ARICENT PLACEMENT DATA

Section 1
Verbal section contains some easy questions like :
fill in the blanks, abbreviations, vocabulary etc.

Section 2
Aptitude section contains mainly a set based questions which u can solve
easile with the help of venn diagram.

Section 3
Data structure, C, OS & networking Question (quite tuff mainly C section
(structure programming)): some of the questions are
1) What is POSIX (ans: It is an advanced version operating system of unix)
2) void main()
{
int i=-3,j=2,k=-1,m;
m=++i||++j&&k;
printf(%d%d%d%d,i,j,k,m);
}
What will be the output ?
3) which is not a condition for a deadlock?
4) In which sorting we use the partition approach?
5) They are asking an output of c programs which are on linked list. So be
prepared with structure programming.

Section 4
C section:
1) What is this called (char *) (*(*(*A[X]) ( ) )) ( )(something like this).

Section 5

Comprehension:
There is a passage of 2-3 pages long. They give you 15 minutes for reading &
10 minutes for questions-Answering.
My Passage was on features of USB drive:
1)What is USB.
2) what are the component associated with it.
3) what are the advantage/ disadvantage of using USB.
4) Internal structure of USB.etc.

Technical Interview:
Firstly they are asking about your project. So be prepared with
your projects. Then they are emphasis on C programming. Be
prepared with the structure programming. They are giving you to
write a program of using structure, union and to find the size of
the structure like:
Struct str
{
int a;
int *b
float c;
char d;
char *d;
union
{
int ui;
char uc;
};
};
calculate the size of the structure?
They are also asking the programs of FILE pointer and
performing some manipulation on it.

 Storage classes, Difference between Macro & functions,

What are Macro etc. After that they are asking from data
structure like array manipulations,
Linked list programs etc.
After that they are asking from networking like OSI reference
model and goes into depth of the model like they are asking
about the practical approach of TCP & UDP protocols.
List of protocols at each & every layer of the OSI refrence
Model.
Working of each protocol. What are the algorithm used at
each layer etc

TECH-INTERVIEW + CRITICAL-INTERVIEW (TI+CI)

1. Introduce yourself briefly
2. What are storage classes used in c n their advantages ,
disadvantages n their uses
3. Do u know fibonacci series n implement it 1. using main() as
recursive 2. using user defined recursive function with parameter
passing 3. without parameter passing (he just wanted to know
whether you have sound programming skill or not)
4. Different stages of C programming
5. Function used for dynamic memory allocation n their
differences
6. What is data structure n ADT (abstract data type)
7. Given an expression n told 2 draw d tree. Then 2 find out postorder n pre-order n explanation
8. Implementing doubly linked list and adding n deleting nodes at
some given positions
9. Difference between c n c++
10. Advantages of c++
11. About new n delete operator in comparison with malloc(),
calloc() and free() functions
12. Why malloc() function isn't used in c++ . instead we r using
new operator
13. Difference between structure and class in c++
14. Difference between DBMS n RDBMS (told abt E.M.CODD'S 12
rules n key concept)
15. About INF and 2NF
16. Some simple queries
17. About page replacement algorithm
18. What is page fault n thrashing
19. what is synchronization n different tools
20. How to implement semaphor n monitor
21. What is deadlock n different mechanism to avoid it
22. Which c/c++ complier u r using and it's effect on size of data
types. what do u mean by a 32-bits os
23. What is computer network n distinguish from distributed
system
24. What is an IP, it's function n d layer on which it is used

25. Different version of IP addresses n explain IPV4 in details with

classes
26. About OSI n TCP/IP network model
27. Application of queue n stack
28. About router,bridge ,switch ..............................................etc.
29. What is endian ness. How can u know your computer is either
little or big one. Write a code to find it.
31. Where extern n static variables are stored.
32. Write program for binary search and derive its time
complexity.
33. What is constructor and why it is mainly used.
34. What is binary search tree and it's uses.
35. how will you read all english sentences from a text file
containing normal english text e.g. a story or a simple document.
36. What is the different between .a .o .out files?
37. What happens when u delete a null pointer?
char *p;
del *p;
*p=null;
del *p
38. What happens when u delete a pointer twice
del *p;
del *p;
What is this error called? How to avoid such double deletes?
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.

Compare and contrast dynamic array & linked list

Why is malloc preferred over calloc?
How is the memory allocation done for a union?
What is the return type of constructor?
Why do we need abstract classes?

ARICENT PAPERS QUESTIONS - TECHNICAL

Normalization from (1NF 4NF)

Best algorithm to sort student table, on the basis of marks.
Join query
Program to implement quick sort, right from the beginning
including stack
Sparse matrices concept, program and what is the need of
it
Complexity of quick sort and bubble sort
Zombie process
Three way handshake in TCP/IP
Scheduling algorithm in OS.
Case in which FCFS is the best algorithm
How semaphores are implemented
Program to reverse a singly linked list
Program to remove a node from a doubly linked list
Devices used in each layer of OSI model
Protocols used at data link layer
Multilevel feedback queue concept
How semaphores are implemented
Program to reverse a singly linked list
Program to remove a node from a doubly linked list
Devices used in each layer of OSI model
Protocols used at data link layer
Multilevel feedback queue concept
ARICENT QUESTIONS - HR INTERVIEW

Introduction
Family background
How do feel like to be a younger brother. If given a chance
what would you like to be elder or younger brother?

 Interest (development/ testing) n y?

R u placed somewhere and if yes then y do u want to join
Aricent Relocation?
Have you ever worked in a team? N if yes what have u
learned from it?
Asked to speak on a topic growth.
Any questions?

ARICENT QUESTIONS - APTITUDE QUESTIONS

1.Age problem
2.Time and distance
3.Coin Problems
4.Direction problem
5.(2n + 2 n-1/2 n+1 2n) what is gives if n = something
6.( 10n 1) n>1 when is divisible by 11.no divisible by 8
7.Find the missing no. when it is divisible by some no
8.Boat problem
9.Average
ARICENT QUESTIONS - TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

Which one is called family tree

virtual function and overloading
DHCP protocol
order of insertion and Heap sort
left recursion
find output: for(l=1;a<=l;a++)

cout<<++a; cout <

16. DEBUG trigger (oracle)
17. In unrestricted session which system privilege mode is used (oracle)
18. NEXTVAL and CURRENTVAL in sequence (Oracle)
19. Unix system call like Var( )
20. OS 384 support which memory management
21. Complexity to access name from the given double link list
22. Which WAN network is suitable for the 100Km or m. distance network
23. If duplicate segments , file are there in hardisk which is best for management
a) FAT
b) SAT
24. Stop n wait protocol is associated with which layer
25. find errors from the c and c++ codes.
26. 3 qns on operating systems. I qn on dijkestra algorithm
27. Using which pin it's possible to address 16 bit addresses even though there re
only 8 address bits in 8085? Ans: ALE

28.Voltage gain for an amplifier is 100 while it is operating at 10 volts. What is the
O/P voltage wen i/p is 1 volt
29. Quality factor indicates a) Quality of inductor b) quality of capacitor c) both
30. Qns related to bridges, routers and generators, which OSI layer they
corresspond to. (Refer to stevens 4th chapter)
31. OPAmp's I/P ciurrent, O/p current and CMRR is given, what is the voltage gain
32. 2-3 qns on scope of static variables in C. Qn to view o/p odf a C static var
33. Qn to print a value of a pointer
34. OPAmp's I/P ciurrent, O/p current and CMRR is given, what is the voltage gain
35. A qn to find the physical address from a given virtual address, virtual to
physical address table was provided
36. 6 bit mantissa and 8 bit exponent can present what maximum value?
37. 4 bit window size in sliding window protocol, how many acknowledements can
be held?
Security functionality is provided by which layer of OSI
Frequency spectrums for AM, FM and PM (figure given, u'veto tell which Kind of
modulation it belongs to)
38. Among AM and FM which is better and why?
39. LASt stage of TTL NAND gate is called: Ans: Totem Pole Amplifie
40. SR to JK flip flop conversion. Ans: S=JQ', R=KQ
41. LSB of a shift register is connected to its MSB, what is formed:
Ans: RING Counter
42. 2-3 Qns based on Demorgan's laws (identiies: (A+b)' = A'b', etc)
43. 2 qns on Logic gates (O/p of logic gates)
44. Diff in IRET and RET statements of 8086
45. How many address bytes are required to address an array of memory chips (4
* 6), each chip having 4 memory bits and 8k registers.
46. Diff. in memory mapped and I/P O/P mapped Input/Output (Refer a book on
Microprocessor)
47. Qn on pipeline architecture

ARICENT QUESTIONS - TECHNICAL

QUESTIONS
ECE - call flow in gsm
ECE - What is DNS server and resolver
Testing - - what is the criteria for choosing test cases for automation? Ex: if you
have some 300 test cases, then how many you choose for automation. what is
criteria of selecting?
Testing - when 200 testcases are to be written in a single day, then what will you
do?
Java - - I have a Arraylist object, it has duplecate values also. Now question is i
want delete duplecate data in that objet with out using Set?
Java - I have a ArrayList object, in that object i have added 5 integer values, 5
float values, 5 string values. Now question is how can delete particular type of data
( i.e all int values or all float values or string values) in that list object at a time?
Java - What are the OOAD concepts in java explain with examples?
Java - After compilation of java program we'll get .class code. If it's generated in
OS Windows XP will it work on OS Linux? If yes why? If no why?
C question - How to reverse a linked list
C question - Difference between fopen() and open()?
C question - how to implement a packet in C
C question - To what value are pointers initialized? 1) NULL 2) Newly allocated
memory 3) No action is taken by the compiler to initialize pointers.
C question - what is the difference between const char *p, char const *p, const
char* const p
C question - Give a fast way to multiply a number by 7
Networking - draw the diagrams for TDMA,CDMA, FDMA and explain it. explain
congestion control, congestion avoidence, sliding window protocol..

Networking - consider any webaddress. for example http://www.yahoo.com. what

are the protocols are used and what are the osi layers are
involved in this
webaddress?
Networking - how to connect two host with diffenet subnet each other comminicate ?
how to connect 172.16.0.0 and 172.17.0.0 , subnet:255.255.0.0 connect eachother
Analytical skills - As all us know that the capacitor panel is connected to improve
the power factor when it is PF is low. whether we can connect the
capacitor
panel on D.G. side(? If it is yes means why?
Analytical skills - hai iam not working.iam try to job.on practice i have dout .HOW
TO TEST THE CALCULATOR BY USING DATA DRIVEN.PLS REPLY WITH CODE.I
HAVE NO IDEA ON DATA DRIVEN.

C Questions - What is padding and why it is necessary.

Networking - what is http and https.
C questions - Diff between TCP, UDP give some examples.
C questions - Programs are basic to revese the linked list,
factorial, fibobacci, stack, queue.
C questions - They also ask question from preprocessor and
Randon no. generation algorithm.
C questions - In C++ I have asked abstract class, virtual
constructor and destructor and their importance, necessity of
virtual class.
OS Questions - is process, thread, aging, paging , segmentation,
virtual memory, dead lock.
HR QUESTIONS
In Critical incident form they ask the answer of question like that
1. A moment when you have to convince some one and he is not
agree with you.
2. Group activity is last six month.
3. Group activity in you college and school life.

4. A situation when you have less information and you are blamed
for certain incident, what you will do.

2008 APTITUDE QUESTIONS

1.The number of times the two hands a clock make a right angle between midday and midnight is
(1) 24 (2) 23 (3) 22 (4) 12
2.A train running at a speed of 45 km/hour takes. 10 seconds to pass a certain point. Then the
length
of
the
train
is
(1) 120 m (2) 125 m (3) 128 m (4) 450 m
3.
If
x=
(7+43),
(1) 193 (2) 194 (3) 195 (4) 196

then

the

value

of

x2

1/x2

is

4. Three bells rings at the intervals of 36 seconds, 40 seconds and 48 seconds respectively. They
start ringing together at a particular time. When they will start ringing together again?
(1) After 6 minutes (2) After 12 minutes (3)After 18 minutes (4) After 24 minutes
5. The sum of one-half, one-third and one-fourth of a number exceeds the number by 12. The
number
is
(1) 144 (2) 154 (3) 90 (4) 174
6. A farmer divides his herd of x cows among his 4 sons so that one son gets one half of the herd,
the second gets one-fourth, the third gets one-fifth and the fourth gets 7 cows. Then x is equal to
(1) 100 (2) 140 (2) 180 (4) 160
7. If 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
8. A man has only 20-paise and 25-paise coins in a bag. If the has 50 coins in all totaling to
Rs.11.25,
then
the
number
of
20-paise
coins
is
(1) 28 (2) 27 (3) 26 (4) 25
9. Jayant gets 3 marks for each right sum and loses 2 marks for each wrong sum. He attempts 30
sums and obtains 40 marks. The number of sums attempted correctly is
(1) 25 (2) 20 (3) 26 (4) 27

Complete
10.
1,
1,
(1) 7 (2) 9 (3) 8 (4) 10

the

11.
5,
(1) 89 (2) 95 (3) 101 (4) 105

3,

9,

11,

12.
If
a4
+
b4
(1) 0 (2) a3 b 3 (3) abc (4) 1
Answers:
1.(3)
2.(2)
3.(2)
4.(2)
5.(1)
6.(2)
7.(2)
8.(4)
9.(2)
10.(2)
11.(2)
12.(1)

following
5,

23,

a2

number
7,
49

25,

41,

b2,

then

_,

64,

a6

series:
81

b6

equals