MASTER OF COMPUTER
APPLICATIONS
(Programme Code: MCA_NEW)
ASSIGNMENTS
OF MCA_NEW (2Yrs) PROGRAMME
SEMESTER-II
(July - 2021 & January - 2022)
MCS-218, MCS-219, MCS-220, MCS-221
MCSL-222, MCSL-223
SCHOOL OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI – 110 068
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CONTENTS
Course Assignment No. Submission-Schedule Page
Code No.
For July- For January-
December June Session
Session
MCS-218 MCA_NEW(II)/218/Assignment/21-22 15th November, 31st May, 3
2021 2022
MCS-219 MCA_NEW(II)/219/Assignment/21-22 15th November, 31st May, 5
2021 2022
MCS-220 MCA_NEW(II)/220/Assignment/21-22 15th November, 31st May, 9
2021 2022
MCS-221 MCA_NEW(II)/221/Assignment/21-22 15th November, 31st May, 11
2021 2022
MCSL-222 MCA_NEW(II)/L-222/Assignment/21-22 15th November, 31st May, 16
2021 2022
MCSL-223 MCA_NEW(II)/L-223/Assignment/21-22 15th November, 31st May, 18
2021 2022
Important Notes
1. Submit your assignments to the Coordinator of your Study Centre on or before the
due date.
2. Assignment submission before due dates is compulsory to become eligible for
appearing in corresponding Term End Examinations. For further details, please
refer to Programme Guide of MCA_NEW.
3. To become eligible for appearing the Term End Practical Examination for the lab
courses, it is essential to fulfill the minimum attendance requirements as well as
submission of assignments (on or before the due date). For further details, please
refer to the Programme Guide of MCA_NEW.
4. The viva voce is compulsory for the assignments. For any course, if a student
submitted the assignment and not attended the viva-voce, then the assignment is
treated as not successfully completed and would be marked as ZERO.
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Course Code : MCS-218
Course Title : Data Communication and Computer Networks
Assignment Number : MCA_NEW(II)/218/Assign/2021-22
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Last date of Submission : 15th November, 2021(for July, 2021 session)
31st May, 2022 (for January, 2022 session)
Note: Answer all the questions in the assignment which carry 80 marks in total. 20 marks are
for viva voce. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the explanations. Please go
through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the Programme Guide for the format
of presentation.
Q1: Define the term Internet Backbone. What are the key differences between tier-1 ISP and tier-2 ISP?
Explain. (8 Marks)
Q2: What are the three methods to access the internet? Provide a brief description of how connections
establishment, advantages and disadvantages of each method. (10 Marks)
Q3: Describe the three types of signal distortion in transmission media. What kinds of delays occur
during data transmission? (5 Marks)
Q4: Discuss the key distinguishing features of QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) technique as
compared to other modulation techniques. Draw 8-QAM constellation diagram. (6 Marks)
Q5: How does the slotted Aloha protocol work? Derive its throughput expression and plot its throughput
Vs load graph. (6 Marks)
Q6: How does CSMA/CD protocol apply randomization process as soon as it detects collision in the
channel? (4 marks)
Q7: Describe the two fundamental problems related to a wireless network. How does the MACAW
protocol address the problems? Explain (6 marks)
Q8: Suppose two hosts A and B are directly connected. Length of the link is 10,000 km and the
transmission rate is 10 Mbps. The propagation speed of the link in 0.5 * 108 m/s. Based on this
information answer the following questions.
(i) Suppose A sends a file of 100 MB size. How long does it take to send the file? Assume the
file is sent continuously. (4 Marks)
(ii) Suppose the original file is broken up into 100 packets where size of each packet is 1MB.
B sends an ACK for each packet and A cannot send a packet until the previous packet is
acknowledged. Transmission time of an ACK packet is negligible. How long does it take
to send the file? (4 Marks)
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Q9: Apply Dijkstra’s algorithm to compute the shortest path from source node A to all the remaining
nodes in the following network. Show all the intermediate calculations. (8 Marks)
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Q10: How does TCP’ 3-way handshake mechanism address the following problems? (4 Marks)
(a) Delayed arrival of SYN Packet
(b) Delayed arrival of ACK Packet
Q11: Draw IPV4 header structure and explain the significance for the following field. (6 Marks)
(a) TTL
(b) Fragment offset
(c) Flags
Q12: Answer the following questions related to network security. (9 Marks)
(i) What are the most common buffer flow attacks?
(ii) Classify types of vulnerabilities in operating system and list some of vulnerabilities in
Linux.
(iii) What are some major techniques being used in investigation by forensic team?
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Course Code : MCS-219
Course Title : Object Oriented Analysis and Design
Assignment Number : MCA_NEW(II)/219/Assign/2021-22
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Last date of Submission : 15th November, 2021(for July, 2021 session)
31st May, 2022 (for January, 2022 session)
Note: This assignment has eleven questions of 80 Marks. Answer all questions. Rest 20 marks
are for viva voce. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the explanations. Please
go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the Programme Guide for the
format of presentation.
Q1: What is OOAD? Explain why OOAD of software system should be preferred. (10 Marks)
Q2: Draw class diagram for online university admission system. (10 Marks)
Q3: Explain relation of functional model with object model and dynamic model. (10 Marks)
Q4: Draw a sequence diagram for payment using Mobile Wallet for shopping in a retail store.
(10 Marks)
Q5: Describe concept of system design optimization. Also, explain how design optimization may be
achieved. (10 Marks)
Q6: Explain how Bi-directional Association can be implemented, with the help of an example.
(10 Marks)
Q7: Map the object classes created in Question 2 above into database tables. Make necessary
assumptions (10 Marks)
Q8: Write short note on followings (minimum in 250 words) (10 Marks)
i) Handling boundary conditions in OOAD
ii) Aggregation
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Course Code : MCS-220
Course Title : Web Technologies
Assignment Number : MCA_NEW(II)/220/Assign/2021-22
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Last date of Submission : 15th November, 2021(for July, 2021 session)
31st May, 2022 (for January, 2022 session)
Note: his assignment has eleven questions of 80 Marks. Answer all questions. Rest 20 marks
are for viva voce. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the explanations. Please
go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the Programme Guide for the
format of presentation.
Q1. What is Design Pattern? Explain Singleton Design Pattern and Factory Design Pattern with the
help of suitable diagrams. (10 Marks)
Q2. Explain Servlet Architecture. Also explain Servlet Life Cycle. (10 Marks)
Q3. What are implicit objects in JSP? Briefly explain all the JSP implicit objects. (10 Marks)
Q4. Explain Spring Boot and Spring MVC frameworks. (10 Marks)
Q5. How a simple CRUD application can be developed using Hibernate? Explain briefly. (10 Marks)
Q6. Explain Hibernate (ORM) configuration with Annotation in brief. (10 Marks)
Q7. Explain how Java Socket Extension (JSSE) is used in Web Security. (10 Marks)
Q8. What is Role Based Login? Explain how user’s access can be restricted using Role Based Login.
(10 Marks)
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Course Code : MCS-221
Course Title : Data Warehousing and Data Mining
Assignment Number : MCA_NEW(II)/221/Assign/2021-22
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Last Date of Submission : 15th November, 2021(for July, 2021 session)
31st May, 2022 (for January, 2022 session)
This assignment has six questions. All the questions are compulsory and there is no choice.
Rest 20 marks are for viva voce. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the
explanations. Please go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the
Programme Guide.
Question 1: (15 Marks)
Describe any Cloud-based data warehouse package covering the features like data repository, data
cleansing, importing the data, data sharing, queries, federated queries handling, enabling Artificial
Intelligence, Analytics, Security, Scalability, encryption, Visualization, facilitation of data mining, data
analytics, business intelligence support, performance aspects, maintenance, backup, fault tolerance, APIs
support, logs, semi structured data processing, integration of 3rd party tools etc.. Also elaborately discuss
any two Use-case of this data warehouse package.
Question 2: (15 Marks)
ETL stands for “Extract, Transform, and Load”and progressed over time. It consists of the tools and
processes used for pulling data from one store, transforming it for placement, and finally, loading it into
another store. List and discuss any two common open source ETL tools along with their functionalities.
Question 3: (15 Marks)
Briefly discuss any two advanced data and information systems as Use Cases with data representation in
advanced databases.
Question 4: (10 Marks)
Demonstrate how Bayesian classification helps in predicting class membership probabilities.
Question 5: (10 Marks)
Describe the functionalities of DBMiner and how it can be applied to text database and spatial
databases. Also illustrate a UseCase.
Question 6: (15 Marks)
Discuss the following clustering algorithms using examples:
(a) K-Means
(b) K-Medoids
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Course Code : MCSL-222
Course Title : OOAD and Web Technologies Lab
Assignment Number : MCA_NEW(II)/L-222/Assign/2021-22
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Last date of Submission : 15th November, 2021(for July, 2021 session)
31st May, 2022 (for January, 2022 session)
Note: This assignment has two sections. Answer all questions in each section. Each Section
is of 20 marks. Your Lab Records will carry 40 Marks (20 Marks for each section). Rest 20
marks are for viva voce. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the explanations.
Please go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the Programme guide for
the format of presentation.
Note: You must execute the program and submit the program logic, sample input and output
along with the necessary documentation. Assumptions can be made wherever necessary
Section -1: OOAD Lab.
Q1. Draw Use Case Diagram for Online Couselling Management System for IGNOU MCA_NEW.
Make necessary assumptions required. (10 Marks)
Q2. Draw Class Diagram for Online Book Shopping System. The system supports from searching of
books, order, order tracking, order cancellation, delivery and order return. Also, system support
both online pre-payment and cash payment on delivery Make necessary assumptions required.
(10 Marks)
Section -2: Web Technologies Lab
Q1. Write a program using JDBC and JSP to display the current balance from a saving bank account.
The program should take account number or registered mobile number as input. (10 Marks)
Q2. Write a program to create simple CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) application using
Spring Boot and Hibernate. (10 Marks)
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Course Code : MCSL-223
Course Title : Computer Networks and Data Mining Lab
Assignment Number : MCA_NEW(II)/L-223/Assign/2021-22
Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Last date of Submission : 15th November, 2021(for July, 2021 session)
31st May, 2022 (for January, 2022 session)
The assignment has two sections A and B. Answer all the questions. Each section is for 20
marks. Computer Networks and Data Mining lab records carry 40 Marks. Rest 20 marks
are for viva voce. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the explanations.
Please go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the MCA(New) Programme
Guide for the format of presentation. If any assumptions made, please state them.
Section-1: Computer Networks
Q1: Write run a program in C/C++ to simulate the behavior of Aloha random access protocol and
show the output.
You are required to the following tasks: (10 Marks)
• Generate packets randomly
• Simulate transfer of packets at a random time
• Simulate the occurrence of collision of packets
• Calculate throughput of Aloha
• Plot throughput Vs Load graph
Hint: You might need to create several structures / classes in your program for packet
transmissions, creating stations, channels, etc., and specify relevant functions with each
structure/class.
Q2: Make online study of characteristics of NS-2 or any other open-source network Simulator and
answer the following questions. (10 Marks)
(a) What are the hardware and software configurations such as memory CPU speed,
Graphics card and operating system required to run the simulator?
(b) What are the objectives of using a network simulator?
(c) List some open and commercial network simulators.
(d) Make an overview of current developments in network Simulator.
(e) What are the main features of network simulator?
(f) List some pre-built libraries supported in network simulator to perform simulation.
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Section-2: Data Mining Lab
Q1:
Perform the following:
a. Create a Weather Table with the help of Data Mining Tool WEKA or any other similar tool.
(4 Marks)
b. Apply Pre-Processing techniques to the training data set of Weather Table. (4 Marks)
c. Normalize Weather Table data using Knowledge Flow / any other similar tool. (4 Marks)
d. Construct a Decision Tree for Weather data and classify it.
Note: Assumptions can be made wherever necessary. State them. (4 Marks)
e. Write a procedure for Visualization for Weather Table. (4 Marks)
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