BACHELOR OF COMPUTER

APPLICATIONS
(BCA)
(Revised Syllabus)

BCA(Revised Syllabus)/ASSIGN/SEMESTER-I
ASSIGNMENTS
(July-2015 & January-2016)

BCS-011

BCS-012
BCSL-013

SCHOOL OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI 110 068

CONTENTS

Course
Code

Assignment No.

Submission-Schedule

For JulyDecember Session

Page
No.

For JanuaryJune Session

BCS-011

BCA(I)/011/Assignment/15-16

15th October, 2015

15th April, 2016

BCS-012

BCA(I)/012/Assignment/15-16

15th October, 2015

15th April, 2016

15th October, 2015

15th April, 2016

BCSL-013 BCA(I)/L-013/Assignment/15-16

Important Notes
1. Submit your assignments to the Coordinator of your Study Centre on or before the
due date.
2. Assignment submission before due dates is compulsory to become eligible for
appearing in corresponding Term End Examinations. For further details, please
refer to BCA Programme Guide.
3. To become eligible for appearing the Term End Practical Examination for the lab
courses, it is essential to fulfill the minimum attendance requirements as well as
submission of assignments (on or before the due date). For further details, please
refer to the BCA Programme Guide.
4. The viva voce is compulsory for the assignments. For any course, if a student
submitted the assignment and not attended the viva-voce, then the assignment is
treated as not successfully completed and would be marked as ZERO.

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Course Title
Assignment Number
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Last Dates for Submission

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BCS-011
Computer Basics and PC Software
BCA(I)/011/Assignment/ 2015
100
25%
15th October, 2015 (For July 2015 Session)
15th April, 2016 (For January 2016 Session)

This assignment has three questions of 80 marks (each section of a question

carries same marks). Answer all the questions. Rest 20 marks are for viva voce.
You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance explanations. Please go
through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the Programme Guide for
the format of presentation. Please give precise answers. The word limit for each
part is 200 words.
1. (Covers Block 1)

(74=28 Marks)

(a)

What are the functions of various operational units of a computer

system? What is von Neumann Architecture? How can you relate
von Neumann architecture to an actual computer? Explain with the
help of an example configuration.

(4 Marks)

(b)

Compare and contrast the characteristics and/or organisation of the

following:
(i) DRAM Vs. SRAM
(ii) Access time on Magnetic disks Vs. access time on Magnetic
tapes
(iii) Pen Drive Vs. CD-RW
(iv) ROM Vs. PROM

(4 Marks)

(c)

Convert the following numbers as stated

(i) Decimal 79.005125 to binary
(ii) Decimal 3267 to hexadecimal
(iii) Character A and z to ASCII and Unicode Hexadecimal FA6B
to binary

(4 Marks)

(d)

What is an instruction? What are its components? What is the role

of an instruction in a computer? Explain with the help of an
example. Where does the instruction reside at the time of
execution.

(4 Marks)

(e)

A 2.5 inch diameter disk has 8 platters with each platter having
two data recording surfaces, each platter on disk has 4084 tracks,
each track has 400 sectors and one sector can store 1 MB of data.
Calculate the storage capacity of this disk in Bytes. If this disk has
a seek time of 2 milli-seconds and rotates at the speed of 6000
rpm, find the Access time for the disk. Make suitable assumptions,
if any.

(4 Marks)

(f)

What are the uses of various components of motherboard of a

computer? List at least four output devices and ports to which
these devices can be connected. Explain the characteristics of these
output devices and ports.

(4 Marks)

(g)

What are the uses of following Software:

(i) Data compression utility
(ii) Media Player
(iii) Disk Defragmenter
(iv) Disk checker

2. (Covers Block 2)

(4 Marks)

(74=28 Marks)

(a)

Why do you need virus detection software? What are their

drawbacks? What are the techniques to identify a virus? Explain
the importance of backup for a computer system.

(4 Marks)

(b)

Consider that you have to run several computer programs

simultaneously on a computer. Each program takes input from a
file and output information on a printer. How does different
components of an Operating system (like memory management,
I/O management, Process management, file system and user
interface) will help in execution of these programs.

(4 Marks)

(c)

Explain the differences between procedural programming and

object oriented programming with the help of one example
program of each.

(4 Marks)

(d)

Draw a flow chart of a program that adds N odd numbers starting

from 1. The value of N should be input by the user.

(4 Marks)

(e)

List the elements of a programming language. Explain the terms

data type, expression, assignment; and logical, relational and
equality operators with the help of an example each.

(4 Marks)

(f)

What are the phases of project development in which project

management software can help. Explain with the help of examples.

(4 Marks)

(g)

Explain the following with the help of an example/diagram, if

needed:
(i) Development Model for Open Source Software
(ii) Tools for program development
(iii) Use of functions and Macros
(iv) Database and Database Management system

(4 Marks)

3. (Covers Block 3)

(64=24 Marks)

(a)

Explain the characteristics of any two guided and any two

unguided channels for data transmission.

(4 Marks)

(b)

Four branch offices of an organisation are located in four major

cities of a vast country. Explain the characteristics of the network
that will be needed for every branch office. All the four branch
offices network should also be connected by another network.
Explain the characteristics of this network also.

(4 Marks)

(c)

What is Internet? What are the major protocols used on Internet?

What is an IP address? How can an IP address be related to a web
address? Explain with the help of an example.

(4 Marks)

(d)

What are the different features of a browser? If you want to

perform Net banking what precautions will you take before
performing a transaction?

(4 Marks)

(e)

Describe the process of creating a web email account. What are the
different components of a mail message? Explain with the help of
a diagram.

(4 Marks)

(f)

Explain the following in the context of Internet and its

applications, giving their features and uses:

(4 Marks)

(i) Wiki
(ii) Collaboration

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BCS-012
Basic Mathematics

BCA(I)/012/Assignment/ 2015
100
25%
15th October, 2015 (For July 2015 Session)
15th April, 2016 (For January 2016 Session)

This assignment has sixteen questions in all and carries 80 marks. The rest of
the 20 marks are for viva-voice. Answer all the questions. All questions carry
equal marks (i.e. 5 marks). Please go through the guidelines regarding
assignments given in the Programme Guide for the format of presentation.
1.

Find the complex conjugate of (3+5i)/(1+2i)

2.

Find all the seventh roots of (3+4i).

3.

Find the equation of the line joining the points (-7, 6,- 3) and (7, -6, 3).

4.

Evaluate:

5.

Prove that 4x5y 4x+5y.

6.

If , , are the roots of the equation 5x38x2 + 7x + 6 = 0

Find the equation whose roots are
2 + 2 + , 2 + 2 + , 2 + 2 +

tan

x dx.

7.

Differentiate y w.r.t. x where y e cot

8.

Find:

9.

If f(x) =

10.

11.

x4

7 .

lim 39x 2 7 x
x 54x 2 19
12, if x is an integer
- 7, if x is a real number which is not an integer
Find whether f is continuous at x = 9.

Evaluate the determinant

where w is cube root of unity.

Find the inverse of A =

, if it exist, for the matrix A.

12.

If m times the mth term of an A.P. is n times its nth term, show that (m + n)th term
of the A.P. is zero.

13.

If sum of three numbers in G.P. is 38, and their product is 1728, find the
numbers.

14.

Use De Moivres theorem to find

.
6

15.

If a positive number exceeds its positive square root by 12, then find the number.

16.

Solve the following inequalities

a)
<5
b) 6x2 + 7x 3 > 0.

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BCSL-013
Computer Basics and PC Software

BCA/L-013/Assignment/ 2015
100
25%
15th October, 2015 (For July 2015 Session)
15th April, 2016 (For January 2016 Session)

This assignment has ten questions of 80 marks. Rest 20 marks are for viva voce.
Answer all the questions. You may use illustrations and diagrams, printouts of
the solutions to enhance explanations. Please go through the guidelines regarding
assignments given in the Programme Guide for the format of presentation.
Section-I (Power Point)

1.

Make a presentation (minimum 15 slides) on computer basics and

PC software lab course which should include the following details:
Important topics of power point, outlook, browsing and
discussion forum, word processor, and spread sheet as contents
of the slides.
All slides should have pictures inserted into it
Use animation effect on the selected pictures
Write speaker note for each slide
Add a sample video to at least one slide which can be run in
full screen.

20 Marks

Section-II (Outlook)
2.

Do the following:
(i) Make an appointment for meeting with BCA students on
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday of the second and
fourth week of the month between 10 am to 11 am and set the
reminder.
(ii) Write all the steps to get rid of junk mails.
(iii) Change the timing and location for an appointment.

10 Marks

Section-III (Browsing and discussion Forum)

3.

Set any browser of your choice as your default browser

Change its appearance
Bookmark important social networking sites to you
Write all the steps of the above tasks.

10 Marks

4.

Select advanced search option of any search engine for the

following:
(i)
(ii)

5.

10 Marks

Top 10 Hindi movies

Top 10 soccer players all over the world.

Collaborate online (in a group) on Google docs to create a

presentation on how to prepare for TEE of 4th semester. All the
group should work on the presentation simultaneously from their
machines (attach the documents and write your experience in one
page on time collaborations environment).

10 Marks

Section-IV (Word Processor)

6.

(i) Create three page documents in two column format. In the

first and in the second page, you create images and tight wrap
texts around the images and in the last page, you create tables
and text along the tables.

10 Marks

(ii) Create a table of contents and foot notes for the above
documents.

Section-V
7.

Create a table of expenses for purchasing computer books and

magazines. Column A should have the names of the books and
magazines whereas Column B should have number of books and
magazines purchased for those titles, Column C should have cost
for each book and magazine. Column D should have formula for
multiplying cost of each book and magazines by its numbers. D10
should have formula for totaling the cost of all books and
magazines. D13 should have formula for giving discount to the
University library. D15 should show the total cost after the
discount.

10 Marks