Pir Mehr Ali Shah
Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi
Office of the controller of Examinations
Mid Exam / Spring 2020 (Paper Duration 48 hours)
To be filled by Teacher
Course No.: CS-301 Course Title Introduction to Computers
Total Marks: 24 Date of Exam: 15-6-2020
Degree: BS(Microbiology) Semester: 2nd Section: A (Morning)
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Name of the Teacher: FAHEEM TAUFIQ
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Instructions:
• The students will type answers of the questions in the downloaded template instead of writing
with their hands.
• The students will have to complete and submit the answer books within 48 hours of exam date.
• The student who will fail to submit the answer books within the prescribed time will be
considered FAIL.
• The answer books submitted by the students through LMS will be checked for Plagiarism.
• Attempt all questions.
Answer the following questions.
Q.No.1. (04 marks)
(a) Briefly explain and identify the type of network being used in the Figure 1 and 2 given
below.
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(b) Identify the network topology being used in Figures 1, 2 and 3 given below with proper
reasoning. (2 marks)
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Q.No.2. Explain and fill the missing labels given below in Figure-1 represented by letters P,
Q, R, and S. (2+2 marks)
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Q.No.3. (04 Marks)
Suppose that you are writing an email to Director of your campus regarding semester
enrolment issue, what ethical codes you need to follow? After getting Director’s reply you
have to share the same with your class members and juniors what ethical codes you will use.
Mention system & servers and steps are involved from first step to last step of the above-
mentioned scenario.
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Q.No.4. (04 Marks)
(A). Ahmed is an IT manager in a company. He gave some suggestions for the ergonomics
of a new IT Lab given below:
1. Use adjustable chairs
2. Install blinds on the windows to shade the monitors nearby
3. Create shortcut keys for the software installed in computers
For each of the above suggestions, explain briefly how the working conditions can be
ergonomically improved and state the health hazards that can be reduced. (2 marks)
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(B). Ahmed and one of his close friend, Ali, used to send e-mail using public and private
key encryption. He can send e-mail to Ali using the following two methods:
1. He encrypts an e-mail with Ali’s public key and decrypts it with his own private
key.
2. He encrypts an e-mail with his own private key and Ali decrypts it with his public
key.
(a) In fact, anyone can have Ahmed’s public key and hence can read the e-mail sent out by
Him through second method. Why he might still want to use second method? (1 Mark)
(b) Briefly describe and suggest a method of using public and private key encryption which
would be better than first and Second method for allowing Ali to read e-mail sent by
Ahmed. (1
Mark)
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Q.No.5. (04 Marks)
Suppose you have started a new business. How will you make your business IT
Conversant? (1)
What kind of Software/Hardware changes are required to build? (1)
Provide example and reasoning to support your answer. (2)
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Q.No.6. (04 Marks)
The Ministry of Health has implemented the system and it is now in full use.
Evaluation now needs to take place. For each of the following, identify two
questions that could be asked in order to evaluate the new system.
1. Efficiency
2. Ease of Use
3. Appropriateness
4. Robustness
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– Good Luck –
