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MCA
(SEM I) THEORY EXAMINATION 2023-24
PROBLEM SOLVING USING C
TIME: 3HRS M.MARKS: 100

Note: 1. Attempt all Sections. If require any missing data; then choose suitably.
SECTION A

1. Attempt all questions in brief.

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a. Differentiate between compiler & interpreter. 2
b. Describe rules of declaring identifiers. 2
c. Differentiate between actual argument and formal argument. 2
d. Predict how long the following loop runs?
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for (int x = 1; x = 3; x++)
e. Write the data structure used in implementing recursion. 2
f. There is a two-dimensional array of type integer. Write the statement to display
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the base address of the array.
g. How is a null pointer created? 2
h. On successful execution of the below code predict the result, if address of
variable ‘a’ is 210?

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void main( )

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{
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float a, *b; 2
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b = &a;
b = b+3;

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printf (“%d”, b);

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}
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i. Explain the use of rectangle() functions. 2
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j. Though we can write our program without File handling, what is the need of file
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handling in C?
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SECTION B
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2. Attempt any three of the following:

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a. What is the use of a flow chart? List out the symbols used in a flow chart. Draw
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a flow chart to find whether the given year is a leap year or not.
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b. How switch stamen is different from else – if ladder?

Construct a program in C to print the bellow pattern.
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The number of lines to print to be entered by the user.

c. Illustrate the concept of recursion and base condition of recursion. Construct a
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recursive function to find the factorial of an input number N..
d. How a structure is different from an array? Write a C program to store employee
details such as Empid, Name, Salary and Age for 50 employees and display the
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employee details who are getting salary more than 15000.

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MCA
(SEM I) THEORY EXAMINATION 2023-24
PROBLEM SOLVING USING C
TIME: 3HRS M.MARKS: 100

e. Develop a C program to copy the contents of one file to another file. The file
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name must be pass through command line arguments.
SECTION C
3. Attempt any one part of the following:
a. Explain the different data types supported by C language? Explain primitive data
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types in terms of memory size, format specifier and range.
b. What do you mean by operator precedence and associativity? Explain all bit-
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wise AND, bit-wise OR and bit-wise XOR operators with suitable example.
4. Attempt any one part of the following:
a. Write a program to check the input number is an Armstrong number or not. 10
b. Identify the use of modular programming? Write a program by using user define
function to check given number is prime or not. 10
Porotype of function should be like this int is_prime(int).
5. Attempt any one part of the following:
a. Illustrate the different ways to initialize a string during compile time as well as

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during run time. Write a program to count the number of words and number of 10

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characters in an input string.
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b. Define a pointer. How do you declare and initialize a pointer? Write a program
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to add the contents of an integer array using pointer.
6. Attempt any one part of the following:

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a. Define scope, visibility, and lifetime of a variable. Explain in detail about all
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storage classes supported in C language with reference to scope and lifetime, 10
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visibility, and default value.

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b. How a structure is different from union? Discuss the concept of nested structure.
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Write a program for your illustration.
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7. Attempt any one part of the following:

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a. What are the drawbacks of static memory allocation? Write a program to allocate
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space dynamically to store N numbers. Find the sum and average of these 10
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numbers.
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b. What is the use of initgraph() function? Write a program to display 50 concentric

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circles.
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