Caterpillar Inc Core Engineering Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What is p&ID and why is it used?
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P&ID stands for Piping and Instrumentation Diagram, used in engineering to show the piping of a process flow together with the installed equipment and instrumentation.
• P&ID is a detailed diagram that shows the piping of a process flow, along with the equipment and instrumentation used in the process.

• It is used in engineering to understand the design, construction, and operation of a process plant or industrial facility.

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It was basically a aptitude round of 60 questions.

There were 3 coding questions.The question was based on Recursion and
Dynamic problem.

Q1. Self introduction What is polymorphism, oops concepts DBMS Indexes Normalisation Abstraction vs interface
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MCQ of programming languages - c/c++/Python , basic DS and OS questions

Q1. DS and programming language questions
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Q1. Project level discussion and questions
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This includes data interpretation,games,paragraph based question in verbal ability and the time is 30 mins

Q1. What is linked list
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A linked list is a data structure where each element points to the next element in the sequence.
• Consists of nodes connected by pointers

• Can be singly linked (each node points to the next) or doubly linked (each node points to the next and previous)

• Allows for dynamic size and efficient insertion/deletion operations
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Q1. Normalization in SQL, What is Cursor in SQL
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Normalization in SQL is the process of organizing data in a database to reduce redundancy and improve data integrity. A cursor in SQL is a database object used to retrieve and manipulate data row by row.
• Normalization in SQL involves breaking down a large table into smaller tables and defining relationships between them to reduce redundancy.

• Cursors in SQL are used to fetch and process individual rows returned by a query...read more
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Q2. .Net Core and API based questions
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Q3. Abstract and interface difference
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Abstract classes can have both abstract and non-abstract methods, while interfaces can only have abstract methods.
• Abstract classes can have constructors, fields, and non-abstract methods along with abstract methods

• Interfaces can only have abstract methods and constants

• A class can implement multiple interfaces but can only inherit from one abstract class
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Q4. Const and read only difference in C#
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Const keyword is used to declare constants at compile time, while read-only keyword is used to create immutable fields that can only be assigned a value at runtime.
• Const values are determined at compile time and cannot be changed, while read-only values can only be assigned a value once at runtime.

• Const fields are implicitly static, while read-only fields are not.

• Example: const int x = 5; read-only int y = 10;
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Q5. Azure basic fundamental questions
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Q6. Sample query to join tables using SQL
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Sample query to join tables using SQL
• Use the JOIN keyword to combine rows from two or more tables based on a related column between them

• Specify the columns to be selected from each table

• Use the ON keyword to specify the join condition
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