CS KNOWLEDGE ZONE

11th Computer Science Important Questions

Chapters 1 to 16
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1. Introduction to Computers
Important 2 marks And 3 Marks Questions
1. What is Computer?
2. Who is Charles Babbage?
3. Explain ENIAC?
4. Explain Sixth Generation?
5. What is data?
6. What is Information?
7. Write the Applications of Computer?
Details
1. Explain various Generations of Computers

2. Number Systems
Important 2 marks And 3 Marks Questions
1. What is Data?
2. What is meant by Bit?
3. What is Nibble?
4. What is Word Length?
5. What is called Byte?
6. Define Computer Memory?
7. How the Memory is represented in the Computer?
8. What are the different Number systems?
9. What is Base or Radix in the Number System?
10. What is Decimal Number System?
11. What is Binary Number System?
12. What are the Methods to Convert Decimal Number to Binary?
13. Convert (46)10 into Binary?
14. Convert (9BC8)16 Hexadecimal to Binary
Details
1. a) Write the procedure to convert fractional Decimal to Binary
b) Convert (98.46)10 to Binary
2. Find 1‟s Complement and 2‟s Complement for the following Decimal number
a) -98 b) -135

3. Computer Organization
Important 2 marks And 3 Marks Questions
1. What is Microprocessor?
2. What are the Components of Microprocessor?
3. What are the Characteristics of Microprocessor?
4. Define Hertz?
5. What is Clock Speed?
6. What is Instruction Set?
7. What are the types of Operations carried in Instruction Set?
8. What is Word Size?
9. What are the examples of RISC?
10. What are the examples of CISC?
11. Define RAM
12. Define ROM
13. What are the types of RAM?
Details
1. Explain the Characteristics of Microprocessor?
2. Explain the Types of Microprocessor?
3. Explain RAM and its types?
4. What are the different types of ROM?
5. Explain the Secondary Storage Devices?
 4.Theoretical Concepts of Operating System
Important 2 marks And 3 Marks Questions
1.What are the types of Software?
2. Define Application Software
3. Define System Software
4. Define OS
5. What are the Functions of an Operating System?
6. List some of the Operating Systems?
7. What is the need of an Operating System?
8. What are the main uses of Operating System?
9. What are the types of Operating System?
10. Define Single Operating System
11. Define Multi-user Operating System
12. What is GUI?
Details
1. Explain the Need and Uses of Operating System?
2.What are the Functions of Operating System?
3. What are the most popular Operating Systems?
4. Define Multitasking
5. Working with typical Operating System
Important 2 marks And 3 Marks Questions
1. Define Desktop
2. Define Icon
3. What are called Standard Icons?
4. Define Disk Drives
5. What is meant by Window?
6. What is meant by Application Window?
7. What is meant by Document Window?
8. What are the elements of a window?
9. Define Menu Bar
10. Define Taskbar
11. How to start and close the application?
12. Define Word pad
13. Differentiate the Cut and Copy in files and folders?
14. How to delete the file and folder?
15. Define Recycle bin
16. How to create the shortcuts on the Desktop?
17. What is meant by Open Source?
18. Different Between Files And Folders?
19. How to Moving a File?
20. How to Delete Files and Folders?
Details
21. What are the Elements of a Window? Explain it briefly?
22. What are the methods are there to create a New Folder?
23. What are the methods to Rename the Files or Folders?
24. Explain how to Copying Files and Folders to removable disk?

6. Specification and Abstraction

Important 2 marks and 3 Marks Questions:
1. Define Algorithm
2. Difference between Algorithm and a Process?
3. What is meant by Data?
4. Define Variables
5. What is Control Flow?
6. Define Sequential Control Flow
7. Define Alternative Control Flow
8. Define Iterative Control Flow
9. Define Functions
10. What is meant by Specification?
11. What is meant by Abstraction?
12. What is Composition?
13. What is Decomposition?
14. What is Input – Output relation?
15. Define Double Dash
16. Write the parts of the Specification format?
17. Write the specification of an algorithm to compute the quotient and remainder after
dividing an integer A by another integer B?
18. Write the specification of the algorithm to find the square root of the number?
19. Write the specification of the algorithm to find the minimum of two numbers?
20. Write the specification of the algorithm to find the addition of three numbers?
21. What is meant by State?
22. What is Assignment Statement?
23. Difference between Assignment Operator and Equality Operator?
24. How state is represented in algorithms?

Important 5 Marks Questions:

1. Write the specification of an algorithm hypotenuse whose inputs are
the lengths of the two shorter sides of a right angled triangle, and the
output is the length of the third side.
2. Exchange the contents: Given two glasses marked A and B. Glass A
is full of apple drink and glass B is full of grape drink. For exchanging the
contents of glasses A and B, represent the state by suitable variables, and
write the specification of the algorithm
3. What are the Algorithm Design Techniques? Explain it?
4. Explain Building Blocks of Algorithms.
5.

7. Composition and Decomposition

Important 2 marks and 3 Marks Questions:
1. What is Programming Language?
2. Define Pseudo code
3. What is meant by Flowchart?
4. What are the Symbols in Flowchart?
5. What are the Disadvantages of Flowchart?
6. What is Conditional Statement?
7. What is Refinement?
8. Define Compound Statements
9. What is Decomposition?
10. Distinguish between a condition and a statement?
11. Draw a flowchart for conditional statement?
12. What is difference between algorithm and a program?
13. What is case analysis?

Important 5 Marks Questions:

1. Explain the Sequential Statement?
2. Explain the Alternative Statement?
3. Explain the Iterative Statement?
4. Explain the Case Analysis?
5. Exchange the contents: Given two glasses marked A and B. Glass A is full of apple drink
and glass B is full of grape drink. Write the specification for exchanging the contents of
glasses A and B, and write a sequence of assignments to satisfy the specification.
6. Circulate the contents: Write the specification and construct an algorithm to circulate the
contents of the variables A, B and C as shown below: The arrows indicate that B gets the
value of A, C gets the value of B and A gets the value of C.
7. Decanting problem. You are given three bottles of capacities 5 ,8, and 3 liters. The 8L
bottle is filled with oil, while the other two are empty. Divide the oil in 8L bottle into two
equal quantities. Represent the state of the process by appropriate variables. What are the
initial and final states of the process? Model the decanting of oil from one bottle to another by
assignment. Write a sequence of assignments to achieve the final state.
8. Trace the step-by-step execution of the algorithm for factorial(4).
factorial(n)
-- inputs : n is an integer , n ≥ 0
-- outputs : f = n!
f, i := 1 ,1
while i ≤ n
f, i := f × i, i+1

8. Iteration and Recursion

Important 2 marks and 3 Marks Questions:
1. What is Loop invariant?
2. What is Iteration?
3. What is meant by Loop Invariant?
4. What is Invariant?

Important 5 Marks Questions:

1. There are 7 tumblers on a table, all standing upside down. You are allowed to turn any 2
tumblers simultaneously in one move. Is it possible to reach a situation when all the tumblers
are right side up?(Hint: The parity of the number of upside down tumblers is invariant.)

9. Introduction to C++
Important 2 marks and 3 Marks Questions:
1. Why C++ is called hybrid language?
2. List any two benefits of learning C++?
3. Define character set. Give example.
4. Write a note on reserved words? Give some example.
5. Define tokens and name the tokens available in C++?
6. What do you mean by identifier?
7. Name some rules for naming an identifier.
8. What do you mean by constants?
9. List the types of constants available in C++?
10. Define numeric constants?
11. What are the types of Numeric constants?
12. What do you mean by integers?
13. What are the types of integer constants?
14. What do you mean by Hexadecimal constant?
15. What do you mean by Real Constants?
16. Write a note on Exponent form of real constants?
17. What do you mean by Boolean Literals?
18. Define cascading of Operator?
19. What do you mean by Character Constants?
20. What do you mean by String Literals?
21. What do you mean by Nonprintable characters?
22. Expand the following terms a) ANSI b)ASCII
23. What do you mean by operators?
24. What do you mean by operands?
25. What are the types of operators based on the operands?
26. What do you mean by arithmetic operators?
27. What do you mean by relational operator?
29. What do you mean by logical Operators?
30. What do you mean by assignment operator?

31. What are the types of Logical bitwise operators?

32. Frame the truth table bitwise AND operator.

33. Frame the truth table bitwise OR operator?

34. What do you mean by short hand operator?

35. What do you mean by conditional operator?

36. What do you mean by compile time operator?

37. What do you mean by association?

38. What do you mean by separators?

39. What is use of operators?

40. What are binary operators? Give examples arithmetic binary operators.

41. What does the modulus operator % do?

42. What will be the result of 8.5 % 2?

43. What is called get from Operator?

44. Define –out to operator?

45. Define Cascading of I/O operator?

46. What is the use of using namespace std?

47. What is the use of int main() in C++?

48. What are the four important steps in execution of C++ program?

49. What do you mean by compilation?

50. What do you mean by execution?

51. Name any four C++ compilers with IDE?

52. What are the three types of error in C++?

53. What do you mean by Syntax error?

54. What do you mean by Logic error?

55. What do you mean by runtime error?

56. What is datatype?

57. What do you mean by data and fields?

58. What are the three main categories in C++ datatypes?

59. What are variables?

60. Write the syntax for declaring a variable?

61. What are the five fundamental datatypes in C++?

62. What are the two advantages of using float datatype?

63. What is the use of double datatype?

64. What is the use of void datatype?

65. Define Qualifiers?

66. What are the four modifiers in C++?

67. How will you declare variables?

68. Define about the Access modifier const?

69. What do you mean by Formatting output?

70. What is the use of endl statement?

Important 5 Marks Questions:

1. Explain Benefits of learning C++?

2. Explain Lexical Units and its types?

3. Explain Constants and its types?

4. Explain different types of Operators?

5. Write details about input and Output Operators?

6. Explain different types of Errors?

7. Explain C++ data types?

8. Explain variables?

10. Flow of Control

Important 2 marks and 3 Marks Questions:
1. What is a null statement and compound statement?
2. What is selection statement? write it's types?
3. What is the output of the following code? for (int i=2; i<=10; i+=2)
4. Write a for loop that displays the number from 21 to 30.

5. Write a while loop that displays numbers 2, 4, 6, 8........20

6. Write the syntax and purpose of switch statement.
7. What is body of the loop?
8. Write the syntax of if statement.
9. What is if statement is executed?
10. Define iteration.
11. What is the use of iteration statements?
12. Write the three types of iteration?
13. Name the elements used in loop
14. Write the general syntax of for loop
15. Write a short note on iteration statement
16. What are the three forms of nested if.

17. Write the syntax of while loop.

18. Write the syntax of do-while loop.

19. Write a program to display number from 10 to 1 using do-while loop.

20. Write the basic control structures.
21. Write the two kinds of statements used in C++
22. What do you know about switch statement?
Important 5 Marks Questions:
1. Explain switch statement with example.
2. Explain while loop with an example.
3. Explain do - while loop with an example.
4. Write the syntax of if nested inside both if part and else part
5. Write the rules following while using switch-case
6. What are the difference between if-else and switch
7. Explain Nested switch with an example
8. Explain For loop with an example.
9. What are the part of a loop? Binary explain.
10. Write the syntax of Nested loop using. (i) for (ii) while (iii) do-while

10. Functions
Important 2 marks and 3 Marks Questions:
1. Define Function
2. What are the different types of Function?
3. What is the Need for Function?
4. Define Pre-defined Function
5. Define User defined Function
6. What is Function Definition?
7. What is Function Prototyping?
8. What is the use of Void Command?
9. What is the example of Void Command?
10. How to access a function?
11. What is meant by Parameter? What are the types of Parameters?
12. Write a note on Default Arguments?
13. Define const arguments
14. Define Inline Function
15. Write the Syntax for Inline Function with Example?
16. Write the Advantages of Inline Function?
17. Define Return Statement
18. Write the Syntax for Return Statement with Example?
19. Define Recursive Function
20. What are the types of Scope Variables are there?
21. What is meant by Global Variable?
22. Define Class with Example
23. What is Scope Resolution Operator?
Important 5 Marks Questions:
1. Explain the Methods of Calling functions with Program?
2. Explain the Call by Value method with Program?
3. Explain the Call by Reference method with Program?
4. Describe the Inline Function with Syntax, Advantages and program?
5. What are the different forms of User – Defined function declaration?
6. What is Recursion? Write a program to find GCD using recursion.
7. Define Scope? Explain the various types of scopes in C++ language?

12. Arrays and Structures

Important 2 marks and 3 Marks Questions:
1. What are the types of Array?
2. Define One – Dimensional Array
3. Write down the Syntax for declaring one – dimensional Array?
4. How the Memory is allocated for One – Dimensional Array?
5. How the Initialization is done for One – Dimensional Array?
6. How the values are accepted to an array during run time?
7. How to access the Array Elements?
8. What is meant by Strings?
9. How the 2 – D array is declared?
10. How the 2 – D array is initialized?
11. How the Memory is allocated for Two – Dimensional Array?
12. What are Row Major Order and Column Major Order?
13. What is Array of Strings?
14. How the Arrays of Strings is Initialized?
Important 5 Marks Questions:
1. Explain array of structures with example?
2. Write a C++ program to find the difference between two matrixes?
3. How will you pass two dimensional array to a function explain with example.

13. Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Techniques

Important 2 marks and 3 Marks Questions:
1. Define Encapsulation or Data Binding
2. What is meant by Information Hiding?
3. What is Data Abstraction
4. Define Data Member and Member Function
5. Define Inheritance 488. Define Polymorphism
6. What are the Advantages of OOP?
7. What are the Disadvantages of OOP
8. What is Modularity?
Important 5 Marks Questions:
1.Explain Basic Concepts of OOP?

14. Classes and Objects

Important 2 marks and 3 Marks Questions:
1. What are called Members?
2. What is the Need for the Class?
3. How to Declare the Class?
4. Write the Syntax for declaring the Class?
5. How many access specifier are there in Class?
6. Define the Public Access Specifier
7. Define the Private Access Specifier
8. Define the Protected Access Specifier
9. How many methods are there to define the Methods of a Class?
10. What is Outline Member Function?
11. Write the Syntax for defining the Outline Member Function?
12. How to Create Objects in C++ program?
13. How many methods are there to create the Objects in C++?
14. What is Global Object?

Important 5 Marks Questions:

1. Explain the Nested Class with example?
2. Explain class Access Specifiers?
3. Explain Memory allocation of Objects?

4. Write the output of the following

#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

class student

int rno, marks;

public:

student(int r,int m)

{ cout<<"Constructor "<<endl;

rno=r;

marks=m;

void printdet()

marks=marks+30;

cout<<"Name: Bharathi"<<endl;

cout<<"Roll no : "<<rno<<"\n";

cout<<"Marks : "<<marks<<endl;

};

int main()
{

student s(14,70);

s.printdet();

cout<< "Back to Main";

return 0;

Rewrite the following program after removing the syntax errors if any and underline the

errors:

#include<iostream>

$include<stdio>

class mystud

{ int studid =1001;

char name[20];

public

mystud( ) { }

void register ( )

{cin>>stdid; gets(name); }

void display ( )

{cout<<studid<<”: “<<name<<endl;}

15. POLYMORPHISM
Important 2 marks and 3 Marks Questions:
1. Define Polymorphism
2. What is meant by Function Overloading?
3. What is the Need for Function Overloading?
4. What are the Rules for Function Overloading?
5. Define Operator Overloading
6. List the Operators that cannot be Overloaded in C++?
7. What is the Syntax for Operator Overloading?
8. What is the use of overloading a Function?
Important 5 Marks Questions:
1. What is Function overloading? Explain with an example?
2. What are the Rules of Operator Overloading?
3. Define Operator Overloading. What is the Process of Operator Overloading with Example?
4. Write the output of the following
include<iostream>

using namespace std;

class Seminar

{ int Time;

public:

Seminar()

{ Time=30;cout<<"Seminar starts now"<<endl; }

void Lecture()

{ cout<<"Lectures in the seminar on"<<endl; }

Seminar(int Duration)

{ Time=Duration;cout<<"Welcome to Seminar "<<endl; }

Seminar(Seminar &D)

{ Time=D.Time;cout<<"Recap of Previous Seminar Content "<<endl;}

~Seminar()
{cout<<"Vote of thanks"<<endl; } };

int main()

{ Seminar s1,s2(2),s3(s2);

s1.Lecture();

return 0;

5. Answer the questions based on the

following program

#include<iostream>

#include<string.h>

using namespace std;

class comp {

public:

char s[10];

void getstring(char str[10])

{ strcpy(s,str); }

void operator==(comp);

};

void comp::operator==(comp ob)

{ if(strcmp(s,ob.s)==0)

cout<<"\nStrings are Equal";

else

cout<<"\nStrings are not Equal"; }

int main()

{ comp ob, ob1;

char string1[10], string2[10];

cout<<"Enter First String:";

cin>>string1;

ob.getstring(string1);

cout<<"\nEnter Second String:";

cin>>string2;

ob1.getstring(string2);

ob==ob1;

return 0; }

(i) Mention the objects which will have the scope till the end of the program.

(ii) Name the object which gets destroyed in between the program

(iii) Name the operator which is over loaded and write the statement that invokes it.

(iv) Write out the prototype of the overloaded member function

(v) What types of operands are used for the overloaded operator?

(vi) Which constructor will get executed in the above program? Write the output of

the program

16. Inheritance
Important 2 marks and 3 Marks Questions:
1. Define Single Inheritance
2. Define Inheritance
3. What is the Need for Inheritance?
4. What are the Advantages of Inheritance?
5. Define Base Class and Derived Class
6. Define Single Inheritance
7. Define Multiple Inheritance
8. Define Multi-level Inheritance
9. Define Hierarchical Inheritance
10. Define Hybrid Inheritance
Important 5 Marks Questions:
1. Define Inheritance. Explain the different types of inheritance?
2. Explain with Example of Single Inheritance?
3. Explain with Example of Multilevel Inheritance?
4. Debug the following program
%include(iostream.h)
#include<conio.h>
class A()
{ public;
int a1,a2:a3;
void getdata[]
{ a1=15; a2=13; a3=13; } }
class B:: public A()
{ PUBLIC
voidfunc()
{ int b1:b2:b3;
A::getdata[];
b1=a1;
b2=a2;
a3=a3;
cout<<b1<<’\t’<<b2<<’t\’<<b3; }
void main()
{ B der;
der1:func(); }
 17. Computer Ethics and Cyber Security
Important 2 marks and 3 Marks Questions:
1. What is Cyber Crime?
2. What is ETHICS?
3. What is Computer Ethics?
4. What are the General Guidelines of Ethics?
5. Define Ethical Issue with some ethical issues
6. List some of the Ethical Issues?
7. Define Malware
8. What is meant by Scam and Spam?
9. Define Spoofing
10. What is meant by Software Piracy?
11. Define Warez
12. What is meant by Unauthorized Access?
13. Define Hacking
14. Define Cracking
15. What is Cyber Security?
16. What are the Types of Cyber Attacks?
17. What is harvesting?
Important 5 Marks Questions:
1. What are the general guidelines of Computer Ethics?
2. What are the various crimes happening using computer?

18. Tamil Computing

Important 2 marks and 3 Marks Questions:
1. What is e-governance?
2. What is the use of e-libraries?
3. What is the use of Tamil interfaces software?
4. What are the familiar keyboard used for Tamil typing?
5. List some Tamil Automation software’s.
7. Expand
(i) TSCII (ii) ISCII (iii) ASCII
8. Write a short note on Madurai project.
9. Write a note on Unicode.
10. List of the search engines supporting Tamil.
11. What is TSCII?
12. What are the keyboard layouts used in Android?
13. Write a short note about Tamil Programming Language.
14. Write a short note on Tamil Virtual Academy
15. Define Tamil typing and interface software.
16. Write a short note on Tamil in internet
17. Write a short note on e – library?
Important 5 Marks Questions:
18. Explain Organization and projects to develop Tamil?
19. Explain Tamil Script Code for Information Interchange?
20. How to search in Tamil?
21. Explain Unicode?
22. Explain detail about Tamil in internet

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ARIVARASU S M.Sc., B.Ed., M.phil., – PG ASST. IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

SRI SARAVANA VIDHYALAYA MATRIC. HR. SEC. SCHOOL, ELATHUR – 606906.
[email protected] – 9786637261

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