Question Code: 586
Board Examination Oct/Nov 2014
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Subject:
25233 – C Programming Year/Sem : II & III
Duration:
3 Hours Max.
Marks: 75
Part
–A (15 X 1 = 15)
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1.
What is the program?
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2.
What are the types of constants?
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3.
Give the different data type qualifiers.
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4.
Define type conversion.
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5.
What is the use of break statement?
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6.
What is an array?
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7.
What are the functions used to read strings?
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8.
Define strcat() function.
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9.
Name any two functions present in conio.h header file.
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10.
Define isupper() function.
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11.
What is a return statement?
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12.
Giver the general form of structure definition.
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13.
What is a pointer?
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14.
How a pointer variable is declared? Give the syntax.
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15.
What are the types of memory allocation?
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16.
Define calloc() function.
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17.
Define file.
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18.
Write the input functions used in file operations
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19.
Write any two error situations.
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20.
What is pre-processor?
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Part-B (5 X 12=60)
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21.
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(A)
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(i)
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What
are the features of a good programming language?
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(ii)
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Explain
the unformatted input and output statements with examples.
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(OR)
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(B)
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(i)
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Explain
how the variable is declared and initialized with an example.
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(ii)
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Write
an algorithm and flow chart to find whether a number is odd or even.
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22.
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(A)
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(i)
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Explain
while and do….while loop statements.
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(ii)
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Explain
the functions used to read and write strings.
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(OR)
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(B)
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(i)
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Write
a program to find whether the string is palindrome or not.
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(ii)
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Explain
the for statement with an example.
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23.
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(A)
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(i)
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Explain
the functions present in math.h header file.
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(ii)
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Explain
union with an example.
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(OR)
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(B)
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(i)
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Explain
(a) Call by value (b) call by reference.
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(ii)
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Explain
arrays within structures with an example.
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24.
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(A)
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(i)
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Explain
the arithmetic operations that can be performed with pointers with an
example.
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(ii)
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Write
a program to find the length of the string using pointers.
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(OR)
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(B)
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(i)
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Explain
how pointers are used in function arguments with an example.
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(ii)
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Explain
malloc() and realloc() functions.
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25.
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(A)
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(i)
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Explain
the functions used to move the file pointers.
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(ii)
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Write
a program to reverse a string using command line arguments.
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(OR)
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(B)
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(i)
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Explain
compiler control directives.
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(ii)
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Explain
how to open and close a file in different modes with examples.
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