B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
First Semester
Software
FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTERS AND
C-PROGRAMMING
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. Define word length.
2. What are the major components of a computer?
3. Write the functions of a computer mouse.
4. Name any two computer viruses.
5. Define constants.
6. Write the syntax for conditional operator.
7. Write the types of functions.
8. Give an example for an one dimensional array.
9. Write a syntax for opening a data file.
10. What is a file?
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Part B 5 25)
Answer the following questions.
11. Explain the types of computers.
Or
Write a note on fifth generation computers.
12. What is a word processor? Explain.
Or
Discuss about the types of high level languages.
13. Write a note on primary data types in C.
Or
Write a C program to generate first ten prime
numbers.
14. How to pass arrays to functions? Explain.
Or
Write a C program to arrange a set of numbers in
descending order.
15. Explain how to access structure member.
Or
Write a note on bit fields.
Part C 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Explain about computer codes.
17. What are the different types of printers? Explain.
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18. Discuss about branching statements in C.
19. List and explain any five string handling functions.
20. Write a C program to read data from the keyboard. Write
it to a file called INPUT, again read the same data from
the INPUT file and display it on the screen.
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