CERTIFICATE IN

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (CIT)

ASSIGNMENTS(July, 2010 & January, 2011)

(CIT-001, CIT-002, CIT-003, and CITL-001)

SCHOOL OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCESINDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110068

CONTENTS

Course Code Assignment No. Maximum Marks

Page No.

CIT-001 CIT/CIT-001/ASSIGN/10 25 3CIT-002 CIT/CIT-002/ASSIGN/10 25 4CIT-003 CIT/CIT-003/ASSIGN/10 25 5CITL-001 CIT/CITL-001/ASSIGN/10 25 6

Important Notes

Viva-voce worth 20 Marks is compulsory for each course.

Please follow the guidelines given in the MCA Programme Guide for solving, presentation format

and submission of the assignments.

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Important Notes

1. Submit your assignments to the coordinator of your Study Center before the due dates.

2. Assignment submission before due dates is compulsory to become eligible for appearing in corresponding Term End Examinations. For further details, please refer to CIT programme guide.

3. It is essential to fulfil minimum attendance requirement as well as submission of assignment before due date in the case of CITL-001 to become eligible to appear for the corresponding Term End Practical Examination. For further details, please refer to CIT programme guide.

Course Code : CIT-001Course Title : Fundamentals of Computer SystemsAssignment Number : CIT/CIT-001/ASSIGN/10Maximum Marks : 25Last Dates for Submission : 15th October, 2010 (For July Session)

15th April, 2011 (For January Session)

There are five questions in this assignment, which carry a total of 25 marks. Answer all the questions. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the explanations. Please go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the CIT Programme Guide. The examples, whenever asked to be given, should be different from those that are discussed in the corresponding course material.

Question 1(a): What are the five main components of a computer system? Explain how do these components communicate with each other? (3)

Question 1(b): What is auxiliary memory? Give an example of auxiliary memory. (2) Question 2(a): Draw a flowchart for calculating area of a sphere? (2) Question 2(b): Differentiate between PROM, EPROM ,and EEPROM. (3)

Question 3(a): Write a program in ‘C’ to test whether a given number is greater than 30 or not. (3)

Question 3(b): What is an array?Explain how an array is declared in ‘C’ language? (2) Question 4(a): What are the advantages of a Computer network? List different types of topologies used in a Computer network? (3)

Question 4(b): Differentiate between asynchronous transmission and synchronous transmission with an example. (2)

Question 5(a): What is information security? Explain different types of information security measures required in a system? (3)

Question 5(b): What is Computer virus? List different types of Computer viruses. (2)

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Course Code : CIT-002Course Title : Introduction to Information TechnologyAssignment Number : CIT/CIT-002/ASSIGN/10Maximum Marks : 25Last Dates for Submission : 15th October, 2010 (For July Session)

15th April, 2011 (For January Session)

There are 4 questions in this assignment. Answer all the questions. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the explanations. Please go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the CIT Programme Guide. The examples, whenever asked to be given, should be different from those that are discussed in the corresponding course material.

Question 1: (5)

(a) Consider a University like IGNOU storing its student data into an Information system; identify various data items that IGNOU should store and what information, knowledge and wisdom can be created for IGNOU from the data.

(b) How can you be sure about the digital identity of a person? Why do you consider identity as a very valuable commodity?

Question 2: (5)

(a) Consider a University like IGNOU which wants to enroll students online, one of the key requirements for such a system will be secure payment. Suggest different systems of electronic payments that IGNOU should adopt. Justify your answer.

(b) How can ICT be useful in making awareness about the health related issues? Explain the above with the help of an example relating to some common medical problem like viral Infections or water borne diseases etc.

Question 3: (5)(a) Define the term MIS. Consider a University like IGNOU creating a student

management information system. What should be the requirements of such a system? (b) Assume that a new project about human resource availability is being considered

for a University. Identify 5 functions that should be supported by such a project.

Question 4: (10)Define the following terms with an example or a diagram wherever needed:(a) Components of an Embedded system(b) Verilog Hardware Description Language(c) Functions of an embedded digital sound recorder system(d) Software controls of Input/output devices(e) Voice User Interfaces(f) Tools for development of Information Systems(g) Online Banking Safety checks(h) Objectives of e-Governance(i) Impact of digital divide on development(j) Applications of Computer Vision

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Course Code : CIT-003Course Title : Web based Technologies and Multimedia

ApplicationsAssignment Number : CIT/CIT-003/ASSIGN/10Maximum Marks : 25Last Dates for Submission : 15th October, 2010 (For July Session)

15th April, 2011 (For January Session)

There are three questions in this assignment. Answer all the questions. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the explanations. Please go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the CIT Programme Guide.

Question 1: (a) How does Internet work? (3) (b) Compare any five search engines on any one or more parameters of your choice. (5)

Question 2: (a) List any 10 latest features that should be possessed by any website. (5)

(b) Explain advantages and disadvantages of XML. (2)

Question 3: Assume that you are assigned the job of developing Multimedia based course material for CIT-003. What Multimedia tools will you use and Why? (10)

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Course Code : CITL-001Course Title : Laboratory CourseAssignment Number : CIT/CITL-001/ASSIGN/10Maximum Marks : 25Last Dates for Submission : 31st October, 2010 (For July Session)

30th April, 2011 (For January Session)

There are two questions in this assignment.You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the explanations. Please go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the CIT Programme Guide.

Question 1: Write a program in C language that accepts a string of characters in an array named “sstring”of size 20. The characters at odd number position of “sstring” array need to be inserted in a new character type array named “odd” and similarly even position characters need to be inserted into another character type array named “even”.

(10)Note: Enclose the output along with the assignment.

Question 2: Assume that you are assigned the job of designing and developing the webpages of your study centre. Identify the processes and information needed to be given in these webpages, analyze the system requirement, make the design layout and publish it on the Internet. (15)

Note: Enclose the printouts of the web page(s) created by you along with the assignment.

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