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NORTHWEST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION, USA

HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA (Sr. Secondary/12TH) 2023-2024

Subject- COMPUTER SCIENCE (THEORY) Ques on Paper No. : C S 2 7

Subject Code : CS1214 Ques on Paper Code: C T 0 9
Total Time: 03.00 Hours. Total Marks: 50
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. OPENING AND CHECKING OF THE QUESTION-BOOKLET
This Ques on Paper MUST be a ached with Answer Sheet

Break open the seal of the Ques on-Booklet only when the announcement is made by the Invigilator.
A er breaking the seal and before a emp ng the ques ons, student should immediately check for:
a) The number of the printed page in the Ques on-Booklet is the same as men oned on the cover
page of the Booklet and
b) Any prin ng error in the Booklet pages, if any.
Any discrepancy or error should be brought to the no ce of the Invigilator who will then replace
the Booklet. No addi onal me will be given for this.
2. No student, without the permission of the Superintendent or the Invigilator concerned, is to leave
his/ her seat or the Examina on Room.

3. FILLING UP THE REQUIRED INFORMATION ON QUESTION-BOOKLET AND ANSWER SHEET

A er breaking open the seal and checking the Booklet, student should:
a) Fill up the Ques on Paper No. and Ques on Paper Code (men oned on the cover of Ques on-
Booklet) in the space provided on the First Answer Sheet.
b) Fill up his/her Roll Number on the First Answer Sheet and on each Supplementary Answer Sheet, if
taken.
c) Student should men on the total number of Supplementary Answer Sheet, if taken, in the space
provided on the First Answer Sheet and also fill up the Serial Number men oned on each
Supplementary Answer Sheet along with his/her Roll Number in the register maintained by the
Invigilator. Student must e all the Answer Sheets with the thread provided by the Invigilator.
4. INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT QUESTION PAPER
This Ques on Paper is divided into three Sec ons – A, B and C. All Sec ons are compulsory. A empt
all Sec ons as per instruc ons.
a) Sec on A: Total 10 ques ons each carrying 1 mark and to be answered in approx. 20-30 words.
b) Sec on B: Total 5 ques ons each carrying 3 mark and to be answered in approx. 100-150
words.
c) Sec on C: Total 5 ques ons with an internal choice carrying 5 mark of each ques ons which
you have to a empt only one of the choice in such ques ons and to be answered in approx.
250-300 words.
5. Student found in possession of Cellular Phone / Mobile Phone / Pager or any other
Communica on Device and/or any Book/Note whether using or not, will be liable to be debarred for
taking examina on(s) either permanently or for specified period or/and dealt with as per law or/and
ordinance of the School/NWAC according to the nature of offence, or/and he/she may be proceeded
against and shall be liable for prosecu on under the relevant provision of the Statutory Law.

THE ANSWER SHEET IS TO BE RETURNED ON COMPLETION OF THE TEST

P.T.O.
 SECTION A
Total number of ques ons: 10 Marks allocated to each ques on: 1 Total marks: 10

Ques on 1. Write an example of public cloud ?

Ques on 2. Explain the purpose of a router.

Ques on 3. What do you mean by domain constraint?

Ques on 4. How many pair of wires are there in twisted pair cable(Ethernet)?

Ques on 5. What do you mean by flow of execu on in a func on call?

Ques on 6. What is the purpose of a key in a table? Give an example of a key in a table.

Ques on 7. Define candidate key.

Ques on 8. Write one advantage of Bus Topology of network, also, illustrate how 4
computers can be connected with each other using star topology of network.

Ques on 9. Name the two types of data structures and give difference between them.

Ques on 10. What are the Advantages of CSV files?

SECTION B
Total number of ques ons: 5 Marks allocated to each ques on: 3 Total marks: 15

Ques on 11. Write a func on search prod (pc) in python to display the record of a par cular
product from a file product.dat whose code is passed as an argument. Structure of
product contains the following elements [product code , product price]

Ques on 12. Write code for a func on void oddEven (int S[ ], int N) in C++, to add 5 in all the odd
values and 10 in all the even values of the array S.
Ques on 13. Write a func on SWAP2BEST(int ARR[ ], int Size) in C++ to modify the content
of the
array in such a way that the elements, which are mul ples of 10 swap with
the value present in the very next posi on in the array.
e.g. If the contents of array ARR are
90, 56, 45, 20, 34, 54
The contents of array should become
56, 90, 45, 34, 20, 54

Ques on 14. Write a func on SORTPOINTS( ) in C++ to sort an array of structure Game in
descending
order points using bubble sort.
NOTE Assume the following defini on of structure Game.

struct Game
{
long PNo; //Player Number
char PName[20];
long Points;
}

Ques on 15. What is Satellite link transmission?

P.T.O.
 SECTION C
Total number of ques ons: 5 Marks allocated to each ques on: 5 Total marks: 25

Ques on 16. Write a func on REVCOL (int P[ ][5], int N, int M) in C++ to display the content
of a two dimensional array, with each column content in reverse order.
NOTE Array may contain any number of rows.

Ques on 17. (a) Which out of three type of networks LAN, MAN and WAN, is to be used
when an ins tute connects computers of two adjacent computer
laboratories?

(b) What is the difference between HTTP and FTP?

(c) What is the major difference between Message Switching and Packet
in networking?

(d) What is the basic difference between DNS and URL?

(e) Give two applica ons of web 2.0.

(f) Categories the following under client side and Server-Side script
category?

(i) JSP
(ii) ASP
(iii) VBScript
(iv) Jave Script

Ques on 18. An array A[20][30] is stored along the row in the memory with each element
requiring 4 bytes of storage. If the base address of array A is 32000, find out
the loca on of A[15][10]. Also, find the total number of elements present in
this array.

Ques on 19. Workalot Consultants are se ng up a secured network for their office
campus at Gurgaon for their day-to-day office and web-based ac vi es. They
are planning to have connec vity between three buildings and the head
office situated in Mumbai. Answer the ques ons (i) to (iv) a er going
through the building posi ons in the campus and other details, which are
given below:
Distance between various buildings:
Building “GREEN” to Building “RED” 110 m

Building “GREEN” to Building “BLUE” 45 m

Building “BLUE” to Building “RED” 65 m

Gurgaon Campus to Head Office 1760 km

Number of computers
Building “GREEN” 32

Building “RED” 150

Building “BLUE” 45

Head Office 10

(a) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e., building) to house the server of this
organiza on. Also give a reason to jus fy your suggested loca on.

(b) Suggest a cable layout of connec ons between the buildings inside the
campus.

(c) Suggest the placement of the following devices with jus fica on:
· Repeater.
· Switch.
 (d) The organiza on is planning to provide a high speed link with its head
office situated in Mumbai using a wired connec on. Which of the
following cables will be most suitable for this job?

· Op cal Fiber
· Co-axial Cable
· Ethernet Cable

Ques on 20. Write a program that reads two mes in military format (0900, 1730) and
prints the number of hours and minutes between the two mes.

END OF THE QUESTION PAPER