150A / 2004BA / BSc COMPUTER STUDIES hours PAPER: A `30 TIME ALLOWED : 3 MAX.

MARKS: 70

Notes: 1.Question I in part 1 and question 7 in part II are compulsory 2. Attempt all the remaining questions in part I and part II, selecting either part (a) Part-1 (Introduction to Information Technology) Marks: 35 Max

Q.1 (Do all parts in this question) Note: Answers for all the parts in question I must be written on the answer sheet. Write on the answer sheet the part number and your answer against it. No need to write the question on the answer sheet. 1. A web page that offers a variety of Internet Services from a single, convenient location is called a (n) a. Web Community b. Informational Web page c. New Web Page D Portal e. None of these 2. Word Size is the number of ____________ the processor can interpret and execute at a give time. a. Characters b. Words c. Bytes d. Bits e. Registers 3. First of all, GUL was introduced by: a. IBM b. Microsoft Windows c. Macintosh OS d. Linux OX e. OS/2 4. Font is gauged by a measurement system called ____________ . a. Places b. dots c. points d. Pixels e. spaces 5. The process of Comparing the data to a set of rules or values to determine if the data is correct is know as: a. Data Analysis b. Data Validation c. Data Registration d. Data Acceptance e. Data Tracking 6. The Process of Comparing the data to a set of rules or values to determine of the data is correct is know as: a. Data Analysis b. Data Validation c. Data Registration d. Data Acceptance e. Data Tracking

7. -------------------- Software enable professional designers to design and produce sophisticated document that contain text, graphics, and brilliant colors: a. Paint b. Word Processing c. Spreadsheet d. Desktop Publishing e. Presentation Graphics 8. The process of translating instructions into commands is called: a. Fetching b. Decoding c. Translation d. Executing e. Storing 9. Data Redundancy also compromises data: a. Duplication b. Caching d. Sharing e. None of these c. Integrity

10.--------------------- includes anyone for whom the information system is being built. a. Administrators b. Supervisors c. Customers d. Users e. Developers Q.2 ( Do either part (a) or part (b) of this question (a) (a1) What derives the hardware to convert data into information? (a2) Define peripheral devices? (a3) Differentiate cold and warm boot? (a4) What are different types of RAM? (b) (b1) What does PDA stands for? (b2) What does MIDI stands for? (b3) What does MIS stands for? (b4) What Hardware components of computer include? Do either part (a) or Part (b) of this question (5 Marks) (a) (a1) Write Names of 5 network operating systems? (a2) Differentiate between LAN and WAN. (a3) Write the name of open source operating system. (a4) How is a single user operating system different from a multi- user operating system? (b) (b1) Write any two differences between windows and Linux operating system. (b2) What are Network operating systems? (b3) How are networking operating systems different from stand alone operating systems? (b4) What is a boot disk? (5 Marks)

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(Do either part (a) or part (b) of this question Marks) (a)

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(a1) What is a word processor? (a2) Which type of application software is used for solving accounting problem? (a3) Describe presentation software. (a4) what is a data base? OR (b) (b1) (b2) (b3) (b4) Q.5 What is primary storage? Describe its all types. What is a DBMS? Define Data Dictionary. What is a primary key?

(Do either part(a) or part(b) of this question (5Marks) (a) (a1) What two parts of an e-mail address are separated by the @ sign? (a2) What is domain name? (a3) What is the structure of a web address? (a4) What is web casting? OR (b) (b1) What are the five components of an Information system? (b2) What are the five phases of SDLC? (b3) What is a search engine? (b4) What is a plug-in? (Do either part (a) or part (b) of this question (5 Marks) (a) (a1) What is a URL? (a2) What is an FTP site? (a3) To participate in a hyperlink, you use a program. What is it called? (a4) Differentiate between email and chat server. OR (b) (b1) Differentiate Serial Ports and Parallel Ports. (b2) Describe B-2-B E-Commerce. (b3) Describe IT Professionals. (b4) What is the difference between Web- Hosting Service and a Web-Server?

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Part- II (Computer Programming) Marks: 35

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Q. 7 (Do all parts in this question) Note: Answers for all the parts in question 7 must be written on the answer sheet. Write on the answer sheet the part number and your answer against it. No need to write the question on the answer sheet. Choose (encircle) correct choice or fill in the blank space. Cutting and overwriting in this question will be considered wrong. a) Which of the following is the better order of proceeding when using the computer to solve a problem? i) Design, analysis, coding, testing ii) Analysis, testing, design, coding iii) Analysis, design, coding, testing iv) Analysis, design, testing, coding b) Pre-test and post test are types of ________________________ c) In flow chart, Circle symbol is used for:____________________________ d) Visual basic considers the length of a string to be the number of non blank characters in the string. i) True ii) False e) A list box is used primarily to get informal on from the user. i) True ii) False f) To change the background color of lblHelp to blue at design time you: i) Click on lblhelp to make it active then type the word blue. ii) Type the word blue into the backcolor property box. iii) Click on lblHelp to make it active then click on the back color property in the properties window; click on one of the tabs and from the colors shown, click on blue square. iv) Write code like: lblhelp. Back color Color Blue g) A user action such as clicking a command button is called i) An accident ii) An event iii) A property iv) A procedure h) which, if any, of the following statement clears be words on the label lsb l sum? i) lbisum text= ii) IbISum. Cls iii) Ibisum. Print iv) Ibisum = Clear v) None of above j) What will be the contents of the variable XX after the following statement is executed? XX= Math. Sqrt (( 9+7)/ ( 4*2) +2) i) ii) iii) iv) v) 1 2 3 4 None of above

The following statement assigns the product of y and 6 to the variable Num X = 6y i) True ii) False Q.8 (Do either PART (a) or part (b) of this question (5 Marks) (a) (a1) Describe different phases of systems Development Life Cycle. (a2) What is an Algorithm? (a3) Describe relational and logical operators? (a4) What does it mean by operator precedence? OR (b) (b1) What are the legal characters for an identifier? (b2) What are properties of a good algorithm? (b3 ) Evaluate: -4-5+6/4*3/2+10 (b4) Describe basic built in data types used in visual basic language. Q.9 (Do either part (a) Part (b) of this question (5 Marks) (a) (a1) What is the difference between structured programming and object oriented programming? (a2) What is Array? What are its advantages and how it is used in Visual Basic? (a3) What is a loop? Describe syntax of VB loops. (a4) How case statement is different from if then else statement? OR (b) (b1) Explain Gul and its properties? (b2) What is a control? (b3) Explain how can you make a graphic (picture) appear in an image control? (b4) What is the use of a List Control? Q.10 (Do either Part (a) or Part(b) of this question (5 Marks) (a) (a1) How does the behavior of option buttons differ from the behavior of check boxes? (a2) Differentiate between List control and combo box control. (a3) Why frame controls are used? (a4) Name is the common property of all controls. What is it function? OR (b) (b1) What is the focus? How can you control that which object has the focus? (b2) Describe Event-driven programming in 2 lines. (b3) Write list of mouse events which you can program on a form.

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(b4) What is the default value of Visible property of a from? Q.11 (Do either part (a) or Part (b) if this question (5 Marks) (a) (a1) What is the difference between a MODAL and MODELESS from? (a2) What is the difference between activated and deactivated form? (a3) What is the property name which you modify to change title of a button? (a4) Where you will write the code which you want to run when a button btnX is clicked by OR (b) (b1) Explain how can you make a graphic (picture) appear in an image control? (b2) Describe Load Event of a form. (b3) When is the difference between unload and terminate event? (b4) What is the difference between Label and Text box control? Q.12 ( Do either part (a) or part (b) of this question (5 Marks) (a) (a1) What are the advantages of functions/ sub procedures? (a2) What is the role of return value in functions? (a3) Write a function, which takes value of N as parameter and return its factorial value. (a4) What is recursion? OR (b) (b1) Write a function is Multiple, which takes two parameters A and B. it returns 1 if A is a multiple of b and o other wise. (b2) How you can get remainder of variables X and y in Visual Basic? (b3) Can you return an array from a function? If yes, how? (b4) Write names of three searching algorithms.