MCM101 Final Paper 2010

FINALTERM EXAMINATION

Spring 2010

MCM101- Introduction to Mass Communication

   

   

Question   ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 What kind of words command more acceptability?

       ► Polite and decent words

       ► Harsh or intimidating words

       ► Rude and Threatening words

       ► All of the given options

   

Question    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The use of verbal and nonverbal communication in advertisement is an example of which function of communication?

       ► Relationship

       ► Stimulation

       ► Relaxation

       ► Social growth

   

   

Question    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 What is Meta communication?

       ► Communication with living things

       ► Communication with non-living things

       ► Communication with humans

       ► Communication with living and non-living things other then humans

   

Question   ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The living style of people of a particular area is denoted as their----------- .

       ► Culture

       ► Heritage

       ► Society

       ► Fashion

   

Question    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 In American culture, avoiding eye contact means:

       ► Disinterest

       ► Disrespect

       ► Respectful

       ► It does not mean anything

   

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Question    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following is fixed impressions, exaggerated or preconceived ideas about particular social groups?

       ► Science

       ► Stereotype

       ► Label

       ► Stigma

   

Question    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following is NOT included in stereotype groups?

       ► Age

       ► Race

       ► Ethnicity

       ► Morality

   

   

Question    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following era refers to the inclusion of Europe life and society in the printed books?

       ► 13th to 15th Century

       ► 14th to 17th Century

       ► 15th to 16th Century

       ► 16th to 17th Century

   

Question     ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following is considered as the most lavishly decorated of any manuscript produced between the 7th and 9th centuries?

       ► Book of Kells

       ► Book of Durrow

       ► Diamond Sutra

       ► Book of Wells

   

           

Question    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following was a bilingual newspaper of the subcontinent?

       ► Kohinoor

       ► Urdu Guide

       ► Jam-e-Jahan Numa

       ► Madras Courier

   

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Question     ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 What was the characteristic feature of the telegraph made by Wheatstone?

       ► It could send the message all over the world.

       ► It could indicate the transmitted letters.

       ► It had printed coded messages on a ribbon.

       ► It did not use electricity for sending message from one place to other.

   

Question    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 For what purpose, telegraph was used during the Civil War (1861–1865)?

       ► To send the messages of soldiers to their relatives.

       ► To inform the media about war happenings.

       ► To send peace messages to the enemy.

       ► To control troop deployment and intelligence.

   

Question    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The original telephone designed by Graham Bell was just a modified version of:

       ► Radio

       ► Letter Box

       ► Telegraph

       ► Printing Press

   

Question    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following drawbacks were found in the magnetic telephone of Graham Bell?

       ► It was not good in look.

       ► It had voice distortions, causing noise.

       ► It transmitted only half the sentence to the receiver.

       ► It could only make one-way communication.

   

Question    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Printing Press is the invention of:

       ► Guglielmo Marconi

       ► Joseph John Thompson

       ► Gutenberg

       ► Isaac Newton

   

Question    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Block Printing originated from which country?

       ► China

       ► India

       ► America

       ► Rome

   

   

    

Question    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following era refers to the hand written books, consisting largely on religious texts whose creation was meant as an act of worship?

       ► 7th to 13th Century

       ► 8th to 15th Century

       ► 13th to 17th Century

       ► 16th to 15th Century

   

Question     ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The way one interprets information around him or her is:

       ► Usually positive.

       ► Tied to one's values, beliefs, and experiences.

       ► Usually negative.

       ► Tied to what others think.

   

   

   

Question   ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 All of the following mighty be a solution for avoiding various problems occurred during message formation EXCEPT:

       ► Use of Standard Language

       ► Brevity of Message

       ► Use of Local Language

       ► Obeying Ethics

   

   

Question    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Despite the fact that languages have been one of the strongest tools of communication, all of the following are the innate flaws which hamper communication EXCEPT:

       ► Polarization

       ► Labeling

       ► Static meaning

       ► Discrimination

   

   

Question No: 42    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Every individual is responsible for its individual deeds and not be seen as what cast, creed or tribe he/she belongs to. This concept is given by:

       ► Islam

       ► Hinduism

       ► Judaism

       ► Sikhism

   

Question No: 43    ( Marks: 3 )

 Why the manuscripts of the monasteries could not really affect life in Europe?

   

Question No: 44    ( Marks: 3 )

 Write a short note on the development of print media in Bombay.

   

Question No: 45    ( Marks: 3 )

 What do you know about Telex?

   

Question No: 46    ( Marks: 5 )

13-16 ERA IS AN EXPECTED ERA OF PRINT DOMINATED ERA, EXPLAIN HOW?

   

Question No: 47    ( Marks: 5 )

 Mention any five developments which led the telephone to its present status, making it a great facility.

   

Question No: 48    ( Marks: 5 )

 Briefly discuss on the development of print media in Madras (Chennai).

CS101 Final Paper 2010

FINALTERM  EXAMINATION

Spring 2010

CS101- Introduction to Computing (Session - 2)

Time: 90 min

Marks: 58

    

Question No: 1    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 What is NOT a key factor while designing a website?

       ► Usability

       ► User-friendly

       ► Consistency

       ► Complexity   (correct)

   

Question No: 2    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Communications on the internet is controlled by a set of two protocols which are ____________.

       ► IMAP and SMTP

       ► FTP and HTTP

       ► TCP and IP   (correct)

       ► TCP and HTTP

   

Question No: 3    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 A variable can be _________ in scope.

       ► Local

       ► Global

       ► Either local or global    (correct)

       ► None of the given options

   

Question No: 4    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 A protocol used for receiving email messages is called ____________.

       ► URL

       ► Telnet

       ► POP3   (correct)

       ► SMTP

   

Question No: 5    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Aliasing problem can be managed by ____________the size of pixels.

       ► Reducing  (correct)

       ► Increasing

       ► Gaining

       ► Modifying

   

Question No: 6    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Serial arrangement in which things follow logical order or a recurrent pattern, such as statements executing one by one, is called __________.

       ► Loop

       ► Sequence   (correct) (I THINK)

       ► Condition

       ► Array

   

Question No: 7    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Which of the following data types are recognized by JavaScript?

       ► Strings

       ► Numbers

       ► Undefined

       ► All of the given options   (correct)

   

Question No: 8    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 a = Math.ceil(12.01)

What will be the value of a ?

       ► 12

       ► 13   (correct)

       ► 12.0

       ► 13.01

   

Question No: 9    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 In the old days, databases did NOT support ____________.

       ► Number

       ► Boolean

       ► Video   (correct)

       ► Text

   

Question No: 10    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The organizations are learning that business can be done in a more effective manner if emphasis is placed upon ___________.

       ► Cooperation

       ► Shared responsibility

       ► Networking

       ► All of the given options   (correct)

   

Question No: 11    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Module level design is the responsibility of the ___________.

       ► Architect

       ► Team Lead

       ► Developer   (correct)

       ► CEO

   

Question No: 12    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 _____________ errors are caused by the code that somehow violates the rule of the language.

       ► Syntax   (correct)

       ► Semantic

       ► Run time

       ► Load time

   

Question No: 13    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The world first computer program was written to compute:

       ► Simple sequence

       ► Multiple sequence

       ► Bernoulli’s sequence   (correct)

       ► Increasing sequence

   

Question No: 14    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Microsoft Word is a type of:

       ► System Software

       ► Freeware Software

       ► Shrink-Wrapped Software   (correct)

       ► Custom-built Software

   

Question No: 15    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 We need _____________ for memory management in computer

       ► Software

       ► Hardware

       ► Operating System   (correct)

       ► Application Software

   

Question No: 16    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 _____________ is  generally measured in terms of the number of steps required to execute an algorithm.

       ► Space

       ► Time   (correct)

       ► Memory and time

       ► Bandwidth

   

Question No: 17    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 PowerBuilder falls in the category of ______________.

►Assembly Languages

►4-th Generation Languages   (correct)

►Machine Languages

►High-Level Languages

    

Question No: 18    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 ___________ means to break down into simpler components and analyze.

►Recursion

►Parsing   (correct)

►Scope

►Navigation

   

Question No: 19    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 for(var i=1; i<=2;i=i+1)                                           

{

document.write( "Sorted Words:" + "
" )

}

Which of the following shall be the output of above code:

►Sorted Words: Sorted Words:

►Sorted Words:
► Sorted Words: “
”

►Sorted Words:

   

Question No: 20    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Assembly languages allow a programmer to use _________ for numbers.

       ► Object

       ► Entity

       ► Name   (correct)

       ► Interpreter

   

Question No: 21    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 __________ means you have only one container to store more than one value in JavaScript.

       ► Variable

       ► Matrix

       ► Array ( Correct)

       ► String

   

Question No: 22    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 Coding is the responsibility of ________________

       ► Software designer

       ► Software developer   (correct)

       ► Project manager

       ► None of given

   

Question No: 23    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 CEO stands for____________________

       ► Central Executive officer

       ► Chief External officer

       ► Chief executive officer   (correct)

       ► None of given

   

Question No: 24    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

Decision Support Systems will become a bigger part of the professional life of the________ .

       ► Doctors

       ► Mangers

       ► Marketers

       ► All of above   (correct)

   

Question No: 25    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 The output of fuzzy Logic System is computed by using ______Technique.

       ► MAX-MAX

       ► MAX-MIN

       ► MIN-MAX               (correct)

       ► None of the given

   

Question No: 26    ( Marks: 1 )    - Please choose one

 In the statement Math.PI, Math is _________ and PI is ___________.

       ► Variable, Constant

       ► Object       , Method

       ► Object       , Function

       ► Object       , Property   (correct)

   

Question No: 27    ( Marks: 2 )

 For what purposes FTP is used in networks ?

Used to transfer files between computers on a TCP/IP network (e.g Internet)

Question No: 28    ( Marks: 2 )

 In JavaScript, what is event handling? What are the two types of events?

   

Question No: 29    ( Marks: 2 )

 Define the key weakness of the web?

   

• The Web (as it currently exists) was designed for humans to read, not for computers to understand and manipulate meaningfully

• Computers face great problems in dealing with the current text- and graphics-based content of the Web

Question No: 30    ( Marks: 2 )

 What was the obstacle to the construction of analytical engine?

Because of the complexity of the machine, the lack of project management science, the expense of its construction, and the difficulty of assessing its value by Parliament relative to other projects being lobbied for, the engine was never built.

Question No: 31    ( Marks: 3 )

 The event handler attribute consists of three parts. Write about each of them.

    The identifier of the event handler

     The equal sign

    A string consisting of JavaScript statements enclosed in double   or  single quotes

Question No: 32    ( Marks: 3 )

 Who is a Computing Professional?

. Professionals involved in the development and/or maintenance of SW and/or computer HW

• Computer scientists, software engineers, computer engineers, and some of the telecom engineers are generally classified as computing professionals

   

Question No: 33    ( Marks: 3 )

 Give any three applications of computer graphics?

   

Used for

scientific research,

artistic expression,

 for industrial applications

Question No: 34    ( Marks: 5 )

 Mention any five applications of Artificial Intelligent System.

Medical diagnosis, Games, Robots, Business Intelligence, Image recognition, Natural Language Processing.

   

Question No: 35    ( Marks: 5 )

 What are the important properties, methods and event handlers of image object?

1. An instance of the Image object is created using the new keyword

2. The src property of this instance is set equal to the filename of the image to be preloaded

3. That step starts the down-loading of the image into the cache without actually displaying it.

4. When a pre-loaded image is required to be displayed, the src property of the displayed image is set to the src property of the pre-fetched image

Example1:-  (preloading)

dieImg = new Array( 7 ) ;

for( k = 1; k < 7; k = k + 1 ) { //Preload images

dieImg[ k ] = new Image( ) ;

dieImg[ k ].src = "die" + k + ".gif" ;

Example 2:-

dieImg = new Array( 7 ) ;

for( k = 1; k < 7; k = k + 1 ) { // Preload images

dieImg[ k ] = new Image( ) ;

dieImg[ k ].src = "die" + k + ".gif" ;

}

Question No: 36    ( Marks: 5 )

 Explain function arguments with the help of an example?

Function is a group of statements which is defined once and used repeatedly.

It is a comma separated list of data.

Example:

Function add(a, b) {

C= a + b ;

Return c ;

}

Sum = add (2,4 );

Document. Write(sum);