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Official PYQ1998Digital LogicCombinational CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
The threshold level for logic 1 in the TTL family is
Official PYQ1998Digital LogicCombinational CircuitsMCQ · 1 mark
A multiplexer with a 4−bit4-bit data select input is a
Official PYQ1998Digital LogicBoolean AlgebraMCQ · 1 mark
What happens when a bit-string is XORed with itself nn-times as shown: [B⊕(B⊕(B⊕(B…n times]\left[B \oplus (B \oplus ( B \oplus (B \dots n \text{ times}\right]
Official PYQ1998Theory of ComputationRegular Expressions and Finite AutomataMSQ · 1 mark
The string 11011101 does not belong to the set represented by
Official PYQ1998Theory of ComputationRegular Expressions and Finite AutomataMCQ · 1 mark
Regarding the power of recognition of languages, which of the following statements is false?
Official PYQ1998Theory of ComputationRegular Expressions and Finite AutomataMCQ · 1 mark
Which of the following set can be recognized by a Deterministic Finite state Automaton?
Official PYQ1998Theory of ComputationRegular Expressions and Finite AutomataMCQ · 1 mark
If the regular set AA is represented by A=(01+1)∗A = (01 + 1)^* and the regular set BB is represented by B=((01)∗1∗)∗B = \left(\left(01\right)^*1^*\right)^*, which of the following is true?
Official PYQ1998Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
The number of functions from an mm element set to an nn element set is
Official PYQ1998Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
Let R1R_1 and R2R_2 be two equivalence relations on a set. Consider the following assertions: R1∪R2R_1 \cup R_2 is an equivalence relation R1∩R2R_1 \cap R_2 is an equivalence relation Which of the following is correct?
Official PYQ1998Engineering MathematicsSets, Relations and FunctionsMCQ · 1 mark
Suppose AA is a finite set with nn elements. The number of elements in the largest equivalence relation of A is
Official PYQ1998Engineering MathematicsPropositional and First Order LogicMCQ · 1 mark
What is the converse of the following assertion? I stay only if you go
Official PYQ1998Engineering MathematicsCalculus: Limits, Continuity, DifferentiabilityMCQ · 1 mark
Consider the function y=∣x∣y=|x| in the interval [−1,1][-1, 1]. In this interval, the function is
Official PYQ1998Numerical Methods (Historical)MCQ · 1 mark
Which of the following statements applies to the bisection method used for finding roots of functions:
Official PYQ1998Engineering MathematicsLinear Algebra: Matrices, Determinants, System of Linear EquationsMCQ · 1 mark
Consider the following set of equations x+2y=5x+2y=5 4x+8y=124x+8y=12 3x+6y+3z=153x+6y+3z=15 This set
Official PYQ1998Engineering MathematicsProbability: Random Variables and DistributionsMCQ · 1 mark
A die is rolled three times. The probability that exactly one odd number turns up among the three outcomes is
Official PYQ1997Operating SystemI/O SchedulingNAT · 1 mark
A program PP reads and processes 10001000 consecutive records from a sequential file FF stored on device DD without using any file system facilities. Given the following Size of each record =3200= 3200 bytes Access time of D=10D = 10 msecs Data transfer rate of D=800×103D = 800 \times 10^3 bytes/second CPU time to process each record =3= 3 msecs What is …
Official PYQ1997Digital LogicMinimization (K-Maps etc.)NAT · 1 mark
Let f=(wˉ+y)(xˉ+y)(w+xˉ+z)(wˉ+z)(xˉ+z)f=(\bar{w} + y)(\bar{x} +y)(w+\bar{x}+z)(\bar{w}+z)(\bar{x}+z) Express ff as the minimal sum of products. Write only the answer. If the output line is stuck at 00, for how many input combinations will the value of ff be correct?
Official PYQ1997DatabasesIntegrity ConstraintsMCQ · 1 mark
Let R(a,b,c)R (a, b, c) and S(d,e,f)S(d, e, f) be two relations in which dd is the foreign key of SS that refers to the primary key of RR. Consider the following four operations RR and SS Insert into RR Insert into SS Delete from RR Delete from SS Which of the following can cause violation of the referential integrity constraint above?
Official PYQ1997DatabasesNormal FormsMCQ · 1 mark
For a database relation R(a,b,c,d)R(a, b, c, d), where the domains a,b,c,da, b, c, d include only atomic values, only the following functional dependencies and those that can be inferred from them hold a→ca \rightarrow c b→db \rightarrow d This relation is
Official PYQ1997Operating SystemConcurrency and SynchronizationMCQ · 1 mark
Each Process Pi,i=1…9P_i, i = 1\ldots 9 is coded as follows repeat P(mutex) {Critical section} V(mutex) forever The code for P10P_{10} is identical except it uses V(mutex) in place of P(mutex). What is the largest number of processes that can be inside the critical section at any moment?