ABIA STATE POLYTECHNIC, ABA

2018/2019 SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION

COURSE CODE: COM 221 ND II CS (A&B)
COURSE TITLE: FORTRAN PROGRAMMING TIME: 3HRS

INSTRUCTION: ANSWER FIVE QUESTIONS

Ql. (a) State three reasons why program modularity is important
(b) Write a Fortran program to evaluate and output the sum of even numbers
between land 200 using Do Continue Statement.

Q2. (a) What is subroutine? (i) Give three reasons for employing subroutine.
(b) Write a Fortran program to swap any given two numbers (values) using a
subroutine.

Q3. (a) State and explain four features of object oriented programming
(b) Write a Fortran program that converts temperature in degrees centigrade
and output temperature in Fahrenheit.

Q4. (a) Design using flowchart and write a program that outputs values between
1
to 1000 using counter as the control structure.
(b) Differentiate between formatted input and output statements

Q5. (a) State the number of intervals obtainable in the following Do Loops
(i) Do 20 J= 1, 100
(ii) Do 15 K=9, 6, 3
(iii) Do 40 L = 8, 7, 2
(iv) Do 2 M = 1, 15, 2

(b) Write a Fortran program to output the squares and square roots of first 50
integers (0-50)

Q6. (a) State the rules of subscripted variables in Fortran statements

(b) Write a program to print the sum of four values using logical operator.

Q7. (a) Write a Fortran program to generate and output a Fibonacci sequence.
(b) Explain the following format statements:
(i) F - Edit Descriptor
(ii) L - Edit Descriptor
(iii) H - Edit Descriptor
 ABIA STATE POLYTECHNIC, ABA
2018/2019 SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION
COURSE CODE: COM224 ND TIME: 3hours
COURSE TITLE: EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
SYSTEM (EMIS)
INSTRUCTION: Answer Question One (1) and any other four (4) of your
choice
QUESTION ONE
(a) Those that make decision and pass it to the tactical and operational levels is
called…………………
(b) The system that supports daily activities of an organization is
called……………
(c) What are the two basic activities of the information system?
(d) ………..increases the usefulness of information and add value for a particular
purpose by restructuring and reordering of data
(e) The process of checking data before it is accepted is called……………………..
(f) Explain data capture.
(g) ……………..is a collection of programs that stores, modify and extract
information from the database.
(h) Explain management in its two dimensions.
(i) In the stages of data processing, ……………manipulates data into a form
suitable for further analysis and processing.
(j) The process of thoroughly checking the collected data to ensure optimal quality
level is known as…………………
(k) ………………..builds on the data provided by the TPS
(l) ………………..organizes and presents data and information from both external
data source and internal MIS and TPS
(m) ………………...does the thinking, planning and making of decisions in an
organization
(n) The occurrence of all events that is known with certainty is called…………….

QUESTION TWO

(a) With an aid of a diagram, explain the domain of Information System as it

relates
to Gonny and Scott Morton business process (5mks)
(b) in not more than three statements, describe decision making. (3mks)
(c) List and explain the taxonomy of a system (6mks)

QUESTION THREE

(a) Give any five objectives of EMIS (5mks)

(b) Explain the following application programs:
(i) Horizontal Market Application programs
(ii) Vertical market application programs
(iii) Customer developed application programs (6mks)
(c ) Explain the characteristics of an information (3mks)

QUESTION FOUR

(a) Describe the three (3) principal database models known to you. (3mks)
(b) Make a comparative analysis of Homogenous Workgroup MIS and
Heterogenous Workgroup MIS (3mks)
(c) Differentiate between MIS, ICT and IT. (3mks)
(d) Explain the three (3) forms of data as it relates to personal MIS (3mks)
(e) Categorically highlight the basic procedures for failure recovery under personal
MI (2mks)

QUESTION FIVE

(a) Describe any four decision making tools known to you (4mks)
(b) What is the term "project management (PM)" and state any three Pro tools
(4mks) (c) There are three (3) types of program in personal MIS, elaborately
discuss them (6mks)

QUESTION SIX

(a) Define the following database concepts: (i)primary key (ii) Record (iii)
Database (iv)file (V) Attribute (1mk each)
(b) Mention and define any three (3) types of file organization known to you.
(..6mks)
(c) Explain the following system terms: (I) System Boundary (ii) System
environment (iii) Output (1mk each)

QUESTION SEVEN

(a) Explain any three (6) components of Office Automation System (3mks)
(b) Differentiate between File-level sharing and Record-level sharing (3mks)
(c) Mention and explain the major two (2) ways of partitioning under file-level
sharing (3mks)
(d) Mention any five importance of MIS to business organizations (5mks)
 ABIA STATE POLYTECHNIC, ABA
2017/2018 SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION
COURSE TITLE: EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
SYSTEM (EMIS)
COURSE CODE: COM 224 TIME: 3HRS
INSTRUCTION: Attempt Question seven and any other four (4) of your
choice QUESTION ONE
(a) With the aid of a diagram, explain the domain of information system using
Gonny and Scott Morton business model principles
(5mks)
(b) In MIS, what are the problems IT encounters (5mks)
(c) Mention any four (4) things a system must have (4mks)
QUESTION TWO
(a) Explain the following: (i) TPS (ii) DSS ESS (iv) KBS (v) MIS (vi) OAS (2mks
each)
(b) What do you understand by the term "Telecommuting"? (2mks)
QUESTION THREE
(a) Explain the two (2) dimensions of management (4mks)
(b) List and explain the three (3) main functions of information needs of
management (5mks)
(c) Explain the benefits of OAS (5mks)
QUESTION FOUR
(a) In not more than two (2) statements, explain the six stages of data processing
cycle (9mks)
(b) State any five (5) objectives or MIS (5mks)
QUESTION FIVE
(a) Explain any six (6) components of OAS (6mks)
(b) List the importance of MIS to Business organizations (4mks)
(c) List any four (4) attributes of an information (4mks)
QUESTION SIX
(a) State the five (5) disadvantages of MIS (5mks)
(b) Explain the nine (9) development stages in EMIS (9mks)
QUESTION SEVEN: answer all
(a) …………is the collection of interdependent and interrelated components linked
together to achieve a goal
(b) …………make policies, set targets, long and short term goals and decision
making.
(c) The application of MIS in the educational system is called…………..
(d) …………is the conversion or transformation of data into meaningful purposes
to meet organization's needs
(e) The process of checking data before it is accepted is called………..
(f) Define data capture
(g) …………Captures data from TPS and used by senior managers to make
decisions
(h) What are the three basic operations and activities of the information system?
(i) ………….increases the usefulness of information, and add value for a particular
purpose by restructuring and reordering of data.
(j) The interactive computerized system that aids in decision making in an
organization is called……………
(k) Define management in its two (2) dimensions
(l) The process of thoroughly checking the collected data to ensure optimal quality
level is town as…………………..
(m) In the stages of data processing, ………..manipulates data into a form suitable
for further analysis and processing
(n) The occurrence of all events that is known with certainty is called……………..
 ABTA STATE POLYTECHNIC, ABA
COURSE CODE: COM 221
COURSE TITLE: OO FORTRAN
PROGRAMME: ND2 (MORNING) CS DEPARTMENT
TIME: 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER FIVE QUESTIONS ONLY
COM 221 EXAM QUESTIONS
1a) What are the two characters you can place in column one (1) to make it a
comment indicator?
1b) Using general syntax, differentiate between IF-THEN-ELSE statement and IF
THEN-ELSE-IF statement.
1c) Differentiate b/w the following specifications
i) Declared implicit type specification
ii) Default implicit-type specification
iii) Explicit type declaration
2a) Convert the following Arithmetic statement into their equivalent Fortran
statements
i) e(a) – b2 ÷ (c)
ii) sin-1 (3πx)
iii) a = /ert logek – log10b/
iv) d = x /(k+v) (1 – e-kt) + ae-kt
2b) Write a FORTRAN program that outputs odd numbers between 30 and 2000
which are divisible by 5.
3a) What is an Array? Give 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of an Array.
3b) Differentiate between declared implicit type specification and explicit type
declaration.
4a) What is a loop traversal?
4b) Differentiate between formatted and unformatted READ and WRITE
statements using its syntax only.
4c) Compute the number of lines the following loops will be traversed.
(i) Do 10 K = 7, 8, 2
(ii) Do 5 Y = 3, 100
(iii) Do 50 A = 1, 10, 3
5a) Differentiate between REAL (Y) and Real Y
5b) Write a program that will make use of a subroutine to SWAP any two entered
from the keyboard.
6a) Differentiate between the stop statement and end statement
6b) Write a FORTRAN program that computes the sum of even numbers between
0 and 1000.
7a) Define the following
i) Loop control variable
ii) Loop
iii) Run-time error
7b) Write a simple program that will use READ and DATA statement to find the
average of three numbers and display the output on the computer screen.
NOTE: Data values are 20, 30 and 40.

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