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MCA (Revised)
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Term-End Examination
December, 2015
MCS-052 : PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AND
INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Time : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50

Note : Question no. 1 is compulsory. Answer any three

questions from the rest.

1. (a) Describe the tools used for requirement

analysis of software design and its
management. 5
(b) Justify the statement, "Portfolio
management application integrates all
project related information." 5
(c) How are Genetic algorithm techniques
useful in business analysis ? Give an
example to justify the answer. 5
(d) What is Management Information System
(MIS) ? Explain its uses in an organisation. 5

2. (a) Explain the usage of Discounted Cash Flow

and Payback Period for the Finance
department of an organization. 5
(b) What is the impact of web enabled ERP on
SCM ? 5

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a (a) Explain the usage of MAP reporting along
with its type in DSS of any organization.

(b) How does the intelligent information

system improve the quality of management
of any organization ? 5

4. (a) Compare and contrast Conventional

Artificial Intelligence and Computational
Intelligence techniques. 5
(b) Explain the term DSS. Classify the decision
support systems at user level, conceptual
level and system level. 5

5. (a) Compare and contrast the following : 4

(i) First and Second Generation of
Knowledge Management
(ii) Inferential and Factual Knowledge

(b) Explain the steps of financial evaluation of

any project by an organization. How does
NPV and ECV play a major role in the
calculation of the project ? 6

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MCA (Revised)
Term-End Examination
June. 2015
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MCS-052 : PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AND
INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Time : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50

Note : Question no. 1 is compulsory. Answer any three
questions from the rest.

1. (a) Why does management need an

information system in an organization ?
List any three information systems. 4
(b) What are Vertical and Horizontal
Organizations ? Explain the benefits and
organisational structure of vertical and
horizontal organizations.
(c) How do CRM systems support ERP
systems ?
(d) Briefly discuss the term "Portfolio
Management". Write the steps to
implement the Portfolio Management in an
organization. 6

2. (a) Explain the interrelationship amongst

MIS, DSS and ESS. How are they being
supported by KWS and TPS of any
Multinational Organization ? 5
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 (b) What is meant by "Total Cost of
Ownership" of an Information System ?
Describe its various components.

3. (a) Explain the impact of convergence of

various communication devices on e-SCM
and ERP. 5

(b) What are Business Intelligence tools ?

Briefly discuss five Open Source Business
Intelligence products.' 5

4. (a) Explain Evolutionary algorithm and its

branches. 5
(b) What is Business Analytics ? How does it
serve as change manager in an
organization ? 5

5. (a) Compare and contrast the following : 5

(i) Hacking and Cracking
(ii) Cyber War and Cyber Terrorism
(b) List and explain all acceptable stages of the
organization life cycle. Briefly discuss the
characteristics and the action to be
performed at each listed stage.

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MCA (Revised)
Term-End Examination
04 4 December, 2014

MCS-052 : PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AND

INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Time : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50

Note : Question no. 1 is compulsory. Answer any three

questions from the rest. Attempt all parts of a
question together.

1. (a) What are evolutionary algorithms ?

Explain the different branches of
evolutionary algorithms. 5
(b) Explain the various components of ERP. 5
(c) What is an organisational structure ?
Explain the basic principles used for
designing an organisational structure. 5
(d) What is Decision Support System (DSS) ?
What are the advantages of DSS ?

2. (a) Define Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Explain briefly the cost factors used in
finding the TCO. 5
(b) What is Transaction Processing System ?
Explain the features of a transaction
processing system with an example. 5

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3. (a) What is Knowledge Capturing ? Explain
different stages of knowledge capturing
with an example. 5
(b) Explain the impact of information system
on business management and
organisational growth. 5

4. (a) What is portfolio management ? Explain

the different objectives of portfolio
management. Also, explain the methods
used for balancing the portfolio. 5
(b) What is Customer Relationship
Management (CRM) ? How is CRM
different from ERP ? Explain. 5

5. Write short notes (in 120 words each) on the

following : 4x2 .10
2

(i) Knowledge Workers

(ii) Social impact of Information Systems
(iii) Wilds
(iv) Ethics and Internet

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MCA (Revised)
Term-End Examination
June, 2014

MCS-052 : PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AND

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Time : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50

Note : Question No. 1 is compulsory. Answer any three
questions from the rest. Attempt all parts of the same
question together.

1. (a) Compare and contrast between 5

conventional marketing and modern
marketing.
(b) What is requirement analysis ? Explain any 5
two methods for doing requirement analysis.
(c) What is transaction processing ? Describe 5
features of transaction processing in brief.
(d) What is an ERP ? Explain the role of different 5
components of an ERP System.

2. (a) Write difference between horizontal and 5

vertical organizations. Also, explain vertical
organizational structure in detail.
(b) How e-business is different from 5
e-commerce ? Also, explain the use of
intelligent systems in e-business.

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3. (a) Briefly explain different investment 5
procedures, followed by investment
managers. Also, explain the formula that
establishes the relation between these
procedures.
(b) Define 'computer crime'. How it may effect 5
the growth of an organization ? Explain
briefly.

4. (a) Describe the life cycle of an organization. 5

(b) List the different levels of management 5
activities. Explain at which level of
management, following decisions are taken
and why :
Profit Planning.
Cost analysis.

5. Write short notes (in 120 words) on the following :

4x21/2=10
(a) Expert Systems
(b) Podcasting
(c) Risk Management
(d) Data Mining

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MCA (Revised)
Term-End Examination
December, 2013

MCS-052 : PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AND

INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Time : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note : Question No. 1 is compulsory. Attempt any three
questions from the rest. Attempt all parts of same
question together.

1. (a) What is m - commerce ? Explain 5

m - commerce services and applications.
(b) How can an ERP implementation improve 5
the performance and efficiency of an
organisation ? Explain.
(c) Explain the importance of CRM in business. 5
How do information system facilitate
CRM ?
(d) Explain the process of developing DSS. 5

2. (a) Explain the characteristics of MIS. Can you 5

visualize MIS without computers ? Justify
your answer.
(b) Briefly explain the levels of management 5
and their information requirements.

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3. (a) How does IT applications help in Disaster 5
Management ? Explain.
(b) What is meant by Knowledge ? Compare 5
and contrast between Inferential Vs Factual
Knowledge.

4. (a) What are business intelligence tools ? 5

Explain any two business intelligence
products and their features.
(b) Discuss the "Corporate Code of Ethics" 5
implementation and challenges.

5. Write short notes (maximum 250 words) in each 10

of the following :
(a) Discount Cash Flow
(b) Portfolio Management
(c) Vertical and Horizontal Organisations.
(d) Human Resource Information System
(HRIS).

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MCA (Revised)
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June, 2013
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MCS-052 : PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AND
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Time : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note : Question No. 1 is compulsory. Answer any three
questions from the rest. Attempt all parts of same
questions together.

1. (a) Explain, how are the artificial intelligence 5

and neural network techniques used for
business forecasting.
(b) What is Portfolio Management ? Explain 5
the steps for implementation of portfolio
management.
(c) Explain the tools used in requirement 5
analysis phase of Software Development.
(d) Explain stages of business analytics and its 5
various types.

2. (a) Explain the methods used for transaction 5

processing.
(b) What are the basic components of DSS ? 5
Briefly describe each.

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3. (a) What are the advantages of using the 5
Internet as the Infrastructure for
e-commerce and e-business.
(b) Discuss the benefits and challenges of 5
implementing enterprise system.

4. (a) What is supply chain ? What is its upstream 5

portion and down stream portion ?
(b) Describe the steps involved in business 5
process re-engineering. What are its
limitations ?

5. (a) Discuss the importance of business ethics 5

and values for the effective MIS.
(b) Describe the various functions of 5
management.

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MCA (Revised)
Term-End Examination
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December, 2012
cc
MCS-052 : PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AND
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Time : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50

Note : Question No. 1 is compulsory. Answer any three

questions from the rest.

1. (a) What are business ethics ? Why business 5

ethics are important requirement for
management ?
(b) Briefly describe the procedures preferred by 5
managers to evaluate the investments. Give
the formula that establishes the relation
between the procedures ?
(c) What are office Automaton System ? How 5
do they help in improving the productivity
of an organization ? Name three common
office automation products and mention
what they do ?
(d) What do you mean by the term "Portfolio 5
Management" ? Mention all objectives
associated with the term "Portfolio
Management".

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2. (a) What is Requirement analysis ? Briefly 5
describe the challenges and problems of
requirement analysis ? Name the tools and
methods used to perform requirement
analysis.

(b) How neural networks method, can be used 5

in market analysis ? Explain with the help
of an example.

3. (a) Explain the term "Discounted Cash Flow".

Discuss the relation between Discounted
Present Value and Future Value.

(b) What is Knowledge ? How Knowledge is

different from intelligence ? Identify the
advances in first generation knowledge
management, that leads to second
generation knowledge management.

4. (a) List and Explain all acceptable stages of the

Organisation life cycle, accompanied with
their respective characteristics and the
desired action to be performed for the
sustained good health of the Organisation.

(b) Explain the term "Business analytics as

change manager". Name any three
available business analytics.

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5. Write short notes on the following : 10
(a) RTI Act
(b) Cyber Crime and its types
(c) Vertical and Horizontal Organizations
(d) Total Cost of ownership
(e) Distinctive ways of ERP implementation

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MCA (Revised)
N- Term-End Examination
June, 2012

MCS-052 : PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AND

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Time : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50

Note : Question No. 1 is compulsory. Answer any three

questions from the rest.

1. (a) Briefly describe the term "Organisation". 5

Give macro level categorization of an
organisation.
(b) Describe the terms "IRR" &"DCF". 5
Calculate the "IRR" for " NPV" =0. Answer
the question by referring table :
Year 0 1
Cash flow -100 +120

(c) Explain the relationship _ among 5

TPS,MIS,DSS and EIS in an organisation.
Explain the individual significances of
DSS,TPS & MIS.
(d) Discuss the term OLAP. How OLAP is 5
different from Data Mining ? Can we use
OLAP as a tool for strategic management.
Comment.

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2. (a) What do you understand by the term 5
" TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP" (TCO)
of an information system ? Evaluate the
factors which affect 'TCO" of any
information system implementation in an
organization.
(b) Discuss the impact of web enabled ERP on 5
SCM.

3. (a) What is Business Intelligence "(B.1.) ? 5

Identify two B.1. tools from open source
category & two from proprietary category,
briefly discuss one tool from each category.
(b) What is Business Analytics. Briefly discuss 5
the different stages of Business Analyties.

4. (a) What is the role of Information Technology 5

(IT) in Risk management of any
organization.
(b) Explain the role of Decision Support System 5
at different stages of management.

5. (a) Discuss the term "Knowledge 5

Management". What is the importance of
knowledge management in an organisation
(b) Compare and contrast the following 5
(any two)
(i) Hacking and Cracking
(ii) Cyber Crime and Computer Crime
(iii) Cyber War and Cyber Terrorism.

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MCA (Revised)
cV Term-End Examination
-7r December, 2011

MCS-052 : PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AND

INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Time : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note : Question No. 1 is. compulsory. Attempt any three
questions from the rest. Attempt all parts of same question
together.

1. (a) What is Decision Support System (DSS) ? 5

Also, explain the different components of DSS.
(b) Explain, how the Internet Technology 5
improve customer Relationship
management ?
(c) Explain the advantages of outsourcing 5
business processes. Also, explain some of its
drawbacks.
(d) What is Transaction Processing System ? 5
How is it used in sales and marketing
management ? Explain.

2. (a) Define genetic algorithms. Explain the 5
advantages and disadvantages of genetic
algorithms in business organisations.

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 (b) Explain the basic principles that need to be 5
considered during designing an
organisation structure.

3. (a) Is it possible for the management of an 5

organisation to make effective decisions
without the aid of an information system ?
Give reasons to support your answer.
(b) Differentiate between e-commerce and 5
e-business. Also, explain the role of
intelligent systems in e-business.

4. (a) How does middle ware help in faster 5

implementation of ERP in any organisation
bearing its own existing information system ?

(b) What is the importance of executive 5
information system ? Explain the term
"drill-down" in context of executive
information system.

5. Write short notes (in 100 words) on the following :

(a) Portfolio Management 4x21/2=10
(b) Business Ethics
(c) OLAP
(d) Fuzzy Expert Systems

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MCA (Revised)
Term-End Examination
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June, 2016
MCS-052 : PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AND
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Time : 2 hours Maximum Marks : 50
Note : Question no. 1 is compulsory. Answer any three
questions from the rest.

1. (a) Explain how internet technology improves

Customer Relationship Management. 5

(b) What are the 'errors' of an Information

system ? How are they detected ? 5

(c) How is business model helpful in

decision-making process ? 5
(d) What are the social, legal and ethical issues
that confront all forms of business
ownership ? 5

2. (a) What is meant by Office Automation

Systems (OAS) ? Explain. 5
(b) How does OAS support communication and
productivity in the enterprise by
automating work flow and eliminating
bottlenecks ? 5

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3. (a) What is Acceptance Testing ? How is this
tool helpful in business ? 5

(b) "SCM systems enable more efficient

management of the supply chain by
integrating the links in a supply chain."
Elucidate the statement. 5

4. Distinguish between the following : 10

(a) OLAP and OLTP
(b) Data warehouse and Data mining
(c) B2B and B2C
(d) Hacking and Cracking

5. Write short notes (in 100 words each) on the

following : 10
(a) Internet Service Provider (ISP)
(b) Database Management System
(c) Search Engine
(d) E-Commerce

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