केन्द्रीय विद्यालय संगठन/KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN

हैदराबाद संभाग /HYDERABAD REGION

STUDENT SUPPORT MATERIAL ON COMPETENCY BASED QUESTIONS 2023-24

CLASS XII SUBJECT INFORMATICS PRACTICES

CHIEF PATRON
Dr MANJUNATH, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

PATRON
Dr PRABHUDAS, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER

CO ORDINATOR
SRI HONEY MEHTA, PRINCIPAL, KV GUNTUR

COMPILED BY:
Mrs M CELINA SOWJANYA, PGT CS, KV GUNTUR

PREPARED BY PGT COMPUTER SCIENCE:

1. Mr K SANDEEP KUMAR, KV NALGONDA
2. Ms T SNEHALATHA, KV WALTAIR
3. Ms NISHA SHARMA, KV ODF EDDUMAILARAM
4. Mrs AJITHA, KV NO1 TIRUPATHI
5. Ms KEERTHI AGARWAL, KV CRPF BARKHAS
6. Ms MADHUSMITHA, KV NPA SHIVRAMPALLY

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 DATA HANDLING USING PANDAS AND DATA VISUALIZATION

MUTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which are the data structures in Pandas Library?
a. Series and DataFrame
b. Series and Panel
c. Series, Dataframe and Panel
d. DataFrame and Panel
2. Which of the following commands is used for installing Pandas?
a. Install
b. pip
c. pipe
d. pip-install
3. What is the data type of S[0:5:2] where S is the following series:

a. Series
b. List
c. Dictionary
d. Tuple
4. Assertion (A):- To use the Pandas library in a Python program, one must import it.
Reasoning (R): - The only alias name that can be used with the Pandas library is pd.
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A
b. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation for A
c. A is True but R is False
d. A is false but R is True
5. In Python Pandas, while performing mathematical operations on series, index matching is
implemented and all missing values are filled in with _____by default.
a. Null
b. Blank
c. NaN
d. Zero
6. Which method is used to save a chart?
a. savefigure()
b. savefig()
c. save()
d. All of the above
7. Which of the following creates an empty dataframe (assume that Pandas is imported as pd)?
a. df=pd.Dataframe()
b. df=pd.dataframe()
c. df=pd.DataFrame(data)
d. df=pd.DataFrame()
8. Which of the following functions will fetch the last 3 rows of a dataframe named df?
a. df.Head()
b. df.head()

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 c. df.Tail()
d. df.tail()
9. Omkar wants to delete a row from a dataframe. Help him with the correct function from the
following:
a. delete()
b. drop()
c. Delete()
d. None of the above
10. Which of the following statement will import dataframe from pandas library?
a. import DataFrame from pandas
b. from pandas import DataFrame
c. import DataFrame from Pandas
d. from Pandas import DataFrame
11. ASSERTION: Data can easily be interpreted/visualised in python in form of line
graph, bar graph and histograms.
REASON: To visualise data matlotlib.pyplot needs to be imported in python
program
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A
b. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation for A
c. A is True but R is False
d. A is false but R is True
12. For the given series S, identify the correct statement the gives the following output:
0 15
1 25
2 35
3 20
dtype: int64

Output:
1 25
2 35
dtype: int64

a. Marks[Marks>20]
b. Marks(Marks>20)
c. Marks>20
d. All the above
13. Assertion (A):-DataFrame has both a row and column index.
(R): - A DataFrame is a two-dimensional labelled data structure like a table of MySQL.
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A
b. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation for A
c. A is True but R is False
d. A is false but R is True
14. Rahul wants to print the row labels of the dataframe. He should use the _____________ attribute
of a dataframe.
a. column
b. columns
c. index
d. rowname
e.

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 15. Assertion (A):- Series store data row wise.
Reasoning (R): - A Series is a one-dimensional labelled data structure.
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A
b. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation for A
c. A is True but R is False
d. A is false but R is True

16. What will be the output of following code:

import pandas as pd
s=pd.Series({1:1,2:4,3:9,4:16})
print(s[s%2==0])
a. 2 4
4 16
b. 1 1
24
c. 1 1
39
d. 3 9
4 16
17. For the given dataframe find the output of the statement df.shape:
(4,4)

a. (3,3)
b. (4,3)
c. (3,4)
18. This is the type of chart for numeric data that group the data into bins.
a. Histogram
b. Scatter chart
c. Box plot
d. Bar chart
19. Consider the following series object Named „Ser‟:
0 578
1 235
2 560
3 897
4 118
What will be the output of following statements?:
print(ser.index)
a. [578 235 560 897 118]
b. 0,1,2,3,4
c. RangeIndex(start=0, stop=5, step=1)
d. iv. None of Above
20. Which of the following can be accepted by DataFrame?
a. ndarray
b. Series
c. DataFrame
d. All the above

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 CASE BASED QUESTIONS
1. In the given graph identify the terms for the components A, B and C:

2. Write the output produced by the following graph:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
date=["25/12","26/12","27/12"]
temp=[8.5,10.5,6.8]
plt.plot(date, temp)
plt.title(„Datewise Temperature‟)
plt.xlabel(„Date‟)
plt.ylabel(„Temperature‟)
plt.show()

3. In the following code, fill the blanks:

import pandas as pd
import ____________ as plt
df=pd._______("MelaSales.csv") # Statement 1
df._____(kind='line', _______=['red','blue','brown'])#Statement 2
plt.title('Mela Sales Report')
plt.xlabel('Days')
plt.ylabel('Sales in Rs')
plt.__________() #Statement 3

Statement 1-reads "MelaSales.csv" to df by giving path to the file

Statement 2- creates a line plot of different color for each week
Statement 3- Displays the figure

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 4. With the given data, write a python program to produce the following output:
Week1 Week2 Week3 Day
5000 4000 4000 Monday
5900 3000 5800 Tuesday
6500 5000 3500 Wednesday
3500 5500 2500 Thursday
4000 3000 3000 Friday
5300 4300 5300 Saturday
7900 5900 6000 Sunday

Output

5. T
he
TEMP
ERAT
URES
of 10
places
are
given
below:
temp=
[35.3,
41.4,4
2,42.2,
43.7,3
4.5,41,40.1,43.8,34.9] Write suitable Python code to generate a histogram based on the given data,
along with an appropriate chart title and both axis labels. Also give suitable python statement to
save this chart.
6. Nikita, a Data Analyst has designed the DataFramenovel_df that contains the number of people
who like the various types of novels of different authors as shown below:
FictionComedy Action Adventure
0 A1 300 240 450 230
1 A2 350 340 403 210
2 A3 250 180 145 160

Answer the following questions:

i. Predict the output of the following python statement:
a. print(novel_df.size) b. print(novel_df[1:3])
ii. Write Python statement to Delete the second row from the DataFrame.
iii. Write Python statement to add a new column Total_Books which is the addition of all the 4
types of books written by an author.
iv. Write Python statement to display the Comedy, Action and Adventure books written by the
author A2.

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 ANSWER KEY
MUTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Q.NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ANSWER C B A C C B D D B B
QNO 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
ANSWER B A A C A A B A C D

CASE BASED QUESTIONS

1. A-title
B-xticks, yticks
C-legend
2.

3. Statement 1-read_csv()
Statement 2 -plot(), color
Statement 3- show()
4. import pandas as pd
df= pd.read_csv('C:/Users/tens/Downloads/MelaSales.csv')
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# plots a bar chart with the column "Days" as x axis
df.plot(kind='bar',x='Day',title='Mela Sales Report')
#set title and set ylabel
plt.ylabel('Sales in Rs')
plt.show()

5. import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

temp= [35.3,41.4,42,42.2,43.7,34.5,41,40.1,43.8,34.9]
plt.hist(Height_cms)
plt.title("Height Chart")
plt.xlabel("Height in cms")
plt.ylabel("Number of people
plt.show()
6. i. 12
ii. df=df.drop(1)
iii. df["Total_Books"]=df["Fiction"]+df["Comedy"]+df["Action"]+df["Adventure"]
iv. novel_df.loc[„A2‟,1:]

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 CHAPTER: DATABASE QUERY USING SQL

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

1. Which one of the following is not an aggregate function? (1)
A. Min
B. Sum
C. With
D. Avg

2. In SQL, this function returns the time at which the function executes: (1)
A. SYSDATE
B. NOW
C. CURRENT
D. TIME

3. Which type of values will not considered by SQL while executing the followingstatement?
SELECT COUNT(column name) FROM INVENTORY; (1)
A. Numeric value
B. Text value
C. Null value
D. Date value

4. In column “Margin “contains the data set(2.00,2.00,NULL,4.00,NULL,3.00,3.00). What will be

the output of after the execution of the given query? (1)
SELECT AVG(Margin) FROM SHOP;
A. 2.9
B. 2.8
C. 2.00
D. All of these

5. Raj, a Database Administrator, needs to display the average pay of workers from those
departments which have more than five employees. He is experiencing a problem while running
the following query: (1)
SELECT DEPT, AVG(SAL) FROM EMP WHERE COUNT(*) > 5 GROUP BY DEPT;
Which of the following is a correct query to perform the given task?
A. SELECT DEPT, AVG(SAL) FROM EMP WHERE COUNT(*) > 5 GROUP BY DEPT;
B. SELECT DEPT, AVG(SAL) FROM EMP HAVING COUNT(*) > 5 GROUP BY DEPT;
C. SELECT DEPT, AVG(SAL) FROM EMP GROUP BY DEPT WHERE COUNT(*) > 5;
D. SELECT DEPT, AVG(SAL) FROM EMP GROUP BY DEPT HAVING COUNT(*)> 5;

6. The correct SQL from below to find the temperature in increasing order of all cities. (1)
A. SELECT city FROM weather order by temperature;
B. SELECT city, temperature FROM weather;
C. SELECT city, temperature FROM weather ORDER BY temperature;
D. SELECT city, temperature FROM weather ORDER BY city;

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 7. Which of the following is not a category of MySQL functions? (1)
A. Text Functions
B. Mathematical Functions
C. Statistical Functions
D. Arithmetic Functions

8. Where and Having clauses can be used interchangeably in SELECT queries? (1)
A. True
B. False
C. Only in views
D. With order by

9. What is the output of the following SQL command: (1)

SELECT ROUND(458.45,-1)
A. 460
B. 450
C. 458
D. 500

10. Which of the following function is the correct syntax of LCASE() function? (1)
A. LCASE(row_name)
B. LCE(column_name)
C. LCASE(str/column_name)
D. None of the above

11. Which function is used to display the total number of records from table in a database? (1)
A.sum(*)
B. total(*)
C. count(*)
D. return(*)

12. If column “salary” of table “EMP” contains the dataset {10000, 15000, 25000,10000, 25000},
what will be the output of following SQL statement?
(1)
SELECT SUM(DISTINCT SALARY) FROM EMP;
A. 75000
B. 25000
C. 10000
D. 50000

13. Which SQL statement is used to display all the data from product table in the decreasing order of
price? (1)
A. SELECT * FROM PRODUCT;
B. SELECT * FROM PRODUCT ORDER BY PRICE;
C. SELECT * FROM PRODUCT ORDER BY PRICE DESC;
D. SELECT * FROM PRODUCT ORDER BY DESC;

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 14. If column “City” contains the data set (DELHI, HYDERABAD, KOLKATA, CHENNAI,
KOLKATA), what will be the output after the execution of the given query? (1)
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT City) FROM Customer;
A. 4
B. 5
C. 3
D. 2

15. Write the output of the following SQL command: select truncate(15.88,1); (1)
A. 15.88
B. 15.8
C. 15.9
D. 16

16. In SQL, which function returns the weekday name for a given date. (1)
A. DAY
B. DAYNAME
C. NAME
D. DNAME

17. Which clause is used with “aggregate functions”? (1)

A. GROUP BY
B. SELECT
C. WHERE
D. Both A and B

18. Write output of the following MySQL command: (1)

SELECT SUBSTRING("Informatics Practices",6,9);
A. maticsPr
B. aticsPra
C. maticsPra
D. None

19. Select the proper output for the following query from the options: (1)
select right(substr('Innovative ideas',2,7),3);
A.vati
B. ati
C.itav
D.ita

20. Identify the SQL function which returns output as a group of characters. (1)
A.NOW()
B.MONTHNAME()
C.MONTH()
D.WEEKNAME()

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 CASE-BASED QUESTIONS

1. Write outputs for SQL queries (A) to (C) which are based on the given table GAME (3)

GID NAME DATEOFGAME UNDER WINNER

1 JUDO 2022-10-17 17 RAMESH

2 BADMINTON 2022-5-18 14 KIRTI

3 JUDO 2022-8-18 19 KAMAL

4 TAEKWONDO 2021-7-20 14 SADIQ

5 CHESS 2021-5-6 17 ALANKAR

A. Select name, under, winner from GAME where month(dateofgame)>7;

B. Select lcase(mid(winner,2,3)) from GAME where NAME like "%O";
C. Select mod(under, month(dateofgame)) from GAME where NAME="JUDO";

2. Based on table STOCK given here, write suitable SQL queries for the following: (3)
3.
STOCKID NAME COMPANY TYPE DOPURCHASE QUANTITY

1 Photoshop Adobe SW 5-Oct-2022 1

2 Windows 10 Microsoft SW 15-Apr-2021 5

3 Mother Board ASUS HW 8-Sep-2022 5

4 Office 2007 Microsoft SW 8-Jul-2022 2

5 Hard Disk Seagate HW 6-Feb-2021 10

6 Azure Microsoft SW 17-Jul-2022 6

7 CD ROM Seagate HW 31-Jul-2021 5

8 Reader Adobe SW 28-Aug-2022 2

A. Display company wise highest Quantity available.

B. Display year wise lowest Quantity available.
C. Display total number of Software and Hardware type stock.

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 4. Write the output of the queries (a) to (d) based on the table, TECH_COURSE given below: (2)
Table: TECH_COURSE
CID CNAME FEES STARTDATE TID
C201 Animation and VFX 12000 2022-07-02 101
C202 CADD 15000 2021-11-15 NULL
C203 DCA 10000 20220-10-01 102
C204 DDTP 9000 2021-09-15 104
C205 Mobile Application Development 18000 2022-11-01 101
C206 Digital Marketing 16000 2022-07-25 103

A. SELECT DISTINCT TID FROM TECH_COURSE;

B. SELECT TID, COUNT(*), MIN(FEES) FROM TECH_COURSE GROUP BY TID HAVING
COUNT(TID)>1;
C. SELECT CNAME FROM TECH_COURSE WHERE FEES>15000 ORDER BY CNAME;
D. SELECT AVG(FEES) FROM TECH_COURSE WHERE FEES BETWEEN 15000 AND
17000;

5. Write suitable SQL query for the following: (5)

A. Display 4 characters extracted from 3rd character onwards from string „IMPOSSIBLE‟.
B. Display the position of occurrence of string „GO‟ in the string “LET‟s GO to GOA”.
C. Round off the value 257.75 to nearest ten rupees.
D. Display the remainder of 18 divided by 5.
E. Remove all the leading and trailing spaces from a column passwd of the table „USER‟.

6. Harsh, a movie information collector has designed a database for Indian movies. Help him by
writing answers of the following questions based on the given table MOVIE: (1+1+2)
MOVIEID NAME RATING PRODUCTION COLLECTION DORELEASE

201 NadiyaKe Par A+ Rajshree 400 15-Aug-1989

202 Hum Aapke Hain A+ Dharma 1500 4-May-1992

Kaun
203 Veer Zaara A Yashraj 1100 25-Oct-2004

204 Chandni A+ Yashraj 2000 8-Nov-1989

205 Om Shanti Om A Red Chillies 2007 14-Nov-2007

A. Write a query to display movie name and production – both in upper case.
B. Write a query to display all details of movies released in year 1989.
C. Write a query to count production wise total number of movies.
OR (Option for part C only)
Write a query to count rating wise total number of movies

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 7. Write SQL commands for the statements (A) to (C) which are based on the given table PERSON.
(3)
PID SNAME FNAME GEN CITY PINCODE SALARY

1 SHARMA GEET F UDHAMWARA 182141 50000

2 SINGH SURINDER M KUPWARA 193222 75000

3 JACOB PETER M BHAWANI 185155 45000

4 ALVIS THOMAS M AHMED NAGAR 380025 50000

5 MOHAN GAURAV M COOLANGATA 390026 33000

6 AZMI SIMI F NEW DELHI 110021 40000

7 KAUR MANPREET F UDHAMWARA 182141 42000

A. SELECT SUM(SALARY) FROM PERSON WHERE GEN='F';

B. SELECT GEN, COUNT(*) FROM PERSON GROUP BY GENDER;
C. SELECT MOD(SALARY,4000) FROM PERSON WHERE CITY='UDHAMWARA';

8. Write the outputs of the SQL queries (A) to (D) based on the relations Teacher and Placement
given below:
(2)
Table: Teacher

A.SELECT Department, avg(salary) FROM Teacher GROUP BY Department;

B.SELECT MAX(Date_of_Join), MIN(Date_of_Join) FROM Teacher;
C.SELECT Name, Salary, T.Department, Place FROM Teacher T, Placement
P WHERE T.Department = P.Department AND Salary>20000;
D.SELECT Name, Place FROM Teacher T, Placement P WHERE Gender =‟F‟
AND T.Department=P.Department;

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 9. Consider a table “Salesman” with the following data: (3)
Table: Salesman
SNO SNAME SALARY BONUS DOJ

A01 Beena Mehta 30000 45.23 29-10-2019

A02 K L Sahay 50000 25.34 13-03-2018

B03 Nisha Thakkar 30000 35.00 18-03-2017

B04 Leela Yadav 80000 NULL 31-12-2018

C05 Gautam Gola 20000 NULL 23-01-1989

Write SQL queries using SQL functions to perform the following operations.
A. Display salesman name and bonus after rounding off to zero decimal places.
B. Display the month name for the date of join of salesman.
C. Display the minimum salary of the Salesman.

10. Write suitable SQL query for the following: (5)

A. Display 7 characters extracted from 7th left character onwards from the string „INDIA
SHINING‟.
B. Display the position of occurrence of string „COME‟ in the string„WELCOME WORLD‟.
C. Round off the value 78.779 to 2nd decimal place.
D. Display the remainder of 149 divided by 6.
E. Remove all the expected leading and trailing spaces from a column useridof the table „USERS‟.

11. Naveen, a database administrator has designed a database for a Computer Stock. (1+1+2)
Help her by writing answers of the following questions based on the given table:
TABLE: Stock
PID PNAME CATEGORY QTY PRICE

1 KEYBOARD IQ 15 450

2 MOUSE IQ 10 350

3 WI-FI ROUTER NW 5 2600

4 SWITCH NW 3 3000

5 PRINTER O 4 17000

A. Write a query to display product name in upper case.

B. To display the records in descending order of the price.
C. To display category and category wise highest price of product.
OR (Option for part C only)
To display category and category wise total quantities of product.

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 ANSWER KEY

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Q.NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ANSWER C A C B D D D B A C
QNO 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
ANSWER C D C A B B A A B B

CASE-BASED QUESTIONS
1.
A. Name Under Winner
Judo 17 RAMESH
Judo 19 KAMAL

B. lcase(mid(winner,2,3))
ame
ama
adi

C. mod(under, month(dateofgame))
7
3
2.
A. select COMPANY, MAX(Quantity) from STOCK group by COMPANY;
B. select YEAR(DOPURCHASE), MIN(Quantity) from STOCK group by year(DOPURCHASE);
C. select TYPE, count(TYPE) from STOCK group by TYPE
3.
A. Distinct TID
101
102
103
104

B. TID COUNT(*) MIN(FEES)

101 2 12000

C. CNAME
Digital Marketing
Mobile Application Development

D. AVG(FEES)
15500

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 4.
A. select mid(„IMPOSSIBLE‟, 3, 4);
B. select INSTR(“LET‟s GO to GOA”, “GO”);
C. select round(257.75, -1);
D. select mod(18, 5);
E. select trim(passwd) from USER;
5.
A. Select upper(name), upper(production) from movie;
B. Select * from movie where year(DORelease)=1989;
C. Select production, count(name) from movie group by production;
OR
Select Rating, count(name) from movie group by rating;

6.
A. SUM(SALARY)
132000

B. GEN COUNT(*)
F 3
M 4

C. MOD(SALARY, 4000)
2000
2000
7.
A. DEPARTMENT AVG(SALARY)
Computer Sc 16500
History 30000
Mathematics 25000
B. MAX(Date_of_Join) MIN(Date_of_Join)
2021-09-05 2017-03-24

C. NAME SALARY DEPARTMENT PLACE

Randeep 30000 Mathematics Jaipur
Samaira 40000 History Ahmedabad
Raman 25000 Mathematics Jaipur
Shyam 30000 History Ahmedabad
Shiv 21000 Computer Sc Nagpur

D.NAME PLACE
Saman Ahmedabad
Samaira Ahmedabad
Shalakha Jaipur
8.
A. SELECT Sname, ROUND(Bonus,0)FROM Salesman;
B. SELECT MONTHNAME(DOJ) FROM Salesman;
C. SELECT MIN(SALARY) FROM Salesman;

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 9.
A. select mid('INDIA SHINING',7,7);
B. select INSTR('WELCOME WORLD','COME');
C. select round(78.779,2);
D. select mod(149,6);
E. select trim(userid) from users;
10.
A. SELECT UPPER(PNAME) FROM STOCK;
B. SELECT* FEOM STOCK ORDER BY PRICE DESC;
C. SELECT CATEGORY,MAX(PRICE) FROM STOCK GROUP BY CATEGORY;
OR
SELECT CATEGORY,SUM(QTY) FROM STOCK GROUP BY CATEGORY;

NETWORKING FUNDAMENTALS

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

1. Which device is used to regenerate the signals over long distance data transmission?
i. Switch
ii. Modem
iii. Repeater
iv. None of the above

2. Which one is False about MAC address?

i. It is Physical Address of any device connected to the internet.
ii. We can change MAC address of a device.
iii. It is the address of NIC card install in network device.
iv. It is used for track the user‟s over internet.

3. A computer network created by connecting the computers of your school‟s computer lab is an example
of
i. LAN
ii. MAN
iii. WAN
iv. PAN
4. Which topology are all the nodes connected through a single coaxial cable?
i. Star
ii. Tree
iii. Bus
iv. Ring
5. URL stands for
i. Universal Resource Locator
ii. Uniform Resource Locator
iii. Universal Range Limit
iv. None of the above
6. An online activity that enables us to publish website or web application on the internet
i. Web server
ii. Web Browser
iii. Web Hosting
iv. None

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7. Assertion(A) : Incognito browsing opens up a version of the browser that will track your activity
Reasoning(R) : Incognito browsing is useful when entering sensitive data
i. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A
ii. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation for A
iii. A is True but R is False
iv. A is false but R is True
8. Website stores the browsing activity through:
i. web page
ii. Cookies
iii. passwords
iv. server

9. The device used to connect two networks using different protocols is:
i. Router
ii. Repeater
iii. Gateway
iv. Hub

10. Which protocol allows you to make voice calls using a broadband Internet
connection?
i. Chat
ii. ftp
iii. email
iv. VoIP

11. A fashion company with design unit and market unit 120m 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 of
the following device you suggest to be installed for a smooth communication?
i. Gateway
ii. Repeater
iii. Hub
iv.Switch

12. Microsoft edge is an example of __________________.

i. Web Page
ii. Web server
iii. Website
iv. Web Browser

13. A program that serves requested HTML files and pages.

i. Web Address
ii. Web Page
iii. Web Server
iv.None of these

14. Alisha says, “ In this network topology, cable length required is less but if the main cable encounters
some problem, whole network breaks down.”
Name the topology Alisha talking about.
i.Bus
ii. Star
iii Tree
iv.Hybrid

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15. _______ protocol is responsible for transferring data over the Internet.
i.FTP
ii.SMTP
iii.TCP/IP
iv.POP
16. I am a text file sent by the web server to the web browser. Who am I ?
i.Cookies
ii. Website
iii. Webpage
iv.Web address

17. Central Computer which is powerful than other computers in the network is called as __________.
i. Hub
ii. Client
iii. Server
iv. Switch
18. Which network device is known as an intelligent hub?
i.Hub
ii.Switch
iii.Bridge
iv.Client
19. Gaurav wants a device that connects a local area network (LAN) to another LAN that
uses the same protocol. Which of the following devices you would like to suggest him.
i. Repeater
ii. Hub
iii. Bridge
iv. Switch

20. Which of the following is a broadcast device?

i.Bridge
ii.Gateway
iii.Hub
iv.Switch

CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS

1. SHARMA Medicos Center has set up its new center in Delhi. It has four buildings as shown in the
diagram given below:

Store Packaging
Unit

Accounts Research
Lab

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Distance between various buildings is as follows
Accounts to research lab 55m
Accounts to store 150m
:
Store to packaging unit 160m
Packaging unit to research lab 60m
Accounts to packaging unit 125m Number of computers
Accounts 25
Store to research lab 180m Research Lab 100
Store 15
Packaging Unit 60

As a network expert, provide the best possible answer for the following queries:
i. Suggest a cable layout of connections between the buildings.
ii. Suggest the most suitable place (i.e. buildings) to house the server of this organization.
iii. Suggest the placement of the following device with justification:
a) Repeater b) Hub/Switch
iv. Suggest a system (hardware/software) to prevent unauthorized access to or from the network.
v. The company is planning to link its head office situated in Delhi with the offices in hilly areas.
Suggest a way to connect it economically.

2. A company has 4 departments of buildings as shown in the diagram :

Research Back Office

Corporate Office Developer Unit

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 office - 90m
Number of computers in each of the department:
Back Office - 150
Developer Unit - 15
Research -15
Corporate Office – 25

As a network expert, provide the best possible answer for the following queries:
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 most suitable place (.e. buildings) to house the server of this organization.
iv. Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification if the company wants
minimized network traffic

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 a)Repeater
b)Hub /switch
v. The company is planning to link its head office situated in New Delhi with the offices in
hilly areas. Suggest a way to connect it economically.
3. A Training Institute is planning to set up its center in Shimla with four 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.
As a network expert answer the queries raised by their board of directors as given in (i)
to (v).

MANAGEMENT MEDICINE

ADMIN LAW

Distances between various locations in meters:

Admin Block to Management Block- 60
Admin Block to Medicine Block- 40
Admin Block to Law Block -60
Management Block to Medicine Block- 50
Management Block to Law Block- 110
Law Block to Medicine Block -40

Number of Computers:
Admin Block -150
Management Block- 70
Medicine Block -20
Law Block -50

i. Suggest the most suitable location with reason 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. Suggest the devices to be installed in each of these buildings for connecting
computers installed within the building out of the following:
 Modem
 Switch
 Repeater
iv. 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

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  Single Pair
 Telephone Cable
v. The Institute is planning to link its head office situated in New Delhi. Suggest a
way to connect it economically.

4. An online corporate training provider company is setting up their new campus in Kolkata. The
physical distances between these blocks and the number of computers to be installed in these
blocks are given below.

Distances between various locations in meters:

Administrative to Finance Block 60
Administrative to Faculty Block 120
Finance to Faculty Block 70
Number of Computers in each block:
Administrative Block 30
Finance Block 20
Faculty Block 100

As a network expert answer the queries raised by their board of directors as given in i to v.
i. Suggest the most appropriate block to install the main server
ii. Suggest the most appropriate block to block cable layout to connect all three blocks for
efficient communication.
iii. Which type of network out of the following is formed by connecting the computers of these
three blocks?
a. LAN b. MAN c. WAN
iv. Which wireless channel out of the following should be opted to connect to students from all
over the world?
a. Infrared
b. Microwave
c. Satellite
v. Suggest the devices to be installed in each of these buildings for connecting computers
installed within the building out of the following:
Switch
Repeater

5. You have given to create a network in your school building. It has 4 blocks of buildings.
Distance between the various blocks is as follows:
A to B - 50 m
A to C - 60 m
A to D - 110m
D to B - 60m
D to C - 100m
C to A - 70m

Numbers of computers in each block

Block A - 20
Block D - 50
Block B - 15
Block C– 30

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 Sr. comp lab Jr. comp lab
Block A Block B

Primary Language lab

Block C Block D

Based on the above specifications, answer the following questions:

i. Out of LAN, WAN and MAN, what type of network will be formed if we interconnect different
computers of the campus?
ii. Suggest the topology which should be used to efficiently connect the various blocks of school
building.
iii. Suggest a network device to connect all computers in each building.
iv. The School wants internet accessibility in all the blocks. Suggest a suitable technology.

ANSWER KEY
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. iii. REPEATER
2. ii. We can change MAC address of a device.
3. i. LAN
4. iii. Bus
5. ii. Uniform Resource Locator
6. iii. Web Hosting
7. iv. A is false but R is True
8. ii. cookies
9. iii. Gateway
10. iv. VoIP
11. ii. Repeater
12. iv. Web browser
13. iii. Web server
14. i. Bus
15. iii. TCP/IP
16. i. Cookies
17. iii. Server
18. ii. Switch
19. iii. Bridge
20. iii.Hub

CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS

1. i.
Accounts Research
Lab

Packaging
ii. ResearchStore
Lab
Unit
iii. Repeater: Between Accounts and Store, Hub/Switch in each block
iv. Firewall

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 v. Radio Wave

2. i. Research Back Office

Corporate Office Developer Unit

ii. Star Topology

iii. Back office
iv. a. Not required. Repeaters may be skipped as per above layout (because distance is less than
100 m)
b. In every wing
v. Radio Waves
3. i. Admin Block as it contains maximum number of computers (80-20 Rule).
ii. Most suitable layout according to distance is:

MANAGEMENT MEDICINE

ADMIN LAW

iii. Switch
iv. Ethernet Cable
v. Radio Wave or Satellite or other appropriate economical Way

4. i. Faculty Block
ii.

Faculty Block

Administrative Block Finance Block

iii. LAN
iv. Satellite
v. Switch
5. i. LAN
ii. Star
iii. switch is used to connect multiple computers.
iv. Broadband connection

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 SOCIETAL IMPACTS - MCQs

1. Which of the following statement is invalid about Intellectual Property rights.

A. Information must not be exchanged without the consent of owner.
B. Owner of information can decide how much information can be shared.
C. IPR does not promote investment in national economy.
D. Owner of information can decide at what price information can be shared.
2. Expand i. GNU ii. FLOSS
3. Credit Card fraud may include:
A. Stealing of Credit Card
B. Unauthorized and Illegal use of Credit Card
C. Both of the above
D. None of the above
4. Identify the type of Digital Footprint.
The Digital data generated in online unintentionally like when we visit a website,
browsing internet, web browsing history, etc.
5. Any fraudulent business practice that extracts money from an unsuspecting, ignorant
person is called_______.
A. Stealing
B. Scam
C. Violation of copyright
D. Digital footprint
6. Removal of dangerous substances and valuable substances from an electronic
equipment is called as __________________.
7. What is the name of IT Lawhaving in our Indian Legislature?
A. Information Technology Act, 2000
B. Digital Information Act, 2000
C. Information Security Act, 2009
D. Digital Security Act, 2009
8. What is the Intellectual property right which protects misusing of names, visual
symbols, slogan, labels etc that distinguishes brand or enterprise.
9. Identify the specific term for the following actions
i. An imposter uses authentic looking E-mail for sending to users.
ii. Builds fake website to obtain sensitive information.
A. Bullying

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 B. Stealing
C. Scam
D. Phishing
10. State whether True or False:
i. A copyright is automatically granted to authors or creators of content. _________
ii. In FOSS source code is usually hidden from the users. ___________
11. According to Information Technology Bill, Section 67 which of the following is an
offence.
A. Creating and forwarding Proprietary Software‟s, Sharewares and etc.
B. Limit the sharing of Software code.
C. Creating and transmitting obscene material in electronic form.
D. Identity theft.
12. Write the term which suits to the below description.
It is a type of harassment which includes insulting, degrading, posting rumours,
threating online and etc using electronic form.
13. Which of the following is not covered under IPR.
A. Trademark Logo Design
B. Music composition
C. Insurance
D. Invention
14. The practice of obtaining the contribution from crowd in form of needed services,
ideas or content, mainly from the online community is known as ________________.
15. When a person can‟t find a balance between their time online and their time offline is
a condition called as _________
A. Net Neutrality.
B. Internet Addiction Disorder
C. Hacking
D. Echo Chamber
16. _______________ refers to any information about you or created by you that exists in
digital form.
17. Which of the following act is not termed as Plagiarism.
A. Using some authors work without giving credit to author.
B. Wrongful citation.
C. Modifying someone‟s music composition.
D. Using some authors work with giving credit to author.

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18. ____________ hackers use their skills to find out the vulnerability in a system and
suggest improvements to the system.
A. Black Hat
B. White Hat
C. Grey Hat
D. None of the above
19. Tracking and monitoring a person‟s online activity, and using the internet to stalk or
harass an individual is called ______________
A. Impersonation
B. Identity theft
C. Harassment
D. Cyberstalking
20. Which of the following is not a health concern in usage of technology.
A. Internet can be addictive
B. Improper posture while using computer can cause backache.
C. Social bonds can become strong.
D. Children tend to play online instead playing games outdoor.
21 Which of the following not a part of digital technologies?
a) Smartphones
b) Computers
c) Internet
d) FM Radio
22 Which of the following activity does not create any digital footprint?
a) Search online information
b) Online Ticket Booking
c) Saving a word document
d) Responding an email
23 Any information created on the web is known as
a) Soft Copy
b) Digital Footprint
c) Cyber Print
d) Online Print
24 Which of the following is/are ethical issues associated with Information Technology?
i) Personal Privacy ii) Access Rights iii) Harmful actions
a) Only i
b) Only i and ii
c) All of them i, ii and iii
d) None of them

25 The digital footprint data could be used for

i) Targeted Advertisement
ii) Can be misused
iii) Can be exploited

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 a) ii and iii
b) i and iii
c) i and ii
d) i, ii and iii

26 There are _____________ types of digital footprints.

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
27 Archana has filled a form online for a survey. Which types of digital footprint she has
generated while filling up the form?

a) Active
b) Passive
c) Valid
d) Invalid

28 The active digital footprint includes

i) emails and their replies

ii) Social media status and posts
iii) data generated by a website or app
a) i and ii
b) ii and iii
c) i and iii
d) all of them
29 Which of the following is not correct about digital footprint?

a) User doesn‟t have any control on how the that data will be used once stored on
server
b) User can delete data anytime including digital footprint
c) These is no guarantee that digital footprints will fully eliminated from the internet
d) Digital footprint can be used to trace location of the device and other usage details
30 Anyone who is uses digital technology with internet is known as ______________

a) Digital Individual
b) Digital User
c) Digital Friend
d) Digital Citizen

31 If someone uses a part of a novel written by someone else, It would be violation of

the writer‟s ___________ if someone use any part of this book without the written
permission of the author.

a) license
b) copyright
c) patent
d) trademark

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32 The intellectual property is legally protected through

a) copyright
b) patents
c) trademarks
d) all of the above

33 A patent protects an invention for how many years?

a) 10 Years
b) 15 Years
c) 20 Years
d) 25 Years

34 Which of the following is one of the best practices under be ethical net etiquette?

i) No Copyright Violation
ii) Share the expertise
iii) Respect Privacy
iv) Avoid Cyber bullying
a) i and ii
b) ii and iii
c) ii and iv
d) i and iv

35 The apps and websites that use geo-location to detect a user‟s location is which type
of digital footprint?

a) Active digital footprint

b) Passive digital footprint
c) Valid digital footprint
d) On digital footprint

36 Sending a large number of unsolicited emails are known as

a) Draft
b) Spam
c) Inbox
d) Sent

37 Online protection refers to

i) The trails left online by users

ii) rules put in place to protect personal information
iii) ensure data remains in control while working online
iv) Secures sensitive data
a) i and ii
b) i, ii and iv
c) ii, iii and iv
d) ii and iv

38 The fraudulent process that extract money from an individual by using creadit card,

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 debit card or any oher online meium is known as _____.

a) digital footprint
b) Cyber Crime
c) Phishing
d) Hacking

39 What is NOT an example of cyberbullying?

a) Creating an embarrassing picture of your classmate and forwarding it to your

friend's email addresses
b) Sending someone a mean text
c) Bullying someone in the hallway
d) Threatening someone in an instant message

40 A set of strategies and processes that can be used to secure the privacy, availability,
and integrity of your data is called ________

a) Data transfer
b) Data hiding
c) Data Protection
d) Data stealing

ANSWER KEY

Q.NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ANSWER C A C B A D
Q.NO 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
ANSWER C C D D B B C
Q.NO 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
ANSWER D C B C D B A A B D

Case Based Questions:

1.Vishal is a graduate who posts deliberately inflammatory messages in internet by upsetting people
starting quarrels. He is called as __________.
A. Active Footprint
B. Troller.
C. Digital Citizen.
D. None of the above.

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2. Hair loss, also called as alopecia, A Scientist Dr. Abhigna Kapoor works on inventing a cure/medicine
for hair loss. She invented a medicine for hair fall control. She filled the patent application and patent is
granted for __________ years.
A. 10
B. 15
C. 20
D. 25

3. If anyone uses the research work done by Dr. Abhigna Kapoor without taking consent from her. It is
called as _____________.
A. Plagiarism
B. Copyright violation
C. Trademark violation
D. Stealing Licence

4. ABC Corporation hires a security expert Mr Lokesh Pandey. What are the safety measures he needs to
take to reduce the risk of cybercrime in the organization.
i. install antivirus software‟s and update periodically.
ii. allow free wi-fi zones.
iii. install firewalls.
iv. allow public and private network to use common internet infrastructure.
v. use Strong passwords for web login and change periodically.
A. Option i and iii.
B. Option i, ii and iv.
C. Option i, iii and v
D. Option i, ii and iii

5. Ajay works in a corporate office, to communicate with other colleagues please suggest the etiquettes
needed.
A. Be Ethical
B. Be Responsible
C. Be Respectful
D. All the above.

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 ANSWER KEY
1. Option B. Troller
2.Option C. 20
3. Option A. Plagiarism
4. Option C. Option i, iii and v
5. Option D. All the above

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