TACL – Tandem Advanced Command Language Intermediate Quiz
TACL – Tandem Advanced Command Language Intermediate Quiz contains set of 50 TACL MCQ Questions With Answers which will help you to clear Intermediate level quiz.
| Assume that CALLME in the below TACL script is a file name. VARTOFILE moves the contents of a variable into a file. Now, if the file CALLME is not present in the subvolume you execute this TACL script, what would be the result? #PUSH v1 #SET v1 hello VARTOFILE v1 CALLME |
a) Returns error 14 | ans) b) Creates the file and copies the content of v1 | c) Creates the file but does not copy the contents of v1 into it | d) Searches for the file in other Subvolumes and copies contents of v1 into it. |
| Assume var1 is TACL variable having below value ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ What will be the result of -#CHARCOUNT var1 |
ans) a) 26 | b) 28 | c) 29 | d) None of the above |
| TACL Built in function #DEBUGPROCESS corresponds to which of below Guardian procedure? | ans) a) PROCESS_DEBUG_ | b) DEBUG_PROCESS_ | c) DEBUG_ | d) None of the above |
| Tacl built in function #FRAME does not have corresponding Guardian procedure. | ans) a) True | b) False | ||
| Use of which character at the end of a line of TACL command signals that the line continues on the next physical line? | a) @ | ans) b) & | c) / | d) ! |
| 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 |
| Which of the following command enables TACL debugger? | ans) a) #SET #TRACE -1 | b) #SET #TRACE 0 | c) #SET #TRACE TRUE | d) None of the above |
| Which of the following is correct for a TACL command to list all the processes created by the SUPER user (255,255)? | a) status *, user | b) status *, user super.super | c) status *, user 255,255 | ans) d) Both b & c are correct |
| Which of the following TACL command shows TACL built-in functions? | ans) a) BUILTINS | b) ENV | c) FILES | d) STATUS |
| Which one of the below is NOT a TACL Variable? | a) TEXT | b) DIRECTORY | c) DELTA | ans) d) NUMBER |
| 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 | 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 |
