M.C.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017
First Year
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Time 3 Hours Maximum Marks 70
SECTION A × 15 45)
Answer any three of the following
Q1) Discuss business pressures and responses in today's information age.
Q2) Describe the components of CPU and how the CPU is interconnected with I/O and
memory.
Q3) Discuss about evolution of programming languages and their features.
Q4) Explain the architecture of database management system and also describe the advantages
of DBMS.
Q5) Discuss various services provided by internet and also give operations on internet.
SECTION B × 4 20)
Answer any five of the following
Q6) What are the basic components of information systems?
Q7) List the major career paths in IT.
Q8) Write not on random access memory and read only memory.
Q9) Describe about different system software's
Q10) Write short notes on data warehouses.
Q11) Describe different types of data transmission.
Q12) Write about star and ring network topologies.
Q13) Describe various internet challenges.
SECTION C × 1
Answer all questions
Q14) What is role of ISD?
Q15) List down various units of memory.
Q16) Define operating system.
Q17) Define protocol
Q18) Define intranet.