C Programming Job Interview Questions

  1. What will print out?

    main()
    {
    char
    *p1=“name”;
    char
    *p2;
    p2=(char*)malloc(20);
    memset (p2, 0, 20);
    while(*p2++ = *p1++);
    printf
    (“%s\n”,p2);

    }

    Answer:empty string.

  2. What will be printed as the result of the operation below:
    main()
    {
    int
    x=20,y=35;
    x=y++ + x++;
    y= ++y + ++x;
    printf
    (“%d%d\n”,x,y);

    }

    Answer : 5794

  3. What will be printed as the result of the operation below:
    main()
    {
    int x=5;
    printf(“%d,%d,%d\n”,x,x< <2,x>>2);

    }

    Answer: 5,20,1

  4. What will be printed as the result of the operation below:
    #define swap(a,b) a=a+b;b=a-b;a=a-b;

    void main()
    {
    int x=5, y=10;
    swap (x,y);
    printf(“%d %d\n”,x,y);
    swap2(x,y);
    printf(“%d %d\n”,x,y);
    }

    int swap2(int a, int b)
    {
    int temp;
    temp=a;
    b=a;
    a=temp;
    return 0;

    }

    Answer: 10, 5
    10, 5

  5. What will be printed as the result of the operation below:
    main()
    {
    char *ptr = ” Cisco Systems”;
    *ptr++; printf(“%s\n”,ptr);
    ptr++;
    printf(“%s\n”,ptr);

    }

    Answer:Cisco Systems
    isco systems

  6. What will be printed as the result of the operation below:
    main()
    {
    char s1[]=“Cisco”;
    char s2[]= “systems”;
    printf(“%s”,s1);
    }

    Answer: Cisco

  7. What will be printed as the result of the operation below:
    main()
    {
    char *p1;
    char *p2;

    p1=(char *)malloc(25);
    p2=(char *)malloc(25);

    strcpy(p1,”Cisco”);
    strcpy(p2,“systems”);
    strcat(p1,p2);

    printf(“%s”,p1);

    }

    Answer: Ciscosystems

  8. The following variable is available in file1.c, who can access it?:
    static int average;

    Answer: all the functions in the file1.c can access the variable.

  9. WHat will be the result of the following code?
    #define TRUE 0 // some code

    while(TRUE)
    {

    // some code

    }

    Answer: This will not go into the loop as TRUE is defined as 0.

  10. What will be printed as the result of the operation below:
    int x;
    int modifyvalue()
    {
    return(x+=10);
    }

    int changevalue(int x)
    {
    return(x+=1);
    }

    void main()
    {
    int x=10;
    x++;
    changevalue(x);
    x++;
    modifyvalue();
    printf("First output:%d\n",x);

    x++;
    changevalue(x);
    printf("Second output:%d\n",x);
    modifyvalue();
    printf("Third output:%d\n",x);

    }

    Answer: 12 , 13 , 13

  11. What will be printed as the result of the operation below:
    main()
    {
    int x=10, y=15;
    x = x++;
    y = ++y;
    printf(“%d %d\n”,x,y);

    }

    Answer: 11, 16

  12. What will be printed as the result of the operation below:
    main()
    {
    int a=0;
    if(a==0)
    printf(“Cisco Systems\n”);
    printf(“Cisco Systems\n”);

    }

    Answer: Two lines with “Cisco Systems” will be printed.

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