GATE CS question library

Consider the following languages. $L_{1} = \left\{\left\langle M \right\rangle \mid M \text{ takes at least 2016 steps on some input} \right\}$, $L_{2} = \left\{\left\langle M \right\rangle \mid M \text{ takes at least 2016 steps on all inputs} \right\}$ and $L_{3} = \left\{\left\langle M \right\rangle \mid M \ \text{accepts }\epsilon\right\}$, where …

Consider a set $U$ of $23$ different compounds in a chemistry lab. There is a subset $S$ of $U$ of $9$ compounds, each of which reacts with exactly $3$ compounds of $U$. Consider the following statements: Each compound in U \ S reacts with an odd number of compounds. At least one compound in U \ S reacts with an odd number of compounds. Each …

Which one of the following grammars is free from left recursion?

For the $\text{IEEE 802.11 MAC}$ protocol for wireless communication, which of the following statements is/are TRUE? At least three non-overlapping channels are available for transmissions. The RTS-CTS mechanism is used for collision detection. Unicast frames are ACKed.

A file system uses an in-memory cache to cache disk blocks. The miss rate of the cache is shown in the figure. The latency to read a block from the cache is $1$ ms and to read a block from the disk is $10$ ms. Assume that the cost of checking whether a block exists in the cache is negligible. Available cache sizes are in multiples of $10$ MB. The …

Consider the following two statements: If all states of an NFA are accepting states then the language accepted by the NFA is $\Sigma_{}^{*}$. There exists a regular language $A$ such that for all languages $B$, $A \cap B$ is regular. Which one of the following is CORRECT?

Consider the following database schedule with two transactions $T_{1}$ and $T_{2}$. $S= r_{2}\left(X\right); r_{1}\left(X\right); r_{2} \left(Y\right); w_{1} \left(X\right); r_{1} \left(Y\right); w_{2} \left(X\right); a_{1}; a_{2}$ Where $r_{i} (Z)$ denotes a read operation by transaction $T_{i}$ on a variable $Z$, $w_{i}(Z)$ denotes a write …

A network has a data transmission bandwidth of $20 \times 10^{6}$ bits per second. It uses CSMA/CD in the MAC layer. The maximum signal propagation time from one node to another node is $40$ microseconds. The minimum size of a frame in the network is __________ bytes.

The value of the expression $13^{99}\pmod{17}$ in the range $0$ to $16$, is ________.

Let $A_{1}, A_{2}, A_{3}$ and $A_{4}$ be four matrices of dimensions $10 \times 5, 5 \times 20, 20 \times 10$ and $10 \times 5$, respectively. The minimum number of scalar multiplications required to find the product $A_{1}A_{2}A_{3}A_{4}$ using the basic matrix multiplication method is _________.

The number of ways in which the numbers $1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7$ can be inserted in an empty binary search tree, such that the resulting tree has height $6$, is _________. Note: The height of a tree with a single node is $0$.

A complete binary min-heap is made by including each integer in $[1, 1023]$ exactly once. The depth of a node in the heap is the length of the path from the root of the heap to that node. Thus, the root is at depth $0$. The maximum depth at which integer $9$ can appear is _________.

Consider a $3 \ \text{GHz}$ (gigahertz) processor with a three stage pipeline and stage latencies $\large\tau_1,\tau_2$ and $\large\tau_3$ such that $\large\tau_1 =\dfrac{3 \tau_2}{4}=2\tau_3$. If the longest pipeline stage is split into two pipeline stages of equal latency , the new frequency is __________ $\text{GHz}$, ignoring delays in the …

The given diagram shows the flowchart for a recursive function $A(n)$. Assume that all statements, except for the recursive calls, have $O(1)$ time complexity. If the worst case time complexity of this function is $O(n^{\alpha})$, then the least possible value (accurate up to two decimal positions) of $\alpha$ is ________. Flow chart for Recursive …

The following function computes $X^{Y}$ for positive integers $X$ and $Y$. int exp (int X, int Y) { int res =1, a = X, b = Y; while (b != 0) { if (b % 2 == 0) {a = a * a; b = b/2; } else {res = res * a; b = b - 1; } } return res; } Which one of the following conditions is TRUE before every iteration of the loop?

Consider a $128 \times 10^3$ bits/second satellite communication link with one way propagation delay of $150$ milliseconds. Selective retransmission (repeat) protocol is used on this link to send data with a frame size of $1$ kilobyte. Neglect the transmission time of acknowledgement. The minimum number of bits required for the sequence number field to …

Consider a non-negative counting semaphore $S$. The operation $P(S)$ decrements $S$, and $V(S)$ increments $S$. During an execution, $20$ $P(S)$ operations and $12$ $V(S)$ operations are issued in some order. The largest initial value of $S$ for which at least one $P(S)$ operation will remain blocked is _______

Consider an eight-bit ripple-carry adder for computing the sum of $A$ and $B$, where $A$ and $B$ are integers represented in $2$'s complement form. If the decimal value of $A$ is one, the decimal value of $B$ that leads to the longest latency for the sum to stabilize is ___________

Consider the following types of languages: $L_{1}$: Regular, $L_{2}$: Context-free, $L_{3}$: Recursive, $L_{4}$: Recursively enumerable. Which of the following is/are TRUE ? $\overline{L_{3}} \cup L_{4}$ is recursively enumerable. $\overline{L_{2}} \cup L_{3}$ is recursive. $L^{*} _{1} \cap L_{2}$ is context-free. …

Identify the correct sequence in which the following packets are transmitted on the network by a host when a browser requests a webpage from a remote server, assuming that the host has just been restarted.