IT IN BUSINESS (utu previous year question papers)

IT IN BUSINESS
SEM-VII, 2012-13
B.TECH EXAMINATION
UTTARAKHAND TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
(UTU)

Time: 3 Hours

Total marks: 100

Attempt any four questions

1. What are the reasons for the explosion in IT? How do the firms apply for IT innovations?
2. What is competitive advantage for a firm? How can a firm sustain a competitive advantage?
3. What are the basic elements of strategy? What are strategic decisions?
4. What is meant by an Information Economy?
5. Draw a diagram to show how a manager can integrate technology with decision making.
6. Explain critical success factors with suitable example.

Attempt any four questions

1. What is EDI? How does it support Business to Business E-Commerce system?
2. Discuss the benefits of IT for business organization.
3. What do you understand by Intelligent Agents? Discuss its role in E-Commerce.
4. What are smart cards? What are the various types of smart cards? Do you think use of smart card is safe enough?
5. Define the following terms:
   (i) Client-Server threats in e-commerce
   (ii) Internet, Intranet, Extranet.
6. In broad term E-Commerce is used by business in four ways: Internal communication, External communication, New Business Model for existing business and New Business. Briefly describe each illustrating with example.

Attempt any two questions

1. Moving onto E-Commerce, review Bloch's ten points of business value and suggest how each might apply to the promotion of your college or university?
2. How can you develop and achieve effective information architecture. Also state benefits of flexible standard information architecture?
3. Explain the process of vertical integration in corporate strategy.
4. How do the different roles of the System Software and Application Software affect you as a business end user? How do you see this changing in the future?

Attempt any two questions

1. How is the trend towards open systems, connectivity and interoperability related to business use of IT?
2. Justify the statement: "The role of IT has changed from back office support located in mainframe computers to information infrastructure that drives industry and business network."
3. Write short notes on the changing global IT practices?

Attempt any two questions

1. What do you mean by inter-organizational transactions? Explain trade cycle and credit transaction.
2. What problems might be encountered ABC (a small food processing company), which required by its customers to implement IT solutions?
3. What is the role of IT in formulation of competitive strategy? What is the difference between "Comparative advantage" and Competitive advantage"?

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