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IBCSL-013(P)/S31
BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (Revised)

Term-End Practical Examination
December, 2016


BCSL-013(P)/S3 COMPUTER BASICS AND PC SOFTWARE LAB
Time: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 100 (Weightage 50)
Note: There are five questions carrying 80 marks.
Rest 20 marks are for viva-voce.
All questions are compulsory.

1. Write a Shell Script to print numbers 1 to 20 using while loop.

Execute the following Linux commands:

date

df

grep

man

2. Use Mail Merge to send a letter to all your friends for inviting them to attend the inauguration of a seminar. Create a database of all your friends. 16


3. Below are the details of total admissions in a class and students' attendance in lectures in a month. You are required to create a spreadsheet in appropriate format for the sample labels and data and also create formulae for percentage of students' attendance and percentage of absentee students. Also centre the heading of the spreadsheet "Monthly Attendance".

Monthly Attendance


Class Total Admissions in the Class Students' Attendance %of Attendance %of Absentees

Science 100 100

Math 57 15

Literature 80 60

IT 100 85

Biology 70 40


4. Create a PowerPoint presentation on BCA Program (minimum five slides) which should include the following details: 16

Objectives of the program.

Minimum and maximum duration of the program.

List of theory courses in the first semester.

List of practical courses in the first semester.

List of Programming courses.

5. Do the following tasks in Outlook 16

• Create a contact list and add a new contact in the contact list.

• Write all the steps to form a Yahoo group.

• Add a new appointment to your calendar.

• Set up an alert on the desktop to notify whenever an email arrives in your email box from the University.