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Computer Professionals
Master’s Program Sample Test
You will be asked to complete a real test as part of your
application process.

The purpose of this short test is to assess your ability to solve elementary
programming problems in a language of your choice.

Write your solutions in Java if you are familiar with that language; otherwise
use one of these languages: C, C++, or C#. For each of the problems below,
write the simplest, clearest solution you can, in the form of a short
program.

SAMPLE TEST
1. An array with an odd number of elements is said to be centered if all
elements (except the middle one) are strictly greater than the value
of the middle element. Note that only arrays with an odd number of
elements have a middle element. Write a function that accepts an
integer array and returns 1 if it is a centered array, otherwise it
returns 0.

Examples:

if the input return

array is
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{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} 0 (the middle element 3 is not strictly less than all other
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{3, 2, 1, 4, 5} 1 (the middle element 1 is strictly less than all other

elements)

{3, 2, 1, 4, 1} 0 (the middle element 1 is not strictly less than all other
elements)

{1, 2, 3, 4} 0 (no middle element)

{} 0 (no middle element)

{10} 1 (the middle element 10 is strictly less than all other

elements)

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2. Write a function that takes an array of integers as an argument and

returns a value based on the sums of the even and odd numbers in
the array. Let X = the sum of the odd numbers in the array and let Y =
the sum of the even numbers. The function should return X – Y

The signature of the function is:

int f(int[ ] a)

Examples

if input array is return

{1} 1

{1, 2} -1

{1, 2, 3} 2

{1, 2, 3, 4} -2

{3, 3, 4, 4} -2

{3, 2, 3, 4} 0

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{1, 1} 2
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{} 0

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3. Write a function that accepts a character array, a zero-based start

position and a length. It should return a character array containing
containing lengthcharacters starting with the startcharacter of the
input array. The function should do error checking on the start position
and the length and return null if the either value is not legal.
The function signature is:
char[ ] f(char[ ] a, int start, int len)

Examples

if input parameters are return

{‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’}, 0, 4 null

{‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’}, 0, 3 {‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’}

{‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’}, 0, 2 {‘a’, ‘b’}

{‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’}, 0, 1 {‘a’}

{‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’}, 1, 3 null

{‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’}, 1, 2 {‘b’, ‘c’}

{‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’}, 1, 1 {‘b’}

{‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’}, 2, 2 null

{‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’}, 2, 1 {‘c’}

{‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’}, 3, 1 null

{‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’}, 1, 0 {}

{‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’}, -1, 2 null

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{}, 0, 1 null
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4. Write a function to reverse an integer using numeric operators and

without using any arrays or other data structures.
The signature of the function is:
int f(int n)

Examples

if the input integer is return

1234 4321

12005 50021

1 1

1000 1

0 0

-12345 -54321

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5. Write a function to return an array containing all elements common

to two given arrays containing distinct positive integers. You should
not use any inbuilt methods. You are allowed to use any number of
arrays.
The signature of the function is:
int[] f(int[] rst, int[] second)

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if input parameters are return

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{1, 8, 3, 2}, {4, 2, 6, 1} {1, 2}

{1, 8, 3, 2, 6}, {2, 6, 1} {2, 6, 1}

{1, 3, 7, 9}, {7, 1, 9, 3} {1, 3, 7, 9}

{1, 2}, {3, 4} {}

{}, {1, 2, 3} {}

{1, 2}, {} {}

{1, 2}, null null

null, {} null

null, null null

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6. Consider an array A with n of positive integers. An integer idx is

called a POE (point of equilibrium) of A, if A[0] + A[1] + … + A[idx – 1] is
equal to A[idx + 1] + A[idx + 2] + … + A[n – 1]. Write a function to
return POE of an array, if it exists and -1 otherwise. 
The signature of the function is:
int f(int[] a)

Examples

if input arrays return

are

{1, 8, 3, 7, 10, 2} 3 Reason: a[0] + a[1] + a[2] is equal to a[4] + a[5]

{1, 5, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2 Reason: a[0] + a[1] is equal to a[3] + a[4] + a[5] + a[6] +

1, 1} a[7] + a[8]

{2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 7} 5 Reason: a[0] + a[1] + a[2] + a[3] + a[4] is equal to a[6]

{1, 2, 3} -1 Reason: No POE.

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{3, 4, 5, 10} -1 Reason: No POE.

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{1, 2, 10, 3, 4} -1 Reason: No POE.

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Note: Please read the list of common programming errors that students

have committed on our test.

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