Computers in Management - ADL-06-Ver2

Assignment - A
Question 1. Explain information system? Discuss various information systems available
in any organization.

Answer: In a general sense, the term information system (IS) refers to a system of people,
data records and activities that process the data and information in an organization, and it
includes the organization's manual and automated processes. In a narrow sense, the term
information system (or computer-based information system) refers to the specific application
software that is used to store data records in a computer system and automates some of the
information-processing activities of the organization.

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Question 2. Explain the concept behind Batch Processing and transaction processing
system.

Question 3. Show with reference block diagram the various components of a computer
system in details

Question 4. What do you understand by classification of computers? Describe with

example.

Question 5. Write note on memory of Computer.

Question 6. What do you mean by DBMS along with the facilities available? Also
mention the role of database administrator.

Assignment - B
Question 1. What is meant by Network topology along with different network models.

Question 2. What are the different of base of data transmission media. Discuss their
merits and Demerits.

Question 3. Explain the term UR L? What are the different components that make
URL. Give example.

Question 4. What are the var ious security threats that computer organization are
facing today and why providing security is necessary? What is the advantage of
using fire wall.

Question 5. What do understand by electronic data interchange along with its

advantage and disadvantage? Also discuss the components of EDI systems.
 Case Study
Advance Computers India Ltd. is a Civil Consulting Company based in Denver. The
company is engaged in provides design consultancy for construction of residential apartments
all over U.S.A. and Europe. In order to have higher profit the CEO of the company has set up
various offices across various cities of India and has staff strength of around 500 people
working these offices. They are working five days a week. The Overseas offices comprise of
around 35 people and they coordinate with various clients for getting the jobs, passing the
jobs to their Indian counterparts, getting the designs done and passing back the design
solution to the clients. The Company has pro gressed well since the last one year and they are
getting lot of more jobs, but are finding it difficult to get the jobs done on time due to
shortage of manpower. The company is also looking for ways to reduce some of its operating
costs. They have hired one consultant for the purpose and he has prepared following list of
expenses. He has to suggest means to reduce some of the costs and help in better way of the
inter- departmental communications and managing o f database.

Operations Expenses

Telephone Costs $150,000 per year

Employee Policy Manual $5.25 per manual for printing and distribution.

Employee Benefit Counselling $50 per hour meeting

Photocopying $100 per day

Question a) Looking into the type of business the company is into, what will be good
solution towards reducing costs?

Question b) What is the best way of sending the data from U.S. and Europe to India and
vice versa? Give reason. Also for Inter-data exchange mechanism, which type
off internet connection sho uld the company go ?

Question c) What will be the most effective active plan that will help in reducing cost in
photocopying? Objective Type Question

Assignment - C
Assignment - C
S. Question uestions A B C D
No.
1. Computers are also Two state Back Two state Two state One state front
known by the name device Front device forward device
device
2. Cache Memory is Small memory Programm Non-volatile Erasable
between CPU able memory nonprogrammab
main memory Memory le memory
whose access
time in close to
processing speed
of CPU
3. What provides an Utility Language Operating Compiler
interface between Programme Programm e System
Hardware and user
4. RAM is known by Primary Memory Main Random Auxiliary
Memory Access Memory
Memory
5. 1 Bytes equals to 1/8 Bits 8 Bits 800 Bits 8000 Bits
6. Computers carrying Analog Digital Hybrid Non of the
operation on data Computers Computers Computers above
which can vary
continuously and are
measurable such as
time, lengths,
weights, etc.

7. A group of Bus Path System Stock

conducting wires or
lines over which
electrical signals
corresponding to data
and instructions are
transmitted is

8. Which of the Fortran Pascal Primavera C++

following is not a
Programming
Language
9. A database structures Relational Hierarchal Network Data
that treats files as Database Database Database Dictionary
tables is
10. Which of following Question BE SQL Question UEL C++
is a language
11. A Processing system Increase data Integration Improved in Achieving
wherein data is Redundancy of Data Security Data
gathered for a time Independenc e
and collected into a
group before they are
entered into the
computer system.
12. Which of the Increase data Integration Improved in Achieving
following is not Redundancy of data Security Data
property of DBMS Independence

13. The facility which DML Pre DDL Data Data definition
defines the Compiler Compiler Manipulatio n Language
conceptual scheme Language
and also gives some
details about how to
implement this
scheme in the
physical devise is
called
14. Users who interact Application Sophisticat Specializaed Naïve Users
with the system by Programmers ed Users Users
writing database
application like
computer aided
design system are
called
15. Groups of specially Wire Pairs Coaxial Optical Fibers Microwave
wrapped and Cable System
insulated wire lines
that are able to
transmit data at high
rates
16. Which of the Local Area Metropolit City Area Wide Area
following is not a Network an Area network Network
type of computer Network
network
17. Which of the Excel Access dBase Foxpro
following is a DBMS

18. Web Browser is a Software Hardware Operating Hyperlink

System
19. Which of the Mouse Repeater Hug Switch
following is not a
device used in LAN
20. Which of the .sys .gov .com .org
following is not a
domain name
21. To install multimedia Sound Card Speakers Mouse CD-ROM
facility into a
computer, one does
not essentially need
22. Malicious programs Virus Bacteria Bugs Worms
that damages your
computer is called
23. What is the name of Mouse Cursor Track Ball Space bar
the screen symbol
that shows the
placement of the next
character
24. Which of the Joy Stick Track Ball Mouse Printer
following is not an
impact device
25. Which of the GIF JPEG PNG MPEG
following file
formats is used for
art work
26. A system which Dial-up ISDN VSAT Cable Modem
involves the Connection
digitization of
telephone network so
that voice, data, text,
music etc. can be
provided to end users
from single end-user
terminals
27. The two kinds of Floppy drive and Primary and Random and RAM and
main memory are CD Drive Secondary Sequential ROM
memory Memory Memory

28. Data Elements of Title String Record Files

related type are
grouped into
29. A command that lets Modify Insert Delete Cut
you change one or
more fields in a
record is
30. Which of the Infoseek AltaVista Lycos Gopher
following is not a
search engine
31. The floppy discs 3.5 inch & 5.25 2 inch and 2 inch and 2.5 inch and
comes in two sizes inch 3.5 inch 4.25 inch 5.5 inch
they are
32. Which of the Star Ring Mesh. Bus
following topology
us least affected bt
addition or removal
 of a node

33. A host on the internet Postal Address I.P. Address Electronic E-mail
finds another host by Address Address
its
34. Which of the Opera Netscaffe Internet Lynx
following browser is Explorer
not free
35. Which of the Application Processing Translation Communicat
following is not the Service Service Service ion Serivce
main component of
EDI system
36. Which of the A Web Site A shopping To have a A method to
following is printer get the funds
essentially not a pre- Cart in bank
requisite of E- Programm e account
commerce to list the
products or
services and
a way to
collect
purchases
informatio n

37. What is the method Cryptography Antiviral Firewall and Digital

of safeguard used for Package Proxy Servers Certificates
the safeguarding
highly confidential
information such as
Corporate data or
credit card
information is being
transmitted across the
internet
38. What is the full form High transfer High Hyper test Hyper text
of HTML mark up language transmissi mark up metropolitan
on language language
metropolit
an language

39. URL stands for Ultimate Uniform Uniform Ultimate

Resource Locator Resource Retrieval Retrieval
Locator Language Language
40. Multimedia S/W Adobe Illustrator Adobe Adobe Macromedia
used for video editing Photoshop Premier Director
is