FLEXTRONICS Placement Paper - SimplyFreshers.com

Company: Flextronics Software Systems

Hai all,
Here is the Hughes Paper( now FLEXTRONICS). There are two sections of the written test. First is the general aptitude test(30 ques) (generally it is the quantitative aptitude . R.S. Agrawal (non-verbal and quantitative) should be done.
Second is the technical section(u can attempt either electronics or computer one). There are good C, C++, Java questions in the Computer section and microprocessor, computer architecture and C, Java questions in Electronics section. They declare the result within an hour or two. Then the interview is as per the schedule. The interview is the technical one. They ask C, C++, datastructures questions and final year project in detail. It consist of two section part A and B or C
For CSE student part A & B is better.
Here i am writting some Questions from part A and B for CSE student
Questions are not in order.
***************************************************
1.
f(char *p)
{
p[0]? f(++p):1;
printf(“%c”,*p);
}
if call that fuction with f(Aabcd) what is the output??
ans:dcbaA (Just reversing the string

2
f(char *p)
{
p=(char *)malloc(sizeof(6));
strcpy(p,”HELLO”);
}
main()
{
char *p=”BYE”;
f(p)
printf(“%s”,p);
}
what is the o/p???
ans:HELLO

3 To sorting array of 10 elements which sorting is best
a)slection
b)bubble
c)tree sort
d)….
ans:a

4 To saving space paoint of view which sort is best
a)selection
b)insertion
c)both a & b
d)… check it once.U Can easy Aanswer this question(UCA)

5 Which statement is wrong on heap
a)Any two childs should not same
b)..
c)..
d)…
ans:a

6 one more question on heap

7 read about cyclometric complexity..

8 how many null pointer are there in N number binary tree
ans:N+1

9 Two sorted list of size n what are the maximum comparison in merge
ANs:2n-1

10 converting 41.685 to binary

11 pc is incremented while executing ———- instruction
ans:fetch instruction

12 this is gates (NAND)problem
It means some gate figure has given with all NAND gate we have write
equavalent gate
ans:OR gate

13 x:validating :Are we producing product right
y:verification:Are we producing right right
a)X is wrong statement
b)y is “
c)x and Y “
d)x & y is right statement

14 NFS some queston in NSF.
see distibuted operation System book by tenaun bamab

15. IP & IPX is implemented in trasport layer.All our friends can answer this question .Here i am unable to recall that question.

16 comparison between hashtable and binary tree
ans:a

17 client server is working in asyn mode then how communication will take place bt client and server.

18 once context swithing occures then ————will take place
a)saving register b)saving stack c).. d)..

19 If precondition is failed what u say about postcondition?
Note:Read about preconditon and postcondition

20 whiling download java applete then web broswer do the folling
a)checking the class structure.. b)..c).. d)..

Read about this
21 Strings in Java
a)Mutable b)variable length string c).. d)..
ans:b

22 in Internet Transprot layer which is not a protocol
a)/etc/host b)TCP c)UDP d)..

23 Which is not specified in CODD’s rules

It is from DBMS question
Refer NAVATHI BOOK chapter -9 appendx topic is CODDE’s rules
24 what is the use of Normalization

25 Functional dependecy x->y is shows that
a)if x1=x2 then y1=y2 b).. c).. d).. ans:a

26 one question on IP addsress 243.65.77.8 some thing

27 If A sends a message to B with encryption then key is
a)A public key b)B public key c)A private key d)B private key ans:b

28 In a class only declaration of the function is there but defintion is not there then what is that function
ans:virtual function

29 what is not necessary condition in dead lock
ans:a

30 One question from multible inheritance…

31) ICV protocal

32) one question from catches like write-through protocal etc

33)catche access time is 100ns ,memory access time is 1000ns and hit ratio
is 0.9 then what is average memery access time
a)100ns b)200ns c)400ns d)500ns ans:b
***********************************************************************

SECTION C:
1.an lead compensator zero is at Z=Zc, pole is at P=Pc then the following is correct
a.Pc >Zc,pc<0,zcy in a relation R, x1 and x2 are in x, y1 and y2 are in y (question not cleared), about functional dependancy a.x1=x2 and y1=y2 b. c. 43. in a down loading from website ,which one is correct? ans: check the byte code and indicate the error, if any. 44. about UDP one Address is given but that is not the state table what will it do the packet a. packet is discarded b. packet is sent to ethernet server c. packet is sent to other address 45. in associated memory for fast accessing which one is used a. single linked list b. double ” c. hash table ******************Hughes paper in DCE************ All ques. had four options. 1- What is max. no. of hops in hypercube n/w with n (=2 ^ p) to go from one node to another ? a. p b. log p c. n ^ 2 2- What is Kerberos ? ans. Authentication Protocol 3-In completely connected multiprocessor system with n processors , links will be of the order of a. O(n ^ 2) b. O(2 ^ n) c. O(n/2) 4-When quick sort gives worst performance ? ans. When elements are in order. 5- o/p of each sorting step of 8 elements was given and had to recognise which sorting algo.? Ans. Bubble sort (Not Sure , Check it out ) 6-In worst case ,which sort is best out of following sorts? a.heap b.selection c.quick (ans.) d. insertion 7-Three very simple gate circuits each having inputs A,B,C,D were given and had to tell ,which two give same result ? (DeMorgan’s Law was used in solving ) Ans was (a) &(c) (o/p of a & c was coming to be AB +CD) 8-K-map given,had to tell simplified function Ans was perhaps AB+AD +AC+BCD K-Map was CD` AB 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9-What is Function Point ? Ans. S/W estimation technique 10-p points to an integer. We don’t want p to change value. In C, what declarations will we use? A const int *p b.int *p c.int const *p e. int* const p (perhaps ans.) 11-Diff between 2NF &3NF ? Ans. D (last option) 12.Which does not use client server model ? a. Email b. Web access c. C. Telephone call d. N/w file system 13-In a pipeline having 3 stages, each having reliability of 0.9 ,what is overall reliability of pipeline? a. 0.9 b. 0.729 c. 0.81 14-2level cacheis there first level cache’s access time is 100ns,second level cache’s access time is 33ns & memory access time is 1000 ns. What is total memory access time ? ans. 140 ns 15-In public key cryptography,Awillsend message to B ans. Using B’s public key 16-What does projection of a relation give? Ans.gives vertical partition of relation corresponding to specified columns. 17-For disk or direct access storage, which is best ? a. AVL b. B-tree c. Red tape .. 18-There is a tree with inorder threading Node B is inserted as left child of nade A. Node A already has right child . Where will the null ptr of B point ? ans. Parent of A (perhaps) 19-There is a diskless workstation. Which will be the first protocol it will use ? a FTP b. ARP c. HTTP d. RARP 20-Compiler keeps which of following ? ans. Symbol table 21- ‘ping’ command uses which protocol ? ans. ICMP 22-Merge sort uses which technique? Ans. Divide and Conquer 23-Program counter is incremented in a. fetch (ans) b. decode c. execute 24-what does the following program do ? f(int n) { int c; while(n) { n&=n-1; c++; } print c; } ans. Program prints the no. of set bits in no. 25-What is this called (char *) (*(*(*A[X]) ( ) )) ( ) ans. Array of X pointers to a function returning pointer to functions that are returning pointer to char (not sure ) 26- For synchronisation in distributed computing, what should not be there ? a. all machines are synchronised by a global clock b. all systems should have their own clock (perhaps ans) 27-Java applet of a moving /waving file is running on one machine then it means a.Java’s executable code is downloaded and running on the m/c b.A virtual X server is running on that m/c while the actual program is running on the web server. 28-What is in RSA algo. ? a. First the session key is encrypted & then whole message is encrypted using RSA Algo. b. Message is encrypted using RsA algo. c. First Rsa algo is used &then encrypted with the session key. 29-What is dirty read? a. Transaction reexecutes and gives diff. Results from the original execution b. Read is done when the transaction is not yet committed 30-What is coupling ? a. It tells the strength of interconnection between two program units. 31-Any n/w on the computer can have only a. one domain &one IP b. more than one domain & more than one Ip c. one domain and more than one IP d. more than one domain & one IP 32-Which one does not have file descriptor ? a. process b. keyboard c. pipe d. socket 33-What does CONNECT BY means a.connect to a different databaser for retreival b.arrange in tree ordered structure 34-In two phase commit protocol, why log is used during transmission &reception ? a. To retrieve the status in case of crash 35-In which algo. Waiting time is minimun? Ans, SJF 36-How many address bits are there in Ipv6 ans. 128 bits 37-During run time heap is managed by a. a user process in kernel mode b. A system process manages heap for all the processes c. A system process for each process d. A user process in user mode 38-In which of following search is efficient? a. height balanced tree b. Weight balanced tree c. Binary tree 39.A ques. on resource relocation, sharing ( I don’t remember more than this regarding this ques.) 40-some ques. options were sth like a. transparency control b. Migration control c. Concurrency control 41-X:In DFD, input is converted into output by passing through various functional units Y:DFD cannot be used in object oriented design a. both X& y are correct b. both X & Y are incorrect c. X correct, Y incorrect d. Xincorrect, Y correct 42-Where regression testing is used ? a. Dynamic analysers b. Loaders 43-For Java interfaces , what is true ? a. Functions declarations are not given’ b. Variables are not declared c. Instance variables are not used 44-In a linked list, we can delete a node in order of a. 1 b. n c. n ^ 2 45-If there are N people and we have to do symmetric & asymmetric cryptography, how many keys would be used in these cases respectively? a. N & N ^ 2 (probably ans) b. N ^ 2 & N c. N & N d. N ^ 2 & N ^2 46-The protected element of a class can’t be accessed by a. member functions of the same class b. member functions of the derived class c. member functions of any other class in the same program (Ans.) 47-NFS uses same file structure as unix 48-To solve an expression which of following trees will you use ? a. postfix b. infix Here are some questions of Hughes software system computer part:-

Q.1 void x(char* a) { (a[0])?x(a+1):1; printf(“%c”,*(a+0)); return 1; ..; } Input string ‘a’ is assigned as AaBbCc , what is the output? Ans.-cCbBaA

Q2 a question on digital gates ANS is OR gate.

Q3 what is the binary representation of 41.6785

Q4 if the precondition for a subroutine does not hold then 1.postcondition does not hold 2.postcondition may or may not hold 3. ? 4. ?

Q5. In java 1. java strings are mutable. And some other options on java strings

Q6. Void f(char *p) { p = (char*)malloc(6); strcpy(p,”hello”); } void main( ) { char *p = “BYE”; f(p); printf(“%s”,p); } ANS BYE

Q7. A question on write through and write back algo.

Q8. What is concerned with transport layer. Ans PORT.

Q9. A server can work with ip and ipx protocol.how the server will determine to which protocol the incoming packet coresponds .

Q10. For which purpose dhcp is used ANS ip address

Q11 global vaariable defined as ststic will serve the purpose of —

Q12 Question on NFS ANS It uses the same semantics as unix for file system

Q13. Program counter is incremented typically in which uses ANS fetch

Q14 NO of NULL pointers in a tree with n leaf nodes ANS N+1 Q15.thread take less time than process context Why? Ans. Address space is same.

Q.16 Which algo is best for sorting 10 elements? Ans. 1> binary tree 2> selection 3> bubble 4> none

Q.17 a question on ICV(networking)
a) When A sends an ICV and message, B computes ICV , checks It with given
ICV,and decodes Message
b) Similar other

Q.18 When server A sends a time request to server B, (time synchronization), and response becomes past, What does A do?
a) resets its own clock
b) resends time request again

Q.19 in public key encryption what does A do such that It is not visible to others?
a) A uses public key part of A
b) A uses private key part of A
c) A uses public key part of B
d) A uses private key part of B

Q.20 function dependency can be described as:

Q.21 q. on findind cyclometric complexity of the given program
1> 7 2>5 3> 4 4> 0

Q.22 Codd’s rule related to database

Q.23 path testing comes under
A) white box
B) black box

Q.24 when an ip address is not in the computer adresss resolution file what does It do with that packet
a)Ignores It
c) sends It to default gateway
d) sends It to ethernet server

Q.25 execution divided in different stages then this is called ANS. Pipelining

Q.26 in C the macros are
ANS. converted in to inline code during preprocessing

Q.27 X: verification means doing the right things Y: validation means doing things right
a) both true
b) both false
c) one true one correct

Q.28 void insert (key, r)
Keytype key, data
{
if (n>=max)
ERROR
Else
R[n++].key=k;
Which is best?
1> sequential search

Q.29 which is best for associative list searching?
1) single linked list
2) doubly linked list
3) hash table

Q.30 A question based on SQL ?
Q.31 which is not necessary condition for deadlock?
1> mutual exclusion
2> no preemption
3> is ANS.
4> Circular wait

/=====================================
From Venky..

1. a processor has two level cache.Their access time (level1 and level2) is 100ns and 300ns respect.Memeory access time is 1000ns$
==> ans is 140 (b)
==> 2.diskless server uses
==> a rarp
==> b arp
==> c ftp
==> d.telnet
==> ans rarp
==> 3.which one of them is not a client server
==> e-mail
==> telephone
==> webserver
==> and one more
==> ans is e-mail or telephone.
==> 4.Which one is used to represent operations
==> infix
==> postfix
==> binarytree
==> and one more
==> ans binary tree
==> 5.one qustion was on private key and public key.The quest. was
if a wants to send a message to b that no one other that b should $
==> A private key
==> A public key
==> B private key
==> B public key
==> 6.compliers maintain
==> ans is symbol table
==>

From Diwakar..
1) what a java interface not have ?
ans – instance variables
2) what is done with java code on a web-page
ans – downloaded and executed on ur pc
3) what is the order of deleting a node from a linked list given a ptr to it
ans O(n) ( since u have to traverse the list to reach the prev. node)
3) what is RSA
4) how can A send a messageto B so that B knows its from A
ans A uses his private key so that B can use A’s public key
5) what is the best sort in worst case
ans heap sort
6) what is the given sorting
ans selection ( check it )
7) what can access protected memebers of a class
ans other classes of that program
8) what protocol is used by a machine to map an ip to hardware address
ans arp
9) what is the size of ipv6
ans 128 bits
10) what protocol has ping
ans icmp
11) how many keys are needed in symmetric and asymmetric crptography?
12) one on a right threaded tree
13) very easy k-map
ans i think its b)
14) very easy ckt
ans choice which has option : a&c are equivalent
15) what in unix doesnt have a fd
ans process ( this was the first ques ).

Regarding Hughes
paper they conducted two tests. Both were technical(no aptitude test). First one was compulsory for everybody. In second one could opt for electronics or computers. In all i suppose there were 50 questions. And just before interview you were supposed to fill up a performa which they call Behavioural Test. This was to check you interpersonal skills and socialising capabilities. Questions like – would you like to be elected leaders of organising committees, do you like peoply express their agonies to you, do you wish people be close to you type questions were repeated in one and the other form.

Interview was technical as well as personal. CGPA did count – it seems.
They selected 8 people from here. BTW what’s your current CGPA and what’s
the strength of your class. Do they come for B.Tech and M.Tech separatel
as the case here is or it’s all at once.

Questions :

1.If a precondition of a sub routine fails then
a. post condition fails as well
b. Post condition may fail
c. post condition is declared but now defined.

2. whatz the o/p of the following program
char * a= “AabbCc”;
void x(char *a)
{
a[0] == 0 ? x(a+1):1;
printf(“%c”,*a);
return 1;
}
x(a);
a. AaBbCc
b. cCbBaA

3. What is DHCP used for?

4. There are 2protocols IP and IPX are running on top of Ethernet. Suppose
a packet addressed to that ethernt card arrives, to which protocol the
ethernet sends the packet?
1. It checks the payload of the frame and finds out the protocol type and
despatches it to the right protocol
2. It fins out the protocol type that is mentioned in the ethernet frame.
3. despatches to both the protocol

5. What is the use of global static variable in C?

6. In which stage of the compilation the Macro in C are converted into
Iline code? (this is not the exact Qn a slight variation of it)

7 In the IP/Ethernet network, a packet with destination address
192.32.65.70 arrives and there is no entry for this address in the routing
table of the m/c? what does the m/c do about the packe
a. discards the packet.
b. Brodacasts into the ethernet.
c. sends to default router

8. in Public key Encryption , if A wants to send a encrypted msg to B then
A encrypts the message with
a. A’s public key
2. A Pvt key
c. B’s public key
d. B’s Pvt key

9. consider the SQL statement “Create table New as select * from oldtable”
a. the sql stament is a correct one
b. New is reservd word there is an error
c. you can’t select anything while creating a table

10. By Codd’s defn for RDBMS whih one is not right?
options , I don’t remeber

11. If X and Y are two attriubutes of a relation and 1 and 2 be any two
tuples in that relation
Y is fuctionally dpndant on X iff (X->Y)

a. if (x1 == x2) then y1==y2
b. if (x1==y1) then x2 == y2
someother combinations

12.The normalization process
1.reduces the data redundancy
2.It reduces the inconsistency that arises due to the data redundancy

13. ((A nand A) nand (B Nand B)) = ?
a. A+B

The question was not exactly in this form. gates represented pictorilly

14. whtz the purpose of flow control?
1. to control errors
. to control congession the receiving end
3. to sequnce the out of sequence packets

15. Whic is false about Java strings
1. The are Null terminated
2. Set of Chars
3. The Condition checking == and = on a sme pair of strings gives
different results.

16. When a java Applet is downloaded what does it do?
Don’t remeber the options
it’s went something like this:
1. checks the magic nubmer

17. Whatz is the Cyclometic complexity of the following code
don’t remember the code exactly

Some more questions..

1:a machine A wants to set it’s time same as a a machine B so it sends a packet to B and b sends reply.but the time on packet is over by the timete packet reached A.A has to
a1:set the time on packet
b2:increment its time slowly so as to reduce deifference
c:send packets repeatedly till it gets a packet with time less tan the current time

2.which of the following protocols does not find mac address given internet address
a>arp
b.rarp

3.when an java applet get’s downloaded what happens
a.the byte verifier checks the magic number

4.when A wants to send a mesg to B using Public key cryptography he uses
a.A’s public key
b.A’s private key
c.B’s public
d.B’s private

5.how does a string in java differ from that of c/c++
a1.java strings are mutable
b.java strings does not have a �

6.given str=”AaBbCc”and a small c program something like a:b:( )
the program actually reverses the string recursively

7.some protocol SHDC

8.NFS server is similar to
a.provides similar sevices as unix
b.a file trans fer..
c.just gets the file for reading..

9.an address 202.15.46.45 is to be located.the machine does not have
info about 202.0.0.0 or 202.15.0.0 0r 202.15.46.0
so the DNS server willl now
a.discard the packet
b.send the mesg to a default server if available
c.send mesg to a DNS server if available
d……

10.verification:”are u building the right product”
validation:”are we building the product right”
a.both are wrong(ans)
b.both are correct
c.first wrong second correct
d.first correct second wrong

11.A:”cohesion is a desirable property”
B:”cohesion means the property that the entire unit is one..”
a.both are correct
b.both are wrong
c.first wrong second correct
d.first correct second wrong

12:definition of functional dependency.

13:which of the following does not use extra memory
a..
b.insertion sort
c.shell sort
d.both b and c.

14:which of the following is better for ten elements
a.bubble sort
b.selection sort
c.quick sort
d..

15.the memory reference time for cache is 100 ms and for memory is 1000ms
.the probalility of a hot is .9.the average memory access time is
a:100
b:200(ans)
c:500
d:1000

16.a question on socket numbers

17there is an ordered binary tree and an index structure
a.we can use ordbintree without ordering
b.orb are used with ordering where as indexing canbe done without ordering
c.indexing uses extra memory
d..

18.there is ethernet protocol and ethernetIPstack in MAC sublayer
when an address has to be found which is use

A question on multi threading!
It has got a PC, register space kind of options.

A question on NFS.
a. doesn’t allow read.
b. it is just like Unix file system.
c. After the file is opened, the whole file os transferred to the client
d. there is no state information maintained.

What takes maximum time in a context switch.
a. saving registers.
b. address space switching.
c. flushing the TLB
d. getting the new process inside the memory.

1.If a precondition of a sub routine fails then
a. post condition fails as well
b. Post condition may fail
c. post condition is declared but now defined.

2. whatz the o/p of the following program
char * a= “AabBCc”;
void x(char *a)
{
a[0] == 0 ? x(a+1):1;
printf(“%c”,*(a+0));
return 1;
}
x(a);

a. AaBbCc
b. cCbBaA

3. What is DHCP used for?
Assignment of IP addresses.

5. What is the use of global static variable in C?

6. In which stage of the compilation the Macro in C are converted into
Iline code? (this is not the exact Qn a slight variation of it)
pre-processing stage.

8. in Public key Encryption , if A wants to send a encrypted msg to B then
A encrypts the message with
a. A’s public key
2. A Pvt key
c. B’s public key(Answer)
d. B’s Pvt key

9. consider the SQL statement “Create table New as select * from oldtable”
a. the sql stament is a correct one
b. New is reservd word there is an error
c. none
d. new should come within quotes.

10. By Codd’s 14 rules for RDBMS whih one of following is not right?
a. null values r not defined.

11. If X and Y are two attriubutes of a relation and 1 and 2 be any two
tuples in that relation
Y is fuctionally dependant on X iff (X->Y)

a. if (x1 == x2) then y1==y2
b. if (x1==y1) then x2 == y2
someother combinations

12.The normalization process
1.reduces the data redundancy
2.It reduces the inconsistency that arises due to the data redundancy

13. ((A nand A) nand (B Nand B)) = ?
a. A+B

The question was not exactly in this form. gates represented pictorilly

14. whtz the purpose of flow control?
1. to control errors
. to control congession the receiving end
3. to sequnce the out of sequence packets

15. Whic is false about Java Back

Read More

You may like this