Bmit 126: Business Application Software Y1s2 2009 Question Paper
Bmit 126: Business Application Software Y1s2 2009
Course:Business Application Software
Institution: Kabarak University question papers
Exam Year:2009
2009/2010 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
& INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
COURSE CODE: BMIT 126
COURSE TITLE: BUSINESS APPLICATION SOFTWARE
STREAM: Y1S2
INSTRUCTIONS:
Section A is compulsory and has 40 marks.
Attempt any TWO questions from Section B. Each question has 30 marks.
SECTION A
QUESTION 1 (40 MARKS)
a) What is the difference between an icon and a pointer? (4 marks)
b) Being the general manager of ZAIN KENYA. Explain the four common
forms of organizational structure that can be used in your organization.
(4 marks)
c) As a business consultant what is the difference between e-commerce and web
commerce. (4 marks)
d) Define a screen saver and explain how to get a screen saver. (4 marks)
e) In relation to computer security explain the difference between Trojan horses
and worms. (4 marks)
f) You’re the network engineer of KPLC briefly explain the star topology to
newly employed staff. (4 marks)
g) Explain in detail utility computing. (4 marks)
h) Businesses are adapting to the latest trends of software in the market. List any
four Types of business software tools that can be used. (4 marks)
i) What is the difference between a business unit and a functional unit in any
organization? (4 marks)
j) Briefly explain executive support system and management information
system. (4 marks)
SECTION B
QUESTION 2 (30 MARKS):
a) As an expert in business application software, briefly explain what you
understand by business computing. (3 marks)
b) Security is paramount to any organization. In relation to computer security
briefly explain what firewalls are. (3 marks)
c) When designing an interface one has to consider many options available.
Explain any three user interface design principals. (3 marks)
d) With the help of a code explain the use of the IF statement in VB. (3 marks)
e) To any organization communication is like a back born. Briefly explain three
reasons why people should use electronic communication. (6 marks)
f) Controls help to simplify programming with VB. What is the use of the
OptionButton control? (3 marks)
g) Write a visual basic program to calculate the area of a circle and display the
results using a message box. (6 marks)
h) As a business man briefly explain business software. (3 marks)
QUESTION 3 (30 MARKS):
a) You have been employed as a system engineer at Kabarak. Explain how to
customize a desktop. (3 marks)
b) List the three basic elements you must determine in order to design a program
for a computer. (3 marks)
c) Highlight any three home computers Security Requirements. (3 marks)
d) Explain the differences between the picture box and the image box as used in
Visual basic programming. (3 marks)
e) Certain concepts recur throughout different fields of security. Explain any six
security concepts. (6 marks)
f) List the three things that all computer programs will have. (3 marks)
g) Unlike variables in algebra, identifiers in VB have several naming rules, list
ant three of these rules. (3 marks)
h) Explain what a bridge is and List the functions that a bridge performs.
(6 marks)
i) Explain the output of the following program. (3 marks)
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Static Counter As Integer
Counter = Counter + 1
Print Counter
End Sub
QUESTION 4 (30 MARKS):
a) Explain the process of copying and moving files and folders. (3 marks)
b) As a programmer how would you differentiate between a form and a form
window in visual basic? (3 marks)
c) Briefly explain what you understand by a network topology. (3 marks)
d) Looping can make programming a fun adventure. Write a visual basic
program to implement the FOR loops. (3 marks)
e) Being a developer discuss the World Wide Web. (3 marks)
f) Explain any three features commonly offered by database management
systems. (6 marks)
g) List any six examples of DBMSs available today. (3 marks)
h) In visual basic what is the difference between the local variables and global
variables? (3 marks)
i) What are network protocols giving two examples of network protocols?
(3 marks)
QUESTION 5 (30 MARKS):
a) Accounting software is typically composed of various modules, different
sections dealing with particular areas of accounting. List any six core
accounting modules. (3 marks)
b) Briefly explain low level and high level programming languages. (6 marks)
c) Design an interface and write a VB program to calculate simple interest.
(3 marks)
d) Explain any three types of e-commerce. (3 marks)
e) Different programming languages may use different data types. Explain any
three different data types used in visual basic. (3 marks)
f) Explain in details any three types of data models (Database model). (6 marks)
g) Being the senior programmer juniors will always depend on your advice.
Highlight the steps that they should follow in building a visual basic
application. (3 marks)
h) Differentiate between a file and a folder. (3 marks)
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