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Introduction To Information Systems (Sunday) Question Paper

Introduction To Information Systems (Sunday)

Course:Bachelor Of Commerce

Institution: Kca University question papers

Exam Year:2010

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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2009/2010
FIRST YEAR STAGE 1 EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
CMS 100: INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS (SUNDAY)
DATE: APRIL 2010 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question ONE and Any other TWO Questions
QUESTION ONE
a) Discuss four ways in which information technology increases organizational flexibility
(8 Marks)
b) State two examples of high level programming languages (2 Marks)
c) Identify four major management challenges to building and using information systems in
organizations (8 Marks)
d) Differentiate the terms object code and source code
(2 Marks)
e) Examine any two functions of system software (2 Marks)
f) Describe the two types of processors (4 Marks)
g) Differentiate between static RAM and dynamic RAM (4 Marks)
QUESTION TWO
a) Discuss five effects of information technology on careers (10 Marks)
b) Describe giving examples any two types of software (6 Marks)
c) Differentiate between the terms cache and registers (4 Marks)
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QUESTION FOUR
a) Identify the hardware components in a typical computer system and their role in processing
information (12 Marks)
b) Identify two objectives of networking of computers (4 Marks)
c) Differentiate between a star topology and a bus network topology (4 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR
a) Carry out the following operations as shown for the following binary numbers
1000000
1010101
(2 Marks)
b) Subtract
1000001
0111101
(2 Marks)
c) Convert the following octal number to binary equivalent 361.448 (2 Marks)
d) Convert the following octal number to decimal 1018 (2 Marks)
e) Convert the following decimal number to hexadecimal equivalent - 45310
(2 Marks)
f) Convert the following binary number to hexadecimal number - 100010100112
(2 Marks)
g) (i)What are voice recognition devices? (2 Marks)
(ii) State four applications of voice recognition devices (6 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE
a) Discuss five generic features of a system (10 Marks)
b) Evaluate the role of information systems in today’s competitive environment
(10 Marks)
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