ICSE Paper 2016

Computer Applications

(Two Hours)
Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
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:
(a) Define Encapsulation. [2]
(b) What are keywords ? Give an example. [2]
(c) Name any two library packages. [2]

(d) Name the type of error ( syntax, runtime or logical error) in each case given
below: [2]
(i) [Link] (36 – 45)
(ii) int a;b;c;

(e) If int x [ ] = { 4, 3,7, 8, 9,10}; what are the values of p and q ? [2]
(i) p = [Link]
(ii) q = x[2] + x[5] * x[1]

Answer:
(a) Encapsulation: It is process of wrapping code and data together into a single unit
(called class).

(b) Keywords: Keywords are reserved words in Java, which have a special meaning in
the language.
Example: if, void, int etc.
(c) (i) [Link]
(ii) [Link]

(d) (i) logical error

(ii) syntax error

(e) (i) Value of P will be 6.

(ii) q = x[2] + x[5] * x[1]
= 7 + 10 * 3
= 7 + 30 = 37
value of q is 37.

Question 2:
(a) State the difference between == operator and equals ( ) method. [2]
(b) What are the types of casting shown by the following examples: [2]
(i) char c = (char) 120;
(ii) int x = ‘t’;
(c) Differentiate between formal parameter and actual parameter. [2]
(d) Write a function prototype of the following: [2]
A function PosChar which takes a string argument and a character argument and
returns an integer value.
(e) Name any two types of access specifiers. [2]

Answer:
(a)

= = operator equals ( ) method

It is a relational operator. It is a method of string class.

It checks for equality of primitive type of It checks for equality of two string type of
values. values.

(b) (i) Explicit type conversion,

(ii) Implicit type conversion.

(c)

Formal parameter Actual parameter

They are variables define in function They are values given to the function at
signature. the time of function call.
 They receive value from actual They give values to formal parameter.
parameter.

(d) int PosChar (String str, char ch)

(e) Two types of access specifiers:

1. public
2. . private

Question 3:
(a) Give the output of the following string functions: [2]
(i) “MISSISSIPPI”.indexOf(‘S’) + “MISSISSIPPF”.lastIndexOf(‘I’)
(ii) “CABLE”.compareTo(“CADET”)

(b) Give the output of the following Math functions: [2]

(i) [Link](4.2)
(ii) [Link](-4)

(c) What is a parameterized constructor ? [2]

(d) Write down java expression for: [2]

(e) Rewrite the following using ternary operator: [2]

if (x%2 == o)
[Link](“EVEN”);
else
[Link](“ODD”);

(f) Convert the following while loop to the corresponding for loop: [2]
int m = 5, n = 10;
while (n>=1)
{
[Link](m*n);
n-;
}

(g) Write one difference between primitive data types and composite data types. [2]
(h) Analyze the given program segment and answer the following questions: [2]
(i) Write the output of the program segment.
(ii) How many times does the body of the loop gets executed ?

(i) Give the output of the following expression: [2]

a+= a++ + ++a + – – a + a – – ; when a = 7

(j) Write the return type of the following library functions: [2]
(i) is Letter Or Digit(char)
(ii) replace(char, char)

Answer:
(a) (i) 2 + 10 = 12
(ii) -3

(b) (i) 5.0

(ii) 4

(c) Parameterized Constructor: It is a constructor which accepts parameters. When an

object is declared using parameterized constructor, the initial values have to be passed
as arguments to the constructor.

(d) T = [Link] (A*A + B*B + C*C);

(e) String k;
k = x%2 == 0 ? “EVEN” : “ODD”;
[Link](k);

(f) for (int m=5, n=10; n>=1; n – – )

{
[Link] (m*n);
}

(g)

Primitive data types Composite data types

They are predefined/inbuilt data These data types are defined by user
types. and made-up of primitive data type
values.
Examples : int, byte, long, short, char, Examples : Array, class, interface.
float, double, boolean.

(h) (i) Output:

5
10
(ii) 3 times

(i) a = a+ a++ + ++a + – – a + a – – ;

= 7 + 7 + 9 + 8 + 8 = 39

(j) (i) boolean (ii) String

Section B (60 Marks)

Attempt any four questions from this Section.

The answers in this Section should consist of the Programs in either Blue J,
environment or any program environment with Java as the base.
Each program should be written using Variable descriptions I Mnemonic Codes so that
the logic of the program is clearly depicted.
Flow-Charts and Algorithms are not required.

Question 4:
Define a class named Book Fair with the following description: [15]
Instance variables/Data members :

String B name — stores the name of the book

double price — stores the price of the book Member methods :

(i) Book Fair() — Default constructor to initialize data members

(ii) void Input() — To input and store the name and the price of the book.
(iii) void calculate() — To calculate the price after discount. Discount is calculated based
on the following criteria.

Price Discount
Less than or equal to Rs. 1000 2% of price

More than Rs. 1000 and less than 10% of price

or equal to Rs. 3000
More than % 3000 15% of price

(iv) Void display () — To display the name and price of the book after discount. Write a
main method to create an object of the class and call the above member methods.

Answer:
Question 5:
Using the switch statement, write a menu driven program for the following: [15]
(i) To print the Floyd’s triangle [Given below]

2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15
(ii) To display the following pattern:

I C

I C S

I C S E

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

Answer:
Question 6:
Special words are those words which starts and ends with the same letter. [15]

Examples:
EXISTENCE
COMIC
WINDOW
Palindrome words are those words which read the same from left to right and vice
versa

Examples:
MALAYALAM
MADAM
LEVEL
ROTATOR
CIVIC

All palindromes are special words, but all special words are not palindromes. Write a
program to accept a word check and print whether the word is a palindrome or only
special word.

Answer:

Question 7:
Design n class to overload a function SumSeriesO as follows: [15]

(i) void SumSeries(int n, double x) – with one integer argument and one double
argument to find and display the sum of the series given below:
(ii) void SumSeries() – To find and display the sum of the following series:
s = 1 + (1 x 2) + (1 x 2 x 3) + ….. + (1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 20)

Answer:
Question 8:
Write a program to accept a number and check and display whether it is a Niven number
or not. [15]

(Niven number is that number which is divisible by its sum of digits).

Example:
Consider the number 126.
Sum of its digits is 1+2+6 = 9 and 126 is divisible by 9.

Answer:

Question 9:
Write a program to initialize the seven Wonders of the World along with their locations
in two different arrays. Search for a name of the country input by the user. If found,
display the name of the country along with its Wonder, otherwise display “Sorry Not
Found!”. [15]

Seven wonders — CHICHEN ITZA, CHRIST THE REDEEMER, TAJMAHAL, GREAT WALL
OF CHINA, MACHU PICCHU, PETRA, COLOSSEUM
Locations — MEXICO, BRAZIL, INDIA, CHINA, PERU, JORDAN, ITALY
Example — Country Name: INDIA Output: INDIA-TAJMAHAL
Country Name: USA Output: Sorry Not Found!
Answer: