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Post NameLecturer in Computer Applications And Business Management
Question Paper Code079/2024/OL
Category Code126/2023
Date of Test2 July 2024
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions100
1
The output of the following C program is #include void main() { int a=5,b=7; printf("%d",++a-b+++b++); }
Answer
A. 7
2
Which of the following functions are not a part of string.h header file i. strstr ii. strget iii. strcpi iv. strchr
Answer
B. ii and iii
3
The exact order of priorities for the following operators in C is <=||!=*&?=
Answer
A. * > <= > != > & > || > ?=
4
The equivalent C statement for the mathematical expression a/b + √(a + b) is
Answer
C. a/b+pow((a+b), 0.5)
5
The statement referring the second element in third row of an array arr in C is
Answer
D. All of the above
6
The standard file pointer in C used for printing operations is
Answer
B. stdprn
7
The format specifier for printing and reading long double values in C is
Answer
C. %Lf
8
Which among the following functions is not a part of math.h header file.
Answer
D. logn
9
Which operation is used to restore the balance in an AVL tree after an insertion or deletion?
Answer
B. Rotate
10
In a B-tree, what is the maximum number of children a node can have?
Answer
A. 2n+1
11
What type of problem is the Traveling salesman problem in terms of computational complexity?
Answer
C. NP-Complete
12
Which algorithm is commonly used to find an approximate solution to the traveling salesman problem?
Answer
D. Nearest neighbor algorithm
13
Which of the following is not an asymptotic notation type
Answer
B. Lambda Notation (Ī›)
14
If a process fails, most operating system write the error information to a _______
Answer
C. log file
15
The FCFS algorithm is particularly troublesome for _________
Answer
C. Time sharing systems
16
In which language UNIX is written?
Answer
B. C
17
Which part of the Unix operating system interacts with the hardware?
Answer
D. Kernel
18
A common synchronization mechanism used in multiprocessor operating system is
Answer
D. Locks
19
In a multiprocessor system, if one processor fails, the system will halt
Answer
B. False
20
A Data Base Management system
Answer
D. stores, modifies and retrieves data
21
One to many relationships means
Answer
B. one teacher can have many classes
22
Which one of the following is a type of Data Manipulation Command?
Answer
C. DELETE
23
What is the basic client/server architecture, one has to deal with?
Answer
D. All of the above
24
Which API is used for the interaction in 2-tier architecture?
Answer
C. both 1 and 2
25
In which architecture, client can't directly communicate with the server?
Answer
C. 3-tier architecture
26
How many primary keys can have in a table?
Answer
A. Only 1
27
Which command is used to change the definition of a table in SQL?
Answer
C. ALTER
28
What is the output of the following program fragment? int x = 10; int result = ++x-x++/++x*++x/5*2-++x+2>>3^3; Consolve. WriteLine(result);
Answer
Question Cancelled
29
Which of the following statements are true for ADO.NET i. ADO.NET supports both connection-oriented architecture and disconnection- oriented architecture ii. RecordSet object represents data from one data source at a time iii. Pessimistic locking is used to avoid concurrent changes to data
Answer
A. only i
30
Which of the following statements is true for the program fragment? Array Arr=Array.CreateInstance(Typeof(int), 3, 2, 4);
Answer
C. Arr.Length gives the number of elements of the array
31
What is the output of the following program fragment : int a, b, c; for (c=1; c>=0, c--) { for (a = 1; a >= 0; a--) { for (b = 0; b <=1; b++) { if (a = = b) { console.write ("1"); } else { Console.write ("0"); } } } Console.WriteLine ("\n"); }
Answer
D. 0110 0110
32
Which of the following is not part of Common Language Runtime of .NET framework
Answer
A. Frame-work Class library
33
What is the size of the storage space required to store a variable of type 'Date' in VB.NET?
Answer
B. 8 bytes
34
As seen below, we have a network consisting of five nodes, A through E. The values displayed represent the route's cost. The Distance Vector Routing protocol is used by the network. After the route have stabilized, which route has never been used by all nodes?
Answer
C. BE
35
The following shows a coding scheme for error correction. Find the number of errors that can be detected and corrected by the system Data word Code word 0000 00000 0001 00011 0010 00101 0011 00110 0100 01001 0101 01010 0110 01100 0111 01111
Answer
A. 1, 0
36
A few statements regarding link state routing protocols are provided below. Which of these claims is true? i. Every router floods its partial knowledge about topology only to their immediate neighbours ii. It is a dynamic protocol iii. Bell-man ford algorithm is used iv. Count-to-infinity problem occurs in link state routing
Answer
B. ii
37
Suppose that two persons A and B want to exchange confidential information. They set up a secret communication system using the Diffie-Hellman key exchange technique. They agreed on a prime number, P. They chose the primitive root as 3. A chooses 2 and B chooses 4 as their respective secrets. If their D-H key is 5, find out the prime number P for the modulo operation.
Answer
D. None of the above
38
An organization is granted a block of addresses. The IP address of one desktop machine is set as 192.168.112.40/28 from the given block. What is the last IP address in that block?
Answer
C. 192.168.112.47
39
RSA cryptosystem is used by A. The two prime numbers are selected as p = 7 and q = 17 to generate her public and private keys. If the public key of A is 5. Then the private key of A is __________.
Answer
A. 77
40
Some statements about the TCP/IP reference model are listed below. i. RARP protocol resides in the Transport layer ii. The session layer of the OSI reference model is iii. Equivalent to the network layer of TCP/IP iv. UDP is defined in network layer Which of these statements is TRUE?
Answer
D. none of the above
41
Some statements regarding IEEE802.11 are presented here i. The basic service set defined by IEEE802.11 without an access point is called an infrastructure network ii. Distributed coordination function protocol uses CSMA/CA iii. The 'Frame Control' field in the MAC layer frame defines the duration of the transmission iv. IEEE 802.11 control frames are used for accessing the channel and acknowledging. Which of the above statements are true?
Answer
D. ii and iv
42
In the Object Oriented Systems development life cycle, what is the main activity during the object design phase?
Answer
B. Defining detailed class specifications
43
How are use cases integrated with object-oriented design in Jacobson's Methodology?
Answer
B. By transforming use cases into class diagrams
44
Which UML diagram is used to show the physical architecture of a system, including hardware and software components?
Answer
C. Deployment diagram
45
When identifying object relationship, which type of relationship shows a whole-part association?
Answer
C. Aggregation
46
What does the acronym "INVEST" stand for in the context of user stories in Agile?
Answer
A. Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, Testable
47
Which of the following is a corollary of the design axiom "Design for Change"?
Answer
C. Minimize module coupling
48
Which activity is essential for maintaining security throughout the software life cycle?
Answer
A. Continuous monitoring and updating
49
Which protocol is commonly used to establish a secure VPN tunnel and run encrypted connections?
Answer
C. IPsec (Internet Protocol Security)
50
Name the law which protects the rights of inventors by granting them exclusive rights to their inventions?
Answer
B. Patent law
51
Which of the following is/are unsupervised learning problem(s)? i. Grouping documents into different categories based on their topics ii. Forecasting the hourly temperature in a city based on historical temperature patterns iii. Identifying close-kint communities of people in a social network iv. Training an autonomous agent to drive a vehicle v. Identifying different species of animals from images
Answer
A. i, iii only
52
Calculate the value of y at x = 2.5 using K-nearest neighbour (k-NN) regression with k = 3 in the given data cluster X Y 0.5 1.5 1 2 1.5 3 2 3.5 3 4
Answer
D. 3.5
53
Which of the following statement(s) about Reinforcement Learning (RL) is/are true? i. While learning a policy, the goal is to maximize the long-term reward ii. During training, the agent is explicitly provided the most optimal action to be taken in each state iii. The state of the environment changes based on the action taken by the agent iv. RL is used for building agents to play chess v. RL is used for predicting the prices of apatments from their features
Answer
C. i, iii, iv only
54
Consider a single-neuron model for an AND gate with binary inputs x₁ and xā‚‚, weights w₁ and wā‚‚, and bias b. Its step activation is f(z) = 1 if z > 0 and f(z) = 0 otherwise. Which weights and bias correctly configure the neuron as an AND gate?
Answer
C. w1=1, w2=1, b=-1.5
55
A machine learning model is trained to predict the category of various finance-related objectives. The categories are "Investment", "Savings", "Retirement", and "Budgeting". When preparing the data for model training. One- hot encoding is applied to the category labels. Given a finance-related objective classified as "Retirement", what would be the one-hot encoded representation of this category for the model?
Answer
A. "Investment":0, "Savings" : 0, "Retirement" : 1, "Budgeting" : 0
56
What is the purpose of using assert statements in python?
Answer
C. To check if a condition is true
57
What is the result of the expression 'Hello'*3?
Answer
A. 'HelloHelloHello'
58
What is the output of print("Hello", end='@') print("world")
Answer
B. Hello@World
59
Which function can be used to plot a sine curve in Matplotlib?
Answer
B. plt.plot()
60
Which of the following is an immutable data type?
Answer
C. Tuples
61
Which of the following statements is/are related to Taylor's contribution? i. The focus is on improving the overall administration of an organization ii. Principles are applicable to specialized situation iii. Unity of command was not followed iv. Principles of functional foremanship along with technique such as method study, motion study etc
Answer
B. ii, iii, iv
62
Arrange the following steps of MBO development by Peter Drucker i. Stimulate the participation of the employees in the determining of the objectives ii. Determine the organizational objectives to employees. iii. Monitoring the performance iv. Evaluation of reward achievements v. Translating the organizational objectives to the employees
Answer
C. ii, v, i, iii, iv
63
A situation that will often involve an apparent conflict between moral and imperatives in which to obey one would result in transgressing another. Identify the situation
Answer
D. Ethical dilemma
64
Which of the following are the part of Corporate social responsibility? i. Reasonable chances and the proper system for accomplishments and promotion ii. To supply goods at reasonable prices even when there is sellers market iii. Improving the efficiency of business operation iv. To provide an opportunity for being heard and redress genuine grievance
Answer
D. all of the above
65
What is the sequence of introduction of classical management theory? i. Administrative management ii. Bureacratic management iii. Scientific management
Answer
A. iii, ii, i
66
"Coordination is the essence of management". This statement is stated by
Answer
D. Koonz and O'Donell
67
One good thing about the principles of measurement is that it helps understand the relationship between human and material resources in achieving organisational goals. Which features of the principles of management is described in the above statement?
Answer
A. Behavioural
68
The principle of division of work is applicable to a government office where there is a diary/dispatch clerk whose jobs is to receive and send mail, a data entry operator who's task is to input data on the computer. Division of work is also applicable to limited companies where there are separate like productions, finance, research and development etc. Which quality of principles of management is highlighted above?
Answer
B. Universal applicability
69
Which of the following activities is not a direct responsibility of operation management?
Answer
C. Determining the exact mix of products and services that consumers want
70
This stage may involve the provision of necessary items, the maintenance of records, the monitoring of workflows as planned, the recording of number of times a machine idle time, etc. Which is the production process the above lines mentions about?
Answer
A. Dispatching
71
Which of the following is/are correct statements about Total Quality Management? i. TQM originated in the industrial sector of Japan in 1954 ii. TQM is a firm wide management philosophy of continuously improving the quality of the products and services by focusing on consumer's need. iii. TQM requires that the company maintain quality standard only in production iv. The objective of TQM is doing things right at the first time over and over again
Answer
D. i, ii, iv
72
Which of the following statements is/are correct about ISO 9000 and ISO 14000? i. ISO 9000 is devoted to quality management ii. ISO 14000 is an environment management system iii. customer focus, leadership, engagement of people, process approach and improvement are five standards of ISO 14000 series iv. ISO 14000 certification can open the doors to new business. Some companies prefer to use suppliers that are ISO 14000-certified suppliers
Answer
C. i, ii, iv
73
Which of the following is/are the features of Six Sigma? i. it is a data-driven approach to improving production and operations management ii. it seeks to eliminate waste and improve efficiency in production and operation processes iii. it can help reduce costs associated with defects and variations in production and operations processes iv. six sigma uses non statistical tools and methods to identify and track causes of defects and variation
Answer
B. i, ii and iii
74
It is an emerging strategic approach that focuses on a few key principles. These include flexibility, rapid, response, collaboration and continuous improvement. It is a term applied to an organization that has created the processes, tools, and training to enable it to respond quickly to customer needs and market changes while still controlling costs and quality. Identify the type of manufacturing?
Answer
D. Agile manufacturing
75
Which of the following is the main focus of Lean Production?
Answer
A. To eliminate waste
76
Which of the following features of green operation management is/are incorrect? i. it have the same components as the conventional operation management, but it aims to minimize harm to environment ii. it involves green design, green manufacturing, green logistics, etc iii. it focus on innovative planning to emphasis on eco-friendly materials so that each part of the material cannot be recycled iv. it hardly provides renovation of production and environment friendly operations
Answer
B. iii, iv
77
Identify the true statement/s i. There is no difference between selling and marketing. ii. Selling emphasizes on the product whereas marketing emphasis on consumers wants
Answer
B. only statement ii true
78
Identify the mismatched pair Four Ps Four Cs
Answer
D. Promotion Consumers wish
79
Which of the following is not a controllable factor to the marketing management?
Answer
C. Governmental Behavior
80
Product assortment is also known as
Answer
A. Product mix
81
The buyer purchases all his needs from a single seller is called
Answer
D. Concentrated buying
82
Which of the following is/are the mismatched pair? i. Marketing Mix - Jerome McCarthy ii. Market segmentation - Wendell Smith
Answer
D. neither i nor ii is mismatched
83
Market segmentation, market targeting and market positioning are the three steps for ___________marketing.
Answer
D. Target marketing
84
Market specialization segmentation is also known as
Answer
A. Vertical market segmentation
85
Equity shareholders return can be traced from i. Earnings per share ii. Return on investment
Answer
A. only i
86
Trading on equity is also known as i. operating leverage ii. financial leverage
Answer
B. only ii
87
Which of the following is not applied in Capital Budgeting? i. All cost and benefits are measured on cash basis ii. All accrued costs are to be incorporated
Answer
B. only ii
88
Which of the following capital budgeting technique consider time value of money? i. pay back method ii. net present value method iii. profitability index method
Answer
B. only ii and iii
89
Cash breakeven point helps in i. Financial planning ii. Securing fund
Answer
C. both i and ii
90
Identify the true statement/s relating to breakeven point i. The Y-axis represents the sales volume, typically measured in units of product sold ii. The X-axis represents the total cost and total revenue in dollar value
Answer
D. neither i nor ii
91
Which of the following has the highest cost of capital? i. Equity share capital ii. Preference share capital
Answer
A. only i
92
Marginal cost of capital is the cost of i. Additional sales ii. Additional interest
Answer
B. only ii
93
Identify the true statements Statement A : Personnel Management and HRM reveal the same meaning Statement B : HRM is the continuing process of personnel management according to Pat Lowry.
Answer
B. B true
94
Identify the true statements : Statement A : Developing personnel for better performance is the operative function of HRM. Statement B : Formulating Personnel policies and HR budget are the managerial functions of HRM.
Answer
C. A and B true
95
Identify the true statements : Statement A : Managerial functions of HRM is done by the HR manager Statement B : Operative functions of HRM is entrusted to the Personnel Department
Answer
C. A and B True
96
Imposed policies means Statement A : Imposed policy is a type of HR policies which means policies formulated due to the external pressure or influence Statement B : Imposed policies may be affected because the change policies of the government, trade unions, trade associations, etc...
Answer
C. A and B true
97
Which of the following are the false statements? Statement A : Formulated policies are framed by the top level management Statement B : Implied policies are inferred from the actions and behavior of low level management
Answer
B. B false
98
Identify the true statement : Statement A : Sigmund Freud developed the personality theory which is known as Psycho-Analytical theory Statement B : This theory gives more emphasis to the biological and sexual factors
Answer
C. A and B true
99
Which of the following statements are true in relating to Erikson personality theory? Statement A : Erikson theory give more importance to the social factors Statement B : Ego is the element in developing Erikson's theory
Answer
A. A true
100
Identify the true statements in connection with Chris Argyris Statement A : He developed psycho-analytical theory Statement B : Trust Vs mistrust is a stage in his theory.
Answer
D. None of these

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