250+ TOP MCQs on LISP Primitives and Answers

LISP Multiple Choice Questions on “LISP Primitives”.

1. Which is used to represent the prompt in lisp?
a) #
b) $
c) &
d) *

Answer: d
Clarification: Lisp displays a prompt to to tell that it waiting for something to enter.

2. Which notation facilitates uniformity in lisp?
a) Prefix
b) Postfix
c) Infix
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a
Clarification: Because the procedure name is always in the same place, no matter how many arguments are involved.

3. Which is a procedures supplied by user in terms of primitives?
a) Custom
b) User-defined
c) Definite
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Clarification: A procedures supplied by user in terms of lisp primitives is called user-defined procedure.

4. What is the process of reserving a place in computer memory to store a value for a symbol?
a) Storing
b) Ranging
c) Binding
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c
Clarification: Binding means that allotting a memory location to a variable and storing a value in it.

5. What is the general pattern that shows how the various parts of an expression fit together?
a) Template
b) Pattern
c) Match
d) Both Template & Pattern

Answer: a
Clarification: Template describes what should appear in the position occupied.

6. What is the output of the following statement?

span class="sy0"> * (+ 3.14 2.71)

a) 3.14
b) 2.71
c) 5.84
d) 5.85

Answer: d
Clarification: This statement is used to add the two given values.
Output:
5.85

7. What is the output of the following statement?

span class="sy0"> * (first '( p h w))

a) P
b) H
c) W
d) phw

Answer: a
Clarification: This statement will print the first alphabet of the given value.
Output:
P

8. What is the output of the following statement?

span class="sy0"> * ( first (rest (first '((a b) (c d)))))

a) a
b) b
c) c
d) d

Answer: b
Clarification: This statement is used to print b because of nesting.
Output:
b

9. What is the output of the following statement?

span class="sy0"> * '(first (first (rest (rest ((a b) (c d) (e f))))))

a) a
b) b
c) ab
d) (FIRST (FIRST (REST (REST ((A B) (C D) (E F))))))

Answer: d
Clarification: Because ‘ character is recognized as a macro character, so it will convert ‘ into (quote ).
Output:
(FIRST (FIRST (REST (REST ((A B) (C D) (E F))))))

10. What is the output of the following statement?

span class="sy0"> * (cdr '(a b c))

a) a
b) B
c) (B C)
D) None of the mentioned

Answer: c
Clarification: cdr function is used to form composite primitives.
Output:
(B C)