Cochin University of Science and Techology (CUST) 2008 B.Tech Computer Fundamentals - Question Paper

Computer Fundamentals (June 2008)



1a. elaborate the functional units of a computer? discuss the role of every in detail
b. How is the working of compiler various from the working of an interpreter?
c. What is the advantage of using assembly language over machine language?
2a. Briefly discuss how the operating system manages the different resources.
b. What is internet? explain the major applications of internet
3a. With the help of suitable examples illustrate the logical operators used in C
b. Name and define the basic data kinds in C
c. elaborate the 3 various classes of statements in C? define the composition of every
4a. What is the purpose of break statement? Within which control statement can it be included?
b. Write a switch statement that will examine the value of a character kind variable named perfomance and prints 1 of the subsequent messages depending on character assigned to the variable perfomance:
POOR- if either p or P is asigned to perfomance
AVERAGE- if either a or A is assigned to perfomance
GOOD- if either g or G is assigned to perfomance
BEST- if either b or B is assigned to perfomance
5a. elaborate function prototypes? what is their purpose? Where within a program are function prototypes normally placed?
b. Write a recursive program to obtain n'th Fibonocci number
6a. What is the purpose of an external variable? What is its scope?
b. What is the difference ranging from parsing an array to function and parsing a single valued data item to a function?
7a. How are multi dimensional arrays defined? Compare with 1 dimensional arrays
b. Write a program to learn the mark of three subjects and calculate avg. mark for 50 students in a class and sort them in descending order. Display also the topper
8a. What is a union? How does it differ from a structure?
b. discuss how a multidimensional array can be expressed by an array of pointers using suitable example
9a. explain the various database models used in detail
b. discuss the basic structurre of an SQL expression
10. What is relational algebra? define the fundamental operation with example.

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