Showing posts with label May 2005. Show all posts
Showing posts with label May 2005. Show all posts

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Software Engineering

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING May 2005
Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 marks
PART A Answer any SIX questions (6 x 5 =30 marks)

1. According to Boehm, what are the skills most lacking in entry -level programmers?
2. What are the important management problems?
3. Write about staffing -level estimation.
4. Explain the cost estimation technique, expert judgement.
5. What is a transition table? Explain.
6. What are petri nets? Explain.
7. Explain: Aesthetics.
8. What are HIPO diagrams?
9. Explain: Unit testing.
10. What are the automated tool for s/w maintenance?

PART B Answer any FOUR questions (4 x 10 =40 marks)

11. Explain the programming team structure in detail.
12. Explain COCOMo in detail.
13. Explain Gist.
14. Explain the design techniques in detail.
15. Explain in detail about coupling and cohesion.
16. Explain the managerial aspects of software maintenance in detail.

PART C Answer any TWO questions (2 x 15 =30 marks)

17. Explain the steps required to plan a software project.
18. What are the major facts that influence the software cost? Explain.
19. Explain the steps required in the implementation phase of software development.

COBOL and Data Processing

Paper II - COBOLAND DATAPROCESSING May 2005
PART A Answer ALL questions (20 x 2 =40 marks)

1. What is data processing? List the advantages of electronic data processing.
2. What is the significance of figurative constant?
3. What is the acronym for COBOL and CODASYL?
4. List down the various operators of COBOL.
5. What is the significance of FILLER clause?
6. Write a short note on PICTURE clause.
7. Give the syntax of File Description entry.
8. Give the syntax of DIVIDE Verb.
9. State the purpose of JUSTIFIED clause.
10. Write the syntax of ACCEPT statement with an example.
11. What is the purpose of level number 66?
12. List the various verbs of File I/O.
13. Mention the usage of sign condition with the help of its syntax.
14. Give one example to condition-name condition.
15. What is the purpose of EXIT statement?
16. What is the significance of INDEXED BY phrase?
17. Give the syntax of FD entry for variable length records.
18. What is meant by file updation?
19. What is the purpose of RETURN statement?
20. What is the purpose of ALTERNATE RECORD KEY?

PART B Answer ALL questions (5 x 12 =60 marks)

21. (a) Explain the different editing features of COBOL.
Or
(b) Briefly explain about level structure and PICTURE clause.

22. (a) State the rules governing the condition name condition and also explain
with suitable example.
Or
(b) Write a program to compute Sales Commission for sales amount. The sales commission is computed using the following conditions. Sales amount <>= 1,000 and <5,000,>= 5,000, Commission is 10% of sales amount.

23. (a) Write a note on : (i) SET(ii) SEARCH verb.
Or (b) A company has 3 categories of employees. Category 1 gets 30% of salary as HRA Category 2 gets 20% of salary as HRA Category 3 gets 15% of salary as HRA Given employee
name, category and salary. Write a program using go to with depending on to calculate and print Gross salary of each employee.

24. a)Explain any four procedure division statements of Relative file.
Or (b) Discuss the SORT verb. Give a suitable program example.

25. (a) Write a program to create a sequential file with the fields: Serial number, name, sex, department and designation. Using this file create two more files called MALE and FEMALE. Those records whose sex value is male, write it in the MALE file. Those records whose sex value is female, write it in the FEMALE file.

Or (b) Write a program to prepare electricity bill for a consumer. The bill must have the following fields.
(i) Consumer number
(ii) Initial metre reading
(iii) Final metre reading
(iv) Units Consumed
(v) Amount. The amount is calculated using the following conditions:
(1) Rate above 200 units is Rs. 2/unit
(2) Rate upto 100 units is 75 paise/unit
(3) Rate from 101-200 units is Re. l/unit Every consumer must pay a minimum of Rs.20

Client Server Computing with Oracle

Paper V - CLIENT/SERVER COMPUTING WITH ORACLE 7 May 2005

Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 marks
PART A Answer ALL questions (20 x 2 =40 marks)

1. Define middleware.
2. What is an entity?
3. What are the components of an open system environment?
4. What is meant by ACID test?
5. What do you mean by bridges?
6. Write down the factors that determine the performance of WAN?
7. Define messaging and queuing.
8. State any two DDL commands.
9. Mention the character data types in oracle.
10. What are the three types of exports?
11. What is meant by savepoint?
12. Write short notes on client application interface.
13. Define a procedure.
14. What are the parts of a PL/SQL block?
15. Define preemptive and non-preemptive threads.
16. Distinguish between nested tables and Varray.
17. What do you mean by cold and hot physical backups?
18. Define data security.
19. Give the syntax of grant statement with an example.
20. What is a constraint?

PART B Answer ALL the questions (5 x 12 =60 marks)

21. (a) Explain briefly the features of server machines.
Or
Explain the following:
(i) Consistency (ii) Robustness (iii) Transaction (iv) Recovery

22. (a) List down the merits and demerits of client/server model.
Or
Write short notes on client application.

23. (a) Discuss the administrative steps in building a database.
Or
(b) Explain in detail the advantages of table partitioning.

24 (a) Write short notes on database triggers. What is database tuning meant by?
(b) Explain the object tables and selecting values from object tables with suitable
examples.

25. (a) Illustrate networking concepts in the oracle with examples,
Or
(b) Discuss in detail the transaction log management and threshold manager with respect to backup and recovery.

Information Technology and it's application

DC 7 May 2005
Answer ALL questions
  1. List down any two services of Internet
  2. What do you mean by internet standards?
  3. What is the purpose of searchable data box?
  4. Write down any two FTP Commands
  5. Define the term: WWW
  6. What is an IP Address
  7. What is meant by Domain Name? Give an example
  8. Define the term: URL
  9. What is SPAM?
  10. What is the functions of TCP/IP?
  11. What is the purpose of ISP?
  12. What is the function of Modem?
  13. What is MIME? Give example
  14. What is PPP?
  15. What is the significance of gateway in internet?
  16. What do you mean by direct internet link?
  17. What is meant by duplex data transmission?
  18. What is a mailing list?
  19. Write down the benifits of Information provider
  20. List down any two management issues of information provider

    Part B - (5*12=60 Marks)

  21. (a) Explain the various services provided by the internet in detail
    or (b) Explain about Gopher Servers
  22. (a) Discuss about IP Address and DNS
    Or (b) Explain in detail about the resorces required to use internet service provider.
  23. (a) What is TCP/IP? Explain how to configure your machine for TCP/IP account
    or (b) Discuss about internet direct and dialup link. Explain the various troubleshooting of dialup connection
  24. (a) Discuss about the various issues of mail service.
    or (b) Explain how to configure mail server
  25. (a) What are the benefits of Information Provider? Explain how it helps to reduce expenditure.
    or (b) Discuss about the various management issues of information Provider.