M.B.A DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017
(First Year)
Information Management and Computer Applications
Time 3 Hours Maximum Marks 70
Section A
× 5 15)
Q1) Answer three questions
Desktop computers
MS-Excel
Computer based inventory systems
Demerits of computerisation
MIS

Section B
Answer three questions
× 5 45)
Q2) Briefly explain about hardware devices of a computer.
Q3) Bringout the applications of spread sheet software.
Q4) Examine the role of computers in management functions.
Q5) Describe the legal dimensions of computerization.
Q6) Write a note on computer viruses and their effects.
Q7) Give an overview on various computer languages.
Section C
(Compulsory)
(10 Marks)
Q8) Casestudy:
Case Let (compulsory):
In February. 2009, Prasanth Indulkar an employee of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
was arrested on charges of industrial espionage. It was alleged that over the past several
months he had been transferring sensitive information to a senior executive in Reliance
Communications through e-mails and pen drives. Experts felt that such incidents of data
theft by employees were nothing new with the growing use and widespread availability
of portable IT devices such as pen drives, PDAs, etc., They said that even popular
gadgets like the Ipod and other MP3 players, digital cameras, and smart phones could
easily be used to steal data by employees as these devices came with a plug-and-play
facility coupled with a large storage capability. Because of pod slurping (stealing of data
through portable devices such as Ipods, pen drives, the VSNL lost some research
and strategic information to RIL resulted in losing of market share to RIL.
Questions:
Identify what conditions and loopholes in technology would have lead to pod slurping
by employee espionages?
Suggest the important means and ways through which the high-tech data theft can
be arrested and i-security can be improved in VSNL