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ASSIGNMENTS
Year, 2011
(3rd Semester)
CS-63
CS-05
SCHOOL OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068
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CONTENTS
Course
Code
Assignment No.
CS-63
BCA(3)-63/Assignment/2011
CS-05
BCA(3)-05/Assignment/2011
Submission-Schedule
For Jan-June
Session
For July-Dec
Session
30th April, 2011
30th October,2011
30th April, 2011
30th October,2011
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Course Code
Course Title
Assignment Number
Maximum Marks
Last Date of Submission
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CS-63
Introduction to Software
BCA(3)-63/Assignment/2011
25
30th April, 2011/30th October, 2011
There are six questions in this Assignment. Answer all the questions. You may use
illustrations and diagrams to enhance explanation.
Question 1:
Explain the three main purposes of an operating system? What is layered
approach to OS design? Also, describe its advantages and disadvantages.
(4 Marks)
Question 2:
Write a shell program to generate the first 25 prime numbers.
(4 Marks)
Question 3:
What is ‘Mutual Exclusion’? Write pseudo code to implement
mutual exclusion using:
(i) Test and Set instruction and
(ii) Swap instruction
(4 Marks)
Question 4:
Consider the following set of processes:
Process
Burst time (ms)
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
10
29
3
7
12
Evaluate the performance of FCFS, SJF and RR (Quantum = 10 ms)
algorithms for scheduling the above processes.
(3 Marks)
Question 5:
Write a shell program to cipher all the text/content in any text document in
the current working directory and also use another shell program to
decipher it to read. Use any scheme for ciphering.
(6 Marks)
Question 6:
Write the UNIX commands for the following tasks:
 find lines common to two or more files
 compare files but stops at first occurrence of a difference
 show differences of two files
 list all jobs in the waiting queue
(4 Marks)
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Course Code
Course Title
Assignment Number
Maximum Marks
Last date of Submission
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CS-05
Elements of System Analysis and Design
BCA (3)-05/Assignment/ 2011
25
30th April, 2011/30th October, 2011
There are three questions in this assignment. Answer all the questions. You may use
illustrations and diagrams to enhance your explanations.
Question 1: Explain how the existence of remote users might complicate information
system design. Describe a system in which you might be considered a
remote user.
(10 Marks)
Question 2: Define well-formulated educational objectives for your academic career.
Describe at least five constraints that could limit your ability to achieve
your objectives.
(5 Marks)
Question 3: How does a project management life cycle (or process) contribute to an
organization’s ability to achieve CMM level 5 certification?
(10 Marks)
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