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Here are the Top 10 Microsoft programming FAQs for freshers, but chances are high that you may need to face one of these during your next technical interview, irrespective of the company that you are appearing for!

Top 10 Microsoft programming FAQs for freshers

1. Write C code for (a) deleting an element from a linked list (b) traversing a linked list

2. What are various problems unique to distributed databases

3. Make the pointer aligned to a 4 byte boundary in a efficient manner

ANS. Assign the pointer to a long number and the number with 11...1100 add 4 to the number

4. What is a far pointer (in DOS)

5. What is a balanced tree

6. Given a linked list with the following property node2 is left child of node1, if node2 < node1 else, it is the right child.
O P
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O A
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O B
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O C

How do you convert the above linked list to the form without disturbing the property. Write C code for that.

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O B
/ \
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/ \
O ? O ?

Determine where do A and C go

7. Describe the file system layout in the UNIX OS

ANS. describe boot block, super block, inodes and data layout

8. In UNIX, are the files allocated contiguous blocks of data

ANS. no, they might be fragmented

9. How is the fragmented data kept track of

ANS. Describe the direct blocks and indirect blocks in UNIX file system

10. This is NOT a JOKE, it's true that-

*** Sometimes interviewer may even suddenly pose silly questions like "Declare a void pointer" to test your aptitude & way of handling the situation, & you must make sure that you jot down - void *ptr; within fraction of a moment!

You may also like to look at other Microsoft Programming Questions posted at -

www.freshersarea.com
www.c-cplusplus.com &
www.code-maniac.blogspot.com

All the best :)