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(#M40032058) AMCAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

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If you want to write a function that swaps the values of two variables, you must pass them by:

Option 1 : Value only
Option 2 : Reference only
Option 3 : Either A or B
Option 4 : Neither A nor B

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(#M40032057) AMCAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

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Which one of the following is the lowest level format to which the computer converts a higher language program before

execution?

Option 1 : English code
Option 2 : Machine Code
Option 3 : Assembly Language
Option 4 : System Language

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(#M40032056) AMCAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

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Geetika writes a piece of code, where a set of eight lines occur around 10 times in different parts of the program (Code

A). She passes on the code to Deva. Deva puts the set of eight lines in a function definition and calls them at the 10

points in the program (Code B). Which code will run faster using an interpreter?

Option 1 : Code A
Option 2 : Code B
Option 3 : Code A and Code B will run with the same speed
Option 4 : None of these

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(#M40032055) AMCAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

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Afzal writes a piece of code, where a set of three lines occur around 10 times in different parts of the program. What

programming concept can he use to shorten his program code length?

Option 1 : Use for loops
Option 2 : Use functions
Option 3 : Use arrays
Option 4 : Use classes

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(#M40032054) AMCAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

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Consider the following code:

function modify(y,z)
{
y = y + 1;
z = z + 1;
return y - z
}

function calculate( )
{
integer a = 5, b = 10, c

c = modify(a, b);
print a
print space
print c
}

Assume that a and b were passed by value. What will be the output on executing function calculate( )?

Option 1 : 11 -5
Option 2 : 10 -5
Option 3 : 6 -5
Option 4 : 5 -5

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(#M40032053) AMCAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

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Gautam writes a program to run on a Motorola processor on his Pentium computer. He wants to see how the program

will execute on the Motorola processor using his Pentium machine. What tool will he use?

Option 1 : Compiler
Option 2 : Interpreter
Option 3 : Assembler
Option 4 : Simulator

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(#M40032052) AMCAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

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Reshama is debugging a piece of code which takes several iterations of modifying and executing code, while

Mohammad has to deliver a product to the customer, which the customer will run multiple times. Reshama wants her

debug cycle to take minimum possible time, while Mohammad wants that his products run time is minimum. What tools

should Reshama and Mohammad respectively use on their code?

Option 1 : Compiler, Interpreter
Option 2 : Interpreter, Compiler
Option 3 : Compiler, Compiler
Option 4 : Interpreter, Interpreter

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(#M40032051) AMCAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

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Farhan writes a code to find the factorial of an inputted number. His code gives correct answer for some inputs and

incorrect answers for others. What kind of error does his program have?

Option 1 : Syntactical error
Option 2 : Run-time Error
Option 3 : Logical Error
Option 4 : None of these

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(#M40032050) AMCAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

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Shahaana has a 10,000 line code. She is trying to debug it. She knows there is a logical error in the first 25 lines of the

code. Which of the following will be an efficient way of debugging:

Option 1 : Compile the whole code and step into it line by line
Option 2 : Use an interpreter on the first 25 lines.
Option 3 : Compile the whole code and run it
Option 4 : None of these

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(#M40032049) AMCAT QUESTION Keep an EYE

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Sakshi writes a code in a high-level programming language on a Pentium-III machine, which she wants to execute on a

Motorola chip. What of the following will she run on the code?

Option 1 : An interpreter
Option 2 : A compiler
Option 3 : A cross-compiler
Option 4 : Linker

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