Sunday 10 February 2013

GATE 2013 Computer science answer key

1. A binary operation ⊕ on a set of integers is defined as x⊕y=x2+y2.  Which of the following statements is TRUE about ⊕?
a) Commutative but not associative
b) Both commutative and associative
c) Associative but not commutative
d) Neither commutative nor associative
Answer: a

2. Suppose p is the number of cars per minute passing through a certain road junction between 5 PM and 6 PM, and p has a Poisson distribution with mean 3. What is the probability of observing fewer than three cars during any given minute in this interval?

a) 8/(2e3)  b) 9/(2e3)   c) 17/(2e3)   d) 26/(2e3)
Answer: c

3. Which one of the following is NOT equal
GATE 2013 Computer Science answer key question

a)
GATE 2013 Computer Science answer key a
b)
GATE 2013 Computer Science answer key b
c)

GATE 2013 Computer Science answer key c
d) 
GATE 2013 Computer Science answer key d
Answer: a

4. The smallest integer that can be represented by an 8-bit number in 2’s complement form is
a) -256
b) -128
c) -127
d) 0
Answer: b

5. In the following truth table, V=1 if and only if the input is valid
Inputs
Outputs

D0
D1
D2
D3
X0
X1
V

0
0
0
0
X
X
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
X
1
0
0
0
1
1
X
X
1
0
1
0
1
X
X
X
1
1
1
1
 What function does the truth table represent?
a)      Priority encoder
b)     Decoder
c)      Multiplexer
d)     Demultiplexer
Answer: a

6. Which one of the following is the tightest upper bound that represents the number of swaps required to sort n numbers using selection sort?
a) O(log n)
b) O(n)
c) O(n log n)
d) O(n3)
Answer: b
7. Which one of the following is the tightest upper bound that represents the time complexity of inserting an object a binary search tree of n nodes?
a) O(1)
b) O(log n)
c) O(n)
d) O(n log n)
Answer: c

8. Consider the languages L1=Φ and L2={a}. Which one of the following represents L1L2*U L1* ?
a) {ε}
b) Φ
c) a*
d) { ε, a}
Answer: a

9. What is the maximum number of reduce moves that can be taken by a bottom-up parser for a grammar with no epsilon and unit-production, to parse a string with no tokens?
a) n/2
b) n-1
c) 2n-1
d) 2n
Answer: c

10. A scheduling algorithm assigns priority proportional to the waiting time of a process. Every process start with a priority zero (the lowest priority ). The scheduler re-evaluates the process priorities every T time units and decides the process to schedule. Which one of the following is TRUE if the process have no I/O operations and all arrive at time zero?
a) This algorithm is equivalent to the first-come-first-serve algorithm
b) This algorithm is equivalent to the round-robin algorithm
c) This algorithm is equivalent to the shortest-job-first algorithm
d) This algorithm is equivalent to the shortest-remaining-time-first algorithm
Answer: b

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