1.

How is a variable accessed from another file?

[A] via the extern specifier

[B] via the auto specifier

[C] via the global specifier

[D] via the pointer specifier

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option [A]

The extern keyword is used to indicate that the variable can be accessed by another file. It's name is visible
globally.

2.

The statement

#include"filename.h"

is replaced by the constants of "filename.h"

[A] before compilation)

[B] after compilation

[C] during execution

[D] during typing of the program

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option [A]

3.

Which of the following functions need a filename?

[A] fopen

[B] fclose

[C] fread

[D] none of these

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option [A]

The fopen function need a filename. It opens a file and points either begining or end of the file.

fp = fopen ("file.txt", "r");

here r stands for file access mode for reading a file only. The other modes are w, a, r+, w+, a+

4.

In the following 'C' code

{
FILE *f=fopen(filename, "r");
fread(f);
if(????)
puts("End of file reached");
}

Which one of the following can replace the ???? in the code above to determine if the end of a file has been
reached?

[A] f==EOF

[B] feof(f)

[C] eof(f)

[D] f==NULL

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option [A]

In 'C' programming EOF(end of file) is used to read a file till the end.

The syntax is as given below:

If(f==EOF)

5.

What is/are the purpose/purposes of buffer cache?

[A] Allocate memory

[B] Speed up read/write

[C] File system recovery

[D] All of the above

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option [B]