TACL – Tandem Advanced Command Language Beginner Quiz
TACL – Tandem Advanced Command Language Beginner Quiz contains set of 100 TACL MCQ Questions With Answers which will help you to clear beginner level quiz.
| TACL is | ans) a) Tandem Advanced Command Language | b) Tandem Application Command Language | c) Tandem Advanced Computing Language | b) Tandem Application Computing Language |
| TACL is both a command interpreter and also a high-level programming language. | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| TACL is used for managing System and Processes. | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| “!” is used to display the lastly executed command in TACL environment. | a) True | ans) b) False | ||
| “!” command is used to reexecute a previous command line | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| There are ___ types of characters that have special meaning to TACL. | a) 4 | b) 5 | ans) c) 6 | d) 8 |
| The start of a TACL directive is specified by – | ans) a) ? | b) & | c) ! | d) @ |
| __________ are special constructs that allow you to perform simple pattern-matching operations. | a) Metacharacters | b) Seperator | ans) c) Templates | d) Operator |
| TACL supports ____ forms of comments. | ans) a) 3 | b) 4 | c) 5 | d) 1 |
| TACL does not support nested comments. | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| TACL has ___ types of variables | a) 4 | b) 5 | c) 6 | ans) d)7 |
| A TACL variable name can contain from 1 to __ characters | a) 8 | b) 16 | c) 32 | ans) d) 31 |
| For a TACL variable, different levels can contain different types of data. | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| How to declare user defined variables in TACL Macro? | a) #DECLARE | b) #POP | ans) c) #PUSH | d) #DEF |
| How to delete user defined variables in TACL Macro? | a) #DECLARE | ans) b) #POP | c) #PUSH | d) #DEF |
| ________removes one or more levels from the bottom of a variable | ans) a) #KEEP | b) #POP | c) #DELETE | d) #DEF |
| A MACRO accesses arguments by_________ | a) number | ans) b) position | c) order | d) precedence |
| %0% means | ans) a) The name of the macro itself | b) All arguments . |
c) The 1st argument supplied by the user. | d) The last argument supplied by the user. |
| The arguments are supplied as a __________ list to the MACRO. | ans) a) space-seperated. | b) comma-seperated. | c) dot-seperated. | d) slash-seperated. |
| What happens when more arguments are supplied to the MACRO, than are used in the MACRO? | a) Error. . |
ans) b) TACL ignore the extra arguments. | c) Macro won’t run | d) None of the above |
| ________ has sophisticated argument handling capabilities | a) Macro | ans) b) Routine | c) Alias | d) Delta |
| In a ROUTINE, multiple exit points can be provided by the_________ built-in function. | ans) a) #RETURN | b) #EXCEPTION | c) #EXIT | d) #RAISE |
| A MACRO can have multiple exit points. | a) True | ans) b) False | ||
| A MACRO invocation returns the entire text of the macro to be executed, while a ROUTINE invocation returns only what the #RESULT function provides. | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| A ROUTINE invocation returns the entire text of the macro to be executed, while a MACRO invocation returns only what the #RESULT function provides. | a) True b) False |
ans) b) False | ||
| ROUTINE has ability to handle exceptions | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| MACRO has ability to handle exceptions | a) True | ans) b) False | ||
| A ROUTINE uses the _________ built-in function to examine and validate arguments. | a) #VARIABLE | ans) b) #ARGUMENT | c) #EXIT | d) #RAISE |
| STRUCT is declared using | a) #DECLARE | b) #POP | c) #PUSH | ans) d) #DEF |
| A structure in TACL can contain up to _______ bytes of data. | a) 4096 | ans) b) 5000 | c) 2048 | d) 8196 |
| The maximum nesting depth for directories is ____ levels | a) 4 | ans) b) 16 | c) 32 | d) 8 |
| You can create a root (:) directory | a) True | ans) b) False | ||
| Which is a valid TACL Directive? | ans) a) ?BLANK | b) ?NOLIST | c) ?SYMBOLS | d) ?RUNNABLE |
| ______ directive is used to insert a blank line into a variable | ans) a) ?BLANK | b) ?FORMAT | c) ?SECTION | d) ?TACL |
| ________ directive is used to specify how TACL interprets metacharacters in the TACL statements following the directive. | a) ?BLANK | ans) b) ?FORMAT | c) ?SECTION | d) ?TACL |
| ________ directive allows you to create a library that contains definitions for many variables. | a) ?BLANK | b) ?FORMAT | ans) c) ?SECTION | d) ?TACL |
| __________ directive is used to specify that the TACL statements following the directive in a file are the contents of a TACL variable. | a) ?BLANK | b) ?FORMAT | c) ?SECTION | ans) d) ?TACL |
| The ?TACL directive, if specified, must be the ________ line of the file. | ans) a) first | b) middle | c) last | d) fifth |
| You do not compile or bind TACL programs. | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| TACL programs can be stored in | a) Edit File | b) Library File | c) Segment File | ans) d) All of the above |
| __________ file provides customization for your personal TACL environment. | a) TACLINIT | b) TACLOCL | ans) c) TACLCSTM | d) None of the above |
| __________ file provides customization for all the TACL users TACL environment. | a) TACLINIT | ans) b) TACLOCL | c) TACLCSTM | d) None of the above |
| TACL requires the TACL program file and the __________ file. | ans) a) TACLINIT | b) TACLOCL | c) TACLCSTM | d) None of the above |
| A TACL process can run at a high PIN | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| Before LOGON, the only commands TACL accepts are ________. | a) PAUSE | b) TIME | c) FC | ans) d) All of the above |
| Personal customization for one user is done through the use of the __________ file. | a) TACLINIT | b) TACLOCL | ans) c) TACLCSTM | d) None of the above |
| Local customization for all users on a given system is done through the use of the __________ file. | a) TACLINIT | ans) b) TACLOCL | c) TACLCSTM | d) None of the above |
| CMON is | ans) a) Command Interpreter Monitor Interface | b) Command Interpreter Monitor | c) Communication Interpreter Monitor Interface | d) Communication Interpreter Monitor |
| _______ are used for interactive work and the __________ are used for programmatic work. | ans) a) Commands, built-in functions. | b) Built-in functions, built-in variables. | c) Commands, user-defined variables. | d) All of the above |
| Super.Super Id is | a) 0,0 | b) 250,250 | ans) c) 255,255 | d) 0,255 |
| #COMPAREV is a ___________ | a) Command | ans) b) Built-in function | c) Built-in variable | d) Directive |
| #OUT is a ___________ | a) Command | b) Built-in function | ans) c) Built-in variable | d) Directive |
| #MYTERM is ___________ | ans) a) The name of the home terminal. | b) The name of the OUT file used by TACL | c) Built-in function. | d) Directive |
| _____ command is used in TACL prompt to get your volume and sub volume. | a) setboth | ans) b) setprompt both | c) vol-subvol-both | d) All of the above |
| ________ built-in function in TACL copies specified number of characters from one variable to another. | ans) a) #CHARGETV | b) #COPY | c) #MOVE | d) #GET |
| ___________ command is used for deleting a file | ans) a) Purge | b) Delete | c) Remove | d) None of the above |
| __________ displays the previously used commands | a) Env | ans) b) History | c) Display | d) None of the above |
| ____________ is the user ID for a group manager in group 100. | a) 100,100 | ans) b) 100,255 | c) 255,100 | d) 255,255 |
| A Guardian file with RWEP of GOGO can be described as – | a) Any group member to read and write the file, but execute and purge access of the file are available only to the owner | ans) b) Any group member to read and execute the file, but write and purge access of the file are available only to the owner | c) Owner to read and execute the file, but write and purge access of the file is available to all members | d) None of the above |
| A statement in TACL consists of only one commands or built-in functions. | a) True | ans) b) False | ||
| Before log on, which command can be used in TACL prompt? | a) Fileinfo | b) Volume | ans) c) Time | d) Setprompt both |
| #DELAY 10 causes TACL to delay for ____________________ . | a) 10 minutes | b) 10 seconds | c) 1 second | ans) d) 1/10th of a second |
| FC command allows recalling the previous line and modifying the command line | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| FILEINFO command is to get the information about a file | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| From the following, which #SET command does not exist in TACL? | a) #SET #ASSIGN | b) #SET #DEFAULTS | c) #SET #INFORMAT | ans) d) None of Above |
| How can you delete a subvolume? | a) by deleting the subvol | b) by deleting the volume | ans) c) by deleting all the files under that subvol | d) by deleting all the file under that volume |
| How many customization TACL support? | ans) a) 2 | b) 5 | c) 3 | d) 1 |
| How to change priority of a process? | a) setpri | ans) b) altpri | c) chngpri | d) None of the above |
| How to get the information about sys<nn>? | a) viewsys | ans) b) sysinfo | c) infosys | d) None of the above |
| How to tell which TACL variables have been loaded from each segment file? | a) Info Segfile | ans) b) Seginfo | c) Define segment | d) None of the above |
| In this fully qualified file \WEST.$WRLD.GLOBE.SOURCE, what \WEST defines? | a) Volume | b) Subvolume | c) File | ans) d) System |
| Invalid comment syntax in TACL is – | a) COMMENT | ans) b) /* */ | c) == | d) { } |
| List down the type of variables in TACL | a) Application Variable, Tandem Variable, Fup Variable | ans) b) Macro Variable,Routine Variable, TEXT Variable | c) Command Variable. | d) None of the Above |
| #push a #set a “John” Outvar [a] #pop a What will be the output of the above tacl commands? |
ans) a) John | b) “John” | c) ‘John’ | d) None of the Above |
| #REQUESTER can be used for which of the following? | ans) a) Processes, Files and Devices | b) Only on Processes | c) Files and Devices | d) Only on files |
| Run command starts the process | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| RUN command with the NOWAIT option will start a process that runs in the background | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| TACL can operate without TACLBASE file. | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| TACL macros begin with the directive | ans) a) ?TACL Macro | b) Macro | c) TACL | d) None of the above |
| TACL provides – | a) partial command interpreter facilities | ans) b) full command interpreter facilities | c) low-level programming capability | d) a GUI interface to files |
| TACL stores DEFINEs in | a) Assign | ans) b) Process File Segment | c) Segment File | d) None of the above |
| The ______ command identifies you as a valid user on the Tandem system. | a) USER | b) MYTERM | ans) c) LOGON | d) NONE |
| The built-in function #ARGUMENT can be used in TACL ________________. | ans) a) Routine | b) Macro | c) Alias | d) None of the above |
| The command used to assign names of actual files to logical file names used in programs | ans) a) Assign | b) Pause | c) Run | d) None of the above |
| The command used to remove one or more existing DEFINEs from the process file segment | a) Like Define | ans) b) Delete Define | c) Modify Define | d) None of the above |
| The command which can be used to give back control of the terminal to a background | ans) a) Pause | b) Break | c) Nowait | d) Run |
| The functions to add and remove new variable level are ______ and _______respectively. | ans) a) #PUSH & #POP | b) #POP & PUSH | c) #ADD & #DELETE | d) #ADD & #PURGE |
| The Info Define command will display the attributes and values associated with one or more existing DEFINEs | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| We can debug a TACL macro/routine. | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| What command can be used to delete all variable in current FRAME? | ans) a) #UNFRAME | b) #FRAME | c) #PUSH | d) #POP |
| What is the purpose of TACL built-in functions #LINEFINDR? | a) Finds the address of a specified text, searching forward | ans) b) Finds the address of a specified text, searching backword | c) Finds the address of a specified variable, searching backward | d) Finds the address of a specified text, searching forward for the offset provided |
| What is a TACLCSTM? | a) Usually the terminal from which a process was started. | b) Usually the terminal from which a process was never started | ans) c) It is an Edit File which provides Customization for Users | d) None of the Above |
| What is Home Terminal? | ans) a) Usually the terminal from which a process was started. | b) Usually the terminal from which a process was never started | c) Usually the terminal from which a process was ended. | d) None of the Above |
| What is the command #MYTERM used for? | a) To get the name of the process that your user id has started | ans) b) To get the name of your home terminal | c) To output the result on your terminal | d) Not A valid builtin function |
| What is the output of the following TACL routine? ?SECTION abc ROUTINE #FRAME #PUSH var1 #SET var1 10 #OUTPUT [var1] #OUTPUT var1 #UNFRAME |
a) 10 and 10 | ans) b) 10 and var1 | c) var1 and 10 | d) var1 and var1 |
| What is the symbol / character used to mention the comment line in TACL? | a) ! | b) * | c) = | ans) d) = = |
| What is the TACL command used to discard error indications returned by a function? | a) CLEAR | ans) b) SINK | c) DEFAULT | d) BREAK |
| What is the use of #CHARFINDRV? | ans) a) Locates string in variable, searching backward from character address | b) Locates string in variable, searching forward from character address | c) Obtains copy of specified number of characters from a variable | d) Copies specified number of characters from one variable to another |
| What is the use of #RETURN? | a) Writes the value of the variable | ans) b) Exit from the location in routine | c) Both A and B | d) None of the above |
| What is the use of the TACL built-in functions #CHARFINDV? | a) Finds the address of a specified string, searching forward | ans) b) Finds the address of a specified string, searching forward in variable level | c) Finds the address of a specified string, searching backward | d) Finds the address of a specified string, searching backward in variable level |
| What will be the result of below TACL script? #PUSH sample #APPEND sample I am learning TACL #OUTPUTV sample #POP sample |
a) sample | ans) b) I am learning TACL | c) sample I am learning TACL | d) None of the above |
| What will be the result of below TACL script? #PUSH sample #APPEND sample I have learnt TACL #APPEND sample here is the line count #LINECOUNT sample #OUTPUTV sample #POP sample |
a) 0 | b) 1 | ans) c) 2 | d) 3 |
| When you type ? on TACL prompt, what will happen? | a) Re-executes previous command line | ans) b) Displays previous command line | c) Displays the attributes of User and Group | d) Displays the attributes of current default setting |
| Which built in function is used by TACL to interpret an argument? | a) #OUTPUT | ans) b) #ARGUMENT | c) %*% | d) #DEF |
| Which built in function is used to convert GMT into local based timestamp? | ans) a) #CONVERTTIMESTAMP | b) #COMPUTEJULIANDAYNO | c) #COMPUTETIMESTAMP | d) #CONVERTPROCESSTIME |
| Which built-in function is used to request information about a process? | a) #PROCESS | b) #PROCESSEXISTS | c) #NEWPROCESS | ans) d) #PROCESSINFO |
| Which built-in variable is used to input format for TACL? | ans) a) #informat | b) #in | c) #compute | d) #PLANE |
| Which command shows TACL built in function and variable? | a) builtvar | ans) b) builtins | c) show all | d) All of the above |
| Which edit file provides customization for your personal TACL environment? | a) TACLINIT | ans) b) TACLCSTM | c) TACLLOCL | d) TACLBASE |
| Which is the command to allow a user to logon to the Tandem system? | a) Allow | ans) b) Logon | c) User | d) None of the above |
| Which is the correct notation to access parameters by position in TACL MACRO? | a) $n$ | b) (n) | ans) c) %n% | d) *n* |
| Which is not a valid syntax w.r.t to CLEAR? | a) CLEAR ALL ASSIGN | b) CLEAR ALL | ans) c) CLEAR ASSIGN * | d) None of the above |
| Which of the following can be used in a ROUTINE? | a) #Argument | b) #MORE | c) #Rest | ans) d) All of the above |
| Which of the following is correct comment in TACL? | a) = = comment-text | b) { comment-text} | c) COMMENT comment-text | ans) d) All the above |
| Which of the following is correct for a fully qualified Guardian File Name (MYFILE)? | ans) a) $VOLUME.SUBVOL.MYFILE | b) SUBVOLUME.MYFILE | c) MYFILE | d) None of the above |
| Which of the following is correct? | a) TACL MACRO do not support Exception handling | b) In TACL MACROS built-in functions like #ARGUMENT is not available | c) TACL MACRO can invoke other macros and functions | ans) d) All of the above |
| Which of the following is true about TACL? | a) Can be used to obtain information about system users | b) Can be used to manage files | c) Can be used to define function keys | ans) d) All of the above |
| Which of the following is valid directives in TACL? | a) ?BLANK | b) ?FORMAT | c) ?SECTION | ans) d) All of the above |
| Which of the following TACL command shows TACL built-in functions and variables? | a) BUILTIN | b) ENV | c) FILES | ans) d) None of the above |
| Which process control command is used to delete attributes set by Assign? | a) DELETE DEFINE | b) ALTER DEFINE | ans) c) CLEAR | d) RESET DEFINE |
