Ceremorphic Exam

60 questions, 1 Question 2 Marks Time 120 Minutes

-ve Marking 1/4 Max Marks 120 Marks

C Programming (Qno 1 -10)

1 ) #include<stdio.h>

int main()

{ int i=3; Printf(“%d”, (++i++); return 0;} What is the output of the following program?

a)3 b) 4 c) 5 d) Compile error

2) Which of the following is not a logical operator?

a) && b)! c) || d) |

3) #include<stdio.h>)

int main()

{ unsigned int i = 65000; while (i++ != 0); printf("%d", i); return 0;} what is the output of the following
program?

a) 0 b) 1 c) Compile Error d) Run Time Error

4) Best case time complexity for binary search?

a) O(n) b) O(1) c) O(logn) d) None

5) Which of the following is not a valid C variable name?

a) int number b) float rate c) int variable_count d) int $main;

6) All keywords in C are

a) Lowercase Letters b) Uppercase Letters c) Italic Letters d) None

7) What is an example of iteration in C?

a) for b) while c) do while d) All the above

8) Which of the following is true wrt delays in verilog?

a) We can use delays in RTL b) We cannot use delays in RTL c) Delays are non-synthesizable d) Both B
and C

9) Metastability problem is seen in?

a) Wave Forms in Xilinx b) On chip c) Both a and b d) None

10) Which of the following is true wrt ‘timescale in verilog?

a) time precision >time unit b) time precision <=time unit c) Both d) None
 Digital Electronics (Qno 11 – 20)

11. 8-bit 2’s complement form of (-15)10 is _________.

A) (0001 0001)2 B) (1111 0001)2 C) (1111 1111)2 D) (0000 1111)2
12. Consider the circuit shown below. Which of the following statements correctly describe the
output X ?

A) X is the generated carry-out bit

B) X is equal to logic 1 when addition is performed and X is equal to logic 0 when subtraction is
done.
C) X is equal to logic 1 if there is an overflow during either addition or subtraction.
D) X is equal to logic 0 if there is an overflow during either addition or subtraction.

13. For the circuit shown, the clock frequency is f 0 and the duty cycle is 25%. For the signal at
the Q output of the Flip-Flop, _______.

(A) frequency is 𝑓0/4 and duty cycle is 50% (B) frequency is 𝑓0/4 and duty cycle is 25%

(C) frequency is 𝑓0/2 and duty cycle is 50% (D) frequency is 𝑓0 and duty cycle is 25%
14. Five JK flip-flops are cascaded to form the circuit shown in Figure. Clock pulses at a
frequency of 1 MHz are applied as shown. The frequency (in kHz ) of the waveform at Q 3 is.

(A) 62.5K (B) 125K (C) 100K (D) None

15. Consider the given circuit. In this circuit, the race around

(A) does not occur (B) occurs when CLK = 0

(C) occurs when CLK =1 and A=B=¿ 1 (D) occurs when CLK = 1 and A=B=0

16. The state transition diagram for the logic circuit shown is
17. when the output Y in the Circuit below is "1", It implies that data has

(A) Not changed (B) Changed from “1” to “0”

(C) Changed in either direction (D) Changed from “0” to “1”

18. For the output F to be 1 in the logic circuit shown, the input combination should be

(A) A=1, B=1, C=0 (B) A=1, B=0, C=0

(C) A=0, B=1, C=0 (D) A=0, B=0, C=1

19. What are the counting states (Q 1 ,Q 2) for the counter shown in the figure below

(A) 11, 10, 00, 11, 10, … (B) 01, 10, 11, 00, 01, …
(C) 00, 11, 01, 10, 00, … (D) 01, 10, 00, 01, 10, …
20. In the circuit shown, A & B are the inputs and F is the output. What is the functionality of
the circuit?

(A) Latch (B) XNOR (C) SRAM Cell (D) XOR

Computer Organization and Architecture (Qno 21 – 30)

21) Mobile phone uses which architecture?

a) RISC Architecture b) CISC Architecture

c) Both the architectures d) None of the above

22) Full Form of MIPS wrt Processor?

a) Million Instructions Per Second b) Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages

c) Microprocessor with Interlocked Pipeline Stages d) None of the above

23) If total clock cycles that are taken for a program to execute is 3500 and frequency of the clock is 50
MHZ, then what is the execution time taken for this program?

a) 50 us b) 60 us c) 70 us d) 80 us

24) Assume the frequency of the clock of a d flip-flop is 1GHZ, the output ~q is given as the input to d,
and the output q is considered as the original clock for the MIPS Processor now if the execution time for
a program is 5ns, what will be the total number of clock cycles required to execute this program?

a) 2.5 b) 3.5 c) 4.5 d) 5.5

25) MIPS Processor works with 32 bits, so what is the Minimum value that a MIPS Processor stores?

a) 0 b) -2^32 c) -2^31 d) -(2^31) – 1

26) Which among the following instructions consume more time to execute?

a) Lw b) Sw c) Beq d)Jump

27) Which of the following is correct wrt SW instruction?

a) We are not using the data memory in SW instruction

b) We are storing the value back to the register file
c) We are not doing address calculation in the ALU
d) None of the above

28) Which of the following is true wrt SRAM?

a) Circuit complexity is more compared to DRAM

b) Less costlier than Dram

c) More in size than Dram
d) None of the above

29) Which Memory component stays far away from the processor?

a) Sram b) Dram c) Secondary Memory d) None

30) Assume you have two clock signals clk1 and clk2, clk1 has a frequency of 1Hz, and clk2 has a
time period of 2 seconds, now both the clk’s, i.e. clk 1 and clk 2 are given as an input to the and
gate, now find the off time from the output of the and gate?
a) 1 sec b) 1.5 sec c) 2 sec d) 2.5 sec

Aptitude (Q31 to 40)

31) Two friends A and B are employed to do a piece of work in 18 days. If A is twice as efficient as B,
find the time taken by each friend to do the work alone?
a) 36 days b) 48 days c) 50 days d) 54 days

32) Walking at the speed of 5 km/hr from his home, a geek misses his train by 7 minutes. Had he
walked 1 km/hr faster, he would have reached the station 5 minutes before the actual departure
time of the train. Find the distance between his home and the station?
a) 4 km b) 5km c) 6km d) 7km

33) A seller marked up the price of an article by 20 % and then gave a discount of 20 %. Find what
percent did he lose in the transaction?
a) 2% b) 3% c) 4% d) 5%
34) In the first 12 overs of a cricket match, the run rate was 5.5. What should be the run rate in the
remaining 38 overs to reach the target of 300 runs?
a) 7 runs per over b) 8 runs per over c) 9 runs per over d) 10 runs per over

35) The product of the ages of A and B is 240. If twice the age of B is more than A’s age by 4 years,
what was B’s age 2 years ago?
a) 8 years b) 9 years c) 10 years d) 11 years

36) A person buys a pen from a wholesaler at Rs. 10 for 20 pens. He sells those pens at Rs. 10 for 15
pens. Find his profit or loss percent?
a) 33 % b) 43 % c) 53 % d) 63 %

37) How many words can be formed by using the letters from the word “DRIVER” such that all the
vowels are always together?
a) 100 b) 110 c) 120 d) 130
38) Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability that at most one had occurred?
a) 0.25 b) 0.5 c)0.75 d) 1

39) In a circle with a radius of 10 cm, find the length of a chord that is 6 cm from the center?
a) 4 cm b) 8 cm c) 16 cm d) 32 cm

40) If a: b = 5: 9 and b: c = 7: 4, then find a: b: c .

a) 35:63:36 b) 36:63:35 c) 63:35:36 d) None

Signals & Systems (Q41 – Q50)

2π π π
41.Consider the signal f (n)=1+2 cos (πn)+3 sin( n)+4 cos( + ), Where n in sec. Check
3 2 4
whether Periodic Signal or not. If Periodic, what is fundamental time period (in Sec)
(A) Periodic, with time period 24
(B) Periodic, with time period 6
(C) Periodic, with time period 2.66
(D) Not a Periodic signal

42. The input and output of a continuous time system are respectively denoted by x(n) and y(n).
Which of the following descriptions corresponds to a causal system?
(i) y (n)= x(n−2)+ x (n+ 4) (ii) y (n)=(n−4 )x (n−1)
(iii) y (n)=(n+ 4) x (n−1) (iv) y (n)= x(n+5)x (n−5)
(A) (ii), (iii) (B) (ii), (iii), (iv) (C) (iii), (iv) (D) All of the Above
43. An input x (t)=e−2t u (t)+δ (t−6) is applied to an LTI system with impulse response h ( t )=u ¿
). The output is
(A) [1−e−2 t ]u(t )+ u(t + 6) (B) [1−e−2 t ]u(t )+ u(t −6)

(C) 0.5 [1−e−2t ]u(t)+u(t+6) (D) 0.5 [1−e−2t ]u(t)+u(t−6)

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44. The unilateral Laplace transform of f (t) is 2 . The unilateral Laplace transform oft f (t)
s + s +1
is
−s −2 s+1
(A) 2 2 (B) 2 2
( s + s+1) ( s + s+1)
s 2 s +1
(C) 2 2 (D) 2 2
( s + s+1) ( s + s+1)

45. Find the e (−3 t ) is energy or power signal, where t tends from – ∞¿ ∞
(A) It is Power signal, not Energy signal
(B) It is Energy signal, not Power signal
(C) is neither an Energy signal nor a Power signal
(D) Both Energy and Power signal
46. Which of the following is not the limitation of Fourier Series
(A) It can only be used to represent aperiodic signals
(B) Aperiodic functions can't be expressed in terms of Fourier series
(C) For certain discontinuous or rapidly changing signals, the Fourier series might not converge
properly, leading to inaccurate representations.
(D) For complex signals, calculating the Fourier series coefficients can be computationally
intensive.
47. Let x (t) be the input and y (t ) be the output of a continuous time system. Match the system
properties P1, P2 and P3 with system relations R1, R2, R3, R4.
Properties Relations
P1: Linear but NOT time-invariant R1: y (t )=t ² x (t)
P2: Time-invariant but NOT linear R2: y (t )=t∨x ( t )∨¿
P3: Linear and time-invariant R3: y (t )=¿ x (t)∨¿
R4: y (t )=x (1−5)
 (A) (P1, R1), (P2, R3), (P3, R4) (B) (P1, R2), (P2, R3), (P3, R4)
(C) (P1, R3), (P2, R1), (P3, R2) (D) (P1, R1), (P2, R2), (P3, R3)

Given Data for Questions (48-49)

The impulse response h(t) of a linear time-invariant continuous time system is given by
(−2t )
h(t)=e u(t) where u(t )denotes the unit step function.

48. The frequency response H (ω) of this system in terms of angular frequency ω , is given by
H (ω) =
(A) 1/(1+ j2 ω) (B) (sin (ω))/ω (C) 1/(2+ jω) (D) ( jω)/(2+ j ω)

49. The output of this system, to the sinusoidal input x (t)=2cos (2 t) for all time t, is

(A) 0 (B) 2−0.25 cos (2 t−0.125 π ) (C)2−0.5 cos (2 t−0.125 π ) (D)2−0.5 cos (2 t−0.25 π )

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50. Find IFT of X ( ω )= 2
2−ω + 3 jω
−t −2 t −t −2 t
(A) e u ( t )+ e u (t ) (B) e u ( t )−e u(t )
−t 2t t −2 t
(C) e u ( t )−e u(t) (D) e u ( t ) −e u(t)

THEOREMS AND RC, RL, RLC CIRCUITS

51. In the given circuit, the values of V1 and V2 respectively are ______.
(A) 5 V, 25 V (B) 10 V, 30 V (C) 15 V, 35 V (D) 0 V, 20 V

52. A connection is made consisting of resistance A in series with a parallel combination of resistances B
and C. Three resistors of value 10 Ω, 5 Ω, 2 Ω are provided. Consider all possible permutations of the
given resistors into the positions A, B, C, and identify the configurations with maximum possible overall
resistance, and also the ones with minimum possible overall resistance. The ratio of maximum to
minimum values of the resistances (up to second decimal place) is ______.
(A) 2.14 (B) 3.05 (C) 4 (D) 5

53. In the circuit shown below, Vs is a constant voltage source and IL is a constant current load

The value of IL that maximizes the power absorbed by the constant current load is

(A) Vs/4R (B) Vs/2R (C) Vs/R (D) ∞ (Infinity)

54. For the circuit shown in the figure, the Thevenin voltage and resistance looking into X-Y are:
(A) 4/3V, 2Ω (B) 4V, 2/3Ω (C) 4/3V, 2/3Ω (D) 4V, 2Ω

55. The time constant of the circuit shown below is

(A) 1.75 sec (B) 1.25 sec (C) 1.5 sec (D) Can’t be determined

56. The time constant of the circuit shown below is equal to

(A) 8/12 RC (B) 8/15 RC (C) 5/18 RC (D) 24/15 RC

57. In the series RC circuit shown in figure, the voltage across C starts increasing when the dc source
is switched on. The rate of increase of voltage across C at the instant just after the switch is closed (i.e.,
at t = 0 ), will be

(A) 0 (B) ∞ (C) RC (D) 1/RC

58. A rectangular voltage pulse of magnitude Vand duration T is applied to a series combination of
resistance R and capacitance C. The maximum voltage developed across the capacitor is

(A) V[1-exp(-T/RC)] (B) VT/RC (C) V (D) V exp(-T/RC)

59.If a pulse voltage V(t) of 4V magnitude and 2 sec duration is applied to a pure inductor of 1 H, with
zero initial current, the current (in amps) drawn at t = 3 sec will be

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8

60. For the circuits as shown below, if the current leads the applied voltage by tan -1(2), what is the
resistance value in ohm?

(A) 0.5 (B) 1.0 (C) 2.0 (D) 9.5

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