Aditi Edge Placement Paper - Technical Questions

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1. A software that allows a personal computer to pretend as a computer terminal is:
   

   (A) Terminal adapter

   (B) Bulletin board

   (C) Modem

   (D) Terminal emulation

   (Ans: D)
2. Find the output of the following program:
   

   int *p,*q;
   p=(int *)1000;
   q=(int *)2000;
   printf("%d",(q-p));
       

   (Ans: 500)
3. What does the statement int(*x[])() indicate?
4. Which addressing mode is used in the following statements:
   

   (A) MVI B,55

   (B) MOV B,A

   (C) MOV M,A

   Ans:

   (A) Immediate addressing mode

   (B) Register Addressing Mode

   (C) Direct addressing mode

5. How are parameters passed to the main function?
6. What does the file stdio.h contain?
   

   (A) Function definition

   (B) Function declaration

   (C) Both function definition & function declaration

7. sscanf is used for?
8. Memory management in operating systems is done by:
   

   (A) Memory Management Unit

   (B) Memory management software of the Operating System

   (C) Kernel

   (Ans: B)
9. What is the maximum decimal number that can be accommodated in a byte?
   

   (A) 128

   (B) 256

   (C) 255

   (D) 512

   (Ans: C)
10. Conditional results after execution of an instruction in a microprocessor are stored in:
    

    (A) Register

    (B) Accumulator

    (C) Flag register

    (D) Flag register part of PSW (Program Status Word)

    (Ans: D)
11. Frequency at which voice is sampled is:
    

    (A) 4 KHz

    (B) 8 KHz

    (C) 16 KHz

    (D) 64 KHz

    (Ans: A)
12. Line of sight is:
    

    (A) Straight line

    (B) Parabolic

    (C) Tx & Rx should be visible to each other

    (D) None

    (Ans: C)
13. Purpose of PC (Program Counter) in a Microprocessor is:
    

    (A) To store address of TOS (Top Of Stack)

    (B) To store address of next instruction to be executed

    (C) Count the number of instructions

    (D) To store base address of the stack

    (Ans: B)