Aricent 100 technical questions with answers 1. What does static variable mean?

Ans: Static variables are the variables which retain their values between the function calls. They are initialized only once their scope is within the function in which they are defined. 2. What is a pointer? Ans: Pointers are variables which stores the address of another variable. That variable may be a scalar (including another pointer), or an aggregate (array or structure). The pointed-to object may be part of a larger object, such as a field of a structure or an element in an array. 3. What are the uses of a pointer? Ans: Pointer is used in the following cases i) It is used to access array elements ii) It is used for dynamic memory allocation. iii) It is used in Call by reference iv) It is used in data structures like trees, graph, linked list etc. 4. What is a structure? Ans: Structure constitutes a super data type which represents several different data types in a single unit. A structure can be initialized if it is static or global. 5. What is a union? Ans: Union is a collection of heterogeneous data type but it uses efficient memory utilization technique by allocating enough memory to hold the largest member. Here a single area of memory contains values of different types at different time. A union can never be initialized. 6. What are the differences between structures and union? Ans: A structure variable contains each of the named members, and its size is large enough to hold all the members. Structure elements are of same size. A union contains one of the named members at a given time and is large enough to hold the largest member. Union element can be of different sizes. 7. What are the differences between structures and arrays? Ans: Structure is a collection of heterogeneous data type but array is a collection of homogeneous data types.

Array 1-It is a collection of data items of same data type. 2-It has declaration only 3-.There is no keyword. 4- array name represent the address of the starting element. Structure 1-It is a collection of data items of different data type. 2- It has declaration and definition 3- keyword struct is used 4-Structure name is known as tag it is the short hand notation of the declaration. 8. In header files whether functions are declared or defined? Ans: Functions are declared within header file. That is function prototypes exist in a header file, not function bodies. They are defined in library (lib). 9. What are the differences between malloc () and calloc ()? Ans: Malloc Calloc 1-Malloc takes one argument Malloc(a);where a number of bytes 2-memory allocated contains garbage values 1-Calloc takes two arguments Calloc(b,c) where b no of object and c size of object 2-It initializes the contains of block of memory to zerosMalloc takes one argument, memory allocated contains garbage values. It allocates contiguous memory locations. Calloc takes two arguments, memory allocated contains all zeros, and the memory allocated is not contiguous. http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 10. What are macros? What are its advantages and disadvantages? Ans: Macros are abbreviations for lengthy and frequently used statements. When a macro is called the entire code is substituted by a single line though the macro definition is of several lines. The advantage of macro is that it reduces the time taken for control transfer as in case of function. The disadvantage of it is here the entire code is substituted so the program becomes lengthy if a macro is called several times. 11. Difference between pass by reference and pass by value? Ans: Pass by reference passes a pointer to the value. This allows the callee to modify the variable directly.Pass by value gives a copy of the value to the callee. This allows the callee tomodify the value without modifying the variable. (In other words, the callee simply cannot modify the variable, since it lacks a reference to it.)

12. What is static identifier? Ans: A file-scope variable that is declared static is visible only to functions within that file. A function-scope or block-scope variable that is declared as static is visible only within that scope. Furthermore, static variables only have a single instance. In the case of function- or block-scope variables, this means that the variable is not automatic and thus retains its value across function invocations. 13. Where is the auto variables stored? Ans: Auto variables can be stored anywhere, so long as recursion works. Practically, theyre stored on the stack. It is not necessary that always a stack exist. You could theoretically allocate function invocation records from the heap. 14. Where does global, static, and local, register variables, free memory and C Program instructions get stored? Ans: Global: Wherever the linker puts them. Typically the BSS segment on many platforms.Static: Again, wherever the linker puts them. Often, theyre intermixed with the globals. Theonly difference between globals and statics is whether the linker will resolve the symbols across compilation units.Local: Typically on the stack, unless the variable gets register allocated and never spills.Register: Nowadays, these are equivalent to Local variables. They live on the stackunless they get register-allocated. 15. Difference between arrays and linked list? Ans: An array is a repeated pattern of variables in contiguous storage. A linked list is a set of structures scattered through memory, held together by pointers in each element that point to the next element. With an array, we can (on most architectures) move from one element to the nextby adding a fixed constant to the integer value of the pointer. With a linked list, there is a next pointer in each structure which says what element comes next. 16. What are enumerations? Ans: They are a list of named integer-valued constants. Example:enum color { black , orange=4, yellow, green, blue, violet };This declaration defines the symbols black orange yellow etc. to have the values 1,4,5, etc. The difference between an enumeration and a macro is that the enum actually declares a type, and therefore can be type checked. http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 17. Describe about storage allocation and scope of global, extern, static, local and register variables?

Ans: Globals have application-scope. Theyre available in any compilation unit that includes an appropriate declaration (usually brought from a header file). Theyre stored wherever the linker puts them, usually a place called the BSS segment Extern? This is essentially global.Static: Stored the same place as globals, typically, but only available to the compilation unit that contains them. If they are block-scope global, only available within that block and its subblocks. Local: Stored on the stack, typically. Only available in that block and its subblocks. (Although pointers to locals can be passed to functions invoked from within a scope where that local is valid.) Register: See tirade above on local vs. register.The only difference is that the C compiler will not let you take the address of something youve declared as register 18. What are register variables? What are the advantages of using register variables? Ans: If a variable is declared with a register storage class,it is known as register variable.The register variable is stored in the cpu register instead of main memory.Frequently used variables are declared as register variable as its access time is faster. 19. What is the use of typedef? Ans: The typedef help in easier modification when the programs are ported to another machine. A descriptive new name given to the existing data type may be easier to understand the code. 20. Can we specify variable field width in a scanf() format string? If possible how? Ans: All field widths are variable with scanf(). You can specify a maximum field width for a given field by placing an integer value between the % and the field type specifier. (e.g. %64s). Such aspecifier will still accept a narrower field width. The one exception is %#c (where # is an integer). This reads EXACTLY # characters, and it is the only way to specify a fixed field width with scanf(). 21. Out of fgets() and gets() which function is safe to use and why? Ans: fgets() is safer than gets(), because we can specify a maximum input length. Neither one is completely safe, because the compiler cant prove that programmer wont overflow the buffer he pass to fgets (). 22. Difference between strdup and strcpy?

Ans: Both copy a string. strcpy wants a buffer to copy into. strdup allocates a buffer using malloc(). Unlike strcpy(), strdup() is not specified by ANSI . 23. What is recursion? Ans: A recursion function is one which calls itself either directly or indirectly it must halt at a definite point to avoid infinite recursion. 24. Differentiate between for loop and a while loop? What are it uses? Ans: For executing a set of statements fixed number of times we use for loop while when the number of iterations to be performed is not known in advance we use while loop. http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 25. What is storage class? What are the different storage classes in C? Ans: Storage class is an attribute that changes the behavior of a variable. It controls the lifetime, scope and linkage. The storage classes in c are auto, register, and extern, static, typedef. 26. What the advantages of using Unions? Ans: When the C compiler is allocating memory for unions it will always reserve enough room for the largest member. 27. What is the difference between Strings and Arrays? Ans: String is a sequence of characters ending with NULL .it can be treated as a one dimensional array of characters terminated by a NULL character. 28. What is a far pointer? Where we use it? Ans: In large data model (compact, large, huge) the address B0008000 is acceptable because in these model all pointers to data are 32bits long. If we use small data model(tiny, small, medium) the above address wont work since in these model each pointer is 16bits long. If we are working in a small data model and want to access the address B0008000 then we use far pointer. Far pointer is always treated as a 32bit pointer and contains a segment address and offset address both of 16bits each. Thus the address is represented using segment : offset format B000h:8000h. For any given memory address there are many possible far address segment : offset pair. The segment register contains the address where the segment begins and offset register contains the offset of data/code from where segment begins.

http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 29. What is a huge pointer? Ans: Huge pointer is 32bit long containing segment address and offset address. Huge pointers are normalized pointers so for any given memory address there is only one possible huge address segment: offset pair. Huge pointer arithmetic is doe with calls to special subroutines so its arithmetic slower than any other pointers. 30. What is a normalized pointer, how do we normalize a pointer? Ans: It is a 32bit pointer, which has as much of its value in the segment register as possible.Since a segment can start every 16bytes so the offset will have a value from 0 to F. for normalization convert the address into 20bit address then use the 16bit for segment address and 4bit for the offset address. Given a pointer 500D: 9407,we convert it to a 20bitabsolute address549D7,Which then normalized to 549D:0007. 31. What is near pointer? Ans: A near pointer is 16 bits long. It uses the current content of the CS (code segment) register(if the pointer is pointing to code) or current contents of DS (data segment) register (if the pointer is pointing to data) for the segment part, the offset part is stored in a 16 bit near pointer. Using near pointer limits the data/code to 64kb segment. 32. In C, why is the void pointer useful? When would you use it? Ans: The void pointer is useful because it is a generic pointer that any pointer can be cast into and back again without loss of information. 33. What is a NULL Pointer? Whether it is same as an uninitialized pointer? Ans: Null pointer is a pointer which points to nothing but uninitialized pointer may point to anywhere. 34. Are pointers integer? Ans: No, pointers are not integers. A pointer is an address. It is a positive number. 35. What does the error Null Pointer Assignment means and what causes this error? Ans: As null pointer points to nothing so accessing a uninitialized pointer or invalid location may cause an error.

36. What is generic pointer in C? Ans: In C void* acts as a generic pointer. When other pointer types are assigned to generic pointer, conversions are applied automatically (implicit conversion). 37. Are the expressions arr and &arr same for an array of integers? Ans: Yes for array of integers they are same. 38. IMP>How pointer variables are initialized? Ans: Pointer variables are initialized by one of the following ways. I. Static memory allocation II. Dynamic memory allocation 39. What is static memory allocation? Ans: Compiler allocates memory space for a declared variable. By using the address of operator, the reserved address is obtained and this address is assigned to a pointer variable. This way of assigning pointer value to a pointer variable at compilation time is known as static memory allocation. http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 40. What is dynamic memory allocation? Ans: A dynamic memory allocation uses functions such as malloc() or calloc() to get memory dynamically. If these functions are used to get memory dynamically and the values returned by these function are assigned to pointer variables, such a way of allocating memory at run time is known as dynamic memory allocation. 41. What is the purpose of realloc? Ans: It increases or decreases the size of dynamically allocated array. The function realloc (ptr,n) uses two arguments. The first argument ptr is a pointer to a block of memory for which the size is to be altered. The second argument specifies the new size. The size may be increased or decreased. If sufficient space is not available to the old region the function may create a new region. 42. What is pointer to a pointer? Ans: If a pointer variable points another pointer value. Such a situation is known as a pointer to a pointer. Example: int *p1,**p2,v=10; P1=&v; p2=&p1; Here p2 is a pointer to a pointer. 43. What is an array of pointers?

Ans: if the elements of an array are addresses, such an array is called an array of pointers. 44. Difference between linker and linkage? Ans: Linker converts an object code into an executable code by linking together the necessary built in functions. The form and place of declaration where the variable is declared in a program determine the linkage of variable. http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 45. Is it possible to have negative index in an array? Ans: Yes it is possible to index with negative value provided there are data stored in this location. Even if it is illegal to refer to the elements that are out of array bounds, the compiler will not produce error because C has no check on the bounds of an array. 46. Why is it necessary to give the size of an array in an array declaration? Ans: When an array is declared, the compiler allocates a base address and reserves enough space in memory for all the elements of the array. The size is required to allocate the required space and hence size must be mentioned. 47. What modular programming? Ans: If a program is large, it is subdivided into a number of smaller programs that are called modules or subprograms. If a complex problem is solved using more modules, this approach is known as modular programming. 48. What is a function? Ans: A large program is subdivided into a number of smaller programs or subprograms. Each subprogram specifies one or more actions to be performed for the larger program. Such sub programs are called functions. 49. What is an argument? Ans: An argument is an entity used to pass data from the calling to a called function. 50. What are built in functions? Ans: The functions that are predefined and supplied along with the compiler are known as builtin functions.Theyarealsoknown aslibrary functions. http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 51. Difference between formal argument and actual argument?

Ans: Formal arguments are the arguments available in the function definition. They are preceded by their own data type. Actual arguments are available in the function call. These arguments are given as constants or variables or expressions to pass the values to the function. 52. Is it possible to have more than one main() function in a C program ? Ans: The function main() can appear only once. The program execution starts from main. 53. What is the difference between an enumeration and a set of pre-processor # defines? Ans: There is hardly any difference between the two, except that #defines has a global effect(throughout the file) whereas an enumeration can have an effect local to the block if desired.Some advantages of enumeration are that the numeric values are automatically assigned whereasin #define we have to explicitly define them. A disadvantage is that we have no control over the size of enumeration variables. 54. How are Structure passing and returning implemented by the complier? Ans: When structures are passed as argument to functions, the entire structure is typically pushed on the stack. To avoid this overhead many programmer often prefer to pass pointers to structure instead of actual structures. Structures are often returned from functions in a location pointed to by an extra, compilersupported hidden argument to the function. http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 55. IMP>what is the similarity between a Structure, Union and enumeration? Ans: All of them let the programmer to define new data type. 56. Can a Structure contain a Pointer to itself? Ans: Yes such structures are called self-referential structures. 57. How can we read/write Structures from/to data files? Ans: To write out a structure we can use fwrite() as Fwrite( &e, sizeof(e),1,fp);Where e is a structure variable. A corresponding fread() invocation can read the structure back from file. calling fwrite() it writes out sizeof(e) bytes from the address &e. Data files written as memory images with fwrite(),however ,will not be portable, particularly if they contain floating point fields or Pointers.

This is because memory layout of structures is machine and compiler dependent. Therefore, structures written as memory images cannot necessarily be read back by programs running on other machine, and this is the important concern if the data files youre writing will ever be interchanged between machines. 58. Write a program which employs Recursion? Ans: int fact(int n) { return n > 1 ? n * fact(n 1) : 1; } 59.Write a program which uses Command Line Arguments? Ans: #include void main(int argc,char *argv[]) { int i; clrscr(); for(i=0;i printf(\n%d,argv[i]); } 60. Difference between array and pointer? Ans: array 1- Array allocates space automatically 2- It cannot be resized 3- It cannot be reassigned 4- sizeof (arrayname) gives the number of bytes occupied by the array. Pointer 1-Explicitly assigned to point to an allocated space. 2-It can be sized using realloc() 3-pointer can be reassigned. 4-sizeof (p) returns the number of bytes used to store the pointer variable p. http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 61. What do the c and v in argc and argv stand for? Ans: The c in argc(argument count) stands for the number of command line argument the program is invoked with and v in argv(argument vector) is a pointer to an array of character string that contain the arguments. 62. IMP>what are C tokens? Ans: There are six classes of tokens: identifier, keywords, constants, string literals, operators and other separators.

63. What are C identifiers? Ans: These are names given to various programming element such as variables, function, arrays.It is a combination of letter, digit and underscore.It should begin with letter. Backspace is not allowed. 64. Difference between syntax vs logical error? Ans: Syntax Error 1-These involves validation of syntax of language. 2-compiler prints diagnostic message. Logical Error 1-logical error are caused by an incorrect algorithm or by a statement mistyped in such a way that it doesnt violet syntax of language. 2-difficult to find. 65. What is preincrement and post increment? Ans: ++n (pre increment) increments n before its value is used in an assignment operation or any expression containing it. n++ (post increment) does increment after the value of n is used. 66. Write a program to interchange 2 variables without using the third one. Ans: a ^= b; ie a=a^b b ^= a; ie b=b^a; a ^= b ie a=a^b; here the numbers are converted into binary and then xor operation is performed. You know, youre just asking have you seen this overly clever trick thats not worth applying on modern architectures and only really applies to integer variables? 67. What is the maximum combined length of command line arguments including the space between adjacent arguments? Ans: It depends on the operating system. 68. What are bit fields? What is the use of bit fields in a Structure declaration? Ans: A bit field is a set of adjacent bits within a single implementation based storage unit that we will call a word The syntax of field definition and access is based on structure. Struct { unsigned int k :1; unsigned int l :1;unsigned int m :1;}flags;the number following the

colon represents the field width in bits.Flag is a variable that containsthree bit fields. 69. What is a preprocessor, what are the advantages of preprocessor? Ans: A preprocessor processes the source code program before it passes through the compiler. 1- a preprocessor involves the readability of program 2- It facilitates easier modification 3- It helps in writing portable programs 4- It enables easier debugging 5- It enables testing a part of program 6- It helps in developing generalized program 70. What are the facilities provided by preprocessor? Ans: 1-file inclusion 2-substitution facility 3-conditional compilation http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 71. What are the two forms of #include directive? Ans: 1.#includefilename 2.#include the first form is used to search the directory that contains the source file.If the search fails in the home directory it searches the implementation defined locations.In the second form ,the preprocessor searches the file only in the implementation defined locations. 72. How would you use the functions randomize() and random()? Ans: Randomize() initiates random number generation with a random value. Random() generates random number between 0 and n-1; http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 73. What do the functions atoi(), itoa() and gcvt() do? Ans: atoi() is a macro that converts integer to character. itoa() It converts an integer to string gcvt() It converts a floating point number to string 74. How would you use the functions fseek(), freed(), fwrite() and ftell()? Ans:fseek(f,1,i) Move the pointer for file f a distance 1 byte from

location i. fread(s,i1,i2,f) Enter i2 dataitems,each of size i1 bytes,from file f to string s.fwrite(s,i1,i2,f) send i2 data items,each of size i1 bytes from string s to file f. ftell(f) Return the current pointer position within file f. The data type returned for functions fread,fseek and fwrite is int and ftell is long int. 75. What is the difference between the functions memmove() and memcpy()? Ans: The arguments of memmove() can overlap in memory. The arguments of memcpy()cannot. 76. What is a file? Ans: A file is a region of storage in hard disks or in auxiliary storage devices.It contains bytes of information .It is not a data type. 77. IMP>what are the types of file? Ans: Files are of two types 1-high level files (stream oriented files) :These files are accessed using library functions 2-low level files(system oriented files) :These files are accessed using system calls 78. IMP>what is a stream? Ans: A stream is a source of data or destination of data that may be associated with a disk or other I/O device. The source stream provides data to a program and it is known as input stream. The destination stream eceives the output from the program and is known as output stream. 79. What is meant by file opening? Ans: The action of connecting a program to a file is called opening of a file. This requires creating an I/O stream before reading or writing the data. http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 80. What is FILE? Ans: FILE is a predefined data type. It is defined in stdio.h file. 81. What is a file pointer? Ans: The pointer to a FILE data type is called as a stream pointer or a file pointer. A file pointer points to the block of information of the stream that had just been opened. 82. How is fopen()used ?

83How is a file closed ? Ans: A file is closed using fclose() function Egfclose(fp); Where fp is a file pointer. 84. What is a random access file? Ans: File can be accessed at random using fseek() function fseek(fp,position,origin); fp file pointer position number of bytes offset from origin origin 0,1 or 2 denote the beginning ,current position or end of file respectively. 85. What is the purpose of ftell ? Ans: The function ftell() is used to get the current file represented by the file pointer. ftell(fp); returns a long integer value representing the current file position of the file pointed by the file pointer fp.If an error occurs ,-1 is returned. 86. What is the purpose of rewind() ? Ans: The function rewind is used to bring the file pointer to the beginning of the file.Rewind(fp);Where fp is a file pointer.Also we can get the same effect byfeek(fp,0,0); 87. Difference between a array name and a pointer variable? Ans: A pointer variable is a variable where as an array name is a fixed address and is not a variable. A pointer variable must be initialized but an array name cannot be initialized. An array name being a constant value , ++ and operators cannot be applied to it. 88. Represent a two-dimensional array using pointer? 89. Difference between an array of pointers and a pointer to an array? Ans: Array of pointers 1- Declaration is: data_type *array_name[size]; 2-Size represents the row size. 3- The space for columns may be dynamically Pointers to an array 1-Declaration is data_type ( *array_name)[size]; 2-Size represents the column size. http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 90. Can we use any name in place of argv and argc as command line arguments ?

Ans: yes we can use any user defined name in place of argc and argv; 91. What are the pointer declarations used in C? Ans: 1- Array of pointers, e.g , int *a[10]; Array of pointers to integer 2-Pointers to an array,e.g , int (*a)[10]; Pointer to an array of into 3-Function returning a pointer,e.g, float *f( ) ; Function returning a pointer to float 4-Pointer to a pointer ,e.g, int **x; Pointer to apointer to int 5-pointer to a data type ,e.g, char *p; pointer to char 92. Differentiate between a constant pointer and pointer to a constant? Ans: const char *p; //pointer to a const character. char const *p; //pointer to a const character. char * const p; //const pointer to a char variable. const char * const p; // const pointer to a const character. http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 93. Is the allocated space within a function automatically deallocated when the function returns? Ans: No pointer is different from what it points to .Local variables including local pointers variables in a function are deallocated automatically when function returns.,But in case of a local pointer variable ,deallocation means that the pointer is deallocated and not the block of memory allocated to it. Memory dynamically allocated always persists until the allocation is freed or the program terminates. 94. Discuss on pointer arithmetic? Ans: 1- Assignment of pointers to the same type of pointers. 2- Adding or subtracting a pointer and an integer. 3-subtracting or comparing two pointer. 4-incrementing or decrementing the pointers pointing to the elements of an array. When a pointer to an integer is incremented by one , the address is incremented by two. It is done automatically by the compiler. 5-Assigning the value 0 to the pointer variable and comparing 0 with the pointer. The pointer having address 0 points to nowhere at all. http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 95. What is the invalid pointer arithmetic?

Ans: i) adding ,multiplying and dividing two pointers. ii) Shifting or masking pointer. iii) Addition of float or double to pointer. iv) Assignment of a pointer of one type to a pointer of another type 96. What are the advantages of using array of pointers to string instead of an array of strings? Ans: i) Efficient use of memory. ii) Easier to exchange the strings by moving their pointers while sorting. 97. Are the expressions *ptr ++ and ++ *ptr same? Ans: No,*ptr ++ increments pointer and not the value pointed by it. Whereas ++ *ptr increments the value being pointed to by ptr. 98. What would be the equivalent pointer expression foe referring the same element as http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 99. Are the variables argc and argv are always local to main? Ans: Yes they are local to main. 100. Can main () be called recursively? Ans: Yes any function including main () can be called recursively. 101. IMP>Can we initialize unions? 102. Whats the difference between these two declarations? 103. Why doesnt this code: a[i] = i++; work? Ans: The subexpression i++ causes a side effect.it modifies is value.which leads to undefined behavior since i is also referenced elsewhere in the same expression. http://placement.freshersworld.com/placement-papers/ 104.WHy doesnt struct x { }; 105. Why cant we compare structures? Ans:There is no single, good way for a compiler to implement structure comparison which is consistent with Cs low-level flavor. A simple byte-by-byte comparison could founder on random bits present in unused holes in the structure (such padding is used to keep the alignment of later fields correct). A field-by-field comparison might require unacceptable amounts of repetitive code for large structures.

106. How are structure passing and returning implemented? Ans: When structures are passed as arguments to functions, the entire structure is typically pushed on the stack, using as many words as are required. Some compilers merely pass a pointer to the structure, though they may have to make a local copy to preserve pass-by-value semantics. Structures are often returned from functions in a location pointed to by an extra,compilersupplied hidden argument to the function.Some older compilers used a special,static location for structure returns, although this made structure-valuedfunctions non-reentrant, which ANSI Cdisallows.

Questions are: 1. Tell me about yourself? 2. Tell an incident when you helped anybody.(how, why, when) 3. Tell me a situation when you were right about the things but you were forced to do according to others suggestions. (how, why, when) 4. Tell an incident when you organized something and leaded the team. (how, why, when) and many more HR questions. The recruitment procedure was 1. Written Test 2. Group Discussion 3. Tech and HR

1. Written Test 1.Online Written test Sectional cutoff is present. Written is the major elimination round. In my case out of 600 only 60 are taken out from the written

SEC 1: English (25 Ques - 25 min) -- Meanings, opposites, Passages, sentence ordering etc. SEC 2: Aptitude (25 Ques - 35 min) -- logarithms, work, distance, discount, profit & loss, Interests etc. SEC 3: Programming (25 Ques - 25 min) -- C and Data structures SEC 4: Logical (25 Ques - 35 min) -- Passages, coding, blood relations etc.

SEC 1: English (25 Ques - 25 min) -- Meanings, opposites, Passages, sentence ordering etc. Leave it. Kelsey could not begin to fathom what she was hearing. In fact, a partof her began to feel she was in some sort of dream, unable to emerge to wakefulness. Even the contractor appeared flabbergasted. His mouth stayed in a half-open position, like a marionette waiting for its strings to be tugged. Yes. Leave it, Robert said again, speaking to the notion that someone in the room had asked him to clarify his words. No one had, but Robert understood the silence. What were the chances that an Indian burial ground would be found on the bucolic site where Robert and Kelsey had chosen to build their dream home? Why in the world would Robert not want to have the remains carted away, thought Kelsey. The last thing they needed were Indian poltergeists meandering around their home while the two of them were trying to renovate their marriage. Kelsey, usually deferential to her husband, knew that now was the time to make her position heard. She tried to cajole Robert away from the direction he was heading. Sweetheart, she cooed. We dont want to build on a site with human remains. It would be irreverent to the dead.

Immediately, she saw contempt in Roberts eyes; it was a subtle reminder of how he often viewed her as superficial and selfabsorbed.What would be irreverent, said Robert, his voice dripping with condescension, would be to desecrate these Native graves and move them from their final resting place. Remember the culture. No, Kelsey did not remember the culture. She could not care less about the culture. However, Robert, the history professor, was obviously enthralled by the contractors findings. He had an innate way of understanding other cultures and other people that amazed Kelsey. He did not have that gift with her. But something inside Kelsey said this was too much. She believed wholeheartedly in ghosts and could not imagine a life of them haunting her, rattling her cupboards, and shaking her floorboards. Kelsey had an unnerving sensation that problems were ahead.Questions: 1 Which of the following best explains how Kelsey feels at the beginning of the story? A. unable to comprehend the current situation B. unable to comprehend the decision of her husband C. unaware of the problem at hand D. unwilling to confront a potentially life-threatening ordeal

2 As used at the beginning of the story, which is the best synonymfor flabbergasted? A. dumbfounded B. hostile C. querulous D. unimpressed

3 In paragraph 2, the author writes, His mouth stayed in a halfopen position, like a marionette waiting for its strings to be tugged. Which of the following literary techniques is used in this quotation? A. allusion, characterized by a casual reference to a literary or historical figure B. simile, characterized by a comparison between two unlike things using like or as C. denotation, characterized by the usage of the literal definition of a word D. hyperbole, characterized by a gross exaggeration

4 The title of this passage makes use of which literary device? A. a pun, where one word has two meanings that are both used at the same time B. irony, where the words used mean the opposite of what they say C. foreshadowing, which hints at what is to come later in the story D. overstatement, where something is exaggerated for effect

5 Kelsey wants to have the remains removed because I. She is afraid of ghosts.

II. Robert wants to leave them there. III. She respects Native cultures. A. I only B. I and II C. I and III D. I, II, and III

6 If Kelsey had chosen to be deferential (paragraph 6) to her husband, what would she have likely told him regarding his plans? A. "Good idea." B. "Don't be silly." C. "I'll leave you." D. "Im not sure."Questions (continued):

7Which adjective best describes Kelsey and Roberts marriage? A. busy B. appalling C. strained D. good-natured

8 What about Robert seems to keep him from wanting to move the gravesite? A. He is controlling. B. He fears the Indians. C. He cares about cultural history. D. He is afraid of ghosts.

9 In paragraph 7, the author writes, She tried to cajole Robert away from the direction he was heading."Which of the following is the best way to rewrite the above sentence while keeping its original meaning as used in the story? A. She tried to compromise with Robert to go the other direction.

B. She tried to force Robert to change directions. C. She tried to entice Robert away from the direction he was heading. D. She tried to threaten Robert about the direction he was heading.

10 As used at the end of the story, which is the best antonym for desecrate? A. honor B. excavate C. defile D. criticize

11In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words. QUIESCENT A.ACTIVE C.Weak Ans.A 12) FRAUDULENT A.Candid C.Forthright Ans.D 13) BUSY A.Occupied C.Relaxed Ans.C B. Engrossed D.Engaged B. Direct D.Genuine B. Dormant D.Unconcerned

In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are lettered as (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate if any. The letter of that word is your answer. If all the words printed inbold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence, mark (E) i.e. All correct as your answer.

14Since petroleum products are taxed (A) heavily they are a majar(B) source (C) of revenue (D) for the government. All correct (E)

15Even though the proposal appearrs (A) practical (B) the committee should discuss (C) it

at length. (D) All correct (E)

16The Indian stock market has been one of the well (A)performing (B) markets globally (C) during the current (D) year. All correct (E)

17Had the scheme been allowed (A) to continue (B) it would havegenerated (C) attracted (D) returns. All correct (E)

18People should constantly (A) upgrade their skills (B) in order to be effective (C) and efficient. (D) All correct (E)

Aptitude (25 Ques - 35 min) -- logarithms, work, distance, discount, profit & loss, Interests etc.

1If the list price of a book is reduced by Rs. 5, then a person can buy 5 more books for Rs. 300. The original cost of the book is (1) Rs. 15 (2) Rs. 20 (3) Rs. 25 (4) Rs. 30 2If the total distance of a journey is 120 km .If one goes by 60 kmph and comes back at 40kmph what is the average speed during the journey? Ans: 48kmph

3 On a nice summer day two tourists visit the Dutch city of Gouda. During their tour through the center they spot a cosy terrace. They decide to have a drink and, as an appetizer, a portion of hot "bitterballs" (bitterballs are a Dutch delicacy, similar to croquettes). The waiter tells them that the bitterballs can be served in portions of 6, 9, or 20. What is the largest number of bitterballs that cannot be ordered in these portions?

4 8 2 14 6 11 ? 14 6 18 12 What will be the 6th number? a)8 b)9 c)7 d)5

5 In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied either.How many of these studied both Latin and Greek Ans. 0

6 A, B, C, D and E play a game of cards. A says to B, "If you give me three cards, you will have as many as E has and if I give you three cards, you will have as many as D has." A and B together had 10 cards more than what D and E together have. If B has two cards more than what C has and the total number of cards be 133, how many cards does B have? Ans-25

7If A + B means A is the brother of B; A - B means A is the sister of B and A x B means A is the father of B. Which of the following means that C is the son of M? A. B. C. D. M-NxC+F F-C+NxM N+M-FxC MxN-C+F

8 Pointing to a person, Deepak said, "His only brother is the father of my daughter's father". How is the person related to Deepak? A. B. C. D. Ans-C Father Grandfather Uncle Brother-in-law

9There are 5 persons a,b,c,d,e and each is wearing a block or white cap on his head. a person can see the caps of the remaining 4 but can't see his own cap. a person wearing white says true and who wears block says false. i) a says i see 3 whites and 1 block i) b says i see 4 blocks iii) e says i see 4 whites iv) c says i see 3 blocks and 1 white. now find the caps weared by a,b,c,d and e

10. Which of the following options are true Alphine tunnels are closed tunnels. in the past 30 yrs not even a single accident has been recorded for there is one accident in the rail road system. even in case of a fire accident it is possible to shift the passengers into adjacent wagons and even the living fire can be detected and extinguished with in the duration of 30 min. A. no accident can occur in the closed tunnels B. fire is allowed to live for 30 min. C. All the care that travel in the tunnels will be carried by rail shutters. Ans-A,C

11A company contracts to paint 3 houses. Mr. Brown can paint a house in 6 days while Mr. Black would take 8 days and Mr. Blue 12 days. After 8 days Mr. Brown goes on vacation and Mr. Black begins to work for a period of 6 days. How many days will it take Mr. Blue to complete the contract? A. 7 B. 8 C. 11 D. 12 Ans. C 12. 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same station traveling in the same direction at an average speed of 16 km/hr. After traveling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the freight train. The average speed of the freight train was? A. 30 B. 40 C.58 D. 60

Ans. B 13. A.-5 B. 4 C. 2 D. 8 Ans. D 14 What is the maximum number of half-pint bottles of cream that can be filled with a 4-gallon can of cream (2 pt.=1 qt. and 4 qt.=1 gal) A.16 B.24 C.30 D.64 Ans. D 15 If the operation, ^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y, what is the value of in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3 A.0 B.1 C.-1 D.4 Ans. B 16 A coffee shop blends 2 kinds of coffee, putting in 2 parts of a 33p. a gm. grade to 1 part of a 24p. a gm. If the mixture is changed to 1 part of the 33p. a gm. to 2 parts of the less expensive grade, how much will the shop save in blending 100 gms. A.Rs.90 B.Rs.1.00 C.Rs.3.00 D.Rs.8.00 If 9x-3y=12 and 3x-5y=7 then 6x-2y = ?

Ans.C 17) Which of the following statements is not correct? A. log10 10 = 1 B. log (2 + 3) = log (2 x 3) C. log10 1 = 0 D.log (1 + 2 + 3) = log 1 + log 2 + log 3 Ans.B log 8 18) is equal to: log 8 1 A.8 1 C.2 1 B. 4 1 D.8

Ans.C 19 a b If log +log = log (a + b), then: b a

A.a + b = 1 C.a = b Ans.A 20 If log10 7 = a, then log10

B. a - b = 1 D.a2 - b2 = 1

1 is equal to: 70

A.- (1 + a) a C.10

B. (1 + a)-1 1 D.10a

Ans.A 21) If log10 2 = 0.3010, the value of log10 80 is: A.1.6020 C.3.9030 Ans.B 26) Find the greatest number that will divide 43, 91 and 183 so as to leave the same remainder in each case. A.4 C.9 Ans.A 27) The H.C.F. of two numbers is 23 and the other two factors of their L.C.M. are 13 and 14. The larger of the two numbers is: A.276 C.322 Ans.C 28) Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8 10 and 12 seconds respectively. In 30 minutes, how many times do they toll together ? A.4 C.15 B. 10 D.16 B. 299 D.345 B. 7 D.13 B. 1.9030 D.None of these

29) Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8 10 and 12 seconds respectively. In 30 minutes, how many times do they toll together ? A.4 C.15 Ans.D B. 10 D.16

30) If log 2 = 0.30103, the number of digits in 264 is: A.18 C.20 Ans.C 30) If logx y = 100 and log2 x = 10, then the value of y is: A.210 C.21000 Ans.C B. 2100 D.210000 B. 19 D.21

Data structure 1.what is the ternary operator in following a. * b.& c.~ d.?

2.which is unary operator that used for addressing a.* b.! c.& d.? 3.what's equation for average class analysis of quicksort a.O(n) b.O(logn) c.O(2nlogn) d.O(n2) 4.same 3rd question ....with quicksort O(n2) a.O(n) b.O(logn) c.O(2nlogn) d.O(n2)

5.what operation & symbol indicate a.bitwise AND b.bitwisOR c.logical AND d.logicalOR

6.which is the worst algorithm in average case analysis? a.mergesort b.quick sort c.heapsort d.bubblesort

7.In stack 2,3 push() push() pop()

pop() pop() 1push() what is the output? 8.which has highest priority? Like 4 choice High priority: $ symbol Medium: * multiplication , / division Low: +addition and -subtraction High priority: * multiplication , / division Medium: $ symbol Low: +addition and -subtraction 9.what is sorting? 10.by using only 4 nodes, how many form of binary tree can make? a.12 b.14 c.15 d.13

C Questions 1.main() { int i=32; { int i; for(i=0;i<5;I++)

some operation....... } printf(%d,i); }

a.5

b.garbage

c.error

d.32

2.main() { int a=5,b=6,c=10; c=a==b; printf(5d,c); } a.0 b.error c.1 d.10

3.int i,j; int operate() { } mainI() { } two varibles can use for both function.what is the name for that

varibles? a.local variable b.register c.auto d.external

4.int sample(int i) { int count=1; printf(%d,count++); } main() { int i,j; for(i=0,j=5;i<5;i++,j--) samuple(i); printf(the element %d and %d,i,j); } what is the ouput for last two printf statement? 5. The command which gives the device of our system : WHO

6.The command which gives the all list of files without graphic symbols the choices are as follows ls-a ls-b ls-l

7. When a 'C' function call is made, the order in which parameters passed to the function are pushed into the stack is a) left to right b) right to left c) bigger variables are moved first than the smaller variables. d) smaller variables are moved first than the bigger ones. e) none of the above. Ans: (b)

8.int a[3][5]={ {1,2,3,4,5],{2,3,4,5,6},{10,11,12,13,14}}; int *p=&a; printf(%d,*(*(x+1)+3));

9.int a=0xdeabc; char x=a; printf(%x,x); find the output of this endiane machine. a)de b)ab c)0 d)cannot be predictable

10.A question on Computer Networks giving 3 lines o theorey on CSMA/CD CSMA/CA.

11.sizeof() is an operator .

12.main() { pfrintf(%d,f1(10,10);

} the function declaration of f1(int,int) is given in some other program find how the function declaration is extern int f1(int,int) .What is use of the Wait for Graph

14.main()

a=5;

if(a=1)

printf(d,a);

} always if prints the value of a is 1

15.a bit on convewrtion of binary number to Octal .10111000 first convert it into the decimal and convert it into the Octal by deviding 8.

16.Given the following statement enum day = {jan = 1, feb=4, april, may} What is the value of may? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 11 (e) None of the above 17. Find the output for the following C program main {int x,j,k; j=k=6;x=2; x=j*k; printf("%d", x); 18. Find the output for the following C program fn f(x) { if(x<=0) return; else f(x-1)+x; } 19. Find the output for the following C program i=20,k=0; for(j=1;j<i;j=1+4*(i/j)) {k+=j<10?4:3; } printf("%d", k);

20. Find the output for the following C program int i =10 main()

{int i =20,n; for(n=0;n<=i;) {int i=10; i++; } printf("%d", i);

1. What is paging?

2. What is virtual memory and why it is needed?

3. Write a program for Quick sort?

4. Write a program for banking management system and Railway management System?

5. Write a code by which you can find the no. of same train no. Occurrence in a snapshot from a database in railway ticketing system?

6. Write difference between switch and hub, tell about their characteristic?

7. Tell me about routers?

8. What is software engineering. Tell all the steps involved in it?

9 What is testing, what are different types of testing?

10. What is Scheduling. Explain different types of scheduling.

11. What is leaky bucket.

12. What is Segmentation?

13. What is token ring. Explain about it.

14. How many bits are required for IPv4 and IPv6.

15. Difference between UDP and TCP/IP.

16Tell me whats an operatng system?

17 Different functions of an OS?

18 Whats is heavy weight process?

19 Whats IPC?

20Whats critical section and its various solutions?

21Draw fig of OSI model?

22 Which model is used in Internet?

23 Draw figure of it?

24 What is function of network layer?

Also he asks various protocols that are used in various layers of OSI model like(IP, UDP, HTTP, IGP, TCP etc).

Then he switched to Data structures.

25Whats an Data Structure?

26What are differnt types of Data Structure?

27 Whats a Heap, Queue?

28 Write a program to implement Queue?

29Also questions like that (pseudocode or program).

Aricent recruitment process consists Writtent test, Group Discussion,Tehnical and HR Interviews

1. enum number { a=-1, b=4, c,d,e,} what is the value of e? (A) 7 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 3 2. which of the following correctly declares My_var as a pointer to a function that returns an integer a. int*My_Var(); b. int*(My_Var()); c. int(*)My_Var(); d. int(*My_Var)(); 3. There are 76 persons. 53 can read hindu,46 can read times,39 can read deccan and 15 can read all.if 22 can read hindu and deccan and 23 can read deccan and times then what is the number of persons who read only times and hindu??? Ans 18 4. in pure milk if 20% replaced by water and in this again 20% is replaced by water and again 20% is replaced by water then what is the praportion of milk in that mixture 5. after 10 years A will be twice the age of B before 10 years.and now if the difference is 9 years between them then what is the age of B after 10 years Ans 49 6. What is the Result of the following 'VIK'||NULL||'RAM' ? a] Error b] VIK RAM c] VIKRAM d] NULL Ans : C 7. What SYSTEM VARIABLE is used to refer DATABASE TIME ?

a] $$dbtime$$ b] $$time$$ c] $$datetime$$ d] None of the above Ans : A 8. If m:n = 2:3,the value of 3m+5n/6m-n is (A) 7/3 (B) 3/7 (C) 5/3 (D) 3/5 9. A dog taken four leaps for every five leaps of hare but three leaps of the dog is equal to four leaps of the hare. Compare speed? (A) 12:16 (B) 19:20 (C) 16:15 (D) 10:12 10. What is true about the following C functions? (A) Need not return any value. (B) Should always return an integer. (C) Should always return a float. (D) Should always return more than one value. 11.In simple interest what sum amounts of Rs.1120/- in 4 years and Rs.1200/- in 5 years ? (A) Rs. 500 (B) Rs. 600 (C) Rs. 800 (D) Rs. 900 12. If a sum of money compound annually amounts of thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years will it become 9 times itself. (A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12 13. Two trains move in the same direction at 50 kmph and 32 kmph respectively. A man in the slower train observes the 15 seconds elapse before the faster train completely passes by him. What is the length of faster train ? (A) 100m (B) 75m (C) 120m (D) 50m

14. How many mashes are there in 1 square meter of wire gauge if each mesh is 8mm long and 5mm wide ? (A) 2500 (B) 25000 (C) 250 (D) 250000 15. void main() { int i,j,k; for(i=0;i<3;i++) k=sum(i,i); printf("\n%d",k); getch(); } sum(s,t) { static int m; m+=s+t; return m; } Ans: 6 16. What is the output of the program void main() { int i,j,k,n=5; clrscr(); for(i=5;i>0;i--) { j=1<i; k=n&j; k==0?printf("0"):printf("1"); } getch(); } // A. 00011 // B. 11110 // c. 11001 // D. 11100 Ans: B. 11110 17. What is the output of the program

void main() { int i,j,k; i=2; j=4; k=i++>j&2; printf("%d\n",k); if(++k && ++i<--j|| i++) { j=++k; } printf(" %d %d %d",i,-j--,k); getch(); } // A. 4,-3,2 // B. 5,-3,2 // c. 4,-2,2 // D. 5,-2,2 Ans: D 18. what is the final value of x when the code for(int x=0;x<10;x++) is run? a. 10 b. 9 c. 0 d. 1 19. what is the data type of FILE? a. integer b. union c. pointer d. structure 20. if "a" is an array of 5*5 dimension, a[2][4] is same as a. **(a+2+4) b. *(a+2) + *(a+4) c. **(a+2)+4 d. *(*a+2)+4)

21. In a business P and Q invested amounts in the ratio 3:4, whereas the ratio between amounts invested by P and R was 6:7. If

Rs 106501.50 was their profit, how much amount did Q receive? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Rs 40572 Rs 30429 Rs 35500.50 Rs 34629 None of these

22. A man buys spirit at Rs. 60 per letter, adds water to it and then sells it at Rs. 75 per litter. What is the ratio of spirit to water if his profit in the feal is 37.5%? (a) 9:1 (b) 10:1 (c) 11:1 (d) None of these. Ans (b) 10.1 23. A certain quantity of petrol is found to be adulterated to the extent of 10%. What proportion of the adulterated petrol should be replaced with pure petrol to take the purity level to 98%? (a) 80% (b) 32% (c) 66.67% (d) cannot be determined. Ans (a) 80% 24. There is a family of six persons P,Q,R,S,T and U.They are Lawyer, Doctor, Teacher, Salesman, Engineer and Accountant. There are two married couples in the family. S, the salesman is married to the Lady Teacher. The Doctor is married to the Lawyer U, The Accountant is the son of Q and brother of T. R, the Lawyer is the daughter-in-law of P. T is the unmarried Engineer. P is the Grandmother of U. Which is the profession of P? a)Lawyer b)Teacher c)Doctor d)Accountant 25. My mother gave me money to buy stamps of price 2paisa, 7 paisa,15 paisa, 10paisa and 20 paisa. I had to buy 5 each of three types and 6 each of the other 2 types . But on my way to the post office i forgot how many of stamps of each type were to be brought . My mother had given me rupees 3 . So i had no problem in finding out the exact amount of each one . Can you tell me which stamps were 5 in number , n whic were 6 in number Ans . 5 stamps each of 2paisa, 7 paisa, 15 paisa

26. If all the picture cards are removed from a pack of cards, the sum of the values of the remaining is a) 55 b) 220 c) 54 d) 216 27.One monkey climbs a poll at the rate of 6mts/min and fell down 3mts in the alternately. Length of the poll is 60 mtrs , how much time it will take to reach the top? a. 31 b.33 c.37 d.40 (ans: 37)

28. Find the approximate value of the following equation. 6.23% of 258.43 - ? + 3.11% of 127 = 13.87 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 2 4 8 6 10

29. A train overtakes 2 persons walking at 3 km/hr and 5 km/hr respectively in the same direction and completely passes them in 8 seconds and 10 seconds respectively. Find the speed of the train. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 15 km/hr 13 km/hr 10 km/hr 10 km/hr None of these

30. The sum of a number and its square is 1406. What is the number? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 38 39 37 29 None of these

31. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits the rest in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his

monthly salary ? (A) Rs.500 (B) Rs.1500 (C) Rs.1000 (D) Rs. 900 32. To change the default date format in a SQLPLUS Session you have to (A) Set the new format in the DATE_FORMAT key in the windows Registry. (B) Alter session to set NLS_DATE-FORMAT. (C) Change the Config.ora File for the date base. (D) Change the User Profile USER-DATE-FORMAT. 33. Which of the following is not necessarily an advantages of using a package rather than independent stored procedure in data base. (A) Better performance. (B) Optimized memory usage. (C) Simplified Security implementation. (D) Encapsulation. 34. Find the greatest no. that will divide 964,1238 and 1400 leaving remainder of 41,31 and 51 resp. a) 58 b) 64 c) 69 d) 71 35. If all 6s get inverted and become 9s , by how much will the sum of all nos. between 1 and 100 both inclusive change? a) 300 b) 330 c) 333 d) none of these 36. What is the output of the program void main() { struct a { int i; char *st1; }; typedef struct a ST; ST *str1; str1=(ST*)malloc(100);

str1->i=100; strcpy(str1->st1,"Welcome to Oracle"); printf(" %d%s\n",str1->i,str1->st1); getch(); } // A. core dump // B. will not compile // c. 100,Welcome to Oracle // D. None of these Ans: C 37. What is the output of the program void main() { int i,j,k; i=2; j=4; k=i++>j&2; printf("%d\n",k); if(++k && ++i<--j|| i++) { j=++k; } printf(" %d %d %d",i,-j--,k); getch(); } // A. 4,-3,2 // B. 5,-3,2 // c. 4,-2,2 // D. 5,-2,2 Ans: D 38. What is the output of the program #include<stdio.h> #include<conio.h> void main() { int i,j=20; clrscr(); for(i=1;i<3;i++) { printf("%d,",i); continue;

printf("%d",j); break; } getch(); } // A. 1,20 // B. 1,20,1,20 // c. 1,2 // D. 1,2,20,20 Ans: c 39. x% of y is y% of ? (A) x/y (B) 2y (C) x (D) can't be determined 40. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % should a housewife reduce the consumption of sugar so that expenditure on sugar can be same as before ? (A) 15% (B) 16.66% (C) 12% (D) 9% ell me about yourself: The most often asked question in interviews. You need to have a short statement prepared in your mind. Be careful that it does not sound rehearsed. Limit it to work-related items unless instructed otherwise. Talk about things you have done and jobs you have held that relate to the position you are interviewing for. Start with the item farthest back and work up to the present. What experience do you have in this field? Speak about specifics that relate to the position you are applying for. If you do not have specific experience, get as close as you can. Do you consider yourself successful?

You should always answer yes and briefly explain why. A good explanation is that you have set goals, and you have met some and are on track to achieve the others. What do co-workers say about you? Be prepared with a quote or two from co-workers. Either a specific statement or a paraphrase will work. Jill Clark, a co-worker at Smith Company, always said I was the hardest workers she had ever known. It is as powerful as Jill having said it at the interview herself. What do you know about this organization? This question is one reason to do some research on the organization before the interview. Find out where they have been and where they are going. What are the current issues and who are the major players? What have you done to improve your knowledge in the last year? Try to include improvement activities that relate to the job. A wide variety of activities can be mentioned as positive self-improvement. Have some good ones handy to mention. Are you applying for other jobs? - Be honest but do not spend a lot of time in this area. Keep the focus on this job and what you can do for this organization. Anything else is a distraction. Why do you want to work for this organization? This may take some thought and certainly, should be based on the research you have done on the organization. Sincerity is extremely important here and will easily be sensed. Relate it to your long-term career goals. Do you know anyone who works for us?

Be aware of the policy on relatives working for the organization. This can affect your answer even though they asked about friends not relatives. Be careful to mention a friend only if they are well thought of. What kind of salary do you need? A loaded question. A nasty little game that you will probably lose if you answer first. So, do not answer it. Instead, say something like, Thats a tough question. Can you tell me the range for this position? In most cases, the interviewer, taken off guard, will tell you. If not, say that it can depend on the details of the job. Then give a wide range. Are you a team player? You are, of course, a team player. Be sure to have examples ready. Specifics that show you often perform for the good of the team rather than for yourself are good evidence of your team attitude. Do not brag, just say it in a matter-of-fact tone. This is a key point. How long would you expect to work for us if hired? Specifics here are not good. Something like this should work: Id like it to be a long time. Or As long as we both feel Im doing a good job. Have you ever had to fire anyone? How did you feel about that? This is serious. Do not make light of it or in any way seem like you like to fire people. At the same time, you will do it when it is the right thing to do. When it comes to the organization versus the individual who has created a harmful situation, you will protect the organization. Remember firing is not the same as layoff or reduction in force. What is your philosophy towards work?

The interviewer is not looking for a long or flowery dissertation here. Do you have strong feelings that the job gets done? Yes. Thats the type of answer that works best here. Short and positive, showing a benefit to the organization. If you had enough money to retire right now, would you? Answer yes if you would. But since you need to work, this is the type of work you prefer. Do not say yes if you do not mean it. Have you ever been asked to leave a position? - If you have not, say no. If you have, be honest, brief and avoid saying negative things about the people or organization involved. Explain how you would be an asset to this organization? You should be anxious for this question. It gives you a chance to highlight your best points as they relate to the position being discussed. Give a little advance thought to this relationship. Why should we hire you? Point out how your assets meet what the organization needs. Do not mention any other candidates to make a comparison. Tell me about a suggestion you have made - Have a good one ready. Be sure and use a suggestion that was accepted and was then considered successful. One related to the type of work applied for is a real plus. What is your greatest strength? Numerous answers are good, just stay positive. A few good examples: Your ability to prioritize, Your problem-solving skills, Your ability to work under pressure, Your ability to focus on projects, Your professional expertise, Your leadership skills, Your positive attitude . Tell me about your dream job.?

Stay away from a specific job. You cannot win. If you say the job you are contending for is it, you strain credibility. If you say another job is it, you plant the suspicion that you will be dissatisfied with this position if hired. The best is to stay genetic and say something like: A job where I love the work, like the people, can contribute and cant wait to get to work.