Interview Questions Askd on 7th November 2003 normalization referential integrity constraint refernce key parent table relation

deleting primary key in dbms normalizaiton - advantage or disadvange networks osi layers topolgy mca - graphics pixels Depending on ur interest area(Operating systems,networks,DBMS,software engineeri ng) choose the questions given below and prepare for it. these are some cts ques. asked in interview [1] What are the current trends and areas of focus in IT. [2] What is a Micro-Kernel architecture. [3] Describe the memory management policies in Unix. How is paging implemented? How page faults are handled? [4] What is the CPU-scheduling policy in Unix? - Round robin scheduling with multilevel queues. [5] Describe the Sliding window protocol. What is it's advantage over stop-and-wait? [6] Diff between compilers and interpreters. Some fundaes about how to link code in different files. personal: 1. Tell us about yourself, your background. 2. What does your father do currently. 3. Your performance in schooling, B.E. 4. Your points. 5. Aren't you going for higher studies abroad? Why? 6. What qualities do you have that make you a person suitable for going into the IT industry . 7. What do your friends opine about you. 8. When do you think you will complete and be able to join. 9. How can you assure that you will join by that time. 10. Anything you want to know about us. 11. Significant achievements in life. ( may be paper publications etc. ) more questions:

->Why paging is used ? ->Which is the best page replacement algo and Why ? ->WHat is software life cycle ? ->How much time is spent usually in each pphases and why ? ->What is testing ? ->Which are the different types of testingg ? ->Which are the different phases in Softwaare life cycle (asked again) ->Why is analysis and testing phases very important ? ->Why networks are layered ? What is the aadvantage of that ? ->How many layers are there in OSI ? Why iis it called OSI model ? ->network topologies ? ->Which are the different network toplogiees ? ->an example of bus type network. ->What is the Bandwidth of ethernet ? ->Explain the advantage and disadvantage oof ethernet ? ->Which is the protocol used in ethernet. (CSMA/CD) Why is it called so ? ->What is the advantage of Ring network ? ->Compare it with ethernet. ->What is inheritance, encapsulation etc. ->If there are too many page faults what iis the problem? ->To ensure one pgm. doesnt corrupt other pgm. in a Multi-pgm. enviornment what you should do? ->Which one you will use to implement crittical section? Binary Semaphore -> Which one is not needed for Multi-pgm. enviornment? options are: virtual memory,security,time sharing,none of the above.

->Which one is not done by Data link layerr ? bit stuffing, LRC,CRC,parity check -> Which one is not related to Data link llayer? -> Which one is not suitable for client-seerver application? tcp/ip,message passing,rpc,none of the above. ->Term stickily bit is related to a)kernell b)undeletable file c) d)none ->semaphore variable is different from orddinary variable by ? -> Where semaphore is used? -> what is Test and set lock? -> what is critical section and metods forr mutual exclusion? -> what is internal fragmentation ,externaal fragmentation,compaction? -> what is page fault?How the os finds a ppage fault has really occured?(protcti on bits: valid bit, invalid bit) ->producer-consumer problem ,reader- writeer problem ->ABOUT LINUX ->if u say ur favourite pass-time is chattting then u'll be asked how a "CHAT" application works. ->if u say I "search" a lot in the web usiing google u'll be asked how a search engine works (need not say in detail just say it briefly) ->how internet works(for eg; when u type wwww.yahoo.com what actually happens ho w the yahoo page is loaded? -> Operator overloading ,virtual functionss(write programs) 1.like what is data model types of data model 2.what is RDBMS. 3.what is normalization,functional dependency,1NF,2NF,3NF,BCNF. 4. what is oops. 5.what is the difference between c++ and c; 6.properties of oops. 7.inhetence,sequence diagram. 8.XML,ASP, 9.what is an operating system. 10.what is multitasking.what is timesharing. 11.what is memeory management. 12.what is virtual paging. 13.about your salabus. 13.what is microprocessor,about 8085 etc. 14.intoduce your self.

15.about your hobbies. 16.if not related to computer branch then some very small puzzel and some techenical question related with the branch. 1>normalization 2>data model a.record base b.logical base c.object base 3>what is a parent key 4>time complexcity of different sorting algos 5>what is o.s 6>semaphore 7>describe view mechanism 8>joining(outer,lossless!) 9>functional dependency 10>ffd 11>ddl,dml,dcl 12>three tier structure 13>vertical ,horizontal projection 14>explain rdbms,ddbms 15>fixed fomat data model 16>name the technology used to connect a dbms to front end 17>how will u design a dbms what is data dictionary,dba,about normalization etc. why it is called relational. ------technical: what is o.s? what is a deadlock? what is a semaphore? difference between semaphore & monitor? what is sdlc(software development life cycle)? what is a linklist,stack,queue? write a program to reverse a linklist? what is dba? difference between primary,foreign,candidate&super key? different type of databases? what is normalsation?explain them? four division in cobol? significance of 01,77,88,66 level? function of compiler? difference between object file & exe file? difference between c &c++? difference between sql&c++?

So all the Best Test Tips. There Were 60 Questions Out of them certainly there were 15 very very easy Ques. But U Have to Thouroughly search for the Papaer For That So U Should Be Spped an d Read it fully. Go Back n forth. ............New.......... SOme of the Interview Questions askd on 5th November are as Follows Sql-DDL(Data Definition Lang), DML(Data Manipulation Lang), DCL(Data control lan g), TCL(Transaction control lang) Whatis Projection?, sELECTION? DataBase Models SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) Testing Methods - Black Box, White Box. In Java - Applets, Application Programs Internet Based Application Oriented Questions. Ques on Dot Net In C Switch Statements. Inter view Tips only personal questins very minimal technical question in the 4th nov morning interviews like ur strengths ur weakness ur abilities about urself after 5 years where will u College project extra curricular activities etc., technical like normalization indexing in sQL server diff bet c, c++ etc., Here r the CTS_BROWN Questions (Only few) which appeared in the Of camus recruit ment in chennai on 02.11.03 1. 60 % of the totals balls is red. Remaining are Blue. What is min no of drawst o get the Balls of same Color and : 3 2. 1,2,5,8. what is the sum of all possible 4 digit nos formed by using above no s ans : 106656 3, average of 10 nos. one boy changed a 2 digit no AB as BA. then the average be comes 1.8 less. what is the difference between the 2 digits of the w digit no (A -B)

ans 2 : Hint : 42 - 24 = 18/10 = 1.8 so 4-2 = 2 4.Square of the sum of the 2 digits is 27 greater than the original no what is t he no ANS : 54 : HINT : 5+4 = 9*9 = 81 = 54 = 27 5.100 M DISTANCE. 5 STONES ARE PLACED in 2 meters distance from starting point. A person has to carry 1 stone at a time and reach the Destination 1st stone is at starting point. what is the distance travelled by him. ans 860 100 98 96 94 92 0 100 + 98*2 + 96*2 + 94*2 + 92*2 = 860 6. in a gathereing , there were 2 males as grand fathers and 4 males are fathers . there was 2 females as grand mothers and 4 females as mothers, atleast one gra nd son or one grand daughter must be in the gathering. grand father without his souse has one son and grand son. grandmother without sose has a daughter and gra nddaughter. how many were there in the gathering - iam not sure of the question. check from others. 7. 4 members buy a book for 60$. First person paid half of the amount others pai d. second 1/3rd of the remaining and next paid 1/4th of the remaining . what was the amt aid by the fourth 8. In an island called KYA KYA. good people say truth. bad people say only lie. somebody asks "are u a good or bad" what is the answer. ans : good options : 1. cant say 2. good, 3. good,bad 4. bad,bad 9. a thief steals ome diamond and 3 Policeman saw him on his way. he gave each p oliceman half the diamonds and a 2 more to each of the police men. atlast he had 1 how much did he stole. ans 36. 10. Pankaj is left to dayanand facing fes Ranjan is right to dayanand if ranjann and akaj swap places yash and abishiek swap then who will b right of abisheik 11. Abraham, bordu,charlie and dennis,emerald and their wifes sat in a circular table gents and adies sa alternatively. wifes sat 3 laces next to thier husband. who is next to abraham and mrs dennis(doubt) 12. 16 balls 3 boxes.balls should be ut in the boxes randomly a. atleast 3 balls in each box b. atleast 3 balls in atleast 1 box c..... d.... 13.36 chairs are arranged such that atleast 3 chairs in each row. and atlest 3 r ows.first row should be parallel to the wall. what r the possiblities 14.red balls in a box. white balls in another box. another has both . what is th e possiblity to gess the color of the ball picking only one ball from that box. 15. a town has a circular wall surrounded. it has four gates, north, south east and west. a house is 3 kilometer north of north gate and a man is 9 km east of s outh gate. he is able to see the house. what is the diameter of the circular wal

l. options: 6,9.,,,,, i think 9 some questions are of the following type statement and two choices were given and the following a. a b. c. d. if we can get the answer from any of the one choice and not the other choose if both choices are needed but not one if neither is needed cannot be solved

16. statement : Indian hockey team was 2 goals behind when there was 5 minutes l eft a. indian striker x scored 3 goals in the last five minutes b. opponent scored a total of 3 goals answer : a more such questions.... 17. There Were Six Cities which has to be visited in some order, some Conditions are given and some 5 Questions Were Given WE have to find the Correct order The Cities were srinagar, ambala, indore,pune,calcutta, chandigarh Conditions 1. Ambala should not be first and Indore Should not be third 2.Srinagar should be visited after Calcutta 3. Chandigarh must be first or last. 4......