Diagnostics Quiz Online Practice Test

1. The assert.h header file in the C Standard Library defines the ________ macro.

2. What is the name of the macro associated with the assert macro defined in assert.h?

3. What happens if NDEBUG is defined as a macro name when including <assert.h>?

4. The assert should be implemented as a ______ rather than as an actual ______.

5. What type of value does the assert macro return?

6. The macro `void assert(int expression)` enables diagnostic information to be written to which of the following files?

7. What is the proper declaration for the assert macro?

8. If the expression in `void assert(int expression)` is zero, a message will be printed to stderr (standard error file).

9. What happens when the expression in `void assert(int expression)` evaluates to true?

10. Which function does the assert macro invoke to terminate execution?

11. The following message is displayed in stderr:
Assertion failed: expression, file filenum, line nmn

12. Which preprocessor macros provide the source filename and line number?

13. In which header file is the function abort() defined?

14. Identify the line in the provided code that is in passive form.

15. What will the output be when running the following C code?
#include <assert.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void -Assert(char *mesg) {
fputs(mesg, stderr);
fputs(" -- assertion failed\n", stderr);
abort();
}

16. Which macro is utilized for identifying and reporting exceptional conditions?