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Pseudocode Practice Questions and Answers for Interviews

1. Basic Flow Control:

Q1. Write pseudocode to check if a given number is even or odd.

Answer:

BEGIN

INPUT number

IF number MOD 2 == 0 THEN

PRINT "Even"

ELSE

PRINT "Odd"

ENDIF

END

Q2. Create pseudocode to find the largest of three numbers.

Answer:

BEGIN

INPUT num1, num2, num3

IF num1 >= num2 AND num1 >= num3 THEN

PRINT "num1 is the largest"

ELSE IF num2 >= num1 AND num2 >= num3 THEN

PRINT "num2 is the largest"

ELSE

PRINT "num3 is the largest"

ENDIF

END
2. Loops and Iterations:

Q1. Write pseudocode to print the first 10 numbers in a Fibonacci sequence.

Answer:

BEGIN

SET a = 0, b = 1

PRINT a, b

FOR i FROM 1 TO 8 DO

SET temp = a + b

PRINT temp

SET a = b

SET b = temp

ENDFOR

END

Q2. Develop pseudocode to calculate the factorial of a number using a loop.

Answer:

BEGIN

INPUT number

SET factorial = 1

FOR i FROM 1 TO number DO

factorial = factorial * i

ENDFOR

PRINT factorial

END

3. Arrays and Strings:


Q1. Write pseudocode to reverse an array.

Answer:

BEGIN

INPUT array

SET start = 0, end = LENGTH(array) - 1

WHILE start < end DO

SWAP array[start] WITH array[end]

INCREMENT start

DECREMENT end

ENDWHILE

PRINT array

END

Q2. Create pseudocode to check if a string is a palindrome.

Answer:

BEGIN

INPUT string

SET reversedString = REVERSE(string)

IF string == reversedString THEN

PRINT "Palindrome"

ELSE

PRINT "Not a Palindrome"

ENDIF

END

4. Searching and Sorting:

Q1. Develop pseudocode for a binary search algorithm.


Answer:

BEGIN

INPUT array (sorted), target

SET low = 0, high = LENGTH(array) - 1

WHILE low <= high DO

SET mid = (low + high) / 2

IF array[mid] == target THEN

PRINT "Found at index mid"

EXIT

ELSE IF array[mid] < target THEN

low = mid + 1

ELSE

high = mid - 1

ENDIF

ENDWHILE

PRINT "Not Found"

END

Q2. Write pseudocode to implement the bubble sort algorithm.

Answer:

BEGIN

INPUT array

FOR i FROM 0 TO LENGTH(array) - 2 DO

FOR j FROM 0 TO LENGTH(array) - i - 2 DO

IF array[j] > array[j + 1] THEN

SWAP array[j] WITH array[j + 1]

ENDIF
ENDFOR

ENDFOR

PRINT array

END

5. Real-world Scenarios:

Q1. Create pseudocode to simulate an ATM withdrawal system.

Answer:

BEGIN

INPUT pin, withdrawalAmount

IF pin IS VALID THEN

IF withdrawalAmount <= balance THEN

balance = balance - withdrawalAmount

PRINT "Withdrawal Successful"

ELSE

PRINT "Insufficient Funds"

ENDIF

ELSE

PRINT "Invalid PIN"

ENDIF

END

Q2. Write pseudocode for calculating the total bill, including tax, at a

restaurant.

Answer:

BEGIN

INPUT billAmount, taxRate


SET tax = (billAmount * taxRate) / 100

SET total = billAmount + tax

PRINT total

END

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