BPOPS103 Principles of Programming Using C syllabus for CSE Stream Physics Group

Introduction to C:

Introduction to computers, input and output devices, designing efficient programs. Introduction to C, Structure of C program, Files used in a C program, Compilers, Compiling and executing C programs, variables, constants, Input/output statements in C,

Textbook: Chapter 1.1-1.9, 2.1-2.2, 8.1 -8.6 ,9.1-9.14

Operators in C, Type conversion and typecasting.

Decision control and Looping statements:

Introduction to decision control, Conditional branching statements, iterative statements, nested loops, break and continue statements, goto statement.

Textbook: Chapter 9.15-9.16, 10.1-10.6

Functions:

Introduction using functions, Function definition, function declaration, function call, return statement, passing parameters to functions, scope of variables, storage classes, recursive functions.Arrays: Declaration of arrays, accessing the elements of an array, storing values in arrays, Operations on arrays, Passing arrays to functions, two dimensional arrays, operations on two-dimensional arrays, two-dimensional arrays to functions, multidimensional arrays, applications of arrays.

Textbook: Chapter 11.1-11.10, 12.1-12.10,12.12

Strings and Pointers:

Introduction, string taxonomy, operations on strings, Miscellaneous string and character functions, arrays of strings. Pointers: Introduction to pointers, declaring pointer variables, Types of pointers, Passing arguments to functions using pointers

Textbook: Chapter 13.1-13.6, 14-14.7

Structure, Union, and Enumerated Data Type:

Introduction, structures and functions, Unions, unions inside structures, Enumerated data type. Files:Introduction to files, using files in C, reading and writing data files. , Detecting end of file

Textbook: Chapter 15.1 –15.10, 16.1-16.5

Course Outcomes(Course Skill Set)

Attheendofthecoursethestudentwillbeableto:

CO 1. Elucidate the basic architecture and functionalities of a computer and also recognizethe hardware parts.

CO 2. Apply programming constructs of C language to solve the real world problem

CO 3.Explore user-defined data structures like arrays in implementing solutions toproblems like searching and sorting

CO 4.Explore user-defined data structures like structures, unions and pointers inimplementing solutions

CO 5.Design and Develop Solutions to problems using modular programming constructs using functions

Programming Assignments

1. Simulation of a Simple Calculator.

2. Compute the roots of a quadratic equation by accepting the coefficients. Print appropriate messages.

3. An electricity board charges the following rates for the use of electricity: for the first 200 units 80 paise per unit: for the next 100 units 90 paise per unit: beyond 300 units Rs 1 per unit. All users are charged a minimum of Rs. 100 as meter charge. If the total amount is more than Rs 400, then an additional surcharge of 15% of total amount is charged. Write a program to read the name of the user, number of units consumed and print out the charges.

4. Write a C Program to display the following by reading the number of rows as input,

11 2 11 2 3 2 11 2 3 4 3 2 1---------------------------

n^th row

5. Implement Binary Search on Integers.

6. Implement Matrix multiplication and validate the rules of multiplication.

7. Compute sin(x)/cos(x) using Taylor series approximation. Compare your result with the built-in library function. Print both the results with appropriate inferences.

8. Sort the given set of N numbers using Bubble sort.

9. Write functions to implement string operations such as compare, concatenate, and find string length. Usethe parameter passing techniques.

10. Implement structures to read, write and compute average-marks ofthe students, list the students scoring above and below the average marks for a class of N students.

11. Develop a program using pointers to compute the sum, mean and standard deviation of all elements stored in an array of N real numbers.

12. Write a C program to copy a text file to another, read both the input file name and target file name.

Note:

SEE marks for the practical course is 50 Marks.

SEE shall be conducted jointly by the two examiners of the same institute, examiners are appointed by the University.

All laboratory experiments are to be included for practical examination.

(Rubrics) Breakup of marks and the instructions printed on the cover page of the answer script to be strictly adhered to by the examiners. OR based on the course requirement evaluation rubrics shall be decided jointly by examiners.

Students can pick one question (experiment) from the questions lot prepared by the internal /external examiners jointly.

Evaluation of test write-up/ conduction procedure and result/viva will be conducted jointly by examiners.

General rubrics suggested for SEE are mentioned here, writeup-20%, Conduction procedure and result in -60%, Viva-voce 20% of maximum marks. SEE for practical shall be evaluated for 100 marks and scored marks shall be scaled down to 50 marks (however, based on course type, rubrics shall be decided by the examiners)

Students can pick one experiment from the questions lot with equal choice to all the students in a batch. Student should develop an algorithm, program, execute and demonstrate the results with appropriate output for the given problem.

Change of experiment is allowed only once and 15% Marks allotted to the procedure part to be made zero.

The duration of SEE is 02 hours

Assessment Details (both CIE and SEE)

The weightage of Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) is 50% and for Semester End Exam (SEE) is 50%. The minimum passing mark for the CIE is 40% of the maximum marks (20 marks out of 50). The minimum passing mark for the SEE is 35% of the maximum marks (18marks out of 50). A student shall be deemed to have satisfied the academic requirements and earned the credits allotted to each subject/ course if the student secures not less than 35% (18 Marks out of 50) in the semester-end examination(SEE), and a minimum of 40% (40 marks out of 100) in the sum total of the CIE (Continuous Internal Evaluation) and SEE (Semester End Examination) taken together.

Continuous Internal Evaluation(CIE):

Two Unit Tests each of 20 Marks (duration 01 hour)

• First test after the completion of 30-40 % of the syllabus
• Second test after completion of 80-90% of the syllabus

One Improvement test before the closing of the academic term may be conducted if necessary. However best two tests out of three shall be taken into consideration.

Two assignments each of 10 Marks

The teacher has to plan the assignments and get them completed by the students well before the closing of the term so that marks entry in the examination portal shall be done in time. Formative (Successive) Assessments include Assignments/Quizzes/Seminars/Course projects/Field surveys/ Case studies/ Hands-on practice (experiments)/Group Discussions/ others. . The Teachers shall choose the types of assignments depending on the requirement of the course and plan to attain the Cos and POs. (to have a less stressed CIE, the portion of the syllabus should not be common /repeated for any of the methods of the CIE. Each method of CIE should have a different syllabus portion of the course). CIE methods /test question paper is designed to attain the different levels of Bloom’s taxonomy as per the outcome defined for the course.

The sum of two tests, two assignments, will be out of 60 marks and will be scaled down to 30 marks

CIE for the practical component of the Integrated Course

• On completion of every experiment/program in the laboratory, the students shall be evaluated and marks shall be awarded on the same day. The15 marksare for conducting the experiment and preparation of the laboratory record, the other 05 marks shall be for the test conducted at the end of the semester.
• The CIE marks awarded in the case of the Practical component shall be based on the continuous evaluation of the laboratory report. Each experiment report can be evaluated for 10 marks. Marks of all experiments’ write-ups are added and scaled down to 15 marks.
• The laboratory test (duration 02/03 hours)at the end of the 14th/15thweek of the semester /after completion of all the experiments (whichever is early) shall be conducted for 50 marks and scaled down to 05 marks.

Scaled-down marks of write-up evaluations and tests added will be CIE marks for the laboratory component of IPCC for 20 marks.

Semester End Examination (SEE):

SEE for IC

Theory SEE will be conducted by University as per the scheduled time table, with common question papers for the course (duration 03 hours)

1.The question paper will have ten questions. Each question is set for 20 marks.

2.There will be 2 questions from each module. Each of the two questions under a module (with a maximum of 3 sub-questions), should have a mix of topicsunder that module.

3.The students have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

The theory portion of the Integrated Course shall be for both CIE and SEE, whereas the practical portion will have a CIE component only. Questions mentioned in the SEE paper shall include questions from the practical component).

Passing standard:

• The minimum marks to be secured in CIE to appear for SEE shall be 12 (40% of maximum marks-30) in the theory component and 08 (40% of maximum marks -20)in the practicalcomponent. The laboratory component of the IPCC shall be for CIE only. However, in SEE, the questions from the laboratory component shall be included. The maximum of 04/05 questions to be set from the practical component of IPCC, the total marks of all questions should not be more than 30 marks.
• SEE will be conducted for 100 marks and students shall secure 35% of the maximum marks to qualify for the SEE. Marks secured will be scaled down to 50.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Textbooks

1.Computer fundamentals and programming in c, “Reema Thareja”, Oxford University, Second edition, 2017.

Reference Books:

1.E. Balaguruswamy, Programming in ANSI C, 7th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill.

2.Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, The ‘C’ Programming Language, Prentice Hall of India