IIT Roorkee Advanced PG Certification in
AI Engineering on Cloud and AIOps
PRE-SCREENING TEST
ANY CANDIDATE IS REQUIRED TO SCORE
MINIMUM 40% IN EACH SECTION TO BE SELECTED
Test Pattern
Sectional
[Link] Marks/ Total
Area to be Tested Question Type Level Pass
Questions Questions Marks
Cutoff
Python programming Coding Intermediate 3 2 marks/code 6
4 MCQ –
Data handling and Intermediate 1 mark/MCQ
MCQ and Coding 7 10
Preprocessing 3 Coding – 2 mark/code
Intermediate
6 General MCQ -
1 mark/General At least 40%
Statistics & General MCQ and Intermediate
MCQ individually
Mathematics Scenario based 4 Scenario 10 14
2 mark/Scenario across all
Foundation MCQ based MCQ –
based MCQ areas to be
Intermediate
tested
10 Intermediate
Scenario based
Foundations of AI ML MCQ with 10 2 mark/MCQ 20
MCQ
2 correct answers
10 Intermediate
Foundations of Cloud MCQ 10 1 mark/MCQ 10
MCQ
Duration – 40 60
Total
120 minutes Questions Marks
Note: There will be a sectional cutoff for each area listed in the structure above.
However, there will be no sectional cutoff for the Time section. Students may attempt
the sections in any order.
Sample Questions
Section 1 : Python Programming – Coding
1. Write a function that takes a list of integers and returns a new list containing only the even numbers.
Example:
Input: [4, 7, 12, 9, 8]
Output: [4, 12, 8]
2. Write a function to find the second largest number in a given list of integers.
Example:
Input: [10, 20, 4, 45, 99]
Output: 45
3. Write a function that counts how many words in each string have more than 4 letters.
Example:
Input: "This is a simple sentence for testing"
Output: 2
4. Write a function that takes a string and returns the string reversed.
Example:
Input: "OpenAI"
Output: "IAnepO"
5. Write a function to find the sum of all integers in a nested list (e.g., [1, [2, 3], [4, [5]]]).
Example:
Input: [1, [2, 3], [4, [5]]]
Output: 15
Section 2 : Data Handling and Preprocessing – MCQs
1. Which pandas function helps to detect missing values?
A) dropna()
B) fillna()
C) isnull()
D) notnull()
Answer: C
2. You have duplicate rows in a DataFrame. Which method removes them?
A) dropna()
B) drop_duplicates()
C) remove()
D) filter()
Answer: B
3. When normalizing data, you transform it to:
A) Mean 0 and variance 1
B) Range between 0 and 1
C) Both A and B are possible
D) Remove outliers
Answer: C
4. Which technique is used to convert categorical data into numerical form?
A) Imputation
B) Normalization
C) One-hot encoding
D) Scaling
Answer: C
5. What is the main purpose of EDA?
A) To train models
B) To explore and understand data
C) To deploy models
D) To collect data
Answer: B
Section 2 : Data Handling and Preprocessing – Coding
Q1. Create a DataFrame with a column ‘Salaryʼ having some negative values. Replace negative salaries
with the column mean.
Q2. Create a DataFrame with columns ‘Productʼ and ‘Priceʼ. Sort the DataFrame by ‘Priceʼ in
descending order.
Q3. Load a CSV file named [Link] using pandas and display the first 5 rows.
Q4. Given a DataFrame, rename a column ‘OldNameʼ to ‘NewNameʼ.
Q5. From a DataFrame, select rows where a column ‘Scoreʼ is greater than 50.
Section 3: Statistics and Mathematics Foundation – MCQs
1. What does variance measure in a dataset?
A) Central tendency
B) Strength of correlation
C) Spread of data
D) Mode frequency
Answer: C
Q2. If a datasetʼs median equals its mean, the distribution is likely:
A) Symmetric
B) Skewed
C) Bimodal
D) Uniform
Answer: A
Q3. Which measure is resistant to outliers?
A) Mean
B) Median
C) Variance
D) Standard Deviation
Answer: B
4. What is the probability of an impossible event?
A) 1
B) 0
C) 0.5
D) Depends on experiment
Answer: B
5. Which statement is true for a normal distribution?
A) It is skewed
B) It has heavy tails
C) It is unimodal and symmetric
D) Its mean is always zero
Answer: C
Section 4 : Fundamentals of AI and ML – MCQs
1. Which is an example of unsupervised learning?
A) Predicting house prices
B) Grouping customers by buying behavior
C) Detecting spam emails
D) Diagnosing diseases
Answer: B
2. Which algorithm is commonly used for classification tasks?
A) K-Means
B) Linear Regression
C) Decision Tree
D) PCA
Answer: C
3. Which statement best describes supervised learning?
A) It finds hidden patterns without labels
B) It uses labeled data to learn mapping
C) It generates synthetic data
D) It compresses high-dimensional data
Answer: B
4. Which is an example of reinforcement learning?
A) Spam detection
B) Image classification
C) Self-driving car learning to park
D) Market segmentation
Answer: C
5. Which is NOT an AI subfield?
A) Computer Vision
B) Natural Language Processing
C) Relational Databases
D) Expert Systems
Answer: C
Section 5 : Foundation on Cloud – MCQs
1. Which service model provides complete software solutions via the internet?
A) IaaS
B) PaaS
C) SaaS
D) HaaS
Answer: C
2. Which is NOT a benefit of cloud computing?
A) Scalability
B) High upfront cost
C) Flexibility
D) Remote access
Answer: B
3. Which of these is an example of Cloud Storage?
A) AWS S3
B) Google Compute Engine
C) Azure App Service
D) Kubernetes Cluster
Answer: A
4. What is Multi-tenancy in Cloud?
A) Multiple clouds for one user
B) Sharing resources securely among multiple users
C) Using multiple devices at once
D) Having multiple internet connections
Answer: B
5. What does ‘Pay-as-you-goʼ mean in Cloud?
A) Fixed subscription for unlimited use
B) Pay only for resources used
C) Free usage always
D) One-time upfront payment
Answer: B
