Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) University 2008 C.A Accounts -PCC--08_ – 6- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT.doc - Question Paper

PAPER – six : info TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

Section?A: info Technology
Attempt all ques..

ques. 1

(a) define briefly the subsequent terms:
(i) DDL
(ii) Multiprogramming
(iii) MODEM
(iv) Cache Memory
(v) SVGA (5x1 = five Marks)

(b) discuss every of the following:
(i) Smart Card System
(ii) Data Warehouse
(iii) Compiler
(iv) File Maintenance
(v) Incremental Backup (5x1 = five Marks)

ques. 2

ans any 2 of the following:

(a) Briefly discuss different functions of Communication Software.
(b) define different features of Data Centers.
(c) discuss the basic functions of an operating system. (2 x five = 10 Marks)

ques. 3

(a) discuss the different kinds of Internet servers.
(b) discuss the management issues that exist in File Processing system. (7 + three = 10 Marks)

ques. 4

A Book Publisher offers discount to customers on the basis of customer kind and number of
copies ordered as shown below:
Customer kind Number of Copies Ordered % of Discount
Book Seller More than 10 25
Less than or equal to 10 15
Library More than five 20
Less than or equal to five 10
Customer number, name, type, book number, number of copies ordered and unit price are
provided as input. Draw a flowchart to compute the net amount of the bill for every customer and
print it. The above is to be carried out for 50 customers. (10 Marks)

ques. 5

Write short notes on the following:
(a) Star Network Topology
(b) Advantages of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) (2 x five =10 Marks)

Section?B: Strategic Management
ques. 6

State with reasons which of the subsequent statements is correct/incorrect (Attempt any three)
(a) Strategy is a substitute for Sound, Alert and Responsible management.
(b) Strategic management is not needed in non-profit Organisations.
(c) All strategies emerge from Corporate vision.
(d) A company's strategy has always to be proactive in nature.
(e) An Organisation's culture is always an obstacle to successful strategy implementation. (3 ? two = six Marks)

ques. 7

Briefly ans any 2 of the following:

(a) Logistics Strategy
(b) Difference ranging from Strategy formulation and Strategy implementation
(c) Components of a Value chain . (2 ? two = four Marks)

ques. 8

What is meant by a Global Company? discuss briefly various strategic approaches for

Earning:   Approval pending.