KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN DELHI REGION

1ST PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION 2020-21

COMPUTER SCIENCE NEW (Code: 083)
CLASS: XII
SET-1
Time: 3 hrs. M.M.: 70

Instructions:
1. This question paper contains two parts A and B. Each part is compulsory.
2. Both Part A and Part B have choices.
3. Part-A has 2 sections:
a. Section – I is short answer questions, to be answered in one word or one line.
b. Section – II has two case studies questions. Each case study has 4 case-based subparts.
An examinee is to attempt any 4 out of the 5 subparts.
4. Part - B is Descriptive Paper.
5. Part- B has three sections
a. Section-I is short answer questions of 2 marks each in which two question have internal options.
b. Section-II is long answer questions of 3 marks each in which two questions have internal
options.
c. Section-III is very long answer questions of 5 marks each in which one question has internal
option.
6. All programming questions are to be answered using Python Language only

PART-A
Section-I

Select the most appropriate option out of the options given for each question. Attempt any 15 questions
from question no. 1 to 21.
Q. Optio Questions Description Marks
No. n No. Allotted
1. Identify the invalid keyword in Python from the following: 1
(a) True (b) None (c) Import (d) return
2. Write the output of the following python expression: 1

3. Write the importance of passing file mode while declaring a file object in 1
data file handling.
4. Find the operator which cannot be used with a string in Python from the 1
following:
(a) + (b) in (c) * (d) //
5. Write the output of the following python statements: 1

6. Consider the tuple in python named DAYS=(”SUN”,”MON”,”TUES”). 1

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 Identify the invalid statement(s) from the given below statements:
1. S=DAYS[1]
2. print(DAYS[2])
3. DAYS[0]=”WED”
4. LIST=list(DAYS)
7. Declare a dictionary in python named QUAD having Keys(1,2,3,4) and 1
Values(“India”,”USA”,”Japan”,”Australia”)
8. _________ is a collection of similar modules or packages that are used to 1
fulfills some functional requirement for a specific type of application.
9. Website incharge KABIR of a school is handling 1
downloading/uploading various files on school website. Write the name
of the protocol which is being used in the above activity.
10. What is its use of Data encryption in a network communication? 1
11. In SQL, write the name of the aggregate function which is used to 1
calculate & display the average of numeric values in an attribute of a
relation.
12. Write an SQL query to display all the attributes of a relation named 1
“TEST” along with their description.
13. What is the use of LIKE keyword in SQL? 1
14. Which of the following is NOT a DML command? 1
1. SELECT 2. DELETE 3. UPDATE 4. DROP
15. Give the full form of the following: 1
(a) URL (b) TDMA
16. Identify the output of the following python statements if there is no 1
error. Otherwise, identify the error(s):

17. List one common property of a String and a Tuple. 1

18. What is the purpose of following SQL command: 1
SHOW DATABASES;
19. Differentiate between Bps & bps. 1
20. Identify the error in the following SQL query which is expected to delete 1
all rows of a table TEMP without deleting its structure and write the
correct one:
DELETE TABLE TEMP;
21. Identify the Guided and Un-Guided Transmission Media out of the 1
following:
Satellite, Twisted Pair Cable, Optical Fiber, Infra-Red waves

PART-A
Section-II

Both the case study-based questions are compulsory. Attempt any 4 out of the 5 subparts from each
question. Each question carries 1 mark.
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22. A CD/DVD Shop named “NEW DIGITAL SHOP” stores various CDs & DVDs
of songs/albums/movies and use SQL to maintain its records. As a Database
Administrator, you have decided the following:

 Name of Database - CDSHOP

 Name of Relation - LIBRARY
 Attributes are:-
(a) CDNO - Numeric values
(b) NAME - Character values of size (25)
(c) QTY - Numeric values
(d) PRICE - Decimal values

Table: LIBRARY
CDNO NAME QTY PRICE
10001 Indian Patriotic 20 150
10004 Hanuman Chalisa 15 80
10005 Instrumental of Kishore 25 95
10003 Songs of Diwali 18 125
10006 Devotional Krishna Songs 14 75
10002 Best Birthday Songs 17 NULL

Answer the following questions based on the above table LIBRARY:-

(a) Write the Degree & Cardinality of the relation LIBRARY. 1
(b) Identify the best attribute which may be declared as Primary key. 1
(c) Insert the following record in the above relation: 1
(10009, ”Motivational Songs”, 15, 70)
(d) Write an SQL query to display the minimum quantity. 1
(e) Database administrator wants to count the no. of CDs which does not have any 1
Price value. Write the query for the same.
23. Abhisar is making a software on “Countries & their Capitals” in which various
records are to be stored/retrieved in CAPITAL.CSV data file. It consists some
records(Country & Capital). He has written the following code in python. As a
programmer, you have to help him to successfully execute the program.

import ___________ # Statement-1

def AddNewRec(Country,Capital): # Fn. to add a new record in CSV file

f=open(“CAPITAL.CSV”,_________) # Statement-2
fwriter=csv.writer(f)
fwriter.writerow([Country,Capital])
f.__________ # Statement-3

def ShowRec(): # Fn. to display all records from CSV file

with open(“CAPITAL.CSV”,”r”) as NF:
NewReader=csv.___________(NF) # Statement-4
for rec in NewReader:
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 print(rec[0],rec[1])

AddNewRec(“INDIA”,”NEW DELHI”)
AddNewRec(“CHINA”,”BEIJING”)
ShowRec() # Statement-5

(a) Name the module to be imported in Statement-1.

(b) Write the file mode to be passed to add new record in Statement-2. 1
(c) Fill in the blank in Statement-3 to close the file. 1
(d) Fill in the blank in Statement-4 to read the data from a csv file. 1
(e) Write the output which will come after executing Statement-5. 1
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PART-B
Section-I

Short answer questions of 2 marks each in which two question have internal options.
24. Write the output of the following python statements: 2
(a) print(2 + 3*4//2 - 4)
(b) print(10%3 – 10//3)
25. Differentiate between SMTP & POP3. 2
OR
List any two security measures to ensure network security.
26. Rohit has purchased a new Smart TV and wants to cast a video from his mobile to 2
his new Smart TV. Identify the type of network he is using and explain it.
27. What is the meaning of return value of a function? Give an example to illustrate 2
its meaning.
OR
Differentiate between a positional and default arguments with the help of an
example.
28. Rewrite the following code in Python after removing all syntax error(s). Underline 2
each correction done in the code.

Y=integer(input(“Enter 1 or 10”))
if Y==10
for Y in range(1,11):
print(Y)
else:
for m in range(5,0,-1):
print(thank you)
29. What possible outputs(s) are expected to be displayed on screen at the time of 2
execution of the program from the following code? Also specify the maximum
values that can be assigned to each of the variables BEG and END.

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 (a)30@
(b)10@20@30@40@50@
(c)20@30
(d)40@30@
30. What do you mean by domain of an attribute in DBMS? Explain with an example. 2

31. Differentiate between fetchone() and fetchmany() methods with suitable 2

examples.
32. What is the difference between CHAR & VARCHAR data types in SQL? Give an 2
example for each.
33. Find and write the output of the following Python code: 2

PART-B
Section-II

Short answer questions of 3 marks each in which two question have internal options.
34. Write a function in python named SwapHalfList(Array), which accepts a list Array 3
of numbers and swaps the elements of 1st Half of the list with the 2nd Half of the
list ONLY if the sum of 1st Half is greater than 2nd Half of the list.

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 Sample Input Data of the list
Array= [ 100, 200, 300, 40, 50, 60],
Output Arr = [40, 50, 60, 100, 200, 300]
35. Write a method/function COUNTLINES_ET() in python to read lines from a 3
text file REPORT.TXT, and COUNT those lines which are starting either with
‘E’ and starting with ‘T’ respectively. And display the Total count separately.

For example: if REPORT.TXT consists of

“ENTRY LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING CAN BE LEARNED FROM
PYTHON. ALSO, IT IS VERY FLEXIBLE LANGUGAE. THIS WILL BE
USEFUL FOR VARIETY OF USERS.”

Then, Output will be:

No. of Lines with E: 1
No. of Lines with T: 1
OR

Write a method/function SHOW_TODO() in python to read contents from a text

file ABC.TXT and display those lines which have occurrence of the word ‘‘TO’’ or
‘‘DO’’.

For example : If the content of the file is

“THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SUCCESS IS THE RESULT OF
HARD WORK. WE ALL ARE EXPECTED TO DO HARD WORK. AFTER
ALL EXPERIENCE COMES FROM HARDWORK.”

The method/function should display:

 THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SUCCESS IS THE RESULT
OF HARD WORK.
 WE ALL ARE EXPECTED TO DO HARD WORK.

36. Write the Outputs of the SQL queries (i) to (iii) based on the given below tables:

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(i) SELECT DISTINCT(CITY) FROM TRAINER WHERE SALARY>80000; 1

(ii) SELECT TID, COUNT(*), MAX(FEES) FROM COURSE GROUP BY TID 1

HAVING COUNT(*)>1;
(iii) SELECT T.TNAME, C.CNAME FROM TRAINER T, COURSE C WHERE 1
T.TID=C.TID AND T.FEES<10000;
37. Write a function in python named PUSH(STACK, SET) where STACK is list of 3
some numbers forming a stack and SET is a list of some numbers. The function
will push all the EVEN elements from the SET into a STACK implemented by
using a list. Display the stack after push operation.

OR

Write a function in python named POP(STACK) where STACK is a stack

implemented by a list of numbers. The function will display the popped element
after function call.
PART-B
Section-III

Short answer questions of 5 marks each in which ONE question have internal options.
38. “VidyaDaan” an NGO is planning to setup its new campus at Nagpur for its 5
web-based activities. The campus has four(04) UNITS as shown below:

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  Distances between above UNITs are given here s under:
UNIT-1 UNIT-2 DISTANCE(In mtrs.)
ADMIN TRAINING 65
ADMIN RESOURCE 120
ADMIN FINANCE 100
FINANCE TRAINING 60
FINANCE RESOURCE 40
TRAINING RESOURCE 50

 No. of Computers in various UNITs are:

UNIT NO. OF COMPUTERS
ADMIN 150
FINANCE 25
TRAINING 90
RESOURCE 75
(i) Suggest an ideal cable layout for connecting the above UNITs.

(ii) Suggest the most suitable place i.e. UNIT to install the server for the above
NGO.
(iii) Which network device is used to connect the computers in all UNITs?

(iv) Suggest the placement of Repeater in the UNITs of above network.

(v) NGO is planning to connect its Regional Office at Kota, Rajasthan. Which out of
the following wired communication, will you suggest for a very high-speed
connectivity?
(a) Twisted Pair cable (b) Ethernet cable (c) Optical Fiber
39. Write SQL commands for the following queries (i) to (v) based on the relations 5
TRAINER & COURSE given below:

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(i) Display all details of Trainers who are living in city CHENNAI.

(ii) Display the Trainer Name, City & Salary in descending order of their Hiredate.

(iii) Count & Display the number of Trainers in each city.

(iv) Display the Course details which have Fees more than 12000 and name ends with
‘A’.
(v) Display the Trainer Name & Course Name from both tables where Course Fees
is less than 10000.
40. A binary file named “EMP.dat” has some records of the structure 5
[EmpNo, EName, Post, Salary]
(a) Write a user-defined function named NewEmp() to input the details of a
new employee from the user and store it in EMP.dat.
(b) Write a user-defined function named SumSalary(Post) that will accept an
argument the post of employees & read the contents of EMP.dat and
calculate the SUM of salary of all employees of that Post.

OR

A binary file named “TEST.dat” has some records of the structure

[TestId, Subject, MaxMarks, ScoredMarks]
Write a function in Python named DisplayAvgMarks(Sub) that will accept a
subject as an argument and read the contents of TEST.dat. The function will
calculate & display the Average of the ScoredMarks of the passed Subject on
screen.

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