SECTION A

1. Name the protocol used by the world wide web. (1)

2. Express 2 gigabytes in kilobytes. (1)

3. Differentiate between :

a) Internet & Intranet

b) Online processing & realtime processing. (2)

4. Fill up the blanks from among the terms given below :

menubar,speed,incompatibility,slow,fast,ellipses,sharing

a) Communication speed between I/O stations & computer is ________ in time sharing system .

b) Dialog boxes appearing on a pull down menu use items that have _______.

c) _________ communication is required between computers in a LAN.

d) In computer networks,data transfer rate is dependent on _______ of communication lines.

e) To avoid _______ with different computers in a network,standard rules & conventions are laid down. (5)

5. Which of the following devices allows the user to add components to a computer system ?

a) system boards b) storage devices

c) expansion slots d) diskettes (1)

6. The equivalent of the operation code in a high level language is :

a) label b) command

c) variable d) operand (1)

7. In programming,logical operators are used in :

a) conditional statements b) control statements

c) selection statements d) branching statements (1)

8. The language JAVA has certain characteristics common with :

a) FORTRAN b) PASCAL

c) C++ d) Assembly language (1)

9. The primary determinant for the speed & processing capability of a computer

is :

a) microprocessor quality b) secondary storage size

c) RAM capacity d) none of the above (1)

10. Name the high level language that makes use of instance variables. (1)

11. Name the network topology which has serial interconnection between nodes. (1)

12. State the type of processing mode applicable for the following :

a) partitioning of primary memory to store different programs.

b) weekly preperation of payrolls. (2)

13. Which gate is equivalent to (XAND) AND (NAND) (1)

14. (NOR) NAND (AND) will result in what value ? (1)