Panjab University Chandigarh
Personal Computing Software
Paper : BCA 1st Year
Time : 3 Hrs.
M.Marks : 90
Note : Attempt five questions in all. select one question each from Sections A-D. section E is compulsory.
Section - A
1. (a) Discuss the characteristics of computers.
(b) What are the functions of an Operating System ?
2. What is the difference between internal and external Dos Commands ? Discuss any five internal commands.
Section - B
3. (a) What is a batch file ? What is the purpose of an Autoexe.bat file ? Discuss the commands that can v=be used in a batch file.
(b) What is the use of Config.sys file ? What are the entries in a Config.sys file ?
4. Discuss the various file management operations provided by Windows .
Section - C
5. Discuss in detail the various formatting features available in MS Word.
6. Explain the steps in creating a Power Point presentation.
Section - D
7. What are the various types of formulas used in Excel ? Briefly discuss each. How conditional calculations are carried out ? How we can used AND and OR in conditional calculations ? Explain giving examples.
8. (a) Briefly discuss the evolution of Internet and WWW.
(b) What are the components of FrontPage ?
Section - E
9. Write short notes on the following:
(a) Network topologies
(b) Disk organization
(c) Creating websites.
Personal Computing Software
Paper : BCA 1st Year
Time : 3 Hrs.
M.Marks : 90
Note : Attempt five questions in all. select one question each from Sections A-D. section E is compulsory.
Section - A
1. (a) Discuss the characteristics of computers.
(b) What are the functions of an Operating System ?
2. What is the difference between internal and external Dos Commands ? Discuss any five internal commands.
Section - B
3. (a) What is a batch file ? What is the purpose of an Autoexe.bat file ? Discuss the commands that can v=be used in a batch file.
(b) What is the use of Config.sys file ? What are the entries in a Config.sys file ?
4. Discuss the various file management operations provided by Windows .
Section - C
5. Discuss in detail the various formatting features available in MS Word.
6. Explain the steps in creating a Power Point presentation.
Section - D
7. What are the various types of formulas used in Excel ? Briefly discuss each. How conditional calculations are carried out ? How we can used AND and OR in conditional calculations ? Explain giving examples.
8. (a) Briefly discuss the evolution of Internet and WWW.
(b) What are the components of FrontPage ?
Section - E
9. Write short notes on the following:
(a) Network topologies
(b) Disk organization
(c) Creating websites.