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# Question Bank 2024-25 ## GIFT (Autonomous) Bhubaneswar ## Basic Programming Skills - (BTBS-T-BS-103) ## MODULAR TEST –II Question Bank | Questions | Marks | CO | BTL | |---|---|---|---| | Define a function. List out its advantages. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Distinguish user defined functions and predefi...

# Question Bank 2024-25 ## GIFT (Autonomous) Bhubaneswar ## Basic Programming Skills - (BTBS-T-BS-103) ## MODULAR TEST –II Question Bank | Questions | Marks | CO | BTL | |---|---|---|---| | Define a function. List out its advantages. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Distinguish user defined functions and predefined functions. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What is function prototype? Give example. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What is function definition? Give Example. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What is function call? Give Example. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What is call by value concept? | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What is call by reference concept? | 2 | 1 | 1 | | How does function return a value? Give example. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | List out the steps to be followed to design and calling a function successfully. Briefly describe each step. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | List out all possible benefits of working with functions. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | How does a function call occurs? Describe briefly. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What is an array? Give some (at least 5) suitable examples where array is required. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What are different types of arrays? Discuss briefly. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | How to work with 2D array? | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What is recursion? Give an example. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What is storage classes? | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Discuss Automatic storage class. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Discuss External storage class. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Discuss Static storage class. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Discuss Register storage class. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Discuss how character array differs from a string variable. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | List out few real-time applications of recursion (at least 10). | 2 | 1 | 1 | | int a[]= {12, 3, 5, 6, 60, 20, 40};<br>printf("%d\n", a[a[a[a[1]+3]-38]]);<br>printf("%d\n", a[a[a[a[1]*2]]/10]*2); | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Output? | | | | | Illustrate array initialization. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Differentiate array and variable | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What are actual and formal parameters? | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Discuss importance of return statement in a function definition. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Discuss predefined functions printf() and scanf(). | 2 | 1 | 1 | | #include<stdio.h><br>void fun( int num, int x)<br>{<br>num++;<br>x++;<br>return;<br>}<br>int main()<br>{<br> int i= 5, a[]={11, 22, 33};<br>printf("%d\t%d\n", i, a[1]);<br>fun(i);<br>printf("%d\t%d\n", i, a[1]);<br>return 0;<br>} | 2 | 1 | 1 | | output? | | | | | #include<stdio.h><br>#include<math.h><br>void fun(int a)<br>{<br>static int b= 5;<br>int c= 10;<br>printf("%d\n", a + b + c);<br>}<br>int main()<br>{<br>float x= 2.3;<br>fun(4);<br>fun(sqrt(49));<br>fun(2+3);<br>fun(x);<br>return 0;<br>} | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Output? | | | | | int a= 10; | 2 | 1 | 1 | | int main()<br>{<br>int a= 5;<br>{<br>int a= 23;<br>printf("%d\n", a+a+a);<br>}<br>return 0;<br>} | | | | | output? | | | | | #include<stdio.h><br>void swap(int a, int b)<br>{<br>a= a^b;<br>b= a^b;<br>a= a^b;<br>}<br>int main()<br>{<br>int a= 10, b= 20;<br>printf("a= %d\tb= %d\n", a, b);<br>swap(b, a);<br>printf("a= %d\tb= %d\n", a, b);<br>return 0;<br>} | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Output? | | | | | int a[]={1, 2, 3};<br>int b[5]={1, 2, 3};<br>int c[5]= { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 76};<br>int d[]={ 'A', 'B', 'C'};<br>int e[][]={{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}, {7, 8, 9}};<br>int f[][]= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9};<br>int g[][]={{1, 2}, {4, 5, 6}, {7}};<br>int h[][3]={{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}, {7, 8, 9}};<br>int i[3][3]={{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}, {7, 8, 9}};<br>int g[3][3]={{1, 2}, {4, 5, 6}, {7}};<br>int g[][3]={{1, 2}, {4, 5, 6}, {7}}; | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Identify the correct and incorrect array initialization statements. | | | | | int a[]={1, 2, 3, 4, 5};<br>printf("%d\n", a[a[a[a[0]]]+1]);<br>printf("%d\n", a[a[4]-a[a[0]+a[1]]]);<br>printf("%d\n", a[a[a[a[a[0]]]+1] - a[a[4]-a[a[0]+a[1]]]]* a[a[4]/2]);<br>printf("%d\n", a['A' - 'B' + 2]); | 2 | 1 | 1 | | WACP Copy content of a 2D array into a 1D array. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What are the care to be taken for successful execution of a recursive call? Describe with example. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What is a multi-dimensional array? Describe briefly. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What are array subscript/index values and its purpose w.r.t. different types of arrays? | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What are the 3 steps to be followed to design user defined function successfully? briefly describe. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | is main() function a user defined function? justify your answer. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Define a UDF that takes 0 or 1 as input and returns opposite bit. (Note: don't use conditional operator or conditional statements) | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Define a UDF to print array content in reverse order. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | printf("%ld\n", sizeof("Hello World"));<br>printf("%d\n", printf("Hello"));<br>printf("%d\n", printf("%d%d", 43454, 5));<br>printf("%d\n", 'A' - 'a' - -32);<br>output? | 2 | 1 | 1 | | How to calculate array size in bytes. Can we change array size after the array is declared. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Define a UDF that takes 2 numbers as input and gives back the results of all 4 arithmetic operations. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | char a[]={'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'};<br>char b[]="abcd";<br>Differentiate the arrays a and b. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Define a UDF that takes a string as input and returns length of the string. (Don't use any predefined function). | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Discuss any 4 functions from string.h header file. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Discuss strlen(), strcpy(), strcat() and strcmp () functions. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | char s1[5]="GIFT", s2[]="ODISHA", s3[]= "BBSR";<br>strcat(s1, s3);<br>strcat(s1, s2);<br>printf("%s", s1); | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Input first name, middle name and last name form the full name. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Differentiate printf("%s", ....) and puts() functions. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Differentiate scanf("%s", ....) and gets() functions. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Define a UDF to change a string to uppercase. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Define a UDF to change a string to lowercase. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Define a UDF to confirm that a string contains any special character or not. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | What it the most efficient way to work with all the elements of an array? Describe. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Define a UDF to replace only alphabets with its next alphabet within a string. | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Define a UDF to count vowels in a string (Use switch...case only). | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Design a UDF to display a string as follows: <br>input: RAM<br>output:<br>R<br>RA<br>RAM | 2 | 1 | 1 | ## Section B | | Questions | BTL | |:---|:---|:---| | 1 | Write a C program to reverse an array content within the same array. | 2 | | 2 | Write a C program to merge two arrays of different sizes. | 2 | | 3 | Differentiate user defined functions and pre-defined functions. | 2 | | 4 | Discuss call by value and call by reference. | 2 | | 5 | Differentiate call by value and call bt reference. | 2 | | 6 | Discuss array as function parameter. | 2 | | 7 | Design a user defined function to find array sum. | 2 | | 8 | Differentiate Global and local storage variables. | 2 | | 9 | Compare and contrast loops and recursion? | 2 | | 10 | WACP to design a recursive function to find first n terms of fobinacci series. | 2 | | 11 | Discuss array as function parameter with example. | 2 | | 12 | Discuss working with characters in C.. | 2 | | 13 | WACP to find transpose of a matrix within the same matrix. | 2 | | 14 | Give examples: array indices as literals, identifiers. expressions, another array element (int type) and function calls and discuss. | 2 | | 15 | WACP to implement linear search. | 2 | | 16 | WACP to implement binary search. | 2 | | 17 | WACP to sort an array. | 2 | | 18 | WACP to perform matrix addition. | 2 | | 19 | WACP to copy array content to another array in reverse order. | 2 | | 20 | Discuss with example the different forms parameters to a function. | 2 | | 21 | WACP to find binary equivalent of a positive integer. | 2 | | 22 | WACP to input different subjects marks of students in a class and display their result. | 2 | | 23 | WACP to count the occurrences of highest value in the array. | 2 | | 24 | WACP to right rotate array contents. | 2 | | 25 | WACP to find the array values which are larger than average value of the array. | 2 | | 26 | WACP to find the array values which are smaller than average value of the array. | 2 | | 27 | WACP to find the count of positive numbers, negative numbers and zeros in an array. | 2 | | 28 | WACP to swap consecutive elements of an array. | 2 | | 29 | WACP to left rotate array content. | 2 | | 30 | WACP to swap any two rows of a 2D array. | 2 | | 31 | WACP to count each alphabet occurrences in a string. | 2 | | 32 | WACP to spell each digit of a number. | 2 | | 33 | WACP to add elements of outer ring of a 2D array. | 2 | | 34 | WACP to count number of words, characters in an entered sentence. | 2 | | 35 | WACP to perform matrix subtraction. | 2 | ## Section C | | Questions | BTL | |:---|:---|:---| | 1 | Write a C program for matrix multiplication. | 2 or 3 | | 2 | Write a menu based C program for addition and/or subtraction. | 3 | | 3 | Write C program for find ing all row sums, column sums and diagonal sums of a square matrix. | 3 | | 4 | Discuss storage classes in detail with examples. | 3 | | 5 | Discuss all the 4 types of functions based on parameter passing and return type. | 3 | | 6 | Design Tower of Hanoi program.| 3 | | 7 | Design matrix multiplication program. | 3 | | 8 | WACP to input a sentence and list out the alphabates used in the sentence. | 3 | | 9 | Give examples: function parameters as literals, identifiers. expressions and function calls and discuss. | 3 | | 10 | WACP to implement binary search using recursion and sorting using a function. | 3 | | 11 | WACP to perform matrix multiplication with proper validation. | 3 | | 12 | WACP to find row individual row sums, individual column sums and both the diagonal sums of a square matrix. | 4,5,6 | ## Section D | | Questions | CO | BTL | |:---|:---|:---|:---| | 1 | How to work with User Defined Functions? Discuss in detail with sufficient examples with all special cases. | 1 | 4 | | 2 | What is an array? What are different types of arrays? Discuss how to work with all the types of arrays. | 1 | 4 | | 3 | Write a C program to design a menu based matrix arithmetic operations by designing functions for each arithmetic operation over matrices. | 1 | 4 | | 4 | Discuss any 10 predefined functions from string.h header file. | 1 | 4 | | 5 | Write a C program to find section wise topper and college topper of group of students. Each student appears 5 subjects. | 1 | 4 | ** BTL: Bloom's Taxonomy Level ** CO: Course Outcomes BTL are: 1. Remembering 2. Understanding, 3. Applying, 4. Analysing, 5. Evaluating 6. Creating