Professional Practices BSIT 4th Term Past Paper 2016 UOS

BS 4th Term Examination 2016

Subject: I.T
Paper: Professional Practices (SS: 4910)
Time Allowed: 2:30 Hours
Maximum Marks: 80

Objective Part (Compulsory)

• Write short answers (2-3 lines) on:
  1. Definition of computer ethics by Bynum
  2. Difference between egoism and altruism
  3. Brief description of “policy vacuum”
  4. Difference between confirmed sales report and sales prospects report
  5. Define “contract hire” and “time and materials contract”
  6. Brief description of “Hire purchase” and “Trade credit”
  7. What is license?
  8. Difference between redundancy and dismissal
  9. Define obligation of confidence
  10. What is cybercrime?
  11. Categories of staff in software house
  12. Define issued share capital
  13. Brief description of job enlargement
  14. What is computer hacking?
  15. Difference between primary and secondary infringement
  16. What is denial-of-service (DoS) attack?

Subjective Part (Attempt any four, 12 marks each, total 48 marks)

• Q2. (a) Structure of engineering profession (4 marks)
  (b) Define professional body and range of functions (8 marks)
• Q3. Define forms of business organization, explain memorandum of association and article of association
• Q4. Describe intellectual property rights and explain copyrights, patents, trademarks
• Q5. Detailed note on IEEE codes of ethics
• Q6. (a) Activities considered criminal offenses under Computer Misuse Act (6 marks)
  (b) Types of Spoofing and hacking (6 marks)
• Q7. Explanation of standard contract terms for custom-built software:
  i. Ownership of rights
  ii. Indemnity
  iii. Penalty clauses
  iv. Arbitration