INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Question Paper

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Total No. of Questions : 13]                                                         [Total No. of Pages : 02

Paper ID [A0201]

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BCA (101)/(Old/S05) (Sem. - 1st)

B.Sc. CST - 301 (Old)/DCA - 101 (Old)

INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Time : 03 Hours                                                             Maximum Marks : 75

Instruction to Candidates:

1) Section -A is Compulsory.

2) Attempt any Nine questions from Section - B.

Section - A<

(15 × 2 = 30)

Q1)

a) Differentiate between data and information with suitable examples.

b) Explain with example procedure to convert octal number to binary number.

c) List two devices which can be used as input as well as output device.

d) What do you understand by write protection of floppies and how is it done?

e) What are the disadvantages of OMR?

f) What do you understand by spooling?

g) What is batch processing?

h) Define multiprogramming.

i) Differentiate between RAM and ROM.

j) What is a cache memory? Distinguish between L1 and L2 cache.

k) Differentiate between single user and multi-user system.

l) If on the DOS prompt, ABC is typed and on the disk(say C:\>), there

are three files ABC.COM, ABC.EXE and ABC.BAT. Which of the three

files will be executed? Why?

m) What is warm booting?

n) List four facilities provided by Internet through WWW?

o) What is the role played by modem in networking?

Section - B

(9 × 5 = 45)

Q2) Discuss the working of various components of computer with block diagram.

Q3) Compare impact printers with non-impact printers.

Q4) Explain the procedure of storing data on a hard disk.

Q5) Discuss the relative utility of different optical technologies available in the market.

Q6) Compare characteristics of primary storage with auxiliary storage.

Q7) Describe functions of operating system.

Q8) Explain in detail multiprocessing and time-sharing systems.

Q9) Explain in detail different types of ROM.

Q10) What are the differences between internal commands and external commands in DOS? Give three examples of each type with syntax.

Q11) Explain various features of DOS.

Q12) Discuss applications of computers in sports and commerce.

Q13) What are the advantages of networking? Explain briefly E-mail.