🤖 Theory-Driven • 7 PYQ Papers Analysed

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21CSC302J · SRM IST · Semester 5
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🔥 Units 1 & 2 = 52% of marks.  DFA/NFA construction, ε-NFA to DFA conversion, and Regular Expression to Automata appear in 6 out of 7 papers. Master these first! Always draw complete state diagrams — partial diagrams still earn partial marks.
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PYQ Pareto Analysis

Based on 7 exam papers. Master the 20% of topics that yield 80% of marks.

🔥 HOT
Unit 1
Finite Automata
30%
22 / 75 marks
🔥 HOT
Unit 2
Regular Languages
22%
16 / 75 marks
Unit 3
Context-Free Grammars
20%
15 / 75 marks
Unit 4
Pushdown Automata
15%
11 / 75 marks
Unit 5
Turing Machines
13%
11 / 75 marks

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Mastering only these topics lets you score 55–65 out of 75

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Part A
25 MCQs × 1 = 25 marks
Target: 20–23 / 25
  • DFA/NFA: identify accepted/rejected strings from diagram 7/7
  • ε-NFA to DFA subset construction 6/7
  • Regular Expression to/from FA 6/7
  • Chomsky Hierarchy classification 6/7
  • Pumping Lemma application 5/7
  • CFG derivations and parse trees 5/7
  • PDA stack trace for given string 5/7
  • CNF / GNF conversion steps 4/7
  • Turing Machine halting conditions 4/7
  • DFA minimization equivalence classes 4/7
Part B
5 Questions × 8 = 40 marks
Target: 32–40 / 40
QUnitExpected Topic
21U1Construct DFA/NFA for given language with state diagram 🔥
22U2ε-NFA to DFA conversion using subset construction 🔥
23U3Design CFG + convert to CNF or GNF 🔥
24U4Design PDA for CFL with instantaneous descriptions
25U5Design Turing Machine for simple language (e.g. aⁿbⁿ)
Part C
1 Question × 10 = 10 marks
Target: 8–10 / 10

Choose 1 of 2 questions. Typical options:

Q.26
DFA Minimization using Table-filling (Myhill–Nerode) method 🔥 OR Pumping Lemma proof that a language is NOT regular
Q.27
Multi-tape or Universal Turing Machine with full transition table OR Decidability and Halting Problem explanation with proof sketch
💡 FLA Exam Secret: Always label every state (q0, q1...), mark the start state with an arrow, and double-circle accepting states. Examiners award marks per correctly labeled state — incomplete diagrams still earn partial credit.

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