Q1. Which one of the following choices lists valid assertions that represent places within a string?

A. b, B, x, X

B. A, B, Z, G

C. z, Z, g, y

D. Y, X, Z, A

Q2. Regular expressions are best used for which task?

A. To perform arithmetic functions

B. To determine whether a string matches a specific pattern

C. To perform spelling checks within text files

D. To output data to a text file

Q3. Assuming $a = 2, which of the following evaluates as false?

A. "False"

B. $a

C. $a < 0

D. 1

Q4. Which keyword indicates an object reference rather than a variable reference?

A. return

B. bless

C. package

D. object

Q5. Consider the following assignments:

$x = 9

$y = 7

$z = 5

Given these assignments, which one of the following expressions evaluates as true?

A. ($x - $y) != ($y - $z);

B. ($z * 2) <= $x;

C. ($y + $z + $x) = $y*3;

D. ($x 2) > $y;

Q6. Consider the following lines of code:

1.$playerStr = "Today's player is Bob Petit."; 2.if($playerStr =~ /[Ruth|Gehrig|DiMaggio]/) {

3. $game = "Baseball"; 4.}else{

5. $game = "Basketball"; 6.}

7.print $game;

What is the output of these lines of code?

A. No output is generated due to an error in line 2.

B. Basketball

C. Baseball

D. No output is generated due to an error in line 3.

Q7. Which statement will open the /etc/passwd file for reading only?

A. open(PASSFILE "+>/etc/passwd");

B. open(PASSFILE, "/etc/passwd");

C. open(PASSFILE "+</etc/passwd");

D. open(PASSFILE, ">/etc/passwd");

Q8. Consider the program code in the attached exhibit. What is the result of executing this program code?

A. The code will output the following: 50

B. The code will output the following: 0

C. The code will output the following: 5

D. The code will output the following: multiply(5, 10)

Q9. Consider the following program code:

$y = 1;

$x = 2;

$z = 3;

do

{

print ($y );

} while ($y eq 2);

do

{

print ($x );

} until ($x eq 2); print ($z );

What is the result of executing this program code?

A. The code will output the following: 1 2 3

B. The code will output the following: 3

C. The code will output the following: 2 3

D. The code will output the following: 3 2 1

Q10. Consider the following program code:

$x = 5;

$y = 10;

while (++$x < 10 && ++$y < 15)

{

print ($x $y );

}

print ($x $y );

What is the result of executing this program code?

A. The code will output the following: 6 11 7 12 8 13 9 14 10 15

B. The code will output the following: 6 11 7 12 8 13 9 14 10 14

C. The code will output the following: 5 10 6 11 7 12 8 13 9 13

D. The code will output the following: 5 10 6 11 7 12 8 13 9 14