This set of Automata Theory Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “DFA to Regular Expressions”.
1. Which of the following is same as the given DFA?
a) (0+1)*001(0+1)*
b) 1*001(0+1)*
c) (01)*(0+0+1)(01)*
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: There needs to be 001 together in the string as an essential substring. Thus, the other components can be anything, 0 or 1 or e.
2. Which of the following statements is not true?
a) Every language defined by any of the automata is also defined by a regular expression
b) Every language defined by a regular expression can be represented using a DFA
c) Every language defined by a regular expression can be represented using NFA with e moves
d) Regular expression is just another representation for any automata definition
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Explanation: Using NFA with e moves, we can represent all the regular expressions as an automata. As regular expressions include e, we need to use e moves.
3. The total number of states required to automate the given regular expression
(00)*(11)*
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
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4. Which of the given regular expressions correspond to the automata shown?
a) (110+1)*0
b) (11+110)*1
c) (110+11)*0
d) (1+110)*1
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Explanation: There is no state change for union operation, but has two different paths while for concatenation or dot operation, we have a state change for every element of the string.
5. Generate a regular expression for the following problem statement:
Password Validation: String should be 8-15 characters long. String must contain a number, an Uppercase letter and a Lower case letter.
a) ^(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*\d).{8,15}$
b) ^(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*\d).{9,16}$
c) ^(?=.[a-z])(?=.[A-Z])(?=.\d).{8,15}$
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: Passwords like abc123, 123XYZ, should not be accepted . If one also wants to include special characters as one of the constraint, one can use the following regular expression:
^(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*\d)(?=.*[^\da-za-Z]).{8,15}$
6. Generate a regular expression for the following problem statement:
P(x): String of length 6 or less for å={0,1}*
a) (1+0+e)6
b) (10)6
c) (1+0)(1+0)(1+0)(1+0)(1+0)(1+0)
d) More than one of the mentioned is correct
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Explanation: As the input variables are under Kleene Operation, we need to include e,thus option c is not correct,thereby option (a) is the right answer.
7. The minimum number of states required in a DFA (along with a dumping state) to check whether the 3rd bit is 1 or not for |n|>=3
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 1
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8. Which of the regular expressions corresponds to the given problem statement:
P(x): Express the identifiers in C Programming language
l=letters
d=digits
a) (l+_)(d+_)*
b) (l+d+_)*
c) (l+_)(l+d+_)*
d) (_+d)(l+d+_)*
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Explanation: Identifiers in C Programming Language follows the following identifiers rule:
a) The name of the identifier should not begin with a digit.
b) It can only begin with a letter or a underscore.
c) It can be of length 1 or more.
9. Generate a regular expression for the given language:l
L(x): {xÎ{0,1}*| x ends with 1 nd does not contain a substring 01}
a) (0+01)*
b) (0+01)*1
c) (0+01)*(1+01)
d) All of the mentioned
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Explanation: (a) and (b) are the general cases where we restrict the acceptance of a string witrh substring 00 but we ignore the case where the string needs to end with 1 which therby, does not allows the acceptance of e.
10. The minimum number of transitions to pass to reach the final state as per the following regular expression is:
{a,b}*{baaa}
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) 3
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Explanation:
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