Bangalore University 2008-1st Sem B.C.A Computer Application iester ,computer fundamentals - Question Paper

II SEMESTER BCA exam ,JUNE 2008
(SEMESTER SCHEME)
COMPUTER SCIENCE
COMPUTER FUNDAMENTAL
TIME:3 HOURS
MAX MARKS:90

SECTION-A
ans ANY TEN
(MARKS:10*2=20)
1 a.)MENTION ANY 2 IMPORTANT FEATURES OF 4th GENERATION COMPUTERS
b)WHAT IS A MODEM?
c)LIST ANY 2 DIFFERENCE ranging from PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MEMORY
d)NAME ANY two kinds OF PRINTER?
e)WHAT IS A OPERATING SYSTEM?
f)WHAT DOES STATUS BAR OF MS WORD CONTAIN?
g)WHAT IS A SPREAD SHEET?
h)WHAT IS A INTERNET?
i)DIFFERENTIATE ranging from COMPILER AND INTERPRETER
j)WHAT IS AN ICON IN WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM?
k)WHAT IS A SEARCH ENGINE?
l)WHAT IS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS?GIVE AN EXAMPLE

SECTION-B
ans ANY 5 ques.
(MARKS:5*5=25)
2.EXPLAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF A COMPUTER
3.EXPLAIN ANY 1 OUTPUT DEVICE.
4.a)ADD 110101(2) AND 110100(2)
b)SUBTRACT 1010(2) FROM 110001(2)
5.WRITE CUT PASTE AND COPY PASTE OPERATION IN MS WORD
7.EXPLAIN ANY 5 LIBRARY FUNCTIONS IN MS POWER POINT
8.EXPLAIN ANY 5 LIBRARY FUNCTIONS IN MS EXCEL
9.EXPLAIN ANY 2 INTERNET APPLICATIONS

SECTION-C
ans ANY 3 QUESTIONS(MARKS:3*15=45)
10a)EXPLAIN MAIN FRAME AND MIMI COMPUTER
b)EXPLAIN THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION (8+7)
11 a)EXPLAIN THE FUNCTIONAL UNITS OF A COMPUTER WITH A NEAT DIAGRAM
b)WRITE A NOTE ON OMR (10+5)
2a)WRITE AN ALGORITHM TO obtain SUM OF N NATURAL NUMBERS
b)EXPLAIN DESKTOP IN WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM
c)EXPLAIN ANY 5 DOS COMMANDS (5+5+5)
13a)EXPLAIN FORMATTING FEATURES OF MS WORD
b)EXPLAIN THE kinds OF DATA THAT CAN BE ENTERED INTO A CELL OF SPREADSHEET
c)EXPLAIN THE COMPONENTS OF POWER POINT WINDOW (5+5+5)
13 WRITE SHORT NOTES ON
a)E MAIL
b)APPLICATION SOFTWARE
c)SUPER COMPUTERS (5+5+5)

Earning:   Approval pending.