Explore topic-wise MCQs in Civil Engineering.

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51.

Which one of the following is not true for a view:

A. View is a virtual table.
B. View is derived from other tables.
C. View never contains derived columns.
D. A view definition is permanently stored as part of the database
Answer» E.
52.

Where was John Boynton Priestley born?

A. Manchester
B. Bradford
C. Edinburgh
D. Liverpool
Answer» C. Edinburgh
53.

Variation in debugging : coding ability has been reported to be

A. 1:1
B. 1:10
C. 1:5
D. 1:2
Answer» C. 1:5
54.

In which of the following adder circuits, the carry look ripple delay is eliminated ?

A. Full adder
B. Half adder
C. Carry-look-ahead adder
D. Parallel adder
Answer» E.
55.

Consider two well-formed formulas in propositional logicF1 : P →Ë¥P F2 : (P →Ë¥P) v ( Ë¥P →)Which of the following statement is correct?

A. F1 is unsatisfiable, F2 is satisfiable
B. F1 is satisfiable, F2 is unsatisfiable
C. F1 & F2 are both satisfiable
D. F1 is unsatisfiable, F2 is valid
Answer» E.
56.

If a logic gates has four inputs, then total number of possible input combinations is

A. 8
B. 4
C. 32
D. 16
Answer» E.
57.

A layer-4 firewall ( a device that can look at all protocol headers up to the transport layer) CANNOT

A. block HTTP traffic during 9:00PM and 5:00AM
B. block all ICMP traffic
C. block TCP traffic from a specific user on a specific IP address on multi-user system during 9:00PM and 5:00AM
D. stop incoming traffic from a specific IP address but allow outgoing traffic to same IP
Answer» B. block all ICMP traffic
58.

A linear list of elements in which deletion can be done from one end (front) and insertioncan take place only at the other end (rear) is known as a

A. stack.
B. queue.
C. linked list.
D. tree.
Answer» C. linked list.
59.

In Reverse Polish notation, expression A*B C*D is written as

A. A*BCD*
B. AB*CD*
C. A*B*CD
D. AB*CD *
Answer» C. A*B*CD
60.

In order to interpret XML documents one should

A. Have a document type definition which defines the tags
B. Use standardized tags
C. Specify tag filename
D. Define the tags separately
Answer» B. Use standardized tags
61.

Which of the following can be recognized by a Deterministic Finite-state Automaton ?

A. Set of binary string in which number of zeros is same as the number of ones.
B. Numbers, 1,2,4, ....... zN ..... written in binary.
C. Set of binary string in which number of zeros is same as the number of ones.
D. Numbers 1, 2, 4, ........, zN ...... written in unbinary.
Answer» C. Set of binary string in which number of zeros is same as the number of ones.
62.

Which of the following paintings did Joseph Mallord William Turner paint in 1812?

A. A Fire at Sea
B. Snowstorm: Hannibal crossing the Alps
C. The Shipwreck
D. Rockets and Blue Lights
Answer» C. The Shipwreck
63.

A decimal number has 25 digits. The number of bits needed for its equivalent binary representation is, approximately

A. 55
B. 50
C. 80
D. 75
Answer» E.
64.

The circuit used to store one bit of data is known as

A. OR gate
B. Encoder
C. Decoder
D. Flip Flop
Answer» E.
65.

A device/circuit that goes through a predefined sequence of states upon the applicationof input pulses is called

A. flip-flop
B. register
C. counter.
D. transistor.
Answer» D. transistor.
66.

The prefix form of A-B/ (C * D ^ E) is,

A. -ABCD*^DE
B. -/*^ACBDE
C. -A/BC*^DE
D. -A/B*C^DE
Answer» E.
67.

Which of the following module does not incorporate initialization of values changed by the module ?

A. serially reusable module
B. non reusable module
C. all of these
D. re-enterable module
Answer» C. all of these
68.

An ADT is defined to be a mathematical model of a user-defined type along with the collectionof all ____________ operations on that model.

A. Assignment
B. Cardinality
C. Structured
D. Primitive
Answer» E.
69.

A combinational circuit is one in which the output depends on the

A. input combination and the previous output
B. input combination at the time
C. present output and the previous output
D. input combination at that time and the previous input combination
Answer» C. present output and the previous output
70.

The secant method of finding roots of nonlinear equations falls under the category of _____________ methods.

A. graphical
B. bracketing
C. random
D. open
Answer» E.
71.

In object oriented design of software, objects have.

A. Attributes name and operation
B. Operations and name only
C. All of the above
D. Attributes and name only
Answer» E.
72.

For which of the following does there exist a tree satisfying the specified constraints?

A. A rooted tree of height 3 where every vertex has at most 3 children and there are 41 total vertices.
B. A full binary tree with 31 leaves, each leaf of height 5.
C. A binary tree with 2 leaves and height 100.
D. A full binary tree with 11 vertices and height 6.
Answer» D. A full binary tree with 11 vertices and height 6.
73.

(Z,*) is a group with a*b = a b 1 ∀ a, b ∈Z. The inverse of a is

A. -2
B. 0
C. -a-2
D. a-2
Answer» D. a-2
74.

The set (A U B U C) ? (A ? B\' ? C\')\' ? C\' is equal to

A. A ? C
B. B?C'
C. none of these.
D. B' ? C'
Answer» C. none of these.
75.

L = {aP | p ; } is prime is

A. not regular
B. regular
C. accepted by PDA
D. accepted by DFA
Answer» B. regular
76.

What is the content of Stack Pointer (SP)?

A. Address of the next instruction
B. Address of the current instruction
C. Size of the stack.
D. Address of the top element of the stack
Answer» E.
77.

The role of an integrated CASE tool in system analysis and design project is

A. To provide an environment that automate key tasks throughout sotware development process
B. Proving a CASE study for software development
C. None of the above
D. To provide tool for reacting a word file
Answer» B. Proving a CASE study for software development
78.

One of the header fields in an IP datagram is the Time to Live (TTL) field. Which of the following statements best explains the need for this field?

A. It can be used to reduce delays
B. It can be used to priortize packets
C. It can be used to prevent packet looping
D. It can be used to optimize throughput
Answer» D. It can be used to optimize throughput
79.

When was An Inspector Calls published?

A. 1946
B. 1914
C. 1940
D. 1918
Answer» B. 1914
80.

Which method is used for resolving data dependency conflict by the compileritself?

A. operand forwarding.
B. Delayed loa
C. loop buffer.
D. Pre fetch target instruction.
Answer» C. loop buffer.
81.

The generated on compilation of data definition language are stored in __________

A. data file
B. data abstraction
C. meta data
D. data dictionary
Answer» E.
82.

The number of different polynomials that can go through two fixed data points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) is

A. 1
B. 0
C. infinite
D. 2
Answer» D. 2
83.

In binary search, average number of comparison required for searching an element in a list if nnumbers is

A. n/2
B. log2 n .
C. n – 1.
D. n
Answer» C. n – 1.
84.

Which amongst the following is not a valid page replacement policy?

A. FIFO policy (First in first out)
B. LRU policy (Least Recently Use
C. Optimal page replacement policy
D. RU policy (Recurrently use
Answer» E.
85.

The natural join is equal to :

A. Combination of Union and Cartesian product
B. Cartesian Product
C. Combination of projection and Cartesian product
D. Combination of selection and Cartesian product
Answer» D. Combination of selection and Cartesian product
86.

A primary key if combined with a foreign key creates

A. Many to many relationship between the tables that connect them.
B. Parent-Child relationship between the tables that connect them.
C. None of the above.
D. Network model between the tables that connect them.
Answer» C. None of the above.
87.

If A = {2,3,4,8,10} B={3,4,5,10,12} and C = {4,5,6,12,14} then (AUB) ? (A U C) isequal to

A. {2,3,4,5, 8,10,12}
B. {2,3,4,5,10,12}
C. none of these
D. {2, 3, 4, 10,12}
Answer» B. {2,3,4,5,10,12}
88.

Consider two modules A and B, both utility programs in the same organization developed by the same team of programmers, where a and b are the sizes, respetively. The cost to develop each module is Ca and Cb. The efforts are Ea and Eb. if Ca > Cb t

A. Ea < Eb
B. Ea > Eb
C. Ea and Eb are incomparable
D. Ea =Eb
Answer» C. Ea and Eb are incomparable
89.

7.The number of canonical expressions that can be developed over a 3-valued boolean algebra is

A. 16
B. 8
C. 64
D. 32
Answer» D. 32
90.

4.The maximum frequency at which digital data can be applied to gate is called

A. Propagation speed
B. Operating speed
C. Charging time
D. Binary level transaction period
Answer» C. Charging time
91.

A transaction Ti needs to be redone if it contains

A. commits
B. Start
C. none
D. both a & b
Answer» B. Start
92.

Let a, b, c, d be propositions. Assume that the equivalence a ↔ (b v Ë¥b) and b ↔ c hold. Then truth value of the formula ( a ^ b) → ((a ^ c) v d) is always

A. False
B. True
C. Same as the truth value of b
D. Same as the truth value of a
Answer» C. Same as the truth value of b
93.

To recover from an error, the operator precedence parser may

A. delete symbols from the stack
B. insert symbols onto the stack and onto the input
C. all of these
D. delete symbols from the input
Answer» D. delete symbols from the input
94.

If A = {x ? C: x2 = 1} and B = {x ? C: x4 = 1}, then A ? B is equal to

A. {-1, 1, i, -i}
B. {-1, 1}
C. none of these
D. {-i, i}
Answer» E.
95.

Vienna Definition Language is an example of language definition facility based on

A. Interpretative semantics
B. Mathematical semantics
C. Axiomatic semantics
D. Translational semantics
Answer» C. Axiomatic semantics
96.

If A Í B, then B\' - A\' is equal to

A. B'
B. A'
C. ?
D. A-B
Answer» C. ?
97.

Which of the following regular expressions denotes a language comprising all possible strings over the alphabet {a, b } ?

A. (a | *
B. a* b*
C. (a | b*)
D. (a
Answer» B. a* b*
98.

Which of the following are not regular ?

A. Set of all palindromes made up of 0's and 1's
B. String of 0's whose length is a perfect square
C. All of these
D. Strings of 0's, whose length is a prime number
Answer» D. Strings of 0's, whose length is a prime number
99.

Sign extension is a step in

A. Signed 16 bit integer addition
B. floating point multiplication
C. None of these
D. Arithmetic left shift
Answer» C. None of these
100.

In which of the following page replacement policies Balady’s anomaly occurs?

A. LRU
B. FIFO
C. NRU
D. LFU
Answer» C. NRU