Federal Public Service Commission
Competitive Examination for Recruitment to Posts in BS-17
Under the Federal Government, 2014
Computer Science
TIME ALLOWED: (PART-I) 30 MINUTES, MAXIMUM MARKS: 20
(PART-II) 2 HOURS & 30 MINUTES MAXIMUM MARKS: 80
NOTE: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II, selecting at least ONE question from EACH section. All questions carry EQUAL marks.
PART-I (MCQs – COMPULSORY)
PART-II
SECTION-A
Q.No.2.
(a) The processor must have a process to handle exceptions.
Explain four things that the processor must be able to identify and/or take care of.
(b) Discuss the essential servers/services that are used to complete an intranet.
(c) Discuss why BIOS are not changed frequently.
Q.No.3.
(a) Distinguish between the architecture of x86 to a 68000 processor.
(b) Differentiate differences of Unix operating system over Microsoft window OS.
(c) Write a note on network topology. Which topology will you prefer for an techniques?
SECTION-B
Q.No.4.
(a) What advantages are provided in OOP over other conventional programming techniques?
(b) Draw a data structure of a course registration system for a university level institute.
(c) Discuss some cost estimation techniques used in software engineering.
Q.No.5.
(a) Write a do-while loop to compute the sum of the first 30 positive odd integers.
(b) Write a note on sorting algorithm. Write pseudocode for for insertion sort.
(c) What are the key issues on which software engineering do work with?
SECTION-C
Q.No.6
(a) Discuss the concepts of data independence in DBMS.
(b) Web-applications are getting popular now a days.Write a note on languages use for web-application developments.
(c) What is the difference between Raster and Vector Graphics? Write down at least four differences.
Q.No.7.
(a) Write a note on DATA Models.
(b) Discuss essential issues in network programming.
(c) Define ‘Transformation’ and discuss briefly its types.