Reg. No.
Vel Tech High Tech
Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College
An Autonomous Institution
CONTINUOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT- II
Fifth Semester
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
CS8501 – THEORY OF COMPUTATION
(Regulations 2017)
Date: 24.09.2022 Time: 90 Minutes Max. Marks: 50
CO1: Construct automata, regular expression for any pattern.
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PART - A (5 x 2 = 10 Marks) K.No. Marks
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1. Define the following: a. Symbol b. String c. Language CO4 K2 2 3
2. What is relation? CO5 K2 2 3
3. What is finite state system? CO5 K2 2 3
4. What is Deterministic Finite Automata(DFA)? CO5 K2 2 3
5. Discuss pumping lemma for regular languages? CO5 K2 2 3
PART - B (2 x 13 = 26 Marks)
6. a) Construct a DFA that accepts input string of 0’s and 1’s that CO4 K2 13 25
end with 11.
1 1
q0 q1 q2
OR
b Discuss in detail about hypothesis and conclusion? CO4 K2 13 25
)
7. a) Discuss in detail about the theorem CO5 K2 13 25
If x is the sum of squares of four positive integers, then 2x ≥
x2
OR
b List the criteria for Reduction to definitions? CO5 K2 13 25
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PART - C (1 x 14 = 14 Marks)
Note: Application/Design/Analysis/Evaluation/Creativity/Case Study questions.
8. a) Explain the additional forms of proof CO4 K3 14 25
1. Proof about sets
2. Proof by contradiction
OR
b Explain briefly the finite automation modeling recognition of CO5 K3 14 25
) “then”?
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K1 – Remember; K2 – Understand; K3 – Apply; K4 – Analyse; K5 – Evaluate; K6 - Create
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