This set of MATLAB Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Branching – 2”.
1. The if-else structure does not allow ___________
a) Return statement
b) End statement
c) Endif statement
d) Break statement
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Explanation: The break statement is not allowed within an if-else structure, it is strictly for a loop structure. We can use the return statement and the end statement but the break statement will give an error.
2. What is the output of the following code?
if((-10 &&00)||(20134 && 900)) fprintf("%s","True.") else fprintf("%s","False.") end
a) True
b) False
c) Error
d) Nan
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Explanation: The logical && will give 0 if and only if one of the anding value is 0. So -10&&00 returns 0 but 20134&&900 gives 1. The logical || gives 0 if both the values are 0. But here, 0||1 is 1. Since the logical expression yields 1, the condition is satisfied and the output is True.
Output: True
3. What is the output of the following code?
if(1) p=9; end
a) p=9
b) Output is suppressed but p=9
c) Error
d) Nan
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Explanation: The condition has no kind of operator. But we have given the value 1 as a condition. So, the condition will be taken as true and control will execute the set of statements within the if structure. Now we have placed a ‘;’ so the output will be suppressed but p=9.
4. What is the output of the following code?
num=2; switch num case[2 3 4] p=9; case[1 5 6] q=9; end
a) No output
b) p=9
c) q=9
d) Output suppressed but p=9
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Explanation: When we are giving multiple values for a single case, we have to give those values within {}. Since the code contains [], the switch-case structure won’t work.
5. What will be the output of the following code?
switch num case '2' p=2; case '2' p=4-5; end
a) p=2
b) Error
c) No output
d) p=-1
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Explanation: We observe that we have given the same case value for multiple cases. This will not generate an error in MATLAB but the switch-case structure won’t work properly and MATLAB will not give any output.
6. Before starting a new case, we have to end the previous case using ___________
a) Break statement
b) Continue statement
c) Return statement
d) No statement
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Explanation: MATLAB is not like C. So, we don’t have to give the break statement every time we end a case. We can write the next case and during runtime, the control will leave the switch-case structure after executing the matched case. We can give the break statement during looping and the return statement during if-else structure.
7. We cannot use a ____ statement in the standalone if-else structure.
a) break
b) if-else
c) return
d) switch-case
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Explanation: If the if-else structure is not within any loop, we cannot use the break statement. The break statement is only allowed for loops. If the if-else structure is part of a loop, we can use the break statement to end the loop before it reaches its limit.
8. The continue statement can be used in a switch-case structure.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The continue statement is only allowed for and while loops. If we give the continue statement within a switch-case structure, MATLAB will give an error.
9. We cannot use a ____ statement if the if-else structure is not part of a loop.
a) continue
b) if-else
c) clc
d) plot()
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Explanation: If the if-else structure is not within any loop, we cannot use the continue statement. The continue statement is only allowed for ‘for’ and ‘while’ loop.
10. What will be the output of the following code?
if(cos(Inf)==NaN) p=1; end
a) p=1
b) Output suppressed but p=1
c) Error
d) No output
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Explanation: The condition sin(Inf)==NaN is not satisfied because MATLAB knows sin(Inf) has a value between 1 and -1, even though it cannot comprehend it. Hence, it will produce a logical 0 and the control will exit the if structure, it will give no output.
11. What will be the output of the following code?
switch num case ‘a’ p=394; case ‘b’ c=0; end
a) Error
b) No output since we haven’t given num a value yet
c) p=394
d) c=0
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Explanation: We haven’t declared num as symbolic. So we cannot use it as our switching value. Hence, MATLAB will give an error. It wouldn’t have generated any output since we haven’t assigned a character with num, but first it will show an error.
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