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1.

To have a file hold a list, it is necessary to

A. identify the records in the list
B. identify the name, width and type of the fields of each record.
C. decide which fields will be used as sort or index keys
D. All of the above.
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
Discussion
2.

The PROJECT command will create new table that has

A. more fields than the original table
B. more rows than the original table
C. both (a) and (b)
D. all the fields of master table
E. None of the above
Answer» F.
Discussion
3.

A database management system

A. allows simultaneous access to multiple files
B. can do more than a record management system
C. is a collection of programs for managing data in a single file
D. both (a) and (b)
E. None of the above
Answer» E. None of the above
Discussion
4.

A top-to-bottom relationship among the items in a database is established by a

A. Hierarchical schema
B. Network schema
C. Relational schema
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer» B. Network schema
Discussion
5.

What is the name given to the database management system which is able to handle full text data, image data, audio and video?

A. Full media
B. Graphics media
C. Multimedia
D. Hypertext
E. None of the above
Answer» D. Hypertext
Discussion
6.

An-owner-member set in the CODASYL specifications may have

A. only one owner but many owner occurrences
B. only one member but many member occurrence
C. more than one member but only one occurrence per member
D. All of the above.
E. None of the above
Answer» B. only one member but many member occurrence
Discussion
7.

Which command is used to remove an index from the database in SQL?

A. DELETE INDEX
B. DROP INDEX
C. REMOVE INDEX
D. ROLL BACK INDEX
E. None of the above
Answer» C. REMOVE INDEX
Discussion
8.

The files stored on a secondary stage device are composed of a hierarchy of data. What does a record in a file contain?

A. Bits
B. Characters
C. Data field
D. Schema
Answer» D. Schema
Discussion
9.

Prior to the invention of time sharing, the prevalent method of computer access was:

A. batch processing
B. telecommunication
C. remote access
D. All of the above
Answer» B. telecommunication
Discussion
10.

DEC advertises that it helped to create "the world's first expert system routinely used in an industrial environment," called XCON or:

A. PDP-11
B. Rl
C. VAX
D. MAGNOM
Answer» C. VAX
Discussion
11.

To invoke the LISP system, you must enter

A. AI
B. LISP
C. CL (Common Lisp)
D. both b and c
Answer» E.
Discussion
12.

Programming a robot by physically moving it through the trajectory you want it to follow is called:

A. contact sensing control
B. continuous-path control
C. robot vision control
D. pick-and-place control
Answer» C. robot vision control
Discussion
13.

PROLOG is an AI programming language which solves problems with a form of symbolic logic known as predicate calculus. It was developed in 1972 at the University of Marseilles by a team of specialists. Can you name the person who headed this team?

A. Alain Colmerauer
B. Nicklaus Wirth
C. Seymour Papert
D. John McCarthy
E. None of the above
Answer» B. Nicklaus Wirth
Discussion
14.

Decision support programs are designed to help managers make:

A. budget projections
B. visual presentations
C. business decisions
D. vacation schedules
E. None of the above
Answer» D. vacation schedules
Discussion
15.

What was originally called the "imitation game" by its creator?

A. The Turing Test
B. LISP
C. The Logic Theorist
D. Cybernetics
E. None of the above
Answer» B. LISP
Discussion
16.

Which kind of planning consists of successive representations of different levels of a plan?

A. hierarchical planning
B. non-hierarchical planning
C. All of the above
D. project planning
E. None of the above
Answer» B. non-hierarchical planning
Discussion
17.

What stage of the manufacturing process has been described as "the mapping of function onto form"?

A. Design
B. Distribution
C. project management
D. field service
E. None of the above
Answer» B. Distribution
Discussion
18.

What is the term used for describing the judgmental or commonsense part of problem solving?

A. Heuristic
B. Critical
C. Value based
D. Analytical
E. None of the above
Answer» B. Critical
Discussion
19.

What layer of the OSI model would you assume the problem is in if you type show interface serial 1 and receive the following message? "Serial1 is down, line protocol is down."

A. Physical layer
B. Data Link layer
C. Network layer
D. None. It is a router problem
Answer» B. Data Link layer
Discussion
20.

Which of the following commands sets the secret password to Cisco?

A. enable secret password Cisco
B. enable secret cisco
C. enable secret Cisco
D. enable password Cisco
Answer» D. enable password Cisco
Discussion
21.

If an Ethernet port on a router were assigned an IP address of 172.16.112.1/25, what would be the valid subnet address of this host?

A. 172.16.112.0
B. 172.16.0.0
C. 172.16.96.0
D. 172.16.255.0
Answer» B. 172.16.0.0
Discussion
22.

You have a network that needs 29 subnets while maximizing the number of host addresses available on each subnet. How many bits must you borrow from the host field to provide the correct subnet mask?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer» E.
Discussion
23.

You need to subnet a network that has 5 subnets, each with at least 16 hosts. Which classful subnet mask would you use?

A. 255.255.255.192
B. 255.255.255.224
C. 255.255.255.240
D. 255.255.255.248
Answer» C. 255.255.255.240
Discussion
24.

What is the maximum number of IP addresses that can be assigned to hosts on a local subnet that uses the 255.255.255.224 subnet mask?

A. 14
B. 15
C. 16
D. 30
Answer» E.
Discussion
25.

Specify the 2 library functions to dynamically allocate memory?

A. malloc() and memalloc()
B. alloc() and memalloc()
C. malloc() and calloc()
D. memalloc() and faralloc()
Answer» D. memalloc() and faralloc()
Discussion
26.

What function should be used to free the memory allocated by calloc() ?

A. dealloc();
B. malloc(variable_name, 0)
C. free();
D. memalloc(variable_name, 0)
Answer» D. memalloc(variable_name, 0)
Discussion
27.

Which header file should be included to use functions like malloc() and calloc()?

A. memory.h
B. stdlib.h
C. string.h
D. dos.h
Answer» C. string.h
Discussion
28.

What will you do to treat the constant 3.14 as a long double?

A. use 3.14LD
B. use 3.14L
C. use 3.14DL
D. use 3.14LF
Answer» C. use 3.14DL
Discussion
29.

What are the different types of real data type in C ?

A. float, double
B. short int, double, long int
C. float, double, long double
D. double, long int, float
Answer» D. double, long int, float
Discussion
30.

How would you round off a value from 1.66 to 2.0?

A. ceil(1.66)
B. floor(1.66)
C. roundup(1.66)
D. roundto(1.66)
Answer» B. floor(1.66)
Discussion
31.

Is there any difference between following declarations? 1 : extern int fun(); 2 : int fun();

A. Both are identical
B. No difference, except extern int fun(); is probably in another file
C. int fun(); is overrided with extern int fun();
D. None of these
Answer» C. int fun(); is overrided with extern int fun();
Discussion
32.

Which of the following special symbol allowed in a variable name?

A. * (asterisk)
B. | (pipeline)
C. - (hyphen)
D. _ (underscore)
Answer» E.
Discussion
33.

What are the types of linkages?

A. Internal and External
B. External, Internal and None
C. External and None
D. Internal
Answer» C. External and None
Discussion
34.

Which of the following statements should be used to obtain a remainder after dividing 3.14 by 2.1 ?

A. rem = 3.14 % 2.1;
B. rem = modf(3.14, 2.1);
C. rem = fmod(3.14, 2.1);
D. Remainder cannot be obtain in floating point division.
Answer» D. Remainder cannot be obtain in floating point division.
Discussion
35.

#include <stdio.h> int main() {   printf("%d", main);    return 0; }

A. Address of main function
B. Compiler Error
C. Runtime Error
D. Some random value
Answer» B. Compiler Error
Discussion
36.

Which of the following is true about return type of functions in C?

A. Functions can return any type
B. Functions can return any type except array and functions
C. Functions can return any type except array, functions and union
D. Functions can return any type except array, functions, function pointer and union
Answer» C. Functions can return any type except array, functions and union
Discussion
37.

In C, parameters are always

A. Passed by value
B. Passed by reference
C. Non-pointer variables are passed by value and pointers are passed by reference
D. Passed by value result
Answer» B. Passed by reference
Discussion
38.

Output of following program? #include <stdio.h> int main() {     int i = 5;     printf("%d %d %d", i++, i++, i++);     return 0; }

A. 7 6 5
B. 5 6 7
C. 7 7 7
D. Compiler Dependent
Answer» E.
Discussion
39.

Predict output of following program int main() {     int i;     int arr[5] = {1};     for (i = 0; i < 5; i++)         printf("%d ", arr[i]);     return 0; }

A. 1 followed by four garbage values
B. 1 0 0 0 0
C. 1 1 1 1 1
D. 0 0 0 0 0
Answer» C. 1 1 1 1 1
Discussion
40.

Predict the output of the below program: #include <stdio.h> #define SIZE(arr) sizeof(arr) / sizeof(*arr); void fun(int* arr, int n) {     int i;     *arr += *(arr + n - 1) += 10; }   void printArr(int* arr, int n) {     int i;     for(i = 0; i < n; ++i)         printf("%d ", arr[i]); }   int main() {     int arr[] = {10, 20, 30};     int size = SIZE(arr);     fun(arr, size);     printArr(arr, size);     return 0; }

A. 20 30 40
B. 20 20 40
C. 50 20 40
D. Compile-time error
Answer» D. Compile-time error
Discussion
41.

Which of the following is true about arrays in C.

A. For every type T, there can be an array of T.
B. For every type T except void and function type, there can be an array of T
C. When an array is passed to a function, C compiler creates a copy of array.
D. 2D arrays are stored in column major form
Answer» C. When an array is passed to a function, C compiler creates a copy of array.
Discussion
42.

Output of following program? #include<stdio.h>     int main() {   int a[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6};   int *ptr = (int*)(&a+1);   printf("%d ", *(ptr-1) );   return 0; }

A. 1
B. 2
C. 6
D. Runtime Error
Answer» D. Runtime Error
Discussion
43.

What is output? # include <stdio.h>   void print(int arr[]) {    int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);    int i;    for (i = 0; i < n; i++)       printf("%d ", arr[i]); }   int main() {    int arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8};    print(arr);    return 0; }

A. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
B. Compiler Error
C. 1
D. Run Time Error
Answer» D. Run Time Error
Discussion
44.

Predict the output of below program: #include <stdio.h>   int main() {     int arr[5];     // Assume base address of arr is 2000 and size of integer is 32 bit     printf("%u %u", arr + 1, &arr + 1);       return 0; }

A. 2004 2020
B. 2004 2004
C. 2004 Garbage value
D. The program fails to compile because Address-of operator cannot be used with array name
Answer» D. The program fails to compile because Address-of operator cannot be used with array name
Discussion
45.

Predict the output of below program: #include <stdio.h>   int main() {     int arr[5];           // Assume that base address of arr is 2000 and size of integer         // is 32 bit     arr++;     printf("%u", arr);           return 0; }

A. 2002
B. 2004
C. 2020
D. lvalue required
Answer» E.
Discussion
46.

Which command does not exist in DOS?

A. Dir
B. CLS
C. CD
D. Sum
Answer» E.
Discussion
47.

A smaller version of an image is called a

A. Clipart
B. Bitmap
C. Thumbnail
D. Portable network graphic
Answer» D. Portable network graphic
Discussion
48.

Which command changes a file's group owner?

A. cgrp
B. chgrp
C. change
D. group
Answer» C. change
Discussion
49.

Which of the following is NOT of implementation of data structure ?

A. View Level
B. Abstract Level
C. Implementation Level
D. Application Level
Answer» B. Abstract Level
Discussion
50.

Sorting is not possible by using which of the following methods?

A. Insertion
B. Selection
C. Exchange
D. Deletion
Answer» E.
Discussion