SAMPLE PAPER - 1

INFORMATICS PRACTICES
Class: XII CBSE
TERM - II Max .Marks: 35
Time: 2:00 Hrs
General Instructions:
 The question paper is divided into 3 Sections - A, B, and C.
 Section A consists of 7 Questions (1-7). Each Question Carries 2 Marks.
 Section B consists of 3 Questions (8-10). Each Question Carries 3 Marks.
 Section C consists of 3 Questions (11-13). Each Question Carries 4 Marks.
 Internal Choices given for Question numbers 1, 3, 8 and 12.
SECTION – A
This section consists of 7 Questions (1 to 7).
1. Arshi, is a student of class VIII, and seldom browses internet. Recently, she came [2]
across terms like plug-ins and add-ons. As a senior, explain the difference
between Plug-ins and add-ons to her.
(OR)
Akash, a beginner in IT field has just started learning web technologies. Help him
in understanding the difference between website and Web Hosting.
2. (i) [2]
I:
 am a technology
 allow you to make voice calls over internet directly through a
computer instead of analog phone line
 Convert your voice into a digital signal that travels over internet.
Who am I?
(ii)
Identify the domain name and sub-domain name from the following URL:
https://www.tinydancinghorse.com/about-us.html
3. Predict the output of the following queries: [2]
(i ) SELECT SIGN(-101); (ii) SELECT POWER(4,-2);

(OR)
If the table Medicines contains 4 records and Aamir executed the following
queries, find the output of both the queries:
(i) Select mod(9,2) from dual; (ii) select mod(9,2) from medicines;
4. Harshit is a student from a remote village with little knowledge about email and [2]
chat. You as an expert, explain the difference between email and chat to him with
example.
5. Anuj is student of class XII, trying to execute the following queries, help him to [2]
predict the output.

(i) select round (45.9,-2); (ii) select round ( -101.86,0)

6. Hina is working on a database table storing details of medicinal plants of different [2]
types. She needs to display the number of plants of each type. As a team leader,
suggest a suitable function and clause to be usedby her with the help of example.

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7. Harshit, is learning SQL and confused with the output of following queries on [2]
table , predict the output for him:

He has written the following queries:

(i) select (year(curdate)-year(StartDate))*12 as Installments_over
from loans
(ii) select CUS_NAME,monthname(Startdate) from LOANS where 60-age<=0;
(OR)
Based on the table given above, help Harshit, write queries for the following:
(i) To display the earliest loan start date.
(ii) To display the names and loan amount of those customers whose loan
started in 'March'.
SECTION – B
This section consists of 3 Questions (8 to 10). Each Carries 3 Marks.
8. Predict the output of the following queries: [3]
i) select mid('PREBOARD XII IP', 4, 5);
ii) select instr('banana', 'an');
iii) select concat('KVS','Delhi Region',2022)
(OR)
Rishita is working on a MySQL table named 'PRODUCTS' having following
structure: i) To fetch last 3 characters of pid.
ii) To display the product name in upper case,
removing all trailing and preceding spaces.
iii) To display 5 characters from 4th position
from colum descp.
Suggest SQL function(s) for the same. Also
write the query to achieve the desired task.
9. Bilaal has joined as a trainee in a database company. While working with real- [3]
time data, he has few queries: As a senior, help him name the functions to clear
his queries and explain the difference among them:
i) A function that returns a constant time that indicates the time at which the
statement began to execute.
ii) A function that returns exact time at which it executes.
iii) A function that returns the current date only and not the time.

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10. Sanjeev is executing the following queries: [3]
(i) Select len(" OMICRON VARIENT ");
(ii) Select len(ltrim(" OMICRON VARIENT "));
(iii) Select len(rtrim(" OMICRON VARIENT "));
He has placed 3 spaces in the beginning and end of the string
'OMICRON VARIENT'. Sanjeev is puzzled by the output.
1. Predict the output for above queries.
2. Explain the reason for above output to Sanjeev.
SECTION – C
This section consists of 3 Questions (11 to 13). Each Question Carries 4
Marks
11. A Coaching Institute STAR COACHING ACADEMY has maintained the record of [4]
their students using SQLtabe “ENGG”.

Write SQL queries for the following:

a) To display the city, sum of fees obtained from students city-wise in decreasing
order of city.
b) To display the mode and count of students enrolled in each mode.
c) To display the sub, average fees from students subject-wise (for those
subjects having more than one student)
d) To display the maximum and minimum fees for each mode of classes.
12. Sahil has recently joined a mobile shop that maintains the database of all mobile [4]
stock in the form of relation MobileMaster:

Help him frame the SQL statements for the queries below:
(a) To display the mobile company, mobile name and price in descending order of
their price.
(b) To display the mobile name and quantity of all mobiles except ‘MB003’
(c) To display the mobile details manufactured after the year 2019d) To display
the mobile names whose quantity is not null.
(OR)

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 Predict the output for the following queries for Sahil:

(a) Select M_Company, avg(qty) From MobileMaster Group by M_Company

(b) Select substr(M_Company,1,3) ,M_Price From MobileMaster Where Qty>10;

(c) Select M_Name ,M_Price*.01 as discount From MobileMaster Where M_Price

between 25000 and 35000;

(d) select count(*), count(qty), max(Mfg_date) From MobileMaster;

13. Malviya Institute of Learning is planning to set up its center in Amritsar with four [4]
specialized blocks for Medicine, Management, Law courses along with an
Admission block in separate buildings. The physical distances between these
blocks and the number of computers to be installed in these blocks are given
below. You as a network expert have to answer the queries raised by their board
of Directors as given in (i) to (iv).
Shortest distances between various locations in meters:

(i) Suggest the most suitable location to install the main server of this institution
to get efficient connectivity.
(ii) Suggest by drawing the best cable layout for effective network connectivity of
the blocks having server with all the other blocks.
(iii) (a) Suggest the devices to be installed in each of these buildings for
connecting computers installed within the building out of the following:
● Modem ● Switch ● Gateway ● Router

(b) Suggest the most suitable wired medium for efficiently connecting each
computer installed in every building out of the following network cables:
● Coaxial Cable ● Ethernet Cable ● Single Pair ● Telephone Cable

(iv) Mention any economic way to provide internet accessibility to all blocks.

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 SAMPLE PAPER - 2
INFORMATICS PRACTICES
Class: XII CBSE
TERM - II Max .Marks: 35
Time: 2:00 Hrs
General Instructions:
 The question paper is divided into 3 Sections - A, B, and C.
 Section A consists of 7 Questions (1-7). Each Question Carries 2 Marks.
 Section B consists of 3 Questions (8-10). Each Question Carries 3 Marks.
 Section C consists of 3 Questions (11-13). Each Question Carries 4 Marks.
 Internal Choices given for Question numbers 1, 3, 8 and 12.
SECTION – A
This section consists of 7 Questions (1 to 7).
1. Atul, a network engineer, is required to demonstrate the features of a Star and [2]
Bus network. Help him with the layout design and mention an advantage of both
(OR)
Arya is interested in knowing the difference between the terms Hub and Switch.
Help her by mentioning two points.
2. i. Expand : VOIP [2]
ii. I can receive a signal and retransmit at a higher level so that the signal can
cover a longer distance. Who am I?
3. Predict the output of the following queries: [2]
i. SELECT POWER (2,−3); ii. SELECT ROUND (23483.45,−2);

Briefly explain the purpose of the following SQL functions:

i. POWER() ii. ROUND()
4. What is the importance of URL in networking? State an example of a URL. [2]
5. Help Reshma in predicting the output of the following queries: [2]

(i)SELECT SUBSTR('EASYCALCULATION',5,11);

(ii) SELECT INSTR('Lata Mangeshkar','a');

6. Gopi Krishna is using a table EMPLOYEE. It has the [2]

following columns:

Code, Name, Salary, Deptcode He wants to display maximum salary Department

wise. He wrote the following command:

SELECT Deptcode, Max(Salary) FROM EMPLOYEE;

But he did not get the desired result. Rewrite the above query with necessary
change to help him get the desired output. Justify your answer.

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7. Consider following STUDENT table populated with following data: [2]

Answer the following questions:

i. Display the average marks of the entire dataset.
ii. Display the total number of records in the student table.
(OR)
Consider the above table and predict the output of the
following statements:
i. SELECT SUM(marks) FROM STUDENT WHERE class="XII";
ii. SELECT class,COUNT(*) FROM STUDENT GROUP BY class;
SECTION – B
This section consists of 3 Questions (8 to 10). Each Carries 3 Marks.
8. Predict the output of the following queries: [3]
i. SELECT MONTHNAME("2022-01-27");
ii.SELECT INSTR("Take work as a game and enjoy it","game");
iii.SELECT RIGHT("Storms hit your weakness, but unlocks your true strength",8);
(OR)
Consider following VEHICLE table populated with following data:

Answer the following questions:

i. Both the following statements are giving two different outputs , what could be
the reason:
mysql> select * from vehicle where perkm > 50 and perkm <100; /* Statement1 */
mysql> select * from vehicle where perkm > 50 or perkm <100; /* Statement2 */
ii. Display the position of the first occurrence of "ar" in the attribute vehicle type
iii. Display 12% of perkm rounded to two digits with column heading
"CALCULATED VALUE".

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9. Sunil is confused with the following functions: [3]
i. DAY() and DAYNAME()
ii.MONTH() and MONTHNAME()
iii. INSTR() and SUBSTR()
Explain the difference between each and justify using an example for each.
10. Alisha needs clarity with the purpose of "Group by" and "Order by" clauses in [3]
MySQL. You are required to provide an example highlighting the difference
between the two with suitable justification.
SECTION – C
This section consists of 3 Questions (11 to 13). Each Question Carries 4
Marks
11. Consider following PRODUCT table populated with following data: [4]

i. Display all records of products except Washing Powder.

ii. Display the product names whose price lies between 100 and 150 (both
values inclusive).
iii. Display the name and price of products whose UPRICE is greater than 100.
Sort on the basis of UPRICE in decreasing order.
iv. Display the number of manufactures without duplication.
12. Mr. Subash , an IT Manager of "GEM Ltd." has created the following table to store [4]
the records of employees:

Write SQL statements for the following:

i. Display the names of employees in uppercase who work in the Sales dept.

ii. Display the name of employees who joined in October.

iii. Display the positional occurrence of "a" in the name of each employee.

iv. Display from the name 3 characters from the 2nd position of all the employees.

(OR)

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 i. Predict the output of : SELECT POW(INSTR("My_Database","_"),2);

ii. Is NULL and 0(zero) same? Justify your answer.

iii. Shyam wants to insert "Sharma" in the "LastName" column of the "Emp" table

as shown below, but an error is being displayed. Write the correct SQL

statement. INSERT INTO Emp ('Sharma') VALUES (Lastname) ;

iv. Write the SQL statement to round of 67.246 to two decimal places.

13. RIT University has to set up its new campus at Chennai. It has four department [4]
blocks named block A, B, C and D for different functionalities. The Administrative
Office is currently located at New Delhi.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

i. Connect the devices using a suitable topology.
ii .Name the blocks where a switch should be installed.
iii. Name the block where the server is to be installed. Justify your answer.
iv.What is the network type formed (out of LAN, MAN,WAN) between
Block A To C.

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 SAMPLE PAPER - 3
INFORMATICS PRACTICES
Class: XII CBSE
TERM - II Max .Marks: 35
Time: 2:00 Hrs
General Instructions:
 The question paper is divided into 3 Sections - A, B, and C.
 Section A consists of 7 Questions (1-7). Each Question Carries 2 Marks.
 Section B consists of 3 Questions (8-10). Each Question Carries 3 Marks.
 Section C consists of 3 Questions (11-13). Each Question Carries 4 Marks.
 Internal Choices given for Question numbers 1, 3, 8 and 12.
SECTION – A
This section consists of 7 Questions (1 to 7).
1. Alisha needs a network device that should regenerate the signal over the same [2]
network before the signal becomes too weak or corrupted.
Chris needs a network device to connect the different networks together that work
upon different networking models so that the two networks can communicate
properly.
(OR)
A Say, "In this network topology, one malfunctioning node don’t not affect that
rest of the network and it is easy to add and remove nodes". B Say, "In this
network topology, cable length required is less but if the main cable encounters
some problem, whole network break down".
2. (i) [2]
I:
 am a technology that allow you to make voice calls using a broad band
internet connection.
 If you are calling a regular phone number, the signal is converted to
regular telephone signal before it call directly from a computer.
Who am I?

(ii) Name any two popular Email Sever name.

3. Predict the output of the following queries: [2]
(i) Select round(15.789); (ii) Select mod(15,3);
(OR)
Briefly explain the purpose of the following SQL functions:
(i) power() (ii) instr()
4. Sahil, a class X student, has just started understanding the basics of Internet [2]
and web technologies. He is bit confused in between the terms 'World Wide Web'
and 'Internet'. Help him in understanding both the terms with the help of suitable
example of each.
5. Help Reshma in predicting the output of the following queries: [2]
(i) select round(8.72,3); (ii) select round(9.8);

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6. Rohan, is a student of class 12 learning MySQL, he wants to remove leading and [2]
training spaces from a character expression X, where X= ‘LEARNING
###MYSQL####’ (#denotes a blank space) and also give the output of X help him
with an example.

7. Mr. Rohan, a HR Manager in a Vedanta Hospital has created the following table to [2]
store the records of Doctor:

He has written following queries:

(i) select SUM(Salary) from Doctor where Department ='Surgery';
(ii) select Department, Count(*) from Doctor Group By Department;
Predict the output.
(OR)
Based on the table given above, help Mr. Rohan writing queries for the following
task:
(i) To display the names and salaries of doctors in descending order of salaries.
(ii) To display the name of each department along with total salary being given to
doctors of that department.
SECTION – B
This section consists of 3 Questions (8 to 10). Each Carries 3 Marks.
8. Predict the output of the following queries: [3]
i. select instr('Informatics Practices@2022','@');
ii. select mid('Informatics Practices@2022’,6,5);
iii. select left(' Informatics Practices@2022',6);
(OR)
Ms.Anjali is working on a MySQL table named ‘Payment’ having following
structure:

She need to perform following task on the table:

i. To fetch First 5 characters from the EMP_NAME column.
ii. To display the Annual Salary with Emp_Name.
iii. To display EmpID with Name .
Suggest suitable SQL function for the same. Also write the query to achieve the
desired task.
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9. Ritu is working with functions of MySQL. Explain her following: [3]
i. To display the name of the month of the current date.
ii. To remove spaces from beginning and end of the string " Panaroma "
iii. To compute the remainder of division between two numbers n1 and n2.
10. What are the aggregate function SQL, Explain 2 aggregate function with an [3]
example?
SECTION – C
This section consists of 3 Questions (11 to 13). Each Question Carries 4
Marks
11. Consider the table FANS. [4]

Write MySQL queries for the following questions.

(a) To display the details of fans in descending order of their DOB.
(b) To display the details of FANS who does not belong to AJMER.
(c) To count the total number of fans of each fan mode
(d) To display the DOB of the youngest fan.
12. Reena, a database analyst has created the following tables: [4]

She has written following

queries :
(a) SELECT COUNT(*),
DEPTCODE FROM EMP
GROUP BY DEPTCODE
HAVING COUNT>1;

(b) SELECT
COUNT(DISTINCT
DEPTNAME) FROM
DEPARTMENT;

(c) SELECT ENAME,DEPTNAME FROM EMP E, DEPARTMENT D WHERE

E.DEPTCODE=D.DEPTCODE AND EMPNO<104;
(d) SELECT MIN(DOJ), MAX(DOB) FROM EMP;
Help her to predict the output of the above given queries.
(OR)
Identify the above both the Table Primary Key and Foreign Key. What are the
cardinality and degree of the above both tables.
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 13. Bhartiya Connectivity Association is planning to spread their offices in four major [4]
cities of India to provide regional IT infrastructure support in the field of
education and culture.The company has planned to setup their head office in New
Delhi in three locations and have named their New Delhi offices as Front office,
Back Office and Work Office. The company has three regional offices as three
major cities of India. A rough layout of the same is as follows:

(i) Suggest the network type (out of LAN,MAN,WAN) for connecting each of the
following set of the their offices.
(a) Back office and work office (b) Back office and south office
(ii) Which device will you suggest to be procured by the company for connecting
all the computers with each of their offices out of the following devices?
(a) Switch/Hub (b) Modem (c) Telephone south office, East Office and West
Office located in New Delhi
(iii) Suggest the cable/wiring layout for connecting the compnay’s local offices
located in New Delhi. Also, suggest an effective method for connecting the
company’s regional office with offices located in New Delhi.

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 SAMPLE PAPER – 4
INFORMATICS PRACTICES
Class: XII CBSE
TERM - II Max .Marks: 35
Time: 2:00 Hrs
General Instructions:
 The question paper is divided into 3 Sections - A, B, and C.
 Section A consists of 7 Questions (1-7). Each Question Carries 2 Marks.
 Section B consists of 3 Questions (8-10). Each Question Carries 3 Marks.
 Section C consists of 3 Questions (11-13). Each Question Carries 4 Marks.
 Internal Choices given for Question numbers 1, 3, 8 and 12.
SECTION – A
This section consists of 7 Questions (1 to 7).
1. Mr. Ramesh created a table CLIENT with 2 rows and 4 columns. He added 2 more [2]
rows to it, and deleted one column. What is the Cardinality and Degree of the
Table CLIENT? Also write the definition of cardinality and degree.
2. Gopi Krishna is using a table EMPLOYEE. It has the following columns: He [2]
Wants to display maximum salary Department wise. He wrote the following
command: Code, Name, Salary, Dept code
(a) SELECT Dept code, Max(Salary) FROM EMPLOYEE;
But he did not get desired result. Rewrite the above query with necessary changes
to help him get the desired output. Also Write what type of this query is
considered (category of query)
3. What is the purpose of ALTER TABLE command in MySQL? How it is Different [2]
from UPDATE commands? Give one example of each one.
4. (a) Sarthak, a student of class XII created a table “CLASS”. Grade is one of the [2]
columns of this table. To find the details of students who's Grades have not
been entered, he wrote the following MySQL query, which did not give the
desired result. Help Sarthak to run the query by removing the errors from the
query and write the correct query:

SELECT * FROM CLASS WHERE GRADE = "NULL"

(b) Anurag, a student of class XI created a table “PLAYER SCORE”. Current score
is one of the columns of this table. To find the details of players whose current
score is more than 100, he wrote the following MySQL query, which did not
give the desired result Help Anurag to run the query by removing the errors
from the query and write the correct query
SELECT * FROM PLAYER_SCORE WHERE Current_score>"100";

5. Nikita has purchased two networking devices without going into technical [2]
details, one hub and one switch; please help her to understand the difference
between hub and a switch. (2 difference)

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6. Write two difference between LAN and WAN based on Geographical Area of [2]
Network, Size of Network, Security over network, Network Media used in network
(any two difference based on this)
7. (a) [2]
(i) Define the following Terms :
Protocol, Browser, Web Page, Website (any three)
(ii) Name any two popular web browsers name.
(OR)
(b) Write two difference between Static and Dynamic Examples with any two
Website names which are providing dynamic content.
SECTION – B
This section consists of 3 Questions (8 to 10). Each Carries 3 Marks.
8. Consider the following table: GARMENT [3]

Write the equivalent SQL query for following with some other method (Any
Three)
(a) SELECT Gname, Size from Garment where SIZE="XL" or SIZE="L" ;
(b) SELECT Gname, Price from Garment where Price >=1500 and price <=2000;
(c) SELECT SUM(PRICE) / COUNT(PRICE) From Garment
(d) SELECT Gname, Size from Garment Where SIZE Not IN ("XL", "L") ;
9. Write the Output of following Sql queries (any three) [3]
(a)SELECT ROUND(2912.564, 2), ROUND(283.565,2) from dual;
(b) SELECT MID(“Informatics”, 3, 4), Substr("Informatics", 35,2) from Dual ;
(c) SELECT LENGTH (RTRIM("DELHI ");
(d)SELECT MONTH( NOW() ), MonthName( Now() ) ;
### assume today is 06-feb-2022 Date
10. Write SQL Query based on following (any three) [3]

(a) Display the total salary received by each designation.

(b) Display the Maximum Salary among Clerks
(c) Display the Total Number of Employees working as a clerk
(d) Display the salary, First 5 Characters from BANK for All Employees who are
earning more than 250000

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 SECTION – C
This section consists of 3 Questions (11 to 13). Each Question Carries 4
Marks
11. Mr. Som, a HR Manager in a multinational company "Star-X world" has created [4]
the following table to store the records of employees: (solve any four)

He has written following queries:

Predict the output.
(i) select max(year(DOB)) from emp1;
(ii) select ENAME from emp1 where month(DOJ)=11;
(iii) Select Department, count(Department) from emp1 group by department
having department in ("Sales", "IT")
(iv) Select Distinct Designation from emp1.
(v) select Count(Distinct Designation) from emp1 ;
12. Reena is working with functions of MySQL. Explain her following: (Any four) [4]
i. What is the purpose of now () and sysdate() function in SQL?
ii. Write one difference between ALL Key word and Distinct key word with example
from Table given in Q NO 11 Department column.
iii. Write the difference between Count(*) and count(Ename) from emp1;
iv. Explain this query with its output:
SELECT INSTR('[email protected]','.');
v. Write one Difference between DDL and DML query with one example
(OR)
Write SQL query for following based on EMP Table Given at the end of this
question paper (any four)
(a) To Dislay ename, hiredate of employees who are hired in 1981.
(b) To Display Maximum Salary in each department.
(c) To Display Total Salary from Emp Table where total salary is Salary+comm for
all Managers only.
(d) To Display How many Employees are working as SALESMAN in Emp Table
(e) To Display SUM OF Salary Paid to employees who are either working as clerk
or salesman

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 13. Hi Speed Technologies Ltd is a Delhi based organization which is expanding its [4]
office setup to Chandigarh. At Chandigarh office campus, they are planning to
have 3 different blocks for HR, Accounts and Logistics related work. Each block
has number of computers, which are required to be connected in a network for
communication, data and resource sharing. As a network consultant, you have to
suggest the best network related solutions for them for issues/problems raised in
(i) to (iv), keeping in mind the distances between various blocks/locations and
other given parameters.

Solve Any 4 Answers

(i) Suggest a most suitable and cheaper media and for the above connections.
(ii) Suggest the most appropriate block/location to house the SERVER in the
CHANDIGARH Office (out of the 3 Blocks) to get the best and effective
connectivity. Justify your answer.
(iii) Suggest the best wired medium and draw the cable layout (Block to Block) to
efficiently connect various Blocks within the CHANDIGARH office compound.
(iv) Suggest a device/software and its placement that would provide data security
for the entire network of CHANDIGARH office.
(v) Which of the following kind of network, would it be PAN, WAN,MAN, LAN

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 SAMPLE PAPER – 5
INFORMATICS PRACTICES
Class: XII CBSE
TERM - II Max .Marks: 35
Time: 2:00 Hrs
General Instructions:
 The question paper is divided into 3 Sections - A, B, and C.
 Section A consists of 7 Questions (1-7). Each Question Carries 2 Marks.
 Section B consists of 3 Questions (8-10). Each Question Carries 3 Marks.
 Section C consists of 3 Questions (11-13). Each Question Carries 4 Marks.
 Internal Choices given for Question numbers 1, 3, 8 and 12.
SECTION – A
This section consists of 7 Questions (1 to 7).
1. Identify domain name and URL from the following: [2]
https:/www.helplineeachother.in/home/aboutus.html
2. Identify the following devices [2]
(i) intelligent device that connects several nodes to form a network and redirects
the received information to intended nodes
(ii) A device that regenerates the received signal and retransmit it to its
destination
3. Illustrate the layout for connecting 5 computers in a: [2]
(i) Bus topology (ii) Star topology
4. A school with 20 stand-alone computers is considering to network them together [2]
and adding a server. State two advantages of doing this.

5. Write the name of the functions to perform the following operations: [2]
(i) To display the day, from the date when India got independence.
(ii) To display the specified number of characters from a particular position of the
given string.
6. What is the purpose of GROUP BY clause in MySql? How is it different from [2]
ORDER BY clause?
7. Predict the output of the following queries: [2]

(i) select pow(4,4); (ii) select mod(45,6);

(OR)

Briefly explain the purpose of the following SQL functions:

(i) RIGHT() (ii) LTRIM()

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 SECTION – B
This section consists of 3 Questions (8 to 10). Each Carries 3 Marks.
8. Predict the output of the following queries: [3]
(i) Select round (23.4634, 2)
(ii) Select substr ("informatics practices", 12, 9)
(iii) Select instr ("informatics practices", "m")
(OR)
Consider a string str , "You Grow more" stored in a column str. What will be the
output of the following queries?
(i) SELECT UPPER(str);
(ii) SELECT substr(str,-9,4);
(iii) SELECT Right(str,4)
9. Name the SQL command used for the following: [3]
(i) To add new record (ii) To remove a record
(iii) To change the name of a column (iv) To change the database
(v) To display records (vi) To edit records
10. Differentiate between: [3]
(i) Website and webpage (ii) static and dynamic web pages
SECTION – C
This section consists of 3 Questions (11 to 13). Each Question Carries 4
Marks
11. Write SQL commands for the following queries based on the relation teacher given [4]
below:

(a) To show all information about the teacher of computer department

(b) To list the names of female teachers who are in Maths department
(c) To list the names of all teachers with their date of joining in ascending order
(d) To Display teacher's name, salary, age for male teachers only

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12. Predict the output of the following queries based on the table furniture: [4]

(a) Select count(distinct type) from furniture;

(b) Select AVG(discount) from furniture where type= "Baby cot";
(c) Select sum(price) from furniture where dateofstock < '12/02/02';
(d) Select Max(discount) from furniture;
(OR)

Based on the given table "product", Sam has executed following queries
(i) Select count(*) from product;
(ii) Select count(qty) from product;
Predict the output of the given queries. Also give proper
Justification of the output generated through each query.
13. Quick learn University is setting up its academic blocks at prayak nagar and its [4]
planning to set up a network. The university has 3 academic blocks and one
human resource centre as shown in diagram below:

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 Center to center distances between various blocks is as follows:

Number of computers in each of the block is as follows:

(i) Suggest the most suitable place to install the server of this university with the
suitable resource
(ii) Suggest an ideal layout for connecting these blocks for a wired connectivity
(iii) Which device will u suggest to be placed / installed in each of these blocks to
efficiently connect all the computers within these blocks The university is
planning to connect its admission office in the closet big city, which is more
than 250kms from university?
(iv) Which type of network out of LAN, WAN & MAN will be formed justify your
answer.

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 SAMPLE PAPER – 6
INFORMATICS PRACTICES
Class: XII CBSE
TERM - II Max .Marks: 35
Time: 2:00 Hrs
General Instructions:
 The question paper is divided into 3 Sections - A, B, and C.
 Section A consists of 7 Questions (1-7). Each Question Carries 2 Marks.
 Section B consists of 3 Questions (8-10). Each Question Carries 3 Marks.
 Section C consists of 3 Questions (11-13). Each Question Carries 4 Marks.
 Internal Choices given for Question numbers 1, 3, 8 and 12.
SECTION – A
This section consists of 7 Questions (1 to 7).
1. Anupam is a class 12 computer science student. He knows about browser and it’s [2]
various settings, but he is not very much clear about the term Add-ons and
Plugins. As a good friend of Anupam, explain him the difference between Add-ons
and Plugins.
(OR)
Aman is a brilliant child of class VIII. Due to some unavoidable reason, he missed
his one computer class in which his teacher taught the difference between
Webpage and Website. As his elder brother explain him the difference between
Webpage and Website.
2. (i) I am a topology in which all the computers are directly connecting to a single [1]
cable called backbone. If the backbone cable break the entire network will be
Down. Name the topology.

(ii) What is browser? [1]

3. Write the output of the following : [2]
(i) SELECT POWER(2,0); (ii) SELECT ROUND(345.876);
(OR)
Briefly explain the purpose of the following SQL functions:
(i) MOD() (ii) POW()
4. Explain DNS in brief. [2]

5. Write the output of the following: [2]

i. SELECT MOD(11,3); ii. SELECT ROUND(123.456,2);
6. What is the difference between ‘where’ and ‘having’ clause in MySQL. Explain with [2]
example.

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7. Mr. Rakesh created the following table ‘Student’ to store the details of students: [2]

TABLE: STUDENT

NAME CLASS DOB

AMAN 9 2001-08-28
SUMIT 10 2000-01-28
NAMAN 9 2001-12-05
RANI 11 1999-09-03
He has written the following queries:

(i) Select min(year(DOB)) from Student;

(ii) Select * from Student where day(DOB) = 28;

Write the output of the above queries.

(OR)

Write the queries for the following on the basis of above table : STUDENT

(i) Display the name of the student who born in year 2000.

(ii) Display the detail of the students who born in the month of ‘May’

SECTION – B
This section consists of 3 Questions (8 to 10). Each Carries 3 Marks.
8. Write the output of the following queries: [3]
Select length(trim("Computer"));
Select mid("Informatics Practices", 7, 7);
Select instr("Computer Science", "e");
(OR)
Consider the table “Book” which has the following fields:
1. Bookno 2. Bname 3. Price 4. Author_name
Write the queries for the following:
(i) Display name of all the books in upper case.
(ii) Display last digit of price column of all the books.
(iii) Display third, fourth and fifth character from all the author name.
9. Explain the following SQL functions with example: [3]
(i) NOW() (ii) LEFT() (iii) SUM()
10. Name and explain all the functions which are used in the following query with [3]
example: SELECT RIGHT((TRIM("COMMON QUERIES"),6));
Also write the output of the above query.

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 SECTION – C
This section consists of 3 Questions (11 to 13). Each Question Carries 4
Marks
11. Consider the following table “CHIPS” and write queries given below: [4]
TABLE: CHIPS
BRAND_NAME FLAVOUR PRICE QUNATITY
LAYS ONION 10 5
LAYS TOMATO 20 12
UNCLE CHIPS SPICY 12 10
UNCLE CHIPS PUDINA 10 12
HALDIRAM SALTY 10 20
HALDIRAM TOMATO 25 30
(i) To display detail of all chips in decreasing order of quantity.
(ii) To display brand name and it’s total quantity available.
(iii) To display brand name and it’s average price.
(iv) To display detail of lowest price chips in each brand.
12. Write the queries for the following task. [4]
(i) Add a new column “Name” of data type Varchar(30) in table “Hotel”.
(ii) Delete a record from table “emp” whose empid is 101.
(iii) Delete all the records of table “stock” along with structure.
(iv) Display the total of column “Salary” from table “emp”.
(OR)
Based on the table: “EMP” given below:
EMPID SALARY
1 45000
2 50000
3 55000
4 40000
5 NULL
Write the output of the following:
(i) SELECT MOD(SALARY, 100) FROM EMP;
(ii) SELECT AVERAGE(SALARY) FROM EMP;
(iii) SELECT SUM(SALARY) FROM EMP WHERE EMPID > 3;
(iv) SELECT MAX(SALARY) FROM EMP;

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 13. Admin, Account, Research, and Care-unit are four buildings of an IT company as [4]
shown in the diagram below. Ms. Shalini want to connect all the four buildings.

The distance between various buildings are as follows:

Admin to Account 200m

Admin to Research 150m

Admin to Care Unit 50m
Account to Research 250m
Account to Care Unit 350m
Research to Care Unit 350m

The distance between various buildings are as follows:

Admin to Account 200m
Admin to Research 150m
Admin to Care Unit 50m
Account to Research 250m
Account to Care Unit 350m
Research to Care Unit 350m
Number of computers in each of the building are as follows:
Admin 120
Account 100
Research 50
Care unit 50
(i) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., Building) to install the server of this
IT Company with a suitable reason.
(ii) Suggest an ideal layout for connecting these building for a wired
connectivity.
(iii) Suggest the placement of the following device with justification
(a) Repeater (b) Hub/Switch
(iv) The IT company is planning to connect one centre at hilly location which is
more than 1250km from its HQ. Which type of network out of LAN, MAN, or
WAN will be formed and which type of Communication medium is used to
connect the above. Justify your answer.

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 SAMPLE PAPER – 7
INFORMATICS PRACTICES
Class: XII CBSE
TERM - II Max .Marks: 35
Time: 2:00 Hrs
General Instructions:
 The question paper is divided into 3 Sections - A, B, and C.
 Section A consists of 7 Questions (1-7). Each Question Carries 2 Marks.
 Section B consists of 3 Questions (8-10). Each Question Carries 3 Marks.
 Section C consists of 3 Questions (11-13). Each Question Carries 4 Marks.
 Internal Choices given for Question numbers 1, 3, 8 and 12.
SECTION – A
This section consists of 7 Questions (1 to 7).
1. Manoj is confused between LAN and WAN type of Network. As a friend of Manoj, [2]
explain him the difference between LAN and WAN.
(OR)
Raju is a networking engineer. He wants to connect 4 computers. Which device
will help him to form/create a network? Also suggest a device which helps him to
connect computers with internet.
2. Identify me: [1]
a. I am an analog device which regenerates the week signals.
b. I am an intelligent hub.
3. Write the output of the following: [2]
a. Select pow(100,-2); b. Select round(1578.3871, -3);
(OR)
What is the difference between left() and right() functions of MySQL? Explain with
example.
4. Differentiate between dynamic and static webpage. [2]

5. Write the output of the following : [2]

a. Select length(left("Computer Science", 25));
b. Select lower("CaLcULAtioN");
6. Identify the errors in the following query and also write the correct query. [2]

(a) Select sum(salary), maximum(salary) from emp;

(b) Select * from book where book_id is 1010;
7. Observe the following column “quantity” of table “stock” and write the output of [2]
the following:
quantity
12
23
NULL
11

a. Select sum(quantity) from stock; b. Select average(quantity) from stock;

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 (OR)
a. Select quantity from stock; b. Select max(quantity) + min(quantity) from stock;
SECTION – B
This section consists of 3 Questions (8 to 10). Each Carries 3 Marks.
8. Write the output of the following: [3]
(i) Select instr("1234567891262512145","4");
(ii) Select mid("Informatics Practices", 4, 8)
(iii) Select year(now());
(OR)
Consider the table “Car” given below and write SQL queries:

(i) Display total price and tax of each brand.

(ii) Display the average price of brand “Maruti”.
(iii) Display the detail of those cars whose model year is 2020.
9. Explain the following function with example: (i) trim() (ii) month() (iii) dayname() [3]
10. What is function in MySQL? Explain two categories of function with one example [3]
of each.
SECTION – C
This section consists of 3 Questions (11 to 13). Each Question Carries 4
Marks
11. Carefully observe the following table "Hotel". [4]

(i)Display the details of rooms where Wi-Fi is available in decreasing order of

tariff.
(ii) Display the number of rooms available on each floor.
(iii) Display the last three and first three characters from column "Category".
(iv) Display the maximum tariff from above table.

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12. Aman is working as a Database administrator in a company. He shared the [4]
following data with his junior analyst “Sumit”.

Sumit has written the following queries. Help him in predicting the output of the
given queries.
(i) Select sum(Price) from Book where Subject = "I.T.";
(ii) Select avg(Price) from Book where Class = "X";
(iii) Select trim(‘B’ from B_id) from Book;
(iv) Select * from Book where Subject like "%t%";
(OR)

(i) Differentiate between count() and count(*). Explain with example.

(ii) Write the output of the following:
(a) Select left("LEFT",2), right("Right",3);
(b) Select length(mid("I love MySQL",4,5)) ;
13. Mr. Khanna is an Entrepreneur. He started his business in 2005 in a small [4]
rented room. Now after 17 years his business has grown up exponentially. He has
four divisions in his Office located in Gurugram. All divisions are shown below:

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 As a network expert, answer the following
(i) Suggest the most suitable place to house the Server.
(ii) Suggest a cable layout of connections between the various divisions.
(iii) Suggest the placement of (i) modem (ii) hub/switch in the network.
(iv) The organization is planning to link its Gurugram office with four retail
outlets situated in various parts of the same city, which type of network
will be formed?

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 SAMPLE PAPER – 8
INFORMATICS PRACTICES
Class: XII CBSE
TERM - II Max .Marks: 35
Time: 2:00 Hrs
General Instructions:
 The question paper is divided into 3 Sections - A, B, and C.
 Section A consists of 7 Questions (1-7). Each Question Carries 2 Marks.
 Section B consists of 3 Questions (8-10). Each Question Carries 3 Marks.
 Section C consists of 3 Questions (11-13). Each Question Carries 4 Marks.
 Internal Choices given for Question numbers 1, 3, 8 and 12.
SECTION – A
This section consists of 7 Questions (1 to 7).
1. During an international exchange programme the students need to connect to a [2]
classroom in Russia using Skype. Samarth helps the students to connect. Which
type of network service is being used? Explain.
(OR)
Define hub and write its functions and types.
2. Write one advantage of bus topology of network. Also, illustrate how four [2]
Computers can be connected with each other using star topology of network?
3. What will be the output of the following command? [2]
i) SELECT POWER(10,2)
ii) SELECT ROUND(14.4743, 1)
iii) SELECT MOD(15,3)
iv) SELECT TRUNCARE(6543,768,2)
(OR)
(a) Consider the decimal number x with value 8459.2654. Write commands in
SQL.
i) To round it off to a whole number.
ii) To round it to 2 places before the decimal.
(b) Given a number n, write commands in SQL to
i) Compute cube of this number using SQL function.
ii) compute remainder on division of n by another number m using SQL
Function.
4. Create the given table with following details: [2]

Also list the difference between unique key and primary key constraint.
5. I. List the difference between static and dynamic website. [2]
II. Mr. Chand is not able to identify the domain name in the
given URL. Identify and write it for him. http://www.cbsenic.in/aboutus.htm

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6. Anita has been given the below given orders table: [2]

i) How will she generate the following output using group by and aggregate
functions where in the count of items for cuid are arranged in descending
order?
ii) How will she count the number of distinct items in the orders table?

7. i. What is the purpose of GROUP BY clause in MySQL? How is it different from [2]
ORDER BY clause?
ii. Shanya Khanna is using a table EMPLOYEE. It has the following columns:
Admno, Name, Agg, Stream [column Agg contains Aggregate marks]
She wants to display highest Agg obtained in each Stream.She wrote the following
statement: SELECT Stream, MAX(Agg) FROM EMPLOYEE;
But she did not get the desired result. Rewrite the above query with necessary
changes to help her get the desired output.
SECTION – B
This section consists of 3 Questions (8 to 10). Each Carries 3 Marks.
8. Write the output of the following SQL queries: [3]
i) Select concat( left (' india is great ',6), substr(' india is great ',10,5)
ii) select power(instr('abcd412','1'),3);
iii) select length( substr(lower('abc 123'),1,3));
(OR)
Consider the following table:

To fetch last two characters from the column INAME.

ii. To display the name of the weekday(like monday,tuesday…) of STKDATE.
iii. To display the position of ‘p’in the column INAME
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9. How are aggregate functions different from other SQL functions? [3]
Write two different SQL queries (using group by
1.along with having clause
2. Along with where clause)..
10. Ritu is confused while executing sysdate() and now() functions. Help her to [3]
understand the concept of these functions with suitable examples. Did it accept
any parameters? Mention.
SECTION – C
This section consists of 3 Questions (11 to 13). Each Question Carries 4
Marks
11. Consider the table sales given below. Write commands in SQL A Salesman [4]
relation is given below:

(i) To display details of all salesman of East and West area in ascending
order of sname.
(ii) To display the area wise total of sales amount.
(iii) To display the area-wise count of salesmen for those areas who have more
than 1 salesman.
(iv) To display the Sname Sname and Dojoin of the salesman who has joined
most recently.
12. Consider the Vehicles table given below and perform the following a relation [4]
Vehicles is given below:

Find out the output of following SQL commands :

i. select avg(price) from vehicles where name”%n”;
ii. select count(type) from vehicles group by company;
iii. select sum(price) from vehicles group by companyhaving qty<20.
iv. select type,left(company,3) from vehicles where qty>20;
(OR)
Write the SQL functions which will perform the following operations:
i. To display the position of space character in your name (myname).
ii. To display day, month and year from today’s date.
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 iii. To compute 5 raised to the power remainder on dividing 15 by 4.
iv. To display the leftmost as well as the rightmost character of the string
'PYTHON'
13. China Middleton Fashion is planning to expand their network in India, starting [4]
with two cities to provide infrastructure for distribution of their products. The
company has planned to setup their main office in Chennai at three different
locations and have named their offices as Production Unit, Finance Unit and
Media Unit. The company rough layout of the same is as follows: y has its
Corporate Unit in Delhi. A rough layout of the same is as follows:

(i) Suggest the kind of network required (out of LAN, MAN, WAN) for each of
the following units.
(a) Production Unit and Media Unit (b) Production Unit and Finance Unit
(ii) Which of the following devices will you suggest for connecting all
computers with each of their office units?
(a) Switch/Hub (b) Modem (c) Telephone
(iii) Suggest a cable/wiring layout for connecting the company’s local office
units located in Chennai.
(iv) Also, suggest an effective method/technology for connecting the company’s
Office unit located in Delhi.

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 SAMPLE PAPER – 9
INFORMATICS PRACTICES
Class: XII CBSE
TERM - II Max .Marks: 35
Time: 2:00 Hrs
General Instructions:
 The question paper is divided into 3 Sections - A, B, and C.
 Section A consists of 7 Questions (1-7). Each Question Carries 2 Marks.
 Section B consists of 3 Questions (8-10). Each Question Carries 3 Marks.
 Section C consists of 3 Questions (11-13). Each Question Carries 4 Marks.
 Internal Choices given for Question numbers 1, 3, 8 and 12.
SECTION – A
This section consists of 7 Questions (1 to 7).
1. What kind of network is formed? [2]
(i) When you connect your laptop with your friend’s mobile using Bluetooth
(ii) Computer network within a university campus.
(OR)
What is the difference between Website and Webpage? Give an example.

2. (i) Beauty Lines Fashion Inc. is a fashion company with design unit and market [2]
unit 135 m away from each other. The company recently connected their LANs
using Ethernet cable to share the stock related information. But after joining
their LANs, they are not able to share the information due to loss of signal in
between. Which device you suggest to be installed for a smooth
communication?
(ii) Identify the following device:
Devices that are used to connect different types of networks. It performs the
necessary translation so that the connected networks can communicate
properly.
3. Predict the output of the following queries: [2]
(i) SELECT SUBSTR('ABCDEFG', -5 ,3) (ii) SELECT left("Jammu Region", 5);
(OR)
Briefly explain the purpose of the following SQL functions:
i. SUBSTR() ii. LEFT()
4. Mr. Ramesh is not able to identify the Domain Name and document name in the [2]
given URL. Identify and write it for him. http.//www.cbsenic.in/aboutus.htm
5. Predict the output of the following queries: [2]
i. Select power(5,2); ii. Select mod(5,2);
6. Anjali writes the following commands with respect to a table employee having [2]
fields, empno, name, department, commission.
Command1 : Select count(*) from employee;
Command2: Select count(commission) from employee;

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 She gets the output as 4 for the first command but gets an output 3 for the
second command. Explain the output with justification.
7. Assume we have the following "Orders" table: [2]

OrderId ProductName OrderDate

1 Geitost 2021-11-11

2 Camembert Pierrot 2008-11-09

3 Mozzarella di Giovanni 2008-11-11

4 Mascarpone Fabioli 2008-10-29

(i) Display all the orders which was done in November.

(ii) Display the latest ordered product and its date.
(OR)
Predict the output :
(i) select orderid from Orders where year(OrderDate)=2008;
(ii) select Day(OrderDate) from Orders;
SECTION – B
This section consists of 3 Questions (8 to 10). Each Carries 3 Marks.
8. Consider a string “AS YOU know MORE” [3]
Write the queries for the following tasks.
i) Write a command to display “know”.
ii) Write a command to display number of characters in the string.
iii) Write a command to check the first occurrence of letter ‘O’
(OR)
Consider a string str , "You Grow more" stored in a column str. What will be the
output of the following queries?
i) SELECT UPPER(str);
ii) SELECT substr(str,-9,4);
iii) SELECT Right(str,4)
9. A relation Vehicles is given below : [3]

Write SQL commands to:

(a) Display the average price of each type of vehicle having quantity more than 20.
(b) Count the type of vehicles manufactured by each company.
(c) Display the total price of all the types of vehicles.

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10. Gopi Krishna is using a table EMPLOYEE. It has the following columns: [3]
Code, Name, Salary, Deptcode. He wants to display maximum salary Department
wise.
He wrote the following command:
SELECT Dept code, Max(Salary) FROM EMPLOYEE;
But he did not get desired result.
Rewrite the above query with necessary change to help him get the desired output
and explain the reason.
SECTION – C
This section consists of 3 Questions (11 to 13). Each Question Carries 4
Marks
11. Consider the following table "Garment" [4]

Consider the table Garment and write the query:

i. Display the Minimum price of the Garment.
ii. Count and display the number of GARMENT from each SIZE where number of
GARMENTS are more than 1
iii. Display the sum of price of each color garment
iv. Display average price of XL size garments.
12. Consider the below mentioned table of 'CLOTH': [4]

DCODE DESCRIPTION PRICE MCODE LAUNCHDATE

10001 FORMAL SHIRT 1250 M001 12–JAN–08
10020 FROCK 750 M004 09–SEP–07
10012 INFORMAL SHIRT 1450 M002 06–JUN–08
10019 EVENING GOWN 850 M003 06–JUN–08
10090 TULIP SKIRT 850 M002 31–MAR–07
10023 PENCIL SKIRT 1250 M003 19–DEC–08
10089 SLACKS 850 M003 20–OCT–08
Write the commands for the following:
(a) Display first three letters of description e.g. ‘FRO’ for ‘FROCK’
(b) Display the description after removing leading spaces if any.
(c) Display the number of MCODE in the table.
(d) Display the day of the LAUNCHDATE. Eg. ‘Monday’, ’Tuesday’ etc

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 (OR)
(e) Display total price of products launched in year 2008.
(f) Display minimum price of product for each material code(MCODE).
(g) Display the most recent LAUNCHDATE.
(h) Display remainder of price divided by 10.
13. BeHappy Corporation has set up its new centre at Noida, Uttar Pradesh for its [4]
office and web-based activities. It has 4 blocks of buildings.

Distance between the various blocks is as follows:

A to B 40 m
B to C 120m
C to D 100m
A to D 170m
B to D 150m
A to C 70m
Numbers of computers in each block
Block A 25
Block B 50
Block C 125
Block D 10

a) Suggest and draw the cable layout to efficiently connect various blocks of
buildings within the Noida centre for connecting the digital devices
b) Suggest the placement of the following device with justification
i. Repeater ii. Hub/Switch
c) Which kind of network (PAN/LAN/WAN) will be formed if the Noida office is
connected to its head office in Mumbai?
d) Suggest a most suitable place(unit) to install server with justification.

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 SAMPLE PAPER – 10
INFORMATICS PRACTICES
Class: XII CBSE
TERM - II Max .Marks: 35
Time: 2:00 Hrs
General Instructions:
 The question paper is divided into 3 Sections - A, B, and C.
 Section A consists of 7 Questions (1-7). Each Question Carries 2 Marks.
 Section B consists of 3 Questions (8-10). Each Question Carries 3 Marks.
 Section C consists of 3 Questions (11-13). Each Question Carries 4 Marks.
 Internal Choices given for Question numbers 1, 3, 8 and 12.
SECTION – A
This section consists of 7 Questions (1 to 7).
1. Anitha is confused between a web URL and a domain. Help her to distinguish [2]
between the two with a brief explanation using examples.

(OR)

Rashida wants to edit some privacy settings of her browser. How can she
accomplish her task?
2. (i) [2]
I
● provide internet to the Router to help it connect the networks.
● am often confused with the Router as we can look the same.
● convert digital data to analog and vice versa.
What am I?

(ii)
Which protocol allows you to make voice calls using a broadband Internet
connection?
3. Predict the output of the following queries: [2]
i. Select pow(2.0 ,3.0); ii. Select mod(2.0 ,3.0);
(OR)
Briefly explain the purpose of the following SQL functions:
(i) SUBSTR() (ii) LEFT()

4. "A web browser is different from a web server". Explain any two differences in web [2]
browser and web server with suitable example of each.
5. Help Reshma in predicting the output of the following queries: [2]
(i) select round(783.34,-2); (ii) select round(456.335,2);

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6. What is the differences between HAVING clause and WHERE clause? Explain with [2]
help of Example?
7. Given Table Course: [2]

Find out the output for given SQL command:

i) SELECT TID, COUNT (*), MIN(FEES)

FROM COURSE
GROUP BY TID
HAVING COUNT (*) > 1;

ii) SELECT FEES, DAY( STARTDATE )

FROM COURSE;

(OR)
Based on the table given above, write queries for the following task:

i) Display TID and lowest course fee for each TID.

ii) Display course details of courses staring in July month.

SECTION – B
This section consists of 3 Questions (8 to 10). Each Carries 3 Marks.
8. Predict the output of the following queries: [3]
i. SELECT INSTR ('Very good', 'good');
ii. SELECT MID('Quadratically',5,6);
iii. SELECT RIGHT (‘Command', 3);

(OR)

A school “ABC” maintains the following MySQL table named ‘student’ having
following structure to store the details of their students:

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 Write the SQL query to achieve the following tasks.
i. To display the first three characters of the column stream in UPPER case.
ii. To display the year of birth as "YEAR"
iii. To locate the position of the sub-string “sci” in the column stream.
9. ANITA is working with functions of MySQL. Explain her following: [3]
i. What is the difference between MONTH() and MonthName() function?
ii. Which function returns the weekday for date.?
iii. What is the output of SELECT MONTHNAME ('2008-02-03')?
10. Predict output for the following SQL queries: [3]
i) select concat ( rtrim ( 'TERM2 ' ), 'EXAM');
ii) select length ( rtrim ( ' TERM2EXAM ' ) );
iii) select length ( trim ( ' TERM2EXAM ' ) );
SECTION – C
This section consists of 3 Questions (11 to 13). Each Question Carries 4
Marks
11. Consider the following table Student: [4]
TABLE: STUDENT

Write SQL queries for (i) to (iv), which are based on the table: STUDENT
(i) To display the records from table student in descending alphabetical order as
per the name of the student.
(ii) To display Class, Dob and City whose marks is between 450 and 551.
(iii) To display highest marks scored from each city along with the city name.
(iv) To display class and total number of students in each class which are less
than 3.
12. Ratna an IT student is confused about finding the outputs of the SQL [4]
queries.Help her find the outputs :
Table: food
scode pname sname City price
S1001 bread britannia Cochin 50
S1002 jam kissan Trivandrum 40
S1003 chocolate nestle kollam 30
S1004 Cake britannia Thrissur 20
S1005 icecream amul Trivandrum 40
S1006 biscuit britannia NULL 20
S1007 butter amul Cochin 30
S10078 cheese amul kollam 35

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 (a) select sname, min(price)+max(price) from food group by sname;
(b) select count(city) from food;
(c) select length(pname) from food where city is NULL;
(d) select count(distinct(sname)) from food;

(OR)

Based on the above given table named 'FOOD', Hemanth has executed the
following queries:

i. Select pname from food where pname like ‘%o%’;

ii. Select pname from food where pname like ‘_a%’;

Predict the output of the above given query. Also give proper justifications of the
output generated through each query.
13. A company in Cyntel Enterprises has 4 departments of buildings as: [4]

Center to center distances between various Buildings:

Research to Back Office - 50m
Back Office to Developer Unit - 60m
Developer Unit to Corporate Office - 25m
Corporate Office to Research - 170m
Research to Developer Unit - 125m
Back Office to Corporate - 90m
Number of computers in each of the department:
Back Office – 150 Developer Unit – 15
Research -15 Corporate Office – 25
Computers in each department are networked but departments are not
Networked The company has now decided to connect the departments also.
i. Suggest a most suitable cable layout for the above connections.
ii. Suggest the most appropriate topology of the connection between the
departments.
iii. Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification if the
company wants minimized network traffic
a)Repeater b)Hub /switch
iv. The most suitable place to install server with justification of answer.
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