Difference between revisions of "CSC231 Final Exam 2017"
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<font color="purple">This exam is due on May 12, at '''4:00 p.m.'''.</font> | <font color="purple">This exam is due on May 12, at '''4:00 p.m.'''.</font> | ||
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| − | This exam is given under the rules of the ''honor code''. You have access to all your notes, to books, and to the Web. You cannot, however, discuss the details of the exam with anybody other than your instructor. Questions regarding the exam can only be asked in class, or using Piazza. Do not post code on Piazza. Do not suggest or imply possible solutions in your posts on Piazza. | + | This exam is given under the rules of the ''honor code''. '''It has to be done individually'''. You have access to all your notes, to books, and to the Web. You cannot, however, discuss the details of the exam with anybody other than your instructor. <font color="magenta">'''Questions regarding the exam can only be asked in class, or using Piazza'''</font>. Do '''not post code''' on Piazza. Do not suggest or imply possible solutions in your posts on Piazza. |
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All five problems are worth the same number of points (20/100). | All five problems are worth the same number of points (20/100). | ||
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| + | <font color="magenta">'''If you use material not in the class Web page or the on-line textbook we used for class, you need to list references to them in the header of your program.'''</font> | ||
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=Problem 1: C Programming= | =Problem 1: C Programming= | ||
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| − | Write a C program called '''231grep.c''' that works similarly to the Linux grep command. Your program should get its input from the command line, just like grep, and support the "-i" switch. When the user uses this switch, the search is not case sensitive. When the user omits the switch the search is case-sensitive. | + | Write a C program called '''231grep.c''' that works similarly to the Linux grep command. Your program should get its input from the command line, just like grep, and support the "-i" switch. The user will '''never''' use another switch, if she uses one. When the user uses this switch, the search is not case sensitive. When the user omits the switch the search is case-sensitive. |
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Here is an example illustrating how your program should work. | Here is an example illustrating how your program should work. | ||
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::# word | ::# word | ||
::# file name | ::# file name | ||
| + | * You may assume that lines will never be more than 1000 characters long. | ||
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==Testing== | ==Testing== | ||
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* Submit your code on Moodle, in the '''grep''' section of the final exam. | * Submit your code on Moodle, in the '''grep''' section of the final exam. | ||
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| − | =Problem 2: Fixed | + | =Problem 2: Fixed Point Numbers= |
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| − | Take the quiz on Moodle regarding '''Fixed | + | Take the quiz on Moodle regarding the '''Fixed-Point''' number system. |
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This problem is a quiz on Moodle that pertains to Problem 3, and will ask you questions about the recursive properties of the '''binSearch()''' function. Even if you do not write a correct solution for Problem 3, this will not prevent you from being able to answer these questions. | This problem is a quiz on Moodle that pertains to Problem 3, and will ask you questions about the recursive properties of the '''binSearch()''' function. Even if you do not write a correct solution for Problem 3, this will not prevent you from being able to answer these questions. | ||
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| − | Please answer the quiz on Moodle, in the ''' | + | Please answer the quiz on Moodle, in the '''Quiz on BinSearch section'''. |
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=Problem 5= | =Problem 5= | ||
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| − | Assume that we want to create a 16-bit floating point format similar to the IEEE floating point format we have | + | Assume that we want to create a 16-bit floating point format similar to the IEEE floating point format we have seen in class. |
| − | This format uses all the rules we have | + | This format uses all the rules we have studied as being intrinsic to the 32-bit format, including the ''exceptions'', and the ''biased exponent''. |
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In this 16-bit format, the sign, exponent, and mantissa are as follows: | In this 16-bit format, the sign, exponent, and mantissa are as follows: | ||
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* The most significant bit is the sign bit: 0 for positive, 1 for negative | * The most significant bit is the sign bit: 0 for positive, 1 for negative | ||
* The next 4 bits are the exponent. The stored exponent is offset by a bias relative to the true exponent. | * The next 4 bits are the exponent. The stored exponent is offset by a bias relative to the true exponent. | ||
| − | * The lower 11 bits are the mantissa, which assumes a hidden 1. All numbers, as with the 32-bit format are normalized as 1.bbb...bbb x 2^(true exponent). | + | * The lower 11 bits are the mantissa, which assumes a hidden 1. All numbers, as with the 32-bit format, are normalized as 1.bbb...bbb x 2^(true exponent). |
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==Questions== | ==Questions== | ||
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