LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.C.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009
CA 1501 - PROGRAMMING IN C AND DATA STRUCTURES
Date & Time: 22/04/2009 / 1:00 - 4:00
Dept. No.
RI 01
Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
10 x 2 = 20
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Define constants.
What is the function of fflush ?
Write any 2 rules for switch statement
Write down the conditional operation in C language with syntax.
Define array
What is strcmp() function
Write the general format of structure ?
What is the purpose of self referential structurte?
How is a pointer initialized ?
What is malloc function ?
PART – B
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
5 x 8 = 40
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a) What are different data types in C language?
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b) Write scanf () and Print f () with its syntax and give example
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a) Write a C program for Fibonacci series using Recursion .
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b) Explain for loop and while loop with example.
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a) Write a C program to compute the sum of the elements in an array
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b) Explain i) islower ii) isdigit iii) strcpy iv) strlen
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a) Explain i) Opening a file ii) closing a file
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b) what is self – referential structure ? Explain.
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a) Explain the operations of stack and queue.
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b) Write a C program to create a list to add ten names and search a given name.
PART – C
ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS
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2 x 20 = 40
a) Explain any two functions from math class and string class with example.
b) Explain Switch statement with example.
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a) Write a C program using arrays to sort an element in an ascending order.
b) Write a C program to concatenate two strings.
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a) Write a C program for Reading and Printing a sequential file.
b) Explain the advantages of using linked lists over arrays ? Explain in detail with a
sample program for both.
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