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1.

Name the device that converts digital signal to analog that can travel over phone lines.

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MODEM

The device that converts digital signal to analog that can travel over phone lines.

2.

Help Reshma in predicting the output of the following queries: i) select round(8.72,3); ii) select round(9.8);

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Output: 

i) 8.720 

ii) 10

3.

1. I : am a small text file created on a user’s computer contain small pieces of data — like a username, password and user’s browsing history as well as preferences may help to improve user’s web browsing experience.Who am I?2. Name any two popular web browsers.

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1. Cookies

2. Name of any two popular web browsers: 

  • Mozilla firefox  
  • Google Chrome
4.

Mr. Som, a HR Manager in a multinational company “Star-X world” has created the following table to store the records of employees: Table: EmpEidENameDepartmentDOBDOJStar1IvanSales1994-08-282020-02-14Star2MelindaIT1997-10-152021-11-19Star3RajAccounts1998-10-022019-04-02Star4MichaelSales2000-02-172020-05-01Star5SajalIT2001-12-052018-06-13Star6JohnAccounts1995-01-032019-07-15Star7JuliaSales1985-11-132020-08-19He has written following queries: i) select max(year(DOB)) from emp; ii) select ENAME from emp where month(DOJ)=11; Predict the output. OR Based on the table given above, help Mr. Som writing queries for the following task: i) To display the name of eldest employee and his/her date of birth. ii) To display the name of those employees whose joining month is May.

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Mr. Som, a HR Manager in a multinational company “Star-X world” has created the following table to store the records of employees: Table: Emp

EidENameDepartmentDOBDOJ
Star1IvanSales1994-08-282020-02-14
Star2MelindaIT1997-10-152021-11-19
Star3RajAccounts1998-10-022019-04-02
Star4MichaelSales2000-02-172020-05-01
Star5SajalIT2001-12-052018-06-13
Star6JohnAccounts1995-01-032019-07-15
Star7JuliaSales1985-11-132020-08-19

Output: 

i) 2001 

ii) Melinda 

OR 

Queries: 

i) select ENAME,min(year(DOB)) from emp; 

ii) select ENAME from emp where month(DOJ)=5;

5.

Navya has just created a website for her company and now need to host it. Briefly discuss the role of a web server in hosting a website

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Role of web server in hosting a website: 

A web server is the main centralized computer system that hosts and runs the websites. It has a computer program that distributes web pages as they are requisitioned. The basic role of the web server is to store, process and deliver the web pages to the users as and when required.

6.

Predict the output of the following queries: i. Select power(5,3); ii. Select mod(5,3); OR Briefly explain the purpose of the following SQL functions: i. power() ii. mod()

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Output: 

i. 125 

ii. 2 

OR 

i. power(): It returns the value of a number raised to the power of another number. 

For example: 

Select power(5,3); 

Output: 125 

ii. mod(): It returns the remainder of a number divided by another number. 

For example: 

Select mod(5,3);

Output: 2

7.

In order to improve quality, quantity and job, satisfaction, Mr Manav undertook certain changes in the organisation. Firstly, he provided workers with dummy machines to practice on it. Then, he made some workers work with an expert, so that they may learn work and procedures by observation. Lastly, he followed the practice of shifting workforce to different departments, so that they may gain an understanding of various aspects of work. Identify the methods used by the manager to improve the skills of workers and explain them.

Answer» The three methods of training used by Mr Manav
(i) Vestibule training Employees learn their jobs on the equipment they will be using, but the training is conducted away from the actual work floor. Actual work environments are created in a class room and employees use the same materials, files and equipment. This is usually done whern employees are required to handle sophisticated machinery and equipment.
(ii) Apprenticeship programmes Apprenticeship programmes put the trainee under the guidance of a master worker such as plumbers, electricians carpenters, etc. The trainee works along with the master worker for a specified period to acquire a higher level of skill.
(iii) Job rotation It involves shifting of employees from one job to another, or one department to another, or one shift to another. This helps the employee to learn varied skills to do a variety of jobs. It also helps him to interact with other employees, leading to better coordination between departments and facilitating transfers and promotion of employees.
8.

What are the major functions of the database administrator?

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Managing database structure, controlling concurrent processing, managing processing rights and responsibilities, developing database security, providing for database recovery, managing the DBMS and maintaining the data repository.

9.

Write the title of the artwork done by each of the following Contemporary (Indian Artists) included in your course of study: 1) Jamini Roy 2) M.F.Hussain 3) Amrita Shergil 4) Raja Ravi Verma ORIdentify the artist and mention the emotions that have been revealed in the sculpture Cries Unheard.

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1) Jamini Roy- Mother and Child 

2) M.F.Hussain-Mother Teresa 

3) Amrita Shergil- Haldi Grinders 

4) Raja Ravi Verma- Rama Vanquishing the Pride of the ocean. 

OR 

Cries Unheard is the famous sculpture made by Amarnath Sehgal. This is a symbolic work in which three figures of a family are standing in a deep anguish. They have gloomy faces full of agony and distress. All the three elongated figures of man, woman and child have hollow faces and their hands raised towards the sky in the helpless position. The right hand of child is up while his left hand is shown in down posture. Man, and child are looking up but woman is looking down. They all are asking for the help from almighty god because no one is ready to hear their protest in our society. The theme of this sculpture shows the injustice and exploitation done by rich and powerful people. They are exploiting the weaker section of the society from long time.

10.

Mention the names of any two graphic artists and their works.

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1) Devi- A graphic print by Jyoti Bhatt. (Jyotindra Manshankar Bhatt) 

2) Man Woman and tree by K. Laxma Goud. 

3) Children by Somnath Hore 

4) Of Walls by Anupam Sud

11.

Whose creation was Man, Woman and tree? What is the medium of this work?

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Man, woman and tree was a creation of Artist K. Lawma Gaud. Lithograph is the technique of this Graphic Print.

12.

How students are benefitted from online learning? What are the various ways of online learning? Name 2 educational websites

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It provides freedom to the learner to learn at their convenient location, convenient time and at their own pace of learning. Also, there is no discrimination of age, caste, gender, background, or the qualification of the learner. The tutorials may be enriched with audio and video information, which makes learning more enjoyable and attractive. Also, tutorials and tests are available for almost all topics, sometimes in regional languages also.

Types of Online Learning

Video/slide tutorials where the video or slides of lectures are available. The learner can visit the site and view the tutorials.

Interactive tutorials require the user to follow the instructions, perform the desired action and get a feedback.

Webinars are real time lectures, where users participate in the lecture, may ask questions, and get their queries answered.

Example Khan academy, Udacity.org, courser.org

13.

Consider the following table and wrtite SQL statements Table MenuIDItemDescriptionPriceP001Sambar VadaSouth Indian40P002Dal MaakhaniNorth Indian150P003NoodlesChineese100P004Idli SabarSouth Indian50P006Sarson SaagNorth Indian170P007DosaSouth Indian120P008PizzaItalian200i. To add a new row with the following data “P009”, “Lemon Rice”, “South Indian”, 140 ii. Display details of all Menu items in the descending order of Price iii. Display Item and Description of those Items whose price is between 100 and 150 iv. Add a new column Rating datatype as int to the table Menu

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(i) Insert into Menu values 

(“P009”, “Lemon Rice”, “South Indian”, 140); 

(ii) Select * from Menu order by Price; 

(iii) Select Item, Description from Menu Where price between 100 and 150; 

(iv) Cardinailty - 7 Degree – 4 

(v) Alter Table Menu Add Rating int;

14.

‘Closing stock is normally given out the trial balance’. State the reason.

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Usually no separate ledger accounts are maintained for stock account. The valuation of stock will be done at the end of a particular period when financial statements are prepared. Therefore it appears out the trial balance.

15.

Why a trial balance is prepared?

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A trial balance is prepared:

1. To check the arithmetical accuracy of the ledger accounts.

2. To help in locating errors

3. To provide a basis for preparing the financial statements.

16.

Explain Error of omission with Examples.

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Error of omission:

When a transaction is not entered in the books of original entry or not posted from the books original entry to the ledger, an error of omission is caused. The omission may be complete or partial. If a transaction is not entered in the subsidiary books, it is a case of complete omission as the posting in the ledger accounts are also omitted.

In this both the debit and credit aspects go unrecorded, it does not affect the agreement of Trial Balance. If only one aspect of a transaction is recorded, it is a case of Partial omission. It happens while posting from day books to ledger accounts. This will affect the agreement of Trial balance.

17.

What are the methods of preparing trial balance?

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There are three methods of preparing trial balance 

They are:

1. Totals method (Total of each side in the ledger)

2. Balance method (Showing the balances of all ledger accounts.

3. Totals – cum – balances method

18.

When do you open a suspense account? Explain its uses.

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When all attempts fails to locate errors and the preparation of the final accounts can not be further delayed, the difference in the trial balance is temporarily transferred to an account called “suspense account’’. Uses of suspense Account.

1. It facilitates the preparation of financial statements even when the trial balance has not tallied.

2. It helps in giving rectifying entries after the preparation of trial balance.

19.

What do you mean by Trial Balance?

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Trial balance is a statement that shows either the balance or total amounts of debit items and credit items of all accounts. It is prepared on a particular date to test the arithmetical accuracy of the books of accounts kept under the double-entry system.

20.

Rectify the following errors:-a) Discount allowed to Ramesh Rs. 60 on receiving Rs.2000 from him was not recorded in the books.b) Discount received from Ram Rs. 80 on paying 1900 to him was not posted at all.c) Bill receivable from Narayan Rs. 1000 was dishonored and wrongly debited allowance account as Rs.10,000.d) Cash received from Mohan Rs. 3000 was posted to Naveen as Rs. 1000.e) Cheques for Rs. 7800 received from Anu in full settlement of his account of Rs. 8000, was dishonored. No. entry was passed in the books on dishonor of the cheque.f) Old machinery sold to Kannan at its book value of Rs.4000 was recorded through sales book.g) Depreciation written off as the Machinery Rs.3000, was not posted at all.

Answer»
a)Discount allowed a/c  Dr
  To ramesh's a/c
(Discount allowed to ramesh not recorded, now recorded)
60
60
b)Ram's a/c   Dr
 To Discount received a/c
(Discount received from ram not posted, now rectified)
80
80
c)Narayan's a/c   Dr.
Suspense a/c   Dr.
  To Allowance a/c
(Bill receivables from Narayan Rs. 1000 Wrongly debited to allowance account as Rs. 10,000)
1000
9000


10000
d)Naveen's a/c  Dr.
Suspense a/c
To Mohan's a/c
(Cash received form Mohan Rs. 3000 wrongly posted to  Naveen as Rs. 1000, now rectified)
1000
2000


3000
e)Anu's  a/c  Dr.
 To Bank a/c
  To Discount allowed a/c
(Entry for dishonour of cheque not made in the books, now rectified)
8000
7800
200
f)Sales a/c   Dr.
  To machinery a/c
(Sale of machinery wrongly recorded in sales book.)
4000
4000
g)It was recorded through journal proper. From Jounal proper posting to all the accounts are made individually. Hence, no posting was made to depreciation account and machinery a/c. Therefore, rectification entry will be:
Depreciation a/c  Dr
   To Machinery a/c
(Depreciation on machinery no t posted, now correted)





3000






3000

21.

Explain Error of principles with examples.

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If any accounting rules or principles are violated in recording a transaction, it is an error of principles. This error does not affect the agreement of trial balance.

Examples :-

1. Expenses paid for installation of machinery debited to expenses account.

2. The sale of building is credited to sales account.

3. Amount spent on repair of machinery debited to machinery account.

4. Purchase of furniture debited to purchase account.

22.

Complete the following on the basis of hint given.1. One-sided error – Undercast in Sales returns book2. ______ – Purchase of machinery entered in purchase book.

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1. One-sided error – Undercast in Sales returns book

2. Two- sided error. – Purchase of machinery entered in purchase book.

23.

Explain Error of Commission with example.

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Error of commission:

Errors committed when transactions are incorrectly recorded are called error of commission. These are the errors caused by wrong posting, wrong totaling, wrong balancing, wrong carryforwards, etc. For example- if Rs. 290 received from Ram is credited to his account as Rs. 209, it is an error of commission, Error in posting as to the side of account – Rs. 300 received from Kumar is posted his Debit side.

24.

If purchase of goods on credit is not recorded in the books, it is an error of  ..........

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If purchase of goods on credit is not recorded in the books, it is an error of Omission

25.

Trial balance is(a) An account(b) A statement(c) A subsidiary Book(d) A Principal book

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Correct answer is (b) A Statement

26.

Complete the following on the basis of hint given.1. Errors of principle – Rule of accounting is violated2. _____ – Wrong amount is written in subsidiary books.

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1. Errors of principle – Rule of accounting is violated

2. Error of commissio – Wrong amount is written in subsidiary books.

27.

Explain Error of Principles Error with examples.

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Error of principles:

If any accounting rules or principles are violated in recording a transaction, it is an error of principles. This error does not affect the agreement of trial balance.

Examples:

1. An item of capital expenditure is wrongly debited to a revenue account.

2. Sale of building is credited to sales account.

28.

An account in which the difference of trial balance is temporarily put is ………… account.

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An account in which the difference of trial balance is temporarily put is Suspense account.

29.

Debiting wages account with the amount of wages paid on erection of machinery is an errors of be debited with(a) Rs. 400(b) Rs. 800(c) Rs. 200(d) None of the above

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Correct answer is (b) Rs. 800

30.

Instead of debiting Sanoj’s A/c his account was credited by Rs. 400. To rectify this his account should(a) Omission(b) Principle(c) Commission

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Correct answer is (b) Principles

31.

Match the following.1. Installation charges debited to wages account.a. Error of commission2. Cash paid to ‘X’ is not posted to his account.b. Compensating error3. Cash paid to ‘A’ is posted, to B’s account.c. Error of principle4. Sales books and purchase books are undercast by same account.d. One side error5. The sales book is overcast by Rs. 100.e. Error of omission

Answer»

1-c

2-e

3-a

4-b

5-d

32.

Explain compensating error with examples.

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Compensating Error: 

These errors arise when a mistake made in one direction is compensated by another mistake made in the opposite direction, to the extent of same amount. These errors do not affect the agreement of trial balance.

For example:

If Purchase of goods from ‘X’ for Rs. 800 is credited to his account as Rs.80 and a purchase from T for Rs. 80 is credited to y’s account as Rs. 800.

33.

Which of the errors does not affect the trial balance?(a) Wrong balancing(b) Wrong totaling(c) Writing an amount in the wrong account but in the correct side.(d) None of the above.

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(c) Writing an amount in the wrong account but in the correct side.

34.

What is translator? Name any one translator.

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The translator translates user written high level language programs to equivalent machine language programs. For example, compilers.

35.

Give any two advantages of OOPs.

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Some of the advantages of object-oriented programming are as follows:

1. A clear modular structure can be obtained which can be used as a prototype and it will not reveal the details of the design.

2. Easy maintenance and modifications to the existing objects can be done with ease.

3.  A good framework is provided which facilitates creating rich GUI applications. 

36.

Error of ……. does not affect the trial balance.

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Error of Principle does not affect the trial balance.

37.

Name the errors which do not affect the Trial Balance.

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1. Error of complete omission

2. Error of principle,

3. Compensating Error

4. Error of recording in the book of original entry

5. Error of posting to wrong account on credit side with correct amount.

38.

What are syntax and semantic errors?

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1. syntax error:

It refers to an error in the syntax of a sequence of characters or tokens that is intended to be written in a particular programming language.

2. semantic error:

An error, which occurs due to the incorrect logic and a solution is called a semantic error.

39.

Name the errors which affect the Trial Balance.

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1. Errors due to partial omission

2. Error of casting

3. Posting an amount in the wrong side of an account.

4. Posting of a wrong amount

5. Wrong totaling or balancing of accounts

40.

(i) Mention at least 2 work areas which uses Database Management Systems. (ii) Jatin has given the following query from the table Student but he is unable to execute it successfully. Write the correct query after rectifying the error Select Name, Marks From student Table Where Name =”P%”’

Answer»

Select Name, Marks 

From Student 

Where Name Like ‘P%’

41.

Why Java program is platform independent?

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A Java compiler instead of translating Java code to machine language code, translates it into Java Bytecode. A Java interpreter, called the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), translates the bytecode into machine code and then executes it. The bytecode can be run on any platform as long as it has a JVM running on it. This makes Java programs platform independent and highly portable. 

( keywords bytecodes and JVM to be included)

42.

When the source voltage increases in a zener regulator, which of these currents remains approximately constant? a. Series current b. Zener current c. Load current d. Total current

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(c) Load current

43.

Think of the work areas which uses Database Management Systems

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Education, banking, railways, telecommunication, hotels, air lines, ecommerce, companies, government sector

44.

Rectify the following errors:Cash sales Rs. 16,000a) were not posted to sales a/cb) were posted as Rs. 6000 in sales accountc) were posted to commission account

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a)Suspense a/c
 To sales a/c
(Cash sales not posted to sales a/c not rectified)
Dr.
 
16000
16000
b)Suspense a/c
 To sales a/c
(Cash sales Rs. 16000 Were Posted to sales a/c)
Dr.
 
10000
10000
c) Commission a/c
  To sales a/c
(Cash sales posted to commission a/c instead of sales account, now, corrected)
Dr.16000
16000

45.

Rectify the following errors:1. Stationery purchased for ₹500 has been wrongly debited to drawings a/c.2. A credit sale of ₹1,500 has been wrongly passed through the purchase book.3. ₹4,000 received from Sidhu have been posted on the credit side of his account ₹4,400.4. Salary ₹10,000 paid to Mr. Shaju was debited to his personal account.

Answer»

Journal

DateParticularsLFDebitCredit
1.Office stationary A/c  Dr
  Drawings
[The purchase of Stationary wrongly debited to drawing a/c, now rectified]
500
500
2.Debtors A/c    Dr
  Sales A/c
   Purchase A/c
[Rectification of a wrong entry in purchase book for a credit sales of goods]
3,000
1,500
1,500
3.Sidhu's a/c has been credited more by Rs 400. 
To Correct this error his account is to debited with Rs 400
4. Salaries A/c    Dr
  To shaju's A/c
1,000
1,000

46.

If the zener diode in a zener regulator is connected with the wrong polarity, the load voltage will be closest to a. 0.7 V b. 10 V c. 14 V d. 18 V

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The correct answer is: (a) 0.7 V

47.

a) Which keyword is used to eliminate redundant data in MYSQL? b) Which MYSQL command is used to modify data in a table?

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a) DISTINCT

b) UPDATE

48.

Locate the types of errors involved in the following transactions.1. Purchased goods for 10,000 debited to furniture a/c.2. Carriage paid Rs. 1,000 debited to carriage a/c as Rs. 100.3. Amount received from Rajesh Rs. 1,800 has not been entered in the books of accounts.

Answer»

1. Error of principle

2. Error of commission

3. Error of omission

49.

What should we do to make a data member or a method member of a class visible only within the class?

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To make a data member or method of a class visible only within the class. add the keyword private before its declaration.

50.

At high frequencies, ordinary diodes don't work properly because of a. Forward bias b. Reverse bias c. Breakdown d. Charge storage

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(d) Charge storage