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 2 - Which of the following special variable represents current package name?

A - _PACKAGE_

B - Package

C - PACKAGE

D - None of the above.

Answer : A

Explanation

_PACKAGE_ -represents current package name.

Q 4 - Which of the following function returns all keys of a Hash?

A - keys

B - values

C - Both of the above.

D - None of the above.

Answer : A

Explanation

keys − You can get a list of all of the keys from a hash by using keys function.

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 two operands are equal or not, and returns -1, 0, or 1?

A - ==

B - !=

C - <=>

D - >

Answer : C

Explanation

<=> − Checks if the value of two operands are equal or not, and returns -1, 0, or 1 depending on whether the left argument is numerically less than, equal to, or greater than the right argument.

Q 7 - Which of the following operator returns -1, 0, or 1 depending on whether the left argument is stringwise less than, equal to, or greater than the right argument?

A - eq

B - ne

C - cmp

D - ge

Answer : C

Explanation

cmp − Returns -1, 0, or 1 depending on whether the left argument is stringwise less than, equal to, or greater than the right argument.

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 code create a reference for a array?

A - $ref = \$foo;

B - $ref = \@ARGV;

C - $ref = \%ENV;

D - $ref = \&PrintHash;

Answer : B

Explanation

You can create a reference for any array by prefixing it with a backslash as follows - $ref = \@ARGV;

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