CS101 Midterm Past Paper

Mid Term Examination - April 2003

Session -1

1. The duration of this examination is 1.5 hours.
2. This examination is closed book, closed notes, closed neighbors; any one found cheating will get zero grade in the course CS101 Introduction to Computing.

Q3. Answer all questions.

1. There is no choice.
2. You will have to correctly answer all questions in this examination to receive the maximum possible marks.
3. Unless stated otherwise, all questions carry two marks. Each MCQ has 5 choices.

Q6. Most, but not all, of the examination consists of multiple-choice questions. Choose only one choice as your answer.

1. If you believe that two (or more) of the choices are the correct ones for a particular question, choose the best one.
2. On the other hand, if you believe that all of the choices provided for a particular question are the wrong ones, select the one that appears to you as being the least wrong.
3. All Web development questions should be answered using the HTML syntax.

Q.No 1

An object can be defined as o Collection of integers and floats o Collection o of integers and properties o Collection of While loops and variables o Collection of properties and methods

Total Questions 25

o Combination of sequential and conditional structures

Q.No 2

During the integration and testing phase of software development life cycle o User documents the work that he thinks the system does o Developer analyzes user's requirements, and perform further investigation to write the specifications for the system o Bring the subsystem together to form the systems and test them o Detailed plan specifying the required resources and expected deliverables o Providing the feasibility of the system

Q.No 3

The advantage of client side scripting is o All browsers support it o Decreases the complexity of web page o Reduces network traffic o Increases server load o User cannot see your code

Q.No 4

Spreadsheet software o Is the replacement of ledgers o Is a replacement of encyclopedia o Are not used for business calculations and charts o Is a sub category of science, engineering and graphics software o Is a sub category of entertainment software.

Q.No 5

Decision support systems are sometimes called o ERP o Document-centered computing o E-commerce software o Electronic Encyclopedia o Expert Systems

Q.No 6

ASP script is o A data base management system o Not a server side script o Linux based server script o Window based server script o Unix based server script

Q.No 7

Software that directly interact with the user is called

o Application software o Low level languages

o Compilers

Q.No 8

In the AND operation output is true if o All input variables have true state o Some of the input variables have true state o None of the input variables have true state o All the input variables have false state o Only one of the input has false state

Q.No 9

Semantic web pages o Are also called static web pages o Are not understood by computers o Are understood by computers o Are not the extension of today's web pages o Correct the semantics of the web page

Q.No 10

Two major types of software are o Application Software, System Software o Application Software , Database Software o System Software , Database Software