ICT Ministry Assistant Programmer 2017 – Written question & solution

Questions from the ICT Ministry Assistant Programmer recruitment exam, 2017 – Written, shared by the candidates who sat it. The paper: 14 written questions. So far 14 written questions have been shared. Topics include Algorithm, DBMS, Computer Architecture, Computer Networks and Emerging Technology.

Written (14)

  1. What is algorithm? Write down the algorithm to find out the second highest element in an n-element array.
  2. What is RDBMS? Why data are stored in database system instead of file?
  3. Write down the necessary components of a USB bus with block diagram.
  4. What is artificial Neural Network (ANN)? Based on ANN, describe input & hidden layer, weight and activation function.
  5. What is public key encryption? Explain digital signature with example.
  6. What is data communication? Define Simplex, half duplex and full duplex.
  7. Explain the functionalities of operating system.
  8. Convert (2345)₁₀ to Hexadecimal and (ABCD)₁₆ to octal number.
  9. Difference between ROM and RAM.
  10. Describe about Firewalls, Microcontroller, COCOMO, Query Optimization, Genetic algorithm and UML.
  11. Explain: ISO, OSI and TCP/IP model with figure.
  12. Define software engineering according to IEEE. What is SDLC? Describe any two SDLC.
  13. How α-β pruning is better than minimax search in game planning?
  14. Explain data warehouse with figure. Describe fact table and dimension table with example.