CUSTOMER_CODE SMUDE DIVISION_CODE SMUDE EVENT_CODE OCTOBER15 ASSESSMENT_CODE BB0005_OCTOBER15 QUESTION_TYPE DESCRIPTIVE_QUESTION QUESTION_ID 32726 QUESTION_TEXT Explain the characteristics of information. SCHEME OF EVALUATION 1. Accuracy (2 marks) 2. Form information (1 mark) 3. Relevance (1 mark) 4. Timeliness (2 marks) 5. Completeness (1 mark) 6. Purpose (1 mark) 7. Reliability (1 mark) 8. Validity (1 mark) QUESTION_T DESCRIPTIVE_QUESTION YPE QUESTION_ID 32728 QUESTION_T EXT Distinguish between compiler and interpreter. SCHEME OF EVALUATION Any 5 difference (2 Marks each) QUESTION_TYPE DESCRIPTIVE_QUESTION QUESTION_ID 32729 QUESTION_TEXT Give the features of MS-Excel. SCHEME OF EVALUATION 1. Worksheet and Graphics 2. Data lists & Database 3. Standardised user interface 4. Data Exchange with other applications 5. Workbooks (2 Marks each) QUESTION_TYPE DESCRIPTIVE_QUESTION QUESTION_ID 32730 QUESTION_TEXT What are the types of addressing methods used in Excel? SCHEME OF EVALUATION 1. Relative addressing (3 marks) 2. Absolute addressing (4 marks) 3. Mixed Addressing (3 marks) QUESTION_TYPE DESCRIPTIVE_QUESTION QUESTION_ID 125487 QUESTION_TEXT Define word processor. Give the various features of word processor. SCHEME OF EVALUATION Word Processor is a utility or system software package, consisting set of integrated programs to manipulate the text or document. (1 mark) Features of WP: 1. Content of the text can be modified; deleted or added everywhere that it occurs in matter of seconds. 2. Move whole phrases from one place to another and then move them back again if required and copy a phrase from one place to another place within the text or text to text. 3. Facility to find the occurrence of any word or phrase, and if necessary replace it with another. Supports spell checking. 4. Facility for alignment of the text or paragraphs and setting up the margins, line spacing etc. 5. Facility to suggest the synonyms for a particular word.Facility to provide mail-merging technique. 6. Facility to provide various types of fonts and allows changing the size of the font. 7. WP applications can be used as DTP (Desktop publications). 8. Auto correct feature to detect and correct types, misspelled words, grammatical errors and incorrect capitalization. Auto format, this facility provides the formatting the text automatically as we type. 9. Click and type facility is used to insert text, graphics, tables or other items in a blank area of document/text. (1 mark each= 9 marks) QUESTION_TYPE DESCRIPTIVE_QUESTION QUESTION_ID 125488 Explain the following a. OCR (Optical character Recognition) b. OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) QUESTION_TEXT c. MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) d. Joystick e. Smart cards a. It is an input Device, which detects the presence of characters but also differentiates them by their size and font [shape], to read numeric and alphanumeric characters from pre-printed documents produced by typewriters, printers or hand written etc. however, the early OCR’s were designed to recognize characters that were printed in a special format like the American National Standard OCR – A or the European OCR-B characters. Most OCR’ used in application such as credit card billing and reading of pin code numbers in large post offices to sort mail, and also used in banks, insurance companies, airlines etc. b. These devices used as input devices, which are recognized, photo electrically, the presence of a mark but, unlike card and paper tape readers, the mark is detected by reflected light and not by transmitted light. The data that is read may be transmitted directly to a computer for processing, or may be automatically recorded on another medium such as punched cards or magnetic media. These devices are mainly used to check the multi answer sheets. SCHEME OF EVALUATION c. MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) reader is an input device. The method employed in this is that the documents with characters marked in Ink are passed through a magnetic field where the ink coded characters magnetize the reader’s head due to magnetic ink. These are then read and recognized on the basis of the strength of current according to the size of the magnetized area in a specific pattern. These devices operate at speed of reading 2400 character per second and widely used in banking application systems. These devices recognize the typical fonts, example B- 13B and CMC-1 are commonly used. d. Joystick: It is a similar to the tracker ball the function of joystick is to move cursor across the width and height of the screen. It consists of a small lever handle or a stick mounted on a rolling ball. The cursor movement controls through software techniques, based on the lever handle movement. The function of joystick sends the electrical signals to the CPU for the subsequent process task, and then CPU translates these signals and highlights the cursor movement on the screen. e. A smart card can be considered as a portable storage device that controls some non-volatile memory. This card contain some kind of an encrypted key that is compared to a secrete key contained on the user’s processor. Some smart cards have provision to allow users to enter a personal identification number (PIN) code. The origin of smart cards can be traced to a Frenchman named Ronald Moreno in the mid 1970s’ Smart Cards are used as interface device for the mobile digital economy. These cards hold your cash, ID information and other important related information. These cards are mainly used to pay the bills against the purchases. Ans: Each carry 2 mark