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FINAL EXAMINATION

COURSE

FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER PROBLEM

SOLVING

COURSE CODE

CSC128/415

EXAMINATION

OCTOBER 2009

TIME

3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1.

This question paper consists of THREE (3) parts:

2.

Answer ALL questions from all THREE (3) parts in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer
for PART B and PART C on a new page.

3.

Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the
invigilator.

4.

Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of:
i)
ii)

PART A (10 Questions)

PART B (5 Questions)
PART C (2 Questions)

the Question Paper

an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

This examination paper consists of 11 printed pages
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PART A (20 MARKS)

1. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

I.
II.
III.
IV.

Flowchart and pseudocode can be used to design the solution to the problem.
Debugging is testing a program and correcting errors in the program.
A syntax error is a violation of the rules of a programming language.
The purpose of the program maintenance is to ensure that current programs are
operating error free, effectively and efficiently.

A. I, III
B. II, IV
C . I, II, III

D. I, II, III, IV
2. What error is caused by a correctly written statement but used at the wrong place?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Human
Logic
Syntax
Typing

3. Which of the following keyword covers unhandled possibilities in s w i t c h statement?

A.
B.
C.
D.

all
contingency
default
other

4. What is the output of the following C++ program segment?

int i = 7 ;
i++;
int y = i;
if(i < 8)
cout << "The value is less than eight";
else
cout << "y is " y;

A. The value is less than eight

B. y is 7
C. y is 8
D. No value is displayed.
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5. Which of the following statement is NOT true?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Sequential, selection and repetition are the types of program control structures.
A loop control variable must be initialized.
A loop stops executing its body when the loop repetition condition is true.
An infinite loop is a loop that executes forever.

6. How many lines of output will be displayed by the following program segment?

for

A.
B.
C.
D.

(i = 0; i < 2; i++)
f o r ( j = 0; j < 3; j++)
c o u t " ********* \ n .

2
3
6
12

7. Which of the following statements would correctly assign the entire array declared below
toO?
int arr[5];
A. for (int m = 1;
arr[m] = 0;
B. for (int m = 0;
arr[m] = 0;
C. for (int m = 1;
arr[m] = 0;
D. for (int m = 0;
arr[m] = 0;

m <= 5; m++)
m <= 5; m++)
m < 5; m++)
m < 5; m++)

8. What is the output of the following program segment?

int x[ ] = {4, 5, 2, 6, 8, 3, -2};
float y = x[l] + x[4];
cout y;

A.
B.
C.
D.

3
5
10
13

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9. Given the following function prototype:

float kira(float,

float);

Which of the following function calls are NOT valid when the declaration below is given?
float a, b, answer;
A.
B.
C.
D.

answer = kira(a, b) ;
if (kira(a, b) == a) b = a;
cin >> kira(a, b ) ;
cout kira(a, b ) ;

10. What is the output for the following program?

void f1(int&);
int f2(int);
void main ()
{
int j = 3;
fl(j);
cout f2 (j)
return 0;
}

endl;

void fl(int& k)
{
k = k * k;
}
int f2(int k)
{
k = k * k;
return k;
}
A.

81

B.
C.
D.

27
9
3

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PART B (50 MARKS)

QUESTION 1
a) Given the following declarations:
double x = 5.0, y = 9.0,
i n t w = 3 , v = 6;

z = 2.0;

Evaluate the following expressions:

i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
V.

x + y / z
z / v * w
w + x %z
v / x * (y - 4)
(x + y) / z + w
(5 marks)

b) Convert the following mathematical formulas to C++ expression:

i
..

II.

y V
z3 2 y-\
x

z
>> + 3
(3 marks)

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QUESTION 2
a) Write a C++ program segment to do the following:
Display the character ' A ', ' B', ' c ' or ' D ' when the value of integer num is 2, 4, 6
or 8, respectively. Otherwise, display the error message.
(4 marks)
b) Write a complete C++ program for the following flowchart:

Start

Input
salary, year

yes

no

bonus =
1.5 x salary

bonus =
1.2 x salary

Display
bonus

End

(5 marks)

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QUESTION 3
a) Rewrite the following program segment using a w h i l e statement:
float marks, totMarks = 0, average;
int i = 0;
for (cin >> marks; marks >= 0; cin >> marks)
{
totMarks = totMarks + marks;
cout << (i + 1) ": Marks = " marks

endl;

i + +;
}
average = totMarks / i;
cout << "Average marks = "

average

endl;
(4 marks)

b) What is the output of the above program segment if the input is:
90 80 100 - 1
(2 marks)
c) The program below should accept THREE nonnegative integer values less than 1000
from the user. Then, the program should print the biggest and the lowest number of the
inputs. However, the program has some logic errors. Find and fix the errors.
void main()
{
int num, smallest = 1000, biggest = 0, counter = 0;
do
{
cout << "Enter an integer smaller than 1000: ";
cin >> num;
if (num > smallest)
biggest = num;
else
if (num < biggest)
smallest = num;
counter++;
}
while (num >= 0 && num < 1000);
cout << "The biggest is " << biggest endl;
cout << "The smallest is " smallest << endl;
(6 marks)
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QUESTION 4
a) What is the difference between a function prototype and function definition?
(2 marks)
b) Consider the following C++ program and answer the questions that follow:

void t r i c k y ( i n t & ,
void main()

int&);

i n t n l , n2, n 3 , n4, x;
cout "Enter 4 integer numbers: ";
cin nl n2 n3 n4;
do
{
x = 0;
if (nl > n2)
tricky(nl, n2) ;
x = 1;
if (n2 > n3)
tricky(n2, n3);
x = 1;
if (n3 > n4)
tricky(n3, n4);
x = 1;

while (x);
cout nl
}
void
{
x
y
x
}

' '

n2

'

n3

' '

n4

endl;

tricky(int& x, int& y)
= x - y;
= x + y;
= y - x;

Trace and write the output with numbers 4, 7, 1 and 2 as the input,
i. What is the purpose of function t r i c k y () ?
ii. What does the above program do?
(8 marks)

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QUESTION 5
a) num is an integer array of ten elements. Write C++ statements to do the following:
i. Declare num.
ii. Read all elements of num.
iii. Display all positive integers in num.
(5 marks)
b) Trace and write the output for the following C++ program.
void main()
{
int res[20] = {1, 2, 1, 4, 3, 5, 4, 2, 3, 5,
1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 5, 3, 3, 2, 2};
int freq[6];
for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
for (int rate = 1; rate < 6; rate++)
if (res [i] == rate)
freq[rate]++;
cout << "Rating

Frequency" << endl;

for(int rate = 1; rate < 6; rate++)

cout setw(4) rate setw(10)

freq[rate]

endl;

(6 marks)

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PART C (30 MARKS)

QUESTION 1
The table below shows the Glow Water Theme Park ticketing price:

Package

Package Code

Price per Person (RM)

Adult

Child

Family Package

40.00

21.00

Fun Package

23.00

14.00

Splash Package

38.00

18.00

Write a complete C++ program to do the following:

Read package code.
Check for the validity of the package code. Display error message if it is not valid.
Read number of adult and number of child.
Calculate and display the price for the package.
Repeat the process until the user enters ' x ' for the package code.
Count the total number of adult and total number of child visitors.
Calculate the total price of ticket sold.
Display the total number of adult and total number of child visitors.
Display the total price of ticket sold.
(15 marks)

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QUESTION 2
Write a C++ program to do the following:
a) Define a function s p l i t () that receives a four-digit positive integer. The function will
split the four-digit integer into four single digits and store the digits into an array of
integer. The function then returns the array.
(4 V2 marks)
b) Define a function s h i f t () that receives an array and its size. The function will shift all
the elements of the array to the left. The last element will take the value of the first
element.
(3 1/4 marks)
c) Define main program that reads a four-digit integer. By calling the functions defined in a)
and b) above, the program will split the four digits into an array and display the elements
of the array every time the elements have shifted to the left until we get the original array.
The program should also check whether the integer entered is positive and not more
than four digits. Otherwise, the program will print the appropriate message and stop.
For example: If the input is 12 34, the array elements are 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. The
program then displays the following:
1234
2341
3412
4123
(7 marks)

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