C Programming MCQ – Precedence and Order of Evaluation

This set of C Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Precedence and Order of Evaluation”.

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1. Which of the following operators has an associativity from Right to Left?
a) <=
b) <<
c) ==
d) +=
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2. Which operators of the following have same precedence?

P. "!=", Q. "+=", R. "<<="

a) P and Q
b) Q and R
c) P and R
d) P, Q and R
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3. Comment on the following statement.

   n = 1;
   printf("%d, %dn", 3*n, n++);

a) Output will be 3, 2
b) Output will be 3, 1
c) Output will be 6, 1
d) Output is compiler dependent
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4. Which of the following option is the correct representation of the following C statement?

e = a * b + c / d * f;

a) e = (a * (b +(c /(d * f))));
b) e = ((a * b) + (c / (d * f)));
c) e = ((a * b) + ((c / d)* f));
d) e = (a * (b +((c / d) * f)));
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5. While swapping 2 numbers what precautions to be taken care?

    b = (b / a);
    a = a * b;
    b = a / b;

a) Data type should be either of short, int and long
b) Data type should be either of float and double
c) All data types are accepted except for (char *)
d) This code doesn’t swap 2 numbers
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6. What will be the output of the following C code?

a) 7, 4
b) 7, 2
c) 5, 2
d) Syntax error
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7. Which of the following is the correct order of evaluation for the given expression?

a = w % x / y * z;

a) % / * =
b) / * % =
c) = % * /
d) * % / =
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8. Which function in the following expression will be called first?

a = func3(6) - func2(4, 5) / func1(1, 2, 3);

a) func1();
b) func2();
c) func3();
d) Cannot be predicted
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9. Which of the following operator has the highest precedence in the following?
a) ()
b) sizeof
c) *
d) +
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10. Which of the following is a ternary operator?
a) &&
b) >>=
c) ?:
d) ->
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More MCQs on C Operator Precedence

• Precedence and Order of Evaluation MCQ (Set 2)
• Precedence and Order of Evaluation MCQ (Set 3)
• Precedence and Order of Evaluation MCQ (Set 4)
• Precedence and Order of Evaluation MCQ (Set 5)
• Precedence and Order of Evaluation MCQ (Set 6)

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