CSC165 Discrete Structure

Discrete Structure TU Board 2080 question paper

12 questionsSit this paper (timed)

Tribhuvan University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology

Semester 2 · TU Board 2080

Course Title: Discrete Structure (CSC165)

Full Marks: 60Pass Marks: 24Time: 3 hours

Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

Group A

Attempt any two questions.(2 × 10 = 20)

  1. 1.

    Explain strong induction in detail. What is recursively defined function? Use mathematical induction to prove 7^n+2 + 8^2^n+1 is divisible by 57.

    10
  2. 2.

    State pigeonhole principle. Solve the recurrence relation a_n = 5a_n-1 – 6a_n-2 with initial conditions a_0 = 1 and a_1 = 3.

    10
  3. 3.

    State max flow min cut theorem. Find the value of maximal flow in the graph below:

    [figure in the original paper]

    10

Group B

Attempt any eight questions.(8 × 5 = 40)

  1. 4.

    Explain the principle of inclusion and exclusion. How many integers from 1 to 30 are multiples of 2 or 3?

    5
  2. 5.

    Give the example of ceiling, floor and boolean function. How do you plot the graph of the function?

    5
  3. 6.

    Using Chinese remainder theorem solve the following congruences.

    x = 1 (MOD 3)

    x = 3 (MOD 5)

    x = 6 (MOD 7)

    5
  4. 7.

    Find the multiplicative inverse of 4 in Z_11 using extended euclidean algorithm.

    5
  5. 8.

    Express the following sentences using quantifier.

    • a) Not all people are loyal.

    • b) Everybody loves somebody.

    • c) Someone has passed the exam.

    • d) Aquatic animals can't live without water.

    • e) Some subjects are not interesting.

    5
  6. 9.

    What is proof by contradiction? Give a proof by contradiction to show that if 3n+2 is odd then n is odd.

    5
  7. 10.

    State the necessary conditions for two graphs to be isomorphic. How many different words from "MANAGER" can be generated with or without meaning?

    5
  8. 11.

    Define symmetric closure. What is the symmetric closure of the relation R = {(1,1), (1,2), (2,2), (2,3), (3,1), (3,2)} on the set A = {1,2,3}?

    5
  9. 12.

    Represent following graph using adjacency matrix.

    [figure in the original paper]

    5

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