GAT Subject :: All Aptitude Test ::

Hassan
1.The _____ symbol is used in a flowchart to represent a calculation task.
A. Input
B. Output
C. Process
D. Input

2.System prototyping helps the designer in
A. making the programmers understand how the system will function.
B. communicating to the user, quickly, how the system, when developed, will look like and get a feedback.
C. giving a demo of the software, to the system manager to whom he reports
D. making the programmers understand how the system will function.

3.Which of the following systems implementation approaches should be used if you want to run the old system and the new system at the same time for a specified period?
A. direct
B. pilot
C. parallel
D. direct

4.Main characteristic of "ring", in Data structure, is
A. First record points only to the last record
B. Last record points to the first record
C. Many records point to one record
D. First record points only to the last record

5.Which of the following is not considered as a tool at the system design phase?
A. piechart
B. data-flow diagram
C. decision table
D. piechart

6.To avoid errors in transcription and transposition, during data entry, the System Analyst should
A. provide for a check digit
B. provide for a hash totals
C. provide batch totals
D. provide for a check digit

7.Sequential or series testing is
A. running the system with line data by the actual user
B. making sure that the new programs do in fact process certain transactions according to Specifications
C. is checking the logic of one or more programs in the candidate system
D. running the system with line data by the actual user

8.A consideration evaluated by management when planning to convert to a computer system is :
A. maintenance
B. available software
C. CPU sized speed
D. maintenance

9.Direct-access organization
A. means storing records in contiguous blocks according to a key.
B. Stores records sequentially but uses an index to locate records
C. uses an index for each key type
D. means storing records in contiguous blocks according to a key.

10.A system design aid should primarily
A. help analyse both data and activities
B. help in documentation
C. generate code
D. help analyse both data and activities

11.Structured Programming involves
A. decentralisation of program activity
B. functional modularisation
C. localisation of errors
D. decentralisation of program activity

12.To reconstruct a system, which of the following key element(s) must be considered :
A. feedback and environment
B. control and processors.
C. outputs and inputs
D. feedback and environment

13.The conditions immediately outside a system is called
A. The boundary
B. The interface
C. The environment
D. The boundary

14.A feasibility document should contain all of the following except:
A. project name
B. problem descriptions
C. feasible alternative
D. project name

15.Which of the following is used when a company goes outside its organization to develop a new system?
A. data flow diagram
B. systems flowchart
C. project dictionary
D. data flow diagram

16.Which of the following is not a characteristic of a system
A. operates for some purpose
B. has homogeneous components
C. has interacting components
D. operates for some purpose

17.Which of the following is not considered a tool at the system Design phase?
A. Data-Flow Diagram
B. Decision Table
C. Pie chart
D. Data-Flow Diagram

18.Which of the following is a graphic representation of the modules in the System and the interconnection between them
A. Pie chart
B. Flow chart
C. Structural chart
D. Pie chart

19.A group of related fields, is known as
A. tuple
B. schema
C. records
D. tuple

20.Advantages of data base system is (are)
A. storage space duplication is eliminated
B. all applications share centralized files
C. data are stored once in the data base and are easily accessible when needed
D. storage space duplication is eliminated

21.A Decision table
A. represents the information flow
B. documents rules, that select one or more actions, based on one or more conditions, from a set of possible conditions.
C. gets an accurate picture of the system
D. represents the information flow

22.The structure chart is:
A. a document of what has to be accomplished
B. a hierarchical partitioning of the program
C. a statement of information-processing requirements
D. a document of what has to be accomplished

23.Top Management is more interested in
A. day-to-day operations
B. strategic decisions
C. tactical decision
D. day-to-day operations

24.Which of the following is a function of the process step of data processing?
A. protect
B. index
C. retrieval
D. protect

25.In a Decision tree
A. the root is drawn on the left and is the starting point on the decision sequence
B. the branch, to be followed, depends on the conditions and decisions, to be made
C. the nodes represent the conditions, with the right wise of tree listing the actions to be taken
D. the root is drawn on the left and is the starting point on the decision sequence

26.A file containing multiple indices to the data is called a/an
A. indexed file
B. sequential file
C. indexed-sequential file
D. indexed file

27.The short statements that represent the steps the computer needs to follow to solve a problem are called
A. Flowcharts
B. Flow diagrams
C. IPO charts
D. Flowcharts

28.Which of the following is not a factor in the failure of a systems development project ?
A. inadequate user involvement
B. failure of systems integration
C. size of company
D. inadequate user involvement

29.Most algorithms follow the format of
A. Entering the input items, then displaying the input items, and then processing the output items
B. Entering the input items, then processing the output items, and then displaying the output items
C. Entering the input items, then processing the input items, and then displaying the output items
D. Entering the input items, then displaying the input items, and then processing the output items

30.Tracing, of any input record or process, performed on a system, back to its original source, is an
A. audit trial
B. report generation
C. batch processing
D. audit trial


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