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Memory Allocation - Objective type Interview question with

answers on C Programming

1.

With every use of memory allocation function, what function should be used to release allocated memory which is
no longer needed?

[A] dropmem()

[B] dealloc()

[C] release()

[D] free()

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option [D]

The library function free() is used to deallocate the memory that is no longer be used. This deallocated memory is
dynamically allocated by malloc, calloc and realloc previously.

2.

Physically placing the machine instructions and data into main memory is done by

[A] Linker

[B] Loader

[C] Code Generator

[D] Interpreter

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option [B]

3.

Which header file should be included to use function like malloc() and calloc()?

[A] memory.h

[B] stdlib.h

[C] string.h

[D] dos.h
Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option [B]

The stdlib.h header file contains malloc(), calloc() and realloc() dynamically allocated array functions.

4.

How will you free the allocated memory?

[A] remove(variable-name);

[B] free(variable-name);

[C] delete(variable-name);

[D] dealloc(variable-name);

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option [B]

5.

Which data structure is used by malloc() for object creation?

[A] Heap

[B] Tree

[C] Stack

[D] Queue

Answer & Explanation

Answer: Option [A]