2015

Paper: 1.1
Full Marks:80
Time:Three hours

COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS AND

ICT HARDWARE

1)Answer the following questions:(1*5=5)

a)What do you mean by Computer rack ?

b)BIOS stands for _______ .

c)What is EBCDIC code ?

d)What do you mean by Bootstrapping ?

e)List the different types of motherboards .

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 2)Answer any five questions from the following:(2*5=10)

a)What do you mean by Disk cleanup ?

b)Define underflow with an example . ?

c)convert the following:

i) (1010111110110010)2=(?)16

ii) (AFB2)16=(?)8

d)What is backup system ? Why is it needed ?

e)What is the difference between linker and loader ?

f)What do you mean by Network interference card ?

3)Answer any five from the following:(3*5=15)

a)Write down the steps for cleaning a DVDROM or CDROM drive ?

b)Explain floppy disk drive .

c)Define CD-R and CD-RW .

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 d)What is flowchart? Give an example .

e)Define cache memory .

f)What do you mean by virtual memory ?

4)Answer the following questions: (5*4=20)

a)Explain the physical structure of hard disk .

b)What are differences between FAT and NTFS ?

c)Use 8-bit binary representation to perform additions among the following numbers :

(Use 2's complement representation for negative numbers)

i) -6 and +8
ii) -10 and -7

d)What are the different types of RAM ? Explain .

5)Answer any three from the following:(10*3=30)

a)What are the different types of printer ? Explain .

b)What are the major components of a digital computer ? Explain .

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 c)Explain the evolution of computer system .

d)What are the different types of network cabling ? Explain .

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