B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
First Semester
Information Technology
PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
AND OS
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 20)
Answer all the questions.
1. What is Information Technology?
2. What are the benefits of Information Technology?
3. List out the types of application software.
4. What do you mean by Groupware?
5. Define Internet.
6. Differentiate Analog and Digital Signals.
7. Give any two examples for real time systems.
8. Write down the advantages of Distributed Processing.
9. What are Threads?
10. Define TAT.
Sub. Code
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Part B 5 25)
Answer all questions.
11. Describe the elements of a computer.
Or
Write down the ethics Information Technology.
12. Explain the concept of Communications Software.
Or
Write short notes on Web Browsers.
13. What are Online Information Services? Explain.
Or
Write about communications Networks.
14. Explain Time sharing system with diagram.
Or
Describe the major goals of operating system.
15. What are the operations on a Process?
Or
What is IPC? What are the two ways of doing
IPC?
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Part C x 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Discuss the concept of File Management Systems.
17. Explain the features of
Word Processing
Spread Sheets
18. What are Telephone related communication services?
Explain in detail.
19. Describe I/O structure with diagrams.
20. Explain Shortest Job First Scheduling algorithm.
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