Cerence Softwaretest Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Basic OOP questions for python programming language

Q1. What's abstraction
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Abstraction is the concept of hiding complex implementation details and showing only the necessary information to the user.
• Abstraction allows users to focus on what an object does instead of how it does it

• It helps in reducing complexity and improving efficiency in software development

• Example: In object-oriented programming, abstract classes and interfaces are used to achieve abstraction
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Q2. What's the difference between SQL and NoSQL database
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SQL databases are relational databases with structured data, while NoSQL databases are non-relational databases with flexible, unstructured data.
• SQL databases use structured query language for defining and manipulating data, while NoSQL databases use different query languages or APIs.

• SQL databases are table-based, with a predefined schema, while NoSQL databases are document, key-value, wide-column, or graph-based.

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Q1. Reverse a linked list
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Reverse a linked list by changing the direction of pointers
• Start with three pointers: current, prev, and next

• Iterate through the linked list, updating pointers to reverse the direction

• Update the head of the linked list to the last node after reversing
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Q2. Implement binary search algorithm
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Binary search algorithm efficiently finds the target value in a sorted array.
• Start by defining the low and high indices of the array.

• Calculate the mid index and compare the target value with the value at mid.

• If target is less than mid value, update high to mid-1; if greater, update low to mid+1.

• Repeat until target is found or low is greater than high.
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Q1. Brief Introduction and basic questions
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Q2. Future plans and how am i going to achieve them
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