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ICSE Paper – 2014
Class – X
Subject – Computer Applications             

 (Class: X)                                                                          (Two Hours)

Answer to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.

This paper is divided into two sections.

Attempt ALL questions from Section A and any FOUR questions from Section B.

The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

SECTION A (40 Marks)

Attempt ALL questions.

Question 1.                                                                                        [2x5=10]

a) Which of the following are valid comments?                           

i)                   /* comment */

ii)                /* comment

iii)              // comment

iv)              */ comment */

b) What is meant by a package? Name any two Java Application Programming Interface packages.                                                                                                                      

c) Name the primitive data type in Java that is:                                        

             i)    a 64 bit integer and is used when you need a range of values wider than those provided by int.

             ii)   a single 16 bit Unicode character whose default value is ‘\u0000’.

d) State one difference between floating point literals float and double.         

e) Find the errors in the given program segment and re-write the statements correctly to assign values to an integer array.                                  

          int a = new int (5) ;

          for(int i=0;i<=5:i++)a[i]=i;             

Question 2.                                                                                        [2x5=10]

a)  Operators with higher precedence are evaluated before operators with relatively lower precedence. Arrange the operators given below in order of higher precedence to lower precedence.                                         

i)                   &&

ii)                %

iii)              >=

iv)              ++

b) Identify the statements listed below as assignment, increment, method invocation or object creation statements.

i)                   System.out.println(“Java”);

ii)                costPrice = 457.50;

iii)              Car hybrid = new Car();

iv)              petrolPrice++;

c) Give two differences between switch statement and if-else statement.

d) What is an infinite loop? Write an infinite loop statement.

e) What is a constructor? When is it invoked?.

                            

Question 3.                                                                               [2x10=20]

a) List the variables from those given below that are composite data types.

i)                   static int x;	ii)                boolean b;
iii)              arr[i]=10;	iv)              private char chr;
v)                 obj.display();	vi)              String str;

 b) State the output of the following program segment.                                                                      

             String s1 = “great”; String s2=”minds”;

       System.out.println(str1.substring(0,2).concat(str2.substring(1)));      

      System.out.println((“WH” + (str1.substring(2).toUpperCase() )));                                                      

 c) What are the final values stored in variables x and y below?

                double a = -6.35;

                double b = 14.74;

                double x = Math.abs(Math.ceil(a));

                double y = Math.rint(Math.max(a,b));

                            

 d) Rewrite the following program segment using the if-else statements.                                          

          String grade =(mark>=90)? ”A” : (mark>=80) ? “B“ : “C“ ;

 e) Give output of the following method?

                public static void main(String args[]) {                                            

                int a = 5;      

                a++;

                System.out.println(a);

                a- =(a-- ) – (-- a );

          System.out.println(a); }

               

 f)  What is the data type returned by the library functions?                             

             i)  compareTo()

             ii) equals()

 g) State the value of characteristic and mantissa when the following code is executed.

String s = “4.3756” ;

                int n = s.indexOf(‘.’);

                int characteristic = Integer.parseInt(s.substring(0,n));

int mantissa = Integer.valueOf(s.substring(n+1));

 h) Study the method and answer the given questions?    

public void sampleMethod() {                                            

                for(int i=0; i<3; i++)   

                {

                   for(int j=0; i<2; j++)   

                   {

                      int number = (int)(Math.random()*10 );  

              System.out.println(number);

   } } }

i)                   How many times does the loop execute?

ii)                What is the range of possible values stored in the variable number?

 i) Consider the following class:   

public class myClass {        

public static int x=3, y=4;

public int a=2, b=3; }

                                                 

i)                   Name the variables for which each object of the class will have its own distinct copy.

ii)                Name the variables that are common to all objects of the class.

j)  What will be the output when the following code segments are executed?                             

              i)    String s = “1001”;

                     int x = Integer.valueOf(s);

                      double y = Double.valueOf(s);

                      System.out.println(“x=” +x);      

                      System.out.println(“y=” +y);      

               

             ii)    System.out.println(“The King said \”Begin at the begining!\” to me.”);              

               

                         

SECTION B (60 Marks )

Attempt any four questions from this Section.

The answers in this section should consist of the program in Blue J environment with Java as the base. Each program should be written using Variable descriptions / Mnemonics Codes such that the logic of the program is clearly depicted.

Flow-charts and Algorithms are not required.

Q4. Define a class named movieMagic with the following description:     [15]

          Instance variables/data members:

          int year       - to store the year of release of the movie

          String title     - to store the title of the movie.

          float rating            - to store the popularity rating of the movie.

 (minimum=0.0 and maximum=5.0)

         

          Member Methods:

          movieMagic()         - default constructor to initialize integer data members

                                         to zero and string data members to “”.

          void accept()                  - to input and store year, title and rating.         

void display()        - to display the title of a movie and a message based

on the rating as per the table below:        

              

Rating	Message to be displayed
0.0 to 2.0	Flop
2.1 to 3.4	Semi-Hit
3.5 to 4.5	Hit
4.6 to 5.0	Super-Hit

Write a main method to create an object of the class and call the above member methods.

Q5. A special two digit number is such that when the sum of its digits is added to the product of its digits, the result is equal to the original two-digit number.   [15] 

 Example: Consider number 59

Sum of digits = 5 + 9 = 14

Product of its digits = 5 x 9 = 45

Sum of the sum of digits and product of digits = 14 + 45 = 59

Write a program to accept a two-digit number. Add the sum of its digits to the product of its digits. If the value is equal to the number input, output the message “Special 2-digit number” otherwise; output the message “Not a Special 2-digit number”.

Q6. Write a program to assign a full path and file name as given below. Using library functions, extract and output the file path, file name and file extension separately as shown below:                                                                 [15]          

Input:                             C:Users\admin\Pictures\flower.jpg                          

Output Path:         C:Users\admin\Pictures\    

File Name:            flower

Extension:             jpg

Q7. Design a class to overload a function area() as follows:           [15]                      

(i) double area(double a, double b, double c) with three double arguments and

     returns  the area of a scalene triangle using the formula:

     area =  √ s(s – a)(s - b)(s - c) where s = (a+b+c) / 2

         

(ii) double area(int a, int  b, int height) with three integer arguments

      and returns  the area of a trapezium using the formula:

      area = 1/2  * height(a+b)

(iii) double area(double diagonal1,double diagonal2) with two double arguments

      and returns  the area of a rhombus using the formula:

      area = 1/2 (diagonal1 * diagonal2)

           

Q8. Using the switch statement, write a menu driven program:     [15]                      

     To calculate the maturity amount of a bank deposit.

     The user is given following options:

     (i)  Term Deposit

     (ii) Recurring Deposit

For option (i) accept principal (P), rate of interest(r) and time period in years(n). Calculate and output the maturity amount (A) receivable using the formula:

A = P[1 + r / 100 ]ⁿ.

For option (ii) accept monthly installment (P), rate of interest(r) and time period in months(n). Calculate and output the maturity amount (A) receivable using the formula:

A=P * n + P * n(n+1)/2 * r/100 * 1/12

For an incorrect option, an appropriate error message should be displayed.

Q9. Write a program to accept the year of graduation from school as an integer value from the user. Using the Binary search technique on the sorted array of integers given below, output the message “Record exists” if the value input is located in the array. If not, output the message “Record does not exist”.   [15]                     

{1982, 1987, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010}