Prep quiz: the C programming language

#1 What is the output of the following code snippet?

    uint32_t v = 0xdeadbeef;
    printf("%02x", ((unsigned char *) &v)[0]);

1) de
2) ad
3) be
4) ef
5) 00

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#2 What is the output of the following code snippet?

    int64_t v = 0xdeadbeef;
    printf("%02x", ((unsigned char *) &v)[0]);

1) de
2) ad
3) be
4) ef
5) 00

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#3 What is the output of the following code snippet?

    printf("%d", abs(-2147483648));

1) 0
2) -2147483648
3) 2147483648
4) NaN
5) depending on 32/64-bit arch

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#4 what does the expression, 1 > 0, evaluate to (on 64-bit)

1) 0
2) 1
3) NaN
4) -1
5) depending on operating systems

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#5 Which value does this code snippet print in x86 (32-bit)?

    printf("char=%d, int=%d, long=%d", \
      sizeof(char), sizeof(int), sizeof(long));

1) char=4, int=4, long=4
2) char=1, int=4, long=4
3) char=1, int=4, long=8
4) char=1, int=8, long=8
5) compilation error

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#6 Which value does this code snippet print?

   unsigned int i = 0;
   printf("%u", i--);

1) 0
2) -1
3) 65535
4) 4294967295
5) compilation error

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#7 What is the output of the following program?

    int main ()
    {
    	int i, j, *p, *q;
    	p = &i;
    	q = &j;
    	*p = 5;
    	*q = *p + i;
    	printf("i = %d, j = %d\n", i, j);
    	return 0;
    }

1) i = 5, j = 10
2) i = 5, j = 5
3) i = 10, j = 5
3) i = 10, j = 10
4) Nothing. The program will most likely crash.

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#8 What's the value of NULL?

1) 0xffffffff
2) 0x11111111
3) 0xf5f5f5f5
4) 0x00000000
5) 0x00000001

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#9 What is the output of the following program (32-bit)?

    main() {
      int x[5];
      printf("1 = %p\n", x);
      printf("2 = %p\n", x+1);
      printf("3 = %p\n", &x);
      printf("4 = %p\n", &x+1);
      return 0;
    }

    (assuming the first printf results in the follow string)
    "1 = 0x7fffdfbf7f00"

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#10 Where does the string, "hello world", locate?

    main() {
      const char *str = "hello world";
      printf("%s\n", str);
    }

1) .text section
2) .data section
3) .bss section
4) stack
5) heap

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#11 Where does the variable 'str' locate?

    main() {
      const char *str = "hello world";
      printf("%s\n", str);
    }

1) .text section
2) .data section
3) .bss section
4) stack
5) heap

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#12 Where does the function 'main' locate?

    main() {
      const char *str = "hello world";
      printf("%s\n", str);
    }

1) .text section
2) .data section
3) .bss section
4) stack
5) heap

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#13 Where does the arga locate relative to func's ebp (32-bit)?

    func(arga, argb, argc, Argo);

1) ebp -  4
2) ebp +  0
3) ebp +  4
4) ebp +  8
5) ebp + 12

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#14 What is the output of the following program?

    main() {
      char array[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
      int i = 4;
      printf("%d", array[i++]);
    }

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 5
5) compilation error

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#15 What is the output of the following program?

    #define PTXSHIFT 12
    #define PTX(va)  (((uint)(va) >> PTXSHIFT) & 0x3FF)

    printf("0x%x", PTX(0x12345678))

1) 0x123
2) 0x4561
3) 0x234
4) 0x2345
5) 0x345

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#16 What is the output of the following program?

    #define PGSIZE          4096
    #define CONVERT(sz)     (((sz)+PGSIZE-1) & ~(PGSIZE-1))

    printf("0x%x", CONVERT(0x123456));

1) 0x023456
2) 0x234560
3) 0x123000
4) 0x124000
5) 0x120000

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#17 What is the correct usage of this macro?

    #define ASSERT(a, b) do { switch (0) case 0: case (a): ; } while (0)

1) ASSERT(1, 2)
2) ASSERT(1, 2);
3) ASSERT(1 == 2, "error: should be equal");
4) ASSERT(1 != 2, "error: should be equal");
5) ASSERT("error: should be equal", 1 != 2);

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#18 what does the expression, -1U > 0, evaluate to (x86)?

1) 1
2) 0
3) -1
4) undefined
5) depending on architecture

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#19 what does the expression, -1L > 1U on x86-64 and x86?

1) 0 on both platforms
2) 1 on both platforms
3) 0 on x86-64, 1 on x86
4) 1 on x86-64, 0 on x86
5) undefined

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