16 May 2011 : VU Fall Midterm Current Papers (May 2011)

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CS201 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


Q:- Give one major use of Pointer? (2 marks
Q:- What does the file mode parameter ios::binary mean? ( 2 Marks)
Q:- What are the basic steps of file handling? ( 3 Marks)
Q:- Differentiate between array & list? ( 3 Marks)
Q:- Differentiate between random access & sequential access file? (5Marks)

Another Paper:

Consider the structure 2 Marks

struct Customer

{

int custnum;

int salary;

float commission;

};

A programmer wants to assign 2000 for the structure member salary in the above example of structure Customer with structure variable cust1 What line of code should he write

Why are arrays usually processed with for loop? 2 Marks

What are the basic steps of file handling? 3 Marks

When a pointer is incremented, what happens in the following cases? 3 Marks

a) Single-dimensional array

b) Two-dimensional array

If int array[10]; is an integer array then write the statements which will store values at Fifth and Ninth location of this array. 5 Marks

Write down the output of the code given below : 5 Marks

Hint:

Size of char is 1 byte

Size of int is 2 byte

Size of float is 4 byte


#include <iostream.h>


union mytypes_t {

char c;

int i;

float f;

} mytypes;



int main(){



mytypes.c = 'H';

mytypes.i = 15;


cout << sizeof(mytypes)<<endl;


mytypes.i = 15;

mytypes.c = 'H';


cout << sizeof(mytypes)<<endl;


system("PAUSE");

return 0;

}

CS401 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)

3 marks questions

a) explain LES and LDS.
b) if AX is pushed to stack in process of decrementing the stack, what will be the behavior of SP?


CS506 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


Adapter classes have been defined for listener interfaces except ________ interface

1. MouseListener
2. KeyListener
3. WindowListener
4. ActionListener

A non-static inner class may have object instances that are associated with instances of the class's outer
class. A static inner class does not have any object instances

What is the difference between a static and a non-static inner class?

A non-static inner class may have object instances that are associated with instances of the class's outer class. A static inner class does not have any object instances

What is the difference between Anonymous object and Named object? Give example with code.

iscuss any three methods of ResultSetMetaData?

Two java collections.Which Should use for Your indexed Search?

Which Component subclasses are used for paint


CS602 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


CS602 (Computer Graphics) dated 15-05-2011, Session 3

Total 23 Questions

16 MCQ’s and long questions are as under:-

§ How you define Composite Transformation? ---- (2 Marks)

§ Differentiate between Reflection and shear in context of 3-D. ------- (2 Marks)

§ What is the major reason for preferring Midpoint circle algorithm on Cartesian

coordinates when drawing a circle? --- (2 Marks)

§ What is Viewing Frustum? ------- (3 Marks)

§ Aik kafi lambi statement thi aur question ye tha “Can you scale more then one time. If

yes then in which method and also write the mathematical expression” ---- (3 Marks)

§ Differentiate between Cavalier and Cabinet projection ----- (5 Marks)

§ Aik 3-D image dia howa tha aur question ye tha “ Explain concept which show in diagaram ------ (5 Marks)



CS604 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)

What are pros and cons of multithreading?5 marks --------p-70
What is waiting time in context of CPU burst?2marks
Waiting time: Waiting time is the time spent waiting in the ready queue. We want to minimize the waiting time to increase CPU efficiency.
Prove that SJF is an optimal scheduling?3marks--------------p-85
Q. What is the main disadvantage od semaphore?5marks----------p-110
Q. About spinlock..3marks

Eng201 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


Total question 17 1o msq
describe main steps of editing ur message? marks 2
what is similarity B/w memo and letter? Marks 2
what is complex sentence?describe with example? marks 3
what steps are involve in writing reports? marks 3
What is concreteness? explain with example? marks 5
differentiate b/w direct and indirect approach? marks 5
what steps are involve in writing direct request?? marks 5

Eng301 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


Total 17 Questions
10 Multiple Choices 
7 Subjective Questions:
Elaborate the basic guidelines that must be kept in mind in accordance with "Consideration"?
What are those points that should be followed while writing an Order letter, (Any Two)?
Apply the Active verbs in the sentences,(Note:Three sentences of Past Indefinite was given)?
What are those features that a Beginning & Ending Paragraphs of a Letter should Contain?
Define Email?
Explain the Point of Space(Proximity) Under the various factors (Gender,age etc)?
Write the body of announcement letter to your customers for HR Corporation that they are opening a New branch in Your city?

Fin622 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


Overall the paper was very easy

28 MCQs (100% from Old papers)

29) Systematic Risk & Un-Systematic Risk

30) Diff B/w Geared & Ungeared Beta

31) Accounting & Economic Break Even

32) Pure Play

Fin622 another Paper:

MCQS =28
THEORY =4 QUESTIONS

SOME MCQS ARE GIVEN BELOW.

Which of the following is a necessary condition for issuing shares through Initial Public Offerings (IPO’s)?

The firm must be listed on the stock exchange
Which of the following transactions would occur in a primary financial market?
Initial public offering


Which of the following would be a consequence of a high Inventory Turnover Ratio?
Low level of inventory and frequent stock-outs

Which of the following is known as market portfolio?

A portfolio consists of all securities available in the market
Which of the following is the principal advantage of high debt financing?

Tax savings


Which of the following would be a consequence of a high Inventory Turnover Ratio?
low level of inventory and frequent stock-outs. 


In which one of the following markets the bonds of a Corporation shall be traded now who were issued 10 years back?
Secondary market

Which one of the following is an offering in which the shares of a company - to a limited number of investors?
Private Placement

If the common stocks of a company have beta value less than 1, then such stocks refer to

Defensive stocks
Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding Balance Sheet of a firm?

It shows the firm’s financial position at a specific point in time.

Suppose that a corporation of which you are a shareholder has just gone bankrupt. Its liabilities are far in excess of its assets. How much of your investment would you get back?
Nothing at all A company can improve (lower) its debt-to-total assets ratio by doing which of the
following?


By selling the common stock Reference:

Which of the following terms refers to the process of systematic investigation of the effects on estimates or outcomes of changes in data or parameter inputs or assumptions to evaluate a capital project?

Sensitivity Analysis
Which of the following conditions, if exist, will make the diversification of stocks more effective?
Securities contained in a portfolio are negatively correlated
Which one of the following terms refers to the variability of return on stocks or portfolios not explained by general market movements, and is avoidable through proper diversification?
Unsystematic risk
Short-term creditors would be most interested in which of the following ratios of a firm?
Liquidity ratios

Which of the following is the rate of return earned on a bond if held till maturity?
Yield-to-maturity
Which one of the following statements best describes the relationship between market interest rates and bond prices?
Market interest rates and bond prices move in opposite directions
In which of the following situations market price of a security will move down?
When market price of the security is above the intrinsic value of the security
Which of the following focuses on long-term investment decision-making process?

Capital Budgeting

When faced with mutually exclusive options, which project should be accepted under the

'Payback Method'?

It doesn’t matter because the payback method is not theoretically correct

Which one of the following values refers to the amount of money that could be Realized if
an asset or group of assets is sold separately from its operating organization?


Liquidation value

Which of the following statements is applied to weighted average cost of capital (WACC)?

It is used as an evaluation tool 
If a creditor wants to know about the bill payment status of a potential customer, the creditor could look at which one of the following ratios?

Average age of accounts payable.

Which of the following refers to the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet?

Book Value

When the market's required rate of return for a particular bond is much less than its coupon rate, the bond will be selling at which one of the following?

At premium.
Which of the following transactions would occur in a primary financial market?

Initial public offering
A 30-year corporate bond issued in 1985 would now be traded in which of the
following markets? Primary capital market. Primary money market. Secondary money market.

Secondary capital market.
A person has invested some of its personal spare funds in the common stocks of a public limited company. Which of the following would be the total return for this person on his common stocks?
Dividend yield and capital gains yield.

Which of the following is included in the cost of capital of a firm? ****
Cost of retained earnings
Which of the following best define the term 'Capital Structure'?

The proportion of debt and equity capital used by a firm

In which of the following dividend policies, the amount of dividend is relatively fixed?

Constant payout ratio policy

A public limited Company had sales of Rs.2 million this year. The marketing manager expects sales to grow at a 10 percent compound annual rate over the next 10 years. On this basis, which of the following is the closest amount of sales in 10 years?

Rs.5,187,485.
The present value of Rs.100 per year received for 10 years discounted at 8 percent is closest to which of the following amounts?
Rs.671
If you want to earn 8 percent, approximately how much should you pay for a security which matures in one year at Rs. 1,000?

Rs. 926
ABC Company will pay a dividend of Rs.2.40 per share at the end of this year. Its dividend yield is 8%. At what price is the stock selling?
30 
uppose a stock is selling today for Rs.35 per share. At the end of the year, it pays a dividend of Rs.2.00 per share and sells for Rs.39.00. What is the dividend yield on this stock?
5%
You are considering buying common stock in Grow On, Inc. The firm yesterday paid a dividend of $7.80. You have projected that dividends will grow at a rate of 9.0% per year indefinitely. If you want an annual return of 24.0%, what is the most you should pay for the stock now?
$56.68
An investor buys a bond that will pay the interest amount of Rs.60 annually, forever. If there is
If you deposit $12,000 per year for 16 years (each deposit is made at the beginning of each year) in an account that pays an annual interest rate of 15%, what will your account be worth at the end of 16 years?

$768,901.12
( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one Felton Farm Supplies, Inc., has an 8 percent return on total assets of Rs.300,000 and a net profit margin of 5%. What are its sales?

Rs.480,000

A firm had an interest expense of Rs.400,000 on its outstanding debt during the financial **** 
year 2006-2007. If the firm marginal tax rate is 40%, what was the total tax savings of the firm during the period 2006-2007?

Rs.160,000
Market demand allowed a company, to raise its price by 20% to $60. What is the new level of break-even revenues if fixed charges including depreciation are $1 million and variable costs were 70% of the old price?

$2,400,000
Question No: 30 (Marks: 3)

Suppose you have 40% of your portfolio invested in firm A, 30% in firm B, 20% in firm C, and 10% in firm D. You know that the betas for these firms are, respectively, 1.2, 1.4, 0.8, and 1.1. Calculate your portfolio beta.

Portfolio beta = XaBa XbBb XcBc XdBd

Xa = portfolio invested in firm A

Ba = beta for firm A

Portfolio beta = (40% * 1.2) (30% * 1.4) (20% * .8) (10%*1.1) = .48 0.42 .16 .11 = 1.17

In the year ending January 2008, Wal-Mart paid out Rs.1,326 million as debt interest. How much more tax would Wal-Mart have paid if the firm had been entirely financed by equity? What would be the present value of Wal-Mart’s interest tax shield if the company planned to keep its borrowing permanently at the 2008 level? Assume an interest rate of 8% and a corporate tax rate of 35%.

More tax in case of entirely finance by equity:

1326 million *35/100 =464 million
Present value of interest = 1326 million /1 .08 =1218.75 million



1. Systemic and unsystematic risk (3 Marks)

Systematic Risk:

Systematic risks are unanticipated that effects all the assets to some degree. It is nondiversifiable. Systematic risk influences large number of assets and is also known as market risk. Systematic Risk is measured by Beta Coefficient or Beta. Beta measure the systematic risk inherent in an asset relative to the market as whole.

Unsystematic Risk or Unique Risk:


It affects only specific assets or a firm. it is also known as Diversifiable or Unique or Asset- specific Risk. It can be eliminated by Diversification therefore; a Portfolio with many assets has almost zero Unsystematic Risk.

Fin622 Another Paper:

total questions were 69 
MCQS=62
short answers=3 (3 marks)
long questions=4 (5 marks) 

short questions:
which dividend policy is best? (3)
calculation from break even point (3)
what is project financing (3)

long questions:
define correlation of coefficient and efficient portfolio (5)
elaborate equity and debt markets (5)
to avoid risks and returns what measures a firm took? (5)

calculation from NOI approach(5)

Fin630 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)

Q1 Differentiate between Load funds and no-load funds. (Marks 3)
Q2 Why P/E ratio tends to be high, if interest rate and inflation is low? (Marks 3)
Q3 Write down the difference between top-down analysis and bottom-up analysis. (Marks 5)
Q4 Outline the rationale for passive strategy. (Marks 5)

Another Paper:

Q1 What is meant by the term Net Asset Value(NAV) ( (Marks 3)
Q2 what is the purpose of ratio analysis (Marks 3)
Q3 What is the difference between the fund value and Growth value ? 5 marks

IT430 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


1- web server 2
2- "target" attribute not used in frames. justify 2
3- xml coding karni thi question yad nai 5
4- "form" tag ki coding ki translation karni thi 5
5- position properties in style sheet 3

remaining two question are also from coding and no question from subjective side

Mgmt630 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


Question.Types of human learning 3 marks
Question.Briefly explain the key attributes of intelligent behavior. 
Question. What are the challenges being faced by Knowledge Management? State any Five of them. (5 marks)
Question. What are the benefits of monitoring and measuring Knowledge Usage? (5 Marks)

Mgt101 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


As usual 32 Questions
28 MCQz & 4 Questions
MCQz k liye past paper k MCQz aur Dr , Cr ka concept acha hona chaiye , CGS me sy b MCQz thy kafi.

Q29: Depriciation for the year may charge from Adminstrative expense, expalian ur answer.
Q30: Calculate Gross Profit
Q31: What is working capital explain with example.
Q32: Calculate Book Value and Loss .....



Mgt602 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


Total mcqz 28 Long Questions.4
80% Paper in to Past papers 2010

An individual’s need to be recognized is called:

       Need for independence

       Need for affiliation
       Need of fame
       Need for achievement

Q2:  How many perspectives should be considered while preparing business plan?

       One

       Three
       Four
       Not specific

Q3: SBA stands for:

       Small business accountants
       Small business administration
       Small business adequacy
       Small business advisors
   

Q4:  Which of the following factor has allowed small companies to act like they are big ones?

       Technology
       Customers
       Economic development
       Competition
   

Q5:  The environment of an entrepreneurial oriented organization is called:

       Corporate culture
       Entrepreneurial culture
       Intrapreneurial culture
       Traditional culture

Q6: Which of the following factor does not affect a person for being an entrepreneur?

       Family background
       Education
        Personal values
       Gender

Q7: Management of enterprise” is an important aspect of entrepreneurial process. Which involves all of the following EXCEPT:
       Implementation of a management style
       Determination of key variables for success
       Implementation of control system
       Creation of opportunity

Q8: In terms of personality, there are strong similarities between men and women entrepreneurs. Which of the following does not refer to this statement?
       Both are energetic
       Both are goal oriented
       They want to be independent
       Males are more confident than women

Q9:  All of the following are included in intellectual property Except:
       Patent
       Trademark
       Copyright
       Machinery

Q10: Which one of the following is NOT a phase of entrepreneurial process?

       Identification and evaluation of opportunity
       Development of business plan
       Deciding to become an entrepreneur
       Determination of required resources

Q1.What are the five points that should be written an a title page of  business plan.Marks5
Q2.Discuss entrepreneur with reference to”Japan and Hong Kong” Marks5
Q3.What activites are required at test marketing stage of product planning and development process. Marks 3
Q4. Discuss key environmental factor that make difference between international entrepreneur and domestic entrepreneur. Marks 3


Mgt603 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


Question: ( Marks: 3 )
What should be the characteristics of a firm that is successfully pursuing a Cost
Leadership Strategy? Enlist any six of them.
Answer:
Six characteristics of successfully pursuing cost leadership strategy firm:
1-Limited perks.
2-High efficiency.
3- Low overhead.
4-Wide spans of control.
5-Intensive screening of budget.
6-Employees participation in cost control efforts.

Question: ( Marks: 3 )

Explain test marketing and its significance for an organization.

Answer:

Test markets allow an organization to test alternative marketing plans and to forecast
future sales of new products. In conducting a test market project, an organization must decide how many cities to include, which cities to include, how long to run the test,what information to collect  during the test, and what action to take after the test has been completed. Test marketing is used more frequently by consumer goods companies than by industrial goods companies. Test marketing can allow an organization to avoid substantial losses by revealing weak products and ineffective marketing approaches before large-scale production begins.

Question: ( Marks: 5 )
Mergers or acquisitions are the methods by which two companies combine to form a larger company. What can be the reasons for achieving mergers or acquisitions?

Question: (5 Marks)

What do you understand about marketing research and what are its implications on a firm.

Mgt603 Another Paper:

In following example Factors are given rating according to IFE. Explain what this rating suggests . Marks 5

Firm A Rating 1.5

Firm B Rating 2.5

Firm C Rating 3.25

What is the role of financial ratios in internal audit Marks 5

What is market penetration strategy; explain with the help of an example. 3marks

In respect to Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM), explain the following rating of firm. Marks 3

Rating 1

Rating 2.5

Rating 3.8

Mgt603 Another Paper:

1.Describe any two types of integrative strategies? Give one example for each.
2.What do you understand by the term Marketing Research and what is its implication for a firm?
3.zVertical integration is the degree to which the firm owns its upstream and its downstream buyers. What can be the possible benefits if the firm goes for vertical integration?
4.How would you interpret each of the following ratings?
In Competitive Profile Matrix, one of critical success factor is rated as 4
If financial Position is rated as 2 in CPM
In External Factor Evaluation Matrix the key opportunities and threats are rated as 4

Mgt613 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


Standardization sometime is not feasible. what the reason behind it.. 3 marks

What is meant by flexibility manufacturing and how it can be achieved?3 marks

Which process system would you suggest for the following business/industry? 5 marks
French restaurants
Heavy equipment
Sugar refinery
Automobile assembly
Commercial printer

In some organizations capacity planning takes place very regularly and in some it takes place seldom. What are the factors that influence the frequency of capacity planning? 5 marks

Another Paper:

All the material was from the past solved papers.
Even not a single point from outside the solved papers.
You all must prepare for MGT613 from the past solved papers.
There were total 32 questions
28 MCQs
2 of marks 3 each
2 of marks 5 each
Total time for paper was 1 hour

Mgt613 Another Paper:

Logistics (5 marks)

which are the factors effecting low productivity in Pakistan? (5 marks)

Define reorder level with example and determine reorder quantity? (10 marks)

Priority rules (10 marks)

JIT System

Prior knowledge of job flow times is essential to effective planning, control and Management of customer relationships.

Explain job flow time and identify various components of job flow time. (1+4 marks)

What are the various assumptions that you would consider while carrying out aggregate planning?

What is the role of ABC system in inventory management?

why the waiting lines are formed? What is its effects on services operations? give an example? (5 marks)

what is critical ratio? how to compute it? (3 marks)

factors to be consider for using the sampling plan (5 marks)

advantages and disadvantages of concurrent engineering (5 marks)

compute the annual carrying cost. (numerical question) (3 marks)


philosophy of JIT system (3 marks)


Another Paper:

Reorder point determinants (3 marks)
Reorder point: When the quantity on hand of an item drops to this amount, the item is reordered.
Following are the determinant of the Reorder point.
1. The rate of demand
2. The lead time
3. Stock out risk (safety stock)
4. Demand and/or lead time variability

Example :
An apartment complex in Quetta requires water for its home use.
Usage= 2 barrels a day
Lead time= 5 days
ROP= Usage X Lead Time
= 2 barrels a day X 7 = 14 barrels

It means when ever our stock fall to 14 barrels we have to place the new order for water.

Another Paper:

Problems in scheduling services (3mark)

Inability to store or inventory the services
Random nature of customer requests for the service
Customer requests are variable in nature. 
Suppose same service sometime take more time for one customer compare to other.

Another Paper:

Question No 29
(Marks 3)
What are some of the reasons that do not favor the use of process layout?
Disadvantages of Process Layouts
1. In-process inventory costs can be high.
2. Challenging routing and scheduling.
3. Equipment utilization rates are low.
4. Material handling slow and inefficient.
5. Complexities often reduce span of supervision

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 3 )
Suppose you are the operations manager of a manufacturing firm, why would you perceive concurrent engineering as a suitable approach with reference to product design?
Concurrent engineering is a suitable approach with reference to product design
Because Concurrent engineering is the bringing together of engineering design and
Manufacturing personnel early in the design phase.
Manufacturing Personnel are able to identify production capabilities and
Capacities3Early consideration of the Technical Feasibility of a particular design or a portion of a design.

Question No 31
(Marks 5)
What are major factor should kept in mind while designing a product or service

Question No 32
(Marks 5)
How will you emphasize the importance of layout decision?

Mkt501 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


Describe Quantative Discount with its types. 5 marks

Define how packaging can increase or decrease sale of a product. Give examples. 5 marks

Retailing is the dead end in distribution process. Explain it. 3 marks

Explain behavior of early majority. 3 marks

Mkt630 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


Objectives: 22

Subjective: 5

This is the main theme of the subjective paper not the complete and full actual wording
but questions are basically clear from these statements.

Question: Write a critical not on international marketing research. (3 Marks)

Question: Give at least three substitutes of judicial litigation. (3 Marks)

Question: International marketers idealize economical stability and business
friendly policies in home and host countries those would be profound for their business. Do you agree with statement? Give at least three reasons. (3Marks)

Question: How exploratory and descriptive researches are different from
casual research. Justify. (5 Marks)

Question: Give at least five reasons of weak rule of law in Pakistan. (5
Marks)

STA301 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


17 mcqs many mcqs were from probability formulas just like independent and other kind of stuff

hope you people prepare paper stat 2009

and the long question were total (2q x 3)(3q x 3)(5q x 2)

types of averages (2)
describe least square method (2)
is baye's theorem works on created sample space for more than two?(2)
NOTE: i answered it ''yes it works!'' you people must verify 

difference between absolute dispression and relative dispression (3) 
if P (A intersection B) = 2/15
p(A) = 34/80
P(B) = 4/10

are they independent?(3)

find co-effiecent skewness values are q3 = 39.090
q1 = 36 or 40.000
x~ = 41.00(something)


STA630 VU Midterm Current Paper (May 2011)


Total Questions 32
Total Marks 44
28 were MCQS 
4 Long Questions

LAll Mcqs were New….Jab paper daikha to laga ….. Sab kch alag hy sab kch Neaa hay  

29…. The Problem definition stage is perhaps more critical in the research process than the problem solution stage. Discuss Statement. (3)

30….. Goodwill of the sponsoring agency can increase rate but many bias the respondents. Elaborate. (3)

31…. What do you understand by the team Operationlizaion and how it works? (5)

32…. Differentiate between unit of observation and unit of analysis with the help of example. (5)
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