Q.Draw the block diagram of a digital computer and explain the function of each block.

[2013,2015,2011,2007,2006,2004,2003]

Q.What is operating system ?[2013,2011,2007,2009]

Q.Write down the purpose of an operating system ?[2013]

Q.Explain the function/working princple of an operating system .[2007,2006,2003,2009]

Q.Name some popular operating system [2007,2009]

Q.Write the name of 5 operating systems? [2014]

Q.What is storage unit of a computer? [2015]

Q.Differentiate between primary and secondary storage unit of a computer? [2015]

Q. What is software?

Q.Describe different types of software with examples?

Q.What are advanteges of using c language? [2011,

Q.What is the importance of using c language?[2008,2009]

Q.What are the general characterestics of c language? [2008,2004]

Q.Describe data types of C language.Also mention their memory requirement. [2016]

Q.Define system software and application software with example. Difference between them.

Q.Explain in brief different types of ROM ?

Q.What is the basic difference of flash memory in contrast to RAM & ROM ?
Q.Why is cache memory used?

Q.Define complier and interpreter, main difference between them? [2008,2011,

Q.What are the advantages of using flash and cache memory? [2011]

Q.What is OCR?

Q.Explain in brief the operating principle of OCR?

2009

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Q.write down the structure/ basic structure of a C program [2009/ 2007]

Q.Define virtual memory? [2009]

2008

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Q. List the components of a computer and explain the function of each components ( ans: The major
hardware components of a computer system are:

Processor.

Main memory.

Secondary memory.

Input devices.

Output devices.

Q.Why a virtual memory is used ? [2008,

Q.What is meant by dynamic memory allocation? [2008,

Q.Why source program and object program - these concepts important? [2008,
Q.In what way can the ?: operator be used in place of an if-else statement ? [2015,

Q.What is the purpose of using null character in a string ? [2015,2011]

Q.What is null statement? [2007]

Q.How are multidimentional array defined? Compare with one dimentional array. [2015,

Q.What are the advantages of 2 dimentional arrays over one dimentional array? [2008,2005]

Q.How arrays are initialized? [2008]

Q.Explain the need of array variables. [2011,2009]

Q.What are the limitations of implementing an array? What is remedy ? [2006]

Q.Explain the meaning of the each of the following declarations:(i) int *p; (ii) int *p[10]; (iii) int (*p)[10];
(iv) int *p (char a*); (v) int (*p) (char *a); [13]

Q.Convert the following: (i) (1101)2 = (?)7 (ii) (56)7 = (?)10 [2013]

Q.Convert the following: (i) (2163)10= (?)2 (ii) (AEB)16 = (?)10 (iii) (851)10 = (?)8

Q.What are the differences between the declaration between a variable amd thr definition of a symbolic
name? [2013]

Q.What is the purpose of keyword void? [2013,2011]

Q.What is initialization? [2013]

Q.How an object can be initialized ? [2013]

Q.What is infinity loop ? Why it is necessary? [2013]

Q.Explain in brief operator precedence and associativity with example [2011,2004,2003]

Q.What is the purpose of switch statement?[2011,2006,2005]

Q.Compare the use of switch statement with use of nested if-else statement. Which is more convenient?
[2011]

Q.What does a break statement do? Which control structures use it ?

Q.In a loop, what is the difference between a break & continue statement? [2011]

Q. Mention the switch statement in generalized format [2006]

Function
Q.What are function prototypes? State three advantages to the use of functions [2011]

Q.Main is user-defined function.How does it differ from other user-defined functions? [2011]

Q. What is/are advantage(s) of using user defined functions? [2007,2006,2004]

Q.Explain type casting with examples. [2011]

Q.What is recursion? [2011]

Q.Explain the characterstics of the recursive function [2006]

Q.Write down the operation of gets() and puts() function example.[2011]

Q.Describe the use & limitations of the functions gets and puts [2004]

Q.What is meant by function call ? From what part of a program can a function be called? Explain with
appropiate example. [2008,2006,2005,2004]

Q.Can function be called from more than one place within a program? [2013,2011]

Q. When passing an array to a function as argument , how the function prototype & function call should
be declared? Show with an example [2016]

Q.How can a function be called? [2006,2004]

Q.What is the purpose of 'putchar' function. How it is used within a C program? Compare with the
'getchar' function. [2005]

Q.Are the library functions actually a part of C language? Explain how are they usually packaged within a
compiler? [2004]

Q.Why is it sometimes desirable to pass a pointer to a function as an argument? [2007]

Q.Write down the parameter & purpose of the following functions:

(i) stremp(); [2013]

(ii) strepy(); [ 2015,2013,2106]

(iii)strlen(); [2015,2013,2014,2016]

(iv) streat(); [2015,2014]

(v) strstr(); [2013,2014]

(vi) strempi(); [2013]

(vii) fopen() [2007]

(viii) fclose [2007,2009]

(ix) getw() [2007,2009]

(x) fsook() [2007]

(xi) putchar [2005]

(xii) gets(); [2014]

(xiii) strrev(); [2014,2016]

(xiv) pow() [2016]

Q.Explain the meaning of each of following function prototypes:[2014]

(i) int f(int a); (ii) double f(double a,double b);

(iii) void f(long a,short b, unsigned c);

(iv) char f(void); (v) unsigned f(int a, int b);

Q.What happens when an end-of-file (EOF) is encountered when reading characters with the 'getchar'
function. [2005]

Q.What is the significance of 'EOF'? [2009]

Q.Write down the general format of declaring and opening a file.[2011,2004]

Q.What are the differences among read, write & append mode ? [2004,2003]

Q.What is dynamic memory allocation? [2011,2004] How does it help in building computer programs?
[2004]
Q.What restrictions apply to use keywords & identifiers ? [2011]

Q.What is 'bit-fields'?[2011,2007]

Q.How is a pointer initialized? [2011,2003]

Q.How is a pointer variable declared? [2015]

Q.Show that, "pointer is used as a variable" [2009]

Q.What is advantages of using pointer? [2007]

Q.What are the reasons for using pointers? [2011,2005,2009]

Q.Why is it sometimes desirable to pass a pointer to a function as an argument? [2007]

Q.What kind of information does a pointer variable represent? [2004]

Q. In what way can the assignment of an initial value be included in the declaration of a pointer
variable ? [2004]

Q. What do you mean by translator program ? [2006,2005,2004]

Q. Why should 'go to' statement be avoided in writing program code? [2006]

Q. A program has been compiled and linked succesfully. When you run the program, you face one or
more of the followinf situations: [2006,2004]

(i) program is executed but no output

(ii)it produces incorrect answer

(iii) it does not stop running

what are the possible causes in each case and what steps would you take to correct them.

Q. What are the primary advantages of using a data file? [2007]

Q. What is the purpose of a computer to execute a program? [2007]

Q.What is 'cache memory's utility in a computer?

Q. What is an assignment statement? What is relationship between an assignment and an expression

statement ? [2005]
Q.What is mean by storage class of variable? Name the storage class specifications included in C [2005]

Q.How can structure variables can be declared?[2005]

Q.How do the structure variable declaration differ from structure type declaration? [2005]

Q.For what kinds of applications are 'union' useful? [2005]

Q.How are files accessed from a program in C enviroment? [2005]

Q.Name some auxiliary memory devices. How does this type of memorydiffer from computer's main
memory? [2004]

Q.What are the operators used in C? Describe conditional operator briefly [2004]

Q.Write down the name of 4 basic data types used in C.[2003,2009] How could extend the range of
values they represent? [2009]

Q.What are the binary operators? [2003]

Q.What are the keywords in C? What restrictions are applied to their use? [2003]

Q.What are unary operators? How many operators are associated with a unary operator? [2009]

Q.what are the advantages of using 'short hand assignment operators'? [2009]

Q. What are the primary advantages of using a data file? [2009]

Q.Describe briefly about the followings: (1) PROM (2) EPROM (3) EEPROM (4) CDROM

Q.

Q. What is escape sequence? Write down its purpose. [2016]