MODEL TEST PAPER 2 (SOLVED)

CLASS XII
COMPUTER SCIENCE (083)

Time Allowed: 3 hrs Maximum Marks: 70

General Instructions:
• This question paper contains 37 questions.
• All questions are compulsory. However, internal choices have been provided in some questions. Attempt
only one of the choices in such questions.
• The paper is divided into 5 Sections—A, B, C, D and E.
• Section A consists of 21 questions (1 to 21). Each question carries 1 Mark.
• Section B consists of 7 questions (22 to 28). Each question carries 2 Marks.
• Section C consists of 3 questions (29 to 31). Each question carries 3 Marks.
• Section D consists of 4 questions (32 to 35). Each question carries 4 Marks.
• Section E consists of 2 questions (36 to 37). Each question carries 5 Marks.
• All programming questions are to be answered using Python Language only.
• In case of MCQ, text of the correct answer should also be written.

Section A
1. State whether the following statement is True or False:
Functions can alter only mutable type values. (1)
Ans. True
2. Identify the output of the following code snippet. (1)

Str4 = " Learning Python ".strip().lower().replace(" ", "_")
print(Str4)
(a) learning_python (b) learning python
(c) learning_Python (d) Learning_Python
Ans. (a) learning_python
3. Which of these expressions evaluates to True? (1)
(a) 3 + 3 == 7
(b) not (10 < 20 and 20 > 30)
(c) 4 * 5!= 20
(d) not(1 == 1) and not(0)
Ans. (b) not (10 < 20 and 20 > 30)
4. What will be the output of the given expression? (1)
a = (4, 5, 6)
b = (a,)
print(b)
(a) (4, 5, 6)
(b) (4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 6)
(c) ((4, 5, 6),)
(d) Error
Ans. (c) ((4, 5, 6),)

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 5. What will be the output of the following code? (1)
s = "Data Science"
print(s[:4][::-1])
(a) D (b) Data
(c) Cs (d) ataD
Ans. (d) ataD
6. Identify the output of the following code. (1)

dictt = {'name': 'Alina', 'age': 30, 'city': 'Hyderabad'}

print(dictt.get('country', 'Not Found'))
(a) Alina
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Not Found
(d) 30
Ans. (c) Not Found
7. What will be the output of the following code? (1)
def divide(x, y):
try:
result = x / y
except ZeroDivisionError:
print("Division by zero error")
finally:
print("Operation complete")
divide(10, 0)
(a) Division by zero error
(b) Operation complete
(c) Division by zero error
Operation complete
(d) Error
Ans. (c) Division by zero error
Operation complete
8. What does pop() method do in a list if no index is specified? (1)
(a) Removes the first element from the list
(b) Removes the last element from the list
(c) Removes all the elements from the list
(d) Removes an element from the list based on a condition
Ans. (b) Removes the last element from the list
9. In a relational database, what happens when a primary key that is referenced by a foreign key in another
table is updated? (1)
(a) The referenced foreign key values in the other table are automatically updated to match.
(b) All related records in the referencing table are deleted.
(c) The update fails if the database enforces referential integrity.
(d) The primary key is updated but the foreign key values remain unchanged.
Ans. (c) The update fails if the database enforces referential integrity.

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 10. Write the missing statement to complete the following code. (1)
fileobj = open("filehandling.txt", "r")
content = fileobj.read()
____________________ #Moving the cursor back to the beginning of the file
first_line = fileobj.readline()
print("First line:", first_line)
fileobj.close()
(a) fileobj.seek(0)
(b) fileobj.close()
(c) fileobj.readline()
(d) fileobj.seek(1)
Ans. (a) fileobj.seek(0)
11. State whether the following statement is True or False:
You can use multiple except blocks to handle different types of exceptions separately. (1)
Ans. True
12. What will be the output of the following code? (1)
def add_to_total():
global total
total += 50
def reset_total():
total = 100
total = 0
reset_total()
add_to_total()
print("Total:", total)
(a) Total: 150
(b) Total: 100
(c) Total: 50
(d) Error
Ans. (c) Total: 50
13. Which SQL command would you use to delete a database named COMPANY? (1)
Ans. DROP DATABASE command will be used to delete the database, i.e., DROP DATABASE COMPANY;
14. What will be the output of the given query? (1)

SELECT * FROM employees WHERE email LIKE '%@gmail.com';
(a) Details of employees with email addresses that contain ‘@gmail.com’
(b) Details of employees with email addresses starting with ‘@gmail.com’
(c) Details of employees with email addresses that end with ‘@gmail.com’
(d) Details of employees with email addresses that contain ‘gmail’
Ans. (c) Details of employees with email addresses that end with ‘@gmail.com’

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 15. Which SQL datatype is used to store whole numbers without any decimal points? (1)
(a) INT
(b) FLOAT
(c) VARCHAR
(d) BOOLEAN
Ans. (a) INT
16. What does AND operator do in SQL WHERE clause? (1)
(a) It filters rows based on a single condition.
(b) It combines two or more conditions and returns rows where all conditions are true.
(c) It sorts the results based on multiple conditions.
(d) It combines multiple tables in the result set.
Ans. (b) It combines two or more conditions and returns rows where all conditions are true.
17. Which protocol ensures reliable communication between two devices over a network by establishing a
connection? (1)
(a) POP
(b) ICMP
(c) TCP
(d) HTTP
Ans. (c) TCP
18. In star topology, which device allows devices on a network to communicate by broadcasting data to all the
connected devices? (1)
(a) Switch
(b) Hub
(c) Router
(d) Gateway
Ans. (b) Hub
19. In which topology is a single point of failure a major drawback, as the failure of the main cable can disrupt
the entire network? (1)
Ans. Bus Topology
Q20 and Q21 are Assertion (A) and Reasoning (R) based questions. Mark the correct choice as:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation for A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
20. Assertion (A): The keyword return in Python functions is used to terminate the execution of functions and
return a value to the caller. (1)
Reasoning (R): If return is used without any expression, the function returns None.

Ans. (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A.
21. Assertion (A): In SQL, DELETE command removes rows from a table based on specified conditions. (1)
Reasoning (R): DELETE command temporarily removes data from a table, which can be undone with backups.

Ans. (c) A is true but R is false.

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 Section B
22. Write the difference between append() and extend() functions of a list? (2)
Ans. append() function adds a single item to the end of the list whereas extend() function adds one list at the end
of another list.
For example,
L1=[9,7,5]
L2=[12,78]
L1.append(90)
print(L1)
L1.extend(L2)
print(L1)
23. What are comments in Python? Which symbol is used to represent a comment? (2)
Ans. Comments are additional information provided against a statement or a chunk of code for better clarity and
understanding of the code. Interpreter ignores them and does not count them in commands.
Hash symbol (#) or triple quotation marks (‘’’ or “””) are used to represent a comment.
24. Answer the following questions using built-in functions. (2)
If L1 = [5, 10, 15, 10, 5, 20, 10, 30, ...] and L2 = [100, 200, 300, ...], then
(I) (A) Write a statement to count the occurrences of 10 in L1.
OR
(B) Write a statement to sort the elements of list L1 in descending order.
Ans. (I) (A) L1.count(10)
OR
(B) L1.sort(reverse=True)
(II) (A) Write a statement to append all the elements of L2 to L1.
OR
(B) Write a statement to reverse the elements of list L1.
Ans. (A) L1.extend(L2)
OR
(B) L1.reverse()
25. Identify the correct output(s) of the following code and write the minimum and maximum possible values of
the variable result. (2)

import random

x1= random.randrange(1, 10, 2)

x2= random.randrange(1, 10, 3)
print (x1,"and",x2))
(a) 3 and 4
(b) 8 and 10
(c) 8 and 9
(d) 2 and 7
Ans. (a) 3 and 4

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 26. The following code is supposed to return the longest word in a given list. However, it has syntax and logical
errors. Rewrite it after removing all the errors and underline all the corrections made. (2)
def longest_word(words)
l_word = ""
for in words:
if len(word) > len(l_word):
l_word = word
return l_word
result = longest_word(["information", "management", "functions"])
print("The longest word is" result)
Ans. def longest_word(words) :
l_word = ""
for word in words:
if len(word) > len(l_word):
l_word = word
return l_word
result = longest_word(["information", "management", "functions"])
print("The longest word is", result)
27. (I) (A) Which constraint should be applied on a table column so that all values in the column must be
unique and must not be NULL? (2)
OR
(B) Which constraint should be applied on Username column to ensure that it does not allow duplicate
entries but can accept a NULL value?
Ans. (A) Primary Key constraint
OR
(B) Unique Key constraint
(II) (A) Write an SQL command to add CHECK constraint(sal_check) to Salary column in a table named
STAFF to ensure that all salary values are greater than 30000.
OR
(B) Write an SQL command to remove CHECK constraint(age_check) from Age column in a table named
MEMBERS that limits the values to 18 and above.
Ans. (A) ALTER TABLE STAFF ADD CONSTRAINT sal_check CHECK (Salary > 30000);
OR
(B) ALTER TABLE MEMBERS DROP CONSTRAINT age_check;
28. (A) List one advantage and disadvantage of Twisted Pair Cable. (2)
OR
(B) What does TCP stand for? Write its functionality.
Ans. (A) Advantage of Twisted Pair Cable: If a portion of a twisted pair cable is damaged, the entire network will
not shut down.
Disadvantage of Twisted Pair Cable: It easily picks up noise signals which results in higher error rates

when the line length exceeds 100 metres.

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 OR
(B) TCP stands for Transmission Control Protocol.
TCP enables two hosts to establish a connection and exchange streams of data.
It also collects all the packets at the receiver’s end and arranges them in a sequential order.

Section C
29. (A) Write a Python function that reads ‘Words.txt’ and displays the number of times the word ‘Python’
appears in the file. (3)
OR
(B) Write a Python function that reads ‘Words.txt’ and displays the first 5 words from the file.
Ans. (A) def count():
count = 0
try:
with open('Words.txt', 'r') as file:
for line in file:
words = line.split()
for word in words:
if word == "Python":
count += 1
print('The word "Python" appears', count, 'times in the file.')
except FileNotFoundError:
print("Error: The file was not found.")
OR
(B) def display_words():
try:
with open('Words.txt', 'r') as file:
words = []
for line in file:
words.extend(line.split())
if len(words) >= 5:
break
print("The first 5 words in the file are:", words[:5])
except FileNotFoundError:
print("Error: The file Words.txt was not found.")
30. (A) In a call centre, customer complaints are handled through a Stack named ComplaintStack. Each
complaint is represented as a list with details: complaint_id, customer_name and complaint_details.
Write the following user-defined functions in Python to perform the specified operations on
ComplaintStack: (3)

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 (I) push_complaint(ComplaintStack, complaint): This function takes the Stack ‘ComplaintStack’ and a
new complaint record ‘complaint’ as arguments and pushes the new complaint record onto the
Stack.
(II) pop_complaint(ComplaintStack): This function pops the topmost complaint record from the Stack
and returns it. If the stack is empty, the function should display ‘Underflow’.
(III) peep(ComplaintStack): This function displays the topmost element of the Stack without deleting it.
If the Stack is empty, the function should display ‘None’.
OR
(B) Write the definition of the user-defined function ‘Push_upper(strings)’ that takes a list of strings and
pushes only the uppercase versions of each string onto a Stack named UpperStack.
Write ‘Pop_upper()’ function to pop and return the topmost uppercase string from UpperStack. If the
Stack is empty, it should display ‘Stack is empty.’ (3)
Write ‘Show_all_upper()’ function to display all uppercase strings in UpperStack without removing them.
If the Stack is empty, display ‘No uppercase strings available.’
Ans. (A) (I) def push_complaint(ComplaintStack, complaint):
ComplaintStack.append(complaint)
print("Complaint added successfully.")
(II) def pop_complaint(ComplaintStack):
if len(ComplaintStack) == 0:
print("Underflow")
return None
else:
return ComplaintStack.pop()
(III) def peep(ComplaintStack):
if len(ComplaintStack) == 0:
print("None")
else:
print("Topmost complaint:", ComplaintStack[-1])
OR
(B) UpperStack = []
def Push_upper(strings):
for string in strings:
UpperStack.append(string.upper())
print("Uppercase strings pushed to Stack.")
def Pop_upper():
if len(UpperStack) == 0:
print("Stack is empty.")
return None
else:
return UpperStack.pop()
def Show_all_upper():
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 print("No uppercase strings available.")
else:
print("All uppercase strings in the stack:")
for item in reversed(UpperStack): # Display from top to bottom
print(item)
strings = ["information", "message", "Python", "encrypted"]
Push_upper(strings)
Show_all_upper()
print("Popped string:", Pop_upper())
Show_all_upper()
31. Predict the output of the following code. (3)
colors = ('red', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow', 'blue')
x = [color for color in colors if color!= 'blue']
print("Filtered colors list:", x)
y = tuple(x)
print("Tuple after filtering:", y)
OR
Predict the output of the following code.
products = {'P1': 50, 'P2': 30, 'P3': 60, 'P4': 45}
for product in list(products):
if products[product] < 40:
products[product] *= 2
else:
del products[product]
print("Final products dictionary:", products)
Ans. Filtered colors list: ['red', 'green', 'yellow']
Tuple after filtering: ('red', 'green', 'yellow')
OR

Final products dictionary: {'P2': 60}

Section D
32. Consider the given table DONATIONS. (4)

Donor_ID Donor_Name Organization Amount Date_Of_Donation

D1121 Sandeep Bansal Bless Orphanage 35000 2024-10-25
D1122 Mohita Aggarwal Blinds’ Society 65000 2024-08-21
D1123 Shreya Sharma Mid-Day Meal Society 80000 2024-02-10
D1124 Rahul Malhotra Bless Orphanage 45000 2024-07-01
Note: The table contains more records than shown here.

(A) Write the following queries.
(I) To display the total Amount of donations for each organization, excluding organizations with a total
donation Amount less than 40000.

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 (II) To display DONATIONS table sorted by Date of Donation in descending order.
(III) To display the distinct name of the donor from DONATIONS table.
(IV) To display the sum of Amount of all donations where Date of Donation is NULL.
OR
(B) Write the output of the following.
(I) SELECT Organization, SUM(Amount) AS Total_Donations FROM DONATIONS
GROUP BY Organization;
(II) SELECT * FROM DONATIONS WHERE Organization LIKE '%m%';
(III) SELECT Donor_ID, Donor_Name, Organization, Amount FROM DONATIONS
WHERE Amount BETWEEN 25000 AND 55000;
(IV) SELECT MAX(Amount) FROM DONATIONS;
Ans. (A) (I) Select Organization, sum(Amount) from donations group by
organization having sum(Amount)< 40000;
(II) Select * from donations order by Date_Of_Donation desc;
(III) Select distinct Donor_Name from donations;
(IV) Select sum(Amount) from donations where Date_Of_Donation IS NULL;
OR

(B) (I) Organization Total_Donations

Bless Orphanage 80000
Blinds' Society 65000
Mid-Day Meal Society 80000

(II) Donor_ID Donor_Name Organization Amount Date_of_Donation

D1123 Shreya Mid-Day Meal 80000 2024-02-10
Sharma Society

(III) Donor_ID Donor_Name Organization Amount

D1121 Sandeep Bansal Bless Orphanage 35000
D1124 Rahul Malhotra Bless Orphanage 45000

(IV) Max (Amount)

80000
33. A CSV file, ‘StudentGrades.csv’, contains the data of a survey. Each record of the file contains the following
data: (4)
• Student Name • Subject
• Grade (A, B, C…) • Percentage Score
For example, a sample record of the file may be:
[‘Manisha’, ‘Mathematics’, ‘A’, 92]
Write the following Python functions to perform the specified operations on this file:
(I) Read all the data from the file in the form of a list and display the records of students who scored more
than 85%.
(II) Count the number of records in the file.

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Ans. (I) import csv
def read_display():
high_score_students = []
try:
with open("StudentGrades.csv", 'r') as file:
reader = csv.reader(file)
next(reader)
for row in reader:
student_name = row[0]
subject = row[1]
grade = row[2]
percentage_score = float(row[3])
if percentage_score > 85:
high_score_students.append(row)
print("Students who scored more than 85%:")
for student in high_score_students:
 print("Student Name: ",student[0], "Subject:",
student[1], "Grade:", student[2], "Percentage Score:",
student[3])
except FileNotFoundError:
print("Error: The file StudentGrades.csv was not found.")
(II) def count_records():
record_count = 0
try:
with open("StudentGrades.csv", 'r') as file:
reader = csv.reader(file)
next(reader)
for row in reader:
record_count += 1
print("Total number of records in the file:",record_count)
except FileNotFoundError:
print("Error: The file StudentGrades.csv was not found.")
34. Manish has been assigned the task of managing the database of Nirvana Group of Hotels. He needs to access
some information from GUESTS and BOOKINGS tables for a survey analysis. Help him extract the following
information by writing the desired SQL queries as mentioned below. (4)
Table: GUESTS
Guest_ID First_Name Last_Name Check_in_Date Room_Type Duration
3001 Neena Jain 2024-10-20 Suite 3
3002 Mukesh Gupta 2024-09-18 Deluxe 2
3003 Raman Chugh 2024-08-15 Standard 1
3004 Namrata Malhotra 2024-11-02 Suite 4
Table: BOOKINGS
Booking_ID Guest_ID Room_No Room_Charges Total_Charges
4001 3001 101 15000 45000
4002 3002 409 10000 20000
2003 3003 310 6500 6500
4004 3004 207 16500 66000

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 (I) To display the names of guests staying in ‘Suite’ rooms.
(II) To show all bookings where the value of Total_Charges is greater than 500.
(III) To increase the room charges per night by 10% for room no. 310.
(IV) (A) To display the First_Name and Room_No of guests whose total cost is over 24000.
OR
(B) To display the Cartesian Product of GUESTS and BOOKINGS tables.
Ans. (I) Select First_Name, Last_Name from guests where Room_Type = "Suite";
(II) Select * from bookings where Total_Charges > 500;
(III) Update bookings set Room_Charges = Room_Charges + Room_Charges*0.1
where Room_No = 310;
(IV) (A) Select First_Name, Room_No from guests g, bookings b where

b.Total_Charges > 24000;
OR
(B) Select * from guests, bookings;
35. Table MOVIES in MOVIEDB database has the following structure: (4)

Field Type
movieID int(11)
movieName varchar(40)
genre varchar(20)
releaseYear int(4)
rating float
Write the following Python function to perform the specified operation:
Add_Display(): to input details of a movie and store it in the table MOVIES. The function should then retrieve
and display all records from MOVIES table where the rating is greater than 7.5.
Assume the following for Python-Database connectivity:
Host: localhost

User: admin

Password: movies123

Ans. def AddAndDisplay():
import mysql.connector as mycon
mydb=mycon.
connect(host="localhost",user="admin",passwd="movies123",database=
"MOVIEDB")
mycur=mydb.cursor()
mid=int(input("Enter Movie ID: "))
nm=input("Enter Movie Name: ")
gr=input("Enter Movie Genre: ")
year=int(input("Enter Movie Release Year: "))
rating=float(input("Enter Movie Rating"))
query="INSERT INTO movies(movieid, moviename, genre, releaseyear,
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 values = (mid, nm, gr, year, rating)
mycur.execute(query, values)
mydb.commit()
mycur.execute("select * from movies where rating>7.5")
for rec in mycur:
print(rec)
AddAndDisplay()

Section E
36. Hitesh wants to manage the records of the faculty members in his university. For this, he wants the following
information of each faculty member to be stored: (5)
• Faculty_ID – integer
• Faculty_Name – string
• Department – string
• Years_of_Service – integer
As a programmer, you have been assigned to do this job for Hitesh.
(I) Write a function to input the data of a faculty member and append it in a binary file.
(II) Write a function to update the Department to ‘Senior Faculty’ for all faculty members with more than
15 years of service.
(III) Write a function to read the data from the binary file and display the data of all those faculty members
who are not in ‘Senior Faculty’ department.
Ans. (I) import pickle
def input_faculty():
faculty = []
 n = int(input("Enter the number of faculty members you want to
add: "))
for i in range(n):
faculty_id = int(input("Enter Faculty ID: "))
faculty_name = input("Enter Faculty Name: ")
department = input("Enter Department of faculty: ")
yearofservice = float(input("Enter years of service: "))
faculty.append([faculty_id, faculty_name,
department,yearofservice])
return faculty
faculty_list = input_faculty()
def append_faculty_data(faculty):
with open('FacultyMembers.bin', 'ab') as f:
for i in faculty:
pickle.dump(faculty, f)
print("Faculty members data appended successfully.")
append_faculty_data(faculty_list)
(II) import pickle
def update_senior_faculty():
updated_faculty = []
try:

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 with open('FacultyMembers.bin', 'rb') as f:
while True:
try:
facultymem = pickle.load(f)
if isinstance(facultymem, list) and
len(facultymem)== 4:
if facultymem[3] > 15:
facultymem[2] = 'Senior Faculty'
updated_faculty.append(facultymem)
except EOFError:
break
except FileNotFoundError:
print("No faculty data found. Please add faculties first.")
return
with open('FacultyMembers.bin', 'wb') as f:
for facultymem in updated_faculty:
pickle.dump(facultymem, f)
print("Candidates updated to Senior Faculty where applicable.")
update_senior_faculty()
(III) import pickle
def display_non_senior_faculty():
fm=[]
try:
with open('FacultyMembers.bin', 'rb') as f:
while True:
try:
fm = pickle.load(f)
if fm[2] != 'Senior Faculty':
print("Candidate ID:", fm[0])
print("Candidate Name:" ,fm[1])
print("Designation:", fm[2])
print("Experience:" ,fm[3])
print("--------------------")
except EOFError:
break
except FileNotFoundError:
 print("No candidate data found. Please add candidates
first.")
display_non_senior_faculty()
37. A research institute, Technology Hub, is setting up a new campus in Pune. The campus will have the
following departments: LAB, RESEARCH, ADMIN and AUDITORIUM. The distance between the departments
is as follows: (5)

PUNE

LAB RESEARCH

ADMIN AUDITORIUM

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 Distance between departments:

From To Distance
LAB RESEARCH 100m
LAB ADMIN 60m
LAB AUDITORIUM 150m
RESEARCH ADMIN 65m
RESEARCH AUDITORIUM 120m
ADMIN AUDITORIUM 50m

Number of computers in each department is as follows:

LAB 15
RESEARCH 20
ADMIN 30
AUDITORIUM 10
(I) Suggest the most appropriate location for the server inside the Pune campus. Justify your choice.
(II) Which hardware device would you suggest to connect all computers within each department?
(III) Draw the cable layout to efficiently connect various departments within the Pune campus. Which cable
would you suggest for the most efficient data transfer over the network?
(IV) Is there any requirement of a repeater in the given cable layout? Justify your answer.
(V) (A) Which of the following would be best for holding an online seminar with participants from both
the Pune campus and remote locations?
(i) Videoconferencing
(ii) Instant Messaging
(iii) Email
(iv) Telephony
OR
(B) Which type of network (PAN, LAN, MAN or WAN) would be appropriate for connecting the
departments within the Pune campus?
Ans. (I) LAB department is the ideal location for the server in the Pune campus as it has the maximum number
of computers.
(II) Switch
(III)
ADMIN

LAB RESEARCH AUDITORIUM

Cable: Coaxial cable

(IV) According to the given cable layout, a repeater is not required as the distance between departments is
less than 70m.
(V) (A) (i) Videoconferencing
OR
(B) LAN

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