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Bmit 116: Introduction To Information Technology August 2010 Question Paper

Bmit 116: Introduction To Information Technology August 2010

Course:Bachelor Of Business Management And Information Technology

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2010

COURSE CODE: BMIT 116/TLCM 116
COURSE TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
STREAM: Y1S1

INSTRUCTIONS:
Section A is compulsory and has 40 marks.
Attempt any THREE questions from Section B. Each question has 20 marks.

SECTION A

QUESTION 1 (40 MARKS)

a) Define a computer and explain any four characteristics of a computer system.
(5 marks)
b) Many people have never acknowledged the importance of networks in an
organization. As a computer network administrator explain any five advantages of
using computer networks in a company. (5 marks)
c) Write the HTML code to produce the following table. (5 marks)

NAME AGE SIZE GENDER TARGET
ONYANCHA 32 XXL MALE 100 WOMEN

d) Use the table below write the EBCDIC coding for the word NAKURU (use
hexadecimal notation). How many bytes will be required for this representation?
(5 marks)
e) As a web user explain in detail what you understand by the World Wide Web
(WWW). (5 marks)
f) Briefly explain the hard copy and soft copy output devices giving example of each.
(5 marks)
g) Highlight five advantages of Internet to Internet users of today information age.
(5 marks)
h) Explain in details the basic elements that make up the computer system.
(5 marks)

SECTION B
QUESTION 2 (20 MARKS)
a) As a hardware engineer explain any four basic computer hardware components.
(4 marks)
b) Do the following binary arithmetic. (4 marks)
(i) 00010111 × 00000011
(ii) 10000111 ÷ 00000101
c) Protocols are used in many areas of computer applications. Briefly explain any four
typical properties of FTP. (4 marks)
d) Differentiate between SAVE and SAVE AS used in Microsoft Excel.
(4 marks)
e) Being an easy way of communicating the email has limitations. Highlight any four
disadvantages of email. (4 marks)

QUESTION 3 (20 MARKS)
a) Explain the different types of computers by purpose giving an example for each.
(4 marks)
b) Convert the octal numbers to their decimal equivalent. (4 marks)
(i) 273.508
(ii) 327.758
c) Explain the functions of drivers in relation to the operating system.(4 marks)
d) Explain the difference between ASCII-7 and ASCII-8 as computer binary coding
scheme. (4 marks)
e) As an expert in computer applications what are the objectives of FTP are.
(4 marks)

QUESTION 4 (20 MARKS)
a) Explain any four computer application software categories giving examples.
(4 marks)
b) In relation to computer data representation. Discuss in detail the Non-Positional
number systems. (4 marks)
c) Convert the hexadecimal numbers to their decimal equivalent. (4 marks)
(i) 3B516
(ii) 32716
d) Explain in detail any four categories of operating systems. (4 marks)
e) Explain the following web terms. (4 marks)
(i) website
(ii) web page
(iii) home page
(iv) web surfing

QUESTION 5 (20 MARKS)
a) Explain the meaning of the following computer terminologies. (4 marks)
(v) Data
(vi) User interface
(vii) Peripheral devices
(viii) Intranet
b) Convert each of the BCD numbers below to their decimal equivalent.
(4 marks)
i) 001110000111
i) 01100111.0100
c) As a network engineer of Kabarak University explain in detail any four different
types of network topologies. (4 marks)
d) Identify and state any four functions of the computer operating system.
(4 marks)

e) Compute the following binary arithmetic expressions. (4 marks)
(i) 00010011 + 00111110
(ii) 00110011 - 00010110

CHARACTER EBCDIC CODE
ZONE DIGIT
A 1100 0001
B 1100 0010
C 1100 0011
D 1100 0100
E 1100 0101
F 1100 0110
G 1100 0111
H 1100 1000
I 1100 1001

J 1101 0001
K 1101 0010
L 1101 0011
M 1101 0100
N 1101 0101
O 1101 0110
P 1101 0111
Q 1101 1000
R 1101 1001

S 1110 0010
T 1110 0011
U 1110 0100
V 1110 0101
W 1110 0110
X 1110 0111
Y 1110 1000
Z 1110 1001

0 1111 0000
1 1111 0001
2 1111 0010
3 1111 0011
4 1111 0100
5 1111 0101
6 1111 0110
7 1111 0111
8 1111 1000
9 1111 1001

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