MODEL PAPER
IBM is a multi national of international repute and holds high stature in the field of computers. The IBM selection procedure takes the following form in 2006.
There are a total of 2 rounds.
The written round consists of 40 questions equally divided into two sections viz, the Aptitude part and the Technical part. The aptitude part has some distance-time-speed type problems, some age related problems, some clock related problems and work related problems. The technical part has questions mainly from C and OS. There are also a few questions related to time complexity, binary trees and pointers.
The interview has a two member panel and as usual starts with a self introduction of the candidate. It's a mixed interview, has both HR and technical questions. One member keeps asking tech stuff while the other concentrates on HR. The HR person will surely ask you about holidaying some where, so be prepared. The tech person seemed to be interested in C and DBMS.
HR TNTERVIEW
Provided the candidate has the skill set he is presented before the HR manager for the ultimate test, the HR interview!!! Here the aim is to asses the different soft skills of the candidate like positive thinking, leadership, responsibility etc. The HR manager can surprise you with any sort of question that if not heard before can put you down. So again I urge you to have a glance at these questions!!!
Sample HR Interview Questions
| 1. | Introduce yourself |
| 2. | Can you sing a song? |
| 3. | Can you tell me a joke? |
| 4. | Your weakness?? |
| 5. | Why should we hire you? |
| 6. | Where do you see yourself after 5 years? |
| TECH INTERVIEW |
Any company needs those who are sound at the basics. It’s easy, they know, to teach a person who has the basics. Tech. Interview aims at testing the basic knowledge of a candidate. Here what you have learnt are put to test. For some companies this round may last up to 2 hours. The questions mainly come from the following areas:-
| 1. | C |
| 2. | C++ |
| 3. | DBMS |
| 4. | OS |
| 5. | Software Engineering |
| 6. | Computer Networks |
| 7. | Digital |
Sample Tech. Interview Qs
When the interviewer asks some totally strange question all on a sudden it is possible that even the most smart candidate can have a shiver in his spines. To avoid such situations it is a good idea to glance through some of these questions when you prepare.
- What are your favorite subjects?
- What is a function pointer?
- Write some C programs…
- What is OOP?
- What are its features? Explain each:-
- What is normalization? Why is it needed?
- Which are all the types of normal forms?
- What is an OS?
- What are its functions?
- What is a Kernel?
- What functions does the Shell perform?
- What are the different kinds of testing?
- What are the different s/w development models?
- Explain some network hardware?
- Explain OSI reference model:-
PLACEMENT PAPER1. In 1978, a kg of paper was sold at Rs25/-. If the paper rate increases at 1.5% more than the inflation rate which is 6.5% a year, then what will be the cost of a kg of paper after 2 years?
(a) 29.12(b) 29.72(c) 30.12(d) 32.65(e) none of these
2. In A,B,C are having some marbles with each of them. A has given B and C the same number of marbles each of them already have. Then, B gave C and A the same number of marbles they already have. Then C gave A and B the same number of marbles they already have. At the end A,B,and C have equal number of marbles.(i) If x,y,z are the marbles initially with A,B,C respectively. Then the number of marbles B have at the end
(a) 2(x-y-z)(b) 4(x-y-z)(c) 2(3y-x-z)(d) x + y-z
Ans. (c)
(ii) If the total number of marbles are 72, then the number of marbles with A at the starting
(a) 20(b) 30(c) 32(d) 39
Ans. (d)
3. If a car starts from A towards B with some velocity. Due to some problem in the engine after traveling 30km, the car goes with 4/5 th of its actual velocity The car reaches B 45 min later to the actual time. If the car engine fails after traveling 45km, the car reaches the destination B 36min late to the actual time What is the initial velocity of car and what is the distance between A and B in km
Ans. 20 & 130.
4. A person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils or 15 books. He kept 15% of the money for traveling expenses and purchased 5 pencils. So how many books he can purchase with the remaining money.
5. Ten questions on analogies.
eg: chief : tribe :: governor : stateepaulette : shoulder :: tiara : headguttural : throat :: gastric : stomachinept : clever :: languid : activeknife : butcher ::hammer : carpenter ::
6. The values of shares (in Rs).of A, B and C from January to June are as follows.
Month A B CJanuary 30 60 80February 35 65 85March 45 75 65April 40 75 82May 55 75 85June 50 75 80
i) During this period which share has undergone maximum fluctuation?ii) In which month it is possible to buy B and C selling A?iii) In which month the share values are very low?iv) By purchasing one share of A and 4 each of B and C in the beginning of the period,when should these be sold to get maximum profit?
7. In a computer institute 9 languages can be taught. The module is of 6 months duration and of the six languages only one can be taught each month . In addition to that BASIC is always taught and should be in first month itself
WORD PERFECT is to be taught in the preceeding week of WORD STAR. FORTRAN can not be taught until COBAL is taught prior to that BINO, FIFO can never be taught in single module languages are BASIC, WORD STAR, WORD PERFECT, FORTRAN, COBAL, BINO, FIFO, LOTUS, C
i) If word star is in 3rd month , what could be in 6th month.ii) If COBAL is in the 2nd month and BINO in 6th month. FORTRAN will be taught in which month.
8. In a class, except 18 all are above 50 years. 15 are below 50 years of age. How many people are there
(a) 30(b) 33(c) 36(d) none of these.
Ans. (d)
9. A square plate of some size is cut at four corners. Equal squares of the same size are cut and is formed as open box. If this open box carries 128 ml of oil. What is the size of the side of the plate?
(a) 17(b) 14(c) 13(d) None of these
10. In a square, all the mid points are joined. The inner square is shaded. If the area of the square is A, what is the area of the shaded area?
11. Two questions on basic angles i.e given a circle, a few chords or diameter is drawn etc.
12. If the follwoing statements are given
@(a,b)= (a+b)/2/(a,b)= a/b*(a,b)= abIf a=1, b=2 then find
i) /(a,(@(a,b),*(a,b)))
ii) */(a,@(*(a,b)))
13. If the follwoing statements are given
(x#y) = x + y- xy(x*y) = (x + y)/2i) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equation (x#y)#(x*y) < (x#y)ii) Find the values of x, y will satisfy this equation (a*b)#(b*c)< (a#b)*(b*c)
14. Export PS1 results in(PS1 pwd)
a) primary prompt being your current directoryb) primary prompt and secondary prompts being the current directoryc) primary prompt prompt being your home directoryd) primary prompt and secondary prompts being the home directorye) None of the above.
15. If you type in the command
nohup sort employees > list 2 > error out & and log off ,the next time you log in, the output will be
a) in a file called list and the error will de typed in a file error outb) there will be no file called list or error outc) error will be logged in a file called list and o/p will be in error outd) you will not be allowed to log ine) none of the above
16. In UNIX a files i-node ......?
Ans. Is a data structure that defines all specifications of a file like the file size, number of lines to a file, permissions etc.
17. The UNIX shell ....
a) does not come with the rest of the systemb) forms the interface between the user and the kernalc) does not give any scope for programmingd) does not allow calling one program from with in anothere) all of the above
Ans. (b)
18. enum number { a= -1, b= 4,c,d,e} What is the value of e ?
(a) 7(b) 4(c) 5(d) 15(e) 3
19. The very first process created by the kernal that runs till the kernal process is halts is
a) initb) gettyc) both (a) and (b)d) none of these
Ans. (a)
20. Output of the following program is
main(){int i=0;for(i=0;i<20;i++){switch(i)case 0:i+=5;case 1:i+=2;case 5:i+=5;default i+=4;break;}printf("%d,",i);}}
a) 0,5,9,13,17b) 5,9,13,17c) 12,17,22d) 16,21e) Syntax error
Ans. (d)
21. What is the output in the following program
main(){char c=-64;int i=-32unsigned int u =-16;if(c>i){printf("pass1,");if(c printf("pass2");elseprintf("Fail2");}elseprintf("Fail1);if(i printf("pass2");elseprintf("Fail2")}
a) Pass1,Pass2b) Pass1,Fail2c) Fail1,Pass2d) Fail1,Fail2e) None of these
Ans. (c)
22. In the process table entry for the kernel process, the process id value is
(a) 0(b) 1(c) 2(d) 255(e) it does not have a process table entry
Ans. (a)
23. Which of the following API is used to hide a window
a) ShowWindowb) EnableWindowc) MoveWindowd) SetWindowPlacemente) None of the above
Ans. (a)
24. What will the following program do?
void main(){int i;char a[]="String";char *p="New Sring";char *Temp;Temp=a;a=malloc(strlen(p) + 1);strcpy(a,p); //Line number:9//p = malloc(strlen(Temp) + 1);strcpy(p,Temp);printf("(%s, %s)",a,p);free(p);free(a);} //Line number 15//
a) Swap contents of p & a and print:(New string, string)b) Generate compilation error in line number 8c) Generate compilation error in line number 5d) Generate compilation error in line number 7e) Generate compilation error in line number 1
Ans. (b)
25. In the following code segment what will be the result of the function,
value of x , value of y{unsigned int x=-1;int y;y = ~0;if(x == y)printf("same");elseprintf("not same");}
a) same, MAXINT, -1b) not same, MAXINT, -MAXINTc) same , MAXUNIT, -1d) same, MAXUNIT, MAXUNITe) not same, MAXINT, MAXUNIT
Ans. (a)
26. PATH = /bin : /usr : /yourhomeThe file /bin/calender has the following line in it
cal 10 1997
The file /yourhome/calender has the following line in it
cal 5 1997
If the current directory is /yourhome and calender is executed
a) The calendar for May 1997 will be printed on screenb) The calendar for Oct 1997 will be printed on screenc) The calendar for the current month( whatever it is) will be printedd) Nothing will get printed on screene) An error massage will be printed
27. What will be the result of the following program ?
char *gxxx(){static char xxx[1024];return xxx;}
main(){char *g="string";strcpy(gxxx(),g);g = gxxx();strcpy(g,"oldstring");printf("The string is : %s",gxxx());}
a) The string is : stringb) The string is :Oldstringc) Run time error/Core dumpd) Syntax error during compilatione) None of these
Ans. (b)
28. What will be result of the following program?
void myalloc(char *x, int n){x= (char *)malloc(n*sizeof(char));memset(x,\0,n*sizeof(char));}
main(){char *g="String";myalloc(g,20);strcpy(g,"Oldstring");printf("The string is %s",g);}
a) The string is : Stringb) Run time error/Core dumpc) The string is : Oldstringd) Syntax error during compilatione) None of these
29. Which of the following function is used to repaint a window immediately
a) Sendmessage(hWnd,WM_PAINt,......)b) InvalidateRect(.......)c) MoveWindowd) WM_COPYe) None
30. Which function is the entry point for a DLL in MS Windows 3.1
a) Mainb) Winmainc) Dllmaind) Libmaine) None
Ans. (b)
31. The standard source for standard input, standard output and standard error is
a) the terminalb) /dev/nullc) /usr/you/input, /usr/you/output/, /usr/you/error respectivelyd) None
Ans. (a)
32. What will be the result of the following program?
main(){char p[]="String";int x=0;if(p=="String"){printf("Pass 1");if(p[sizeof(p)-2]=='g')printf("Pass 2");elseprintf("Fail 2");}else{printf("Fail 1");if(p[sizeof(p)-2]=='g')printf("Pass 2");elseprintf("Fail 2");}}
a) Pass 1, Pass 2b) Fail 1, Fail 2c) Pass 1, Fail 2d) Fail 1, Pass 2e) syntax error during compilation
33. Which of the choices is true for the mentioned declaration ?
const char *p;andchar * const p;
a) You can't change the character in bothb) First : You can't change the characterr & Second : You can;t change the pointerc) You can't change the pointer in bothd) First : You can't change the pointer & Second : You can't chanage the charactere) None
34. The redirection operators > and >>
a) do the same functionb) differ : > overwrites, while >> appendsc) differ : > is used for input while >> is used for outputd) differ : > write to any file while >> write only to standard outpute) None of these
Ans. (b)
35. The command grep first second third /usr/you/myfile
a) prints lines containing the words first, second or third from the file /usr/you/myfileb) searches for lines containing the pattern first in the files second, third, and /usr/you/myfile and prints themc) searches the files /usr/you/myfiel and third for lines containing the words first or second and prints themd) replaces the word first with the word second in the files third and /usr/you/myfilee) None of the above
Ans. (b)
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