ISRO Computer Science (CSE) 2016 Question Paper & Solutions

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80 questions.

Question 1

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 2

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 3

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 4

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 5

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 6

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 7

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 8

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 9

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 10

Consider the following gate network Which one of the following gates is redundant?

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  • A. Gate No. 1
  • B. Gate No. 2
  • C. Gate No. 3
  • D. Gate No. 4

Answer: B. Gate No. 2

Question 11

The dynamic hazard problem occurs in

  • A. Combinational circuit alone
  • B. Sequential Circuit only
  • C. Both (a) and (b)
  • D. None of the above

Answer: C. Both (a) and (b)

Question 12

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 13

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 14

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 15

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 16

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 17

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 18

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 19

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 20

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 21

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 22

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 23

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 24

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 25

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 26

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 27

The following postfix expression with single digit operands is evaluated using a stack 8 2 3 ^ / 2 3 * 5 1 * - (Note that ^ is the exponential operator) The top two elements of the stack after the first * operator is evaluated are

  • A. 6,1
  • B. 5,7
  • C. 3,2
  • D. 1,5

Answer: A. 6,1

Question 28

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 29

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 30

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 31

Algorithm design technique used in quick sort algorithm is

  • A. Dynamic programming
  • B. Backtracking
  • C. Divide and Conquer
  • D. Greedy Method

Answer: C. Divide and Conquer

Question 32

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 33

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 34

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 35

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 36

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 37

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 38

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 39

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 40

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 41

A top-down parser generates

  • A. Rightmost derivation
  • B. Rightmost derivation in reverse
  • C. Leftmost derivation
  • D. Leftmost derivation in reverse

Answer: C. Leftmost derivation

Question 42

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 43

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 44

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 45

At a particular time of computation, the value of a counting semaphore is 7. Then 20 P operation and x V operations were completed on this semaphore. If the final value of the semaphore is 5, x will be

  • A. 18
  • B. 22
  • C. 15
  • D. 13

Answer: A. 18

Question 46

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 47

A system has 3 processes sharing 4 resources. If each process needs a maximum of 2 units, then

  • A. Deadlock can never occur
  • B. Deadlock may occur
  • C. Deadlock has to occur
  • D. None of these

Answer: A. Deadlock can never occur

Question 48

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 49

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 50

A CPU generates 32-bit virtual addresses. The page size is 4 KB. The processor has a translation look-aside buffer (TLB) which can hold a total of 128 page table entries and is 4-way set associative. The minimum size of the TLB tag is

  • A. 11 bits
  • B. 13 bits
  • C. 15 bits
  • D. 20 bits

Answer: C. 15 bits

Question 51

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 52

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 53

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 54

Let R(a, b,c)and S(d,e, f) be two relations in which d is the foreign key of S that refers to the primary key of R Consider the following four operations in R and S I.Insert into R II.Insert into S III.Deletion from R IV.Deletion from S Which of the following can cause violation of the relational integrity constraint above?

  • A. Both I and IV
  • B. Both II and III
  • C. All of these
  • D. None of these

Answer: B. Both II and III

Question 55

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 56

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 57

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 58

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 59

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 60

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 61

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 62

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 63

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 64

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 65

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 66

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 67

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 68

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 69

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 70

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 71

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 72

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 73

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 74

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 75

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 76

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 77

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 78

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 79

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 80

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
  • C. Option C
  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

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