Department of Computer Science
Computer Science 101: Mid Term Exam I (60 minutes)
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Name: NetID:
Lab Section: Date: 2/25/10
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No questions
will be answered during this examination.
If you do not understand a question, read it again. If you still do not understand it, make reasonable assumptions and write them
down. (Points will be deducted if unreasonable assumptions are made.)
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also allowing someone to copy from you.
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zero. So be defensive and protect your
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score for the exam.
You may not use any electronic devices, book, notes or other
references during this examination.
Section |
Possible Score |
Deduction |
Grader |
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5 |
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2 |
6 |
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3 |
8 |
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4 |
8 |
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5 |
8 |
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6 |
6 |
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7 |
4 |
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8 |
6 |
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9 |
6 |
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10 |
5 |
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11 |
8 |
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12 |
6 |
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13 |
8 |
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14 |
8 |
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15 |
8 |
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16 |
8 |
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17 |
5 |
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18 |
6 |
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19 |
6 |
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Total |
125 |
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Exam Scoreà |
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A
1.
Write the results
Matlab returns for the following commands typed in the Matlab command window.
a) >> x1 = 0:2:4
x1 =
____________________________________________
b) >> x2 = linspace(0,4,2)
x2 =
____________________________________________
2.
Write the results
Matlab returns for the following commands typed in the Matlab command window.
>> x = [0, 1, 2];
>> x = x + x.*x
x =
____________________________________________
3.
Write the results
Matlab returns for the following commands typed in the Matlab command window.
>> x = [0,3,9];
>> z = cumsum(x)
z =
____________________________________________
>> a = diff(diff(x))
a =
____________________________________________
4.
Write a single MATLAB command to find all the roots of
.
___________________________________________________________________________
5. Circle each of
the choices below that correctly defines a function named calc_v which has two input parameters, v0 and time. The function calc_v returns the current
velocity (in one dimension) based on a fixed acceleration, a = 2.354 . There may be
more than one correct answer.
a) function calc_v = velocity(v0,time)
a=2.354;
velocity=a*time+v0;
b) function calc_v(v0,time,acceleration)
= velocity
velocity=a*time+v0;
c) function velocity = calc_v(v0,time)
a=2.354;
velocity=a*time+v0;
d) function velocity = calc_v(v0,time,acceleration)
velocity=a*time+v0;
6. Given the following command is typed at the Matlab prompt:
>> a = [ 1 2 3; 4 5 6; 7 8 9];
circle each of
the following statements that are correct Matlab responses. There may be
more than
one correct answer.
a) >> sum( a’ )
ans =
6 15 24
b) >> sum( a )
ans =
6 15 24
c) >> sum( sum( a ) )
ans =
45
7.
Complete the Matlab command below by
filling in the blanks. The command should evaluate the polynomial x5 -3x4 +5 x2 +x-6 at x = 3:10.
>> polyval(
________________________ , ________________________)
8. Given two matrices A and B each being a 4 row by 4 column matrix, circle each of the following commands that will always return a 4 row by 4 column matrix of zeros. There may be more than one correct answer.
a) >> (A*B) – (B*A)
b) >> (A*eye(4)) - A
c) >> (B’)’ - B
9.
Assume that matrix A
has been declared as follows:
>> A = [2 4 6; 5 7 9];
Write
the result of the following expression.
>> A(1,:) .* A(2,:)
ans =
_______________________________________________
10. Answer both questions a) and b) below. Write down the
output that Matlab displays after you type each of the following commands.
>> Q = [1,2,3,4,5; 6,7,8,9,10; 11,12,13,14,15;
16,17,18,19,20]
Q =
1 2
3 4 5
6 7
8 9 10
11 12
13 14 15
16 17
18 19 20
a)
>> v=[1:3];
>> Q(v,2)
ans =
_______________________________________________
b)
>> v = [2, 5];
>> Q(4, v)
ans =
_______________________________________________
11.
Write a single Matlab command to compute the
following sum,
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which
represents the sum
.
>>
result = __________________________________________________
12. Circle each
answer choice below that will NOT
produce a Matlab error. Assume that there is a function named func whose
code is located in a file named func.m.
The
code for func is shown below. There may be more than one correct answer.
function out = func(x, y)
out = x + y
a) >> x = 3;
>> y = 4;
>> out = func(x,y)
b) >> x = 3;
>> y = 4;
>> z = func(x,y)
c) >> x = 3;
>> y = 4;
>> out = func([x,y])
13. Assuming that y = [ 2 1 2 ], circle each Matlab expression below that will produce the
result:
[4 1 4]
There
may be more than one correct answer.
a) >> y .^ 2
b) >> y .^ y
c) >> y .* y
d) >> y * y
14. Circle each of
the following answer choices that will plot a reasonable approximation of the graph
of
y = sin(x) from -
to π. There may
be more than one correct answer.
a) >> x = -pi : 2*pi/100 : pi;
>> y = sin(x);
>> plot(x, y)
b) >> fplot('sin(x)', [-pi, pi]);
c) >> fplot(sin, -pi, pi);
d) >> fplot(@sin, [-pi, pi]);
15. Write the results Matlab returns for the following command
typed in the Matlab command window.
>> y = fzero('x-2',3)
y =
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
16. Circle the result Matlab returns for the following sequence of commands typed in the Matlab command window. There is only one correct answer.
>> x = [2 8 15 6];
>> y = [4 3 13 7];
>> z = max(y(x <= y ))
z =
a) 2 6
b) 7
c) 13
d) 15
17. Fill
in the blanks below to approximate the definite integral:
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>> x = linspace(_______________ , ________________
, 1000);
>> y = ____________________________________________;
>> area = trapz( __________________ ,
_____________________)
18. Complete the Matlab code below by filling in the blanks to solve the system of linear equations shown below. You may assume that the system has a unique solution (so that Matlab does not display an error message). Do NOT write the solution to the system of equations, just write the code necessary for Matlab to find the solution.

>> A = [ 2
3 -7 ; 5
2 3; ______________________ ];
>> c = ______________________________________________________
>> solution = ________________________________________________
19. Assume
that you are given the code for the function named main in the file main.m shown below.
function c = main(a)
mp_data
b = 2;
c = a+b;
and you are also given the code for
the script named mp_data in the file mp_data.m shown below.
b = 4;
c = 5;
Write the results Matlab returns for
the following sequence of commands typed at the Matlab prompt.
>> a = 11;
>> b = 12;
>> c = main(1)
c =
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>> b
b =
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