   d.not available

26.which of the following is invalid

   a.a+=b

   b.a*=b

   c.a>>=b

   d.a**=b

27.what is y value of the code if input x=10

   y=5;

   if (x==10)

   else if(x==9)

   elae y=8;

   a.9

   b.8

   c.6

   d.7

28.what does the following code do?

   fn(int n,int p,int r)

   {

   static int a=p;

    switch(n){

            case 4:a+=a*r;

            case 3:a+=a*r;

            case 2:a+=a*r;

            case 1:a+=a*r;

   }

   }

   a.computes simple interest for one year

   b.computes amount on compound interest for 1 to 4 years

   c.computes simple interest for four year    

   d.computes compound interst for 1 year

29.a=0;

   while(a<5)

   printf("%d\n",a++);

   how many times does the loop occurs?

   a.infinite

   b.5

   c.4

   d.6

30.how many times does the loop iterated ?

   for (i=0;i=10;i+=2)

    printf("Hi\n");

   a.10

   b.2

   c.5

   d.....

31.what is incorrect among teh following

   A recursive functiion

   a.calls itself

   b.is equivalent to a loop

   c.has a termination cond

   d.does not have a return value at all

32.which of the following go out of the loopo if expn 2 becoming false

   a.while(expn 1){...if(expn 2)continue;}

   b.while(!expn 1){if(expn 2)continue;...}

   c.do{..if(expn 1)continue;..}while(expn 2);

   d.while(!expn 2){if(expn 1)continue;..}

33.consider the following program

 

    main()

 OB   {unsigned int i=10;

     while(i>=0){

     printf("%u",i)

     i--;

    }

   }

   how many times the loop wxecuted

   a.10

   b.9

   c.11

   d.infinite

34.pick out the add one out

   a.malloc()

   b.calloc()

   c.free()

   d.realloc()

35.consider the following program

   main()

   {

    int a[5]={1,3,6,7,0};

    int *b;

    b=&a[2];

   }

   the value of b[-1] is

   a.1

   b.3

   c.-6

   d.none

36.# define prod(a,b)=a*b

   main()

   {

    int x=2;

    int y=3;

    printf("%d",prod(x+2,y-10)); }

  

   the output of the program is

   a.8

   b.6

   c.7

   d.none

37.consider the following program sigment

   int n,sum=1;

   switch(n) {

   case 2:sum=sum+2;

   case 3:sum*=2;

          break;

   default:sum=0;}        

   if n=2, what is the value of sum

   a.0

   b.6

   c.3

   d.none

38.identify the incorrect one

   1.if(c=1)

   2.if(c!=3)

   3.if(a<b)then

   4.if(c==1)

   a.1 only

   b.1&3

   c.3 only

   d.all

39.teh format specified for hexa decimal is

   a.%d

   b.%o

   c.%x

   d.%u

40.find the output of the following program

   main()

   {

    int x=5, *p;

    p=&x;

    printf("%d",++*p);

    }

   a.5

   b.6

   c.0

   d.none

41.consider the following C code

   main()

   {

    int i=3,x;

    while(i>0)

    {

      x=func(i);

      i--;

    }

    int func(int n)

    {

     static sum=0;

     sum=sum+n;

     return(sum);

    }

   the final value of x is

   a.6

   b.8

   c.1

   d.3

43.int *a[5] refers to

   a.array of pointers

   b.pointer to an array

   c.pointerto a pointer 

   d......

46.which of the following statements is incorrect

   a.typedef struct new{

                                    int n1;

                                    char n2;

                                    } DATA;

   b.typedef struct {

                             int n3;

                             char *n4;           

                     }ICE;

   c.typedef union {

                            int n5;

                    float n6;

                            } UDT;

   d.#typedef union {

                             int n7;

                             float n8;

                            } TUDAT;      

 

 

 

 

  ANSWERS:  

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  1-5    D,C,D,C,C

 

  6-10   D,C,C,A,D

 

  11-15  D,C,A,A,A

 

  16-20  B,C,D,C,A

 

  21-25  C,D,B,D,A

 

  26-30  C,B,B,A,D

 

  31-35  B,C,C,C,B

 

  36-40  A,B,A,B,B

 

  41-45  A,D,D,D,A

 

  46-50  B,C,C,A,A 

 

The COBOL paper.

  01.consider the following piece of code

  01 GROSS-PAY

      05  BASIC-PAY  PIC 9(5)

      05  ALLOWENCES PIC 9(3)

   if BASIC-PAY has a value 1000 and ALLOWENCES has a value of 250,what will be

   displayed by the statement

          DISPLAY GROSS-PAY

   a.1250

   b.01000250

   c.01250

   d.1.250

02.consider two data items

 77 W-A PIC  9(3)V99   VALUE  23.75

   77 W-B PIC  ZZ9V99    VLAUE 123.45

   after the statement

     MOVE W-A  TO W-B

   what will be W-B's value?

   a.123.75

   b.b23.75 (where b indicates space)

   c.023.75

   d.invalid move

03.what is the result of the following?

  DIVIDE  A INTO  B  GIVING C.

    a.C=A/B

   b.the reminder of B/A is stored in C

   c.C=B/A

   d.the reminder of A/B is stored in C

04.consider the statement (incomplete)

   IF(A NUMERIC)

     DISPLAY A

   the variable A can be

   a.NUMERIC

   b.ALPHABETIC

   c.ALPHANUMERIC

   d.NUMERIC OR ALPHANUMERIC

05.which of the following can be used as a check protection symbol

   a.Z

   b.S

   c.*

   d.+

06.what if any ,is the syntex error in the following piece of code

   01 B   PIC A(7)

   02 C   PIC 9(4)

   ........

   IF(B NUMERIC)

    ADD 10 TO C

   a.the condition in the if statement is wrong

   b.noting is wrong

   c.because C is initialised.ADD 10 TO C is wrong

   d.both B and C shoud have same size.

07.study the following code

   01 A1

     05 B    PIC 99

     05 C    PIC X(4)

   01 A2

     05 B    PIC 99V99

     05 C    PIC A(4)

   pick out the valid statement from the following

   a.A1 and A2 can not have sub-ordinates

   b.A1 and A2 can have the same sub-ordinates but must have same PIC clause

   c.there is nothing wrong

   d.A1 and A2 can have same sub-ordinates provided they are not at 01 level

08.study the following

   01 A    PIC 99V0 VALUE 5

   01 B    PIC 9V9  VALUE 6

   01 C    PIC 99V9 VALUE 2.5

   01 D    PIC 99   VALUE 3

   COMPUTE A ROUNDED B C = A+B*C/D

    ON SIZE ERROR PERFORM PRINT-ERROR

   the comments of A.B.C after execution of the above statement are

   a.A=10  B=0   C=10

   b.A=10  B=9.9 C=9.9

   c.A=10  B=0   C=9.9

   d.A=10  B=6   C=10

09.how many times PARA-A is performed :

   PERFORM PARA-A VARYING TIMES-COUNTER FROM 1 BY 1

     UNTIL TIMES-COUNTER >0

   PARA-A

    MOVE P TO Q

    MOVE H TO TIMES COUNTER

   a.10

   b.1

   c.11

   d.0

10.consider the following piece of code

   01 GROUP-ITEM

    05  AMOUNT-1   PIC 99V9     USAGE COMP VALUE 50

    05  AMOUNT-2   PIC 9(4)V99  USAGE COMP

    MOVE ZERO TO GROUP-ITEM

    ADD 50 TO AMOUNT-1

   what will be the content of AMOUNT-1?

   a.50

   b.100

   c.0

   d.unpredictable

11.consider the following progrm statements

   MOVE 0 TO SW.NO.OF.REC

   PERFORM PRI-OUT UNTIL SW=1

   DISPALY NO.OF.REC

   STOP RUN

   PRE-OUT

    READ IN-FILE AT END

    MOVE 1 TO SW

    WRITE OUO-REC FROM IN-REC

    ADD 1 TO NO.OF REC

   if the IN-FILE contains 1000 records what value will be displayedafter the

   PERFORM is over?assume that N0.OF.REC has PIC 9(4)

   a.1000

   b.1001

   c.1

   d.none of the above since there is a syntex error

12.study the data discriptions and answer the questions given below

     i)01 ORDER RECORD

          05 OUT-HEADER  PIC  X(50)

          05 ITEM-COUNT  PIC  99

          05 OUT-ITEM    PIC  X(20) OCCURS 1 TO 20 DEPENDING ON ITEM-COUNT

    ii)01 NAME-AND-ADDRESS

          05  N-AND-A-LINE OCCURES 5

          05  LINE-LENGTH  PIC P9

          05  N-AND-A-CHAR PIC X OCCURS 1 TO 20 DEPENDING ON LINE-LENGTH

   iii)01 SALES-LIST

          05 SALESMAN-COUNT  PIC  99

          05 SALES           PIC  9(6) OCCURS 1 TO 100 DEPENDING ON

                      SALESMAN-COUNT

    iv)01 ORDER-RECORD

          05  NO-OF-BRANDS   PIC  99

          05  BRAND-PURCHASED OCCURS 1 TO 15 DEPENDING ON NO-OF-BRANDS

   which of the following is true?

   a.i) and iii) are valid

   b.i) and iv) are valid

   c.i) and iii) are not valid

   d.all are valid

13.C1 C2 C3 are three conditions whose TRUTH values are as folloes.

     C1-TRUE    C2-FALSE   C3-TRUE

     A,B,C are defined as given below

     A:C1 AND(NOT C2) OR C3

     B.(NOT C1) OR (NOT C2 AND NOT C3)

     C.(C1 OR C2)AND C3

     D.C1 AND C2 OR C3

   given the above information which of the following statements are valid?

   a.only A,B and C are TRUE

   b.only A,C and D are TRUE

   c.A,B,C and D are TRUE

   d.only C and D are TRUE

14.consider the following

     FD FILE-1

     01 REC-1    PIC X(80)

     ......

     WORKING-STORAGE SECTION

     01 W-REC    PIC X(90)

     ........

     PROCEDURE DIVISION

     FIRST-PARA

     .......

       READ FILE-1 INTO W-REC AT END MOVE 1 TO EOF-FLAG

   which of the following is true with respect to the above?

   a.REC-1 will contain nothing and W-REC will contain the contains of the

     record read

   b.REC-1 and W-REC contain the same data

   c.syntex is invalid and error will occur

   d.REC-1 and W-REC must be of same size

15.PERFORM ACCUMULATE-TOTALS

    VARYING A FROM 1 BY 2 UNTIL A >2

    AFTER B FROM1 BY 1 UNTIL B>2

    AFTER C FROM 2 BY -1 UNTIL C<2

   the paragraph ACCUMULATE-TOTALS would be exicuted

   a.18 times

   b.4 times

   c.8 times

   d.24 times

16.there is a file whose ORGANISATION is INDEXED.you want to read the records

   from the file in RANDOM fashion as well as sequentially.then which of the

   access mode would you specify?

   a.SEQUENTIAL

   b.RANDOM

   c.DYNAMIC

   D.ACCESS MODE has nothing to do with it

17.consider the following PROCEDURE DIVISION entry

     OPEN EXTEND IN-FILE

   identify the correct statement

   a.organization of IN-FILE is sequential and records can be added in the

     beginning

   b.organization of IN-FILE is sequential and records can be added in the

     end

   c.organization of IN-FILE is indexed and records can be added in the

     beginning

   d.organization of IN-FILE is indexed and records can be added in the end

18.what is the size of W-REC in the following

     01 W-REC

            05 A       PIC 9(4)V99

            05 B READLINES A

                 10 C PIC XX

                 10 D PIC S9(4)

            05 E OCCURS  7   PIC ZZ.ZZ

            05 F OCCURS  5

                 10 G PIC ZZ.ZZZ99

                 10 H OCCURS 3

                          15 J  PIC  9(3)

                          15 K  PIC  V99

   a.177

   b.161

   c.180

   d.none of yhe above

19.consider the following two IF statements:

            IF X AND NOT Y MOVE A TO B

            IF Z=1 OR 9 MOVE A TO B

   select one of the following data divusion entries which gives identical

   results for both the above IF statements

   a.01  Z   PIC 9

             88 X VALUE 1.9

             88 Y VALUE 0.2 THRU 8

   b.01  Z   PIC 9

             88 X VALUE 0.2 THRU 8

             Y VALUE 1.9

   c.01  Z   PIC 9

             88 X VALUE 1.9

             88 NOT-Y VALUE 0.2 THRU 1.9

   d.none of yhe above

20.consider the following two statements

            MOVE 10 TO N

            PERFORM PARA-X N TIMES

            STOP RUN

      PARA-X

            MOVE 5 TO N

   how many times PARA-X willbe exicuted?

   a.10

   b.5

   c.infinate

   d.execution error

21.given the following:

            77 A            PIC            9V9            VALUE 9.5

            77 B            PIC            9            VALUE 9.

            77 C             PIC            V9            VALUE 0.8

            77 D            PIC            9         

            77 E            PIC            9         

            77 F            PIC            9V999

   what are the contenta of D E nad F after teh following statements are

   executed:

               COMPUTE F ROUNDED=A+C/B

            MULTIPLY A BY C GIVING E

            ADD B C A GIVING D ROUNDED

   a.F=9.589  E=8   D=1

   b.F=9.589  E=8   D=9

   c.F=9.589  E=7   D=9

   d.F=9.589  E=7   D=1

  22. Consider the follwoing IF condition:

if a less 1200 if b greater 25 move 47 toc

   else move 57 to c

   if a greater 249 move 67 to c

   else next sentence else if b less 67

        move 27 to c

  What will be the value of C, when A is 137 and b is 25

            (a) 27

            (b) 57

            (c) 67

            (d) none

           23. Consider the following:

        77 W-NUM               PIC  9     VALUE 0

            ------

                   MOVE 1 TO W-NUM

                   PERFORM PARA-X UNTIL W-NUM > 9.

            ------

            PARA-X

                        ADD 1 TO W-NUM

            How many times PARA-X is executed ?

            (a) 10

            (b) 9

            (c) 11

            (d) Infinite loop

           24. Consider the following code:

          77 A            PIC   99V99            VALUE 55.35

            77 B            PIC   99V999            VALUE 32.754

           ADD B TO A ON SIZE ERROR DISPLAY "ERROR!!!"

            What will be the result ?

            (a) A=88.10,  B=32.754

            (b) A=87.00   B=32.754

            (c) A=87.10   B=32.754

            (d) ERROR!!! will be DISPLAYed on the screen.

25. Consider the following:

             77             A            PIC            9(10)

            77            B            PIC            9(10)

            77            C            PIC            9(19

 MULTIPLY AB  BY B GIVING C

      Which of the following is true ?

            (a) The execution of the above may result in size error.               

            (b) The execution of the above will result in size error.

            (c) The definition of C is invalid resulting in compilation error.

            (d) No error will be thee and the program would proceed correctly.

26. A paragraph PARA-X is to be executed when none oof the data names

    A, B and C have value of 1. Which of the following will achieve this ?

          (a) IF A NOT = 1 OR B NOT = 1 OR C NOT = 1 PERFORM PARA-X

            (B) IF NOT A= 1 AND B= 1 AND C = 1 PERFORM PARA-X

            (C) IF A NOT =1 IF NOT B = 1 OR C= 1 PERFORM PARA-X

            (C) IF A NOT = 1 AND B NOT = 1 AND C NOT = 1 PERFORM PARA-X

  27. Study the five expressions and the class to which they belong:

            S.N.   Expression                Class

            1      "SPACES"                  Figurative constant

            2.     "Depreciation Schedule    Non-numeric literal

            3.     "12%"                     Non-numeric literal

            4.     INTEREST-DUE              Non-numeric literal

            5.     ZEROES                    Figurative constant

    Which of the following statement is true?

        (a) 1 and 3 are incorrect

            (b) 1 and 4 are incorrect

            (c) 3 and 4 are incorrect

            (d) All are correct

  28. Identify the invalid dataname from the following:

            (a) SAVINGS-ACCOUNT

            (b) ANNUAL-ALLOCATION-FOR-OVERHEAD

            (c) SAMOUNT250

            (d) 12DEMAND

  29. Study the DATA DIVISION entries and the three PROCEDURE DIVISION entries

    given below:

            01 END-OF-FILE-SWITCH  PIC XXX.

               88 NO-MORE-RECS     VALUE "YES".

               88 MORE-RECS        VALUE "NO".

            (i)   READ SAMPLE-FILE AT END MOVE "YES" TO NO-MORE-RECS.

            (ii)  IF NO-MORE-RECS = "YES" GO TO LAST-PARA.

            (iii) IF NO-MORE-RECS GO TO LAST-PARA.

    Which are wrong?

            (a) (i) and (ii)

            (b) (ii) and (iii)

            (c) (i) and (iii)

            (d) all

  30. The following entries appear in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION:

            01 DATE-TODAY.

               05 YY  PIC XX VALUE "90".

               05 MM  PIC XX VALUE "12".

               05 DD  PIC XX VALUE :31".

            01 DATE-EDIT  PIC XX/XX/XX.

            MOVE DATE-TODAY TO DATE-EDIT.

            (a) 901231

            (b) 90/12/31

            (c) 31/12/90

            (d) 311290

  31. How many bytes will be allocated for the following record description

    entries?

            01 REC-A.

               05 A PIC S9(4).

               05 B PIC XXXBXXX.

               05 C PIC ____9.99.

               05 D PIC S9(5) COMP-3.

               05 E PIC 9(3) COMP.

            (a) 29

            (b) 26

            (c) 25

            (d) 28

  32. What is wrong with the following data declaration?

            01 W-DATE   PIC X(6).

               05 DD PIC 99.

               05 MM PIC 99.

               05 YY PIC 99.

            (a) Nothing is wrong.

            (b) Under W-DATE all level 05 items are having a PIC 99 but level

            01 has PIC X(6).

            (c) PIC can't be specified for a group item.

            (d) DD, MM, and YY are invalid datanames.

  33. What is the output generated by the following code?

            01 GRP-I.

               05 SUBFLD1 PIC XX VALUE "AB".

               05 FILTER PIC X(6) VALUE SPACES.

            01 GRP-2 REDEFINED GRP-1.

               05 SUB-FLD2 PIC XX.

               05 SUB-FLD3 PIC XX.

               05 FILTER PIC X(4).

            IF SUB-FLD1 NOT = SPACES

                        DISPLAY "SUBFLD1"

                        MOVE "ABBCCD" TO GRP-1

                        IF SUB-FLD3 = SPACES

                                    DISPLAY "SPACES"

                        ELSE

                                    DISPLAY "SUBFLD3"

                                    DISPLAY "END"

                        ELSE

                                     DISPLAY "SPACES"

                                    DISPLAY "END".

            (a) SUBFLD1

                SUBFLD3

                END

            (b) SPACES

                END

            (c) SUBFLD1

                END

            (d) SUBFLD1

                SPACES

  34. 88 level entry is used for

            (a) data items in WORKING-STORAGE SECTION

            (b) items with RENAMES clause

            (c) condition-names

            (d) None of the above

  35. ZEROES and SPACES are _______ constants

            (a) Figurative

            (b) Numeric

            (c) Non-numeric

            (d) Alphabete

  36. COMPUTE X = A * B - C * D  and

    COMPUTE X = (A * B) - (C * D)

            (a) Are not the same

            (b) Are same

            (c) Syntactically wrong

            (d) Will yield a run time error

  37. OCCURS clause is used in the DATA DIVISION  on data names at

            (a) 01 level

            (b) 77 level

            (c) 88 level

            (d) any level from 02 to 49

  38. Consider the following COBOL entries:

            05 X PIC 99 VALUE 10.

            SUBTRACT 20 FROM X.

    The resultant value of X wil be

            (a) 10

            (b) 00

            (c) compile-time error

            (d) none of these

  39. Consider the following COBOL entries

            05 X PIC 99 VALUE 10.

            ADD 40 X TO X.

            COMPUTE X = 3 * X - 40.

    The result in X is

            (a) 10

            (b) 40

            (c) Compile or Run time error

            (d) none of these

  40. given the following piece of code:

            CALL SUB-PGM USING A, B, C.

            CALL SUB-PGM USING A, C, C.

            (a) Both CALL statements will always produce same result.

            (d) Both CALL statements may produce different result.

            (c) Compile-time error because SUB-PGM is a dataname.

            (d) Compile-time error because A, B, C are used twice.

  41. The hierarchy of the execution of logical operators is

            (a) NOT AND OR

            (b) AND OR NOT

            (c) OR AND NOT

            (d) OR NOT AND

  42. The order of precedence of arithmetic operators in an expression can be

    overridden with the use of

            (a) []

            (b) ()

            (c) {}

            (d) Any of the above

Consider the following passage for answering questions 43 to 47.

  A program is written to accept an answer to the query "enough fo the Day?"

If the respons is "N" t

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