Perl Programing Language Quiz

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    Who developed Perl language?

    • David Wheeler
    • Dennis Ritchie
    • Larry Wall
    • It's not given anywhere.
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About This Quiz

Are you a computer science student or someone who loves programming? How many programming languages do you know? Have you ever used Perl? The trivia quiz below will check your knowledge of this language. Perl is a highly capable and general-purpose programming language. Besides its general definition, what else do you know about Perl? Who developed this language? In which year was Perl launched? If you have all these answers, proceed with this quiz. All the very best!

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  • 2. 

    Perl language is nonportable and platform-dependent.

    • True

    • False

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  • 3. 

    What is the file extension for the Perl program?

    • .prl

    • .perl

    • .pl

    • All of the above

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  • 4. 

    For which operating system was Perl 1.0 released?

    • UNIX

    • LINUX

    • Microsoft Windows

    • All of the above

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  • 5. 

    Programs written in Perl are known as 

    • Perl scripts

    • Perl syntax

    • Both A and B

    • None of the above

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  • 6. 

    What is the most used expansion for PERL language?

    • Practical Extraction Reversible Language

    • Practical Extraction Reporting Language

    • Practical Extracted Reporting Language

    • Programming Extraction Reporting Language

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  • 7. 

    What is true of the Perl programming language?

    • It was originally created for script manipulation.

    • It supports both procedural and Object-Oriented programming.

    • It is mostly similar to C syntactically.

    • All of the above

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  • 8. 

    Which year was Perl language launched?

    • 1984

    • 1985

    • 1986

    • 1987

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  • 9. 

    What is the latest version of Perl as of 2022?

    • 5.32.0

    • 5.32.0

    • 5.36.0

    • Perl is not being used nowadays.

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  • 10. 

    How many types of variables are there in Perl?

    • 2

    • 3

    • 4

    • 5

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