SOUTH EASTERN TINIVERSITYOF SRI LANKA
i COMMERCE
ADVIINISTRATION
FIRSTYEAR EXAMINATIONSIN BUSINESS
(EXTERNAL)- 2008/2009
HELD IN APRIL 2009
BBA/COM 12 (I) - COMPUTER LITBRACY AND BASrC APPLICATIONS - I
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iv.
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02.
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ii.
iii.
iv.
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Mother Board
RAM
Main Mernory
Virtual Memory
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SOUTH EASTERN I]NIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA
FIRSTYEAR EXAMINATIONIN BACHELOROFBUSINESS
/
ADMINISTRATION
CoMMERCE (EXTERNAL)- 2008n0A9
2009
HELD IN APRIL
BBA/COM 12 (l) - COMPUTER LTTERACY Ar\D BASIC APPLICATIONS - I
Arswerall Questions
01.
Timeallowed:02Hours
Choosethe correctanswer
(a) Which of the following wasconceivedby CharlesBabbagethatembodiesthe key
featuresof modemcomputers?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
Analyticengine
Analytic computer
Differentengine
TabulatineMachine
(b) Which of the following is not an operatingsystem?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
MVS
PS2
Unix
Linux
(c) Which type of softwarewould you useto preparea budgetforecast?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
Word processing
Database
Presentation
Spreadsheet
(d) Which upgradewill havethe most impacton the performance
of your computer?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
AddingmorpRAM
Reducingthe peripheraldevices
Addinga networkcard
Fittinea secondharddisk
(e) What type of softwarecontrolsthe file systemon thecomputer?
i. cul
ii. Network software
iii. Operatingsystemsoftware
iv. Applicationsoftware
(f) Which is the srnallest
unit of computerstorage?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
Byte
Bit
Kilobit
Megabyte
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(g) Which type of softwareis usedto accessthe Internet?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
Interface
Presentation
Browser
System
(h) You havea modemanda telephoneconnection.Whatelsedo you needto connect
your computerto the Intemet?
Browserandprinter
ISP accountandprinter
ISP accountandnetwork
Browserand ISP account
(i) Which of thesedescribes
a computerprogram?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
An inputdevice
A setof instructions
An interactive
userguide
A helpsystem
O Which type of computeris usedto processlargeamountsof corporatedata?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
Notebook
Mainframe
Minicomputer
Desktop
(k) Which type of systemis usedto provideinformationfor employeeswithin a company?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
Internet
Intranet
Extranet
Electronicrnail
(l) Whatis the binaryequivalent
of 1782
i. ll0ll0ll
ii. t0t t0l l0
iii. 101r00r0
iv. 1001001I
(m) What is the MSB and LSB of the binaryequivalentof 127?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
landl
I and0
0 and I
0 and0
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(n) Selectthe operationrepresentedby the following truth table
Inout I
Inout2
Output
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
I
I
I
OR Gate
AND Gate
NOT Gate
EXOR Gate
(o) What doesCPU standfor?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
CentralPowerUnit
ComputerProcessing
Unit
ComputerProgrammingUnit
CentralProcessing
Unit
(p) Which of the following is not a computerlanguage?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
ALGOL
C++
FORTRAN
UNIX
(q) Whichof the followingis not a Directinputdevice?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
Keyboard
Mouse
Scanner
Joystick
(r) The numberlAro
i. I 10102
ii. l0l t02
iii. I l0l:
iv. I I l0z
(s) Maximum length of a file name in Windows OperatingSystemis
i. 128
ii. 2s6
iii. 8
iv. 32
(t) Which of the mediahashighestdatatransferrate?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
HardDisk
CD
U S BP e n
RAM
(1.5X 20:30 Marks)
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02.
How doesit contributein
what do you meanby the term InformationTechnology?
(08Marks)
Education,Accountingand Banking?
of IniegratedCircuits(IC) TechnologyoverTransistor
b. List out someof the advantages
(05Marks)
Technology?
c.
What is a system?Why do we refer to a computeras a system?
d . What is meantby the term GUI in a computersystem?
(04Marks)
(03Marks)
03.
five
a. What do you meanby Hardware'SystemSoftware,andApplicationsoftware?Give
(09Marks)
examplesfor each?
Unit (CPU)
b. What are the main functionsof a CentralProcessing
(06Marks)
over machinelanguage? (05Marks)
c. what is assemblylanguage?what are its advantages
How doesit differ from a complier?
d. What is an interpreter?
(05Marks)
04.
a. What is meantby computervirus?How canyou protectyour computerfrom virus?
{05Marks)
b. Give the full fonn of the followingtenns
i. SQL
ii. PL/l
iii. EPROM
iv. DOS
v. ALU
(05Marks)
c. Briefly explainthe functionsof the followingcomponents
i. PowersupplyUnit
ii. MotherBoard
iii. RAM
iv. Main Memory
v. VirtualMemory
(03X5=15Marks)
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