Computer Programming question-GE6151

GE6151 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
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PREMPAUL .G KLNCE MADURAI
UNIT I
Short Questions
Generation and Classification of Computers- Basic Organization of a
Computer
1) List the four parts of a complete computer system.
(i) Hardware (ii) software (iii) data (iv) users
2) What are the advantages and disadvantages of I generation computers?
Advantages: These were the fastest at their time. They were able to execute
complex calculations in an efficient manner.
Disadvantages: operations depended on machine language. Therefore, they
are not very easy to program. They were not flexible for many different
application. They were bulky and produced lot of heat.
3) Give the advantages and disadvantages of II generation computers.
Advantage: they were the fastest at that time. Used assembly language so
programming was easier. They could be transported from one place to other.
Disadvantages: They were required to be placed in air-conditioned rooms.
The cost of these computers were so high that home users cannot afford to
buy. They were only special purpose computers and so, they can not be used
for general purpose applications.
4) Give the advantages and disadvantages of III generation computers.
Advantages: fastest at their time. Computational time was greatly reduced
and thus very productive. There were easily transportable. They could be
installed easily and occupied less space. They were used both business and
scientific application and thus there were considered general purpose
computers.
Disadvantages: storage capacity was not high. Overall cost was high. They
were still to be placed in air-conditioned rooms.
5) Give the advantages and disadvantages of IV generation computers.
Advantages: The use of VLSI technology made these computers powerful in
speed and accuracy. Storage capacity was very high. They were highly
reliable and required less maintenance. They were highly user friendly.
Programs used were highly portable to different computers and they are very
versatile. They require less power to operate.
Disadvantage: very complicated mechanism is needed to assemble these
computers. Working on these computers depends on the instructions given by
the programmer.
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6) Mention the advantages and of V generation computers over IV.
Advantages: Development of Personal Digital Assistant(PDAs). Parallel
processors. Invention of Optical disk technology. Development of internet.
The users of these computers find it very comfortable to use because of
several additional multimedia features.
7) Mention the advantages and of VI generation computers over V
Advantages: Development of Personal Digital Assistant(PDAs). Parallel
processors. Invention of Optical disk technology. Development of internet.
The users of these computers find it very comfortable to use because of
several additional multimedia features.
8) Differentiate between analog and digital computers.
Analog
Digital
The data is represented in the form
of electrical pulses.
The electronic circuit employed in
the analog computer is an
operational amplifier.
Data is stored in terms of 0s and 1s.

This consists of ALU, control unit, a
memory unit and I/O units.
9) Mention the various types of computers according to their size and

capability.
Microcomputers
Minicomputers
Mainframe computers
Super computers
10) Mention the different categories of computers made for individual users.
a) Desktop computers
b) Workstations
c) Notebook computers
d) Tablet computers
e) Handheld computers
f)
Smart phones
11) List out the difference between mainframe computers and super computer.
Mainframe Computer: Used by large business organisation employing very
huge applications such as financial transaction processing, consumer
statistics, enterprise resource planning. The term refers to huge cabinet with a
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central processor and a huge main memory.
Super Computers: It is the fastest type of computers that can perform
complex operations at a very high speed. They are used for (i) weather
forecasting (ii) Graphics animations (iii) Nuclear energy establishments (iv)
petroleum exploration. Super computers employ the fastest processors and
they are large in number very large memory and storage is being used. Many
optimising techniques to enhance the performance of the processor by
pipeling and parallelism methods.
12) Draw the block diagram of a computer.
13) Distinguish between RAM and ROM.

RAM: As new data is entered into the computer, it is also stored in
memory- but only temporarily. Data is both written to and read from this
memory. RAM is volatile, meaning that it loses its contents when the
computer is shut off or if there is a power failure.
ROM: It permanently stores its data, even when the computer is shut off.
ROM is called non-volatile memory because it never loses its contents.
ROM holds instructions that the computer needs to operate.
Number Systems - Binary Decimal Conversion
14) What is the weight of the digit 6 in each of the following decimal
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numbers?
(a) 1386 (b) 54,692 (c) 671,920
Ans: (a) 6 (b) 600 (c)
15) Express each of the following decimal numbers as a power of ten:
(a) 10
(b) 100
(c) 10,000 (d) 1,000,000
Ans: (c) 1104 + 0103 + 0102 + 0101 + 0100
16) Give the value of each digit in the following decimal numbers:
(a) 471
(b) 9356 (c) 125,000
Ans: (b) 9 9000 , 3 300 , 5 50, 6 - 6
17) How high can you count with four decimal digits?
9999
18) Convert the following binary numbers to decimal:
(a) 1110 (b) 1010 (c) 11100 (d) 10000 (e) 10101
Ans (e) 21
19) Convert the following binary numbers to decimal:
(a) 110011.11
(b) 101010.01
(c) 1000001.111
Ans: (c) For decimal 1 26 + 0 25 + ...+ 1 = 65 for fractional:
1 2-1 + 1 2-2 + 1 2-3. Thus 65.875
20) What is the highest decimal number that can be represented by each of
the following numbers of binary digits (bits)?
(a) two (b) three (c) four (d) five (e) six
ans: (b) 7(23 1)
21) How many bits are required to represent the following decimal numbers?
(a) 17
(b) 35
(c) 49
(d) 68
(e) 81
Ans: (c) 49 = 110001 so minimum 6 bits are needed.
22) Generate the binary sequence for each decimal sequence:
(a) 0 through 7 (b) 8 through 15 (c) 16 through 31
Ans: (b) 1000,1001,1010,1011,1100,1101,1110,1111
Decimal-to-Binary Conversion
23) Convert each decimal number to binary(by using the sum-of-weights
method):
(a) 10
(b) 17
(c) 24
(d) 48
(e) 61
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Ans: (c) 24 = 16 + 8 = 12 + 12 + 02 + 02 + 02 so 24 = 110002
24) Convert each decimal fraction to binary using repeated multiplication by
2 method
(a) 0.98 (b) 0.347 (c) 0.9028
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Ans: (b) 0.3472=0.694; 0.6942=1.388; .3882=0.776;
0.7762=1.552; 0.5522=1.104 and so on.
So, approximately, 0.347 = .01011
25) Convert each decimal fraction into binary by using the sum-of-weights
method:
(a) 0.32 (b) 0.246 (c) 0.0981
Binary Arithmetic
26) Add the binary numbers:
(a) 11 + 01 (b) 10 + 10 (c) 101 + 11 (d) 111 + 110 (e) 1001 + 101 (f)
1101 + 1011
27) Perform the following binary multiplications:
(a) 11 11 (b) 100 10 (c) 111 101
1's and 2's Complements of Binary Numbers
28) Determine the l's complement of each binary number:
(a) 101 (b) 110 (c) 1010
Ans: (a) 010 (b) 001 (c) 0101
29) Determine the 2's complement of each binary number using either
method:
(a) 10
(b) 111
(c) 1001 (d) 1101
Ans: (a) 10 (b) 001 (c) 0111 (d) 0011
Signed Numbers
30) Express each decimal number in binary as an 8-bit sign-magnitude
number:
(a) +29 (b) -85 (c) + 100 (d) -123
Ans: (a) 00011101 (b) 10101011 (c) 01100100 (d) 10000101
31) Express each decimal number as an 8-bit number in the l's complement
form:
(a)-34
(b) +57
(c) -99
(d) +115
Ans: (a) 11011101 (b) 00111001 (c) 10011100
32) Determine the decimal value of each signed binary number in the 2's
complement form:
(a) 10011001 (b) 01110100 (c) 10111111
Ans: (a) -103 (b) +116 (c) -65
Arithmetic Operations with Signed Numbers
33) Convert each pair of decimal numbers to binary and add using the 2's
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complement form:
(a) 33 and 15 (b) 56 and -27and 25 (c) -110 and -84
Ans: 2s complement of 33 = 00100001+
2s complement of 15
= 00001111
00110000 48
2s complement of 56 = 00111000
2s complement of -27 = 11100101
00011101(no end carry) 29
2s complement of 25 = 00011001
Result = 00110110 54
Hexadecimal Numbers
34) Convert each hexadecimal number to binary:
(a) 3816 (b) 5916 (c) A1416 (d) 5C816
Ans: (a) 11 1000 0001 0110 (d) 0101 1100 1000 0001 0110
35) Convert each binary number to hexadecimal:
(a)1110 (b) 10
ans: (a) E (b) 2
36) Convert each octal number to decimal:
(a) 128
(b) 278
(c) 568
(d) 648
(e) 1038
Ans: (a) 10 (c) 46 (d) 52 (e) 67
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Convert each octal number to binary:
(a) 138
(b) 578
(c) 1018 (d) 3218 (e) 5408
Ans: (a) 001 011 (b) 101 111 (c) 001000001 (e) 101 100 000
38) Convert each binary number to octal:
(a) 111
(b) 10
(c) 110111 (d) 101010
Ans: (a) 7 (b) 2 (c) 67 (d) 52
39) Convert each of the following decimal numbers to 8421 BCD:
(a) 10
(b) 13
(c) 156
(d) 21
(e) 25
Ans: (a) 0001 0000 (c) 0001 0101 0110 (e) 0010 0101
40) Convert each of the BCD numbers to decimal:
(a) 10000000
(b) 001000110111
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41) Convert each pair of decimal numbers to BCD, and add as indicated:
(a) 28 + 23 (b) 65 + 58 (c) 113 + 101 (d) 295 + 157
Ans: (a) 28 in BCD = 0010 1000
23 in BCD = 0010 0011
0100 1011 > 9 So add 6
Carry
0001 0110
0101 0001 51 is the result.
42) Convert each binary number to Gray code:
(a)10011 (b) 11011
Ans: (a) 11010 (b) 10110
43) Convert the Gray code to binary
(a) 1011 (b) 11010
Ans: (a) 1101 (b) 10011
Problems. Need for logical analysis and thinking
44) What are the three steps in solving a problem?
(i) Understand the problem (ii) Find the connection between the data and
the unknown devise a plan(iii) carry out the plan and examine the
solution obtained.(iv) look back check if there are more approaches.
45) State the purpose of problem solving through computers.
Computers are very fast in solving problems. The Computer calculates with
great accuracy. A Computer produces results without any error. A repetitive
calculation is performed with the same accuracy for any number of times in a
Computer. That is why Computers are used in solving problems.
46) Give a formal definition for a program.
An assault on large problems employs a succession of programs. These
programs are rife with issues that appear to be particular to the problem at
hand.
47) Name the four paradigms of programming.
(i) Unstructured programming (ii).Structured programming and
(iii)Object Oriented programming (iv) Aspect Oriented programming
48) Mention the types of programming languages.
(i) Machine language
(ii) Assembly language
(iii) High-level language
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49) State the requirements for solving problem by computers.
To appreciate programming an as an intellectual activity in its own right,
we must turn to Computer programming. We must read and write
computer programs many of them.
50) Name the different aspects of problem solving.
It is widely recognised that problem-solving is a creative process which
largely defies systematization and mechanization. This may not sound
very encouraging to the would-be problem-solver. To balance this, most
people, during their schooling, acquire at least a modest set of problemsolving skills which they may or may not be aware of. Within this
context, then, where can we begin to say anything useful about computer
problem-solving? We must start from the premise that computer problemsolving is about understanding.
51) What are the primary strategies of problem solving?
(i) Understanding of the problem. (ii) Developing a design strategy.
(iii) Planning the development process.
52) Illustrate the idea behind the top-down-design approach.
Top-down design is a strategy that we can apply to take the solution of a
computer problem from a vague outline to a precisely defined algorithm
and program implementation. Top-down design provides us with a way
of handling the inherent logical complexity and detail frequently
encountered in computer algorithms. It allows us to build our solutions to
a problem in a stepwise fashion.
53) Mention the steps in bottom up design with an illustration.
In a bottom-up approach, the individual base elements of the system are
first specified in great detail. These elements are then linked together to
form larger subsystems, which then in turn are linked, sometimes in many
levels, until a complete top-level system is formed. This strategy often
resembles a "seed" model, whereby the beginnings are small, but
eventually grow in complexity and completeness. Object-oriented
programming (OOP) is a paradigm that uses "objects" to design
applications and computer programs.
Algorithm, Flowcharts and pseudocode
54) Define the term algorithm. List the characteristics of a good algorithm.
An algorithm is defined as a finite sequence of explicit instructions that,
when provided with a set of input values, produces an output and then
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terminates. An algorithm must have no ambiguity. There should not be

any uncertainty about the next instruction execution. It should terminate
in a finite number of steps.
What is meant by computational complexity of an algorithm?
It is the execution time of the algorithm in terms of its input parameters.
Explain the advantages of an algorithm.
A good algorithm helps the programmer to design the program in an
easier manner.
Define the term pseudo-code.
Pseudocode is not the actual name but it models and may even look like
programming code. It is the generic way of describing an algorithm
without using any programming language related notations. Or, more
simply it is the outline of the program, written in a form that can be easily
converted into real programming statements.
Give the advantages and limitations of flowchart.
Advantages: it makes the logic clear and visual. It communicates the
interconnection of the logical system. The problem can be well analysed.
Useful for coding the problem. Testing and debugging is easily done.
Flowcharts are good programming documentation for future reference.
Disadvantages: it is complicated. It is costly and difficult to modify in
future and no updates are easy to do.
Give the advantages and limitations of pseudocode.
Advantages: it is language independent. It is easier to develop program
from pseudocode than from flowchart. It is very compact than a
flowchart.
What are the three basic program control structures?
Sequence, selection and repetition.
UNIT I BIG QUESTIONS

1) Explain the evolution of Computers
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Explain the different computer generations.
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Explain the classification of computer in detail.
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Explain briefly about (a) Mainframe computers

(b) Super computers
Explain about the various characteristics of a Computer.
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Explain the various types of computer memory.
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Convert 6245.118 into its decimal equivalent
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Perform the following subtraction: 68-47 and 47-68 in 1s and

2s complement method.
Illustrate the process of addition and subtraction in 1s and 2s
complement system with suitable examples
With examples illustrate the conversion of Decimal to Binary,
Octal and Hexadecimal numbers.
Convert 39.77 into binary.
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Convert 1011.1101 to octal, hex and decimal.
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Convert 1723.256 to Hex.
15)
Add 39 & 93 using BCD addition method.
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Explain in detail about (i) EBCDIC (ii) ASCII

(iii) UNICODE
Describe the basic steps in the system development life cycle.
What documentation should a programmer receive to be able
to write a program?
List and explain the steps that a programmer follows in
writing a program?
What are the three tools the programmer uses to develop a
program solution?
Define an algorithm. List the characteristics of a good
algorithm.
Draw a flow-chart to multiply two matrices.
Write a algorithm to multiply two matrices.
Write a pseudocode to multiply two matrices.
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Define a flow-chart. List the advantages of using a flowchart.
Draw a flow-chart to find the highest of marks in a set of n
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What are the advantages of using a pseudo-code?
Write a pseudo-code to add two matrices.
Discuss the three basic program control structures with
suitable examples.
Explain the features of a good programming language.
Describe the characteristics of programming languages.
Explain the top-down and the bottom-up approaches in
program development.
What are the advantages of structured programming?
What is the difference between black-box and white-box
testing?
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UNIT II
Introduction to C programming fundamentals structure of a C
program
1) Why is C language called middle-level language?
C combines the features of high-level language and functionality like
assembly language. It reduces the gap between high-level language and
low-level language, that is why it is known as middle level language.
2) What are the functions of an interpreter and a compiler?
An interpreter reads only one line of the source program at a time and converts
into object codes. In case of errors, the same may be indicated instantly. The
compiler reads the entire program and converts it to the object code. It
provides errors not of one line but errors of entire program.
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5)
Write the rules for writing a C program.

a) All statements should be written in lower case. Upper case letters are
used only for symbolic constants.
b) Blank spaces may be inserted between words. This improves the
readability of the statements. But it is not used while declaring a
variable, keyword and constant and functions.
c) It is not necessary to fix the position of statements in the program,
that is the programmer can write the statement anywhere between the
two braces following the declaration part. The user can also write
one or more statements in one line by separating a semicolon (;)
between them.
d) The opening and closing braces should be balanced.
Elaborate different sections of C program.
a.
Include or header file section
b.
Global declaration.
c.
Function main.
d.
Declaration section.
e.
Executable part.
f.
User-defined function.
g.
Comments
What is the role of ( {}) curly braces in C program?
The program execution starts from the opening brace ({) and ends with
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the closing brace (}). Between these two braces the program should
declare the declaration and executable part
What is meant by compilation? Explain in detail.
The source program statements should be translated to object programs
which is suitable for execution by the computer. The translation is done
after correcting every statement. If there is no error, the compilation
proceeds and translated program are stored in another file with same file
name with extension .obj. if any errors are there, the programmer
should correct them. Linking is also an essential process. It puts all other
program file and functions together that are required by the program.
Briefly explain the functions of a linker.
After the program has been translated into object code, it is ready to be
linked. This process is once again performed automatically whenever the
cc or gcc command is issued under Unix. The purpose of the linking
phase is to get the program into a final form for execution on the
computer. If the program uses other programs that were previously
processed by the compiler, then during this phase the programs are linked
together. Programs that are used from the systems program library are
also searched and linked together with the object program during this
phase. These are the functions of the linker.
What are the different standard data types?
There are only four standard data type available in C.
char specifies a character variable
int specifies an integer variable
float specifies a floating-point variable
void associates function returning no value
What are the differences between signed and unsigned data types?
Signed integer
Unsigned integer
Signed integer occupies 2 bytes
in memory
Range : -32,768 to 32,767
Format specifier is %d or %i
By default signed int is short
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short unsigned int
Constants, Identifiers, variables and data types
10) What is meant by a variable and a constant?
In a declaration, which consists of type, variable(one or more variables
are declared after the type, separated by commas) and delimited with a
semicolon. Moreover, during the type declaration, the variables so
declared, may be assigned with some corresponding values which has the
following format:
type variable = expression;
There are four basic types of constants in C. They are integer constants,
floating-point-constants, character-constants, and string-constants.
11) What are the C keywords? Elaborate them.
The following words are called reserved words or keywords and may not
be used by the user.
auto
double
int
struct
break
else
long
switch
case
enum
register
typedef
char
extern
return
union
const
float
short
unsigned
continue for
signed
void
default
goto
sizeof
volatile
do
if
static
while
12) List the rules for declaring a variable.
<Data-type> <variable-name>
13) What are identifiers?
An identifier is a sequence of letters or digits that is, a..z or A..Z or 1..9.
The underscore is an identifier. Identifiers have 31 characters which are
significant and some time more characters are considered to be
significant. Internal identifiers are preprocessor macro names. An
external identifier starting with an underscore is reserved for the C
library.
1. First character must be alphabetic character or underscore.
2. Must consist only of alphabetic characters, digits, or underscores.
3. First 31 characters of an identifier are significant.
4. It can not duplicate a reserved word(as described before)
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14) Explain the methods for initialization of variables.
variable-name = constant;
Or
<data-type> <variable-name> [= <constant>];
15) Write about space requirement for variables of different data types.
Data type
char
unsigned char
int
unsigned int
long
float
double
Size(byte)
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2
2
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16) What are delimiters? Explain their uses.

Language pattern of C uses special kind of symbols that are terminals in
nature, which are called delimiters.
Delimiters
Use
: colon
Useful for label
; semicolon
Terminates statement
( ) parenthesis
Used in expression and functions
[] square
Used in array declarations
brackets
{} curly braces
Scope of statement
# hash
Pre-processor directive
, Comma
Variable separator
17) List any three keywords with their use.
Operators and expression, Simple input and output functions
18) What is the difference between %f and %g format specifiers? Can both be
used representing float numbers?
%f is decimal point format where as %g is a scientific format using exp
fields.
19) What do you mean by type conversion? Why is it necessary?
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Implicit type conversion and Promotional hierarchy:
char short int unsigned int long int u
l int float double long double
So, when char and float are added, result will be a float. Similarly, if a
long is added with a double, the result will be a double according to the
promotional hierarchy, available.
Explicit type conversions
Cast. By having a unary operator called cast, we can convert the integer
to a float.
20) Explain different types of operators available in C.
Types of operator
Symbolic representation
Arithmetic operator
+, - , *, /, and %
Relational operator
>,<,==,>=,<=, and !=
Logical operator
&&, ||, and !
Increment and decrement
++ and -operators
Assignment operator
=
Bitwise operator
&, |, ^, >>,<<, and ~
Comma operator
,
Conditional oerator
?
21) What are the uses of comma (, ) and conditional (?) operators?
The (,) comma operator is used to separate two or more expressions. The
comma operator has the lowest priority among all other operator is C.
Conditional operator (?) The conditional operator contains a condition
followed by two statement values. If the condition is true the first
statement is executed, otherwise the second statement. The syntax is as
follows:
Condition ? (expression1):expression2);
22) What are Unary operators and their uses?
+,-,++,--,!,~,*,&,sizeof and <type> are known to be
unary operators.
C includes a class for operators that act upon a single operand to produce a
new value. Such operators are called unary operators. Unary operators often
precede their single operands. The most common operation is unary minus,
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where the numerical constant, variable or expression is preceded by a minus
sign. Note that the unary operator minus is distinctly different from the
arithmetic operator which denotes subtraction(-). The subtraction operator
obviously requires two separate operands.
23) Describe logical operators with their return values.
Operator
Meaning
&&
AND
||
OR
These are referred as logical AND and logical OR, respectively.
Suppose that i is an integer variable with value 3 and c is a character
variable with value 'w' and f is a floating point variable with value 3.56.
Several complex logical expressions that make use of these variables is
shown below.
Expression
Interpretation
Return
Value
(i <= 2) && (c > 34)
False
0
(c >= 56) | | (i == 4)
True
1
(c != 'x') && (f == 3.56)
true
1
The first expression is false because, the first operand is false. Where as
in the second expression, the second operand is false but the first operand
makes it effectively true. In the third expression, both the operands are
true.
24) Distinguish between logical and bitwise operators.
Logical operators return either true or false where as bitwise operator returns
the result of the operation.
25) What are relational operators?
There are four relational operators in C. They are
Operator
Meaning
>=
greater than or equal to
>
greater than
<=
less than or equal to
less than
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Closely associated with the relational operators, there are two equality
operators.
Operator
Meaning
==
equal to
not equal to
!=
26) What is the difference between '=' and '=='?
= is an assignment operator and the other one is an equality operator.
27) What are the symbols used for a) OR b) AND c) XOR d) NOT operations.
OR - | |, AND - &&, XOR - ^, NOT - !
28) Explain the precedence and associativity of operators in arithmetic
operations.
Precedence is used to determine the order in which different operators in a
complex expression are evaluated.
Associativity is used to determine the order in which operators with the same
precedence are evaluated in a complex expression.
29) List the operators from higher priority to least priority.
Highest to the lowest
1
Primary
()
2
Postfix
( ), [ ],->, ++, -3
Unary
++,--, sizeof, +, -, &, *, ~,( )
4
Binary
*,%,/,+,-,<<,>>, <=,>=, ==,!=, &,^,|,&&,||
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Ternary
?:
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Assignment =, +=, -+, *=, /=, %=, >>=,<<=,&=,^=,|=
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Comma
,
30) What is the difference between division and modular division operations?
Modular division(%) returns the remainder after division whereas division(/)
returns the quotient after division in the case of integer otherwise actual
quotient in decimal points is returned
Managing Input and Output operators
31) What are the ASCII codes? List the codes for digits 1 to 9, A to Z and a to z.
1-49(decimal) ...9-57(decimal ASCII), A-65(decimal ASCII)...Z-90, a18

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97(decimal) and z 122(decimal ASCII).
32) What are the formatted and unformatted I/O functions?
printf(),scanf() known as formatted I/O functions and
getchar(),putchar(),gets(),puts() functions are known to be
unformatted I/O functions.
33) What is the difference between character I/O and string I/O?
Character I/O: Consider the function getchar(). This function reads the
character type data from the standard input. It reads one character at a time
and till the user presses the enter key. Similarly in putchar()function, it
prints one character on the screen at a time, which is read by the standard
input.
String I/O: Consider the function gets( ). This
function is used for accepting any string through stdin(keyboard) until
enter key is pressed. The header file stdio.h is needed for
implementing the above function. Similarly puts() prints the string or
the character array.
34) What are the escape sequences?
An escape sequence like \n provides a general and extensible mechanism for
representing hard-to-type or invisible characters. Theyre summarised in the
table below
Escape sequence
Character
\a
alert(bell)
\b
backspace
\f
formfeed
\n
newline
\r
carriage return
\t
horizontal tab
\v
vertical tab
\\
backslash
\?
question mark
\'
single quote
\"
double quote
\ooo
octal number
\xhh
hexadecimal number
\0
null
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35) Write a C program to print the following pattern:
0
Program
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
main()
{
int a,b,c,d;
clrscr();
printf(%5d\n,0);
printf(%6d\n,101);
printf(%7d,21012);
getch();
}
Output
0
101
21012
Decision Making - Branching and Looping

36) Is it possible to use multiple default statements in switch() statement?
No
37) Write the use of else and default statements in if-else and switch( )
statements respectively.
In the if-else structure which is known to be 2-way selection, takes care
of true as well as false conditions. It has two blocks one block is for if
statement and it is executed when the condition is true. The other block is for
else statement and it is executed when the condition is false.
In the switch( ) statements, the default is executed if none other
values of the case labels satisfy the value of the switch( ) constant.
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38) Why goto statement is avoided?
It is learnt that the goto statement may let a programming language abused.
Since in practice, it is always possible and easy to write code without goto
statements, the goto statements are avoided in view of good programming
practice.
39) Why break statement is essential in switch( ) statement? Which other
functions or keywords can be used in place of the break statement.
The break statement causes control to be transferred out of the switch
statement, thus preventing more than one group of statements from being
executed.
40) Is it possible to use else statement in place of default or vice versa?
No
41) Can we put default statement anywhere in the switch () case structure?
Yes. But as usual, the break statement is necessary to by-pass to other
case labels.
52) What are the limitations of switch() case statement?
Every time when a case label matches, the corresponding case block is
executed. In the case-block a break statement is necessary to exit the
switch which is a limitation.
43) What is a loop? Why it is necessary in the program?
The concept of a loop is to do an action repeatedly over and over again.
Generally the loop dont stop. We want our program to end when the work is
done. To make sure that the work is done, we have a condition that controls
the loop. We must design the loop in such a way that before and/or after each
iteration, it checks to see if it is done. If it is not, it repeats one more time.
The loops are classified as counter controlled and event controlled loops.
44) What happens if you create a loop that never ends?
The program never terminates without any user intervention.
45) Is it possible to create a for loop that is never executed?
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Yes. If the pre-test condition is false, the loop is never executed.
46) Is it possible to nest while loop within for loops?
Yes
47) What is the difference between (!0) and (!1)? How while loop works with
these values?
Actually !0 is 1 and !1 is a 0.
48) What is the difference between (1= =!1) and (1!=1) ?
!1 evaluates to 0 so (1==!1) will become (1==0) which is false so, (1==!1)
evaluates to 0. Similarly, in the expression, (1!=1), both lhs and rhs of the !=
operator are the same. So the expression will evaluate to false and its value
would be 0. Though the return the same value of 0, they have different
evaluation sequence.
UNIT II Part B Questions
1) Explain the different types of operators available in C
2) What are constants? Explain the various types of constants available
in C
3) Mention the use of break and continue statements
4) Explain the program control structures with examples.
5) What is meant by operator precedence? Discuss its impact in
programming with suitable examples.
6) Explain how switch statement differ from if statement.
7) Write a C program to print the given number in reverse.
8) Explain any two constructs used for decision making, branching and
looping statement. Give an example and explain the working of the
construct.
9) Write a C program to evaluate the following series
10) Write a program in C to check if the given number is prime.

11) Write a C program to check whether the given number is palindrome
or not.
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8
8
4
6
8
5
6
16
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12) Write a C program t generate Fibonacci series upto 200.
8
13) Write a program in C to represent the number of years represented by 16
an integer into the following units of time:
a) Minutes
b) Hours
c) Days
d) Months
e) Seconds.
Use switch( ) statement. State the assumption made in your problem.
14) Write the syntax of for construct in C with suitable examples.
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15) Write a C program to determine the number of and sum of all integers 8
between 100 and 200 which are divisible by 7.
UNIT III
Part A Questions and answers
Arrays Initialization, Declaration, One dimensional and Two
dimensional arrays
1) Mention the advantages and limitations of arrays
Advantages: while analysing a huge size of data, all of them will not be
of sequence or integers. So indexing these data will help processing
better and this idea can be extended to multi-dimension.
Disadvantages: The memory size for an array can not be altered after
compile time(they are static in nature) so expanding or contracting the
array size at run time is a big problem in limiting the size of the program.
So by considering the worst cases only the size of the array is decided so
flexibility of program-size with respect to small and big amount of data is
not possible in C.
2) What is the relation between an array name and an element number?
How are elements referred using base addresses?
Let us consider the following program segment:
int a[5]={1,2,3,4,5};
printf(Base address=%u and its value=%d\n,a,a[0]);
printf(second address=%u and its value=%d\n,a+1,a[1]);
printf(fifth position address=%u value=%d\n,a+4,a[4]);
here, first printf will correspond to printing the base address of the array
under consideration and its value which is 1.
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Output:
Base address=2345624 and its value=1
second address=2345628 and its value=2
fifth position address=2345640 and its value=5
The elements can be referred using a dereferencing operator *. That is
*(a+1) is the content of the address of a+1 which corresponds to the second
array position.
3) An array name contains base address of the array. Can we change the
base address of the array?
No. it is done by the compiler usually at runtime.
4) Can we store values and addresses in the same array? Explain.
No. Here the value at an array address may not accommodate a pointer.
Probably if we have an array of pointers we can do that.
5) Mention the difference between character array and integer array.
Character array
Integer array
Each array position occupies
single byte.
It occupies two bytes
A special case of a character array No such cases exist

is called a string which is
terminated by a \0 character
6) How does an ordinary variable differ from an array definition?
An ordinary variable will have one value corresponding to it. But an array
can have different values assigned at various positions of its index
7) Give the syntax of declaring a two-dimensional array.
storage-class <data-type> arrayname[expression1][expression2];
Storage-class is an optional field. Every arrayname associates with a

data-type. expression1 and expression2 are positive valued integer
expressions.
8) Explain multi dimensional array.
The C program allows array of two or multi dimensions. The compiler
determines the restriction on it. The syntax of multi-dimensional array is as
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follows. arrayname [S1][ S2][ S3]...[ Sn]; where, Si is the size of the ith
dimension. Few examples are, int mat[ 3][ 3]; int marks [3][3];
A linear indexing formula for multi-dimensional arrays that are declared as
such, e.g. by int A[10][20] or int A[m][n]
Strings- String operations String Arrays
9) What are strings? How are they declared?
Character arrays terminated by \0 are called strings. Strings are
normally used to manipulate the text such as words and sentences.
For example
char name[ ] = INDIA;
10) What is NULL character? Why is it important?
The NULL character \0 is the terminal character in a string array.
11) Is it possible to initialize NULL character in the string?
The last character in a string array is the NULL character so if the last
character in a character array is not a NULL character and if it is initialised
with a NULL character then that character array will become a string array.
12) Mention some standard string functions available in C.
char*strcat(s,ct)
concatenates source string ct to end of s

returns s.
size_t strlen(cs)
Determines the length of a string
char *strcpy(s,ct)
Copy string ct to string s return s. Pad

with '0' if ct has fewer than n characters
int strcmp(cs, ct)
compare string cs to string ct,
return <0 if cs<ct, 0 if
cs==ct, or >0 if cs>ct.
In the above table, variables s and t are of type char *; cs and ct are of
type const char *; n is of type size_t; and c is an int converted to
char.
13) Why is it necessary to count NULL character while declaring string?
Because the total count determines the number of array indices used to
store the particular string.
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14) What is the difference between the functions strcmp( ) and
strncmp()?
strncmp(s,t,n) is the same as strcmp(s,t) but it compares only
the first n characters.
15) What is the difference between NULL, '\0' and 0?
\0 is the escape sequence in the format specification. 0 is the
corresponding ASCII code for the NULL character. NULL is the name in
which it is interpreted in English in reference to C language.
Sorting Searching and Matrix Operations
16) Name the different sorting techniques available.
Shell sort, quick sort, insertion sort, radix sort and bubble sort.
17) Give the algorithm for bubble-sort
Let a[0],a[1],...,a[n-1] be an array declared and initialised in C. The
bubble-sort algorithm can be shown as below:
1 for i = 0 to n-1
2
for j= n-1 downto i + 1
3
if a[j] < a[j - 1]
4
exchange a[j] with a[j-1]
Line 3 in the above algorithm will execute n-1 number of times and in the
first loop and n-2 times in the second loop and so on. Thus, totally the
comparison(line 3) will occur
(n-1)+(n-2)+(n-3)+...+3+2+1 =
times.
18) Mention the need for searching program with an example.
In many situations there is requirement of finding a particular
data/element among a large collection of data. So there must be some
method to locate whether or not the desired data is present in a list at
shortest time becomes important. Search algorithms are designed for such
purposes. Example: voter information.
19) Distinguish between linear search and binary search.
Linear search is done on an unordered list where as the binary search is
done on an ordered list. Binary search is more efficient.
20) Mention the advantages of quick sort over selection sort.
The quick sort is supposed to perform better than selection sort in a large
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run.
Unit III Part B Questions
1) Explain the need for array variables. With respect to arrays, describe 8
the following: declaration of arrays, Two-dimensional array and
accessing an array element.
2) Write a C program to add and subtract two matrices.
3) Explain the need for array variables. With respect to arrays, describe 8
the following: declaration of arrays, Two-dimensional array and
accessing an array element
4) Write a C program to find the largest and the smallest number in a
given array
5) Write a program that calculates the average of an array of 10 floating- 5

point values.
6) Write a C program to sort a given set of numbers in ascending order. 8
7) Write a C program to count letters in a sequence of characters
8) Discuss about any eight built-in string/other library functions
UNIT IV
Part A Questions and answers
Function definition of function Declaration of function, pass by value, pass
by reference
1) Write the definition of a function. Indicate the types of functions
available in C.
data-type name(type-1 arg-1, type-2 arg-2, , type-n arg-n)
where data-type represents the data type of the item that is

returned by the function, name represents the function name, and type1, type-2 type-n represent the data type of the arg-1, arg2,, arg-n respectively. The data types are assumed to be of type int
if they are not shown explicitly. However the omission of the data types
is considered poor programming practice, even if the data items are
integers.
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2) How do functions help to reduce the program size?
There are several advantages to modular approach to program
development. For example, many programs require that a particular
group of instruction be accessed repeatedly from several different places
within the program. The repeated instruction can be placed within a
single function, which can then be accessed or whenever it is needed.
Moreover a different set of data can be transferred to the function each
time it is accessed. Thus, the use of a function is to avoid the need of
redundant(repeated) programming of the same instruction.
3) Differentiate between library and the user-defined functions
Library functions
User defined functions
These are predefined set of
functions
Defined by the user according

to requirement
The task is limited
The user understands the

scope of the function so that
the ideas may be implemented
in the best way.
4) How does a function work? Explain how arguments are passed and
results are returned?
Once a function is defined and called, it takes some data from the calling
function and returns a value to the called function.
The detail of inner working of function is unknown to the rest of the
program. Whenever a function is called, control passes to the called
function and the working of the calling function is stopped. When the
execution of the called function is completed, control returns back to the
calling function and executes the next statement.
The values of the actual arguments passed by the calling function are
received by the formal arguments of the called function. The number and
type of the actual and formal arguments must be the same. Any
mismatch will produce unexpected result.
The function operates on formal arguments and sends back the result to
the calling function. The return() statement performs this task.
5) List any five-library functions and illustrate them with suitable examples.
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float pow(float,float);
The above is the proto type for power function where the first argument
is raised to second power. That is xy where x is first and y is second
argument.
z = pow(4.0,5.0);
Will cause z to have 1024.0 assigned. In other words, the above

statement returns the value 1024.0 to the calling module.
//void strcat(char *,char *);
char x=abc,y=def;
printf(%s,strcat(x,y));
will cause abcdef to be printed on the screen.

6) What are actual and formal arguments?
Actual arguments are the parameters of the calling module. Formal
arguments are the parameters of the called module.
7) What is the purpose of return () statement?
This helps function in sending back the results to the calling module.
8) What does it mean if there is no return statement in the function?
Functions without return statement is not wrong if the function return a
void type otherwise, an error message will be displayed by the compiler.
9) What are void functions?
They return no value to the calling module.
10) Why is it possible to use the same variable names for actual and formal
arguments?
In the called module however new local variables are created every time
a function is called(except the function has reference parameters)
11) What is main () function in C? Why is it necessary in each program?
This is what is first invoked by the compiler to further proceed.
12) Explain the different formats of return ( ) statements. How many values
does return statement return at each call?
The return statement can be used in the following ways:
1. return(expression); Here expression value is returned to the
calling function and if expression is omitted return simply transfers
control to the calling function. 2. There may be one or two return
statements in a function. They may be executed according to the
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13)
14)
15)
16)
condition arising in a program.

What is a global pointer? Illustrate with a suitable example.
Normally pointers addresses declared outside a function are referred as
global pointers with respect to the called functions. Consider:
main(){
int a=3,b=4;
swap(&a,&b);
printf(a=%d b=%d,a,b);
}
void swap(int *m,int *n){
int temp;
temp = *m;
*m = *n;
*n = temp;
}
In the above code snippet, the function swap has an argument which is
of type pointer to an integer, passed on to the function which is global
with respect to the function swap.
Why is return statement not necessary when function is called by
reference?
The reference parameters are transparent to the calling module so the
changes made by the function will automatically become visible to the
calling module upon a successful return of the called function.
Distinguish between function prototype and function definition(code)?
Function prototype is the function declaration where as the function
definition is the actual content of the function statements return values
etc..
Does the function prototype match with the function definition?
Yes.
17) Can we define a user-defined function with the same library function
name?
No; but if the header file is not included for the particular program, the
function name will not conflict so it is allowed only in such occasion.
18) List and explain the four scope of variables in brief.
Automatic variables(local variables), External variables, Static variables
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and Register variables
19) What are automatic/local variables?
These are defined inside a function. A variable declared inside a function
without a storage class name, by default is an auto variable. The scope of
the variable is local to the block in which they are defined. These
variables are available only to the current block or program. Once the
execution of the function takes place and return turns off function, the
contents and the existence of the auto variables or local variables vanish.
20) Distinguish between static and external variables?
Static variable
External variable
The static may be of internal
or external type, depending
upon where it is declared
External variables are

declared outside the function
body.
It is initialised only once.
If both external and auto

variables are declared with
the same name in a program,
the first priority is given to
auto variable.
The value of static variable

persists on each call and the
last change made remains
throughout the program
execution.
21) Can we declare a variable in different scopes with different data types?
Answer in detail
22) What is calling by reference in C?
In this method, the addresses of the actual arguments are passed to the
formal parameters of the function.
23) Give an example for a function returning a pointer
The following function gets an integer between 1 and 12 and returns the
pointer to month name.
/* month_name: return name of n-th month */
char *month_name(int n)
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{
static char *name[] = {
"Illegal month",
"January", "February", "March",
"April", "May", "June",
"July", "August", "September",
"October", "November", "December"
}
return(n < 1 || n > 12)?name[0]:name[n];
In the above function the variable name is a static array of character
pointers. The initializer is a list of character strings; each is assigned to the
corresponding position in the array. The characters of the i-th string are
placed somewhere, and a pointer to them is stored in name[i]. Since the
size of the array name is not specified, the compiler counts the initializers
and fills in the correct number
Pointers definition, initialization
24) What are pointers? Why are they important?
Other language have pointers but few uses them so freely, with such
abandon, as C does. And why not? It's C's clever use of pointers that
makes it the excellent systems language.
25) Explain the use of (*) indirection operator.
(*)s operand is the address of a value stored in memory, and it returns
the value stored in that address.
The example below shows that:
void main()
{
int alpha = 1;
printf("The value %d is stored at address%u.\n",alpha,&alpha);
printf("The value %d is stored at address%u.\n",*(&alpha),&alpha);
}
the output is
The value 1 is stored at address 9364.
The value 1 is stored at address 9364.
after execution.
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The expression alpha - that is, the name alpha by itself - and the
expression *(&alpha) do exactly the same thing: both cause C to
return the value stored at the address associated with the name alpha. The
expression &alpha returns alpha's address, and *(&alpha) returns the
value stored at that address.
26) Explain the effect of ++ and -- operator with pointer of all data types.
Consider the following program
#include <stdio.h>
void main ()
{
float *ptr;
static float zilch[] = {1.23,2.34,3.45,4.56,5.67,0.0};
ptr = zilch;
while (*ptr != 0.0)
{
printf("The value stored at address %u is %f\n",ptr,*ptr);
ptr++;
}
}
The output would be
The value stored at address 4144 is 1.230000
Note the intervals between the address now. They are each 4. Our
references computer addresses its memory byte by byte, and an int
takes up two bytes where as a float uses four. The same case applies to
operator as well.
27) Explain the relation between an array and a pointer.
Consider the declarion:
int prime[4]={2,3,5,7},*ap;
Here prime[0] refers to 2 prime[1] refers to 3 and so on. But simply, prime
will mean a pointer to the number 2 in the above declaration. By having an
assignment as
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ap = prime;
will initialise the pointer variable ap to point to the first position of the array
we have just declared and initialised above. Also a statement like
ap++;
will increment the value of the pointer variable ap to point to the next
position of the array that is prime[1]. This is the relationship between
array and a pointer.
28) Which are the possible arithmetic operations with pointers?
int array[5]; /* Declares 5 contiguous integers */
int *ptr = array; /* Arrays can be used as pointers */
ptr[0] = 1;
/* Pointers can be indexed with array syntax */
*(array + 1) = 2; /* Arrays can be dereferenced with pointer */
*(1 + array) = 3; /* Pointer addition is commutative */
2[array] = 4; /* Subscript operator is commutative */
This allocates a block of five integers and names the block array, which acts
as a pointer to the block.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
Unit IV Part B Questions

Write a C program using user defined function to sort numbers in
ascending order.
Write note on storage classes in C.
How can a function return a pointer to its calling function?
Explain in detail how an array can be passed as an argument in a
user defined function. Illustrate your answer with an example
program.
What are the advantages of using pointers? How are pointers
declared and initialised? How the value of the variable is accessed
using pointers? Give examples.
Give an example of a C function which can swap two integer
variables on a return.
Write a C program to copy one string to another and count the
number of characters copied.
Write an algorithm and a C program to print prime numbers lesser
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6
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8
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than 500.
1)What is a structure in C? How is a structure declared?

A structure is a collection of one or more variables, possibly of different
types, grouped together under a single name for convenient handling.
Structures help to organize complicated data, particularly in large
programs, because they permit a group of related variables to be treated as
a unit instead of as separate entities.
struct tag{
Member1;
Member 2;
...
Member m;
};
In this declaration struct is a required keyword; tag is the name that
identifies this type; member 1, member 2 ... member m are
individual member declarations.
2)How are structure elements stored in memory?
Consider the declaration shown next page:
struct student
{
char name[30];
int rollno;
float height;
};
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studnt1
name[30]
rollno
height
struct studnt1 student;
The above declaration creates variables studnt1 of structure type
student and it reserves a total of 36 bytes(30 for the name[30], 2
bytes for the rollno which is an integer and 4 bytes for float
height)
3)Explain nested structure.

We can take any data type for declaring structure members like int,
float, char, and so on. In the same way, we can also take object of
one structure as members in another structure. Thus, structure within
structure can be used to create complex data applications. See below
struct date
{
int dd;
int mm;
int yyyy;
};
struct employee
{
char name[30];
struct dob date;
struct doj date;
};
struct cseemp employee;
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The above example shows how structure within structure is declared and it
can be visualised as follows:
cse_emp
name[30]
dob
dd
mm
yyyy
doj
dd
mm
yyyy
4)What are aggregate types?
The structure is a kind of aggregate data type in C which is nothing but a
derived data type.
5) Can a structure have a pointer to itself?
Consider the following declaration for a node in a binary tree. Let us say the
node has a value which is of type integer and as it is a binary tree a node may
have two pointers pointing to two other nodes. This can be represented as:
struct *node
{
int value;
struct node *child1,*child2;
}
6) How is the declaration struct type{...}; different from typedef struct {...};?
By using typedef we can create new data type. The statement typedef
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is to be used while defining the new data type. The syntax is as given below:
typedef type dataname;
Here, type is the data type and dataname is the user-defined name for that
type.
typedef int hours;
Here, hours is another name for int and now we can use hours instead of int
in the declaration as given below:
typedef int hours;
hours hrs;
7)How to keep track of which field of a union is in use?
In C it is not possible to know what type is currently stored in union.
8)What are the differences between a symbolic constant and an enumeration
constant?
enumeration constant
symbolic constant
Enumerations are unique types that
A #define line defines a
have integral values; associated with
symbolic name or symbolic
each enumeration is a set of named
constant to be a particular string
constants. Enumerations behave like
of characters:
integers, but it is common for a
#define name replacement list
compiler to issue a warning when an
object of a particular enumeration is
Example:
assigned something other than one
#define MAX 100
of its constants, or an expression of
its type.
Example:
enum months {JAN=1, FEB,
MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG,
SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC};
Now the value of MAY would be 5 but
if we say
enum months {JAN, FEB, MAR,
APR=100, MAY, JUN, JUL,
AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC};
the value of MAY would be 101 but the
value of JAN would be 0
9)What are the various stages a program undergoes before execution?
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The various stages a program undergoes before execution are:
1.Translation 2.Loading
The various parts of translation are:
1.Preprocessing 2.Compilation 3.Linking
Source Program
Preprocessor
Simplified C Program
Source Libraries
(.obj Files)
Linker
Compiler
Translation
Object Code(.obj File)

Relocatable executable
Code (.exe File)
Loader
Address binding and
execution
Loading
10)What is a macro? What are object like macros and function like macros?
Preprocessor directives such as # define are used at the beginning of the C
program to define constants or any macro substitution.
#define <identifier> <replacement token list>
// The above one is an object-like macro
#define <identifier>(<parameter list>) <replacement token list>
// The above is a function-like macro, note parameters

The function-like macro declaration must not have any whitespace
between the identifier and the first, opening, parenthesis. If whitespace is
present, the macro will be interpreted as object-like with everything
starting from the first parenthesis added to the token list.
11)What is the role of the error directive?
#error "Pl. specify build type in the Makefile"
When the preprocessor hits the #error directive, it will report the string
as an error message and halt compilation; what exactly the error message
looks like depends on the compiler.
12)What is the role of the pragma directive?
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2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
The #pragma directive is the method specified by the C standard for

providing additional information to the compiler, beyond what is
conveyed in the language itself. An unrecognised pragma is ignored by
the compiler.
UNIT V Big Questions
What is a structure? How does a structure differ from an array?
How an array of structure is initialised?
How a structure member is accessed?
Explain about structures and unions with suitable examples.
Write short notes on Pre-processor directives
Define a structure with tag population with fields Men and
Women. Create structure within structure using state and
population structure. Read and display the data.
Write a C program to define structure with tag state, with fields
state name, number of districts and total population. Read and
display the data.
Write a C program to accept records of 20 states using array of
structures. The structure should contain name of the state and
number of engineering colleges, medical colleges, management
colleges, science colleges. Calculate and display the total colleges
in each state which is having the highest number of colleges
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First Semester
(Common to all Branches)
GE 2112/CS 1610(8)0230001- FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTING AND
PROGRAMMING
Maximum: 100 Marks
Time : Three hours
Answer ALL questions
PART A -- (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)
1.
Give the classification of computers.
2.
Convert the (756)10 to octal and hexa decimal
3.
What are the various types of softwa-re?
4.
What is a protocol?
5.
What is a pseudocode?
6.
Define: algorithm.
7.
Write any four escape sequences in 'C'.
(8).
9.
Distinguish between while .....and do...while statement.

What is a pointer?
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10.
Write any four features of arrays.

PART B -- (5 16 = (8)0 Marks)
11.
a)
i)
Explain the characteristics of computers.
(8)
ii)
Discuss the evolution of computers.
(8)
(OR)
b)
12.
a)
(16)
Explain the basic organisation of computer with suitable block
diagram.
Explain the steps of software developments with suitable examples. (16)
(OR)
b)
i)
ii)
13.
a)
i)
ii)
Discuss the following internet terminologies:

(1) Band width
(2) FTP
(3) IP Address
(4) Modem.
Write some of the internet applications.
(8)
Draw the flowchart for finding the roots of a quadratic

equation
Write an algorithm to find the largest of three numbers.
(8)
(8)
(8)
(OR)
14.
b)
i)
Discuss in detail about the features of office packages.
(16)
a)
i)
Explain different data types in 'C' with examples.
(8)
ii)
Discuss about bitwise operators and logical operators in 'C'.
(8)
(OR)
b)
i)
Explain any four format string with examples.
(4)
ii)
Write the syntax of "for construct" in C. Give an example.
(4)
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15.
iii) Write a C program to count the letters in a sequence of

characters
a) i) Write a C program to sort the given set o~numbers in
ascending order
ii) Discuss about any eight built-in functions.
(8)
(16)
(OR)
b)
i)
ii)
Write the syntax of structure declaration in 'C' program. Give

an example
Distinguish between structure and union.
iii) Write-a C program to find the addition of two matrices.

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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, MAY/JUNE 2013
First Semester
PROGRAMMING
Maximum: 100 Marks
Time : Three hours

PART A -- (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)
1.
Distinguish between analog and digital computer.,
2.
Find the decimal equivalent of the binary number (10110011)2.
3.
What are the types of web browsers?
4.
List some of the internet applications.
5.
What is an algorithm?
6.
What are the advantages of flowchart?
7.
Name the basic data types used in C.
8.
What are the various I/O functions in C?
9.
What is an array?
10. How is pointer variables initialized?

PART B -- (5 16 = (8)0 Marks)
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11
a)
i)
Explain the various generations of computers.
ii) Briefly explain the characteristics of a computer.
(10)
(6)
(OR)
b)
12
a)
(10)
i)
Draw the block diagram of a computer and explain.
ii)
i)
Convert the decimal number 698.125 into the binary and octal (6)
equivalent.
(10)
Explain about the types of software.
ii)
Write about URL
(6)
(OR)
b)
13
a)
i)
Discuss the software development steps.
(10)
ii)
Explain the common types of internet connections.
(6)
i)
Explain the features ofMicrosoft Word.
(10)
ii)
Draw a flowchart to find the largest of three numbers.
(6)
(OR)
b)
14
a)
i)
Discuss the features of Microsoft Excel.
(16)
ii)
What is pseudo code? Explain its guidelines and benefits.
i)
Explain the different types of operators available in C.
(8)
ii)
Write a C program to evaluate the following series:
(8)
(OR)
b)
i)
What are constants? Explain the various types of constants in

C.
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15
a)
b)
ii) Write a C program to find the number of and sum of all

(8)
integers greater than 100 and less than 200 that are divisible by
7
i) Write a C program to find sum of the diagonal elements of a
(16)
matrix.
ii) Write a C program to count the number of words in a string
using pointers.
(OR)
i)
Explain the various storage classes in C.
ii) Write a C program to exchange the values of two variables

using function.
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First Semester
Civil Engineering
PROGRAMMING
(Common to All Branches)
(Regulation 2008)
Maximum: 100 Marks
Time : Three hours

PART A -- (10 2 = 20 Marks)
1.
List any two important characteristics of computers.
2.
List some of the key hardware and software technologies of fifth generation
computers.
3.
How will you convert a binary number to a gray code? What is the gray code
equivalent of 110011?
4.
What do you mean by system software? Give examples.
5.
Differentiate between Internet and World Wide Web.
6.
What are the protocols used for mail transfer?
7.
List any two characteristics and two advantages of pseudo code.
8.
Illustrate the structure. of a C program.
9.
State any twe-library functions for string handling and their purpose.
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10. List any two preprocessor directives in C.
PART B -- (5 16 = 80 Marks)
11
a)
What do you mean by Computer generations? Discuss in detail

about all the generations of computer
(OR)
(16)
b)
i)
(5)
ii)
12
a)
(3)
i)
(8)
ii)
13
(5)
iii) Convert the binary number 101011110011 to hexadecimal

number.
iv) Convert the octal number 45732 into its binary equivalent
b)
Subtract 1010110 from 1101101 using 2's complement

method.
Subtract 153 from 277 using 10's complement method.
List the different types of software. Explain and give

examples.
Define the terms compiler, preprocessor, interpreter,
assembler.
(OR)
(3)
(8)
(16)
a)
Discuss about:
(1) Electronic Mail
(2) HTTP
(3) FTP
(4) Usenet
Discuss about algorithm, flowchart and pseudo code and elaborate
their role while writing a program. Write an algorithm, draw a
flowchart and write pseudoco for the problem of generating the
triangular number sequence. 1,3,6,10,15,21,28,36,45,...[Given the
value of the nth term = n*(n+1)/2]
(OR)
b)
i)
(16)
Explain about word processing- software and presentation

software in detail.
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14
a)
Discuss about the need and different types of looping statements in

C. Illustrate through examples.
(OR)
b)
Discuss about the need and different types of branching statements (8)
in C. Illustrate through. examples
Differentiate between the following concepts andI give example for each.
15
a)
(8)
.
i)
(8)
Structure and union
ii) Call by reference and Call by value.
(8)
(OR)
b)
i)
Discuss about functions in C.
ii) Write a C function to calculate the fastcrial of a given number

and use it in the main program to calculate the binomial
coefficient of a given number. Given binomial coefficient
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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, JANUARY 2014
First Semester
GE 6151 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
(Regulation 2013)
Maximum: 100 Marks
Time : Three hours

PART A -- (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)
1.
2.
List some important hardware and software technologies of fifth generation

computers.
Write two characteristics of pseudocode.
3.
What are various types of C operators?
4.
Write a for loop statement to print numbers from 10 to 1.
5.
Define array.
6.
Name any two library functions used for string handling.
7.
What is the need for functions?
8.
What is the uses of pointers?
9.
Write any two preprocessor directives in C.
10.
Differentiate between structure and union.

PART B -- (5 16 = 80 Marks)
11.
a)
Write in detail about the evolution and the various generations of

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computers.
(OR)
12.
13.
14.
b)
Explain the basic computer organisation using a neat diagram.
a)
Write about the need and types of looping statements in C language (16)
and discuss with examples.
(OR)
b)
Write about the need and types of branching statements in C

language and discuss with examples.
i) Write a C program to reverse a string.
(16)
ii)
(8)
a)
Write a C program to print the Fibonacci series of a given

number.
(OR)
b)
Write a C program to print the sum of two matrices.
a)
Explain the following with suitable examples.
(16)
(8)
(16)
i)
Function declaration
(8)
ii)
Call by reference, call by value.
(8)
(OR)
b)
i)
Explain function with and without arguments with examples
(10)
for each.
15
a)
ii) What is recursion? Give an example.
(6)
i)
(8)
What is storage class? List and explain with example.
ii) Define and declare a structure to store date, which including

day, month and year.
(8)
(OR)
b)
Write a C program to create a mark sheet for students using

structure.
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First Semester
Civil Engineering
GE 6151 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
(Regulation 2013)
Maximum: 100 Marks
Time : Three hours

1.
PART A -- (10 2 = 20 Marks)

Convert the binary number 110 100 111 101 to octal.
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2.
Draw a flow chart to find biggest of two number.
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3.
List different data types available in C
4.
Standard: int, float,char, void

Derived: struct,union, array and pointer
Write a C program to find factorial of a given number using iteration.
//Factorial using iteration
#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
int n,factorial=1;
do{
printf("Enter number:");
scanf("%d",&n);
}while(n<0||n>14);
while(n>0)
factorial*=n--;
printf("The factorial of n is:%d\n",factorial);
}
5.
Write example code to declare two dimensional array.

int a[10][10];
6.
In the above declaration, a is a 2-dimensional array of size 1010 and totally

100 locations are allocated for the array variable.
List any four string handling functions.
char *strcat(s,ct)
concatenates source string ct to end of s

returns s.
size_t strlen(cs)
Determines the length of a string
char *strcpy(s,ct)
Copy string ct to string s return s. Pad

with '0' if ct has fewer than n characters
int strcmp(cs, ct)
compare string cs to string ct,
return <0 if cs<ct, 0 if
cs==ct, or >0 if cs>ct.
In the above table, variables s and t are of type char *; cs and ct are of
type const char *; n is of type size_t; and c is an int converted to
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7.
char.
Define Recursion.
8.
When a function contains a call to itself, its referred to as a recursive function.

This scheme in general is known as recursion.
What is the difference between pass by value and pass by reference?
Let us assume that we want to swap the value of two variables x and y. When
we define a swap function as,
void swap(int x, int y) /* WRONG */
{
int temp;
temp = x;
x = y;
y = temp;
}
The above example shows the call by value which will not serve our purpose of
exchanging. The way to obtain the desired effect is for the calling program to
pass pointers to the values to be changed. Since the operator & produces the
address of a variable, &a is a pointer to a. In swap itself, the parameters are
declared as pointers, and the operands are accessed indirectly through them.
void swap(int *px, int *py) /* interchange *px and *py */

{
int temp;
temp = *px;
*px = *py;
*py = temp;
}
Pictorially,
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9.
What is the purpose of Unions in C?

Th
10. What is the use of pre-processor directives?

PART B -- (5 16 = (8)0 Marks)
11
a)
i)
Discuss about Generation of digital computer.
ii) Draw a flow chart to find factorial of a number.
(10)
(6)
(OR)
b)
12
.
a)
(i) Explain the basic organisation of a computer.
(10)
(ii) Draw a flow chart to find sum first 100 natural numbers.
(6)
(i) Write a program to check whether a given number is prime or

not.
(ii) Write a C program to find sum of digits of an integer.
(8)
(OR)
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b)
13
a)
i)
Write a C program to fmd roots of a quadratic equation.
(8)
ii)
Differentiate entry and exit checked conditional constructs

with an example.
Explain the concept of pass by reference with suitable
example.
Write a C program to find factorial of a number using
recursion.
(OR)
(8)
Write a C program to swap the content of two variables using

pointers.
Explain the use of pointers in arrays with suitable example.
(8)
i)
.
ii)
b)
i)
ii)
14
a)
(8)
(8)
(16)
(OR)
b)
15
Write a C program to arrange the numbers in ascending order.
(8)
a)
Write a C program to subtract two matrices and display the

resultant matrix.
Explain the concept of storage classes with suitable example.
(8)
(16)
(OR)
b)
Write a C program to store the employee information using

structure and search a particular employee using Employee
Number.
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9) Mention the various types of computers according to their size and

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13) Distinguish between RAM and ROM.

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terminates. An algorithm must have no ambiguity. There should not be

UNIT I BIG QUESTIONS

Explain the different computer generations.

Explain the classification of computer in detail.

With a block diagram explain computer organization.

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Explain briefly about (a) Mainframe computers

Explain the various types of computer memory.

Convert 6245.118 into its decimal equivalent

Perform the following subtraction: 68-47 and 47-68 in 1s and

Convert 1011.1101 to octal, hex and decimal.

Convert 1723.256 to Hex.

Add 39 & 93 using BCD addition method.

Explain in detail about (i) EBCDIC (ii) ASCII

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Write an algorithm to compute the factorial of a number

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Write the rules for writing a C program.

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Occupies 2 bytes in memory

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16) What are delimiters? Explain their uses.

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Decision Making - Branching and Looping

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10) Write a program in C to check if the given number is prime.

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It occupies two bytes

A special case of a character array No such cases exist

Storage-class is an optional field. Every arrayname associates with a

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concatenates source string ct to end of s

Determines the length of a string

Copy string ct to string s return s. Pad

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5) Write a program that calculates the average of an array of 10 floating- 5

8) Discuss about any eight built-in string/other library functions

where data-type represents the data type of the item that is

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Defined by the user according

The task is limited

The user understands the

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