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A large manufacturing company follows an elaborate procedure for purchasing, storing and bill payment. For realizing payment of bill, a supplier has to maintain liaison with various departments and sometimes with various persons of the same department, viz., Production Planning and Control, Vendor Rating. Purchase, Stores, Inspection, Bill Payment, Cash Department, etc. Because of the frequent visits necessary and time delay in realizing payment, small suppliers are losing business interest. This is reflected by higher procurement prices and negative growth of ancillary industries. You are required to advise the company on: |
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| (i) | Benefits of re-organising the procedures to minimize contact points: |
| (ii) | Effect on internal control system; |
| (iii) | Problems to be encountered in course of such changes. |
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4x3=12 |
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What is 'outsourcing'? What are the benefits expected from outsourcing? |
3+5=8 |
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(a) |
Write the full form of the following abbreviations: |
1x10=10 |
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| (i) | ASCII; | (ii) | URL; |
| (iii) | WAN; | (iv) | EPROM; |
| (v) | ULSI; | (vi) | EFTS; |
| (vii) | VSAT; | (viii) | RDBMS; |
| (ix) | OCR; | (x) | FAQ. |
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"The success of ERP is dependent on some prerequisites". What is ERP? What are these prerequisites? What is SAP? Name two platforms suitable for application of SAP. |
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2+3=10 |
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(a) |
Match the following two columns: |
½x10=5 |
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| (i) | Netscape Navigator | (a) | Universal Product Code |
| (ii) | FTP | (b) | Protection against intrusion |
| (iii) | UNIX | (c) | Relating to transfer of files between machines |
| (iv) | Non-volatile storage | (d) | A Web site enabling users to access various levels of information |
| (v) | CASE | (e) | An encoding scheme used to Create and format at Web document |
| (vi) | Barcode | (f) | Displays Web pages |
| (vii) | Search Engine | (g) | Related to behaviour of a system |
| (viii) | HTML | (h) | An operating system |
| (ix) | Simulation | (i) | A tool for software development |
| (x) | Firewall | (j) | Not affected by power failure |
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(b) |
Write short notes on: |
2x5=10 |
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| (i) | Virtual Reality; | (ii) | Cryptography; |
| (iii) | User ID; | (iv) | Node; |
| (v) | Link; |
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Explain the concept of System Development Life Cycle. |
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| 4. |
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"Internet plays a vital role in today's world and has already started influencing our family, social and industrial culture. No one can be away from this uper power". |
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| Define the following terms in connection with the Internet: |
| (i) | Network; | (ii) | Internet; | (iii) | www, and | (iv) | Electronic Data Interchange |
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2½x4=10 |
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"An ISP offers various options under: |
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| (i) | Connection through Telephone Line, | (ii) | Protocol, and | (iii) | Services." |
| Elaborate on the various options under each category. |
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| 5. |
(a) |
State 'true' or 'false' with justification for your answer: |
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| (i) | Clients and Servers in Internet can be either software or hardware. |
| (ii) | Operating system on PCs is permanently stored in RAM. |
| (iii) | The compiler detects only logical program errors during testing. |
| (iv) | Broadband transmission channels use coaxial cables only for transmitting large volume of data. |
| (v) | In binary number system, 'bits' and 'bytes' convey different meanings. |
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In a database environment, what is the role of a Database Administrator? Is the existence of DBA essential? |
3+3=6 |
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(c) |
Can you explain the interrelationship among 'system', 'sub-system', 'synergy' and 'behaviour'? |
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| 6. |
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What are the objectives of an "Information System Audit"? What are the major areas of internal control and how are they affected under a computerized system? |
4+6=10 |
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Explain Information Systems for management control. |
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(c) |
What do you mean by D.S.S. |
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| 7. |
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Discuss various conversion strategies and activities involved in changeover process from a manual to computerized system. |
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(b) |
What do you understand by E-commerce? What are the prerequisites of E-commerce? |
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