Practice Modeling Computation Using Turing Machines (tm) (2) - Turing Machines and Computability
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Modeling Computation using Turing Machines (TM)

Practice - Modeling Computation using Turing Machines (TM)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the primary function of a Turing Machine?

💡 Hint: Think about computing capabilities.

Question 2 Easy

Name one of the components of a Turing Machine.

💡 Hint: Components make up the TM's structure.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What defines a Turing Machine?

It is a physical computer
A model with an infinite tape
A programming language

💡 Hint: Focus on the characteristics of TMs.

Question 2

True or False: A Turing Machine can loop indefinitely without reaching an accept or reject state.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider cases of undecidability.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Construct a Turing Machine that recognizes palindromes over the alphabet {0, 1}. Explain your design.

💡 Hint: Consider how you would keep track of letters while checking.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain why every decidable language is also Turing-recognizable and provide a counter-example to show that the reverse may not be true.

💡 Hint: Think about how a TM operates for each case.

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