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(完整word版)系统级编程选择题(2013)
Multiple Choice Quiz 1
分数: 1
Consider the following fragment of C++ source code.
    String msg; unsigned int x; int y;
    cin >> msg >> x >> y;
    cout << x + y;
   Which of the following is (are) true regarding execution of the segment?
   1. The input statement will always take the same amount of time to execute.
   2. The output statement will always be executed immediately after the input statement.
   3. If x and y are both positive, an integer greater than both will be printed.
选择一个答案
a. II and III only

b. none

c. I and II only

d. II only

正确: B
Question 2
分数: 1
Which of the following does a debugger do?
   1. Analyze the source code to find programming errors.
   2. Decode machine code generated by a compiler.
   3. Stop execution of a program.
选择一个答案
a. III only

b. I, II, and III.

c. I and III only

d. II and III only

正确: D

Question 3
分数: 1
Which of the following Visual C++ objects are contained within a "Project"?
 I.Files      II.Visual C++ Solutions          III.Flow charts
选择一个答案
a. I, II and III

b. I only

c. II only

d. II and III only

正确:b

Question 4
分数: 1
Compared to a sequence of machine code instructions, a fragment of C code
选择一个答案
a. does not engage any transistors during its execution
b. is the native way to program most computers
c. describes the actions of the computer, not just of the CPU
d. may describe the same algorithm

正确:D

Question 5
分数: 1
Integrated programming environments make it difficult to mix and match tools from different sources. This is
选择一个答案
a. bad, because all the tools will then have the same user interface

b. good, because tools from different sources cannot be made to interact with each other

c. good, because it ensures compilation is not done incrementally by accident

d. bad, because no single vendor is likely to be the source of all the best tools

正确:D

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Question 6
分数: 1
When using a debugger to find the cause of a program's incorrect behavior,
选择一个答案
a. it is fastest to start by stopping the debugger long before the behavior appears

b. the program is usually executed to the point at which the behavior occurs and then executed backwards to find the cause

c. it is often necessary to start the program multiple times under the debugger

d. the faulty code fragment must first be identified

正确：C
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Question 7
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In Visual C++, a Win32 Console Application is
选择一个答案
a. the status window of the Visual C++ environment

b. a program that is able to control the operating system of a windows computer

c. built by using sophisticated "Application Wizards"

d. the simplest type of application Visual C++ can generate

正确：D
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Question 8
分数: 1
Which of the following is able to describe a computation at the highest level of abstraction?  
选择一个答案
a. machine code

b. C code

c. C++ code

d. logic Gates

正确：C
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Multiple Choice Quiz 2
分数: 1
Programs compiled for an Intel Pentium processor do not execute properly on a SPARC processor from Sun Microsystems because
选择一个答案
a. the memory of a SPARC CPU is numbered from top to bottom

b. the operation codes understood by the two processors are different

c. the assembly mnemonics for the same "opcode" are different in the two processors

d. copyrights regarding code cannot be violated

正确：B
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Question 2
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A CPU register is a word of CPU memory that
选择一个答案
a. houses a critical variable for the duration of the execution of a program

b. is automatically loaded when a CPU instruction refers to a word of normal memory

c. records the results of periodic CPU diagnostics

d. is explicitly loaded and unloaded from normal memory by compiler-generated instructions

正确：D
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Question 3
分数: 1
A jump instruction
选择一个答案
a. unconditionally sets the program counter to its operand

b. changes a pointer to point to the next element of an array

c. increases the program counter

d. changes the program counter only if its operand is equal to zero

正确：A
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Question 4
分数: 1
11.Which of the following must be true if a program is stopped at a specific line within the Visual C++ debugger?

I.There is at least one breakpoint enabled.
II.There is a breakpoint enabled on that line.
III.There is a breakpoint enabled on the line preceding that line.
选择一个答案
a. I and III only

b. I only

c. none

d. I and II only

正确：C
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Question 5
分数: 1
The program counter contains
选择一个答案
a. the number of times a program has been executed

b. the address of the CPU instruction that is about to be fetched

c. the number of CPU instructions a program has executed so far

d. the amount of memory a program is currently using

正确：B
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Question 6
分数: 1
A branch instruction
选择一个答案
a. unconditionally sets the program counter to its operand

b. sets the program counter to one of many possible values

c. sets the program counter to one of two possible values

d. increases the program counter by a fixed amount

正确：C
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Question 7
分数: 1
Which of the following are true of the effect that optimizations have on the machine code generated by compilers?

I.The resulting code will be faster and/or smaller.
II.The resulting code will be clearer.
III.The resulting code will be harder to debug.
选择一个答案
a. I, II, and III

b. I only

c. I and II only

d. I and III only

正确：D
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Question 8
分数: 1
Which of the following computations may be performed by exactly one CPU instruction?

1. a = 5;
2. a = b + c * 5;
3. for (i = 0; i < 10; i += a[i++]);
选择一个答案
a. I only

b. I and II only

c. II only

d. I, II, and III

正确：A
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Question 9
分数: 1
The machine code generated from source code by a compiler
选择一个答案
a. does not preserve all the information given in the source code

b. associates variable values with their names

c. executes more quickly than the source code

d. can be easily inspected to check the correctness of the compiler

正确：A
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Question 10
分数: 1
Suppose that, using a tool such as the memory window of Visual C++, we found that a certain set of contiguous memory locations contained the integer 0xC605CD623A8365000000. What could these memory locations hold?

1. the integer 0xC605CD623A8365000000
2. a string
3. a CPU instruction
选择一个答案
a. I and II only

b. I only

c. III only

d. I, II, and III

正确：D
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Question 11
分数: 1
Immediately after the CPU executes an instruction that is neither a branch nor a jump instruction, the program counter
选择一个答案
a. is incremented by one

b. remains unchanged

c. has a value that cannot be determined without further information

d. is incremented to point to the following instruction

正确：D
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Question 12
分数: 1
Within Visual C++, which of the following will reveal the value of a variable when the program is stopped at a breakpoint?

I.Placing the mouse pointer over the variable name in the source file window.
II.Inserting a printf() in the program.
III.Typing the variable name on the "Watch" window.
选择一个答案
a. III only

b. I, II, and III

c. I and III only

d. II and III only

正确：C
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Question 13
分数: 1
Which of the following is a good reason (are good reasons) to equip the CPU with small amounts of fast memory?

I.To make the design of the compiler simpler
II.To make some CPU instructions smaller
III.To make some CPU instructions faster
选择一个答案
a. II and III only

b. II only

c. III only

d. I, II, and III

正确：A
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Multiple Choice Quiz 3
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In C, using default floating point settings, what happens when a floating-point computation results in an overflow? 
选择一个答案
a. A special value "infinity" is computed, testable with _finite().

b. Program execution is halted.

c. An exception is raised unless disabled by calling _controlfp().

d. An erroneous value is computed and execution continues.

正确：A

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Question 2
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Which of the following statements about floating-point numbers in C is true?
I. Floating-point numbers are often only approximations of real numbers.
II. A 32-bit float only approximates decimal fractions, but a 64-bit double represents them exactly.
III. Floating-point numbers can represent any rational real number but not irrationals.
选择一个答案
a. I and II only

b. II only

c. I only

d. I and III only

正确：C
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Question 3
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Which of the following could be represented by one bit of information? 
选择一个答案
a. an ASCII character

b. the current channel of a television receiver

c. the color of a single pixel on a true-color computer display

d. the position of a light switch

正确：D
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Question 4
分数: 1/1
What is the value of the following C expression?
0x1234 ^ 0x5432
选择一个答案
a. 0x1030

b. 0x5636

c. 0x4606

d. 0x5434

正确：C（做异或运算）
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Question 5
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What is the purpose of the exponent in floating point numbers? 
选择一个答案
a. the mantissa is raised to the power of the exponent

b. to indicate where the decimal or binary point should be

c. to specify the base as binary, octal, or hexadecimal

d. to specify the superscript

正确：B
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Question 6
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How is -10 (decimal) represented in an 8-bit 2's complement binary format?
选择一个答案
a. 11110110

b. 11110101

c. 11111010

d. 10001010

正确：A（取反加一）
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Question 7
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Which of the following numerical operations is most likely to lead to loss of precision? 
选择一个答案
a. Integer addition

b. Integer multiplication

c. Floating-point addition

d. Floating-point multiplication

正确：C
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Question 8
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In C, what is the following binary number in hexadecimal?
11010101
选择一个答案
a. 0xB5

b. 0xD5

c. 0xAB

d. 0x5D

正确：B
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Question 9
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In a computer with 4-byte words, which of the following C expressions tests whether ptr contains the address of a word?
I. (ptr & 3) == 0
II. (ptr | 3) == 0
III. (ptr % 4) == 0
选择一个答案
a. II only

b. I and III only

c. III only

d. I only

正确：B
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Question 10
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What is the value of the following C expression?
0x1234 & 0x5432
选择一个答案
a. 0x1030

b. 0x1111

c. 0x5636

d. 0x6666

正确：A（与运算）
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Question 11
分数: 1/1
How is 46 (decimal) represented in an 8-bit 2's complement binary format?
选择一个答案
a. 00101110

b. 00011110

c. 00101100

d. 01000110

正确：A（正数的补码是它本身）
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Question 12
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What happens in a C program when an addition would cause integer overflow? 
选择一个答案
a. An incorrect result is produced and execution continues.

b. Execution is terminated.

c. The correct value is coerced to a floating point number.

d. An exception-handler is called with the two operands as parameters.

正确：A
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Multiple Choice Quiz 4
1
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In one computer, the bytes with addresses A, A+1, A+2 and A+3 contain the integer 256, and the variable declared with int * a; has the value A. In a different computer, the bytes with addresses B, B+1, B+2 and B+3 also contain the integer 256, and the variable declared with int * b has the value B. Which of the following are necessarily true?
1. The contents of A+1 are equal to the contents of B+1.
2. The contents of A+1 are equal to the contents of B+2.
3. *a == *b
选择一个答案
a. I and III only

b. II and III only

c. I only

d. III only

正确：D
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Question 2
分数: 1/1
Given the following declaration and initialization of s, what is the value of the expression s[6]?

char s[] = "string";
选择一个答案
a. '\n'

b. 'g'

c. an unpredictable value

d. '\0'

正确：D
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Question 3
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The Visual C++ Memory window displays
选择一个答案
a. the names and values of variables in memory, interpreted as 32-bit integers no matter what the variables' types

b. the names and values of variables in memory, interpreted in one of several ways

c. the contents of memory, interpreted as 32-bit integers, without the associated variable names

d. the contents of memory, interpreted in one of several ways, without the associated variable names

正确：D
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Question 4
分数: 1/1
In C, assuming that an int takes 4 bytes, how many bytes are required to represent the following array?

int a[12];
选择一个答案
a. 12

b. 52

c. 44

d. 48

正确：D
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Question 5
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Which of the following statements about alignment within C struct's is true?

1. Alignment may cause the allocation of unused space.
2. Alignment is required by all modern processors.
3. Alignment can help processors access data more efficiently.
选择一个答案
a. I, II, and III

b. II and III only

c. I only

d. I and III only

正确：D
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Question 6
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Given the address of a C struct at runtime, how is the address of a member element in the struct determined?
选择一个答案
a. A constant offset associated with the member is added to the address.

b. A linear search is made from the base address of the struct.

c. The struct consists of an array of pointers to the elements of the struct.

d. The element name is looked up in a symbol table.

正确：A
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Question 7
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Consider the following code.

char a[100];
a[99] = *((char *) (((int) &a[0]) + 4))

If integers are 32 bits wide, which of the following values is equal to a[99]?
选择一个答案
a. the integer stored in the bytes a[4], a[5], a[6] and a[7]

b. a[4]

c. a[0] + 4

d. a[3]

正确：B
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Question 8
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In C, assuming that an int takes 4 bytes, if array a is declared as follows and a has the value 0x10000, what is the value of the expression a + 2?

int a[12];
选择一个答案
a. 8 plus the contents of location 0x10000

b. 0x10004

c. 0x10002

d. 0x10008

正确：D
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Question 9
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We want the variable factorialfunc to hold the address of the first instruction of the following function:

int factorial(int n) {