PAPER – 7: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT SECTION – A: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS 1 . Define the following terms briefly: (i ) Mobile Hardware (ii) Total Quality Management (TQM) (iii) Primary Memory (iv) Intrusion Detection System (IDS) (v ) Switch (vi) Computer Network (vii) Information System (viii) Knowledge-Level Systems (ix) Cryptography (x ) Segregation of Duties 2. Differentiate between the following: (i ) Public Data Network and Private Data Network (ii) Parallel Data Transmission and Serial Data Transmission (iii) Thick Client and Thin Client (iv) Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) in Cloud Computing (v ) Hardware Resources and Software Resources (vi) Broadcast Networks and Switched Networks (vii) Consumer-to-Business (C2B) e-Commerce and Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) e-Commerce (viii) Strategic-Level Systems and Operational-Level Systems (ix) Private Cloud and Hybrid Cloud in Cloud Computing (x ) Role-based Access Control (RBAC) and Rules-based Access Control (RAC) 3. W rite short note on the following: (i ) TouchPad (ii) Protocols (iii) Data Flow Diagram © The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
