C Programming Questions and Answers – File Access – 2

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

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1. Which of the following fopen() statements are illegal?
a) fp = fopen(“abc.txt”, “r”);
b) fp = fopen(“/home/user1/abc.txt”, “w”);
c) fp = fopen(“abc”, “w”);
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: None.

2. What does the following segment of C code do?

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fprintf(fp, "Copying!");

a) It writes “Copying!” into the file pointed by fp
b) It reads “Copying!” from the file and prints on display
c) It writes as well as reads “Copying!” to and from the file and prints it
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: None.
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3. What is FILE reserved word?
a) A structure tag declared in stdio.h
b) One of the basic data types in c
c) Pointer to the structure defined in stdio.h
d) It is a type name defined in stdio.h
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Answer: d
Explanation: None.

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

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  1.     #include <stdio.h>
  2.     int main()
  3.     {
  4.         FILE *fp = stdin;
  5.         int n;
  6.         fprintf(fp, "%d", 45);
  7.     }

a) Compilation error
b) 45
c) Nothing
d) Depends on the standard
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Answer: c
Explanation: None.
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5. What will be the output of the following C code?

  1.     #include <stdio.h>
  2.     #include <stdlib.h>
  3.     int main()
  4.     {
  5.         FILE *fp = stdout;
  6.         int n;
  7.         fprintf(fp, "%d", 45);
  8.     }

a) Compilation error
b) 45
c) Nothing
d) Depends on the standard
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Answer: b
Explanation: None.

6. stdout, stdin and stderr are ________
a) File pointers
b) File descriptors
c) Streams
d) Structure
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: None.

7. Which of the following statements about stdout and stderr are true?
a) Same
b) Both connected to screen always
c) Both connected to screen by default
d) stdout is line buffered but stderr is unbuffered
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Answer: c
Explanation: None.

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

  1.     #include <stdio.h>
  2.     int main()
  3.     {
  4.         FILE *fp = stdout;
  5.         int n;
  6.         fprintf(fp, "%d ", 45);
  7.         fprintf(stderr, "%d ", 65);
  8.         return 0;
  9.     }

a) 45 65
b) 65 45
c) 65
d) Compilation error
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Answer: b
Explanation: None.

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

  1.     #include <stdio.h>
  2.     int main()
  3.     {
  4.         FILE *fp = stdout;
  5.         int n;
  6.         fprintf(fp, "%d\n ", 45);
  7.         fprintf(stderr, "%d ", 65);
  8.         return 0;
  9.     }

a) 45 65
b) 65 45
c) 65
d) Compilation error
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: None.

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

  1.     #include <stdio.h>
  2.     int main()
  3.     {
  4.         FILE *fp = stdout;
  5.         int n;
  6.         fprintf(fp, "%d ", 45);
  7.         fflush(stdout);
  8.         fprintf(stderr, "%d", 65);
  9.         return 0;
  10.     }

a) 45 65
b) 65 45
c) 45
d) Compilation error
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: None.

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