TACL – Tandem Advanced Command Language Expert Quiz

TACL – Tandem Advanced Command Language Expert Quiz

 



TACL – Tandem Advanced Command Language Expert Quiz contains set of 50 TACL MCQ Questions With Answers which will help you to clear Expert level quiz.


$CMON process is involved during the user LOGON to TACL. ans) a) True b) False
________contains TACL commands and the code for all other products (that are part of a software RVU) on the system that include TACL programs. ans) a) TACLSEGF b) TACL Default segment file c) UTILS d) None of these
In TACL, while starting a process you want to pass information at startup time what option will you use? a) STARTUP b) SETV ans) c) IN d) None of the above
What does a #INTERPRETJULIANDAYNO function do (in TACL)? ans) a) Converts Julian day number to year, month, and day b) Breaks down four-word timestamp to its component parts c) Obtains four-word timestamp d) None of the above
What does following TACL statement does – CREATESEG mysegfil? ans) a) Creates segment file mysegfil b) Gains access, in either private or shared mode, to an existing segment file c) Both d) None of these
Which of the following Directive is used to specify how TACL interprets metacharacters in the TACL statements following the directive? a) ?BLANK ans) b) ?FORMAT c)?SECTION d) None of these
Which of the below options is true for a TACL process? a) Can run at a high PIN b) Can create a high-PIN process c) Can be created by a high-PIN process ans) d) All of the above
_____________is built in IPC mechanism for TACL. ans) a) Inline process b) TCP/IP communication c) Message queues d) All of the above
Which of the following command establishes the formatting mode as TACL? a) #SET #INFORMAT #TACL b) #SET FORMAT TACL c) #SET FORMAT #TACL ans) d) #SET #INFORMAT TACL
Which command starts the Korn shell from a TACL prompt? a) oss b) ksh c) kss ans) d) osh
#RETURN exits immediately and does not reset any frames unless you specify #UNFRAME or #RESET FRAMES prior to #RETURN. ans) a) True b) False
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
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 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 of 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
TACL is both a command interpreter and also a high-level programming language. 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. b) dot-seperated. b) 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 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 ans) 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
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