CTS Company Profile

Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) is a U.S. based global IT services and business process outsourcing solutions provider headquartered in Teaneck, N.J. Cognizant was founded in 1994 as an IT development and maintenance services arm of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. The company was spun-off as an independent organization two years later. Since 1996, Cognizant has worked closely with large organizations to help them build stronger, more efficient, and more agile businesses. By emphasizing its strengths in close customer relationships, highly flexible operations, seamless global delivery culture, and deep knowledge of companies and markets, Cognizant helps its customers achieve better bottom-line results and delivers a better return on outsourcing. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation provides information technology (IT) consulting and technology services, as well as outsourcing services in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its IT consulting and technology services include business process consulting; IT strategy consulting; technology consulting; application design, development, integration, and re-engineering; complex custom systems development; data warehousing/business intelligence; customer relationship management (CRM) system implementation; enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementation; and software testing services. The company s outsourcing services comprise Application Maintenance, including custom application maintenance, and CRM and ERP maintenance; IT infrastructure outsourcing; and business process outsourcing. It offers its services to various markets, such as financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and logistics, retail, telecommunications, media and information services, and high technology. Cognizant has aligned its businesses vertically and has clients in

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Banking & Financial Services Healthcare Manufacturing & Logistics Information,Media & Entertainment Communications Insurance Life Sciences Retail & Hospitality Technology Consumer Goods

In addition to vertical focus, Cognizant also provides specialty technology services through its horizontal expertise such as Data Warehousing and Business intelligence, CRM, ERP, ITIS, BPO, Analytics, ASP, Cognizant Business Consulting, Content & Design Services, Content Management & Portals and Testing Services.
Headquarters us.5444 Industry Type Status Information Technology and Services Public Company Operating

Company Size 60,000 employees 2007 Revenue $2,140,000,000 Founded 1994

Contact CTS Corporation 905 West Boulevard North Elkhart, IN 46514 United States CTS India Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) remains mindful of the state of your software. CTS provides application maintenance services, data warehousing, software development and integration, and reengineering services for legacy systems, primarily to medium-sized and large businesses. The majority of its sales are to customers in North America, including IMS Health, First Data, and ACNielsen. Most of the company's software development centers and employees are located in India, with others in the US. CTS serves clients in industries including financial services, health care, retail, and manufacturing. The major employee base of the company lies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. There are other branch offices of Cognizant India in the different cities across the nation like Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Coimbatore, and Cochin. Some of the leading IT companies like IBM, Accenture, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Wipro, and Tata Consultancy Services are the main competitors of Cognizant India. Cognizant India has been successful in establishing vertical relationships with its business clients in different industries. Some of the important industries being catered to by Cognizant India are Banking and Financial Services, Healthcare, Information, Media and Entertainment, Life Insurance, Annuities and Retirement, Property and Casualty Insurance, Life Sciences, Manufacturing and Logistics, Retail and Hospitality, Technology, and Telecommunications. The main aim of Cognizant India is to deliver solutions even on the most complex business challenges of their client base. Contact Cognizant Technology Solutions No. 5/535, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Thoraipakkam, Chennai - 600 097 India

CTS ( Connizant) Question Pattern

Following is the pattern of CTS selection.

For CTS you will first face an aptitude test of 60 mins having 40 questions.Correct answer carry one mark and wrong answer carry 0.25 marks. Do prepare well for this test as this is where the main competition is. study general aptitude, some basic geometry, logical reasoning, time & distance etc. Questions were from :Quantative (ratio & proportion, inequalities, quadratic etc)Aptitude (puzzles) - English(para followed by deductions, filling blanks with correct words)

TIPS - Practice quantative and puzzles. Refer- R.S.Agarwal, CAT material

next you will be called for a technical interview. the interview is not so difficult if your technical is good. they ask very basic technical questions, and you will clear it very easily if your basic concepts are clear. my interview lasted for 20 mins. questions on Data structures, networks , C (he also asked me to write a small program). answer confidently and clearly say if you dont know the answer. If you clear you will be called for HR interview. the interview is very easy but you should prepare for some typical questions like:

Test Paper :3 Paper Type Test Date Posted By : : 15 April 2010 : sowmya.u

Test Location : KSR college of engineering Tiruchengode

hai............... I am Sowmya.U of Park College Of Engineering And Technology Coimbatore. I participated in Tamil Nadu State Level Placement Programme conducted by Anna University in April 2010 for CTS .About 60 colleges took part in it . The company has two rounds .1) written test 2) technical hr the written test was a bit tough .But for gods sake there was no negative marks.We had two sections 1) analytical 2) verbal analytical was a bit easy . we had questions from syllogism, conclusions ,images,data interpretations, figure series , coding . verbal consisted of two comprehension one easy and another tough . many questions from find the correct sentence ,it was tough . jumbled sentence was easy.... go through R S Agarwal and gre book .it will help a lot. About 1500 took the written test in which 249 qualified for the 2nd round . The nxt day we had technical , there were 16 panels and I was in the 13th panel .My HR was a cool person. Since I was an ECE student i was asked only from my area of interest . finally the result was announced , they selected 132 candidates and i was lucky to be one among them ...................... CTS was my dream company and thank The Almighty . Prepare well success will be yours.
Test Paper :4 Paper Type Test Date Posted By : Whole Testpaper : 20 January 2010 : Admin

APTITUDE TEST

Questions = 70 ; time limit = 70 minutes... Correct answer carry one mark and wrong answer carry 0.25 marks. , Offline (paper & pen) test VERBAL SECTION (25 questions-25min) Directions for Questions 1-5: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage. Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. The general recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial phrase,' It is the busiest man who has time to spare'. Thus, an elderly lady at leisure can spend the entire day writing a postcard to her niece. An hour will be spent in writing a postcard , another hunting for spectacles, half an hour to search for the address , an hour and a quarter in composition and twenty minutes in deciding whether or not to take an umbrella when goingto the pillar box in the street. The total effort that could occupy a busy man for three minutes, all told may in this fashion leave another person completely exhausted after a day of doubt ,anxiety and toil. 1.What happens when the time to be spent on some work increases? A) the work is done smoothly. B) the work is done leisurely. C) work consumes all the time. D) The work needs additional time. Ans: C 2. Explain the sentence : work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. A) The more work there is to be done , the more time needed. B) whatever time is available for a given amount of work, all of it will be used. C) If you have more time you can do some work. D) If you have some important work to do , you should always have some additional time. Ans: B

3.Who is the person likely to take more time to do work.: A) a busy man. B) a man of leisure. C) an elderly person. D)an exhausted person Ans: B . 4.What is the total time spent by the elderly lady in writing a postcard? A) Three minutes. B) four hours and five minutes. C) half day D)the entire day. Ans:D 5. What does the expression pillar box stand for? A) a box attached to the pillar. B) a box in the pillar C) box office. D) a pillar type postbox. Ans: D Directions for Questions 6-10: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
According to Albert Einstein the non mathematician, is seized by a mysterious shuddering when he hears of 'four-dimensional' things, he is seized by a feeling, which is very similar to the thoughts awakened by the occult. And at the same time the statement that the world in which we live is a fourdimensional space - time continuum is quite a common place statement. This might lead to an argument regarding the use of the term ''commonplace'' by Einstein. Yet the difficulty lies more in the wording than the ideas. Einstein's concept of the universe as a fourdimensional space-time continuum becomes plain and clear, when what he means by ''continuum'' becomes clear. A continuum is something that is continuous, A ruler, for example, is a one-

dimensional space continuum. Most rulers are divided into inches and frWASLions, scaled down to one-sixteenth of an inch. Will it be possible to conceive a ruler, which is calibrated to a millionth or billionth of an inch. In theory there is no reason why the steps from point to point should not be even smaller. What distinguishes a continuum is the fWASL that the space between any two points can be sub-divided into an infinite number of smaller divisions. A railroad track is a one-dimensional space continuum and on it the engineer of a train can describe his position at any time by citing a single co-ordinate point - i.e., a station or a milestone. A sea captain, however, has to worry about two dimensions. The surface of the sea is a two-dimensional continuum and the co-ordinate points by which sailor fixes his positions in his two dimensional continuum are latitude and longitude. An airplane pilot guides his plane through a three - dimensional continuum, hence he has to consider not only latitude and longitude, but also his height above the ground. The continuum of an airplane pilot constitutes space as we perceive it. In other words, the space of our world is a three-dimensional continuum. Just indicating its position in space is not enough while describing any physical event, which involves motion. How position changes in time also needs to be mentioned. Thus to give an accurate picture of the operation of a New York - Chicago express, one must mention not only that it goes from New - York to Albany to Syracuse to Cleveland to Toledo to Chicago, but also the times at which it touches each of those points. This can be done either by means of a timetable or a visual chart. If the miles between New York and Chicago are plotted horizontally on a piece of ruled paper and the hours and minutes are plotted vertically, then a diagonal line properly drawn across the page illustrates the progress of the train in two - dimensional space - time continuum. This type of graphic representation is familiar to most newspaper readers; a stock market chart, for example, pictures financial events in a two dimensional dollar - time continuum. Similarly for the best picturisation of the flight of an airplane from New York to Los Angeles a four - dimensional space - time continuum is essential. The latitude, longitude and altitude will only make sense to the traffic manager of the airline if the time co - ordinate is also mentioned. Therefore time is the fourth dimension. If a flight has to be looked at, perceived as a whole, it wouldn't work if it is broken down into a series of disconnected take - offs, climbs, glides, and landing, it needs to be looked at and perceived as a continuous four - dimensional space - time continuum curve. Following are some sample questions on this passage: 6. The significant feature of a continuum, according to the passage, revolves around A. The divisibility of the interval between any two points. B. An ordinary ruler's caliber for marking C. Its unending curve D. Its lucid from providing comprehensibility to the non - scientists as well E. Its variety of co - ordinates. Answer: A 7. The purpose of this passage is to highlight the point that A. Plots and sea captains have something in common B. Stock market charts may be helpful to physicists C. The fourth dimension is time. D. Non - mathematician's are often afraid of the commonplace E. There is a marked quality to distance Answer: C

8. According to the passage, an airlines traffic manager depends upon all of the following EXCEPT A. latitude B. altitude C. the time co - ordinate D. longitude E. the continuous curve in co four Answer: E 9. The underlying tone of this selection is A. persuasive B. deferential C. candid D. instructive E. gently condescending Answer: D 10. According to the author if on wishes portray a physical event in which motion plays a role - one has to A. Make use of a time-table B. Indicate how position changes in time C. Be conversant with the scientist's theories D. Describe it graphically E. Be aware of altitude, latitude and longitude Answer: B

Directions for Questions 11-12:Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it. If there is any
error, it will be only one part of the sentence. The number or alphabet of that part is your answer.( Disregard punctuation errors if any)

11. I never have / visited / or intend to visit / foreign countries / A Ans:C

12. The clothes / were neatly / hanged /on the cloth line.

A Ans:C

Directions for Questions 13-15: one of the four sentences given in each question is grammatically wrong . Find the incorrect sentence. 13 A) Our followers are but a handful. B) Neither he nor I was there.

C) Many a glorious deeds were done. C) Everyone of the boys loves to ride. Ans: C 14 A) She had finished her work when I met her. B) Do you believe in God? C) He cut his hand with a knife. D) He challenged me for a duel. Ans: D 15 A) Sumit is my elder brother. B) He is two years younger to me. C) He is the eldest man of this village. D) Ravi is five years older than me. Ans: C Directions for Questions 16-20: In each of the following questions, some sentence are given which are on the same theme. decide which sentence is the most preferable with respect to grammar; meaning and usage, suitable for formal writing in English. Find the correct sentence. 16 A) From which train did you come? B) A series of incidents have taken place. C) It is a five--men committee. D) This pronunciation is peculiar to Bengalis. Ans:D 17 A) They have placed order for books. B) He has applied for lectureship. C) The river has overflown its bank.

D) Give me rupees two and a half. Ans:D 18 A) The proceeds of the charity show are for riot victims B) He asked Ajay and I to go. C) The weather of this place does not suit me. D) Either Rajesh or his friends has done it. Ans: A 19 A) It is far too hard an essay for me to attempt. B) It is too far hard an essay to attempt for me. C) Too far it is an essay hard for me to attempt. D) It is too hard an essay for me to far attempt Ans:D 20. A) Hoping to be hearing from you, I remain yours sincerely. B) Hoping to hear from you, I remain yours sincerely. C) Hoping to have heard from you, I sincerely remain yours. D) Sincerely I remain yours hoping to be hearing from you. Ans: B Directions for Questions 21-25: In each of the following questions, a paragraph or a sentence has been broken up into different parts. The parts have been scrambled and numbered as given below. Choose the correct order of these parts from the given alternatives.
21. 1) I 2)do 3) a 4) of 5) in 6) lot 7) reading 8) my 9) time 10) free

A. 1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 7, 5, 10, 8, 9 B. 1, 2, 6, 3, 4, 7, 5, 8, 10, 9 C. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 4, 5, 8, 10, 9

D. 1, 2, 3, 6, 4, 7, 5, 8, 10, 9 Ans: D 22. 1) on to time 10)to 2) seat 3) evening 4) Edinburgh 5)the 6) booked 7) flight 8) a 9)

A. 9, 6, 8, 2, 1, 5, 3, 7, 10, 4 B. 9, 6, 8, 1, 2, 5, 3, 7, 10, 4 C. 9, 3, 8, 2, 1, 5, 6, 7, 10, 4 D. 9, 6, 1, 2, 5, 8, 3, 7, 10, 4 Ans: A 23. 1) I broke 2) my 3) leg 4) to 5)hire 6) gardener 7) when 8) a 9) had 10) I 11)

A. 1, 9, 4, 5, 8, 6, 7, 10, 11, 3, 2 B. 1, 9, 4, 5, 11, 6, 8, 10, 7, 2, 3 C. 1, 9, 4, 5, 8, 6, 7, 10, 11, 2, 3 D. 1, 4, 9, 5, 8, 6, 7, 10, 11, 2, 3 Ans: C 24.1) She 2) trust 3) Don't 4) because 5)is 6) her 7) lying

A. 1, 5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 B. 3, 2, 6, 4, 1, 5, 7 C. 3, 2, 6, 4, 1, 5, 7 D. 3, 2, 6, 1, 4, 5, 7 Ans: B 25.1) rent 2)a 3) has 4) room 5)in 6) house 7) she 8) to 9) rent

A. 7, 3, 2, 4, 1, 8, 5, 9, 6 B. 7, 3, 1, 4, 8, 2, 5, 9, 6 C. 7, 3, 2, 4, 8, 1, 5, 9, 6 D. 7, 3, 2, 4, 8, 1, 5, 6, 9

Ans: C

ANALYTICAL section (25 Q's - 30 mins)

Directions for Questions 1-5:There are five friends Sachin, Kunal, Mohit, Anuj and Rohan. Sachin ia shorter than Kunal but taller than Rohan. Mohit is tallest. Anuj is a little shorter than Kunal an little taller than Sachin. 1.Who is the shortest? (a) Rohan (d) Kunal Ans: A 2. If they stand in the order of their heights, who will be in the middle? (a) Kunal (d) Anuj Ans: D 3. If they stand in the order of increasing heights, who will be the second? (a) Anuj (d) Kunal Ans: B 4. Who is the second tallest? (a) Sachin (d) Rohan Ans: B 5. Who is taller than Anuj but shorter than Mohit? (a) Kunal (b) Rohan (c) Sachin (b) Kunal (c) Anuj (b) Sachin (c) Rohan (b) Rohan (c) Sachin (b) Sachin (c) Anuj

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

(d)Date Inadequate

(e) None

Ans: A Directions for Questions 6-10 : 6. A group of friends goes for dinner and gets bill of Rs 2400 . Two of them says that they have forgotten their purse so remaining make an extra contribution of Rs 100 to pay up the bill. Tell the no. of person in that group. Ans - 8 person 7. Given the following functions (1) f(n a b c ) = ac if n=1 (2) f(n a b c) = f( n-1 a c b) + f( 1 a b c) + f( n-1 b a c ) if n > 1 Then what is the value f( 2 a b c ) = ? Ans: f( 2 a c b ) = ab + ac + bc. 8. There are 600 tennis players 4% wear wrist band on one wrist Of the remaining, 25% wear wrist bands on both hands How many players don't wear a wrist band? Ans. 432 9. Three types of tea the a,b,c costs Rs. 95/kg,100/kg and70/kg respectively. How many kgs of each should be blended to produce 100 kg of mixture worth Rs.90/kg, given that the quntities of band c are equal
A. B. C. D.

70,15,15 50,25,25 60,20,20 40,30,30

Ans. B 10. If all the 6 are replaced by 9, then the algebraic sum of all the numbers from 1 to 100(both inclusive) varies by Ans: 330 Directions for Questions 11-15 : Each question given below has a problem and two statements numbered I and II giving certain information. You have to decide if the information given in the statements are sufficient for answering the problem. Indicate your answer as (a) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question;

(b) (c)

if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question; if the data in either in I or II alone are sufficient to answer the question;

(d) if the data even in both the statements together are not sufficient to answer the question;
(e)

if the data in both the statements together are needed;

11. A) The boy regretted that he had spend a greater part of his vacation in the chair with a plastered leg. B) With a plastered leg, the boy regretted that he had spent a greater part of his vacation in the chair C) The boy regretted that a plastered leg he had spent a greater part of his vacation in the chair. D) The boy with a plastered leg regretted that he had spent a greater part of his vacation in the chair. Ans: C 12. A) If You will pay heed to the small details, the general plans will surely succeed. B) If you pay heed to the small details, the general plans will surely succeed. C) If you would heed the small details, the general plans would have succeed. D) If you heeded to the small details, the general plans would surely succeed. Ans: B 13. A) It is a pleasure to see an alligator basking in the sunshine on a river bank as long as 90 feet. B) It is a pleasure to see an alligator as long as 90 feet basking in the sunshine on a river bank C) It is a pleasure to see an alligator basking in the sunshine as long as 90 feet on a river bank D) It is a pleasure to see an alligator basking as long as 90 feet in the sunshine on a river bank. Ans: B

14. A) There will be a meeting in the long room at 4 o'clock of all the boys who play cricket and football. B) There will be a meeting of all the boys who play cricket and football in the long room at 4 o'clock. C) There will be in the long room at 4 o'clock a meeting of all the boys who play cricket and football D) In the long room at 4 o'closk there will be a meeting of all the boys who play cricket and football. Ans: D 15. A) We had in this village, some twenty years ago, an idiot boy, whom I well remember, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees B) Some twenty years ago, we had an idiot boy in this village, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees, whom I well remember. C) We had an idiot boy, whom I well remember, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees, in this village some twenty years ago. D) In this village, we had an idiot boy some twenty years ago, who from a child showed strong propensity for bees, whom I well remember. Ans: A Directions for Questions 16-20 :Convert the given binary numbers.
16. (11111011)2= ( )8

Ans: (373)8 17. (11011110110010101101)2 = (

Ans: (DECAD)16 18. ( 11010101)2 = ( Ans: (213)10 19. (11100111)2 = ( )8 )10 )16

Ans: (347)8 20. (1100010101010010001)2 = ( )8 Ans: (1425221)8

Questions 21-25 : A cube painted red on two adjecent faces and black on the faces opposite to the red faces and green on the remaining faces is cut into sixty-four smaller cubes of equal size. 21. How many cubes are there which have no face painted ? A) 0 Ans:C 22. How many cubes have only one face painted ? A) 8 Ans:C 23. How many cubes have less than three faces painted ? A) 80 Ans:D 24. How many cubes are there with three faces painted ? A) 4 Ans:B 25. How many cubes have one face green and one of the adjacent faces black o red ? A) 8 Ans:C B) 16 C) 24 D)28 B) 8 C) 16 D)24 B) 24 C) 28 D)48 B) 16 C) 24 D)32 B) 4 C) 8 D)6