ISRO Computer Science (CSE) 2018 Question Paper & Solutions

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80 questions. Answers are shown only where the official answer key is available.

Question 1

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Answer: D. Option D

Question 2

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

Answer: C. Option C

Question 3

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  • B. Option B
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Answer: C. Option C

Question 4

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  • B. Option B
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Answer: B. Option B

Question 5

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 6

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Answer: D. Option D

Question 7

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Answer: D. Option D

Question 8

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  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 9

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 10

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 11

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  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 12

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Answer: B. Option B

Question 13

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  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 14

Which of the following is dense index?

  • A. Primary index
  • B. Clusters index
  • C. Secondary index
  • D. Secondary non key index

Answer: C. Secondary index

Question 15

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  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 16

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  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 17

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 18

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 19

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

Answer: A. Option A

Question 20

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Question 21

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  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 22

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  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 23

..................... can detect burst error of length less than or equal to degree of the polynomial and detects burst errors that affect odd number of bits.

  • A. Hamming Code
  • B. CRC
  • C. VRC
  • D. None of the above

Answer: B. CRC

Question 24

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  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 25

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

Answer: B. Option B

Question 26

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 27

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 28

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 29

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 30

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

Answer: D. Option D

Question 31

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

Answer: A. Option A

Question 32

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 33

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 34

Consider a singly linked list of the form where F is a pointer to the first element in the linked list and is the pointer to the last element in the list. The time of which of the following operations depends on the length of the list?

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  • A. Delete the last element of the list
  • B. Delete the first element of the list
  • C. Add an element after the last element of the list
  • D. Interchange the first two elements of the list

Answer: A. Delete the last element of the list

Question 35

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  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 36

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Answer: A. Option A

Question 37

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Answer: C. Option C

Question 38

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 39

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 40

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

Answer: C. Option C

Question 41

Consider the following table in a relational database According to the data shown in the table, which of the following could be a candidate key of Me table?

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  • A. {Last Name}
  • B. {Room}
  • C. {Shift}
  • D. {Room, Shift}

Answer: D. {Room, Shift}

Question 42

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

Answer: B. Option B

Question 43

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

Answer: C. Option C

Question 44

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

Answer: A. Option A

Question 45

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 46

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 47

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 48

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

Answer: A. Option A

Question 49

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  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 50

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Answer: C. Option C

Question 51

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Answer: A. Option A

Question 52

A particular parallel program computation requires 100 sec when executed on single processor. If 40% of this computation is inherently sequential (i.e. will not benefit from additional processors), then theoretically best possible elapsed times of this program running with 2 and 4 processors, respectively, are

  • A. 20 sec and 10 sec
  • B. 30 sec and 15 sec
  • C. 50 sec and 2 5 sec
  • D. 70 sec and 55 sec

Answer: D. 70 sec and 55 sec

Question 53

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

Answer: B. Option B

Question 54

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Answer: C. Option C

Question 55

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  • A. Option A
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  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 56

The Functions Point (FP) metric is

  • A. Calculated from user requirement
  • B. Calculated from lines of code
  • C. Calculated from software complexity assessment
  • D. None of the above

Answer: C. Calculated from software complexity assessment

Question 57

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

Answer: B. Option B

Question 58

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

Answer: D. Option D

Question 59

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

Answer: B. Option B

Question 60

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  • A. Option A
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Question 61

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  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 62

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

Answer: A. Option A

Question 63

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

Answer: C. Option C

Question 64

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

Answer: D. Option D

Question 65

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 66

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

Answer: A. Option A

Question 67

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

Answer: A. Option A

Question 68

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  • A. Option A
  • B. Option B
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  • 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: B. Option B

Question 70

The running time of an algorithm is given by T(n) = T(n-1) + T(n-2) - T(n-3), if n > 3 = n, otherwise Then what should be the relation between T(1), T(2) and T(3), so that the order of the algorithm is constant ?

  • A. T(1) = T(2) = T(3)
  • B. T(1) + T(3) = 2*T(2)
  • C. T(1) - T(3) = T(2)
  • D. T(1) + T(2) = T(3)

Answer: A. T(1) = T(2) = T(3)

Question 71

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

Answer: D. Option D

Question 72

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 73

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: A. Option A

Question 74

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  • D. Option D

Answer: B. Option B

Question 75

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: C. Option C

Question 76

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

Answer: B. Option B

Question 77

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

Answer: D. Option D

Question 78

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

Answer: C. Option C

Question 79

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

Question 80

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  • B. Option B
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  • D. Option D

Answer: D. Option D

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