This Paper has 44 answerable questions with 0 answered.
| Roll No……… | |
| Total No. of Questions—7] | [Total No. of Printed Pages—4 |
| Time Allowed : 3 Hours | Maximum Marks : 100 |
| Answers to questions are to be given only in English except in the cases of candidates who have opted for Hindi medium. If a candidate who has not opted for Hindi medium, answers in Hindi, his answers in Hindi will not be valued. |
| Question No.1 is compulsory |
| Answer any four from the rest |
| Marks |
| 1. | (a) | Convert the following from one number system to another system along with the working notes: | 5x1=5 | |
| | | (i) | 2363.7510 = ()16 | | (0) |
| | | (ii) | 23D.1516 = ()8 | | (0) |
| | | (iii) | (1E12.12)16 = ()2 | | (0) |
| | | (iv) | (310.04)8 = ()2 | | (0) |
| | | (v) | (1111101111.11)2 = ()16 | | (0) |
| | (b) | Describe briefly, the following terms with reference to Information Technology: | 5x1=5 | |
| | | (i) | Band width | | (0) |
| | | (ii) | Rotational delay time | | (0) |
| | | (iii) | File Allocation Table | | (0) |
| | | (iv) | BIOS | | (0) |
| | | (v) | Concurrent processing | | (0) |
| | (c) | Give one or more reasons for each of the following: | 5x1=5 | |
| | | (i) | Need of auxiliary storage devices | | (0) |
| | | (ii) | Use of video RAM | | (0) |
| | | (iii) | Need of language translators | | (0) |
| | | (iv) | Use of operating system | | (0) |
| | | (v) | Use of intranet. | | (0) |
| | (d) | Write True or False for each of the following: | 5x1=5 | |
| | | (i) | Bubble memory is a volatile memory. | | (0) |
| | | (ii) | Bridge is used to connect two similar networks. | | (0) |
| | | (iii) | Optical laser disks use mechanical Read/write head for the purpose of reading and writing the data. | | (0) |
| | | (iv) | Contents of PROM can be erased by ultra–voilet rays. | | (0) |
| | | (v) | Financial accounting software is a system software. | | (0) |
| 2. | Distinguish between the following: | 5x4=20 | |
| | (i) | Personal computing and Network computing. | | (0) |
| | (ii) | Online systems and Real time systems. | | (0) |
| | (iii) | Synchoronous transmission and Asynchronous transmission. | | (0) |
| | (iv) | Intranet and Extranet | | (0) |
| | (v) | Voice synthesizer and Voice recognition system | | (0) |
| 3. | (a) | Explain the various advantages and disadvantages of direct access storage. | 5 | (0) |
| | (b) | Explain five components of Local Area Network (LAN). | 5 | (0) |
| | (c) | A computer file contains the customer name, type, bill number, bill date, amount and date of payment. The bill is generated according to the following rules: If a customer is a dealer and pays his bill within 15 days, 5% discount is allowed. If he pays the bill between 15 and 30 days, the discount allowed is 2%. If payment period is more than 30 days but upto 60 days, 5% surcharge is levied. For payment after 60 days, 10% surcharge has to be paid. If a customer is a manufacturer, the corresponding percentages are 7%, 5%, 7% and 12% respectively. Draw a program flowchart to calculate discount, surcharge and net amount for each of the 20 customers. Also print total discount and surcharge paid by all the customers | 10 | (0) |
| 4. | (a) | Discuss the services provided by Data Centres. | 5 | (0) |
| | (b) | What is an expert system? Explain its various components. | 5 | (0) |
| | (c) | What is Teleconferencing? Explain different types of teleconferencing. | 10 | (0) |
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| 5. | (a) | What is Electronic Data Intercharge (EDI)? How it works? | 5 | (0) |
| | (b) | Define the following terms related to MS–WORD: | (i) | Text Wrap | (ii) | Headers and Footers | (iii) | Tab | (iv) | Indenting | (v) | Paragraph alignment. |
| 5 | (0) |
| | (c) | Explain the following terms with reference to presentation package: | (i) | Slide timings | (ii) | Transition | (iii) | Tri–pane view | (iv) | Handouts | (v) | Notes. |
| 5 | (0) |
| | (d) | Define the following functions used in MS–EXCEL. | (i) | TRUNG | (ii) | MOD | (iii) | PMT | (iv) | DISCOUNT | (v) | UPPER. |
| 5 | (0) |
| 6. | (a) | Explain the concept of communication protocols. | 5 | (0) |
| | (b) | Explain the powers of Central Government to make rules as defined in Section 87 of IT Act, 2000. | 5 | (0) |
| | (c) | Explain “test data technique” of audit in a computerized environment with the help of test pack approach. | 5 | (0) |
| | (d) | Explain the facilities provided by financial accounting package. | 5 | (0) |
| 7. | Write short notes on the following. Answer any four: | 5x4=20 | |
| | (i) | Virtual Memory | | (0) |
| | (ii) | Firmware | | (0) |
| | (iii) | Integrated Test Facility (ITF) | | (0) |
| | (iv) | Light pen | | (0) |
| | (v) | Distributed Database | | (0) |
