This set of LISP Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “File Manipulation”.
1. Which translate the procedures into equivalent computer instructions?
a) File
b) Compile-file
c) Compiler
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: Compile-file is mainly used to translate the procedures into equivalent computer instructions.
2. Which primitive is used to create or modify a specified file?
a) File
b) Manipulation
c) ED
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: To create or modify a file, we can use ED primitive.
3. How the files are specified in lisp?
a) Strings
b) Characters
c) Booleans
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: Files are specified as strings, which is one lisp’s data type.
4. Which has its own convention for doing the basic maneuvers?
a) Lisp
b) Compiler
c) Lisp
d) Editor
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Explanation: Editors have their own convention for doing basic maneuvers.
5. To which value does the lisp compiler is evaluated?
a) File
b) String
c) Compile-File
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: Lisp compiler is used to evaluate a compile-file form.
6. What is produced from compile-file?
a) Text file
b) Binary file
c) Lsp file
d) All of the mentioned
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Explanation: Compile-file produces a binary file full of unintelligible computer instructions expressed by a bit sequences.
7. What is the correct syntax form of the given statement?
a) (ed <file specification>)
b) (ef <file name>)
c) (ed <file location>)
d) All of the mentioned
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Explanation: Thus the syntax of ED primitive is given.
8. What is the correct syntax form of the given statement?
a) (load <file>)
b) (load <file attributes>)
c) (load)
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: Load primitive is used to read from files.
9. What is the correct syntax form of the given statement?
a) (compile-file <target file specification>)
b) (compile <target file specification>)
c) (compile-file <source file specification>)
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: In Syntax; source file specification comes instead of target-file. So, compile-file <source file specification> is the correct syntax.
10. Which is used to compile individual procedures?
a) Compile-file
b) ED
c) Compile
d) Load
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Explanation: Lisp provides a way to compile individual procedures by the use of compile.
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