B.C.A-B.C.A Computer Application C PROGRAMMING (Alagappa University - Directorate of Distance Education-2012)

DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.C.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2012.
C PROGRAMMING
(2003 onwards)
Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks
Answer any FIVE questions.
All questions carry equal marks. (5×20 = 100)
1. (a) Explain the top down approach in program development. (10)
(b) Explain any five data types in C with example. (10)
2. (a) (i) Write the character set of C. (5)
(ii) Illustrate the symbolic constant with example program. (5)
(b) Explain the control statements (i) for (5) (ii) do …… while with example (5)
3. (a) Write a C program to find the roots of a given quadratic equation also classify its roots. (10)
(b) Explain the concept of arrays and how it can be manipulated in C language. (10)
4. (a) Write a C program to sort the given N names in alphabetical order. (10)
(b) Explain the role of functions in C with example. (10)
5. (a) Discuss on the recurstion function in C with example program. (10)
(b) Explain the concept of passing pointes as arguments in functions with example. (10)
6. (a) Explain the storage classes (i) auto (5)
(ii) register with example (5)
(b) Create an employee structure with the fields empno, empname, basicpay for ten employees. Calculate the netpay with the allowances DA, HRA and deductions PF, tax of each employee and display them. (10)
7. (a) Explain the concept of streams with example. (10)
(b) Describe the various operations on files. (10)
8. (a) Explain the macro substitutions with example. (10)
(b) Write a file program to read the students information from a data file and display them. (10)

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