UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, TAXILA
FACULTY OF TELECOMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Introduction to Computing
Assignment 01: (20 marks)
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CLO-1: Describe the main categories of computer systems, its hardware and software, their
interaction with each other and sub fields of computing.
CLO-2: Illustrate the internal working of computer systems and how computers process data using
given resources.
CLO-3: Sketch flow charts and design algorithms to demonstrate their problem-solving skills.
Note:
Assignment will only submit to me in your corresponding class else it will not be accepted.
 Copy Paste not allowed (otherwise marks deduction)
No Handwritten Assignment (Printed Assignment)
Criteria
Completeness
Originality
Individual/ Team
Effort
Presentation Skills/
Writing Skills
Timeliness
Final
Score
Total
Marks
Ans
8
4
2
4
2
20
Question # 1: The research paper (attached) “Digital technology and COVID-19” identified
some digital technologies and their impact on public-health. Write the detailed summary of
this paper by including the description of technologies. (1500-2000 words only) (10 Marks,
CLO-1)
Hint: Detail description of technologies is:
What is IoT?
What is big data?
What is Block-chain?
What is AI?
Explain Table 1 in detail.
Question # 2: Each Tweet on Twitter can have at most 280 characters, a username of at most
24 characters, and three integers (for number of likes, retweets, and comments). Assuming
each integer is 8 bytes and using the conversion of 1000 instead of 1024, how many tweets
can we store on a 1000MB hard drive? (5 Marks, CLO-2)
Question # 3: Binary arithmetic: What is the result of the following arithmetic problems,
assuming the result is stored in six bits? Please give the binary (not decimal) result. (5 Marks,
CLO-2)
(a) 010010 + 001010
(b) 010110 + 101011
(c) 110010 + 110110
(d) 110110 – 011100
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ITC
20-SE
Engr. Kanwal Yousaf