TCS placement paper 13

how many times PARA-X willbe exicuted?
a.10
b.5
c.infinate
d.execution error
21.given the following:
77 A PIC 9V9 VALUE 9.5
77 B PIC 9 VALUE 9.
77 C PIC V9 VALUE 0.8
77 D PIC 9
77 E PIC 9
77 F PIC 9V999
what are the contenta of D E nad F after teh following statements are
executed:
COMPUTE F ROUNDED=A+C/B
MULTIPLY A BY C GIVING E
ADD B C A GIVING D ROUNDED
a.F=9.589 E=8 D=1
b.F=9.589 E=8 D=9
c.F=9.589 E=7 D=9
d.F=9.589 E=7 D=1

22. Consider the follwoing IF condition:

IF A LESS 1200 IF B GREATER 25 MOVE 47 TOC
ELSE MOVE 57 TO C
IF A GREATER 249 MOVE 67 TO C
ELSE NEXT SENTENCE ELSE IF B LESS 67
MOVE 27 TO C

What will be the value of C, when A is 137 and b is 25
(a) 27
(b) 57
(c) 67
(d) none

23. Consider the following:

77 W-NUM PIC 9 VALUE 0
------
MOVE 1 TO W-NUM
PERFORM PARA-X UNTIL W-NUM > 9.
------
PARA-X
ADD 1 TO W-NUM

How many times PARA-X is executed ?
(a) 10
(b) 9
(c) 11
(d) Infinite loop

24. Consider the following code:

77 A PIC 99V99 VALUE 55.35
77 B PIC 99V999 VALUE 32.754

ADD B TO A ON SIZE ERROR DISPLAY "ERROR!!!"

What will be the result ?
(a) A=88.10, B=32.754
(b) A=87.00 B=32.754
(c) A=87.10 B=32.754
(d) ERROR!!! will be DISPLAYed on the screen.

25. Consider the following:

77 A PIC 9(10)
77 B PIC 9(10)
77 C PIC 9(19)

MULTIPLY AB BY B GIVING C

Which of the following is true ?

(a) The execution of the above may result in size error.
(b) The execution of the above will result in size error.
(c) The definition of C is invalid resulting in compilation error.
(d) No error will be thee and the program would proceed correctly.

26. A paragraph PARA-X is to be executed when none oof the data names
A, B and C have value of 1. Which of the following will achieve this ?

(a) IF A NOT = 1 OR B NOT = 1 OR C NOT = 1 PERFORM PARA-X
(B) IF NOT A= 1 AND B= 1 AND C = 1 PERFORM PARA-X
(C) IF A NOT =1 IF NOT B = 1 OR C= 1 PERFORM PARA-X
(C) IF A NOT = 1 AND B NOT = 1 AND C NOT = 1 PERFORM PARA-X



27. Study the five expressions and the class to which they belong:
S.N. Expression Class
1 "SPACES" Figurative constant
2. "Depreciation Schedule Non-numeric literal
3. "12%" Non-numeric literal
4. INTEREST-DUE Non-numeric literal
5. ZEROES Figurative constant
Which of the following statement is true?
(a) 1 and 3 are incorrect
(b) 1 and 4 are incorrect
(c) 3 and 4 are incorrect
(d) All are correct

28. Identify the invalid dataname from the following:
(a) SAVINGS-ACCOUNT
(b) ANNUAL-ALLOCATION-FOR-OVERHEAD
(c) SAMOUNT250
(d) 12DEMAND

29. Study the DATA DIVISION entries and the three PROCEDURE DIVISION entries
given below:
01 END-OF-FILE-SWITCH PIC XXX.
88 NO-MORE-RECS VALUE "YES".
88 MORE-RECS VALUE "NO".
(i) READ SAMPLE-FILE AT END MOVE "YES" TO NO-MORE-RECS.
(ii) IF NO-MORE-RECS = "YES" GO TO LAST-PARA.
(iii) IF NO-MORE-RECS GO TO LAST-PARA.
Which are wrong?
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i) and (iii)
(d) all

30. The following entries appear in the WORKING-STORAGE SECTION:
01 DATE-TODAY.
05 YY PIC XX VALUE "90".
05 MM PIC XX VALUE "12".
05 DD PIC XX VALUE :31".
01 DATE-EDIT PIC XX/XX/XX.
MOVE DATE-TODAY TO DATE-EDIT.
(a) 901231
(b) 90/12/31
(c) 31/12/90
(d) 311290

31. How many bytes will be allocated for the following record description
entries?
01 REC-A.
05 A PIC S9(4).
05 B PIC XXXBXXX.
05 C PIC ____9.99.
05 D PIC S9(5) COMP-3.
05 E PIC 9(3) COMP.
(a) 29
(b) 26
(c) 25
(d) 28

32. What is wrong with the following data declaration?
01 W-DATE PIC X(6).
05 DD PIC 99.
05 MM PIC 99.
05 YY PIC 99.
(a) Nothing is wrong.
(b) Under W-DATE all level 05 items are having a PIC 99 but level
01 has PIC X(6).
(c) PIC can't be specified for a group item.
(d) DD, MM, and YY are invalid datanames.

33. What is the output generated by the following code?
01 GRP-I.
05 SUBFLD1 PIC XX VALUE "AB".
05 FILTER PIC X(6) VALUE SPACES.
01 GRP-2 REDEFINED GRP-1.
05 SUB-FLD2 PIC XX.
05 SUB-FLD3 PIC XX.
05 FILTER PIC X(4).
IF SUB-FLD1 NOT = SPACES
DISPLAY "SUBFLD1"
MOVE "ABBCCD" TO GRP-1
IF SUB-FLD3 = SPACES
DISPLAY "SPACES"
ELSE
DISPLAY "SUBFLD3"
DISPLAY "END"
ELSE
DISPLAY "SPACES"
DISPLAY "END".
(a) SUBFLD1
SUBFLD3
END
(b) SPACES
END
(c) SUBFLD1
END
(d) SUBFLD1
SPACES

34. 88 level entry is used for
(a) data items in WORKING-STORAGE SECTION
(b) items with RENAMES clause
(c) condition-names
(d) None of the above

35. ZEROES and SPACES are _______ constants
(a) Figurative
(b) Numeric
(c) Non-numeric
(d) Alphabete

36. COMPUTE X = A * B - C * D and
COMPUTE X = (A * B) - (C * D)
(a) Are not the same
(b) Are same
(c) Syntactically wrong
(d) Will yield a run time error

37. OCCURS clause is used in the DATA DIVISION on data names at
(a) 01 level
(b) 77 level
(c) 88 level
(d) any level from 02 to 49

38. Consider the following COBOL entries:
05 X PIC 99 VALUE 10.
SUBTRACT 20 FROM X.
The resultant value of X wil be
(a) 10
(b) 00
(c) compile-time error
(d) none of these

39. Consider the following COBOL entries
05 X PIC 99 VALUE 10.
ADD 40 X TO X.
COMPUTE X = 3 * X - 40.
The result in X is
(a) 10
(b) 40
(c) Compile or Run time error
(d) none of these

40. given the following piece of code:
CALL SUB-PGM USING A, B, C.
CALL SUB-PGM USING A, C, C.
(a) Both CALL statements will always produce same result.
(d) Both CALL statements may produce different result.
(c) Compile-time error because SUB-PGM is a dataname.
(d) Compile-time error because A, B, C are used twice.

41. The hierarchy of the execution of logical operators is
(a) NOT AND OR
(b) AND OR NOT
(c) OR AND NOT
(d) OR NOT AND

42. The order of precedence of arithmetic operators in an expression can be
overridden with the use of
(a) []
(b) ()
(c) {}
(d) Any of the above

Consider the following passage for answering questions 43 to 47.

A program is written to accept an answer to the query "enough fo the Day?"
If the respons is "N" then the program accepts quantity purchased and rate
of the item and displays the amount to be collected. Then the above query
is again displayed and the loop continues. At the end of the day, when
the response to the above query is "Y", the day collections are displayed.

The program checks that the quantity purchased is between 25 and 125 and the
rate of the item is between 10.00 and 75.00. If any of these two conditions
are violated, the program displays an appropriate message and asks for next
input. The amounts are displayed with proper editing. The program is written
assuming that there can be a maximum of 1000 transactions a day.

43. How many variables would you declare for the above problem?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 7

44. What should be the PICTURE clause of the variable used to calculate
end of the day collections?
(a) 9(9)v99
(b) 9(8)v99
(c) 995)v99
(d) Information given is insufficient to arrive at the answer

45. What should be the PICTURE clause of the variable used to calculate
to be collected.
(a) 9(9)v99
(b) 9(8)v99
(c) 9(5)v99
(d) Information given is insufficient to arrive at the answer

46. Assuming that the above program is being executed in a Department
Stores in MADRAS which of the following PICTURE clause will be
suitable for DISPLAYing the end of the day collections?
(a) Z(5)V99
(b) Z(5).99
(c) ZZ,ZZ,ZZ,ZZ9.99
(d) Information given is insufficient to arrive at the answer

47. How many _____ statements do you think will be there in the program?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) Information given is insufficient to arrive at the answer

48. Which of the following paragraphs is compulsory in every COBOL program?
(a) SPECIAL-NAMES
(b) PROGRAM-ID
(c) FILE-CONTROL
(d) OBJECT-COMPUTER

49. Which of the following files can be OPENed in all the 4 modes? The four
modes are INPUT, I-O, OUTPUT and EXTEND.
(a) INDEXED
(b) RELATIVE
(c) SEQUENTIAL
(d) All of the above

50. Which of the following EDITind and PICTURE symbols is to be used if a
minus(-) is to appear before the value if the value is -ve and a plus(+)
is to appear before the value if the value is +ve?
(a) +
(b) -
(c) + OR
(d) It is not possible

solutions


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b,b,c,c,c,a,d,a,b,a, c, c, b, b, b, c, b, d, a, a, c, b, d, a, d, d, b, c, d, b, a, c, a, c, a, b, d,

38 43 48

a, c, b, a, b, b, b, c, c, a, b, c, a