NSCT – Guess/Sample/Past Papers 100 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/100 Subscribe 1. Which encoding technique converts analog signals into digital form? (A) FDM (B) PCM (C) TDM (D) ASK Show All Answers 2. Which device regenerates signals in a network? (A) Repeater (B) Router (C) Switch (D) Bridge Show All Answers 3. Which topology has a single point of failure at central node? (A) Star (B) Ring (C) Mesh (D) Bus Show All Answers 4. Which protocol uses port 53? (A) FTP (B) Telnet (C) HTTP (D) DNS Show All Answers 5. Which technique divides data into smaller packets? (A) Fragmentation (B) Encapsulation (C) Multiplexing (D) Routing Show All Answers 6. Which addressing uses 128-bit length? (A) IPv6 (B) IPv4 (C) MAC (D) ARP Show All Answers 7. Which wireless standard operates at 2.4 GHz? (A) Wi-Fi (802.11b) (B) Bluetooth (C) LTE (D) NFC Show All Answers 8. Which cloud feature allows automatic scaling? (A) Portability (B) Reliability (C) Elasticity (D) Availability Show All Answers 9. Which attack uses fake IP address? (A) DoS (B) Phishing (C) Sniffing (D) Spoofing Show All Answers 10. Which protocol transfers files securely? (A) FTP (B) SMTP (C) HTTP (D) SFTP Show All Answers 11. Which keyword defines abstract class in Java? (A) virtual (B) abstract (C) interface (D) class Show All Answers 12. Which Python keyword creates anonymous function? (A) def (B) lambda (C) func (D) anon Show All Answers 13. Which operator checks identity in Python? (A) == (B) is (C) != (D) equals Show All Answers 14. Which loop is best when iterations are known? (A) while (B) for (C) do-while (D) recursive Show All Answers 15. Which concept groups multiple functions together? (A) Loop (B) Class (C) Condition (D) Variable Show All Answers 16. Which stream is used for error output in C++? (A) cin (B) cout (C) cerr (D) clog Show All Answers 17. Which Python method converts string to integer? (A) int() (B) str() (C) float() (D) convert() Show All Answers 18. Which data structure is fixed size? (A) List (B) Array (C) Dictionary (D) Set Show All Answers 19. Which OOP feature allows same interface different implementation? (A) Encapsulation (B) Abstraction (C) Polymorphism (D) Inheritance Show All Answers 20. Which memory allocation is dynamic? (A) Stack (B) Heap (C) Cache (D) Register Show All Answers 21. Which keyword releases memory in C++? (A) free (B) remove (C) delete (D) clear Show All Answers 22. Which Python file extension is used for modules? (A) py (B) mod (C) pkg (D) lib Show All Answers 23. Which programming concept avoids code duplication? (A) Loop (B) Variable (C) Condition (D) Function Show All Answers 24. Which concurrency issue causes race condition? (A) Shared Data (B) Parallelism (C) Synchronization (D) Compilation Show All Answers 25. Which testing finds runtime errors? (A) Dynamic (B) Static (C) Compile-time (D) Manual Show All Answers 26. Which structure is circular in nature? (A) Circular Queue (B) Array (C) Stack (D) Tree Show All Answers 27. Which tree is used in databases? (A) AVL (B) B-Tree (C) Binary (D) Heap Show All Answers 28. Which algorithm sorts in-place? (A) Quick Sort (B) Merge Sort (C) Heap Sort (D) Counting Sort Show All Answers 29. Which traversal is Left-Right-Root? (A) Preorder (B) Inorder (C) Level order (D) Postorder Show All Answers 30. Which algorithm detects shortest path in all pairs? (A) Dijkstra (B) Prim (C) Floyd-Warshall (D) Kruskal Show All Answers 31. Which technique explores all possibilities? (A) Greedy (B) Divide & Conquer (C) DP (D) Backtracking Show All Answers 32. Which hash technique uses second function? (A) Linear Probing (B) Double Hashing (C) Quadratic Probing (D) Chaining Show All Answers 33. Which structure is non-linear? (A) Array (B) Tree (C) Linked List (D) Stack Show All Answers 34. Which complexity is best? (A) O(log n) (B) O(n log n) (C) O(n²) (D) O(n) Show All Answers 35. Which algorithm uses greedy approach? (A) Merge Sort (B) DFS (C) Binary Search (D) Prim Show All Answers 36. Which scheduling gives equal time slice? (A) FCFS (B) Round Robin (C) SJF (D) Priority Show All Answers 37. Which OS component handles interrupts? (A) Shell (B) Kernel (C) Compiler (D) Loader Show All Answers 38. Which thread is lightweight? (A) User Thread (B) Kernel Thread (C) Process (D) Batch Job Show All Answers 39. Which deadlock condition involves waiting cycle? (A) Circular Wait (B) Hold & Wait (C) Mutual Exclusion (D) Preemption Show All Answers 40. Which memory replaces pages frequently? (A) Paging (B) Caching (C) Segmentation (D) Thrashing Show All Answers 41. Which model delivers quickly with minimal planning? (A) Big Bang (B) Agile (C) Waterfall (D) Spiral Show All Answers 42. Which software development model emphasizes working software over comprehensive documentation and adapts to changing requirements? (A) Waterfall (B) V-Model (C) Spiral (D) Agile Show All Answers 43. Which design ensures high cohesion? (A) Tight Coupling (B) Complex Design (C) Random Design (D) Modular Design Show All Answers 44. Which architecture separates concerns? (A) Layered (B) Monolithic (C) Spaghetti (D) Adhoc Show All Answers 45. Which testing is done by users? (A) Unit (B) Integration (C) Acceptance (D) System Show All Answers 46. Which metric measures defects? (A) Defect Density (B) LOC (C) FP (D) Throughput Show All Answers 47. Which tool manages dependencies? (A) Maven (B) Git (C) Debugger (D) Compiler Show All Answers 48. Which risk affects budget? (A) Technical (B) Financial (C) Schedule (D) Requirement Show All Answers 49. Which practice involves writing code that is resistant to vulnerabilities such as SQL injection and buffer overflow? (A) Code Compilation (B) Code Optimization (C) Secure Coding (D) Code Refactoring Show All Answers 50. Which phase fixes bugs? (A) Analysis (B) Design (C) Maintenance (D) Coding Show All Answers 51. Which tag defines heading? (A) (B) (C) (D) Show All Answers 52. Which CSS unit is relative? (A) px (B) cm (C) em (D) mm Show All Answers 53. Which JS event triggers on click? (A) onhover (B) onclick (C) onpress (D) onload Show All Answers 54. Which HTTP status means success? (A) 200 (B) 404 (C) 500 (D) 301 Show All Answers 55. Which backend language runs on server? (A) HTML (B) CSS (C) XML (D) PHP Show All Answers 56. Which DB operation inserts data? (A) SELECT (B) DELETE (C) UPDATE (D) INSERT Show All Answers 57. Which attack exploits scripts? (A) XSS (B) SQL Injection (C) DoS (D) Spoofing Show All Answers 58. Which improves responsiveness? (A) Logging (B) Encryption (C) Responsive Design (D) Debugging Show All Answers 59. Which protocol secures HTTP? (A) IP (B) FTP (C) TCP (D) SSL Show All Answers 60. Which technology connects frontend & backend? (A) API (B) HTML (C) CSS (D) XML Show All Answers 61. Which ML technique predicts continuous values? (A) Classification (B) Clustering (C) Regression (D) Association Show All Answers 62. Which model splits data? (A) Train-Test (B) Clustering (C) Scaling (D) Encoding Show All Answers 63. Which method standardizes data? (A) Splitting (B) Encoding (C) Cleaning (D) Scaling Show All Answers 64. Which clustering finds density? (A) K-means (B) DBSCAN (C) Hierarchical (D) SVM Show All Answers 65. Which library visualizes data? (A) NumPy (B) Pandas (C) TensorFlow (D) Matplotlib Show All Answers 66. Which network is deep learning model? (A) ANN (B) CNN (C) RNN (D) All Show All Answers 67. Which reduces variance? (A) Bagging (B) Boosting (C) Scaling (D) Encoding Show All Answers 68. Which metric measures error? (A) Accuracy (B) Loss (C) Precision (D) Recall Show All Answers 69. Which pipeline deploys model? (A) SecOps (B) DevOps (C) DataOps (D) MLOps Show All Answers 70. Which ensures fairness in AI? (A) Bias Removal (B) Accuracy (C) Precision (D) Recall Show All Answers 71. Which attack records keystrokes? (A) Virus (B) Trojan (C) Worm (D) Keylogger Show All Answers 72. Which protects network perimeter? (A) Antivirus (B) IDS (C) Firewall (D) VPN Show All Answers 73. Which encryption is asymmetric? (A) RSA (B) DES (C) AES (D) Blowfish Show All Answers 74. Which attack overloads server? (A) Spoofing (B) Phishing (C) DoS (D) Sniffing Show All Answers 75. Which verifies identity? (A) Hashing (B) Authorization (C) Encryption (D) Authentication Show All Answers 76. Which SQL removes data? (A) CLEAR (B) DROP (C) REMOVE (D) DELETE Show All Answers 77. Which constraint ensures uniqueness? (A) NOT NULL (B) UNIQUE (C) CHECK (D) DEFAULT Show All Answers 78. Which join shows unmatched rows? (A) Outer (B) Inner (C) Cross (D) Natural Show All Answers 79. Which mechanism recovers DB after crash? (A) Backup (B) Locking (C) Recovery (D) Indexing Show All Answers 80. Which system distributes DB across nodes? (A) Centralized (B) Relational (C) Distributed (D) Hierarchical Show All Answers 81. Which technique finds hidden patterns? (A) Indexing (B) Sorting (C) Searching (D) Mining Show All Answers 82. Which reasoning uses rules? (A) Deductive (B) Inductive (C) Abductive (D) Guessing Show All Answers 83. Next number: 1, 4, 9, 16, ? (A) 20 (B) 24 (C) 25 (D) 30 Show All Answers 84. If 2x=10, x=? (A) 2 (B) 10 (C) 5 (D) 20 Show All Answers 85. Which improves logic building? (A) Copying (B) Guessing (C) Practice (D) Ignoring Show All Answers 86. Which method breaks problem? (A) Compilation (B) Decomposition (C) Execution (D) Testing Show All Answers 87. Which finds error source? (A) Coding (B) Debugging (C) Testing (D) Execution Show All Answers 88. Which reduces redundancy? (A) Optimization (B) Abstraction (C) Compilation (D) Execution Show All Answers 89. Which displays relation visually? (A) Text (B) Code (C) Table (D) Graph Show All Answers 90. Which approach is approximate? (A) Heuristic (B) Exact (C) Linear (D) Sequential Show All Answers 91. Which validates solution? (A) Coding (B) Testing (C) Execution (D) Deployment Show All Answers 92. Which improves runtime? (A) Size (B) Efficiency (C) Cost (D) Complexity Show All Answers 93. Which identifies problem constraints? (A) Coding (B) Design (C) Testing (D) Analysis Show All Answers 94. Which solves large data efficiently? (A) Brute Force (B) Linear (C) Naive (D) Optimized Algorithm Show All Answers 95. Which approach gives near-optimal solution? (A) Exhaustive (B) Exact (C) Heuristic (D) Linear Show All Answers 96. Which improves understanding? (A) Code (B) Comments (C) Execution (D) Compilation Show All Answers 97. Which ensures maintainability? (A) Complexity (B) Readability (C) Size (D) Cost Show All Answers 98. Which organizes data logically? (A) Mining (B) Sorting (C) Searching (D) Structuring Show All Answers 99. Which identifies logic error? (A) Debugger (B) Compiler (C) Loader (D) Linker Show All Answers 100. Which step implements solution? (A) Analysis (B) Coding (C) Design (D) Testing Show All Answers More NSCT Guess Papers NSCT – Guess/Sample Paper #1 NSCT – Guess/Sample Paper #2 NSCT – Guess/Sample Paper #3 NSCT – Guess/Sample Paper #4