Punjab Technical University 2006-1st Sem M.C.A -PROGRAMMING IN C - Question Paper

PROGRAMMING IN C
MCA-102 , Ist Semester (2096)

Time: three Hours Max Marks:75

Note : 1. Part A is compulsory. ans the ques. in 40-60 words.
2. Attempt any 9 ques. from Part B

Part A
i. What are the operators and operands?
ii. What do you mean by iteration?
iii. What are multidimensional arrays?
iv. What are the disadvantages of recursion?
v. What are header files?
vi. What are user described data types?
vii. Write syntax for union.
viii. What do you mean by enumeration?
ix. How can we pass parameters to a function?
x. What are data input and output statements?
xi. What is sequential organization?
xii. What are static variables?
xiii. What is the disadvantages of using goto statement?
xiv. What are various storage classes?
xv. What is the difference ranging from else if and switch statement?

Marks:15X2=30
1. What is the purpose of drawing flowchart? elaborate the different symbols used in the flowchart? Draw a flowchart to check whether number is even or odd.
2. Explain assignment and conditional statements with example.
3. What are the different operations that can be performed on arrays? How can we learn and display one-dimensional array?
4. Write a program in C to convert a decimal number into binary, octal and hexadecimal numbers.
5. What is the difference ranging from getchar().getch() and getche()?
6. Explain different strings functions.
7. How can we copy and concatenate a string?
8. Explain various storage class specifiers in C.
9. Explain dynamic memory allocation.
10. Write a program in C to sort the list of numbers using selection sort method.
11. What are the various functions for opening and closing a data file.
12. What kind of operations can be performed on pointers? How can we pass simple variable by pointers?

Marks: 9X5=45

Earning:   Approval pending.