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Hungarian Notation is a variable-naming convention used by some programmers. How did it get its name?
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  1. It was called that because of its similarity to Reverse Polish Notation

  2. Its inventor was Hungarian

  3. When you read it out loud it sounds like you're speaking Hungarian

  4. It was invented at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in Hungary

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Correct Option: B

Once very popular and widely used Pascal spawned a number of derivative languages. Which is NOT a successor to Pascal?
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  1. Python

  2. Ada

  3. Oberon

  4. Modula-2

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Correct Option: A

Why are race conditions a problem in modern software development?
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  1. Minorities are inadequately represented in programming jobs

  2. Developers can't code fast enough to meet ever-changing requirements

  3. Software can't keep up with the speed of modern processors

  4. Processes that share the same memory can produce unexpected results

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Correct Option: D

Is P equal to NP?
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  1. Yes

  2. No

  3. Sometimes

  4. I don't know

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Correct Option: D

A client has asked you to write some basic accounting software in C. What data type is best for representing figures in dollars and cents?
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  1. Float

  2. Double

  3. Integer

  4. Boolean

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Correct Option: C

For what achievement is Brian Kernighan best known?

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  1. He was co-creator of the Unix operating system

  2. He was co-creator of AWK a programming language for text processing

  3. He was co-creator of the C programming language

  4. He was co-inventor of the concept of object-oriented programming

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Correct Option: B

A programming language is said to be "Turing complete" if it can be used to implement any conceivable algorithm. Which is NOT a Turing-complete language in its standard form?

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  1. PostScript

  2. BASIC

  3. C#

  4. SQL

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following is NOT a data structure used in modern programming practice?
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  1. Linked list

  2. Twisted pair

  3. Circular buffer

  4. Sparse matrix

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Correct Option: B

Proc Dataset cannot be used for which of the following task?
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  1. Display the variable(s) information

  2. Manage Index on Dataset

  3. Rename SAS Dataset

  4. Manipulate Password

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Correct Option: A

A BPEL Process can be invoked by
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  1. Another BPEL Process

  2. A java client

  3. A non-java client

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D