CSC165 Discrete Structure

Discrete Structure: most repeated questions

Questions that have come up in more than one paper, matched by what they ask rather than exact wording. Most repeated first.

  1. 5×Asked in 2081, 2080, 2078, 2076, 2075
    Solve the recurrence relation a n = a n−1 + 2a n−2 with initial conditions a 0​ = 2 and a 1​ = 7.Answer coming5
    See the wording in each paper
  2. 4×Asked in 2082, 2078, 2076, 2075
    Define an Euler circuit and Euler path in an undirected graph. Compute the maximal flow from the following network flow. [figure in the original paper]Answer coming10
    See the wording in each paper
  3. 4×Asked in 2082, 2081, 2080, 2079
    Define well ordering property. Find the multiplicative inverse of 7 modulo 19 using Extended Euclidean Algorithm.Answer coming5
    See the wording in each paper
  4. 3×Asked in 2081, 2078, 2076
    Define chromatic number. How does Kruskal's algorithm find Minimum Spanning Tree?Answer coming5
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  5. 3×Asked in 2079, 2076, 2075
    Use Chinese Remainder Theorem to find the value of x such that x = 0 ( MOD 2) , x = 2 (MOD 3) and x = 3 (MOD 5).Answer coming5
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  6. 2×Asked in 2082, 2079
    What are the necessary conditions for a graph to be isomorphic? List and illustrate with an example.Answer coming5
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  7. 2×Asked in 2081, 2080
    What is network flow? Give an example of saturated edge, unsaturated edge, and slack.Answer coming5
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  8. 2×Asked in 2078, 2075
    Prove that if n is positive integer, then n is odd if and only if 5n + 6 is odd.Answer coming5
    See the wording in each paper