System Programming MCQs with Answers
Practice important System Programming MCQs with answers and explanations.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q1551: The Caesar cipher is an example of ______ encryption.
- A: symmetric
- B: asymmetric
- C: substitution
- D: transposition
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C
Q1552: File mapping is best suited for ______ file access patterns.
- A: sequential
- B: random
- C: binary
- D: indexed
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A
Q1553: Memory mapping allows the use of ______-based algorithms to process files efficiently.
- A: disk
- B: memory
- C: stream
- D: thread
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B
Q1554: The program 'sortFL' sorts a file containing ______ length records.
- A: fixed
- B: variable
- C: dynamic
- D: random
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A
Q1555: The C library function used for sorting in the memory-mapped file example is ______.
- A: sort
- B: qsort
- C: bsearch
- D: merge
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A
Q1556: The sorting key in the example is located at the ______ of the record.
- A: end
- B: start
- C: middle
- D: random
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B
Q1557: The program creates a ______ copy of the input file before sorting.
- A: temporary
- B: backup
- C: permanent
- D: encryption
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A
Q1558: The sorted file output in the program is sent to ______.
- A: standard input
- B: standard output
- C: a file
- D: socket
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B
Q1559: In the example, a null character is appended to the file map after sorting to mark the ______.
- A: end
- B: start
- C: middle
- D: key
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A
Q1560: File I/O operations are ______ in the sorting process shown in the program.
- A: included
- B: omitted
- C: required
- D: enhanced
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B