15CSE111 - II Sem April-May2018

Roll No.
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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore
B.Tech. Degree Examinations – April 2018
Second Semester
Computer Science and Engineering
15CSE111 Computer Science Essentials
[Time: Three hours Maximum : 100 Marks]
Answer all questions
PART A (10 x 2 =20 Marks)
1. Identify the gates and draw their pictorial representation for the given truth table.
a. b.
INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT

A B C A B C
0 0 1 0 0 1
0 1 0 0 1 0
1 0 0 1 0 0
1 1 0 1 1 1
2. If we have to select a magnetic disk based storage system out of multiple available products,
what are key parameters that will be considered for analyzing performance of different magnetic
disk storage systems?
3. How many bits would be in the memory of a computer with 4KB memory?
4. Differentiate between the shell and kernel of an operating system.
5. Suppose you want to interchange the values stored in memory cells 2 and 3. What is wrong with
the following sequence of steps?
Step 1.Move the contents of cell number 2 to cell number 3.
Step 2.Move the contents of cell number 3 to cell number 2.
Design a sequence of steps that correctly interchanges the contents of these cells. If needed,
you may use additional cells.
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6. What is the difference between time-sharing and multitasking system?
7. What is the necessity for protocol in networks? Name a protocol used in Ethernet and Wi-Fi.
8. List out any two metrics for measuring properties of software.
9. Give any two advantages of database management system compared to traditional file system
management.
10. List any two applications of Computer Graphics.
PART B (6 x 5 =30 Marks)

11. If the three campuses of Amrita VishwaVidyapeetham University need to be connected to form
a single large network but still keeping each campuses network being act as local networks,
describe the network topology which suits the requirement. Also specify the various networking
devices which can be utilized for such a design. Justify your selection of topologies and network
devices.
12. List out which of the following applications are of 2D graphics, 3D graphics and image
processing
i. Extracting a region in an image
ii. Drawing the blue print of a building
iii. Making the model of a robot
iv. Enhancing the edges in an image
v. Designing the advertisement of a product
13. a. For the following logical circuit, write the Truth table where X, Y are input and Z is output of
the Circuit.
b. Draw an equivalent circuit with less number of gates and verify the correctness using truth
table.
14. Differentiate parallel and perspective projection with suitable diagrams.
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15. Describe the phases in software life cycle for building a software product.
16. Consider the table flights with attributes ID, source, destination, seats, and price
Write SQL queries for the following.
a. Display the details of all flights
b. Insert the following record in the table. ( A1, Delhi, Bangalore, 100, 5000)
c. Update the seats to 200 for the flight with ID B4
d. Delete the row added in (b)
e. Display the price of flight with ID ‘V6’
PART C (5 x 10 =50 Marks)
17. Discuss about the various mass storage devices in detail with suitable diagram. List out the
advantages and disadvantages of each of the devices.
18. a. Define the following terms (4 Marks)

i. Process table
ii. Interrupt Handler
iii. Scheduler
iv. Dispatcher
b. With a neat Schematic diagram, explain how Multiprogramming is performed between
Process A and Process B. (6 Marks)
19. a. What is the purpose of each of the following HTML tags? (4 Marks)
i. <html>
ii. <head>
iii. <p>
iv. <a>
b Explain the working of the protocols deployed in the Wired and Wireless Network
(6 Marks)
i. CSMA/CD
ii. CSMA/CA
20. a. Identify each of the following responses as being reflex, knowledge based, or goal based and
justify your answer. (6 Marks)
i) A computer program translating text from German to English
ii) A thermostat turning on the furnace when the temperature in a house drops below the
current setting
iii) A pilot landing a plane safely on a runway
b. Explain the components of Production System. (4 Marks)
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21. Consider Persons and Salary tables and write queries to perform following operations:
Persons
Emp_ID First Name Last Name Age Designation

1 Peter Jackson 22 Developer
2 Harry Lintz 24 Developer
3 Robert George 25 Tester
Salary
Emp_ID Salary Designation

1 25000 Developer
2 25000 Developer
3 30000 Tester
a) Select all the columns from a table named Persons. (2 Marks)

b) Select all the records from a table named Persons where the “FirstName” is “Peter” and the
“LastName” is “Jackson”. (2 Marks)
c) List the details of employees from the Salary table having salary greater than Rs.25000/-
(3 Marks)
d) Select the FirstName, Age, and Salary of the person from Persons and Salary tables and project
it in a single target table. (3 Marks)
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INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT

PART B (6 x 5 =30 Marks)

14. Differentiate parallel and perspective projection with suitable diagrams.

PART C (5 x 10 =50 Marks)

18. a. Define the following terms (4 Marks)

b. Explain the components of Production System. (4 Marks)

Emp_ID First Name Last Name Age Designation

Emp_ID Salary Designation

a) Select all the columns from a table named Persons. (2 Marks)

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