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Certificate in Computing (CIC)

Term-End Examination

June, 2002

CIC-1: The Context

Time: 2 Hrs
Maximum Marks: 70

A) Multiple Choice (Question numbers 1 to 30)

1. Unprocessed facts and figures are called

(1) Information (2) Data
(3) Knowledge (4) None of the above

2. Outputs generated by Office Automation System is/are

(1) Schedules and Memoranda (2) Mail
(3) Different types of administrative reports (4) All of the above

3. __________ systems provide for the constant and almost instantaneous updating of all files.

(1) Batch processing (2) Online processing
(3) Knowledge-based (4) Real time processing

4. MYCIN is a/an

(1) Expert system (2) Simulation S/W
(3) Payroll system (4) MIS

5. Graphical description of system’s data and how the processes transform the data is known as

(1) Data flow diagram (2) Flow chart
(3) Algorithm (4) PERT chart

6. ___________ is a chart listing all the logical conditions and actions which helps in making a decision.

(1) Decision tree (2) Decision table
(3) Data dictionary (4) Gantt chart

7. A type of decision table that permits access to another decision table is

(1) Limited entry table (2) Extended entry table
(3) Mixed entry table (4) None of the above

8. __________________ is used to graphically present the logical flow of data for the solution of the problem, defining as well the major phases of processing along with the various media to be used.

(1) Decision table (2) Decision tree (3) Data dictionary (4) None of the above

9. Integrated information system and Distributed information system are the types that come under:

(1) Systems approach data processing technique
(2) Functional approach data processing technique
(3) Centralised data processing technique
(4) None of the above

10. In ________________ was born the idea of the “Algorithmic Machine”.

(1) Church (2) Kleene
(3) Godel and Post (4) Turing

11. ____________ is a characterization of the time or space (memory) requirements for solving a problem by a particular algorithm.

(1) Organized simplicity (2) Computational complexity
(3) Disorganized simplicity (4) None of the above

12. Graph colouring and Travelling salesperson problems comes under

(1) Object Oriented programming problem (2) NP complete problems
(3) Decanting problems (4) None of the above

13. ‘C’ is a

(1) Procedure oriented programming language
(2) Object oriented programming language
(3) Machine language
(4) None of the above

14. Class in OOPs is a/an

(1) ADT (Abstract Data Type) (2) Data Type
(3) Type of programming practice (4) None of the above

15. In OOPs the reusability is enhanced by

(1) Inheritance (2) Data types
(3) Polymorphism (4) Both (1) and (3)

16. Object oriented systems provide

(1) Performance (2) Flexibility
(3) Functionality (4) All of the above

17. The elements that form the “Information Transfer Chain” are

(1) Source, Channel, Recipient (2) Source, Channel, Media, Recipient
(3) Source, Channel, Media, Storage, Recipient (4) Source, Channel, Storage, Recipient

18. The utility/utilities on which the information may be evaluated that may retard its use is

(1) Form utility (2) Time utility
(3) Place and Possession utilities (4) All of the above

19. The defence networks are

(1) NSFNET, BITNET (2) NICNET, DECNET
(3) COMPUSERV, AOL (4) None of the above

20. _____________ sets standards and gives Internet addresses globally.

(1) Internet Architecture Board (2) Internet Society
(3) IETF (4) None of the above

21. PPP stands for

(1) Point to Point Protocol (2) Peripheral to Peripheral Protocol
(3) Protocol to Protocol Point (4) None of the above

22. _______ computed the circumference of the earth by observing the angular distance of the Sun from the Zenith at Alexandria at noon.

(1) Lomogne (2) Fermat
(3) Pentathlos (4) Eratosthenes

23. List of all the processes involved in a decision table are called

(1) Condition stub (2) Condition entry
(3) Action stub (4) Action entry

24. O(1) to mean a computing time which is

(1) linear (2) constant
(3) exponential (4) cubic

25. In _____________ approach the semantic content of a message is accepted as information.

(1) Structural approach (2) Meaning approach
(3) Effect approach (4) Process approach

26. The very essence of an information services is/are

(1) Timeliness (2) Speed
(3) Both (1) and (2) (4) None of the above

27. “Yahoo”, “Infoseek” and “Lycos” are

(1) Search Engines (2) Browsers
(3) New groups (4) None of the above

28. The component from where the incoming messages can be retrieved in a mail account is

(1) Inbox (2) Compose
(3) Send (4) Tools

29. In xyz@vsnl.net.in, vsnl is

(1) user name (2) host name
(3) subdomain name (4) domain name

30. .com domain represents the

(1) Education domain (2) Commercial domain
(3) Network (4) None of the above

B) State whether True or False (Questions 31 to 70)

Note: In the following 40 questions, mark 1, if the statement given is true and 0 if the statement given is false.

31. Processing by Office Automation System would be scheduling word processor, data storage and retrieval of data.

32. The activities included in Transaction processing are calculation, classification, sorting storage and summarization.

33. In online-processing, the data are collected for a given period of time and the resulted one is processed as a single job.

34. In a DFD, a square represents temporary repository of data.

35. Arrows may cross each other in a data flow diagram.

36. Data dictionary defines each of the data elements encountered during the analysis and design of a system.

37. Open ended decision table is a type of decision table displaying values to be tested in the condition entry.

38. Flow chart helps to show the paths that are possible in a design following an action or decision by the user.

39. Functional approach data processing technique gives more stress on functions of data processing and neglects the information generated.

40. In Decentralized Data Processing System there isn’t any divisional breakdown of computing resources.

41. Decanting problems are most directly solved using Trilinear co-ordinates.

42. Problems which deal with integer quantities and must necessarily have integer solutions, lead to Diophantine equations.

43. Disorganized complexity, represented by systems with very large numbers of various and high degrees of randomness.

44. Complexity cannot be categorized as linear or non-linear.

45. NP complete problems are concerned with problems whose complexity may be described by exponential functions.

46. Java is a pure object oriented programming language.

47. Operator overloading is a kind of polymorphism in OOPs.

48. The process approach of information is that which states that information occurs only as a specific effect of a process.

49. Information is classified to be structured coherent.

50. In TCP/IP protocol, TCP puts the destination address on packages and IP divides the date into little data packets.

51. MCI Mail and America Online are commercial networks.

52. In cic@ignou.ac.in, “in” comes under domain name.

53. Internet Society (Isoc) discusses the technical and operational problems in Internet.

54. Dial-up connection is one of the commonest ways of connection to Internet through dial-up, connecting using a model and a telephone line.

55. Telnet is a tool on Internet which is utilized for logging on to a remote computer.

56. UCB mail, Elm and Pine are mailing lists on Internet.

57. FTP stands for “File Transfer Protocol”.

58. WWW presents the internet as a series of hierarchical menus containing items.

59. Win VN is used as a newsreader which allows to join groups, read articles, post new articles and reply to existing articles very easily.

60. The information need “Recipient” refers to the established carriers that disseminate information or knowledge.

61. Internet is the “Network of Networks”.

62. Unmoderated mailing lists have one or more human moderators who screen all incoming mail and redistribute only a selected portion.

63. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are an excellent sharing place for learning about a specific topic on Internet.

64. Stuffit, PKZip and Compactor are Web-browsers.

65. Mosaic is a graphical web-browser.

66. Archie, Veronica and WAIS are the programs which help in finding the information you need on Internet.

67. French mathematician Rene Thom developed the catastrophe theory as a purely mathematical formalism.

68. Space complexity of a program is the amount of computer time that it needs to run to completion.

69. O(n2) is called quadratic.

70. An object is said to encapsulate the data and the functions into one unit.