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Principles Of Information Technology Question Paper

Principles Of Information Technology

Course:Diploma In Business Management

Institution: Kca University question papers

Exam Year:2009

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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2008/2009
STAGE I EXAMINATION FOR DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
BUD 004: PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DATE: APRIL 2009 TIME: 1½HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any THREE questions
QUESTION ONE
a) State FOUR functions of the operating system [4 Marks]
b) State FIVE benefits of a computer network to organizations [5 Marks]
c) State the THREE benefits of internet to organizations [6 Marks]
d) Differentiate between softcopy and hardcopy [4 Marks]
e) The hard disk capacity is given as 152,547,145 bytes. Convert it to Gbytes [1 Mark]
QUESTION TWO
a) Define
i) CISC
ii) RISC
iii) Bit
iv) Byte
v) word length [5 Marks]
b) convert the following
i) 122 Decimal to octal
ii) 24 hexadecimal to binary
iii) 101010 binary to decimal
iv) 177 octal to hexadecimal
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v) 1000 decimal to hexadecimal [15 Marks]
QUESTION THREE
a) State the THREE components of the central processing unit [6 Marks]
b) Distinguish between
i) RAM and ROM
ii) compiler and interpreter [4 Marks]
c) State any FIVE factors to be considered in purchasing IT equipment [5 Marks]
d) Describe the FIVE computer language generations [5 Marks]
QUESTION FOUR
a) Explain, with the aid of diagrams, THREE network topologies. [12 Marks]
b) Networked communications in business may occur through wide area networks (WANS)
and/or local area networks (LANS). Explain how the TWO types of networks differ. [8 Marks]
QUESTION FIVE
a) The crucial steps in data processing [10 Marks]
b) i) Define Batch Processing. [ 3 Marks]
ii) What is Real Time Processing and how does it differ from batch processing? [3 Marks]
iii) Differentiate between online and offline processing [4 Marks]

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