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This document outlines the examination details for the Certificate in Information Technology at Meru University for the 2019/2020 academic year. It includes various questions related to structured programming in C, covering topics such as computer hardware, memory, programming errors, and functions. Students are instructed to answer one main question and any two additional questions within a specified time frame.

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CIT 1202 Structured Programming2

This document outlines the examination details for the Certificate in Information Technology at Meru University for the 2019/2020 academic year. It includes various questions related to structured programming in C, covering topics such as computer hardware, memory, programming errors, and functions. Students are instructed to answer one main question and any two additional questions within a specified time frame.

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MERU UNI VERSI TY OF SCI ENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

P. O. Box 972- 60200 – Meru- Kenya


Tel: +254( 0) 799 529 958, +254( 0) 799 529 959, + 254 (0) 712 524 293,
We bsit e: i nf o @must. ac. ke Email: i nf o @must. ac. ke

UNI VERSI TY EXAMI NATI ONS 2019/ 2020

FI RST YEAR SECOND SE MESTER SUPPLE MENTARY/ SPECI AL EXAMI NATI ON


FOR THE CERTI FI CATE I NI NFORMATI ON TECHNOLOGY

CI T 1202: STRUCTURED PROGRA MMI NG

DATE: JANUARY 2021 TI ME: 11/ 2 HOURS

I NSTRUCTI ONS: Ans wer questi on one and any ot her t wo questi ons

QUESTI ON ONE ( 30 MARKS)

a) Identify any t hree exa mpl es of co mput er har dware (3 mar ks)
b) Pr ogra ms st ore dat a te mporaril y i n mai n me mor y. Defi ne t he ter m me mor y cell
(2 mar ks)
c) In me mor y a co mput er can eit her st ore a val ue or retrieve it. Di sti ngui sh bet ween
st ori ng and retrievi ng val ues i n co mput er me mor y (2 mar ks)
d) Identify an discuss t he t wo t ypes of co mput er me mor y (4 mar ks)
e) Secondar y st orage pl ay an import ant rol e i n co mput er syst e ms. Identify t wo reasons
why secondar y st orage is required (2 mar ks)
f) Di fferenti at e bet ween co mput er har dwar e and soft ware (2 mar ks)
g) Identify any t wo rol es pl ayed by t he central pr ocessi ng unit (2 mar ks)
h) Identify any four charact eristics of a good al gorit hm (2 mar ks)
i) C i s a struct ured pr ogra mmi ng l anguage. Expl ai n why (2 mar ks)
j) Di scuss t he rol e pl ayed by a C co mpil er (2 mar ks)
k) A co mpil er is a transl at or. Di sti ngui sh bet ween a co mpil er and an i nt er pret er(4 mar ks)
l) Part of t he synt ax of a C progr a mis t he pre- pr ocessor directi ves. Identify t he rol e t he
pr e- pr ocessor directi ves pl ay i n C (1 mar k)
m
) The pri ntf() functi on is defined i n t he st andar d i nput out put li brar y. What is t he role of
t he pri ntf() functi on (1 mar k)

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n) The se mi col on is i mport ant when decl ari ng vari abl es and st at e ment s. What rol e does a
se mi col on pl ay i n a vari able decl arati on (1 mar k)

QUESTI ON T WO ( 15 MARKS)

a) C l anguage cont ai ns reser ved wor ds. Bri efl y descri be your underst andi ng of reserved
wor ds (2 mar ks)
b) Identify any 5 reser ved words i n C (5 mar ks)
c) Descri be t he t wo t ypes of identifiers i n C (4 mar ks)
d) Identify any four i dentifier na mi ng rul es i n C (4 mar ks)

QUESTI ON THREE ( 15 MARKS)


a) You are an I T t echni ci an i n a healt h cli ni c. You have been asked t o writ e a sa mpl e C
pr ogra mt hat woul d hel p t he doct or capt ure some dat a about a pati ent. Ensure your
pr ogra m capt ures dat a pert ai ni ng t o: patient’s na me, age, eye col our, wei ght , ski n
col our and hair col our (6 mar ks)
b) Wr it e a pr ogra mi n C t hat st ores mar ks for 5 st udent s in an array. The pr ogra m shoul d
cont ai n a functi on t hat cal cul at es t he sum and average of t he mar ks i n t he array
(6 mar ks)
c) The foll owi ng is a C vari able decl arati on st at e ment. Write a poi nt er t o t he vari abl e i nt
st udent Mar k=30 (1 mar k)
d) Identify any t wo dat a t ypes i n C (2 mar ks)

QUESTI ON FOUR ( 15 MARKS)


a) Di scuss any t hree co mmon progra mmi ng errors (6 mar ks)
b) Assu mi ng you are an exa mi nati on offi cer at your school, writ e a C pr ogra mt hat
recei ves a nu mber bet ween 0 and 100 and displ ays on the screen t he grade for t hat
nu mber (6 mar ks)
c) Identify t he rol e of t he scanf() functi on i n C
d) At t he wei ghi ng offi ce i n a coffee fact or y, far mers, farmers bri ng t heir pr oduce i n bags.
Havi ng been ne wl y hired as a pr ogra mmer, i dentify t he appr opri at e dat at ypes you

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woul d use t o represent each of t he foll owed: bags of mai ze each far mer has br ought;
t ot al wei ght of coffee each far mer has br ought (2 mar ks)

QUESTI ON FI VE ( 15 MARKS)
a) Identify any t wo t ype of functi ons i n C (4 mar ks)
b) Wr it e a bri ef C pr ogra mt hat opens a file called”pr ogra mmi ng.t xt ” (4 mar ks)
c) Bri efl y ill ustrat e t he struct ure of a for l oop i n C (2 mar ks)
d) The t abl e bel ow represent s litres of mil k a far mer sells each day
Day Litres
1 34
2 50
3 45
4 40
Bei ng a pr ogra mmer, writ e a pr ogra mi n Ct hat cal cul ates t he average litres sol d by t he
far mer for t he four days (4 mar ks)
e) In your own underst andi ng, ill ustrat e t he appli cati on of t he break keywor d (1 mark)

Pr epared and co mpil ed by Mr . Swaka Chris.

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