software engineering MCQs – Page 71

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

1401. The Scrambling of DATA is known as___________________?
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A. Sorting

B. Firewall

C. Code Protection

D. Encryption
1402. The IP address are based on________________?
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A. 8-bit addresses

B. 64-bit addresses

C. 16-bit addresses

D. 32-bit addresses
1403. What is the term for how words will appear on a page ?
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A. Character formatting

B. Typeface

C. Text formatting

D. Point size

1404. Which of the following system program forgoes the production of object code to generate absolute machine code and load it into the physical main storage location from which it will be executed immedia________________?
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A. compiler

B. macroprocessor

C. two pass assembler

D. load-and-go assembler
1405. Which of the following is invalid filename ?
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A. shutry

B. TRY

C. trial

D. None of the above
1406. Convert the CHARI h#000F, s assembly language instructions into hexadecimal machine language________________?
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A. 40

B. 0111EF

C. 9001000000

D. DA000F
1407. This is one of the architecture paradigm________________?
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A. Peer to peer

B. Client-server

C. HTTP

D. Both A and B
1408. What command is not used to list the files chap01, chap02 and chap04 ?
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A. ls chap[124]

B. ls chap0[124]

C. ls chap*

D. ls x chap0[124]

1409. In vi editor, forward search is performed using the command?
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A. :pat

B. All of the above

C. /pat

D. ?pat

1410. The mouse_______________ usually appears in the shape of an arrow?
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A. indicator

B. meter

C. pointer

D. marker

1411. Where can system and mail logs be found in Ret Hat Linux ?
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A. /var/log

B. /etc/log

C. All of the above

D. /mail

1412. A hand-held device for optically reading bar codes on goods, labels & shelves is____________________?
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A. Light pen

B. Touch tablet

C. Mouse

D. Wand
1413. What TCP/IP protocol is used for remote terminal connection service ?
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A. TELNET

B. RARP

C. UDP

D. FTP

1414. What command is used to display the characteristics of a process ?
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A. au

B. ps

C. du

D. pid

1415. A half byte is know is___________________?
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A. Nibble

B. Half byte

C. Bit

D. Data

1416. Indicate which of the following is not true about an interpreter ?
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A. Interpreter generates an object program from the source program

B. Interpreter is a kind of translator

C. All of the above

D. Interpreter analyses each source statement every time it is to be executed

1417. What command is used to display a file contents in octal form ?
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A. of

B. od

C. cd

D. oct

1418. The task(s) of the Lexial analysis phase is/are__________________?
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A. to build a uniform symbol table

B. to build a literal table and an identifier table

C. All of the above

D. to parse the source program into the basic elements or tokens of the language

1419. What command is used to count just the number of characters in a file ?
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A. wc w

B. wc c

C. wc 1

D. wc r

1420. To run a CD in a computer we need _________________________?
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A. F D drive

B. Zip drive

C. Pen drive

D. CD drive