Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

Course No.: CSC301 Year: 2023

Section No.: All Section Semester: Summer

Course Title: Finite Automata & Theory of Computation Exam: Final

Instructor: All instructors Total Marks: 100

School: SETS Time & Duration: 24-08-2023| 18:00 PM (60 Minute)

Department: CSE Location: In person

Note: It is an Open Book Exam. Any printed material is allowed during this exam. No Digital device is allowed.
Maximum Answer Time
Question
Marks (minutes)

1. Develop a pushdown automaton (PDA) for the following

language.
20
n p m m n
L=0 0 1 0 1 :n ≥ 0 ,m>0 , p ≥ 0 10

2. Develop a context-free-grammar (CFG) for the following

language.
20
n p m m n
L=0 0 1 0 1 :n ≥ 0 ,m>0 , p ≥ 0 10

3. Modify the following DFA to create the minimized DFA.

20
10

4. Modify the following grammar by removing empty

productions
S  BaAB
S  BCB 20
Bε 10
B  bS
Cε
 Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

Course No.: CSC301 Year: 2023

Section No.: All Section Semester: Summer

Course Title: Finite Automata & Theory of Computation Exam: Final

Instructor: All instructors Total Marks: 100

School: SETS Time & Duration: 24-08-2023| 18:00 PM (60 Minute)

Department: CSE Location: In person

5. Modify the following grammar by converting to Chomsky-

Normal-Form
S  aBBaA
AB
20
A a
B  ABaB 10
BA
B b