C# Questions & Answers – Pointers Operation – 1

This section of our 1000+ C# MCQs focuses on operation on pointers in C# Programming Language.

1. What will be the output of the following C# code snippet?

  1.  class UnsafeCode
  2.  {
  3.      unsafe static void Main()
  4.      {
  5.          int m = 10;
  6.          int *mptr = &m;
  7.          int **ptr = &mptr;
  8.          int n = 20;
  9.          int *nptr = &n;
  10.          int **prt = &nptr;
  11.          m = **prt + *nptr;
  12.          n = *mptr* **prt;
  13.          Console.WriteLine(n + " " + m);
  14.          Console.ReadLine();
  15.      }
  16.  }

a) 20 200
b) 40 200
c) 800 40
d) 40 800
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: None.
Output: 800 40
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2. What will be the output of the following C# code snippet?

  1.  unsafe static void Main()
  2.  {
  3.      int a = 5;
  4.      int b = 5;
  5.      int c = 5;
  6.      int*[] ptr = new int* [3];
  7.      ptr[0] = &a;
  8.      ptr[1] = &b;
  9.      ptr[2] = &c;
  10.      for (a = 0; a < 3; a++)
  11.      {
  12.          c += *ptr[a];
  13.          Console.WriteLine(c);
  14.      }
  15.      Console.ReadLine();
  16.  }

a) 5 10
b) 10 20
c) Compile time error
d) 5 10 20
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: None.
Output:5 10 20
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3. What will be the output of the following C# code snippet?

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  1. class UnsafeCode
  2. {
  3.     unsafe static void Main()
  4.     {
  5.         int* ptrs = stackalloc int[3];
  6.         ptrs[0] = 1;
  7.         ptrs[1] = 2;
  8.         ptrs[2] = 3;
  9.         for (int i = 2; i >= 0; --i)
  10.         {
  11.             ptrs[i] = ptrs[i]* 3;
  12.             ptrs[i] = ptrs[i] + 4;
  13.             Console.WriteLine(ptrs[i]);
  14.         }
  15.         Console.ReadLine();
  16.     }
  17. }

a) 20, 10, 7
b) 13, 10, 7
c) 6, 9, 3
d) Compile time error
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: None.
Output: 13, 10, 7
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4. Among the given pointers which of the following cannot be incremented?
a) int
b) char
c) float
d) void
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: None.

5. A structure pointer points to __________
a) first member of structure
b) first two members of structure
c) whole structure
d) only to the last member of structure
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: None.

6. What will be the declaration of the variable ptr as the pointer to array of 6 floats?
a) float *ptr[6]
b) float [6]*ptr
c) float(*ptr)[6]
d) float(*ptr)(6).
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: None.

7. What will be the output of the following C# code snippet?

  1.  class UnsafeCode
  2.  {
  3.      unsafe static void Main()
  4.      {
  5.          char[] arr = { 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E' };
  6.          fixed (char* P = arr)
  7.          {
  8.              int i;
  9.              for (i = 0 ;i < 5 ;i++)
  10.              if (*P % 2 == 0)
  11.              ++*P;
  12.              else
  13.              (*P)++;
  14.              Console.WriteLine(arr);
  15.          }
  16.          Console.ReadLine();
  17.      }
  18.  }

a) ACCEE
b) FBCDE
c) BBDDF
d) BBCEE
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: None.
Output:FBCDE

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

  1. class UnsafeCode
  2.  {
  3.      unsafe static void Main()
  4.      { 
  5.          int[] nums = new int[10];
  6.          Console.WriteLine("Index pointer like array.");
  7.          fixed (int* p = nums)
  8.          {
  9.              for (int i = 0 ;i <10 ;i++)
  10.              p[i] = i;
  11.              for (int i = 10 ;i >0 ;i--)
  12.              Console.WriteLine("p[{0}]: {1} ", i, p[i]);
  13.              Console.ReadLine();
  14.          }
  15.      }
  16.  }

a) p[10] :0, p[9] :9, p[8] :8…..p[1]:1
b) p[10] : 1, p[9] :2, p[8] :3…..p[1] :0
c) p[1] : 1, p[2] :2, p[3] :3…..p[10] :0
d) Compile time error
View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: None.
Output:Index pointer like array:
p[10] :0, p[9] :9, p[8] :8…p[1]:1

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

  1.  class UnsafeCode
  2.  {
  3.      unsafe static void Main()
  4.      {
  5.          string str = "this is a test";
  6.  
  7.              fixed (char* p = str)
  8.             {
  9.                 for (int i = str.Length-1 ;p[i] != 0 ;i--)
  10.                 Console.Write(p[i]);
  11.             }
  12.         Console.ReadLine();
  13.     }
  14.  }

a) test a is this
b) compile time error
c) tset a si siht
d) run time error
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: Reversal of string using pointers.
Output:tset a si siht

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

  1.  class UnsafeCode
  2.  {
  3.      unsafe static void Main()
  4.      {
  5.          int* p ;
  6.          int ch = 13*5;
  7.          p = &(ch);
  8.          Console.WriteLine(Convert.ToChar(*p));
  9.          if (*p == 'A')
  10.          Console.WriteLine(Convert.ToBoolean(1));
  11.          else
  12.          Console.WriteLine(Convert.ToBoolean(0));
  13.          Console.ReadLine();
  14.      }
  15.  }

a) 65 False
b) 65 1
c) A True
d) A 1
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: Convert.Tochar(*p) = A
Convert.ToBoolean(1) = True
Output: A
True

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