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Seat No.: Enrolment
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
MCA(Integrated) SEMESTER-I EXAMINATION WINTER-2018
Subject Code:4410603 Date:05/01/2019
Subject Name: Fundamentals of Programming I
Time:10.30 TO 01.00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1

Define a flowchart. State and name the symbols used to draw a flowchart.
Write an algorithm to check whether the given number is odd or even
Is the following assignment possible in why?
char
a="hello";
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Do as Directed:
Define translator. Give its types.
What do you mean by unary operators?
The assignment statement is a valid expression. (true/false)? Justify.
A variable can be made constant by declaring it with the qualifier
at the time of initialization.
The statement is used to transfer control to a specified label
Which of the following is not a valid C keyword?
case b)constant char continue
The elements of an array are stored in memory locations.
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Q.2

List down the categories of operators available in C language. Explain any 4 in detail.
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Explain in detail the process of compilation and execution of a program. Draw an appropriate diagram and also mention the types of files used and generated.
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Write a note on tokens available in C.
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Q.3

Compare the use of switch statement with the use of nested if……else statement. Which is more convenient? Why? Explain the importance of break in Switch statement.
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What do you mean by user-defined functions? Explain function prototype, declaration and function body with proper examples. Also give advantages of using UDF.
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Q.3

Write a note on type conversion in expression giving suitable examples.
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What do you mean by recursion in functions? Explain in detail. Write a program to generate Fibonacci series using function recursion.
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Q.4

Explain in detail storage classes available in C programming language.
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Define an array. How to declare and initialize one and two dimensional arrays. Write a C code to find average of first n natural numbers using array.
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Q.4

What is a string? How to store it in a program? Write a program to count the numbers of characters in a given string.
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Write an algorithm and draw the flowchart to find the maximum of three numbers. Also write the C code for the same.
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Q.5

Explain 4 built in String functions with syntax, use and proper examples.
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Write a program to print the following pattern
If input=4 the output should be
4
4 3
4 3 2
4 3 2 1
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Q.5

Write a short note on looping structures available in C
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Write a program in c to find the factorial of a given number using recursion
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