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M.C.A.(Previous) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2006

PAPER - I - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(DMCA 101)

Time: Three hours Maximum: 75 marksSECTION - A - (3 X 15 = 45 marks)

Answer any THREE of the following

1. What is a computer based information system? Discuss the general technological trends for

information technology.

2. (a) Describe the four main types of primary storage.

(b) Describe the computer Hierarchy interms their roles.

3. What is systems software? Explain different types of systems software.

4. What is DBMS? What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of hierarchical, network

and relational databases?

5. How the Internet works? Explain services provided by the Internet.

SECTION - B - (5 X 5 = 25 marks)

Answer any FIVE of the following

6. Describe the hierarchical structure of organisations.

7. Describe the role of the ISD in an organisation.

8. How CPU works? What are advances in microprocessor design?

9. Explain any secondary storage devices.

10. What are the advantages of Object-Oriented languages?

11. What are the advantages of Data ware housing?

12. Explain communication medias and channels.13. Differentiate INTERNET and INTRANETS.

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SECTION - C - (5 X 1 = 5 marks)

Answer ALL of the following.

14. What is an Information System?

15. Mention different types of memories.

16. What is Data mining?

17. What is WWW?

18. What is Extranet?

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M.C.A.(Previous) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2006

PAPER - II - PROGRAMMING WITH C++

(DMCA 102)

Time: Three hours Maximum: 75 marks

SECTION A - (3 X 15 = 45 marks)

Answer any THREE of the following

1. (a) What is call by value and call by reference? Explain each with an example. (7)

(b) Write a C++ program to multiply two matrices. (8)

2. (a) W hat is overloading and overriding? Explain with an example. (7)

(b) Write about any five string library functions along with system and usage. (8)

3. (a) What are Virtual functions and Abstract classes? Explain with an example. (8)

(b) What are pointers and dynamic arrays? Explain with an example. (7)

4. (a) What are class templates and function templates? Differentiate with an example

(b) Write C++ program explaining binary search.5. (a) Explain about various conditional statements in C++ with an example. (7)

(b) Write a program to overload ++ operator. (8)

6. (a) Explain what is the use of copy constructor with the example. (7)

(b) Explain what is object oriented concepts are available in C++. (8)

SECTION - B - (5 X 5 = 25 marks)

Answer any FIVE of the following

7. Write a C++ program to find the area of a triangle given three sides a, b, c by validating sides.

8. Write a C++ program for bubble sort.

9. Discuss about continue and break statements in C++ and differentiate.

10. Write a program using functions to find permutation function P(n, k)

11. What are static data members and static member functions? Explain.

12. Write a program to append a string to another string.

13. What is iterator class? Explain with an example.

n!

(n !k)!

14. List and explain about any four library functions of mathematical and string each.

SECTION C - (5 X 1 = 5 marks)Answer any ALL of the following

15. What is inline function?

16. What is the difference between reference and pointer variable?

17. What is protected data?

18. What is composition?

19. What is vector? Give an example.

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