Code No: RR10202 Set No.

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I B.Tech Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND NUMERICAL METHODS
( Common to Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Electronics &
Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics
& Instrumentation Engineering, Bio-Medical Engineering, Information
Technology, Electronics & Control Engineering, Computer Science &
Systems Engineering, Electronics & Telematics, Electronics & Computer
Engineering, Instrumentation & Control Engineering and Bio-Technology)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) What are the three main functional elements of a Computer? Briefly describe
the purpose of each functional elements of the computer.
(b) Compare and contrast the differences among mini and microcomputers. [10+6]

2. (a) Write a brief notes on user interface features of an operating system.

(b) Write short notes on the program running features in operating system.
[8+8]

3. (a) What is meant by ‘portability’ in computer languages.

(b) Distinguish between third generation and fourth generation languages.[6+10]

4. (a) Write about hierarchical databases and network databases.

(b) Write about relational databases and object oriented databases. [8+8]

5. Describe the Standard Toolbar of Office - 2000. [16]

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6. Find the iterative equation based on Newton-Raphsons method for finding N, 1/N, N1/3 ,
where N is a real Number. Apply the Methods to N=18 to obtain the results correct
to 2 decimals. [16]

7. (a) Show that ∆2 fi = (fi + fi+1 ) ∆fi

(b) If f(x) = u (x) v(x) Show that f[x0 , x1 ] = u[x0 ].v[x0 , x1 ] + u[x0 , x1 ]v[x1 ] [8+8]

8. (a) Solve x′ = −4tx2 , x(0) = 2 with h = 0.2 on the interval (0,1) using fourth
order Runge - Kutta method
(b) Given y′ = x + siny, y (0) = 1 compute y(0.2) with h = 0.2, using Euler
method with an error < 0.05. [8+8]

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Code No: RR10202 Set No. 2
I B.Tech Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND NUMERICAL METHODS
( Common to Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Electronics &
Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics
& Instrumentation Engineering, Bio-Medical Engineering, Information
Technology, Electronics & Control Engineering, Computer Science &
Systems Engineering, Electronics & Telematics, Electronics & Computer
Engineering, Instrumentation & Control Engineering and Bio-Technology)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. Discuss the functions of Joystick, track ball, touch screen. [16]

2. (a) What are RISC and CISC processors? Explain.

(b) Explain about parallel processing.
(c) Explain about Motorola processors. [6+5+5]

3. (a) What are the advantages of computer programming languages.

(b) What are the differences between compiler and interpreter. [8+8]

4. Explain various network topologies for LANs. [16]

5. Describe the Standard Toolbar of Office - 2000. [16]

6. (a) Give the algorithm for Bisection method to find the roots of the equation
(b) Find the roots of the equation
x2 −4x − 10 = 0
using bisection method. [8+8]

7. (a) Obtain truncation error formula in Newton’s forward interpolation method.

(b) Fit a polynomial for f(x) whose values are 1.005, 1.020, 1.045, 1.081 at
x = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4. Use forward interpolation and then find f(0.16). [8+8]
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8. (a) Evaluate I = (1/(x3 + 10) . dx using
0
i. Trapezoidal rule and
ii. Simpson’s rule with 3,5 points.
(b) Explain ‘Gaussion Quadrature’ [10+6]

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Code No: RR10202 Set No. 3
I B.Tech Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND NUMERICAL METHODS
( Common to Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Electronics &
Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics
& Instrumentation Engineering, Bio-Medical Engineering, Information
Technology, Electronics & Control Engineering, Computer Science &
Systems Engineering, Electronics & Telematics, Electronics & Computer
Engineering, Instrumentation & Control Engineering and Bio-Technology)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. With a neat diagram explain the working of an execution unit of a CPU. [16]

2. (a) What are RISC and CISC processors? Explain.

(b) Explain about parallel processing.
(c) Explain about Motorola processors. [6+5+5]

3. (a) What is meant by ‘portability’ in computer languages.

(b) Distinguish between third generation and fourth generation languages.[6+10]

4. Explain: Server based networks, client/server networks, peer-to-peer networks.[16]

5. Describe the customizing word and list the common word options and their de-
scription by taking the location and option name. [16]

6. (a) Explain Newton - Raphson method with an example.

(b) List the Limitation of Newton - Raphson method. [8+8]

7. (a) Describe the error in interpolation techniques.

(b) Consider the function f(x) = log (1 + x ), x0 = 2 and x1 = 2.1. use linear inter-
polation to evaluate approximate value for f(2.06). [6+10]

8. Apply Predictor - Corrector method to solve y′ = 4 - 2x, y(0) = 2, using h = 0.2

on the interval (0,0.4). Calculate the required valves from Eular’s method. [8+8]

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Code No: RR10202 Set No. 4
I B.Tech Supplimentary Examinations, February 2008
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND NUMERICAL METHODS
( Common to Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Electronics &
Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics
& Instrumentation Engineering, Bio-Medical Engineering, Information
Technology, Electronics & Control Engineering, Computer Science &
Systems Engineering, Electronics & Telematics, Electronics & Computer
Engineering, Instrumentation & Control Engineering and Bio-Technology)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. (a) Why have I/O devices presented a bottle neck to efficient use of the computer?
(b) How does an ink jet printer create characters on a print page? What are
advantages and disadvantages of ink jet printers. [6+10]

2. (a) What are RISC and CISC processors? Explain.

(b) Explain about parallel processing.
(c) Explain about Motorola processors. [6+5+5]

3. (a) Explain about compiler and interpreter. Give two programming language
examples for each.
(b) Explain the following terms: [6+5+5]
i. Program
ii. Flow chart
iii. Pseudo code.

4. Explain: [4+4+4+4]

(a) Network servers

(b) File servers
(c) Application servers
(d) Spooling.

5. Describe the Standard Toolbar of Office - 2000. [16]

6. (a) Explain the iterative method approach in solving the problems.

(b) Explain the classification of iterative method based on the number of guesses.
[8+8]

7. (a) What is polynomial interpolation? Discuss the method. Give the algorithm
to the error?

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(b) The length of an insect varies for 10, 25, 47, 81 days as 14.1321, 17.2172,
19.1729, 21.1892. Find the insect length at 28th day using Lagrange interpo-
lation. [8+8]
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8. (a) Evaluate I = (1+(sin x/x)). dx with an error < 10−5 using Simpson’s rule.
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(b) Give an algorithm for linear regression. [9+7]

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