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FIRST SEMESTER B.Sc., DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2015
(CUCBCSS-UG)
Core Course
Computer Science
BCS lB 01-PROBLEM SOLVING USING C
Time : Three Hours Maximum : 80 Marks

I. Answer the following :-

1 What is the output of the following code?
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{int X = 97;
int y = sizeof (x++);
printff"X is %d", x) ;
}
2 What is mixed mode arithemetic?
3 What is recursive function?
4 What will be the value of Z in the sample code given below?
intz,x = 5,y = -10, a= 4, b = 2;
Z =x++ ___y* bl a ;
5 What is the purpose of register storage class?
6 What is top-down design?
7 How string variables are declared?
8 What are formal arguments?
9 Define structure.
10 What are files?
(10 x 1 = 10 marks)
II. Answer all questions :
11 What is a flowchart? Draw a flowchart to find the sum of first n natural numbers.
12 What are exit control loop? Explain with example.

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13 Compare static and automatic variables.

14 Which are the different types of user defined functions?
15 Write a problem to find the factorial of a number.
(5 x 2 = 10 marks)
III. Answer any five questions :-
16 Explain the input and output statements used in C.
17 Write a program to check whether a number is palindrome or not.
18 With an example explain how will you declare and initialize two dimensional arrays ?
19 Explain the concept of call by value and call by reference with suitable example.
20 Write a program to read the age of n persons and count the number of persons in the age
group 50 to 60 using for and continue statements.
21 Write a program to find the biggest element in an array of elements using function.
22 Differentiate between structure and union with suitable examples.
23 Write a program to display the prime numbers in a list of numbers.
(5 x 8 = 40 marks)
IV. Answer any five questions:
24 What are constants? Explain the four basic types of constants with suitable examples.
25 Explan the following :-
(a) Precedence and associativity.
(b) Arrays of structures.
(c) Multidimentional arrays.
26 \Vhat are pointer expressions ? Write a program using pointers to compute the sum of all
elements stored in an array.
27 (a) Write a program to read a line of text and output the number of words and chaz:acters.
(b) Write a program to find prime numbers between 50 and 500.
28. (a) Write the syntactic rule associated with the 'for' statement.
(b) Write a loop that will examine each character in a character type array and determine
how many characters are vowels and how many are consonants.
29 Explain the general format of {seek function? Write a program to copy the content of one file
into another.
30 Write a function using pointers to add two matrices and to return the resultant matrix to the
calling function.
31 What are sequential files? Explain file handling functions with suitable examples.
(5 x 8 = 40 marks)