Perl Online Quiz



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Questions and Answers

Q 1 - Is perl a case sensitive language?

A - true

B - false

Answer : A

Explanation

Perl is a case sensitive programming language. Thus $Manpower and $manpower are two different identifiers in Perl.

Q 3 - Which of the following method pushes the values of the list onto the end of the array?

A - push @ARRAY, LIST

B - pop @ARRAY

C - shift @ARRAY

D - unshift @ARRAY, LIST

Answer : A

Explanation

push @ARRAY, LIST − Pushes the values of the list onto the end of the array.

Q 4 - Which of the following statement terminates the loop statement and transfers execution to the statement immediately following the loop?

A - next

B - last

C - continue

D - redo

Answer : B

Explanation

last statement − Terminates the loop statement and transfers execution to the statement immediately following the loop.

Q 5 - Which of the following operator performs exponential (power) calculation on operators?

A - *

B - /

C - %

D - **

Answer : D

Explanation

** − Exponent − Performs exponential (power) calculation on operators.

Q 6 - Which of the following operator checks if the value of left operand is less than or equal to the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true?

A - <

B - >=

C - <=

D - <=>

Answer : C

Explanation

<= − Checks if the value of left operand is less than or equal to the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true.

Q 7 - Which of the following operator returns a list of values counting (up by ones) from the left value to the right value?

A - .

B - x

C - ..

D - ++

Answer : C

Explanation

.. − The range operator .. returns a list of values counting (up by ones) from the left value to the right value.

Q 8 - Which of the following function returns the current local time on the machine that runs the script?

A - localtime

B - gmtime

C - time

D - strftime

Answer : A

Explanation

localtime − returns the current local time on the machine that runs the script.

Q 10 - Which of the following function points current position of a pointer to a particular position in a file?

A - rename

B - tell

C - seek

D - None of the above.

Answer : C

Explanation

You can use seek function to point a particular position inside the file.

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