6.090 IAP '05 Quiz Practice Problems

Part 1: Evaluation

Evaluate the following expressions and give the value and type of the
last expression in each group.  If the expressions result in an error, 

For example:

(define x 3)
x

Answer:

Value: 3
Type: number


1.
(define x 7)
(+ x 7)

2.
(define y (lambda (z) (+ z 3)))
y

3.
(let ((a 3)
      (b (lambda (c) (lambda (d) (+ c d)))))
  (b a))

4.
((lambda (a b) (b a)) 3 (lambda (c) (+ c 1)))

5.
(define m 3)
(let ((m 5)
      (n (if (= m 3) 7 9)))
  n)


Part 2: Recursive Procedures

Write (expt x n): a procedure that raises x to the nth power (without
reference to your notes)

(define (expt x n)
  to-be-completed)


Part 3: Box and Pointer

Draw the box and pointer diagrams for the following expressions:

1.
(cons 3 (cons 4 nil))

2.
(list (list 1 2) (list 3 4))

3.
(let ((a (cons 3 nil))
      (b (cons 4 nil)))
  (append a b))

4.
(cdr (cdr (cons (list 1 2 3) (list 4 5 6 7))))


Part 4:

Let's write a student abstraction.  Students have two important
features: a name, and a cluefulness rating.  The clue rating ranges
from 1-10.  The constructor is defined as follows:

(define (make-student name clue)
  (list "student" name "clue" clue))

Finish the definition of the selectors such that the following
contract holds:

(define s (make-student "Ben" 3))

(student-name s)
;Value: "Ben"
(student-clue s)
;Value: 3

1.
(define (student-name student)
  to-be-completed)

2.
(define (student-clue student)
  to-be-completed)

Suppose we have a list of students in the class and we wanted to
compute the total clue of the whole class (sum of each student's clue).

(define (total-clue list-of-students)
  (if (null? list-of-students)
      0
      (+ ___________
         ____________)))

3.
Fill in the two blanks above.  You may use any primitive procedures or
procedures written above.


4.  Now suppose we want the average clue.  You may use any primitive
procedures (including length) or procedures written above.  You may
also assume a non-empty list-of-students.

(define (average-clue list-of-students)
  (/ ________    ____________))


Part 5:

Are the following procedures recursive or iterative?

1.
(define (list-of-sevens n)
  (if (= n 0)
      nil
      (cons 7 (list-of-sevens (- n 1)))))

2.
(define (odd? x)
  (if (< x 2)
      (= x 1)
      (odd? (- x 2))))

3.
(define (list-ref lst k)
  (if (= k 0)
      (car lst)
      (list-ref (cdr lst) (- k 1))))

4.
(define (fib n)
  (if (< n 2)
      n
      (+ (fib (- n 1))
         (fib (- n 2)))))