2008 Birla Soft Sample Question Paper Pattern

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1. With every use of memory allocation function should be used to release allocated memory which is no longer needed ?

a) dropmem()

b) dealloc()

c) release()

d) free()


2. Which one of the following statements allocates enough space to hold an array of 10 integers that are initialized to 0 ?

a) int *ptr = (int *) calloc(10,sizeof(int));

b) int *ptr = (int *) alloc( 10*sizeof(int));

c) int *ptr = (int *) malloc( 10*sizeof(int));

d) int *ptr = (int *)calloc(10*sizeof(in...


3. Which one of the following statements allocates enough space to hold an array of 10 integers that are initialized to 0 ?

a) int *ptr = (int *) calloc(10,sizeof(int));

b) int *ptr = (int *) alloc( 10*sizeof(int));

c) int *ptr = (int *) malloc( 10*sizeof(int));

d) int *ptr = (int *)calloc(10*sizeof(in...


4. Which one of the following represents a correct and safe declaration of NULL ?

a) typedef((void *)0) NULL;

b) typedef NULL(char *)0;

c) #define NULL((void *)0)

d) #define NULL((char*)0)


5. Which one of the following represents a correct and safe declaration of NULL ?

a) typedef((void *)0) NULL;

b) typedef NULL(char *)0;

c) #define NULL((void *)0)

d) #define NULL((char*)0)


6. Which of the following statements is true when a derivation inherits both a virtual and non-virtual instance of a base class ?

a) Each derived class object has base objects only from the non virtual instance

b) Each base class object has derived objects only from the non-virtual instance

c) Each derived...


7. Which of the following best explains life cycle of Defect ?

a) Defect Found -> Defect Logged -> Defect Debugged -> Defect Closed -> Defect Rechecked

b) Defect Found -> Defect Debugged -> Defect Reported -> Defect Rechecked ...


8. Which is not the characteristic of a view ?

a) Consumes Disk space for data

b) Multiple tables

c) Multiple rows

d) Updateable


9. Which group does Winrunner, Load Runner, SQA Suite fall under ?

a) Databases

b) Automated Test Tools

c) Operating Systems

d) Rapid Application Development Tool


10. What relationship is resolved by an "intersecting" or "associative" entity ?

a) Recursive

b) Mandatory one to one

c) Many to Many

d) One to One


11. What is the largest value an integer can hold in a Standard C compiler ?

a) 32767

b) 65536

c) 2147483647

d) INT_MAX


12. What function will read a specified number of elements from a file ?

a) fread()

b) readfile()

c) fileread()

d) gets()


13. RDBMS triggers are typically bound to a _____________and one or more _____________

a) Table, SQL statement types

b) SQL statement type, user

c) Column, rows

d) User, tables


14. process id of kernel

(a) 1

(b) 0

(c) 2

(d) none


15. Modern RDBMS perform the following the following function except ___________.

a) Force column values in one table to match any of the values in a column of another table

b) Automatically replicate data on another server

c) Automatically create new indexes base...


16. Make a copy of file "upper" in the directory two levels up .

a) jump -2 upper

b) cp upper ../..

c) cp upper -2/

d) None of the above


17. kernel executes the first process when system starts

ans :- init();

18 int a=1;


int ab=4;

int main()

{

int b=3,a=2;

printf("%i*/%i*/%*/i",a,b,ab);

}

What will be the output?


19. i = 0;

j = 0;

for(j=1;j<10;j++)

i=i+1;

In the (generic) code segment above what will be the value of the variable i at completion ?

a) 0

b) 1

c) 3

d) 9


20. class Word

{

public:

Word(const char*, int = 0);

};

Referring to the sample code above what is the minimum number of arguments required to call the constructor ...

a) 0

b) 1

c) 2

d) 3


21. class professor{}

class teacher: public virtual professor{};

class researcher: public virtual professor {}

class myprofessor :public teacher, public researcher {};

Ref...

a) 0

b) 1

c) 2

d) 3


22. What is the function of the modulus operator in most languages ?

a) Sets a system environmental value to either base 10, base 8 or base 16

b) Returns the remainder after dividing one number by another

c) Returns the first argument raised to the se...


23. #include <iostraem>


Referring to the sample code above ,which of the following could you use to make the standards I/O Stream classes accessible without requiring the scope ...

a) using namespace std::iostream

b) using namespace std;

c) using namespace iostream ;

d) using iostream;