Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Jaipur Region

PRACTICE PAPER -4 (MARKING SCHEME)

Class: XII Subject: Computer Science (083)
Maximum Marks: 70 Period: 3 Hours
Instructions:
● This question paper contains 37 questions.
● All questions are compulsory. However, internal choices have been provided in some
questions. Attempt only one of the choices in such questions
● The paper is divided into 5 Sections- A, B, C, D and E.
● Section A consists of 21 questions (1 to 21). Each question carries 1 Mark.
● Section B consists of 7 questions (22 to 28). Each question carries 2 Marks.
● Section C consists of 3 questions (29 to 31). Each question carries 3 Marks.
● Section D consists of 4 questions (32 to 35). Each question carries 4 Marks.
● Section E consists of 2 questions (36 to 37). Each question carries 5 Marks.
● All programming questions are to be answered using Python Language only.
● In the case of MCQ, the text of the correct answer should also be written.

Q. Section-A (21 x 1 = 21 Marks) Mark

1 State True/False: The python expression 3.2+2 is evaluated as 3*2+2 (False) 1
2 Observe and find output of the following python code: 1
str1 = "Python"
str2 = "Programming"
print(str1[:2] + str2[-4:])
a. Pyming b. Pythming c. Pyogramming d. Pythonming
3 Evaluate the following expression and find correct value of y: 1
y = 3 * 4 + 2**3 // 2 - (7 % 3)
Ans. 15
4 What will be the output of following python code: 1
s = 'Programming'
print(s.split("m"))
a. ['Progra', '', 'ing'] b. ['Progra', 'ing']
c. ['Progra', 'm', 'ing'] d. ['Progra', 'ming']
5 What will be the output of following python code: 1
s = “yoBananaBoy”
print(s[: :-1 ])
Ans. yoBananaBoy
6 What will be the output of following python code: 1
t1 = 1,2,3
t2 = (1,2,3)
print(t1 is t2)
a. True b. 1 c. False d. 0
7 What would the following code print: 1
fruits = {'apple': 5, 'banana': 3, 'orange': 2, 'grape': 4}
print(fruits.get('mango'))
a. 0 b. None c. Error d. 5
8 Consider the given list L: 1
L = list('All is well in ')
What python code should be written for inserting the word 'Havana' at the end of
the list as separate characters?
a. L.extend('Havana') b. L.append(list('Havana'))
c. both a and b d. None of the above
9 What will be the output of following python code: 1
l2= [1,2,3,'[4,5]']
print(type(l2[-1]))
a. error b. <class ‘list’> c. <class ‘string> d. <class ‘NoneType’>
10 Suppose the content of a text file xyz.txt is as follows: 1
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
What will be the output of the following python code?
f = open("xyz.txt")
f.seek(18)
s = f.read(7)
print(s)
f.close()
a. Predict b. The best way to
c. predict the d. to predict the future
11 In Python exception handling, the finally block is executed regardless of whether an 1
exception occurs or not. (True/False)
12 def func(a, b, c=3, d=4): 1
pass
Identify the keyword and positional arguments in the function given above:
a) a and b are positional arguments; c and d are keyword arguments
b) a, b, c, and d are all positional arguments
c) a, b, c, and d are all keyword arguments
d) a, b, and c are positional arguments; d is a keyword argument
13 What is the output of following SQL statement? 1
SELECT Department, COUNT(*) FROM employees
WHERE Salary > 50000 GROUP BY Department;
a. The total number of employees in each department
b. The departments with employees earning over 50,000 and the count of
such employees in each department
c. The departments with average salary over 50,000 and their total number of
employees
d. The number of departments with employees earning over 50,000
14 Consider a table named 'Products' with columns 'product_id', 'product_name', and 1
'category'. Which of the following SQL queries will retrieve all products that are not
in the categories 'Electronics' or 'Furniture'?
a. SELECT product_id, product_name FROM Products
WHERE category NOT IN ('Electronics', 'Furniture');
b. SELECT product_id, product_name FROM Products
WHERE category NOT IN 'Electronics', 'Furniture';
c. SELECT product_id, product_name FROM Products
WHERE category != 'Electronics' AND != 'Furniture';
d. SELECT product_id, product_name FROM Products
WHERE category NOT LIKE ('Electronics', 'Furniture');
15 In MySQL, which command does not change the cardinality of a relation? 1
a. ALTER b. INSERT c. DELETE d. None of these
16 Sita is creating a table for her project. She wants that a particular column always 1
has a unique value. Which constraint should she use?
a. DISTINCT b. UNIQUE c. NOT NULL d. DEFAULT
17 Which of the following is a network protocol? 1
a. Firewall b. HTTP c. Modem d. Switch
18 The Router in a network primarily functions as a __________. 1
a. Converter b. Traffic director c. Amplifier d. Modulato
19 Write the full form of the following: 1
(i) FTP: File Transfer Protocol
(ii) DNS: Domain Name Server
Q20 and Q21 are Assertion(A) and Reason(R) based questions. Mark the correct
choice as:
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A
(B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation for A
(C) A is True but R is False
(D) A is False but R is True
20 Assertion: Assertion: In Python, a function can return multiple values. 1
Reason: Python functions can return tuples, which can be unpacked into multiple
variables.
Ans. (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A
21 Assertion: The FOREIGN KEY constraint is used to establish links between tables. 1
Reason: A FOREIGN KEY in one table points to a FOREIGN KEY in another table.

Ans. (C) A is True but R is False

Q Section-B ( 7 x 2=14 Marks) Mark

22 Mark the valid and invalid identifiers in Python from the below options: 2
myVariable : Valid
1st_try: Invalid
For: Invalid
_total_sum: Valid
23 Rohan is writing a Python program to determine if a year is a leap year. He has 2
written a program, but it's not working correctly. Help him rewrite the code,
underlining the changes.
year = input("Enter a year: ") #Input need to be converted into integer
if year % 100 == 0:
if year % 400 ==0:
print(year, "is a century and leap year")
else:
print(year,"is a century year but not leap year")
else if year%4==0: #elif instead of else if
print(year, "is a leap year")
else:
print(year, "is not a leap year")
Correct Code:
year = int(input("Enter a year: ")) #used int() funtion
if year % 100 == 0:
if year % 400 ==0:
print(year, "is a century and leap year")
else:
print(year,"is a century year but not leap year")
elif year%4==0: #elif instead of else if
print(year, "is a leap year")
else:
print(year, "is not a leap year")
24 (A) Write a Python program to find the largest and smallest numbers from a list. 2
Assume the list is given as [55, 12, 98, 34, 76, 1, 88].
Ans.
numbers = [55, 12, 98, 34, 76, 1, 88]
largest_number = max(numbers)
smallest_number = min(numbers)
print("Largest number:", largest_number)
print("Smallest number:", smallest_number)

OR
(B) Write a Python program to check if a string is a palindrome (reads the same
backward as forward). The string should be entered by the user.
Ans.
def is_palindrome(text):
processed_text = text[::-1]
return processed_text

user_input = input("Enter a string: ")

if is_palindrome(user_input):
print(f"'{user_input}' is a palindrome.")
else:
print(f"'{user_input}' is not a palindrome.")
25 Identify the correct output(s) of the following code from the choices i to iv. Write all 2
incorrect choices. Also specify the maximum values that can be assigned to each
of the variables start and end.
import random
numbers = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60]
start = random.randint(0, 2)
end = random.randint(3, 4)
for i in range(start, end):
print(numbers[i], end=", ")
(i) 10, 20, 30, (ii) 30, 40, (iii) 20, 30, 40, (iv) 40, 50,
The maximum value for start is 2, and the maximum value for end is 4.
26 Define the following in context of MYSQL: 2
(i) Tuple: A single row in a MySQL table.
(ii) Cardinality: The number of rows (tuples) in a table.
27 (A) Write difference between DISTINCT and GROUP BY clause of SQL. 2
DISTINCT removes duplicate rows from the result set;
GROUP BY groups rows with the same values in specified columns for aggregate
functions.
OR
(B) What is the difference in INT and FLOAT?
INT stores integers;
FLOAT stores floating-point numbers (numbers with decimal places).
28 Differentiate between Coaxial Cable and Optical Fiber. 2
Coaxial cable uses electrical signals transmitted through a copper core;
Optical fiber uses light signals transmitted through a glass or plastic core,
offering higher bandwidth and less signal degradation.
OR
What is the use of the following devices? (i) Modem (ii) Repeater
(i) A modem modulates and demodulates signals to allow communication
between digital devices and analog lines (like telephone lines).
(ii) A repeater amplifies and retransmits signals to extend the range of a network.

Q Section-C ( 3 x 3 = 9 Marks) Mark

29 (A) Write a Python function count_vowels() that reads text from a file named 3
"input.txt" and counts the number of vowels (a, e, i, o, u) in the file. The function
should return the vowel count.
def count_vowels(filepath):
try:
with open(filepath, 'r') as f:
text = f.read().lower() # Read and convert to lowercase
for i in text:
if i in "aeiou":
vowel_count +=1
return vowel_count
except FileNotFoundError:
return -1
OR
(B) Write a Python function longest_word() that reads text from a file "words.txt"
and returns the longest word in the file.
def longest_word(filepath):
l=[]
try:
with open(filepath, 'r') as f:
words = f.read().split()
if not words: #Handle empty file
return None
else:
for i in words:
l.append(len(i))
val=max(l)
pos=l.find(val)
return words[pos]
except FileNotFoundError:
return None
30 (A) A website uses a stack to manage recently viewed products. Each product is represented as 3
a tuple: (product_id, product_name, price). Write the following Python functions to manage
this RecentlyViewed stack:
(I) add_product(RecentlyViewed, new_product): This function adds a new product tuple to the
top of the RecentlyViewed stack.
(II) remove_product(RecentlyViewed): This function removes and returns the most recently
viewed product from the stack. If the stack is empty, it should print "No products recently
viewed."
(III) show_latest_product(RecentlyViewed): This function displays the most recently viewed
product without removing it. If the stack is empty, it should print "No products recently
viewed."

Ans.
def add_product(RecentlyViewed, new_product):
RecentlyViewed.append(new_product)

def remove_product(RecentlyViewed):
if RecentlyViewed:
return RecentlyViewed.pop()
else:
print("No products recently viewed.")

def show_latest_product(RecentlyViewed):
if RecentlyViewed:
print(RecentlyViewed[-1])
else:
print("No products recently viewed.")
OR
(B)
A hospital is managing patient data using a stack-based system. Patient records
are initially stored in a list. Each record is a tuple containing (patient_id, age,
priority_level). Priority levels are integers, with higher numbers representing
higher priority.
(I) Create a list named patients containing the following patient records:
(101, 65, 2), (102, 32, 4), (103, 78, 1), (104, 45, 3), (105, 52, 5), (106, 28, 2)
(II) Write the definition of a user-defined function push_high_priority(patients,
priority_threshold). It should push only those patient records with a priority level
greater than or equal to the priority_threshold onto a stack called
high_priority_patients.
(III) Write a function get_high_priority() to display all elements of the
high_priority_patients stack while deleting them one by one. If the stack is empty,
the function should display No high-priority patients.

Ans.
# (I) Create the list of patient records
patients = [(101, 65, 2), (102, 32, 4), (103, 78, 1), (104, 45, 3),
(105, 52, 5), (106, 28, 2)]

# Initialize the high_priority_patients stack

high_priority_patients = []

# (II) Function to push high priority patients to stack

def push_high_priority(patients, priority_threshold):
for patient in patients:
if patient[2] >= priority_threshold:
high_priority_patients.append(patient)

# (III) Function to get and display high priority patients

 Observe the table Students and write query for (i) to (iii): 3
31 Table: Faculty
F_ID FName LName Department Gender Hire_Date Salary
102 Ibomcha Thounaojam Exam M 10/02/2020 75000
103 Shantanu Fernandes Exam M 11/01/2015 120000
104 Tashi Dorjey ICT F 14/03/2023 50000
105 Bhanwar Singh ICT M 13/12/2019 80000
106 Kanta Kumari HOD F 11/01/2024 140000
(A)
(i) Display Gender wise number of faculties who earn more than 85000:
SELECT Gender, COUNT(*) as Count FROM Faculty
WHERE Salary > 85000 GROUP BY Gender;

(ii) Display all data separated by Department and in decreasing order of Salary:
SELECT * FROM Faculty ORDER BY Department, Salary DESC;

(iii) Display FName and F_ID of faculties from ICT department:

SELECT FName, F_ID FROM Faculty WHERE Department = 'ICT';

OR
(B)
(i) Display Gender wise average salary of those faculties with average salary more
than 90000:
SELECT Gender, AVG(Salary) as AvgSalary FROM Faculty
GROUP BY Gender HAVING AVG(Salary) > 90000;

(ii) Display FName and F_ID of faculties having the string 'ta' in the Fname:
SELECT FName, F_ID FROM Faculty WHERE FName LIKE '%ta%';

(iii) Change data of table to award 5% annual increment in salary:

UPDATE Faculty SET Salary = Salary * 1.05;

Q Section-D ( 4 x 4 = 16 Marks) Mark

32 (A) Explain the difference between the 'a' and 'x' file opening modes in Python. 4
- 'a' (append) mode: Opens the file for appending. If the file exists, it
appends new data to the end. If the file doesn't exist, it creates a new file.
- 'x' (exclusive creation) mode: Opens the file for exclusive creation. If the
file already exists, it raises a FileExistsError. If the file doesn't exist, it
creates a new file.
(B) Observe the following code and predict the output of (i), (ii), and (iii):
def process_data(data):
try:
value = int(data)
if value > 100:
print("Value is greater than 100.")
else:
print("Value is not greater than 100.")
except ValueError:
print("Invalid input: Not an integer.")
finally:
print("Data processing complete.")
(B) Predicted outputs:
(i) process_data(150)
Output:
Value is greater than 100.
Data processing complete.

(ii) process_data("abc")
Output:
Invalid input: Not an integer.
Data processing complete.

(iii) process_data(50)
Output:
Value is not greater than 100.
Data processing complete.
33 A librarian is managing book inventory using a CSV file named `Inventory.csv`. 4
The file structure is: `[BookID, Title, Author, Available]` where `BookID` is an
integer, `Title` and `Author` are strings, and `Available` is an integer representing
the number of copies available.
The librarian needs to write the following functions:
- add_book(): This function accepts new book details from the user and adds
them to `Inventory.csv`. The file should be created with column headers if it
doesn't exist.
- check_availability(book_id): This function takes a `book_id` as input and
returns the number of copies available for that book. If the book is not
found, it should return -1.
Ans.
import csv
import os

def add_book():
file_exists = os.path.isfile('Inventory.csv')
with open('Inventory.csv', 'a', newline='') as file:
writer = csv.writer(file)
if not file_exists:
writer.writerow(['BookID', 'Title', 'Author', 'Available'])
book_id = input("Enter BookID: ")
title = input("Enter Title: ")
author = input("Enter Author: ")
available = input("Enter number of copies available: ")
writer.writerow([book_id, title, author, available])
print("Book added successfully!")

def check_availability(book_id):
try:
with open('Inventory.csv', 'r') as file:
reader = csv.DictReader(file)
for row in reader:
if row['BookID'] == str(book_id):
return int(row['Available'])
except FileNotFoundError:
print("Inventory file not found.")
return -1
34 Give output of the following queries as per given table(s): 4
WORKER
WID WNAME JOB SALARY DNO
1001 RAHUL SHARMA CLERK 15000 D03
1002 MUKESH VYAS ELECTRICIAN 11000 D01
1003 SURESH FITTER 9000 D02
1004 ANKUR GUARD 8000 D01
DEPT
DNO DNAME LOC MANAGER
D01 PRODUCTION GROUND FLOOR
D K JAIN
D02 ACCOUNTS 1ST FLOOR
S ARORA
D03 SECURITY 1ST FLOOR
R K SINGH
Ans.
(i) SELECT DISTINCT JOB FROM WORKER;
JOB
----
CLERK
ELECTRICIAN
FITTER
GUARD
(ii) SELECT DNAME, LOC FROM DEPT WHERE DNO IN (SELECT DNO FROM
WORKER WHERE SALARY > 10000);
DNAME LOC
----------- ------------
PRODUCTION GROUND FLOOR
SECURITY 1ST FLOOR
(iii) SELECT W.WNAME, D.MANAGER
FROM WORKER AS W, DEPT AS D
WHERE W.DNO = D.DNO;
WNAME MANAGER
------------- ---------
RAHUL SHARMA R K SINGH
MUKESH VYAS D K JAIN
SURESH S ARORA
ANKUR D K JAIN
(iv) SELECT WNAME FROM WORKER WHERE WNAME LIKE 'R%';
WNAME
-------------
RAHUL SHARMA
35 A table named Products in a database named Inventory stores information about 4
products. The table has the following columns: ProductID (integer, primary key),
ProductName (string), Price (float), and Quantity (integer). Assume the database
username is 'admin' and the password is 'secure123'.
Write a Python code that prompts the user to enter a ProductID and updates the
Quantity of that product by adding 10 to the existing quantity. Handle any potential
errors (e.g., the product ID not existing in the table).
Ans.
import mysql.connector
from mysql.connector import Error

def update_product_quantity(product_id):
try:
connection = mysql.connector.connect(
host="localhost",
database="Inventory",
user="admin",
password="secure123" )

if connection.is_connected():
cursor = connection.cursor()
cursor.execute("SELECT Quantity FROM Products
WHERE ProductID = %s", (product_id,))
result = cursor.fetchone()
if result:
current_quantity = result[0]
new_quantity = current_quantity + 10
update_query = "UPDATE Products SET Quantity = %s
WHERE ProductID = %s"
cursor.execute(update_query, (new_quantity, product_id))
connection.commit()
print(f"updated successfully. New quantity: {new_quantity}")
else:
print("Product not found.")

except Error as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")

finally:
if connection.is_connected():
cursor.close()
connection.close()

Q Section-E ( 2 x 5 = 10 Marks) Mark

36 Simran is developing a Python program to manage customer orders for an online 5
store. Order data (order_id, customer_name, order_date, total_amount) is stored
in a binary file named "Orders.dat". Each order is represented as a tuple. Help
Simran complete the following tasks:

Ans.
import pickle

(i) Write a function `add_order()` to input order details from the user (order_id,
customer_name, order_date, total_amount) and store them in "Orders.dat". The
program should allow adding multiple orders until the user chooses to stop.
def add_order():
orders = []
try:
with open("Orders.dat", "rb") as file:
orders = pickle.load(file)
except FileNotFoundError:
pass

while True:
order_id = input("Enter order ID: ")
customer_name = input("Enter customer name: ")
order_date = input("Enter order date (YYYY-MM-DD): ")
total_amount = float(input("Enter total amount: "))

order = (order_id, customer_name, order_date, total_amount)

orders.append(order)

if input("Add another order? (y/n): ").lower() != 'y':

break

with open("Orders.dat", "wb") as file:

pickle.dump(orders, file)

(ii) Write a function `update_order_amount()` to modify the `total_amount` for

orders placed. The function should increase the `total_amount` of each qualifying
order by 10%.
def update_order_amount():
try:
with open("Orders.dat", "rb") as file:
orders = pickle.load(file)
updated_orders = []
for order in orders:
new_amount = order[3] * 1.10
updated_order = (order[0], order[1], order[2], new_amount)
updated_orders.append(updated_order)

with open("Orders.dat", "wb") as file:

pickle.dump(updated_orders, file)

print("Orders updated successfully.")

except FileNotFoundError:
print("Orders file not found.")

(iii) Write a function `count_high_value_orders()` to count and display the number

of orders with a `total_amount` greater than 1000.
def count_high_value_orders():
try:
37 Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1 Jaipur is setting up the network between its Different Wings 5
of school campus. There are 4 wings named as – SENIOR(S), JUNIOR(J), ADMIN(A)
and HOSTEL(H).
Distance between various wings are given below:
Wing A to Wing S 80m
Wing A to Wing J 200m
Wing A to Wing H 400m
Wing S to Wing J 70m
Wing S to Wing H 120m
Wing J to Wing H 450m

Number of Computers installed at various wings are as follows:

Wing No. of Computers
Wing A 20
Wing S 150
Wing J 50
Wing H 25
(i) Suggest a most suitable cable layout for the above connections.
A
|
| (80m)
|
J--------S----------R----------H
(70m) (120m)
* R is the repeater
(ii) Suggest the most appropriate topology of the connection between the wings:
Star Topology
(iii) The company wants internet accessibility in all the wings. What type of
network (LAN/MAN/WAN) will be created if we connect all buildings? : LAN
(iv) Suggest the placement of the following devices with justification:
(A) Repeater: Between S and H (the distance is more than 100)
(B) Firewall: in Wing S as it is also suitable for installing a server
(v) (A) Which building will host the server of the company: Wing S
OR
(B) Suggest a device to be used for accessing the internet. Modem