1
GATE CSE 2014 Set 3
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
Consider the C function given below. Assume that the array listA contains n (> 0) elements, sored in ascending order.
int ProcessArray(int *listA, int x, int n) 
{ 
      int i, j, k; 
      i = 0; 
      j = n-1; 
      do 
      { 
         k = (i+j)/2; 
         if (x <= listA[k]) 
           j = k-1; 
         if (listA[k] <= x) 
           i = k+1; 
      } 
      while (i <= j); 
      if (listA[k] == x) 
           return(k); 
      else 
           return -1; 
}
Which one of the following statements about the function ProcessArray is CORRECT?
A
It will run into an infinite loop when x is not in listA
B
It is an implementation of binary search.
C
It will always find the maximum element in listA.
D
It will return −1 even when X is present in listA.
2
GATE CSE 2014 Set 3
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
Consider the pseudocode given below. The function Dosomething () takes as argument a pointer to the root of an arbitrary tree represented by the leftMostChild-rightSibling representation. Each node of the tree is of type treeNode.
typedef struct treeNode* treeptr; 
Struct treeNode 
{ 
    Treeptr leftMostchild, rightSibiling; 
}; 
Int Dosomething (treeptr tree) 
{ 
    int value =0; 
    if (tree ! = NULL) { 
      If (tree -> leftMostchild = = NULL) 
          value=1; 
    else 
        value = Dosomething (tree->leftMostchild); 
        value = value + Dosometing (tree->rightsibiling); 
    } 
    return (value); 
}
When the pointer to the root of a tree is passed as the argument to DoSomething, the value returned by the function corresponds to the
A
number of internal nodes in the tree.
B
height of the tree
C
number of nodes without a right sibling in the tree.
D
number of leaf nodes in the tree.
3
GATE CSE 2014 Set 3
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6

Consider the following relational schema:

employee (empId, empName, empDept )

customer (custId, custName, salesRepId, rating)

SalesRepId is a foreign key referring to empId of the employee relation. Assume that each employee makes a sale to at least one customer. What does the following query return?
SELECT empName 
FROM employee E 
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT custId 
       FROM customer C 
       WHERE C.salesRepId = E.empId 
       AND C.rating <> 'GOOD');
A
Names of all the employees with at least one of their customers having a 'GOOD' rating.
B
Names of all the employees with at most one of their customers having a 'GOOD' rating.
C
Names of all the employees with none of their customers having a 'GOOD' rating.
D
Names of all the employees with all their customers having a 'GOOD' rating.
4
GATE CSE 2014 Set 3
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+1
-0.3
What is the optimized version of the relation algebra expression $$\pi_{A1}(\pi_{A2}(\sigma_{F1}(\sigma_{F2}(r))))$$, where $$A1, A2$$ are sets of attributes in r with $$A1 \subset A2$$ and $$F1,F2$$ are Boolean expressions based on the attributes in r?
A
$$\pi_{A1}(\sigma_{(F1 \wedge F2)}(r))$$
B
$$\pi_{A1}(\sigma_{(F1 \vee F2)}(r))$$
C
$$\pi_{A2}(\sigma_{(F1 \wedge F2)}(r))$$
D
$$\pi_{A2}(\sigma_{(F1 \vee F2)}(r))$$