FIRST YEAR QUESTION PAPER

COMPUTER APPLICATION(COMMERCE)

MAX MARKS:60
TIME: 2 Hrs

PART A

1 Rahul wants to apply for plus one admission through single window.But
he submitted application form one day after last date of submission.
Which value of information is lost here? 1

2 (C8.A2) = (...............)
16 2 1

3 .................. is a device that draws pictures on paper based on

commands from a computer. 1

4 Name the protocol associated with sending E-mail. 1

5 … ..................are the softwares used by search engines to search

information from database. 1

6 … ..................may be defined as delivery of government services and

information to the public using electronic means. 1

7 Consider the following.

a) Meera was doing a program in VB and she wrote c = a * b. But she

wanted to calculate a/b.Identify the error in this case.

b) Then Meera identified the mistake and corrected it as c = a/b. Then

while running the program she entered b = 0 and was not able to get
the result. Which error is associated with this and explain. 2

8 Match the following

1 Laser Printer a)Heat sensitive paper

2 Daisy wheel Printer b)Catridge
3 Inkjet Printer c)Ribbon
4 Thermal Printer d)Toner 2
9 In an office it is required to take hundreds of copies of the same type
written document. Which traditional method of document preparation
can be used for this. Explain its advantages. 2

10 ASCII is used to represent characters in memory. Is it sufficient to

represent all characters used in the written languages of the world.
Propose a solution. Justify your answer. 2

11 How can computers be beneficial in Entertainment field. 2

12 Switch and hub are two devices associated with networking. Differentiate
between them. 2
13 The symbols used in the following flowchart are not fully correct.
Identify and correct it. 2

start

Read n

P=1

Print P

P=P+1

Is P>n
No

yes

STOP
14 Disk defragmentor is one of the utilities available in a computer. Explain
its features. 2
or
15 A language processor is a must in a computer. Comment on this. 2

16 Find answers to the following. 3

a) Convert (8E6.A2) to decimal.

16
b) Convert (354.7) to binary.
8
c) Find the 2's compliment representation of -18.

17 Choose the best input devices for the following contexts. Explain its
significance. 3

a) To identify a product in a super market.

b)To read a bank cheque's Account number and identification number.
c)To play games.

18 Write an algoritham to find the sum of first 50 even numbers. 3

19 Differentiate between CUI and GUI.Explain any two operating systems

based on this. 3
20 There are 10 computers in an office.What are the possible ways we can
interconnect these computers. Explain any 3 ways. 4
21 'Computers can play a significant role in nowadays crime detection.'
Identify the areas and explain. 4
or
22 Explain the modern methods of communication. 4

PART B

23 Choose the control which do not have a caption property.

(Label, Command button, Text box, Check box) 1
24 Extention of a module in a VB project is.................... 1
25 a = text1.text
b = text2.text
c = a+b
If a=5 and b=6 What will be the output.Explain. 2
26 a)There are 4 text boxes. When tab key is pressed cursor moved from
first text box to second text box.When tab key is pressed again it
moved to 4th text box.Cursor never entered to 3rd text box.What is the
 reason.

b)Then some changes are made and lastly cursor entered into 3 rd text
box.Which properties are set. 2

27 Differentiate between option button and check box. 2

28 Re write the following using select...case. 3

mark = Inputbox(“ Enter your mark” )

If mark >= 75 then
result=” Distinction”
Elseif mark>=60 then
result=” First class”
Elseif mark>=50 then
result=” second class”
Elseif mark>=40 then
result=” passed”
else
result=” Failed”
End if
Msgbox “ Result= “ &result

29 Re write the followin using for...next. Predict the output. 3

i=1
Do while i<=10
p=i*5
i=i+1
Print p
loop
30 Explain the VB IDE components. 4
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