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TERM 2 – PREBOARD EXAMINATION 1 (2021-22)
SUBJECT – INFORMATICS PRACTICES (065)
CLASS XII
Time: 90 minutes Maximum Marks: 35
General Instructions
• The question paper is divided into 3 sections – A, B and C
• Section A, consists of 7 questions (1-7). Each question carries 2 marks.
• Section B, consists of 3 questions (8-10). Each question carries 3 marks.
• Section C, consists of 3 questions (11-13). Each question carries 4 marks.
• Internal choices have been given for question numbers – 1 , 3, 6 and 8
Section –A
Each question carries 2 marks
1. Rahul is a new student and trying understand computer networks and web technology. But
he is getting confused in between the terms “World Wide Web” and “Internet”. Make him
understand the terms with the help of suitable examples
OR
Varshini is preparing for her IP exam but she was absent during last few classes. Now she
is confused between the use of a Modem and a router. Help her to distinguish between
them
2. a) I :
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Stores and secures website data
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Serve the end user requests
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I control bandwidth to regulate traffic
Who am I?
b) What is the use of plug-in with respect to a browser software ?
3. Predict the output of the following queries:
i. select length(“ALAN TURING & ENIGMA”);
ii. select mid(“COMPUTER SCIENCE”,3);
OR
Briefly explain the purpose of the following SQL functions:
i. trim()
ii. substr()
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4. Ms Anaya was searching on the internet about smartphones to buy one. Later when she
visited another unrelated website, she was able to see the advertisements of the same model
of phone she searched. Is that a coincidence? Justify your answer
5. Help raj in predicting the output of the following queries:
i) select mod(20,3);
ii) select round(17.76);
6. Consider the table stock given below:
ItemCode Type Company Price Units
M008 Smart Phone Micromax 12000 25
L005 Laptop Acer 38500 12
M009 Smart Phone Samsung 20000 23
L003 Laptop Lenovo 55000 07
T006 Tablet Acer 17000 35
L019 Laptop Samsung 42000 15
Write SQL commands to:
a. To display companies name in uppercase without duplication
b. To display the average price of smartphones
OR
Predict the output for the following
a. select min(price) as ‘lowest price’ from stock;
b. select left(ucase(company),2) from stock;
7. Alan created a table student with fields, rollno, name, sub and marks. And he wrote the
following commands and generated output
Command1: Select count(*) from student;
Output 1: 10
Command2: Select count(marks) from student;
Output 2: 7
Command3: Select sum(marks) from student;
Output 3: 700
What could be reason for variation in outputs of command 1 and command 2
Predict the output of following command
Command4: Select avg(marks) from student;
Output4 : ?
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Section – B
Each question carries 3 marks
8. Ms Priyanka is working on a MySQL table named ‘Stud’ having following structure:
She need to perform following task on the table:
i. To display name of students and their birth month
ii. To display date of birth of youngest person
iii. To display the names of student born before 2005 in the increasing order of their
marks
Help her to write the queries to achieve the desired tasks.
OR
Write output of the following queries:
a) SELECT LEFT("INDIAN",2), RIGHT("SUPER COMPUTERS",5);
b) SELECT ROUND(124.25,-1), POW(2,3);
c) SELECT LENGTH(SUBSTR(“SQL IS SIMPLE”,4,5)) ;
9. Vaishnav was studying about MySQL Functions and he got confused between the
aggregate functions and scalar functions. Help him to distinguish between the same with the
help of examples
10. Write queries to perform the following tasks
a) To display current day and day name from system date
b) To display occurrence of the word ASC From the string “APS ASC Bangalore”
c) To remove table “test” from database mydb;
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Section – C
Each question carries 4 marks
11. Consider the table emp given and answer the following questions
Table: emp
EMP_ID EMP_NAME DEPT PAY ALLOWANCE
E001 ANKITA DEVELOPMENT 55000 5000
E002 SUSHANT R&D 45000 4000
E003 VINOD DEVELOPMENT 50000 5000
E004 MOHITHA DESIGN 40000 4000
E005 SHIVA R&D 50000 5000
a) To display total salary of R&D department as ‘R&D Total Paid’
b) To display highest salary and highest allowance in each department
c) To display no. of characters in department whose employee name ends with A
d) To display department and department wise average salary if there are more than 1
employee
12. Varun is a database administrator and he has created the following table stock for his
client
Table: Stock
ItemCode Item DOP Units Price
101 Pen 2007-10-12 700 15
102 Eraser 2008-08-09 500 12
103 Pencil 2008-01-12 800 10
104 A4 Paper 2009-04-11 100 210
105 Writing Pad 2007-03-06 500 70
He has written the following queries
a) select sum(units) from stock where item in (‘Pen’,’Pencil);
b) select min(dop) from stock where units>300 and ItemCode<105;
c) select * from stock order by price desc;
d) select right(item,2) from stock where dop between 2007-01-01 and 2008-12-31;
Help him in predicting the output of the above given queries.
13. Infotech Pvt. is a newly established software company which concentrating on desktop
application development and service. They have 4 different sections at their head office cum
developement center located in Bangalore.
As a network consultant, you have to suggest the best network related solutions for their
issues/problems raised in (I) to (IV), keeping in mind the distances between various sections
and other given parameters. Network diagram and details are given below:
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Production
R&D
Programming Design
Shortest distances between various locations:
R&D to Programming 80 M
Design to Programming 50 M
R&D to Design 200 M
R&D to Production 250 M
Production to Programming 150 M
Design to Production 200 M
Number of Computer in various sections:
Programming - 80
Design - 50
R&D - 20
Production - 55
I. Suggest the most appropriate location of the SERVER in the center and a device to
ensure security in the network
II. Suggest the network cable layout (location to location) to efficiently connect various
sections within the center.
III. What are the possibilities of signal distortion in the network? How to prevent it ?
IV. Suggest an appropriate technology to connect another Office located in Delhi and
development center
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