GATE CS question library

Consider the following two functions. void fun1(int n) { if(n == 0) return; printf("%d", n); fun2(n - 2); printf("%d", n); } void fun2(int n) { if(n == 0) return; printf("%d", n); fun1(++n); printf("%d", n); } The output printed when $\text{fun1}(5)$ is called is

If $G$ is a grammar with productions $S\rightarrow SaS\mid aSb\mid bSa\mid SS\mid\epsilon$ where $S$ is the start variable, then which one of the following strings is not generated by $G$?

Consider a combination of $\text{T}$ and $\text{D}$ flip-flops connected as shown below. The output of the $\text{D}$ flip-flop is connected to the input of the $\text{T}$ flip-flop and the output of the $\text{T}$ flip-flop is connected to the input of the $\text{D}$ flip-flop. Initially, both $Q_{0}$ and $Q_{1}$ are set to $1$ (before the …

A computer network uses polynomials over $GF(2)$ for error checking with $8$ bits as information bits and uses $x^{3}+x+1$ as the generator polynomial to generate the check bits. In this network, the message $01011011$ is transmitted as:

Let $A$ be $n\times n$ real valued square symmetric matrix of rank $2$ with $\sum_{i=1}^{n}\sum_{j=1}^{n}A^{2}_{ij} = 50.$ Consider the following statements. One eigenvalue must be in $\left [ -5,5 \right ]$ The eigenvalue with the largest magnitude must be strictly greater than $5$ Which of the above statements about eigenvalues of $A$ is/are …

Let $p$, $q$ and $r$ be propositions and the expression $\left ( p\rightarrow q \right )\rightarrow r$ be a contradiction. Then, the expression $\left ( r\rightarrow p \right )\rightarrow q$ is

Let $u$ and $v$ be two vectors in $\mathbf{R}^{2}$ whose Euclidean norms satisfy $\left \| u \right \| = 2\left \| v \right \|$. What is the value of $\alpha$ such that $w = u + \alpha v$ bisects the angle between $u$ and $v$?

The value of $\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow 1} \frac{x^{7}-2x^{5}+1}{x^{3}-3x^{2}+2}$

Let $G=\left ( V,E \right )$ be $any$ connected, undirected, edge-weighted graph. The weights of the edges in $E$ are positive and distinct. Consider the following statements: Minimum Spanning Tree of $G$ is always unique. Shortest path between any two vertices of $G$ is always unique. Which of the above statements is/are necessarily true?

A multithreaded program $P$ executes with $x$ number of threads and uses $y$ number of locks for ensuring mutual exclusion while operating on shared memory locations. All locks in the program are non-reentrant, i.e., if a thread holds a lock $l$, then it cannot re-acquire lock $l$ without releasing it. If a thread is unable to acquire a lock, it …

Consider a two-level cache hierarchy with $L1$ and $L2$ caches. An application incurs $1.4$ memory accesses per instruction on average. For this application, the miss rate of $L1$ cache is $0.1$; the $L2$ cache experiences, on average, $7$ misses per $1000$ instructions. The miss rate of $L2$ expressed correct to two decimal places is …

Consider the following CPU processes with arrival times (in milliseconds) and length of CPU bursts (in milliseconds) as given below: …

Consider a database that has the relation schema EMP (EmpId, EmpName, and DeptName). An instance of the schema EMP and a SQL query on it are given below: …

Consider the language $L$ given by the regular expression $(a+b)^{*} b (a+b)$ over the alphabet $\{a,b\}$. The smallest number of states needed in a deterministic finite-state automaton (DFA) accepting $L$ is ___________ .

Let $T$ be a tree with $10$ vertices. The sum of the degrees of all the vertices in $T$ is ________

Consider the Karnaugh map given below, where $X$ represents "don't care" and blank represents $0$. Assume for all inputs $\left ( a,b,c,d \right )$, the respective complements $\left ( \bar{a}, \bar{b}, \bar{c}, \bar{d} \right )$ are also available. The above logic is implemented using $2$-input $\text{NOR}$ gates only. The minimum number of …

Let $X$ be a Gaussian random variable with mean 0 and variance $\sigma ^{2}$. Let $Y$ = $\max\left ( X,0 \right )$ where $\max\left ( a,b \right )$ is the maximum of $a$ and $b$. The median of $Y$ is ______________ .

Threads of a process share

The following functional dependencies hold true for the relational schema $R\left \{V,W,X,Y,Z \right \}$: $V \rightarrow W$ $VW \rightarrow X$ $Y \rightarrow VX$ $Y \rightarrow Z$ Which of the following is irreducible equivalent for this set of functional dependencies?

A sender $S$ sends a message $m$ to receiver $R$, which is digitally signed by $S$ with its private key. In this scenario, one or more of the following security violations can take place. $S$ can launch a birthday attack to replace $m$ with a fraudulent message $A$ third party attacker can launch a birthday attack to replace $m$ with a …