BIT Mesra – BIRLASOFT-2003(Technical) set Tech-01

1. What is a Test Case ?

a) A set of instructions to perform a certain action in software .
b) A defect
c) A test data for testing
d) Guidelines for writing a defect

2. What does PCMM stand for ?

a) People Capability Maturity Model
b) Process Capability Maturity Model
c) Project Can Make Modern
d) Process Cost Matrix Model

3.What does SCM stand for in SDLC ?

a) Software Control Mechanism
b) System Consistency Mode
c) Software Configuration Management
d) Software Code and Maintenance

4. What are cookies ?

a) Temporary files stored on the web server
b) Temporary files created and stored on the clients system
c) Files already existing on client’s system
d) Compiled files placed on the application server

5. 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 -> Defect Closed
c) Defect Debugged -> Defect Found -> Defect Closed -> Defect Reported -> Defect Rechecked
d) Defect Found -> Defect Logged -> Defect Debugged -> Defect Rechecked -> Defect Closed

6. Which group does Winrunner ,Load Runner ,SQA Suite fall under ?
a) Databases
b) Automated Test Tools
c) Operating Systems
d) Rapid Application Development Tool

7. 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

8. 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 class object has base objects only from the virtual instance
d) Each derived class object has a base object from the virtual instance and a base object from non-
virtual instance.

9. 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

10. 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)

11. #include <iostraem>

Referring to the sample code above ,which of the following could you use to make the standars I/O
Stream classes accessible without requiring the scope resolution operator ?

a) using namespace std::iostream

b) using namespace std;
c) using namespace iostream ;
d) using iostream;

12. 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(int));

13. Every foreign key must have an associated ______________.

a) Primary Key
b) Uniqueness constraint
c) Index
d) Common Key

14. Views can typically be constructed using all of the following operations EXCEPT__________.

a) Other views
b) Aggregate Functions
c) Distinct clauses
d) Order by clauses

15. Each of the following can reduce deadlocks except____________.

a) Avoid “hotspots”
b) Keep transactions as short as possible
c) Always use the table level locking available
d) Use database stored procedures whenever possible

16. Create index myindex on vtable(a,b)

What is wrong with the SQL above if column a is an integer and column b is a varchar and all allow
nulls ?

a) Indexed columns cannot allow nulls

b) Indexes can not mix character and numeric columns
c) Only one column is allowed per index
d) Nothing

17. Which is typically a result of denormalization ?

a) Reduced join operations

b) Slower performance databases
c) Higher concurrency
d) More tables

18. What is the command to search all files in your current directory for the word “plasmodium” ?

a) grep plasmodium *
b) find plasmodium –all
c) lookup plasmodium *
d) All of the above

19. #!/bin/ksh
x=jello; y=jelly
 if [[$x!= $y]]
then
print $x is unequal to $y
else
print $x is equal to $y
fi

Which one of the following is the output when above script is run?

a) An error message because $jello is not set

b) Jello is equal to jelly
c) $x is unequal to jelly
d) jello is un equal to jelly

20. What does unmask command to ?

a) It sets the default permissions on files when they are created

b) It changes the permissions on a specific file
c) It allows the user to change switch their userID to that of another user
d) It “masks out” selected other users ,thereby preventing them changing their userIDs to yours

21.Consider the following script :

#!/bin/ksh
name=Smiley
test $name = Spy
echo $ ?
Referring to the script above which one of the following correctly explains the output ?

a) The test command compares the strings Smiley and Spy and since they are not equal ,returns an exit
status of 1 ,which is echoed out .
b) The test command compares the strings name and SPY ,and since they are not equal ,returns an exit
status of 1,which is echoed out .
c) The test command compares the strings Smiley and SPY and since they both begin with capital “S”
,it returns an exit status of 0,which is echoed out.
d) The output of the script is $? Since that string has no special meaning in the Korn Shell.

22. How do you print the first 15 lines of all files ending by”.txt” ?

a) print 15 .txt
b) cat *.txt –length =15
c) head –15 *.txt
d) head –15.txt

23. Which command cannot be used for filtering the output ?

a) grep
b) sed
c) tee
 d) fgrep

24. What would be the result of attempting to compile and run the following piece of code ?

public class Test

static int x;
public static void main(String args[]){
System.out.println(“Value is “ + x);
}
}

a) The output “Value is 0” is printed

b) An object of type NullPointerException is thrown
c) An “illegal array declaration syntax” compiler error occurs
d) A “possible reference before assignment” compiler error occurs

25. What is the output displayed by the following program ?

Class Question
Public static void main(String args[]){
String s1= “ab”;
String s2= “abcd”;
String s3= “cd”;
String s4= s1+s3;
S1= s4;
System.out.print(“s1”+((s1==s2)? “==” : “!=”)+ “s2”);
}
}

a) s1 == s2
b) s1 != s2
c) s1
d) s1 == “abcd”