Infosys Interview Puzzles

KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ANSWERS MAY NOT BE 100% CORRECT. TRY TO SOLVE IT YOURSELF.
 
1. You are given two candles of equal size, which can burn 1 hour each. You have
to measure 90 minutes with these candles. (There is no scale or clock). Also u r
given a lighter.
 
Ans: 1. First light up the two ends of the 1st candle. When it will burn out light up
one end of the second candle.   (30+60=90)
 
2. Try the similar problem to measure 45 minutes.
 
Ans: First light-up the two ends of the 1st candle and one end of the 2nd candle.
When the 1st candle will burn out ,then light up the both ends of the 2nd  candle
(15+30=45)
 
3. You r given a thermometer. What can u do by this without measuring the
temperature?
 
Ans: if u put thermometer into a tree it won’t grow anymore, will just die off
 
4. How it is possible to place four points that are equidistance from each other?
 
OR
U r a landscape designer and your boss asked u to design a landscape such
that you should place 4 trees equidistance from each other.
(Distance from each tree to the other must be same)
 
Ans: Only 3 points can be equidistant from each other. But if u place points in the
shape of a pyramid then its possible
 
5. You are given a cake; one of its corner is broken. How will u cut the rest into
Two equal parts?
 
Ans: Slice the cake
 
6. How will you recognize the magnet & magnetic material & non-magnetic material?
 
Ans: Drag one piece of material over another. There is no attractive force in the
middle portion of the magnet.        
 
OR
Get a piece of thread and tie up with the one bar and check for poles. If it iron bar
then it moves freely and if it is magnetic bar then it fix in one direction according to
poles.
 
7. If one tyre of a car suddenly gets stolen.... and after sometime u find the tyre
without the screws how will u make ur journey complete?
 
Ans: Open 3 screws, 1 from each tyre and fix the tyre.
 
8. How can u measure a room height using a thermometer?
 
Ans: temp varies with height. but its dependent on various other factors like
humidity, wind etc.
 
9. What is the height of room if after entering the room with a watch ur head
strikes a hanging bulb?
 
Ans: Oscillate the hanging bulb. Calculate the time period for one complete
oscillation by Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) of the handing bulb. Put it in the
formula T=2 * 3.14 * (L/G)^1/2
L will be the length of the hanging thread.
Add the L with ur height to get the height of the room.
 
OR
Ans: Drop it from the room and find the time at which it strikes the floor. Using
physics formula  s = (at^2)/2 (IM NOT SURE ABOUT THIS ONE)
 
10. Color of bear.... if it falls from 1m height in 1s.
 
Ans: We get 'g' perfect 10 which is only in poles...hence polar bear...color White
 
11. How will you measure height of building when you are at the top of the building?
And if you have stone with you.
 
Ans: Drop the stone and find the time taken for the stone to reach the ground. find
height using the formula
s = a + gt ( s = height, a= initial velocity=0, g=9.8m/s, t = time taken)
 
12. How wud u catch and receive a ball in same direction? (Dropping is from north
And receiving from bottom not accepted, as it is 2 directions)
 
Ans: ?
 
13. 25 statements given. Some tell truth, some false and some alternators. Find out
the true statements.
 
Ans: ?
 
14. Can u make 120 with 5 zeros?
 
Ans: Factorial (factorial (0)+factorial (0)+factorial (0)+factorial (0)+factorial (0)) =
120
 
15.There are three people A, B, C. Liars are of same type and Truth speaking people
are of same type. Find out who is speaking truth and who is speaking false from the
following statements:
 
a)       A says: B is a liar.
b)       B says: A and C are of same type.
 
Ans: lets assume A is speaking truth. It means B is a liar then it means A and C are
not of same type.
 
16.5 swimmers A, B, C, E, F and many conditions of their positions like there are
Two b/w A & F, B doesn't win etc the question was to find who was b/w like E & D?
 
Ans: ?
 
17. in a race u drove 1st lap with 40kmph and in the second lap at what speed u
must drive so that ur average speed must be 80kmph.
 
Ans: its impossible! if u drove the first lap in 40 kmph, its impossible that the
average speed of both the laps is 80kmph.
 
for eg. consider one lap distance = 80km.
time req. to cover 1 lap = 80km/40kmph = 2 hrs.
 
if the avg. speed is 80kmph, then the total time would have taken =
160kms/80kmph = 2 hrs.
 
same is the case with any other distance u consider. so the avg to be 80kmph is
impossible
 
18. You have to draw 3 concentric circles with a line passing thru their center
without lifting hand. 
 
Ans: Start the line complete one circle move inside circles along the line and then
draw second circle. Like wise rest.
 
19. A rectangular paper is there. At a corner a rectangular size paper is taken from
it. Now you have to cut the remaining paper into two equal halves.
 
Ans: try it on the paper. You must fold the part that has complete paper and select
Half of it and then fold the part that cut and selects half of it and then cut along
the folding. (I DONT UNDERSTAND THIS ONE!!)
 
20. Value of (x-a)(x-b)………..(x-z)
 
Ans: 0 as there’s X-X term
 
21. There are 9 coins. 8 are of 1 gm and 1 is of 2 grams. How will you find out the
heavier coin in minimum number of weighing and how many weighing it will need?
 
Ans: 2 weighing ( Divide the number of coins into 3 parts at each weighing)

First Interview

Me: Good afternoon sir, May I come in?
HR: Yes , and be seated.
Me: Thank you sir.
HR: R u tired for waiting long time?
Me: Not at all sir.
HR: What is the meaning of your name?
Me: Told
HR: Show your group work capability.
Me: Told about the project.
HR: Which quality of a leader do you find in yourself.
Me: Told about my cooperation, taking on challenges, etc.
HR: What was the crucial decision in your life that changed yourself?
Me: Told something. I hadnt prepared. Say anything positive.
Questions on teamwork and leadership.

Second interview
HR: Sorry for taking your second interview.
Me: My pleasure sir. ( Show good behaviour )
HR: What is your week point?
HR: What is your reaction when one rectify ur week points?
HR: How do you react when a misunderstanding happens in group work?
HR: Give some example on you real life.
Etc.
HR: what is your favourite (best) subject?
Now few questions about your best subject. Tell any subject (they dont care much about it)
So they may ask you to tell about anything currently going on in that field.
HR: nice interview.

COBOL QUESTION AND ANSWERS

COBOL QUESTION AND ANSWERS

1.The C language terminator is
a.semicolon
b.colon
c.period
d.exclamation mark
2.What is false about the following
A compound statement is
a.A set of simple statments
b.Demarcated on either side by curly brackets
c.Can be used in place of simple statement
d.A C function is not a compound statement.
3.What is true about the following
C Functions
a.Need not return any value
b.Should always return an integer
c.Should always return a float
d.Should always return more than one value.
4.Main must be written as
a.the first function in the program
b.Second function in the program
c.Last function in the program
d.any where in the program
5.Which of the following about automatic variables within a function
is correct ?
a.its type must be declared before using the variable
b.they are local
c.they are not initialised to zero
d.they are global.
6.Write one statement equalent to the following two statements
x=sqr(a);
return(x);
Choose from one of the alternatives
a.return(sqr(a));
b.printf("sqr(a)");
c.return(a*a*a);
d.printf("%d",sqr(a));
7.Which of the following about the C comments is incorrect ?
a.commentscan go over multiple lines
b.comments can start any where in the line
c.a line can contain comments with out any language statements
d.comments can occur within comments
8.What is the value of y in the following code?
x=7;y=0;
if(x=6)
y=7;
else
y=1;
a.7
b.0
c.1
d.6
9.Read the function conv() given below
conv(int t)
{
int u;
u=5/9 * (t-32);
return(u0;
}
What
a.15
b.0
c.16.1
d.29
10.which of the following represents true statement
either x is inthe range of 10 and 50 or y is zero
a.x>=10 && x<=50 || y==0;
b.
c.
d.
11.Which of the following is not an infinite loop ?
a.while(1){
....
}
b.for(;;){
...
}
c.x=0;
do{
/*x unaltered within theloop*/
...
}while(x==0);
d.# define TRUE 0
...
while(TRUE){
....
}
12.what does the following function print?
func(int i)
{
if(i%2)return 0;
eale return 1;
}
main()
{
int =3;
i=func(i);
i=func(i);
printf("%d",i);}
a.3
b.1
c.0
d.2
13.how does the C compiler interpret the following two statements
p=p+x;
q=q+y;
a.p=p+x;
q=q+y
b.p=p+xq=q+y
c.p=p+xq;
q=q+y
d.p=p+x/q=q+y

For questions 14,15,16,17 use the following alternatives

a.int
b.char
c.string
d.float
14.'9'
15."1 e 02"
16.10e05
17. 15

18.read the folllowing code
# define MAX 100
# define MIN 100
....
....
if(x>MAX)
x=1;
else if(x x=-1;
x=50;
if the initial value of x=200,what is the vlaue after executing this code?
a.200
b.1
c.-1
d.50
19.a memory of 20 bytes is allocated to a string declared as char *s
then the following two statements are executed:
s="Etrance"
l=strlen(s);
what is the value of l ?
a.20
b.8
c.9
d.21
20.given the piece of code
int a[50];
int *pa;
pa=a;
to access the 6th element of the array which of the following is incorrect?
a.*(a+5)
b.a[5]
c.pa[5]
d.*(*pa + 5)
21.consider the following structure:
struct num nam{
int no;
char name[25];
};
struct num nam n1[]={{12,"Fred"},{15,"Martin"},{8,"Peter"},{11,Nicholas"}};
.....
.....
printf("%d%d",n1[2],no,(*(n1 + 2),no) + 1);
What does the above statement print?
a.8,9
b.9,9
c.8,8
d.8,unpredictable value
22.identify the in correct expression
a.a=b=3=4;
b.a=b=c=d=0;
float a=int b=3.5;
d.int a;
float b;
a=b=3.5;
23.regarding the scope of the varibles;identify the incorrect statement:
a.automatic variables are automatically initialised to 0
b.static variables are are automatically initialised to 0
c.the address of a register variable is not accessiable
d.static variables cannot be initialised with any expression
24.cond 1?cond 2?cond 3?:exp 1:exp 2:exp 3:exp 4;
is equivalent to which of the following?
a.if cond 1
exp 1;
else if cond 2
exp 2;
else if cond 3
exp 3;
else
exp 4;
b.if cond 1
if cond 2
if cond 3
exp 1;
else
exp 2;
else
exp 3;
else
exp 4;
c.if cond 1 && cond 2 && cond 3
exp 1 |exp 2|exp 3|exp 4;
d.if cond 3
exp 1;
else if cond 2
exp 2;
else if cond 3
exp 3;
else
exp 4;
25.the operator for exponencation is
a.**
b.^
c.%
d.not available
26.which of the following is invalid
a.a+=b
b.a*=b
c.a>>=b
d.a**=b
27.what is y value of the code if input x=10
y=5;
if (x==10)
else if(x==9)
elae y=8;
a.9
b.8
c.6
d.7
28.what does the following code do?
fn(int n,int p,int r)
{
static int a=p;
switch(n){
case 4:a+=a*r;
case 3:a+=a*r;
case 2:a+=a*r;
case 1:a+=a*r;
}
}
a.computes simple interest for one year
b.computes amount on compound interest for 1 to 4 years
c.computes simple interest for four year
d.computes compound interst for 1 year
29.a=0;
while(a<5 br=""> printf("%d\n",a++);
how many times does the loop occurs?
a.infinite
b.5
c.4
d.6
30.how many times does the loop iterated ?
for (i=0;i=10;i+=2)
printf("Hi\n");
a.10
b.2
c.5
d.....
31.what is incorrect among teh following
A recursive functiion
a.calls itself
b.is equivalent to a loop
c.has a termination cond
d.does not have a return value at all
32.which of the following go out of the loopo if expn 2 becoming false
a.while(expn 1){...if(expn 2)continue;}
b.while(!expn 1){if(expn 2)continue;...}
c.do{..if(expn 1)continue;..}while(expn 2);
d.while(!expn 2){if(expn 1)continue;..}
33.consider the following program
B
main()
OB {unsigned int i=10;
while(i>=0){
printf("%u",i)
i--;
}
}
how many times the loop wxecuted
a.10
b.9
c.11
d.infinite
34.pick out the add one out
a.malloc()
b.calloc()
c.free()
d.realloc()
35.consider the following program
main()
{
int a[5]={1,3,6,7,0};
int *b;
b=&a[2];
}
the value of b[-1] is
a.1
b.3
c.-6
d.none
36.# define prod(a,b)=a*b
main()
{
int x=2;
int y=3;
printf("%d",prod(x+2,y-10)); }

the output of the program is
a.8
b.6
c.7
d.none
37.consider the following program sigment
int n,sum=1;
switch(n) {
case 2:sum=sum+2;
case 3:sum*=2;
break;
default:sum=0;}
if n=2, what is the value of sum
a.0
b.6
c.3
d.none
38.identify the incorrect one
1.if(c=1)
2.if(c!=3)
3.if(a 4.if(c==1)
a.1 only
b.1&3
c.3 only
d.all
39.teh format specified for hexa decimal is
a.%d
b.%o
c.%x
d.%u
40.find the output of the following program
main()
{
int x=5, *p;
p=&x;
printf("%d",++*p);
}
a.5
b.6
c.0
d.none
41.consider the following C code
main()
{
int i=3,x;
while(i>0)
{
x=func(i);
i--;
}
int func(int n)
{
static sum=0;
sum=sum+n;
return(sum);
}
the final value of x is
a.6
b.8
c.1
d.3
43.int *a[5] refers to
a.array of pointers
b.pointer to an array
c.pointerto a pointer
d......
46.which of the following statements is incorrect
a.typedef struct new{
int n1;
char n2;
} DATA;
b.typedef struct {
int n3;
char *n4;
}ICE;
c.typedef union {
int n5;
float n6;
} UDT;
d.#typedef union {
int n7;
float n8;
} TUDAT;

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Only These Are The Questions Avilable For C Paper.

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ANSWERS:
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1-5 D,C,D,C,C

6-10 D,C,C,A,D

11-15 D,C,A,A,A

16-20 B,C,D,C,A

21-25 C,D,B,D,A

26-30 C,B,B,A,D

31-35 B,C,C,C,B

36-40 A,B,A,B,B

41-45 A,D,D,D,A

46-50 B,C,C,A,A


This the COBOL paper.

01.consider the following piece of code

01 GROSS-PAY
05 BASIC-PAY PIC 9(5)
05 ALLOWENCES PIC 9(3)
if BASIC-PAY has a value 1000 and ALLOWENCES has a value of 250,what will be
displayed by the statement
DISPLAY GROSS-PAY
a.1250
b.01000250
c.01250
d.1.250
02.consider two data items

77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75
77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VLAUE 123.45
after the statement
MOVE W-A TO W-B
what will be W-B's value?
a.123.75
b.b23.75 (where b indicates space)
c.023.75
d.invalid move
03.what is the result of the following?

DIVIDE A INTO B GIVING C.

a.C=A/B
b.the reminder of B/A is stored in C
c.C=B/A
d.the reminder of A/B is stored in C
04.consider the statement (incomplete)
IF(A NUMERIC)
DISPLAY A
the variable A can be
a.NUMERIC
b.ALPHABETIC
c.ALPHANUMERIC
d.NUMERIC OR ALPHANUMERIC
05.which of the following can be used as a check protection symbol
a.Z
b.S
c.*
d.+
06.what if any ,is the syntex error in the following piece of code
01 B PIC A(7)
02 C PIC 9(4)
........
IF(B NUMERIC)
ADD 10 TO C
a.the condition in the if statement is wrong
b.noting is wrong
c.because C is initialised.ADD 10 TO C is wrong
d.both B and C shoud have same size.
07.study the following code
01 A1
05 B PIC 99
05 C PIC X(4)
01 A2
05 B PIC 99V99
05 C PIC A(4)
pick out the valid statement from the following
a.A1 and A2 can not have sub-ordinates
b.A1 and A2 can have the same sub-ordinates but must have same PIC clause
c.there is nothing wrong
d.A1 and A2 can have same sub-ordinates provided they are not at 01 level
08.study the following
01 A PIC 99V0 VALUE 5
01 B PIC 9V9 VALUE 6
01 C PIC 99V9 VALUE 2.5
01 D PIC 99 VALUE 3
COMPUTE A ROUNDED B C = A+B*C/D
ON SIZE ERROR PERFORM PRINT-ERROR
the comments of A.B.C after execution of the above statement are
a.A=10 B=0 C=10
b.A=10 B=9.9 C=9.9
c.A=10 B=0 C=9.9
d.A=10 B=6 C=10
09.how many times PARA-A is performed :
PERFORM PARA-A VARYING TIMES-COUNTER FROM 1 BY 1
UNTIL TIMES-COUNTER >0
PARA-A
MOVE P TO Q
MOVE H TO TIMES COUNTER
a.10
b.1
c.11
d.0
10.consider the following piece of code
01 GROUP-ITEM
05 AMOUNT-1 PIC 99V9 USAGE COMP VALUE 50
05 AMOUNT-2 PIC 9(4)V99 USAGE COMP
MOVE ZERO TO GROUP-ITEM
ADD 50 TO AMOUNT-1
what will be the content of AMOUNT-1?
a.50
b.100
c.0
d.unpredictable
11.consider the following progrm statements
MOVE 0 TO SW.NO.OF.REC
PERFORM PRI-OUT UNTIL SW=1
DISPALY NO.OF.REC
STOP RUN
PRE-OUT
READ IN-FILE AT END
MOVE 1 TO SW
WRITE OUO-REC FROM IN-REC
ADD 1 TO NO.OF REC
if the IN-FILE contains 1000 records what value will be displayedafter the
PERFORM is over?assume that N0.OF.REC has PIC 9(4)
a.1000
b.1001
c.1
d.none of the above since there is a syntex error
12.study the data discriptions and answer the questions given below
i)01 ORDER RECORD
05 OUT-HEADER PIC X(50)
05 ITEM-COUNT PIC 99
05 OUT-ITEM PIC X(20) OCCURS 1 TO 20 DEPENDING ON ITEM-COUNT
ii)01 NAME-AND-ADDRESS
05 N-AND-A-LINE OCCURES 5
05 LINE-LENGTH PIC P9
05 N-AND-A-CHAR PIC X OCCURS 1 TO 20 DEPENDING ON LINE-LENGTH
iii)01 SALES-LIST
05 SALESMAN-COUNT PIC 99
05 SALES PIC 9(6) OCCURS 1 TO 100 DEPENDING ON
SALESMAN-COUNT
iv)01 ORDER-RECORD
05 NO-OF-BRANDS PIC 99
05 BRAND-PURCHASED OCCURS 1 TO 15 DEPENDING ON NO-OF-BRANDS
which of the following is true?
a.i) and iii) are valid
b.i) and iv) are valid
c.i) and iii) are not valid
d.all are valid
13.C1 C2 C3 are three conditions whose TRUTH values are as folloes.
C1-TRUE C2-FALSE C3-TRUE
A,B,C are defined as given below
A:C1 AND(NOT C2) OR C3
B.(NOT C1) OR (NOT C2 AND NOT C3)
C.(C1 OR C2)AND C3
D.C1 AND C2 OR C3
given the above information which of the following statements are valid?
a.only A,B and C are TRUE
b.only A,C and D are TRUE
c.A,B,C and D are TRUE
d.only C and D are TRUE
14.consider the following
FD FILE-1
01 REC-1 PIC X(80)
......
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION
01 W-REC PIC X(90)
........
PROCEDURE DIVISION
FIRST-PARA
.......
READ FILE-1 INTO W-REC AT END MOVE 1 TO EOF-FLAG
which of the following is true with respect to the above?
a.REC-1 will contain nothing and W-REC will contain the contains of the
record read
b.REC-1 and W-REC contain the same data
c.syntex is invalid and error will occur
d.REC-1 and W-REC must be of same size
15.PERFORM ACCUMULATE-TOTALS
VARYING A FROM 1 BY 2 UNTIL A >2
AFTER B FROM1 BY 1 UNTIL B>2
AFTER C FROM 2 BY -1 UNTIL C<2 br=""> the paragraph ACCUMULATE-TOTALS would be exicuted
a.18 times
b.4 times
c.8 times
d.24 times
16.there is a file whose ORGANISATION is INDEXED.you want to read the records
from the file in RANDOM fashion as well as sequentially.then which of the
access mode would you specify?
a.SEQUENTIAL
b.RANDOM
c.DYNAMIC
D.ACCESS MODE has nothing to do with it
17.consider the following PROCEDURE DIVISION entry
OPEN EXTEND IN-FILE
identify the correct statement
a.organization of IN-FILE is sequential and records can be added in the
beginning
b.organization of IN-FILE is sequential and records can be added in the
end
c.organization of IN-FILE is indexed and records can be added in the
beginning
d.organization of IN-FILE is indexed and records can be added in the end
18.what is the size of W-REC in the following
01 W-REC
05 A PIC 9(4)V99
05 B READLINES A
10 C PIC XX
10 D PIC S9(4)
05 E OCCURS 7 PIC ZZ.ZZ
05 F OCCURS 5
10 G PIC ZZ.ZZZ99
10 H OCCURS 3
15 J PIC 9(3)
15 K PIC V99
a.177
b.161
c.180
d.none of yhe above
19.consider the following two IF statements:
IF X AND NOT Y MOVE A TO B
IF Z=1 OR 9 MOVE A TO B
select one of the following data divusion entries which gives identical
results for both the above IF statements
a.01 Z PIC 9
88 X VALUE 1.9
88 Y VALUE 0.2 THRU 8
b.01 Z PIC 9
88 X VALUE 0.2 THRU 8
Y VALUE 1.9
c.01 Z PIC 9
88 X VALUE 1.9
88 NOT-Y VALUE 0.2 THRU 1.9
d.none of yhe above
20.consider the following two statements
MOVE 10 TO N
PERFORM PARA-X N TIMES
STOP RUN
PARA-X
MOVE 5 TO N
how many times PARA-X willbe exicuted?
a.10
b.5
c.infinate
d.execution error
21.given the following:
77 A PIC 9V9 VALUE 9.5
77 B PIC 9 VALUE 9.
77 C PIC V9 VALUE 0.8
77 D PIC 9
77 E PIC 9
77 F PIC 9V999
what are the contenta of D E nad F after teh following statements are
executed:
COMPUTE F ROUNDED=A+C/B
MULTIPLY A BY C GIVING E
ADD B C A GIVING D ROUNDED
a.F=9.589 E=8 D=1
b.F=9.589 E=8 D=9
c.F=9.589 E=7 D=9
d.F=9.589 E=7 D=1

22. Consider the follwoing IF condition:

IF A LESS 1200 IF B GREATER 25 MOVE 47 TOC
ELSE MOVE 57 TO C
IF A GREATER 249 MOVE 67 TO C
ELSE NEXT SENTENCE ELSE IF B LESS 67
MOVE 27 TO C

What will be the value of C, when A is 137 and b is 25
(a) 27
(b) 57
(c) 67
(d) none

23. Consider the following:

77 W-NUM PIC 9 VALUE 0
------
MOVE 1 TO W-NUM
PERFORM PARA-X UNTIL W-NUM > 9.
------
PARA-X
ADD 1 TO W-NUM

How many times PARA-X is executed ?
(a) 10
(b) 9
(c) 11
(d) Infinite loop

24. Consider the following code:

77 A PIC 99V99 VALUE 55.35
77 B PIC 99V999 VALUE 32.754

ADD B TO A ON SIZE ERROR DISPLAY "ERROR!!!"

What will be the result ?
(a) A=88.10, B=32.754
(b) A=87.00 B=32.754
(c) A=87.10 B=32.754
(d) ERROR!!! will be DISPLAYed on the screen.

25. Consider the following:

77 A PIC 9(10)
77 B PIC 9(10)
77 C PIC 9(19)

MULTIPLY AB BY B GIVING C

Which of the following is true ?

(a) The execution of the above may result in size error.
(b) The execution of the above will result in size error.
(c) The definition of C is invalid resulting in compilation error.
(d) No error will be thee and the program would proceed correctly.

26. A paragraph PARA-X is to be executed when none oof the data names
A, B and C have value of 1. Which of the following will achieve this ?

(a) IF A NOT = 1 OR B NOT = 1 OR C NOT = 1 PERFORM PARA-X
(B) IF NOT A= 1 AND B= 1 AND C = 1 PERFORM PARA-X
(C) IF A NOT =1 IF NOT B = 1 OR C= 1 PERFORM PARA-X
(C) IF A NOT = 1 AND B NOT = 1 AND C NOT = 1 PERFORM PARA-X



27. Study the five expressions and the class to which they belong:
S.N. Expression Class
1 "SPACES" Figurative constant
2. "Depreciation Schedule Non-numeric literal
3. "12%" Non-numeric literal
4. INTEREST-DUE Non-numeric literal
5. ZEROES Figurative constant
Which of the following statement is true?
(a) 1 and 3 are incorrect
(b) 1 and 4 are incorrect
(c) 3 and 4 are incorrect
(d) All are correct

28. Identify the invalid dataname from the following:
(a) SAVINGS-ACCOUNT
(b) ANNUAL-ALLOCATION-FOR-OVERHEAD
(c) SAMOUNT250
(d) 12DEMAND

29. Study the DATA DIVISION entries and the three PROCEDURE DIVISION entries
given below:
01 END-OF-FILE-SWITCH PIC XXX.
88 NO-MORE-RECS VALUE "YES".
88 MORE-RECS VALUE "NO".
(i) READ SAMPLE-FILE AT END MOVE "YES" TO NO-MORE-RECS.
(ii) IF NO-MORE-RECS = "YES" GO TO LAST-PARA.
(iii) IF NO-MORE-RECS GO TO LAST-PARA.
Which are wrong?
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i) and (iii)
(d) all

30. The following entries appear in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION:
01 DATE-TODAY.
05 YY PIC XX VALUE "90".
05 MM PIC XX VALUE "12".
05 DD PIC XX VALUE :31".
01 DATE-EDIT PIC XX/XX/XX.
MOVE DATE-TODAY TO DATE-EDIT.
(a) 901231
(b) 90/12/31
(c) 31/12/90
(d) 311290

31. How many bytes will be allocated for the following record description
entries?
01 REC-A.
05 A PIC S9(4).
05 B PIC XXXBXXX.
05 C PIC ____9.99.
05 D PIC S9(5) COMP-3.
05 E PIC 9(3) COMP.
(a) 29
(b) 26
(c) 25
(d) 28

32. What is wrong with the following data declaration?
01 W-DATE PIC X(6).
05 DD PIC 99.
05 MM PIC 99.
05 YY PIC 99.
(a) Nothing is wrong.
(b) Under W-DATE all level 05 items are having a PIC 99 but level
01 has PIC X(6).
(c) PIC can't be specified for a group item.
(d) DD, MM, and YY are invalid datanames.

33. What is the output generated by the following code?
01 GRP-I.
05 SUBFLD1 PIC XX VALUE "AB".
05 FILTER PIC X(6) VALUE SPACES.
01 GRP-2 REDEFINED GRP-1.
05 SUB-FLD2 PIC XX.
05 SUB-FLD3 PIC XX.
05 FILTER PIC X(4).
IF SUB-FLD1 NOT = SPACES
DISPLAY "SUBFLD1"
MOVE "ABBCCD" TO GRP-1
IF SUB-FLD3 = SPACES
DISPLAY "SPACES"
ELSE
DISPLAY "SUBFLD3"
DISPLAY "END"
ELSE
DISPLAY "SPACES"
DISPLAY "END".
(a) SUBFLD1
SUBFLD3
END
(b) SPACES
END
(c) SUBFLD1
END
(d) SUBFLD1
SPACES

34. 88 level entry is used for
(a) data items in WORKING-STORAGE SECTION
(b) items with RENAMES clause
(c) condition-names
(d) None of the above

35. ZEROES and SPACES are _______ constants
(a) Figurative
(b) Numeric
(c) Non-numeric
(d) Alphabete

36. COMPUTE X = A * B - C * D and
COMPUTE X = (A * B) - (C * D)
(a) Are not the same
(b) Are same
(c) Syntactically wrong
(d) Will yield a run time error

37. OCCURS clause is used in the DATA DIVISION on data names at
(a) 01 level
(b) 77 level
(c) 88 level
(d) any level from 02 to 49

38. Consider the following COBOL entries:
05 X PIC 99 VALUE 10.
SUBTRACT 20 FROM X.
The resultant value of X wil be
(a) 10
(b) 00
(c) compile-time error
(d) none of these

39. Consider the following COBOL entries
05 X PIC 99 VALUE 10.
ADD 40 X TO X.
COMPUTE X = 3 * X - 40.
The result in X is
(a) 10
(b) 40
(c) Compile or Run time error
(d) none of these

40. given the following piece of code:
CALL SUB-PGM USING A, B, C.
CALL SUB-PGM USING A, C, C.
(a) Both CALL statements will always produce same result.
(d) Both CALL statements may produce different result.
(c) Compile-time error because SUB-PGM is a dataname.
(d) Compile-time error because A, B, C are used twice.

41. The hierarchy of the execution of logical operators is
(a) NOT AND OR
(b) AND OR NOT
(c) OR AND NOT
(d) OR NOT AND

42. The order of precedence of arithmetic operators in an expression can be
overridden with the use of
(a) []
(b) ()
(c) {}
(d) Any of the above

Consider the following passage for answering questions 43 to 47.

A program is written to accept an answer to the query "enough fo the Day?"
If the respons is "N" then the program accepts quantity purchased and rate
of the item and displays the amount to be collected. Then the above query
is again displayed and the loop continues. At the end of the day, when
the response to the above query is "Y", the day collections are displayed.

The program checks that the quantity purchased is between 25 and 125 and the
rate of the item is between 10.00 and 75.00. If any of these two conditions
are violated, the program displays an appropriate message and asks for next
input. The amounts are displayed with proper editing. The program is written
assuming that there can be a maximum of 1000 transactions a day.

43. How many variables would you declare for the above problem?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 7

44. What should be the PICTURE clause of the variable used to calculate
end of the day collections?
(a) 9(9)v99
(b) 9(8)v99
(c) 995)v99
(d) Information given is insufficient to arrive at the answer

45. What should be the PICTURE clause of the variable used to calculate
to be collected.
(a) 9(9)v99
(b) 9(8)v99
(c) 9(5)v99
(d) Information given is insufficient to arrive at the answer

46. Assuming that the above program is being executed in a Department
Stores in MADRAS which of the following PICTURE clause will be
suitable for DISPLAYing the end of the day collections?
(a) Z(5)V99
(b) Z(5).99
(c) ZZ,ZZ,ZZ,ZZ9.99
(d) Information given is insufficient to arrive at the answer

47. How many _____ statements do you think will be there in the program?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) Information given is insufficient to arrive at the answer

48. Which of the following paragraphs is compulsory in every COBOL program?
(a) SPECIAL-NAMES
(b) PROGRAM-ID
(c) FILE-CONTROL
(d) OBJECT-COMPUTER

49. Which of the following files can be OPENed in all the 4 modes? The four
modes are INPUT, I-O, OUTPUT and EXTEND.
(a) INDEXED
(b) RELATIVE
(c) SEQUENTIAL
(d) All of the above

50. Which of the following EDITind and PICTURE symbols is to be used if a
minus(-) is to appear before the value if the value is -ve and a plus(+)
is to appear before the value if the value is +ve?
(a) +
(b) -
(c) + OR
(d) It is not possible

solutions

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a,c,b,a,b,b,b,c,c,a,b,c,a