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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

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2009/2010
STAGE I EXAMINATION FOR DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
BUD 004: PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DATE: DECEMBER 2009 TIME: 1 ½ HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Any THREE Questions
QUESTION ONE (20 MARKS)
a) Describe any FOUR features of computer screen (8 Marks)
b) Discuss the difference between IMPACT and NON-IMPACT printers. (6 Marks)
c) State the THREE components of a Central processing Unit (6 Marks)
QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)
a) Perform the following (show ALL your working)
i) 11110111-1101011 ( 2 Marks)
ii) 1100101+1011011 ( 2 Marks)
iii) convert 276 octal to decimal ( 3 Marks)
iv) convert 364 hexadecimal to decimal ( 3 Marks)
v) convert 585 decimal to binary ( 3 Marks)
b) Give a chronology of the SEVEN models of Intel family of processors (7 Marks)
QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)
a) Distinguish between
i) Application software and system software ( 4 Marks)
ii)Loaders and linkers (4 Marks)
iii) Compilers and interpreters (4 Marks)
iv)Viruses and worms (2 Marks)
b) Name SIX functions of the operating system (6 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)
a) Define the term word length ( 2 Marks)
b) Describe the THREE main buses in a computer ( 6 Marks)
c) You have been contracted to identify the computer to be used in an engineering workshop.
What SIX factors would you take into account to short list the bidders (12 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE (20 MARKS)
a) State the FIVE advantages of tailor-made over the off-the -shelf packages (10 Marks)
b) Describe the FIVE computer language generations (10 Marks)

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