Model Questions For IBPS Specialist Officer: Professional Knowledge(Part 2) and Previous Year Paper

Q1 In which circuit switching delivery of data is delayed because data must be stored and retrieved from RAM?
a) space division b) Time Division c) virtual c) Packet

Q2 The information related to multi-programmed hosts is placed in the header of _ _ _ _ _ Layer
a. Application layer b. Transport Layer c. Session layer d. Network Layer.

Q3. The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Layer is a true end to end layer , from source to destination.
a. Network Layer. b. Data Link Layer c. Data Layer d. Transport Layer

Q4. The operation of subnet is controlled by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a. Network Layer. b. Data Link Layer c. Data Layer d. Transport Layer

Q5. Accounting Functions are the responsibility of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Layer
a. Network Layer. b. Data Link Layer c. Data Layer d. Transport Layer

Q6 The data link layer must use the service provided to it by the _ _ _ _ __ _ layer
a. Data link b. Physical c. Transport d. Session

Q7A network that contains multiple hubs is most likely configured in a _ _ __ _ _ _ topology
a. bus b. mesh c. star d. tree

Q8 A television broadcast is an example of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ transmission
a. Simplex b. half-duplex c. full-duplex d. automatic

Q9 A cable break in a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ topology stops all transmission
a. bus b. mesh c. star d. primary

Q10 In _  transmission, the channel capacity is shared by both communicating devices at all times.
a. Simplex  b. half-duplex c. full-duplex d. automatic

Q11.Which Protocol is used for electronic mail ?
a. TELNET b. NNTP c. HTTP d. SMTP

Q12 The functions of internet Layer in TCP/IP are (also used for connection less communication)
a. Flow Control and Error Control b. Congestion Control and Flow Control
c. Packet Routing and Flow Control d. Congestion Control and Packet Routing

Q13 Which of the following is the Layers of TCP/IP model?
a. Physical, Network, Transport, Application
b. Host to Network, Network, Presentation, Application
c. Host to Network, Internet, Transport, Application
d. Physical, Internet, Session, Application

Q14._ _ _   was created to organize machines into Domains and map hostnames into IP addresses.
a. BBN b. IMP c. TIP d. DNS

Q15 What is advantage of twists for a wire _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a. Data lose b. Noise reduction c. No noise d. Added noise

Ans: 1)b 2)b 3)d 4) a 5)a 6)b 7)d 8)a 9)a 10)c 11)d 12)d 13)c 14)d 15) d


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Model Questions For IBPS Specialist Officer: Professional Knowledge(Part 1)

1) The view of Database Content is:
a)Conceptual View b)Internal View c)External View d)Physical view

2) DML is provided for:
a)Description of Logical structure Database b) Addition of new structure
c)Manipulation and Processing of Database d)  a & b

3)Relation ship in E-R Diagram is represented by :
a)Rectangle box b)Oral shape c)Diamond  box  d)Parallel lines

4)Sliding Window is 
a)Flow control Method b) Error Detection Method c)Connection establishing  d)Shortest Path finding

5)Ethernet uses a _____ physical address that is imprinted on the Network Interface Card
a)64Bit  b)64Byte c)6Bit d)6Byte

6)Flip Flop has only 
a)One state b)Two state c)Four state d)Eight state

7)Which clause in SQL uses to check pattern in database
a)Distinct b)Like c)Between d)In

8)which data structure can be used to convert one number system into another.
a)Stack b)Queue c)Tree d)Graph

9)Which is not a state of Thread?
a)Running b)Runnable c)Transition d)Blocked

10)In color Monitor we have
a)Three Pixel b)One Dot Pixel c)Two Dot Pixel d) 2*3 million Pixel

11)Which layer 4 Protocol is used for a Telnet Connection
a)IP b)TCP c)TCP/IP d)UDP

12)ODBC stands for
a)Object Database Connectivity b)Oral Database Connectivity
c)Open Database Connectivity  d)Objective Data Base Connectivity

13)Which of the Following Protocol uses both TCP and UDP?
a)FTP b)TELNET c)SMTP d) DNS

14)Count function in SQL returns
a)Total no of Values b)Total no of Distinct Values
c)Count of Groups  d)Count & Max no of Columns

15)Its is better to use files than DBMS where
a)Stringent Real time Requirements b)Multiple User requirment
c)Complex relationship exits d)All of the above

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Ans: 1) a 2)c 3)c 4)a5)d 6)b 7)b 8)a 9)c 10)a 11)b 12)c 13)d 14)a 15)b

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IBPS Specialist Officer: previous year cutoff of 2012 & 2013

As IBPS SO-2014 is round the corner, its better one should well verse with the respective Cutoff's of  IBPS Specialist exam -2012 &  2013. So that one can make a good strategy and manege his time effectively.

Cutoffs were applied in two stages 
(i)  on standard scores in individual tests 
(ii) on Total Weighted Standard Score 
The  details  of  the  cutoffs  applied  on  Standard  Sores  in  individual  tests  and  on  Total Weighted  Standard Scores (TWSS) is given below.

Process for Arriving at Total Weighted Standard Score (TWSS)
Total Weighted Standard Score =  Standard Scores obtained in 
[Reasoning + (½ English Language) + General Awareness/ Quantitative Aptitude + (1 ½ Professional Knowledge)]

Details of CWE II Standard scores for IT Officer Scale I in 2012-13

	Reasoning	English Language	Quantitative Aptitude	General Awareness	Professional Knowledge	Total Weighted Standard Score (TWSS)
Maximum Standard Score	50	50	50	XX	50	200
Cut-off Score required for GENERAL category	24	24	24	XX	24	137

IBPS Specialist Officers 2012 Final Allotment Cutoff Marks are declared officially by IBPS.

Apart from scoring 24 marks(Gen) & 21 marks(SC/ST/OBC/PWD) in each test, candidate must have to score these cutoff marks to become eligible for specialist vacancies-2012.

Post Code	Post	General	SC/ST/OBC/PWD
1	I.T. Officer (Scale-I)	128	120
2	Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)	112	104
3	Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)	96	90
4	Law Officer (Scale I)	121	113
5	Technical Officer (Scale I)	120	113
6	HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)	124	114
7	Marketing Officer (Scale I)	114	107
8	I.T. Officer (Scale-II)	134	125
9	Law Officer (Scale II)	121	113

IBPS Specialist Officers 2013 Final Allotment Cutoff Marks are declared officially by IBPS.

 Below is the list of post wise and category wise MINIMUM marks scored by candidates in  2013.

POST	SC	ST	OBC	UR	HI	OC	VI
IT OFFICER (SCALE-I)	64.2	59.2	64.6	69.8	58.4	66	64.4
AGRICUTLTURAL FIELD OFFICER (SCALE-I)	45.2	42.4	50.8	48.4	50	48.4	46.8
RAJBHASHA ADHIKARI (SCALE-I)	50.4	49.2	44.8	50.4	59.6	48.8	51.6
LAW OFFICER (SCALE-I)	57.8	57.2	60.6	65.6	56.8	56.6	54
TECHNICAL OFFICER (SCALE-I)	64.6	61.4	66.4	71.6	NA	NA	NA
HR/PERSONNEL OFFICER (SCALE-I)	63.4	60.8	63.8	68	NA	59.8	63.2
MARKETING OFFICER (SCALE-I)	57.2	52.4	60.6	65.4	57.6	60.4	49.4
IT OFFICER (SCALE-II)	63.6	60.6	66.4	71.4	NA	61.6	61
LAW OFFICER (SCALE-II)	47	44.4	56	61.2	NA	55	NA
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT (SCALE-II)	52	NA	46	59.6	NA	50.2	61.6
FINANCE EXECUTIVE (SCALE-II)	43.8	56.4	45.8	52.4	NA	NA	NA

  

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IBPS Specialist Officer: Strategy and Analysis.

As IBPS SO-III exam is approaching, So here I am providing the detailed analysis and some tips which may help you to prepare well for the exam.This exam will gives the opportunity for the people who has specialization across the sectors like Information Technology(scale I and II), agriculture,Law,Marketing, charted accountant etc.to enter in to the fastest growing sector that is banking, thus one need a well balanced strategy to crack the exam.

To enter into this remunerative carrier one need to clear IBPS SO written test. After clearing IBPS SO written test one become eligible to apply for SO position in one of  the 21 public sector banks. In this article I willl be providing you the detailed format of the examination
only for the Information Technology(scale I and II)  and some do's and don'ts.



IBPS SO Exam format(I.T-scale I and II)
The first step in preparation for any examination is to know about format of exam.You can plan your preparation if you know format of exam.

Section	No.  of Questions	Maximum Marks
Reasoning	50	50
English Language	50	25
Quantitative Aptitude (Maths + DI)	50	50
Professional Knowledge	50	75
Total Marks	200	200
Time-limit (minutes)	120

    Sectional cutoff =  yes
    Negative marking=  Minus 0.25% per wrong answer.

 A brief summary of Important topics:

1.Professional Knowledge	See Below
2.Reasoning	1.High level reasoning (Syllogism + assumption/inference) 2.Sitting arrangement
3.Quantitative aptitude	1.Calculation Intensive 2.Data interpretation (DI)
4.English	1.Grammar rules + Sentence correction 2.Daily practice of comprehension + Sentence Correction +Arrangement.

Professional Knowledge:(I.T-scale I and II)

A) Data Base Management System (DBMS) – 15-20 Questions
1. RDBMS
2. Normalization
3. Overview of SQL queries
4. E- R Diagrams
5. Transaction Management

B). Data Communication & Networking – 10-15 Questions
1. Network Architecture
2. OSI Model
3. TCP-IP Model
4. Data Communication
5. IP Addressing (Subnetting)

C) Operating System – 4-5 Questions

1. Process
2. Thread
3. Types of OS
4. Semaphore
5. Scheduling
6. Dead Lock
7. Memory Partitioning
8. Page Replacement

D) Computer organization + Hardware (Microprocessor ) – 4-5 Questions
1. Bus Structure

E) Network Security – 2 – 3 Questions
1. Cyber Crimes
2. Risk Management
3. Firewall
4. Cryptography

F) Software Engineering – 2 – 3 Questions
1. Software Development life cycle (SDLC)
2. Software Development Models

G) Data Structures – 3 – 4 Questions
1. Array
2. Linked List
3. Stacks

H) Web Technologies – 1-2 Questions
1. HTML Tags
2. XML
3. Network Security

I) Programming Languages (BASIC)  – 1-2 Questions
1. C, C++
2. OOP (Objected oriented Programming)

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Things one must keep into his mind while preparing for the exam:

Time Management:

As one has to attempt 200 questions in 120 min (approx 0.6 min per question ). So proper distribution of time is important for each section.Since Professional Knowledge section has more weight-age in terms of marks ,one can maximize its results in lesser time by first attempting Professional Knowledge section which can be solved in less time with good preparation compared to other section.

Sectional Cut off

Second and most important point is sectional cut off.Often candidates do forget this during IBPS SO written exam, which was the case with most of the students who appeared for IBPS PO-III exam so try not to repeat this mistake here. For example if one scored nearly 70% marks in all the sections but less than 10% in one or another section he is not qualified despite he is through with the overall cutoff .So clearing sectional cut off in all sections should be first and foremost thing one should keep in mind in IBPS SO written exam.
Normally 50% is considered as sectional cut off marks in any section(to be on safer side ).So your first aim should be to clear the sectional cut off.Moreover, IBPS has also introduced concept of TWSS (Total Weight age standard score). They create a minimal TWSS score based on performance of candidates that year.You should score above TWSS to get an interview call.So your first aim is to clear sectional cut off and second is to score as much marks as possible.

Question Selection

Utmost care should be taken while selecting the questions. One should avoid time consuming questions in first attempt as happened with most of the students during IBPS PO-III exam as IBPS introduced lots of variety and surprises in between the questions . So its my advice to attempt easy questions first then complex ones. One must try his best not to show ego to the question

 Yeah question mujhe ata hai mai to solve karke rahunga.... like this shitty things

 If you are not able to solve that question my sincere suggestion is that move on ,in your life you will get enough chances to show off your ego thus save it for future ....

Negative Marking

IBPS SO written exam has negative marking.Negative marking means one fourth of marks in deducted for every wrong answer.For example out of 10 questions if you have 5 correct answers but 5 wrong answers then your total marks is (5 – 5* .25) = 3.75.This is really important.

So it is very important not to guess answers.If you have answered decent number of questions to clear sectional cut off then there is no need of all these.Instead of guessing and marking answers try one or two questions which you can solve and are in section you answered less.

I believe that accuracy do play important part in escalating one's  sectional or total score.

Practice Practice and more Practice

There is no shortcut available for any exam one has to emphasize upon only on practice to beat such exams ,the more you practice more is the chance to conquer upon one's mistakes . So its my suggestion that before going to the examination hall its better if you join any test series(there are plenty of them available on the net), and make a workable strategy how to approach the exam. 

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