Computer Science - Sample question paper
Written Test for Admissions, 2002-2003
(1 hour)

Total Marks: 100

Part I
(All questions are compulsory)

Q1. Design a 1-bit full adder. [3]

Q2. 
(a)
What is symbolic computation?
(b) What is problem solving?
(C)
Why does TSP (Traveling salesman problem) a NP-hard problem?
[3x2=6]

Q3.
Explain the process of programming a computer.
[6]

Q4.
“A programmed computer may behave like an expert, but it does not have a feel of the actions it executes.” Provide logical arguments to support the statement. Provide logical arguments against the statement.
[2+2]


Part II
(Answer any 3 questions. Each question carry 15 marks)

Q5.
Read a file of floating-point numbers, make complex numbers out of pairs of numbers read, and write out the complex numbers.
[Use either C or C++]

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