Unit 2: Control Flow, Arrays, and Pointers21CSS101J

Pointers, Address-of Operator, Dereferencing, and Pointer Arithmetic

Curriculum and historical examination lineage for Pointers, Address-of Operator, Dereferencing, and Pointer Arithmetic under Unit 2 (Control Flow, Arrays, and Pointers) of Programming For Problem Solving (21CSS101J) at SRMIST.

Appearances
15
Cataloged Exam Questions
Exam Papers
9
Distinct University Exams
Question Families
5
Recurring Conceptual Archetypes
SRMIST Status
Active
Regulation 2021 Syllabus
Assessment Cycle Weightage

Historical appearance distribution across SRMIST Formative Tests (CT1, CT2) and University End Semester examinations.

CT1
2
Cycle Test 1
CT2
4
Cycle Test 2
EndSem
4
Semester Exam
Marks Weightage Distribution

Factual marks weightage of questions asked on this topic in historical examinations.

1 Marks:2 questions
5 Marks:4 questions
6 Marks:1 questions
25 Marks:2 questions
Recurring Question Families (5)

Question templates that recur across multiple examination cycles with similar conceptual stems.

family repeat2 paper appearances

“Sushan is working on strings. He has got the numbers as a string which is given below as an input....”

singleton1 paper appearance

“What is pointer declaration and dereferencing and also define null pointer in C.”

singleton1 paper appearance

“(b) Write short notes on (i) Constant pointers (ii) Function pointers (iii) Null pointers”

singleton1 paper appearance

“Size of integer pointer and character pointer in C for 16 bit processor is (A) 2 1 (B) 2 2 (C) 4 1...”

singleton1 paper appearance

“Which is not a valid syntax to declare a pointer variable? a. int p*=&a; b. int *p=&a; c. *int p=&a...”

Sample Past Exam Questions

Representative historical questions extracted directly from SRMIST examination papers.

What is pointer declaration and dereferencing and also define null pointer in C.

Year: 2023•Assessment: CT1
6 Marks

(b) Write short notes on (i) Constant pointers (ii) Function pointers (iii) Null pointers

Year: 2019•Assessment: EndSem

Size of integer pointer and character pointer in C for 16 bit processor is (A) 2 1 (B) 2 2 (C) 4 1 (D) 4 2

Year: 2024•Assessment: EndSem
1 Marks

Which is not a valid syntax to declare a pointer variable? a. int p*=&a; b. int *p=&a; c. *int p=&a d. int *p=&a;

Year: 2023•Assessment: CT1
1 Marks

2a. Answer questions (i) to (v) under 2a. (i) Problem: Neha has a string S with her fname and lname. She needs to know the number of characters in fname and lname. Help her to...

Year: 2023•Assessment: Other
25 Marks
Historical Papers Indexed (8)

Examinations where questions for Pointers, Address-of Operator, Dereferencing, and Pointer Arithmetic have appeared.

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2023CT1
PYQ Jan 2019
2019EndSem
PYQ May 2024
2024EndSem
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2023Other
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2023CT2
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2023CT2
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2023Other
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2023Other
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