C Programming Interview

Questions

Q.1: What is C
language in your
opinion?

Developed by Dennis Ritchie

between 1969 & 1973.

Developed at the Bell Laboratories,

aimed to use with UNIX OS.

Widely used for developing

application software, though it was

mainly invented for developing
system software.

Q.2: What is a static

variable in context of C
language?

Declared inside a function.

Declared for function name.
Declared for Global

parameters.

Q.3: Can you explain

the difference between
a normal variable and
a pointer?

A normal variable can have any value

and can be changed throughout the

length of the program.

A pointer defines the address where

another variable is stored and not any

value.

Q.4: What is the

difference between
calloc() and malloc()?

malloc() will create single block of memory

of size specified by the user.

Example - p=(int*)malloc(sizeof(int)*5)
calloc() takes two arguments and zero

initializes the memory. It can assign

multiple blocks of memory for a variable.
Example - p=(int*)calloc(5,sizeof(int)*5)

Q.5: What is the

difference between
printf() and sprint()?

Printf() outputs the data to the

standard output device which is

usually the computer monitor.
Sprint() outputs the data to a

character array.

Q.6: Which is the

fastest sorting method
you can use while
programming in c
language?

This is a question which falls into There

is no one-size-fits-all answer category.
But few options areQuick sort.
Radix sort.
Merge sort.

Q.7:Is using functions

or macros better when
programming in C?

Macros are generally more efficient and

faster.
Macros cannot handle complex

programming constructs and in such

cases functions are used
We can choose macros or functions

based on our priority - speed vs. size of

program.

Q.8: What is a Stack?

Stack is where information required to

call and return function resides

It also stores a functions local variable
Stack follows a FIFO model

Q.9: What is the

difference between C
and C++?

C++ is an advanced version of C

which introduced a lot of new

features like classes and so on.
Its much more object oriented

compared to the general purpose

programming C was initially created
for.

Q.10: Is it good to use

goto statement?

goto statements are used to

implement a local jump during

program execution.
It is not considered a good practice to

use goto statements and should be

avoided as much as possible.

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