PRE BOARD EXAMINATION – (2023-24)

CHANDIGARH REGION
CLASS : XII
SUBJECT: COMPUTER SCIENCE (083)
TIME: 3 HRS MARKING SCHEME MM:70

Ques. Question Marks

No.
SECTION A
1 1
Ans: TRUE
2 Ans: a 1

3 Ans: c 1

4 Ans: a: 1

5 1
Ans: d

6 1
Ans : b
7 1
Ans: a

8 1
Ans: d

9 Ans: b 1

10 1
Ans: b
11 1
Ans: c
12 Ans: c 1

13 False 1

14 1
Ans: d

15 1
Ans: Packet Switching

16 1
Ans: a

17 Ans: a Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A 1

18 Ans: c A is True but R is False 1

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 SECTION B
19 Expand the following terms related to Computer Networks: 1+1=2
i.
a. SMTP – SIMPLE MAIL TRANSFER PROTOCOL
b. POP – POST OFFICE PROTOCOL OR POINT OF PRESENCE
ii. optical Fibre and Microwave
OR
i. CORRECT DEFINITION FULL MARKS. 1 MARK FOR PARTIAL
CORRECT
ii. ½ mark for Advantage, ½ mark for disadvantage
20 def oddtoeven(L): 2
for i in range(len(L)):
if(L[i]%2 !=0):
L[i] = L[i]*2
print(L)
½ mark for each correction.
21 Ans: 2

OR

Ans:

22 Ans: 2
4#F
31#2
23#F
12#4
23 Ans: 8 # 40 # 29 # 13 # 1+1=2
OR
unchanged(30, 50)
changed(16, 50)
unchanged(16, 22)
changed(11, 22)
24 Ans: Alter Table Employee Add Primary Key(Empno); 2
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 OR
Alter Table School Change sid Student_id int Primary key;
25 Ans: 2
Before calling fun2: 100
x in func()2 200
After calling fun2: 100
x in main:

SECTION C
26 3
pYTHOn#@#.1

27 (i) CHESS 1*3=3

CRICKET
VOLLEYBALL
KARATE
(ii) AMRITA CHESS
AMINA CHESS
(iii) MEENA 23 1000
AMINA 36 1100
28 Write a function in Python to read a text file, Story.txtand displaysthose lines which 3
begin with the word ‘Once’.
Ans:
def test():
file = open("story.txt","r")
ch = file.readlines()
for line in ch:
L = line.split()
if L[0]=="once":
print(line)
OR

Write a method COUNTLINES() in Python to read lines from text file ‘FILE.TXT’ and
display the no. of lines which are starting with any vowel.

Ans:
def COUNTLINES() :
file = open ('TESTFILE.TXT','r')
lines = file.readlines()
count=0
for w in lines :
if (w[0]).lower() in 'aeoiu'count = count + 1
print ("The number of lines starting with anyvowel: ", count)
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 file.close()

( ½ mark for correctly opening and closing the file

½ for readlines()
½ mar for correct loop
½ for correct if statement
½ mark for correctly incrementing count
½ mark for displaying the correct output)

29 Based on the given table, write SQL queries for the following: 1*3=3
(i) Update HRM set salary = salary*1.05 where incentive I NULL;
(ii) Select name,salary + incentive as “Total Salary” from HRM;

(iii) nDelete from HRM where designation = “supervisor” and salary < 50000;
30 3

SECTION D
31 Write SQL queries : 5
i. Select Iname,Cname from item,company where Item.cid = company.cid;
ii. Describe item.
iii. Select Cid,max(rating) from Item group by cid;
iv. Select iname,price,rating from item order by rating asc.

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32 4

½ mark for accepting data correctly

½ mark for opening and closing file
½ mark for writing headings
½ mark for writing row
½ mark for accepting data correctly
½ mark for opening and closing file
½ mark for writing headings
½ mark for writing row
SECTION E
33 (i). Admin Block.
(ii). 1 mark for correct layout.
(iii). Switch / Hub.
(iv) Ethernet Cable
(v) Firewall.

34 (i) 2 marks for correct definition

(ii) 3 marks for correct function

35 Row is called as tuple in relational data model.

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 OR

Primary key can never be NULL but UNIQUE can be NULL. Primary Key can be only
one in a table. Unique can be applied on more than one column

½ mark for importing correct module

1 mark for correct connect()
½ mark for correctly accepting the input
1 ½ mark for correctly executing the query
½ mark for correctly using commit()

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