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Topics covered

Chomsky Hierarchy OverviewGrammar Formal Definition (4-tuple)Type 1 Context-Sensitive GrammarsType 2 Context-Free GrammarsFormal Languages and Automata Theory IntroductionType 0 Unrestricted GrammarsRight-Linear GrammarsLeft-Linear GrammarsType 3 Regular GrammarsApplications of Theory of ComputationBasics of Formal LanguagesFinite Automata+30 more

Sample questions

1. What is the highest level of the Chomsky hierarchy that allows production rules with no restrictions on the form of either the left-hand side or the right-hand side?

a.Type 3 (Regular)

b.Type 2 (Context-Free)

c.Type 0 (Unrestricted)

d.Type 1 (Context-Sensitive)

2. Which of the following is the correct formal definition of a grammar G?

a.G = (V, Σ, P, S) where V is productions, Σ is terminals, P is non-terminals, S is start symbol

b.G = (V, Σ, P, S) where V is start symbol, Σ is non-terminals, P is productions, S is terminals

c.G = (V, Σ, P, S) where V is terminals, Σ is non-terminals, P is productions, S is start symbol

d.G = (V, Σ, P, S) where V is non-terminals, Σ is terminals, P is productions, S is start symbol

3. Which type of automaton is equivalent to a Type 1 (Context-Sensitive) grammar?

a.Pushdown Automaton

b.Linear Bounded Automaton

c.Finite Automaton

d.Turing Machine

4. In a Type 2 (Context-Free) grammar, what is the required form of the left-hand side of any production rule?

a.A string of exactly two non-terminals

b.A single terminal symbol

c.A string of terminals and non-terminals with at least one non-terminal

d.A single non-terminal symbol

5. Which of the following best describes the relationship between formal languages and automata?

a.Automata are used only to generate formal languages, not to recognize them

b.Formal languages and automata are unrelated concepts in theoretical computer science

c.Automata define the set of valid strings, and formal languages are the computational models that recognize or generate these strings

d.Formal languages define the set of valid strings, and automata are the computational models that recognize or generate these strings

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