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Subject: C and COBOL (fwd)

  this is the TCS C paper.it actually contains 50 
questions.but i am 
 
sending only 43 questions.though 46 questions are available 
only these are 

visible.so it is i am sending 43 only.the set code is 'D'.


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<MIN)
     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



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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)
   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<b)then
   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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  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



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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
   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
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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

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



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