GATE CS 2024: Computer Science and Information Technology Session 1
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General Aptitude (GA)
Q.1 – Q.5 Carry ONE mark Each
Q.1 If ‘→’ denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words
[dry → arid → parched] is analogous to [diet → fast → ________ ].
Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?
(A) starve
(B) reject
(C) feast
(D) deny
Q.2 If two distinct non-zero real variables x and y are such that (x + y) is proportional
x
to (x − y) then the value of
y
(A) depends on xy
(B) depends only on x and not on y
(C) depends only on y and not on x
(D) is a constant
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Q.3 Consider the following sample of numbers:
9, 18, 11, 14, 15, 17, 10, 69, 11, 13
The median of the sample is
(A) 13.5
(B) 14
(C) 11
(D) 18.7
Q.4 The number of coins of ₹1, ₹5, and ₹10 denominations that a person has are in the
ratio 5:3:13. Of the total amount, the percentage of money in ₹5 coins is
(A) 21%
(B) 2
14 7%
(C) 10%
(D) 30%
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Q.5 For positive non-zero real variables p and q, if
log (p2 + q 2 ) = log p + log q + 2 log 3 ,
p4 +q4
then, the value of is
p2 q 2
(A) 79
(B) 81
(C) 9
(D) 83
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Q.6 – Q.10 Carry TWO marks Each
Q.6 In the given text, the blanks are numbered (i)−(iv). Select the best match for all the
blanks.
(i) (ii)
Steve was advised to keep his head before heading to bat;
(iii)
for, while he had a head batting, he could only do so with a cool head
(iv)
s his shoulders.
(A) (i) down (ii) down (iii) on (iv) for
(B) (i) on (ii) down (iii) for (iv) on
(C) (i) down (ii) out (iii) for (iv) on
(D) (i) on (ii) out (iii) on (iv) for
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Q.7 A rectangular paper sheet of dimensions 54 cm × 4 cm is taken. The two longer
edges of the sheet are joined together to create a cylindrical tube. A cube whose
surface area is equal to the area of the sheet is also taken.
Then, the ratio of the volume of the cylindrical tube to the volume of the cube is
(A) 1/π
(B) 2/π
(C) 3/π
(D) 4/π
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Q.8 The pie chart presents the percentage contribution of different macronutrients to a
typical 2,000 kcal diet of a person.
Macronutrient energy contribution
Trans
fat
5%
Saturated fat
20% Carbohydrates
35%
Unsaturated fat
20%
Proteins
20%
The typical energy density (kcal/g) of these macronutrients is given in the table.
Macronutrient Energy density (kcal/g)
Carbohydrates 4
Proteins 4
Unsaturated fat 9
Saturated fat 9
Trans fat 9
The total fat (all three types), in grams, this person consumes is
(A) 44.4
(B) 77.8
(C) 100
(D) 3,600
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Q.9 A rectangular paper of 20 cm × 8 cm is folded 3 times. Each fold is made along the
line of symmetry, which is perpendicular to its long edge. The perimeter of the final
folded sheet (in cm) is
(A) 18
(B) 24
(C) 20
(D) 21
Q.10 The least number of squares to be added in the figure to make AB a line of
symmetry is
(A) 6
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 7
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Q.11 – Q.35 Carry ONE mark Each
Q.11 Let f: ℝ → ℝ be a function such that f(x) = max{x, x 3 }, x ∈ ℝ , where ℝ is the
set of all real numbers. The set of all points where f(x) is
NOT differentiable is
(A) {−1, 1, 2}
(B) {−2, −1, 1}
(C) {0, 1}
(D) {−1, 0, 1}
1 2 3
Q.12 The product of all eigenvalues of the matrix [4 5 6] is
7 8 9
(A) −1
(B) 0
(C) 1
(D) 2
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Q.13 Consider a system that uses 5 bits for representing signed integers in 2’s complement
format. In this system, two integers A and B are represented as A=01010 and
B=11010. Which one of the following operations will result in either an arithmetic
overflow or an arithmetic underflow?
(A) A+B
(B) A−B
(C) B−A
(D) 2∗B
Q.14 Consider a permutation sampled uniformly at random from the set of all
permutations of {1, 2, 3, ⋯ , n} for some n ≥ 4. Let X be the event that 1 occurs
before 2 in the permutation, and Y the event that 3 occurs before 4. Which one of
the following statements is TRUE?
(A) The events X and Y are mutually exclusive
(B) The events X and Y are independent
(C) Either event X or Y must occur
(D) Event X is more likely than event Y
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Q.15 Which one of the following statements is FALSE?
In the cycle stealing mode of DMA, one word of data is transferred between an I/O
(A)
device and main memory in a stolen cycle
For bulk data transfer, the burst mode of DMA has a higher throughput than the
(B)
cycle stealing mode
Programmed I/O mechanism has a better CPU utilization than the interrupt driven
(C)
I/O mechanism
The CPU can start executing an interrupt service routine faster with vectored
(D)
interrupts than with non-vectored interrupts
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Q.16 A user starts browsing a webpage hosted at a remote server. The browser opens a
single TCP connection to fetch the entire webpage from the server. The webpage
consists of a top-level index page with multiple embedded image objects. Assume
that all caches (e.g., DNS cache, browser cache) are all initially empty. The
following packets leave the user’s computer in some order.
(i) HTTP GET request for the index page
(ii) DNS request to resolve the web server’s name to its IP address
(iii) HTTP GET request for an image object
(iv) TCP SYN to open a connection to the web server
Which one of the following is the CORRECT chronological order (earliest in time
to latest) of the packets leaving the computer ?
(A) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
(B) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
(C) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
(D) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
Q.17 Given an integer array of size N, we want to check if the array is sorted (in either
ascending or descending order). An algorithm solves this problem by making a
single pass through the array and comparing each element of the array only with its
adjacent elements. The worst-case time complexity of this algorithm is
(A) both Ο(N) and Ω(N)
(B) Ο(N) but not Ω(N)
(C) Ω(N) but not Ο(N)
(D) neither Ο(N) nor Ω(N)
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Q.18 Consider the following C program:
#include <stdio.h>
int main(){
int a = 6;
int b = 0;
while(a < 10) {
a = a / 12 + 1;
a += b;}
printf(”%d”, a);
return 0;}
Which one of the following statements is CORRECT?
(A) The program prints 9 as output
(B) The program prints 10 as output
(C) The program gets stuck in an infinite loop
(D) The program prints 6 as output
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Q.19 Consider the following C program:
#include <stdio.h> void fX(){
void fX(); char a;
int main(){ if((a=getchar()) != ’\n’)
fX(); fX();
return 0;} if(a != ’\n’)
putchar(a);}
Assume that the input to the program from the command line is 1234 followed by
a newline character. Which one of the following statements is CORRECT?
(A) The program will not terminate
(B) The program will terminate with no output
(C) The program will terminate with 4321 as output
(D) The program will terminate with 1234 as output
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Q.20 Let S be the specification: "Instructors teach courses. Students register for courses.
Courses are allocated classrooms. Instructors guide students." Which one of the
following ER diagrams CORRECTLY represents S?
(A) (i)
(B) (ii)
(C) (iii)
(D) (iv)
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Q.21 In a B+ tree, the requirement of at least half-full (50%) node occupancy is relaxed
for which one of the following cases?
(A) Only the root node
(B) All leaf nodes
(C) All internal nodes
(D) Only the leftmost leaf node
Q.22 Which of the following statements about a relation R in first normal form (1NF)
is/are TRUE ?
(A) R can have a multi-attribute key
(B) R cannot have a foreign key
(C) R cannot have a composite attribute
(D) R cannot have more than one candidate key
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Q.23 Let L1 , L2 be two regular languages and L3 a language which is not regular.
Which of the following statements is/are always TRUE?
(A) L1 = L2 if and only if L1 ∩ ̅̅̅
L2 = φ
(B) L1 ∪ L3 is not regular
(C) ̅̅̅
L3 is not regular
(D) ̅̅̅
L1 ∪ ̅̅̅
L2 is regular
Q.24 Which of the following statements about threads is/are TRUE?
(A) Threads can only be implemented in kernel space
(B) Each thread has its own file descriptor table for open files
(C) All the threads belonging to a process share a common stack
(D) Threads belonging to a process are by default not protected from each other
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Q.25 Which of the following process state transitions is/are NOT possible?
(A) Running to Ready
(B) Waiting to Running
(C) Ready to Waiting
(D) Running to Terminated
Q.26 Which of the following is/are Bottom-Up Parser(s)?
(A) Shift-reduce Parser
(B) Predictive Parser
(C) LL(1) Parser
(D) LR Parser
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Q.27 Let A and B be two events in a probability space with P(A) = 0.3, P(B) = 0.5,
and P(A ∩ B) = 0.1. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
(A) The two events A and B are independent
(B) P(A ∪ B) = 0.7
(C) P(A ∩ B c ) = 0.2, where B c is the complement of the event B
P(Ac ∩ B c ) = 0.4, where Ac and B c are the complements of the events A and B,
(D)
respectively
Q.28 Consider the circuit shown below where the gates may have propagation delays.
Assume that all signal transitions occur instantaneously and that wires have no
delays. Which of the following statements about the circuit is/are CORRECT?
(A) With no propagation delays, the output Y is always logic Zero
(B) With no propagation delays, the output Y is always logic One
With propagation delays, the output Y can have a transient logic One after X
(C)
transitions from logic Zero to logic One
With propagation delays, the output Y can have a transient logic Zero after X
(D)
transitions from logic One to logic Zero
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Q.29 TCP client P successfully establishes a connection to TCP server Q. Let NP denote
the sequence number in the SYN sent from P to Q. Let NQ denote the
acknowledgement number in the SYN ACK from Q to P. Which of the following
statements is/are CORRECT?
(A) The sequence number NP is chosen randomly by P
(B) The sequence number NP is always 0 for a new connection
(C) The acknowledgement number NQ is equal to NP
(D) The acknowledgement number NQ is equal to NP + 1
Q.30 Consider a 5-stage pipelined processor with Instruction Fetch (IF), Instruction
Decode (ID), Execute (EX), Memory Access (MEM), and Register Writeback (WB)
stages. Which of the following statements about forwarding is/are CORRECT?
In a pipelined execution, forwarding means the result from a source stage of an
(A)
earlier instruction is passed on to the destination stage of a later instruction
In forwarding, data from the output of the MEM stage can be passed on to the
(B)
input of the EX stage of the next instruction
(C) Forwarding cannot prevent all pipeline stalls
Forwarding does not require any extra hardware to retrieve the data from the
(D)
pipeline stages
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Q.31 Which of the following fields is/are modified in the IP header of a packet going out
of a network address translation (NAT) device from an internal network to an
external network?
(A) Source IP
(B) Destination IP
(C) Header Checksum
(D) Total Length
Q.32 Let A and B be non-empty finite sets such that there exist one-to-one and onto
functions (i) from A to B and (ii) from A × A to A ∪ B. The number of possible
values of |A| is __________
Q.33 Consider the operator precedence and associativity rules for the integer arithmetic
operators given in the table below.
Operator Precedence Associativity
+ Highest Left
− High Right
∗ Medium Right
/ Low Right
The value of the expression 3 + 1 + 5 ∗ 2 / 7 + 2 − 4 − 7 − 6 / 2 as per the
above rules is __________
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Q.34 The number of spanning trees in a complete graph of 4 vertices labelled A, B, C,
and D is _________
Q.35 Consider the following two relations, R(A,B) and S(A,C):
R S
A B A C
10 20 10 90
20 30 30 45
30 40 40 80
30 50
50 95
The total number of tuples obtained by evaluating the following expression
σB<C (R ⋈R.A=S.A S)
is _________
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Q.36 – Q.65 Carry TWO marks Each
Consider a network path P—Q—R between nodes P and R via router Q. Node P
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sends a file of size 106 bytes to R via this path by splitting the file into chunks of
103 bytes each. Node P sends these chunks one after the other without any wait time
between the successive chunk transmissions. Assume that the size of extra headers
added to these chunks is negligible, and that the chunk size is less than the MTU.
Each of the links P—Q and Q—R has a bandwidth of 106 bits/sec, and negligible
propagation latency. Router Q immediately transmits every packet it receives from
P to R, with negligible processing and queueing delays. Router Q can
simultaneously receive on link P—Q and transmit on link Q—R.
Assume P starts transmitting the chunks at time t = 0.
Which one of the following options gives the time (in seconds, rounded off to 3
decimal places) at which R receives all the chunks of the file?
(A) 8.000
(B) 8.008
(C) 15.992
(D) 16.000
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Q.37 Consider the following syntax-directed definition (SDD).
S → DHTU { S. val = D. val + H. val + T. val + U. val; }
D → "M"D1 { D. val = 5 + D1 . val; }
D→ε { D. val = −5; }
H → "L"H1 { H. val = 5 ∗ 10 + H1 . val; }
H→ε { H. val = −10; }
T → "C"T1 { T. val = 5 ∗ 100 + T1 . val; }
T→ε { T. val = −5; }
U → "K" { U. val = 5; }
Given "MMLK" as the input, which one of the following options is the CORRECT
value computed by the SDD (in the attribute S. val)?
(A) 45
(B) 50
(C) 55
(D) 65
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Q.38 Consider the following grammar G, with S as the start symbol. The grammar G has
three incomplete productions denoted by (1), (2), and (3).
S → daT | (1)
T → aS | bT | (2)
R → (3) | ε
The set of terminals is {a, b, c, d, f}. The FIRST and FOLLOW sets of the different
non-terminals are as follows.
FIRST(S) = {c, d, f}, FIRST(T) = {a, b, ε}, FIRST(R) = {c, ε}
FOLLOW(S) = FOLLOW(T) = {c, f, $}, FOLLOW(R) = {f}
Which one of the following options CORRECTLY fills in the incomplete
productions?
(A) (1) S → Rf (2) T → ε (3) R → cTR
(B) (1) S → fR (2) T → ε (3) R → cTR
(C) (1) S → fR (2) T → cT (3) R → cR
(D) (1) S → Rf (2) T → cT (3) R → cR
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Q.39 Consider the following pseudo-code.
L1: t1 = −1
L2: t2 = 0
L3: t3 = 0
L4: t4 = 4 ∗ t3
L5: t5 = 4 ∗ t2
L6: t6 = t5 ∗ M
L7: t7 = t4 + t6
L8: t8 = a[t7]
L9: if t8 <= max goto L11
L10: t1 = t8
L11: t3 = t3 + 1
L12: if t3 < M goto L4
L13: t2 = t2 + 1
L14: if t2 < N goto L3
L15: max = t1
Which one of the following options CORRECTLY specifies the number of basic
blocks and the number of instructions in the largest basic block, respectively ?
(A) 6 and 6
(B) 6 and 7
(C) 7 and 7
(D) 7 and 6
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Q.40 Consider the following two threads T1 and T2 that update two shared variables
a and b. Assume that initially a = b = 1. Though context switching between
threads can happen at any time, each statement of T1 or T2 is executed atomically
without interruption.
T1 T2
a = a + 1; b = 2 * b;
b = b + 1; a = 2 * a;
Which one of the following options lists all the possible combinations of values of
a and b after both T1 and T2 finish execution?
(A) (a = 4, b = 4); (a = 3, b = 3); (a = 4, b = 3)
(B) (a = 3, b = 4); (a = 4, b = 3); (a = 3, b = 3)
(C) (a = 4, b = 4); (a = 4, b = 3); (a = 3, b = 4)
(D) (a = 2, b = 2); (a = 2, b = 3); (a = 3, b = 4)
Q.41 An array [82, 101, 90, 11, 111, 75, 33, 131, 44, 93] is heapified. Which one of the
following options represents the first three elements in the heapified array?
(A) 82, 90, 101
(B) 82, 11, 93
(C) 131, 11, 93
(D) 131, 111, 90
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Q.42 Consider the following recurrence relation:
T(n) = {√nT(√n) + n for n ≥ 1,
1 for n = 1.
Which one of the following options is CORRECT?
(A) T(n) = Θ(n log log n)
(B) T(n) = Θ(n log n)
(C) T(n) = Θ(n2 log n)
(D) T(n) = Θ(n2 log log n)
Q.43 Consider a binary min-heap containing 105 distinct elements. Let k be the index (in
the underlying array) of the maximum element stored in the heap. The number of
possible values of k is
(A) 53
(B) 52
(C) 27
(D) 1
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Q.44 The symbol → indicates functional dependency in the context of a relational
database. Which of the following options is/are TRUE?
(A) (X, Y) → (Z, W) implies X → (Z, W)
(B) (X, Y) → (Z, W) implies (X, Y) → Z
(C) ((X, Y) → Z and W → Y) implies (X, W) → Z
(D) (X → Y and Y → Z) implies X → Z
Q.45 Let G be a directed graph and T a depth first search (DFS) spanning tree in G that
is rooted at a vertex v. Suppose T is also a breadth first search (BFS) tree in G,
rooted at v. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE for every such graph G
and tree T ?
(A) There are no back-edges in G with respect to the tree T
(B) There are no cross-edges in G with respect to the tree T
(C) There are no forward-edges in G with respect to the tree T
(D) The only edges in G are the edges in T
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Q.46 Consider the following read-write schedule S over three transactions
T1 , T2 , and T3 , where the subscripts in the schedule indicate transaction IDs:
S: r1 (z); w1 (z); r2 (x); r3 (y); w3 (y); r2 (y); w2 (x); w2 (y);
Which of the following transaction schedules is/are conflict equivalent to S ?
(A) T1 T2 T3
(B) T1 T3 T2
(C) T3 T2 T1
(D) T3 T1 T2
Q.47 Consider a Boolean expression given by F(X, Y, Z) = ∑(3,5,6,7).
Which of the following statements is/are CORRECT?
(A) F(X, Y, Z) = Π(0,1,2,4)
(B) F(X, Y, Z) = XY + YZ + XZ
(C) F(X, Y, Z) is independent of input Y
(D) F(X, Y, Z) is independent of input X
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Q.48 Consider the following C function definition.
int f(int x, int y) {
for (int i=0; i<y; i++) {
x=x+x+y;
}
return x;
}
Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about the above function?
(A) If the inputs are x=20, y=10, then the return value is greater than 220
(B) If the inputs are x=20, y=20, then the return value is greater than 220
(C) If the inputs are x=20, y=10, then the return value is less than 210
(D) If the inputs are x=10, y=20, then the return value is greater than 220
Q.49 Let A be any n × m matrix, where m > n. Which of the following statements is/are
TRUE about the system of linear equations Ax = 0 ?
(A) There exist at least m − n linearly independent solutions to this system
There exist m − n linearly independent vectors such that every solution is a linear
(B)
combination of these vectors
(C) There exists a non-zero solution in which at least m − n variables are 0
(D) There exists a solution in which at least n variables are non-zero
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Q.50 Consider the 5-state DFA M accepting the language L(M) ⊂ (0 + 1)∗ shown
below. For any string w ∈ (0 + 1)∗ let n0 (w) be the number of 0′ s in w and
n1 (w) be the number of 1′s in w .
Which of the following statements is/are FALSE?
(A) States 2 and 4 are distinguishable in M
(B) States 3 and 4 are distinguishable in M
(C) States 2 and 5 are distinguishable in M
(D) Any string w with n0 (w) = n1 (w) is in L(M)
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Q.51 The chromatic number of a graph is the minimum number of colours used in a
proper colouring of the graph. Let G be any graph with n vertices and chromatic
number k. Which of the following statements is/are always TRUE?
(A) G contains a complete subgraph with k vertices
(B) G contains an independent set of size at least n/k
(C) G contains at least k(k − 1)/2 edges
(D) G contains a vertex of degree at least k
Q.52 Consider the operators ◊ and □ defined by a ◊ b = a + 2b, a□b = ab, for positive
integers. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
(A) Operator ◊ obeys the associative law
(B) Operator □ obeys the associative law
(C) Operator ◊ over the operator □ obeys the distributive law
(D) Operator □ over the operator ◊ obeys the distributive law
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Q.53 Consider two set-associative cache memory architectures: WBC, which uses the
write back policy, and WTC, which uses the write through policy. Both of them use
the LRU (Least Recently Used) block replacement policy. The cache memory is
connected to the main memory. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
(A) A read miss in WBC never evicts a dirty block
A read miss in WTC never triggers a write back operation of a cache block to
(B)
main memory
(C) A write hit in WBC can modify the value of the dirty bit of a cache block
A write miss in WTC always writes the victim cache block to main memory
(D)
before loading the missed block to the cache
Q.54 Consider a 512 GB hard disk with 32 storage surfaces. There are 4096 sectors per
track and each sector holds 1024 bytes of data. The number of cylinders in the hard
disk is _________
Q.55 The baseline execution time of a program on a 2 GHz single core machine is
100 nanoseconds (ns). The code corresponding to 90% of the execution time can be
fully parallelized. The overhead for using an additional core is 10 ns when running
on a multicore system. Assume that all cores in the multicore system run their share
of the parallelized code for an equal amount of time.
The number of cores that minimize the execution time of the program is ________
Q.56 A given program has 25% load/store instructions. Suppose the ideal CPI (cycles per
instruction) without any memory stalls is 2. The program exhibits 2% miss rate on
instruction cache and 8% miss rate on data cache. The miss penalty is 100 cycles.
The speedup (rounded off to two decimal places) achieved with a perfect cache (i.e.,
with NO data or instruction cache misses) is _________
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Q.57 Consider the following code snippet using the fork() and wait() system calls.
Assume that the code compiles and runs correctly, and that the system calls run
successfully without any errors.
int x = 3;
while(x > 0) {
fork();
printf("hello");
wait(NULL);
x--;
}
The total number of times the printf statement is executed is _______
Q.58 Consider the entries shown below in the forwarding table of an IP router. Each entry
consists of an IP prefix and the corresponding next hop router for packets whose
destination IP address matches the prefix. The notation “/N” in a prefix indicates a
subnet mask with the most significant N bits set to 1.
Prefix Next hop router
10.1.1.0/24 R1
10.1.1.128/25 R2
10.1.1.64/26 R3
10.1.1.192/26 R4
This router forwards 20 packets each to 5 hosts. The IP addresses of the hosts are
10.1.1.16, 10.1.1.72, 10.1.1.132, 10.1.1.191, and 10.1.1.205 . The number of
packets forwarded via the next hop router R2 is _______
Q.59 Let G = (V, Σ, S, P) be a context-free grammar in Chomsky Normal Form with
Σ = {a, b, c} and V containing 10 variable symbols including the start
symbol S. The string w = a30 b 30 c 30 is derivable from S. The number of steps
(application of rules) in the derivation S →∗ w is _________
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Q.60 The number of edges present in the forest generated by the DFS traversal of an
undirected graph G with 100 vertices is 40. The number of connected components
in G is _________
Q.61 Consider the following two regular expressions over the alphabet {0,1}:
r = 0∗ + 1∗
s = 01∗ + 10∗
The total number of strings of length less than or equal to 5, which are
neither in r nor in s, is _________
Q.62 Consider a memory management system that uses a page size of 2 KB. Assume that
both the physical and virtual addresses start from 0. Assume that the pages 0, 1, 2,
and 3 are stored in the page frames 1, 3, 2, and 0, respectively. The physical address
(in decimal format) corresponding to the virtual address 2500 (in decimal format)
is _________
Q.63 A bag contains 10 red balls and 15 blue balls. Two balls are drawn randomly without
replacement. Given that the first ball drawn is red, the probability (rounded off to 3
decimal places) that both balls drawn are red is _________
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Q.64 Consider a digital logic circuit consisting of three 2-to-1 multiplexers M1, M2, and
M3 as shown below. X1 and X2 are inputs of M1. X3 and X4 are inputs of M2.
A, B, and C are select lines of M1, M2, and M3, respectively.
X1 0
Q1
X2 1 M1
S1
0
A Y
M3
1
S3
X3 0
C
Q2
M2
X4 1
S2
B
For an instance of inputs X1=1, X2=1, X3=0, and X4=0, the number of
combinations of A, B, C that give the output Y=1 is _________
Q.65 Consider sending an IP datagram of size 1420 bytes (including 20 bytes of IP
header) from a sender to a receiver over a path of two links with a router between
them. The first link (sender to router) has an MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit)
size of 542 bytes, while the second link (router to receiver) has an MTU size of 360
bytes. The number of fragments that would be delivered at the receiver is ________
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Final Answer Key
Question
Q. No. Session Section Key/Range Mark
Type
1 5 MCQ GA A 1
2 5 MCQ GA D 1
3 5 MCQ GA A 1
4 5 MCQ GA C 1
5 5 MCQ GA A 1
6 5 MCQ GA C 2
7 5 MCQ GA A 2
8 5 MCQ GA C 2
9 5 MCQ GA A 2
10 5 MCQ GA A 2
11 5 MCQ CS-1 D 1
12 5 MCQ CS-1 B 1
13 5 MCQ CS-1 B 1
14 5 MCQ CS-1 B 1
15 5 MCQ CS-1 C 1
16 5 MCQ CS-1 C 1
17 5 MCQ CS-1 A 1
18 5 MCQ CS-1 C 1
19 5 MCQ CS-1 C 1
20 5 MCQ CS-1 D 1
21 5 MCQ CS-1 A 1
22 5 MSQ CS-1 A;C 1
23 5 MSQ CS-1 C;D 1
24 5 MSQ CS-1 D 1
25 5 MSQ CS-1 B;C 1
26 5 MSQ CS-1 A;D 1
27 5 MSQ CS-1 B;C 1
28 5 MSQ CS-1 A;C 1
29 5 MSQ CS-1 A;D 1
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30 5 MSQ CS-1 A;B;C 1
31 5 MSQ CS-1 A;C 1
32 5 NAT CS-1 2 to 2 1
33 5 NAT CS-1 6 to 6 1
34 5 NAT CS-1 16 to 16 1
35 5 NAT CS-1 2 to 2 1
36 5 MCQ CS-1 B 2
37 5 MCQ CS-1 A 2
38 5 MCQ CS-1 A 2
39 5 MCQ CS-1 D 2
40 5 MCQ CS-1 A 2
41 5 MCQ CS-1 D 2
42 5 MCQ CS-1 A 2
43 5 MCQ CS-1 A 2
44 5 MSQ CS-1 B;C;D 2
45 5 MSQ CS-1 C 2
46 5 MSQ CS-1 B;C;D 2
47 5 MSQ CS-1 A;B 2
48 5 MSQ CS-1 B;D 2
49 5 MSQ CS-1 A 2
50 5 MSQ CS-1 B;C 2
51 5 MSQ CS-1 B;C 2
52 5 MSQ CS-1 B;D 2
53 5 MSQ CS-1 B;C 2
54 5 NAT CS-1 4096 to 4096 2
55 5 NAT CS-1 3 to 3 2
56 5 NAT CS-1 3.00 to 3.00 2
57 5 NAT CS-1 14 to 14 2
58 5 NAT CS-1 40 to 40 2
59 5 NAT CS-1 179 to 179 2
60 5 NAT CS-1 60 to 60 2
61 5 NAT CS-1 44 to 44 2
62 5 NAT CS-1 6596 to 6596 2
63 5 NAT CS-1 0.370 to 0.380 2
64 5 NAT CS-1 4 to 4 2
65 5 NAT CS-1 6 to 6 2
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Source: GATE. Question paper published by GATE.