software engineering MCQs – Page 66

Practise multiple-choice questions from software engineering for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

1301. Which of the following signs is used to back up over typing errors in vi ?
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A. @

B. !

C. #

D. $

1302. Which of the following systems software does the job of merging the records from two flies into one ?
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A. Networking software

B. Security software

C. Utility program

D. Documentation system

1303. Which command will be used with vi editor to replace single character under cursor with any number of characters ?
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A. s

B. a

C. S

D. i

1304. Which one the following TV display uses a semiconductor material doped with impurities ?
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A. Analogue TV

B. LCD TV

C. LED backlit-LCD TV

D. Plasma TV

1305. The special shell variable $* is used________________?
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A. to process number of the current shell

B. to exit status of ast command executed.

C. to list the positional parameters

D. to name the command being executed

1306. An error in computer data is called________________?
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A. Bug

B. Chip

C. Bit

D. Byte

1307. The primary output device for computers is a ___________________?
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A. Keyboard

B. Mouse

C. Video monitor

D. Printer

1308. What are the speakers attached to your computer used for ?
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A. Displaying images

B. Sending messages

C. Handling sound and music

D. Storing messages

1309. What command do you use to create Linux file systems ?
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A. fsck

B. mount

C. fdisk

D. mkfs
1310. Convert the 48 machine language instructions into assembly language, assuming that they were not generated by pseudo-ops_______________?
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A. ADDA h#01FE, i

B. LOADA h#OD4E, i

C. STOREA h#014B, d

D. ASRA
1311. How many extended partitions can exist on one drive ?
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A. 4

B. 1

C. 16

D. 2

1312. What does GNU stand for ?
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A. General Unix

B. Greek Needed Unix

C. GNUs not Unix

D. General Noble Unix

1313. In analyzing the compilation of PL/I program, the term Machine independent optimization is associated with______________?
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A. creation of more optional matrix

B. use of macro processor to produce more optimal assembly code

C. recognition of basic syntactic constructs through reductions

D. recognition of basic elements and creation of uniform symbols

1314. A DNS client is called____________________?
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A. None of these

B. DNS resolver

C. DNS updater

D. DNS handler

1315. Which command is used to print a file ?
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A. prn

B. lp

C. print

D. pg

1316. Which is an electronic device that can store temporarily a single bit of data ?
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A. Buffer

B. Latch

C. Accumulator

D. Accumulator

1317. A non-relocatable program is one which___________________?
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A. can itself perform the relocation of its address-sensitive portions

B. cannot be made to execute in any area of storage other than the one designated for it at the time of its coding or translation

C. consists of a program and relevant information for its relocation

D. All of the above

1318. Which of the following command is used to mount NFS filesystems ?
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A. mount

B. nfsmount

C. knfsd

D. All of the above

1319. What command is used with vi editor to move the cursor to the left ?
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A. i

B. h

C. j

D. k

1320. The % key allows you________________?
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A. to move the cursor to a matching delimiter, when a delimiters a parenthesis, a bracket, or a brace.

B. to move the cursor to the first column in the current line

C. to move the cursor backward to the beginning of a word

D. to move the cursor to the upperleft corner of the screen