Searching for "M"

Q:

A box contains 100 balls, numbered from 1 to 100. If three balls are selected at random and with replacement from the box, what is the probability that the sum of the three numbers on the balls selected from the box will be odd?

A) 1/6 B) 1/3
C) 1/2 D) 1/4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1/2

Explanation:

P(odd) = P (even) =12 1(because there are 50 odd and 50 even numbers)

 

Sum or the three numbers can be odd only under the following 4 scenarios:

 

Odd + Odd + Odd = 12*12*1218

 

Odd + Even + Even = 12*12*12=18

 

Even + Odd + Even = 12*12*12=18

 

Even + Even + Odd = 12*12*12 = 18

 

Other combinations of odd and even will give even numbers. 

 

Adding up the 4 scenarios above:

 

1818+1818 = 48 = 12

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Probability

Q:

Differentiate between Complier and Interpreter?

Answer

An interpreter reads one instruction at a time and carries out the actions implied by that instruction. It does not perform any translation. But a compiler translates the entire instructions

Report Error

View answer Workspace Report Error Discuss

Q:

If x is chosen at random from the set {1,2,3,4} and y is to be chosen at random from the set {5,6,7}, what is the probability that xy will be even?

A) 1/2 B) 2/3
C) 3/4 D) 4/3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2/3

Explanation:
 

S ={(1,5),(1,6),(1,7),(2,5),(2,6),(2,7),(3,5),(3,6),(3,7),(4,5),(4,6),(4,7)}
Total element n(S)=12

xy will be even when even x or y or both will be even.
Events of x, y being even is E.
E ={(1,6),(2,5),(2,6),(2,7),(3,6),(4,5),(4,6),(4,7)}
n(E) = 8

P(E)=n(E)n(S)=812 = 4/3

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Probability

Q:

There are four hotels in a town. If 3 men check into the hotels in a day then what is the probability that each checks into a different hotel?

A) 1/2 B) 3/4
C) 4/7 D) 3/8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 3/8

Explanation:

Total cases of checking in the hotels = 4 x 4 x 4 = 64 ways.

Cases when 3 men are checking in different hotels = 4×3×2 = 24 ways.

Required probability =24/64  = 3/8

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Probability

Q:

A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The card is drawn at random. What is the probability that it is neither a spade nor a Jack?

A) 9/13 B) 4/13
C) 10/13 D) 8/13
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 9/13

Explanation:
 

There are 13 spade and 3 more jack


Probability of getting spade or a jack:
=13+352=1652=413

 

So probability of getting neither spade nor a jack:
=1−413 = 9/13

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Probability

Q:

What is DRAM? In which form does it store data?

Answer

DRAM is not the best, but it’s cheap, does the job, and is available almost everywhere you look. DRAM data resides in a cell made of a capacitor and a transistor. The capacitor tends to lose data unless it’s recharged every couple of milliseconds, and this recharging tends to slow down the performance of DRAM compared to speedier RAM types.

Report Error

View answer Workspace Report Error Discuss

Q:

What is fragmentation? Different types of fragmentation?

Answer

Fragmentation occurs in a dynamic memory allocation system when many of the free blocks are too small to satisfy any request. 


External Fragmentation: External Fragmentation happens when a dynamic memory allocation algorithm allocates some memory and a small piece is left over that cannot be effectively used. If too much external fragmentation occurs, the amount of usable memory is drastically reduced. Total memory space exists to satisfy a request, but it is not contiguous. 


Internal Fragmentation: Internal fragmentation is the space wasted inside of allocated memory blocks because of restriction on the allowed sizes of allocated blocks. Allocated memory may be slightly larger than requested memory; this size difference is memory internal to a partition, but not being used

Report Error

View answer Workspace Report Error Discuss

Q:

What is multi tasking, multi programming, multi threading?

Answer

Multi programming: Multiprogramming is the technique of running several programs at a time using timesharing. It allows a computer to do several things at the same time. Multiprogramming creates logical parallelism. The concept of multiprogramming is that the operating system keeps several jobs in memory simultaneously. The operating system selects a job from the job pool and starts executing a job, when that job needs to wait for any i/o operations the CPU is switched to another job. So the main idea here is that the CPU is never idle. 


Multi tasking: Multitasking is the logical extension of multiprogramming .The concept of multitasking is quite similar to multiprogramming but difference is that the switching between jobs occurs so frequently that the users can interact with each program while it is running. This concept is also known as time-sharing systems. A time-shared operating system uses CPU scheduling and multiprogramming to provide each user with a small portion of time-shared system. 


Multi threading: An application typically is implemented as a separate process with several threads of control. In some situations a single application may be required to perform several similar tasks for example a web server accepts client requests for web pages, images, sound, and so forth. A busy web server may have several of clients concurrently accessing it. If the web server ran as a traditional single-threaded process, it would be able to service only one client at a time. The amount of time that a client might have to wait for its request to be serviced could be enormous. So it is efficient to have one process that contains multiple threads to serve the same purpose. This approach would multithread the web-server process, the server would create a separate thread that would listen for client requests when a request was made rather than creating another process it would create another thread to service the request. To get the advantages like responsiveness, Resource sharing economy and utilization of multiprocessor architectures multithreading concept can be used.

Report Error

View answer Workspace Report Error Discuss