C Programming Questions and Answers - Storage Management - 2

This set of C Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Storage Management – 2”.

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1. Which of the following will return a result most quickly for searching a given key?
a) Unsorted Array
b) Sorted Array
c) Sorted linked list
d) Binary Search Tree
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: None.

2. On freeing a dynamic memory, if the pointer value is not modified, then the pointer points to.
a) NULL
b) Other dynamically allocated memory
c) The same deallocated memory location
d) It points back to the location it was initialized with
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Answer: c
Explanation: None.

3. Which of the following should be used for freeing the memory allocated in the following C code?

```
    #include <stdio.h>
```
```
    struct p
```
```
    {
```
```
        struct p *next;
```
```
        int x;
```
```
    };
```
```
    int main()
```
```
    {
```

        struct p *p1 = (struct p*)malloc(sizeof(struct p));

```
        p1->x = 1;
```

        p1->next = (struct p*)malloc(sizeof(struct p));

```
        return 0;
```
```
    }
```

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   free(p1);
   free(p1->next)

   free(p1->next);
   free(p1);

c) free(p1);
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: None.

4. What will be the output of the following C code?

```
    #include <stdio.h>
```
```
    struct p
```
```
    {
```
```
        struct p *next;
```
```
        int x;
```
```
    };
```
```
    int main()
```
```
    {
```

        struct p *p1 = calloc(1, sizeof(struct p));

```
        p1->x = 1;
```

        p1->next = calloc(1, sizeof(struct p));

```
        printf("%d\n", p1->next->x);
```
```
        return 0;
```
```
    }
```

a) Compile time error
b) 1
c) Somegarbage value
d) 0
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Answer: d
Explanation: None.

5. What will be the output of the following C code?

```
     #include <stdio.h>
```
```
    struct p
```
```
    {
```
```
        struct p *next;
```
```
        int x;
```
```
    };
```
```
    int main()
```
```
    {
```

        struct p* p1 = malloc(sizeof(struct p));

```
        p1->x = 1;
```

        p1->next = malloc(sizeof(struct p));

```
        printf("%d\n", p1->next->x);
```
```
        return 0;
```
```
    }
```

a) Compile time error
b) 1
c) Somegarbage value
d) 0
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: None.

6. calloc() initialize memory with all bits set to zero.
a) True
b) False
c) Depends on the compiler
d) Depends on the standard
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Answer: a
Explanation: None.

7. What if size is zero in the following C statement?

realloc(ptr, size)

a) Allocate a memory location with zero length
b) Free the memory pointed to by ptr
c) Undefined behaviour
d) Doesn’t do any reallocation of ptr i.e. no operation
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Answer: b
Explanation: None.

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