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Computer Science I Midterm Exam!! September 2019! Total Marks 100! Duration: 3 Hours Indian Statistical Institute

This document summarizes the details of a Computer Science midterm exam, including: - The exam is worth a total of 100 marks over 3 hours - Instructions emphasize neat and precise answers without copying questions - The exam consists of 5 parts testing knowledge of C syntax, logical expressions, arrays, functions, and primes - Part 1 contains short answer questions worth 2 marks each on topics like library functions, data types, and operators - Part 2 contains true/false questions worth 3 marks each testing logical expressions and control flow - Part 3 asks to write functions to test conditions, calculate factorial, check palindromes, and swap values - Part 4 asks to write nested loops to print tables and a recursive length

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Computer Science I Midterm Exam!! September 2019! Total Marks 100! Duration: 3 Hours Indian Statistical Institute

This document summarizes the details of a Computer Science midterm exam, including: - The exam is worth a total of 100 marks over 3 hours - Instructions emphasize neat and precise answers without copying questions - The exam consists of 5 parts testing knowledge of C syntax, logical expressions, arrays, functions, and primes - Part 1 contains short answer questions worth 2 marks each on topics like library functions, data types, and operators - Part 2 contains true/false questions worth 3 marks each testing logical expressions and control flow - Part 3 asks to write functions to test conditions, calculate factorial, check palindromes, and swap values - Part 4 asks to write nested loops to print tables and a recursive length

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Computer Science I Midterm Exam!!

Indian Statistical Institute


September 2019!
Total Marks 100!
Duration: 3 hours
!
General Instructions:!
• ASCII Table values range from 0-127!
• Answers need to be crisp and precise. There is no need to copy the question onto
the answer sheets. !
• Neatness counts. 3 extra marks overall for neat, well-organised answers.!
• Pay attention to C syntax. You will lose marks for syntax errors especially in
questions which lay emphasis on C syntax.!
!
Part I: Answer any 10 of the following - 2 marks each!
1. To use C library functions to read and write from the input / output devices you will
need to …………………………..!
2. Declare a variable to hold values from 0 to 1.!
3. Declare a string of length 45. !
4. Declare a 5x5 integer matrix (2D array).!
5. Declare a function called intOnly that takes a pointer to a data type that can hold
values such as 3, 4, 5, 100, 798, etc., as an argument and returns a data type that can
hold numbers like 2.5.!
6. In C, 19 / 3 will yield ……….. and 4.6 / 3 will give …………….!
7. …………….. is used to determine the size of a data type on a computer!
8. Write a ternary expression that reverses the sign of a non-zero integer.!
9. Write the bitwise expression to multiply i by 4.!
10. The two’s complement of -13 is ……………..!
11. int (* itoa) (int, char) is a ……………………!
12. int x; func(x); x here is passed by ……….. and in func(&x) x is passed by ………..!
!
Answer any 5 - 3 marks each!
State whether each of the statements below are True or False.!
!
13.#include <stdio.h>

void main() {!
! ! int i = -1;!
! ! while (++i < 5) printf("%d “,i);!
Output : Loop executes 5 times!
!
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Computer Science I Midterm Exam!! Indian Statistical Institute
September 2019!
Total Marks 100!
Duration: 3 hours
!
14. #include <stdio.h>!
void main() {!
int x = 1, y = 0, z = 2;!
int a = x && ++y || z++ && y++;!
printf(“%d\n", a);!
}!
Output : 0!
!
15. #include <stdio.h>!
void main() { !
int x = 0, y = 9 z = 4;!
int a = x | y & z;!
printf("%d", a);!
}!
Output : 4!
!
16. #include <stdio.h>

void main () {

int x =100, y = 20, z = 399, num = 0; 

num = x / y > 0 ? (x / z > 0 ? x : z) : (y / z > 0 ? y : z);

printf (“%d\n”, num);

}

Output : 20!
!
17. #include <stdio.h>!
void main() {!
int x = 4, y, z;!
y = --x;!
z = x--;!
printf("%d%d%d", x, y, z);!
}!
Output : 2 3 3!
!
18. #include <stdio.h>!
void main() {!
int ar[] = {12, 25, 32, 47, 50, 16, 74, 8};!
int *p = ar;!
int *k = p++;!
p+=4;!
int r = *p - *k;!
printf("%d", r);!
}!
Output : 4!
!
!
!
!
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Computer Science I Midterm Exam!! Indian Statistical Institute
September 2019!
Total Marks 100!
Duration: 3 hours
!
Part II: Answer all five questions below- 4 marks each!
19. Write an if-else-if block to test if a number is greater than zero, less than zero or equal
to zero.!
!
20. Write a While loop that calculates the factorial of 5.! !
!
21. Write a do-while loop to test for a palindrome. Feel free to use a data type of your
choice.!
! !
22. Write a nested for loop to print out the elements of a table of 5 rows and 5 columns.!
!
23. Write a function that swaps two integers. The integers are parameters passed to it by
reference.!
!
!
Part III: Answer any five of the following - 6 marks each!
24. Write a function that takes two parameters, an integer array as a parameter and an
integer which is the length of the array. The function should find the sum of the
elements of the array.!
!
25. Write a recursive function to print the ASCII table. Print the character, a space,
followed by the corresponding ASCII value.!
!
26. Write a recursive function that calculates x raised to the power n. For example if x = 2
and n=3, then the function should return 8 (2^3=8).!
!
27. Write a recursive function to find the length of a string.!
!
28. Write a program that reads a string using gets and prints using printf(). Use the
correct format specifier.!
!
29. Design and write a function that declares a 2D array to print out the multiplication
tables up to 10.!
!
Part IV: Answer the following - 12 marks each!
30. Design and write a program to print a list of primes from 0 -100.!
!
Part V: Neatness and Organisation - 3 marks!

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