COMPANY PROFILE Established in the year 1985, Future Software Ltd.

are providers of communications software products and services in emerging technology areas to the global communications industry. The company's exclusive focus on communications software has enabled them today to be one of the leading independent software companies worldwide, in this field. Future Soft's corporate headquarters are in Chennai and its subsidary in USA - Future Communications Software, markets and supports its products and services to the North American and European markets. Future Software is today, an organization of more than 300 engineers, managed by a team of professionals with extensive experience in software engineering and project management. Future Software Ltd. is a knowledge organization accelerating the development of advanced communications technologies through a commitment to partnership and research. The company has long term partnerships with its existing clientele and its customer list includes many of the top 25 global communication companies. Future Software Ltd. has been assessed at SEI CMM Level 4. The company is offering a remuneration of 2.7 lacs to 3.2 lacs per annum. For more information about this company visit their homesite at http://www.futsoft.com/ Written Test: The written test is purely technical and mostly covers mainly computer engineering related subjects.The paper is multiple choice with negative marking. It consists of some 25 questions to be done in 1 hour.The questions are based on subjects such as Data Structures , Networking, Digital Circuits and Logic Design , C, Operating Systems, Automata Theory, Basic Communications, Compiler Design, Micro processor.Remeber u will be having the negative marking.... AND DO CHK ALL THE PAPERS GIVEN BELOW THEY LOOK SAME BUT THERE ARE SOME DIFF QUESTIONS AVAILABLE IN EACH OF THEM FROM OTHERS LIKE IN 24 APRIL PAPER QUESTIONS FOR OUTPUT. PAPER ON 21 JULY VIT 1.Access time of a drum of 4000rpm? 2.Allocation units for Automatic,Global and Static variables. a) Stack, Heap, Heap b) Heap, Stack, Heap c)Stack, Heap, Stack 3.Where are the automatic variables stored and when it is removed? 4.FUNC(x,y) John Jacob

John->main function Jacob->FUNC(x,y) a) No of times the FUNC is called b) Place where the FUNC is called c) Type of return value d) Type of actual parameters e) Type of formal parameters 6. Hardware is used in memory management for reallocation ans c)To reduce execution time. 7. Question using macros something like this logic: int a[10]={60,57,10,5,4,3,2,8,9}; main( ) { int varx,vary; for (i=0;i<10;i++) { if(varx { vary=varx; varx=a[1]; } else if (vary { varx=vary; vary=a[i]; } printf(%d%d,varx,vary);

} 8. print(int (*) ( )); int a=40; void main( ) { print(fn( )); print(fn( )); } print(int (*fn)( )) { printf(%d,fn( )); printf(%d,fn( )); } int fn( ) { /*static int i=15*/ return (i-=5); } q-I What is the output of above program when the comment is present. II What is the output of above program when the comment is absent. 10.where the following variable allocates automatic static global

ans:stack,heap,heap PAPER ON 18 JUNE 1. S --> AB|AS A --> a|aA B --> b What is the grammer accepted by the above? Ans. aa*b

2. How many address lines are needed to address a 64Kb segment with each register storing upto 512 bytes. Ans. 14 address lines

3. Find the expression representing the following K-map 1 11 11 1 11

4. For the POS form of the expression given below ___ X.Y.Z + X.Y.Z + X.( Y + Z )

5. In a computer system the ROM : (a) contains boot software (b) is permanent (c) Both of the above (d) None of the above Ans.

6. The binary equivalent of 3B7F is Ans. 0011 1011 0111 1111

7. The register used by the shift reduce passing method is

Ans. Stack

8. A microprogram can be defines as to consist of Ans. A primitive operation

9. Find the output for the following C program int array[4][4] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}; for (i=2;i<0;i--) for (j=2;j<=0;j--) printf(%d, arr[i][j]); 10. Find the output for the following C program #include void main() {int i,x,sum=0; int arr[6]=[1,2,3,4,5,6] for (i=0;i<4;i++) sum+ = func(arr[i]); printf(%d, sum); } func(int x) { int val,x; val = 2; return(x+ val++); }

11. Given the following data: Process P1 takes 2 seconds Process P2 takes 3 seconds Process P3 takes 4 seconds Process P4 takes 1 second Process P5 takes 6 seconds Find the average time in case of shortest job first (SJF) scheduling.

12. Given a string STOCK and a stack of size 4. Which of the following strings cannot be generated using this stack. (a) TSOCK (b) TOSKC (c) STOCK (d) TKOSC (e) None of these

13. Inversion of a matrix will take which of the following time complexities? (a) O(n) (b) O(n) (c) O(log n) (d) O(n) (e) None of these

14. A drum rotates at 4000 rpm. What is its average access time.

15. What range of integral values can be stored using 32 bits?

16. Where are the following variables stored Automatic Global Static

17. If a layer 4 transfers data at the rate of 3000 bytes/sec. What will be the size of data block transferred by Layer 2

18. What is the greatest disadvantage of dynamic RAM over static RAM Ans. High Power and need to refresh every 2 ms.

19. What happens when the CPU gets interrupted?

20. Find the Postfix of the following string

(a + b) * ((-d) *f (ab - cd))

21. E --> E + E| E * E | E/E | E - E| .... then which is correct (a) It is ambigous (b) It is inherently ambigous (c) It is non inherently ambigous (d) None of the above

22. If there are n nodes and K edges in a graph then what is the order of traversing Ans. O(n)

23. A graph is represented as an adjacency list with n vertices and e edges What is its time complexity Ans. O(n + e)

24. An array with address KV[a] had n elements. Which of the following correctly addresses the ith element of the array. (a) KV(a) - 2a + 2i (b) KV(a) +2i (c) KV(a) - 2a (d) None of these

25. Give an example of a primitive instruction in microprocessors.

26. A computer has 8 bit data bus and 16 bit address line. How many machine cycles will it take to store the contents to a memory location?

27. Where is a variable defined in a function stores? Ans. Process Swappable Area

28. For the following C progralm int d=0; for(int i=0;i<31;i++) for(int j=0;j<31;j++) for(int k=0;k<31;k++)

if (((i+j+k) % 3)==0) d=d+1; Find value of d

29. e= | | <(e)> | What forms do the expressions created by the above definition fit in Ans. All arithematic expressions

30. If a set of numbers are in sorted order then which of the following sorting method is best Ans. Bubble Sort

31. A magnetic tape is similar to which of the following structures Ans. List

32. The s/n id 3 dB Find the capacity of the line.

PAPER ON 24 APRIL 40 min - 30 Questions Correct ans 3 marks Wrong ans -1 mark There were 3 or 4 different sets of questions...... 1.) S --> AB|AS A --> a|aA B --> b What is the grammar accepted by the above? Ans-> aa*b 2.)Given a string STOCK and a stack of size 4. Which of the following strings cannot be generated using this stack. (a) TSOCK (b) TOSKC (c) STOCK (d) TKOSC (e) None of these 3.)Where are the following variables stored Automatic Global Static (a)Heap,Stack,Heap (b)Stack,Heap,Heap (c)Heap,Heap,Stack (d)None of these Ans-> (d)

4.) What is the greatest disadvantage of dynamic RAM over static RAM Ans. capacitor needs to refresh every 2 ms. 5.) What happens when the CPU gets interrupted? (a)Performs ISR immediately (b)releases the memory and data bus for the interrupting process (c)Finishes the current instruction and performs ISR (d)gets halted 6.) The s/n id 3 dB and freq is 300hz.Find the capacity of the line. (a)100 (b)150 (c)300 (d)200 (e) None of these 7.) How much infomation can be stored between fffh-f00h address space. (a)1024 bytes (b)2048 bytes (c)4096 bytes (d)None of these Ans->(d) 8.) void main() { int ari[] = {1,2,3,4,5}; char arc[] = {'a','b','c','d','e'}; printf("%d %d",&ari[4]-&ari[2],&arc[3]-&arc[0]); } Ans -> 2 3

9.) Find the POS form of the expression given below ___ X.Y.Z + X.Y.Z + X.( Y + Z ) 10.) The binary equivalent of 3B7F is Ans. 0011 1011 0111 1111 11.) A microprogram can be defines as to consist of Ans. A primitive operation 12.) A drum rotates at 4000 rpm. What is its average access time. 13.) What range of integral values can be stored using 32 bits? 14.) e= | | <(e-e)> | then (a.) It is ambigous (b.) generates all the arithemetic expressions for addition, subtraction and multiplication (c) It is non inherently ambigous (d) None of the above 15.) the sorting algorithm that requires maximum comparisons when in sorted order and minimum comparisons when in reverse order? (a.) straight insertion sort (b.) binary insertion sort (c.) heap sort (d.) bubble sort 16.) A graph is represented as an adjacency list with n vertices and e edges What is its time complexity 17.) A variable in a function cannot be accessed outside the function, why? (think the question is like this) (a.) garbage collection

(b.) because it exists in swap area of memory (c.)it gets popped out of the stack 18.)How many addresses are possible with 512 64kb segments? 19.) A question on pages and pagetables, i think to find the wrong statement of the given (a.) small pages implies large page tables (b.) larger pages implies i/o operations efficiency (don't remember the rest of the options, though the answer lies there) 20.) A reference string was given and using LRU page replacement algorithm we were asked to find the state of the memory during 3rd page fault, the memory size being 3 pages..... 21.) A finite automaton was given and we were asked to find the expression that represented the language that could be accepted by the finite automaton 22.) There was a question on networks given a set of data like 5 byte header for network layer and maximum data allowed 110 bytes similar data for 2 other layers question was to find the actual number of bytes send if the data size was --------bytes under conditions like no separate acknowledgement frames required, etc..... 23.) there was a program given on an array of unsigned integers and i think the answer was that the program was to find the largest and second largest of the elements in an array. 24.) John and Jacob are assigned the tasks of writing main() and a function funct(X,Y )in Pascal. Where will there be conflicts between the two?

(a.) the position of main and function (b.) the type of function (c.) the number of times the function is called (d.) in the paramters (i'm not sure abt the options) 25.)there was question on why h/w translation was required for memory relocation? (pretty easy one, don't remember the options) 26.) to find the prefix of (a+b)*(c-d) 27.) #include void main() {int i,x=4,sum=0; int arr[6]=[1,2,3,4,5,6] for (i=0;i<4;i++) sum+ = func(arr[i]); printf("%d", sum); } func(int x) { int val,x; val = 2; return(x+ val++); } (there was another twist in the question about a static declaration in the function, though i cannot recollect) f 28.)With a 2 line x decoder and 2 line y decoder how many address lines could be decoded with two dimensional addressing? (a.) 4

(b.) 16 (c.) 32 (d.) 64 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 ::Another version:: 1.) Output of folowing C code void main() { int i=4,j=5; printf("%f",i/j); } (a) 0 (b) 0.8 (c) 1 (d) None of these Ans-> (d) 2.) In which of the following postfix notations there is no confusion between unary and binary minus. [note:I am not sure about the choices] (a) a*b-(b) a--bc 3.) Output of folowing C code void main() { int i=0,j=0; int arr[4][4] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}; clrscr();

for (i=2;i>=0;i--) for(j=2;j>=0;j--) printf("%d ", *(*(arr+j)+i)); getch(); } (a)11 10 9 7 6 5 3 2 1 (b)11 7 3 10 6 2 9 5 1 (c)........ (d)None of these Ans-> (b) 4.) If there is 4 jobs(j1,j2,j3,j4) and there deadlines (2,4,2,4).Which of the followinf sheduling is not possible. (a)j1 j3 j2 j4 (b)j1 j2 j4 j3 (c)j1 j3 j4 j2 (d)j3 j1 j2 j4 5.) .4 process allocated 8000 bytes of memory according to best fit as follows:p1 - 2000 p2 - 2000 p3 - 2500 p4 - 1500 p1 and p4 is released.If a process p with 1000 bytes enter where will it be paced (a)After p1

(b)After p3 (c)Cannot be placed (d)....... Ans->(b) 6.) Heap with 10 bytes is present.Then which of the following series is possible 4 options of a series of malloc and free funtions.Don't remeber the choices but easy to get the answer. 7.).All combinational circuits can be implemented by (a)Only NOR (b)Only NAND (c)Only XOR (d)None of these Ans-> (d) 8.) void main() { int a=10,b=11; printf("%d",a+++b); printf("%d",a+++b); } (a.) 22,23 (b.) 23,24 (c.) 21,22 (d.) none Ans->(c) They themselves had said to us after their powerpoint presentation that they gonna repeat the questions, so check this up......

PAPER ON 22 JAN The Questions are follows 1. Number of null pointers in any binary tree = n+1 2. max(t1,t2,...tn) = pipelining 3. 50% -DBETXXXXXX - density 4. print (Head(T)) Traverse(left(T)) print (Head(T)) Traverse(right(T)) - ans: none of the above 5. Boolean expn Evalvate 6. Common subexpn : - ans : a + e 7. LRU : 1, 2, 3. 8. Tr. Delay - 10000 bits ans. 10.01 9. Grammar of Number of shift / reduce operator : ans. 4 10. CPU scheduling 9,8 ? 11. if even x/2 else p(p(3x+1)) 2^k + 1: 3 . 2^(k-1) clarify this with sans 12. allocation ans: (ii) only 13. swapping : ans: reference only 14. Compiler - related Qn. 15. LAN frames - ? related Qn. 16. parameter passing (35,20) 17. sliding window protocol - BUFFER SIZE large 18. kernel mode - deallocate resource 19. logic circuit

ans . Minimum OR = 3 20. Combinatorics related 21. priority scheduling 22. cobegin begin x = y; x= x+1; y= x begin x =y; z= z+1; y= z coend ans. Number of values possi = 2 23. 2 bits flip / 2 bits exchange ans : the word with one '1' 24. any addr K^+ v(a) + 2I - 2a You try to prepare all subject questions in all the papers being sent so that it will be useful in the interview. concentrate on OS, networks.

Labels: future soft Links to this post Mastek Paper Pattern 1. Online aptitude test. that is u have to giv ur exam on a PC.. 2. GD Here they look for gud points..that is ur ideas are important n not how loud or aggressive u are. 3. Interview a few HR Ques are as follows..

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how do u look at life can u handle stress what is problem with working in teams No tech quesns were asked.But better be prepared!!!

Future Software Placement Papers and Sample Papers - 24-8-2003 Future Software Placement Papers and Sample Papers These Papers Are Provided By Mr. Anuj Dhawan ::FUTURESOFT QUESTIONs conducted at SHREDS(COCHIN) on 24-8-2003:: 40 min - 30 Questions Correct ans 3 marks Wrong ans -1 mark There were 3 or 4 different sets of questions...... This is my version of questions( this is based on only a vague memory of mine and i would request any of the members who attended the test and who remember, to contribute any correction or improvisation to the questions) 1. S --> AB|AS A --> a|aA B --> b What is the grammer accepted by the above? Ans. aa*b 2. How many address lines are needed to address a 64Kb segment with each register storing upto 512 bytes. Ans. 14 address lines 3. Find the _expression representing the following K-map 111

11 111 4. For the POS form of the _expression given below ___ X.Y.Z + X.Y.Z + X.( Y + Z ) 5. In a computer system the ROM : (a) contains boot software (b) is permanent (c) Both of the above (d) None of the above Ans. (c) 6. The binary equivalent of 3B7F is Ans. 0011 1011 0111 1111 7. The register used by the shift reduce passing method is Ans. Stack 8. A microprogram can be defines as to consist of Ans. A primitive operation 9. Find the output for the following C program int array[4][4] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}; for (i=2;i<0;i--) for (j=2;j<=0;j--) printf("%d", arr[i][j]); 10. Find the output for the following C program #include<stdio.h> void main() {int i,x,sum=0; int arr[6]=[1,2,3,4,5,6] for (i=0;i<4;i++) sum+ = func(arr[i]); printf("%d", sum); } func(int x) { int val,x; val = 2;

return(x+ val++); } 11. Given the following data: Process P1 takes 2 seconds Process P2 takes 3 seconds Process P3 takes 4 seconds Process P4 takes 1 second Process P5 takes 6 seconds Find the average time in case of shortest job first (SJF) scheduling. 12. Given a string STOCK and a stack of size 4. Which of the following strings cannot be generated using this stack. (a) TSOCK (b) TOSKC (c) STOCK (d) TKOSC (e) None of these 13. Inversion of a matrix will take which of the following time complexities? (a) O(n) (b) O(n) (c) O(log n) (d) O(n) (e) None of these 14. A drum rotates at 4000 rpm. What is its average access time. 15. What range of integral values can be stored using 32 bits? 16. Where are the following variables stored Automatic Global Static 17. If a layer 4 transfers data at the rate of 3000 bytes/sec. What will be the size of data block transferred by Layer 2 18. What is the greatest disadvantage of dynamic RAM over static RAM Ans. High Power and need to refresh every 2 ms. 19. What happens when the CPU gets interrupted? 20. Find the Postfix of the following string

(a + b) * ((-d) *f (ab - cd)) 21. E --> E + E| E * E | E/E | E - E| .... then which is correct (a) It is ambigous (b) It is inherently ambigous (c) It is non inherently ambigous (d) None of the above 22. If there are n nodes and K edges in a graph then what is the order of traversing Ans. O(n) 23. A graph is represented as an adjacency list with n vertices and e edges What is its time complexity Ans. O(n + e) 24. An array with address KV[a] had n elements. Which of the following correctly addresses the ith element of the array. (a) KV(a) - 2a + 2i (b) KV(a) +2i (c) KV(a) - 2a (d) None of these 25. Give an example of a primitive instruction in microprocessors. 26. A computer has 8 bit data bus and 16 bit address line. How many machine cycles will it take to store the contents to a memory location? 27. Where is a variable defined in a function stores? Ans. Process Swappable Area 28. For the following C progralm int d=0; for(int i=0;i<31;i++) for(int j=0;j<31;j++) for(int k=0;k<31;k++) if (((i+j+k) % 3)==0) d=d+1; Find value of d 29. e=<e+e> | <e*e> | <(e)> | <id> What forms do the expressions created by the above definition fit in

Ans. All arithematic expressions 30. If a set of numbers are in sorted order then which of the following sorting method is best Ans. Bubble Sort 31. A magnetic tape is similar to which of the following structures Ans. List 32. The s/n id 3 dB Find the capacity of the line

PLACE OF TEST: Velammal College of Engg. - 2003 -----------------------------------------------------------MODE : Campus -----------------------------------------------------------DURATION : Campus - Velammal College of Engg. These are the questions that i remember! 1.Some palindrome question.the answer was (c) 2.Capacity of line...ans was 900 3. Number of null pointers in any binary tree = n+1 4. print (Head(T)) Traverse(left(T)) print (Head(T)) Traverse(right(T)) - ans: none of the above 5. Boolean expn Evalvate 6. Common subexpn : - ans : a + e 7. LRU : 1, 2, 3. 8. Tr. Delay - 10000 bits Ans. 10.01 9. Grammar of Number of shift / reduce operator : Ans. 4 10. CPU scheduling 9,8 ? 11. S --> AB|AS A --> a|aA B --> b

What is the grammer accepted by the above? Ans. aa*b 13. allocation ans: (ii) only 14. swapping : ans: reference only 15. Compiler - related Qn. 16. LAN frames - ? related Qn. 17. parameter passing (35,20) 18. sliding window protocol - BUFFER SIZE large 19. kernel mode - deallocate resource 20. logic circuit Ans. Minimum OR = 3 20. Combinatorics related 21. priority scheduling 22. cobegin begin x = y; x= x+1; y= x begin x =y; z= z+1; y= z coend Ans. Number of values possi = 2 23. 2 bits flip / 2 bits exchange ans : the word with one '1' 24. any addr K^+ v(a) + 2I - 2a 25. S --> AB|AS A --> a|aA B --> b What is the grammer accepted by the above? Ans. aa*b How many address lines are needed to address a 64Kb segment with each register storing upto 512 bytes. Ans. 14 address lines Form the POS form of the expression given below

___ X.Y.Z + X.Y.Z + X.( Y + Z ) 22.In a computer system the ROM : (a) contains boot software (b) is permanent (c) Both of the above (d) None of the above Ans. (c) 23. Find the output for the following C program int array[4][4] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}; for (i=2;i<0;i--) for (j=2;j<=0;j--) printf("%d", arr[i][j]); 24. Find the output for the following C program #include<stdio.h> void main() {int i,x,sum=0; int arr[6]=[1,2,3,4,5,6] for (i=0;i<4;i++) sum+ = func(arr[i]); printf("%d", sum); } func(int x) { int val,x; val = 2; return(x+ val++); } 25. Given a string STOCK and a stack of size 4. Which of the following strings cannot be generated using this stack. (a) TSOCK (b) TOSKC (c) STOCK (d) TKOSC (e) None of these 26. What range of integral values can be stored using 32 bits? 17. If a layer 4 transfers data at the rate of 3000 bytes/sec. What will be the size of data block transferred by Layer 2 22. If there are n nodes and K edges in a graph then what is the order of traversing Ans. O(n) 23. A graph is represented as an adjacency list with n vertices and e edges 29. e=<e+e> | <e*e> | <(e)> | <id> What forms do the expressions created by the above definition fit in Ans. All arithematic expressions

32. The s/n id 3 dB Find the capacity of the line.