TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY

School Of Computer Science

SPOT ASSIGNMENT CY-2013
BCA First Year

COURSE

COURSE CODE

Computer Fundamentals

ADMISSION YEAR

BCA-01

CY 2013

& PC Software
Time : 3 hrs

Total Marks=25
Part- A- Short Answer Questions

Answer all questions

(3 X 5 = 15 Marks)

1.

Write short note on Magnetic Disk.

2.

Write the differences in

a. Volatile Memory Versus Non-Volatile Memory.
b. Static memory Versus Dynamic memory

3.

What are the three categories of Viruses.

Part- B- Long Answer Question

Answer the following question

1.

(1 X 10 = 10 Marks)

a. Define the following

i. Headers and Footers.
b. What are Macros?

ii.

Margins

iii. Page numbers

TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY

School Of Computer Science
SPOT ASSIGNMENT CY-2013
BCA First Year
COURSE

COURSE CODE

BCA-02

C Programming and

ADMISSION YEAR
CY - 2013

Data Structure
Time : 3 hrs

Total Marks=25
Part- A- Short Answer Questions

Answer all questions

(3 X 5 = 15 Marks)

1.

Write a program to accept a number and check whether it is divisible by 5

or not.

2.

Write a program to accept radius and calculate the area and perimeter of
a circle.

3.

Define Array. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of array.

Part- B- Long Answer Question

Answer the following question

1.

Write short notes on

i.

Kruskals Algorithm

ii.

Djikstras Algorithm

iii.

Depth First Search

iv.

Breadth First Search.

(1 X 10 = 10 Marks)

TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY

School Of Computer Science
SPOT ASSIGNMENT CY-2013
BCA First Year
COURSE

COURSE CODE

ADMISSION YEAR

BCA-03

Introduction to

CY - 2013

System Software
Time : 3 hrs

Total Marks=25
Part- A- Short Answer Questions

Answer all questions

(3 X 5 = 15 Marks)

1.

Write short note on Segmentation.

2.

Explain the UNIX File Structure.

3.

Write the following Scheduling Algorithms

a. Round robin Scheduling
b. Priority based Scheduling
Part- B- Long Answer Question

Answer the following question

1.

(1 X 10 = 10 Marks)

What is a Compiler? Write the several approaches to compiler

developments.

TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY

School Of Computer Science
SPOT ASSIGNMENT CY-2013
BCA First Year
COURSE

COURSE CODE

ADMISSION YEAR

BCA-04

Introduction to

CY - 2013

Computer Organization
Time : 3 hrs

Total Marks=25
Part- A- Short Answer Questions

Answer all questions

(3 X 5 = 15 Marks)

1.

What are the differences between Preindexing and Postindexing?

2.

What is an Instruction Set? What are the types of Instructions?

3.

Define the following.

i. Debugger

ii. Loader

iii. Linker

iv. Editor

Part- B- Long Answer Questions

Answer the following question

(1 X 10 = 10 Marks)

1. Map the function having four variables in a Karnaughs Map. The function
is F(A,B,C,D), (2,6,10,14)

TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY

School Of Computer Science
SPOT ASSIGNMENT CY-2013
BCA First Year
COURSE
Elements Of System

COURSE CODE

ADMISSION YEAR

BCA-05

CY - 2013

Analysis and Design

Time : 3 hrs

Total Marks=25
Part- A- Short Answer Questions

Answer all questions

(3 X 5 = 15 Marks)

1. How to define Cost benefit analysis? Why is piracy so prevalent?

2. What is the importance of color use in screen design?
3. What are the terms and conditions of software release agreement ?

Part- B- Long Answer Question

Answer the following question
1. Describe the main types of codes.

(1 X 10 = 10 Marks)

TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY

School Of Computer Science
SPOT ASSIGNMENT CY-2013
BCA First Year
COURSE
Introduction to Data Base

COURSE CODE

ADMISSION YEAR

BCA-06

CY - 2013

Management System
Time : 3 hrs

Total Marks=25
Part- A- Short Answer Questions

Answer all questions

(3 X 5 = 15 Marks)

1.

What are the two categories of Client-Server application development.

2.

Define the following terms

i. Inverted List ii. Candidate Key

3.

iii. B-Tree

iv. Foreign Key.

What are the three types of anomalies in database and Explain ?

Part- B- Long Answer Question

Answer the following question
1.

(1 X 10 = 10 Marks)

Write the major components of a Database Management System.