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Part A -

Question 1 -

(a) Explain the role of business intelligence reports in the information system of an organisation.

(b) Explain the term OLAP. Discuss the uses of OLAP in any organisation. List different types of OLAP available along with their usage.

(c) What is the role of PI0 (Public Information Officers) in an organisation? Briefly discuss about the RTI Act of India.

(d) What is DSS? How does DSS contribute toward better performance of an organisation?

Question 2 -

(a) Discuss the terms Knowledge and Information. Compare Inferential knowledge' with Factual knowledge'.

(b) How can Office Automation System (OAS) be used to improve efficiency of an organisation? Name any three common automation products and mention their features.

Question 3 -

(a) What is meant by Requirement Analysis? Explain the challenges and problems of requirement analysis.

(b) Describe the distinctive ways of implementing ERP.

Question 4 -

(a) What is meant by -Intellectual Property? What is its relevance with respect to the corporate world? How can intellectual property be protected?

(b) Explain the term Net Present Value (NPV) and derive the formula used to calculate it.

Question 5 - Write the differences between the following:

(a) Expert System and Fuzzy Expert System

(b) MOLAP and ROLAP

(c) SCM and ERP

(d) Cyberwar and Cyberterrorism

Part B -

Question 1 -

(a) What do you understand by the term Organization? Discuss the classification of organization at Macro level.

(b) What is Business Analytics? Discuss its role in any organization. Describe the stages of Business Analytics.

(c) Explain the term Discounted Cash Flow. Discuss the relation between Discounted Present Value and Future Value.

(d) How does Knowledge differ from Intelligence? Briefly discuss the terms Inferential Knowledge and Factual Knowledge.

Question 2 - Explain the following with suitable examples and diagrams:

(a) Transaction Processing System (TPS)

(b) Management Information System (MIS)

(c) Decision Support System (DSS)

(d) Enterprise Information System (EIS)

Question 3 -

(a) Explain Evolutionary algorithms. Discuss their role in information systems.

(b) What is a Business Process? Discuss how a business process is mapped with the functional areas of an organization.

Question 4 -

(a) What are Middlewares? Discuss the role of middlewares in enhancing the ERP implementation in any organization.

(b) What is the requirement of financial evaluation of any project? Explain the steps of financial evaluation of any project of an organization.

Question 5 - Write short notes on the following:

(a) Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD)

(b) Fuzzy Expert Systems

(c) Supply Chain Management (SCM)

(d) RTI Act

(e) Open Source Business Intelligence Products.