ASSIGNMENT

DRIVE FALL 2014

PROGRAM MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ MBA – SEM 3

PGDBMN/ PGDENMN/ PGDFMN/ PGDHRMN/ PGDHSMN/

PGDIB/ PGDISMN/ PGDMMN/ PGDOMN/ PGDPMN/

PGDROMN/ PGDSCMN/ PGDTQMN – SEM 1

SUBJECT CODE &

NAME MB0050

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

BK ID B1700

CREDITS 4

MARKS 60

Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be

approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.

Q.No Questions Marks Total

Marks

1 Research is a sequential method of enquiry, directed towards a clear implicit or

explicit objective. Describe in detail the steps to be carried out in a typical research

study.

Meaning of Research

Listing the steps

Explanation of the steps in a research study

2

2

6

10

2 What are descriptive research designs? Explain the different kinds of descriptive

research designs.

Meaning of Descriptive Research designs

Kinds of Descriptive research designs

5

5

10

3 The procedure of testing hypothesis requires a researcher to adopt several steps.

Describe in brief all such steps.

Meaning of hypothesis

Steps in testing hypothesis

4

6

10

4 a. Distinguish between:

i. Schedules and Questionnaires

ii. Open ended and closed ended questions

b. Explain the questionnaire design process.

a. Differences

b. Questionnaire design process

4

6

10

5 a. What is the analysis of variance? What are the assumptions of the technique?

Give a few examples where the techniques could be used.

b. The following data represents the number of units produced by four operators

during three different shifts:

Shifts Operator

A B C D

I 10 8 12 13

II 10 12 14 15

III 12 10 11 14

Perform a two-way analysis of variance and interpret the result.

a. Meaning, Assumptions and examples

b. Formulas, Calculation, Solution and Interpretation to the

problem

4

6

10

6 Explain the Structure of the Research Report. What are the guidelines for effective

report writing?

Explanation of the Structure of the Research Report

Guidelines for effective report writing

5

5

10

ASSIGNMENT

DRIVE FALL 2014

PROGRAM MBADS/ MBAFLEX/ MBAHCSN3/ MBA – SEM 3

PGDBMN/ PGDENMN/ PGDFMN/ PGDHRMN/ PGDHSMN/

PGDIB/ PGDISMN/ PGDMMN/ PGDOMN/ PGDPMN/

PGDROMN/ PGDSCMN/ PGDTQMN – SEM 1

SUBJECT CODE & NAME

MB0051-Legal Aspects of Business

BK ID B1725

CREDIT & MARKS 4 Credits, 60 marks

Note – Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be

approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.

Q.No Questions Marks Total Marks

1 “Discharge refers to the termination of contractual relationship between the parties”. Explain the statement along with different modes of discharging a contract.

Explanation of service positioning Explanation of modes

2 8

10

2 Explain the meaning of Power of Attorney, its types and clause related to registration.

Meaning Types Registration

2 2 6

10

3 Explain the procedure of registration of partnership firms.

Explanation

10 10

4 What are the circumstances under which breach of condition is treated as breach of warranty?

Explanation

10 10

5 Explain the procedure for filing a complaint and admission of complaint in consumer protection act.

Filing a complaint Admission of complaint

5 5

10

6 Write short notes on: a) Shares and its classification b) Meetings and its classification

a) Meaning and classification b) Meaning and classification

5 5

10

ASSIGNMENT

DRIVE FALL DRIVE 2014

PROGRAM MBADS (SEM 3/SEM 5)

MBAFLEX/ MBA (SEM 3)

PGDISMN (SEM 1)

SUBJECT CODE & NAME MI0033- SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

BK ID B1483

CREDIT 4

MARKS 60

Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.

Q.No Questions Marks Total Marks

1 Waterfall Model, V-Model and Spiral Model are of the software development processes.

Companies are using these models to have a systematic and defined approach in software

development. Which of the four phases are involved in the software development process?

A listing the 4 types 4

10 explaining the types 4

examples 2

2 Software estimation is the first phase of project planning and it is the process of judging a

software product and solving the problem associated with the software project. We follow

some important steps to achieve reliable cost and effort estimates. Explain the different

estimation models and estimation techniques.

A a. Explaining different estimation models 6

10 b. Explaining estimation techniques 4

3 a. You are a SCM manager in a software company. How will you establish a software

configuration management process in a company?

b. You are appointed as a software developer in a software company and you have been asked

by your project manager to check details of the bugs from the previous version. How will you

gather details associated with the various bugs in the previous version?

A a. Definition and explaining 4 procedures in

software configuration management

process

5

10 b. definition and explaining typical work

cycle

5

4 a. If you are a software engineer you must be expert in the field of software, hardware

and also database. It has been listed by the industry professionals that time and effort are the

most important factors in the system analysis stage. Briefly explain the steps used in in system

analysis.

b. If you are a software developer in small company, how will you conduct a

specification review?

A a. Listing the steps and its Explanation 5 10

b. Explanation of specification review 5

5 Write short note on

a. Unit testing

b. System testing

c. Debugging

d. Verification and validation

A a. Unit testing 3 10

b. System testing 3

c. Debugging 2

d. Verification and validation 2

6 What are the different methods of software prototypes and tools?

A definition of software prototype 1

10

3 types of techniques 3 Explaining tools 4

Benefits of software prototype 2

*A-Answer

ASSIGNMENT

DRIVE FALL DRIVE 2014

PROGRAM MBADS (SEM 3/SEM 5)

MBAFLEX/ MBA (SEM 3)

PGDISMN (SEM 1)

SUBJECT CODE &

NAME

MI0034- DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

BK ID B1217

CREDIT 4

MARKS 60

Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.

Q.No Questions Marks Total Marks

1 Suppose the employee name, employee id, designation, salary, attendance and address of

any employee has to be stored in a database. You can store these data in a sequential

address book or it can be stored on a hard disk, using a computer and software like

Microsoft Excel. Using this example define a database. List and explain the various

procedures carried on in a DBMS with a detailed example of the database.

A defining a database 1

10 Listing the 3 procedures 3

Explanation 3

One examples for each of them 3

2 Level 2 cache has got higher latency than Level 1 by 2 times to 10 times in 512 KiB

or more. Its value is nearer to kilobyte. This is one of the levels of memory

hierarchy. Define memory hierarchy. What are the other levels in memory

hierarchy? Explain in one life each for each of them. A defining memory hierarchy 1

10 listing the 6 levels 3

explanation 6

3 EMPLOYEE

EMP_ID NAME PROJECT SALARY DEPT_NUM

MUL1 Raashi PR2 30000 1

MUL2 Taashi PR1 43000 2

SMU1 Raksha PR3 25000 3

SMU2 Vidhesh PR2 50000 2

SMU3 Akhilesh PR1 83000 2

DEPARTMENT

DEPT_ID DNAME PLACE

1 HRM Bangalore

2 MIS Bangalore

3 Research Chennai

4 Finance Bangalore

Using these tables answer the following question

a. If we want to see all the employees with salary between 40000 and 50000, which

query can be used?

b. Select employee name from EMPLOYEE table, whose name starts with R

c. Explain aggregate functions and grouping in detail

A a. Query based in BETWEEN operator

2

10

b. Query based in LIKE condition

3

c. Explaining aggregate functions on select

statement, with an example, showing the

output of the query, explaining having

clause, with example

5

4 Consider a book is written by a particular author. And you have to explain to

someone about the relationship that exists between the author and the book.

Normally you can draw a diagram and show the relation. These diagrams are called

entity-relationship diagram in which book is one entity, author is one entity, and the

relationship that exists between the two entities is written. Likewise explain the

various notations used to represent the ER diagram. A listing the notations with diagrams 5

10 explaining each one of them in one line with

example each

5

5 Consider any database of your choice (may be simple banking database/forecasting

database/project management database). Show the deduction of the tables in your database

to the different types of normal forms

A Choosing a proper database 2

10 Explaining the 5 normal forms with respect to the

database chosen

8

6 Read the following case study thoroughly and answer the following questions:

Laxmi bank is one of the largest private sector banks of India. It has an extensive network

of more than 200 branches. It offers banking services to retail as well as corporate clients.

The bank faced a challenge in integrating multi-pronged database management system into

a centralized system. The IT department of the bank also realized that the computing

capabilities of its PCs and servers were not proportionately distributed among all its

branches. Each branch had its database management system stored in a traditional way on

the disk. The total cost of operating and maintaining the current IT infrastructure was very

high and the fundamental shortcomings added to the costs. Moreover, there were also

recurrent problems due to the malfunctioning of the currently operational database

management system. Therefore, the bank’s top management decided to fix the problem and

operationalise a robust database management system. The bank hired an external database

technology consulting firm called AKPY Info systems Limited.

AKPY divided the entire IT infrastructure of the bank around two verticals. The retail

banking vertical and the corporate banking vertical. All the individual database servers from

the individual branches were removed. The entire database system was made virtual such

that the managers and the staff can access only the required information (related to retail

banking or corporate banking) from the respective centralised data centers. There were only

two such centralised data centers (one for retail banking and another for corporate

banking) that were managed centrally. Staff and managers could access the information

through their PCs and laptops. Centralised database management system complemented the

security system by bringing in authentication through a unified ID management server.

Managers and officers of the bank were able to process half a million transactions per

month in real time after the new implementation. There were significant savings in the cost

and also in the consumption of power. Now there were no problems with regard to

imbalances in the load across various network servers. Due to centralised data management,

top management could keep an eye on the functioning of various branches. Hence the cases

of fraud and cheating reduced considerably. The bank managers could also process the loan

applications in reduced time since the customer’s previous records could be accessed at the

click of the button and approval from the higher authorities could be obtained in real time.

Moreover the new system also brought in many applications that helped local managers in

the decision making process.

a. List the uses of centralized data management

b. What steps Laxmi bank need to take if it were to change its centralised database

system to a distributed database system in future?

A a. Listing the uses from the from the case

study

2

10

b. Explaining about data fragmentation,

replication and allocation techniques

6

c. Is it possible to replicate the centralised

database management model of the bank

in a manufacturing concern? Give reasons.

2

*A-Answer

ASSIGNMENT

DRIVE FALL DRIVE 2014

PROGRAM MBADS (SEM 3/SEM 5)

MBAFLEX/ MBA (SEM 3)

PGDISMN (SEM 1)

SUBJECT CODE & NAME MI0035- COMPUTER NETWORKS

BK ID B1481

CREDIT 4

MARKS 60

Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.

Q.No Questions Marks Total Marks

1 Write short notes on

a. LAN

b. Analog and digital data transmission

c. High level data link control

A a. LAN 2

10 b. Analog and digital data transmission 3

c. High level data link control 5

2 Videoconferencing is used to conduct meetings with the people who are located in

far distance. Videoconferencing is an example of which type of computer

networks? Explain in detail the different types of networks with example. A identifying the correct type 2

10 list the different types of networks 2

explaining the types 6

3 A protocol helps in establishing the communication between two systems.

Protocols are mainly divided into asynchronous and synchronous protocols. List

and describe in detail the different types of protocols that are classified under the

two main protocols. A list and correct differentiating of protocols

under the two main types

5 10

explanation 5

4 Integrated Services for Digital Network (ISDN) is a set of communication standards for

simultaneous digital transmission of voice, video, data, and other network services over

the traditional circuits of the public switched telephone network. It was first defined in

1988 in the CCITT red book. Explain the different types of ISDN with their features and

advantages for each one of them.

A Explaining Two different types 2

10 Features of both of them 4

Advantages of both of them 4

5 ABC company is an internet service provider. The main goal of ABC is to provide 24

X7X365 storage capacity, storage management and internet service to the customers. It

now needs a solution that will eliminate downtime. Downtime is nothing but the time

during which a computer or computer system is down, or inoperative due to hardware or

software failure. We also need the flexibility in quick response to both the development in

customer base and additional capacity and service demands of the customers.

ABC company took the help of network storage infrastructure software provider to achieve

their goals by providing support for end to end redundancy and bondless scalability.

By creating a scalable storage network with the ability to confidentially deliver the

24X7X365 reliability, and speed that outsourcing customers demand, it has enabled the

ISP/SSP to attract and retain customers and substantially build its business. As the same

time, the solution has effectively lowered ABC company’s total cost of ownership for its

entire storage solution: the IP Stor/CNP union has enabled a painless, flexible cost

effective, scalable solution. The complementary IP Stor/CNT solution has allowed to its

customers easily and cost- effectively.

a. What were the problem which ABC Company was facing before consulting

network storage infrastructure software provider?

b. What were the benefits of implementing a scalable storage network?

c. List the different classes of ISPs and their applications

A a. Mentioning the problems faced by

ABC company after reading the SLM

2 10

b. Listing the benefits 3

c. Listing the different classes of ISP

and their applications

5

6 How are the different topologies of computer networks arranged? Explain the

working of each of them.

A listing the different topologies with

examples

2 10

explanation 4

diagrams 4

*A-Answer

ASSIGNMENT

DRIVE FALL DRIVE 2014

PROGRAM MBADS (SEM 3/SEM 5)

MBAFLEX/ MBA (SEM 3)

PGDISMN (SEM 1)

SUBJECT CODE & NAME MI0036- BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE & TOOLS

BK ID B1219

CREDIT 4

MARKS 60

Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.

Q.No Questions Marks Total Marks

1 a. Emergency Medical Association (EMA) is a group of 250 board- certified

emergency physicians. They are responsible for effectively managing the emergency

departments. List out what BI values and applications they should be implementing

b. Most of the credit card companies permit a consumer to get approval for specified

amounts via mobile to ensure that the purchase is covered. This type of consumer support

which retains a customer to the bank for a longer time is real time business intelligence.

Define real time Business intelligence and the various steps involved in the process.

A a. Listing and explaining the reason behind it 5

10 b. Defining 2

List and explain the process 3

2 Today businesses largely rely on the information available and can be

communicated through various sources, both internally and externally with the

help of internet. Explain the role of Business Intelligence in modern business.

What are the three different types of decision that most business organisations

take. A Explanation 5 10 Different types of decision 5

3 Data extraction is the act or the process of extracting data out of data sources for added

data processing or data storage or data migration. This data can be extracted from the web.

Explain the different techniques for data extraction

A Listing the various techniques 2

10 Explaining the four methods 8

4 Business Intelligence strategy summarizes the finest combination of procedures and

technologies to meet the business intelligence strategies of an organization.

a. List the main aspects of BI strategy.

b. What are the steps to be followed to implement BI framework?

A a. Listing atleast 6 main aspects of BI strategy 3 10

b. Steps for Implementing BI framework 7

5 Write short note on

a. Content Management System

b. End User Segmentation

c. Basic Reporting and querying

d. OLAP

A a. Content Management System 2 10

b. End User Segmentation 3

c. Basic Reporting and querying 2

d. OLAP 3

6 According to a recent IDC report, knowledge management is in a state of high

growth, especially among the business and legal services industries. As the

performance metrics of early adopters are documenting the substantial benefits of

knowledge management, more organizations are recognizing the value of

leveraging organizational knowledge. Define Knowledge Management. Explain

the various characteristics of Knowledge management. What are knowledge

assets? A definition 2 10

Characteristics 6

Definition of knowledge assets 1 Example 1

*A-Answer