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PSN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY(Autonomous)

MCA DEGREE END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, Oct / Nov 2018

Semester - 05
160022 / .NET PROGRAMMING

Regulation – 2014

Time : 3 Hours Answer ALL Questions Max. Marks 100

PART-A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks

1. Illustrate diagrammatically the various layers of .NET Framework.

2. List the various components of Visual Studio IDE.
3. List some of the new operators available in VB.NET, which are not available in VB.
4. If a group of statements have to be executed at least once irrespective of the status of a
condition, what constructs can we use in VB.NET?
5. Highlight how we can create a user-defined function in VB.NET.
6. How do we control the tab order among the various controls in VB.NET?
7. How do we create shortcut keys for a menu item in VB.NET?
8. What is a web service?
9. What are the components of System.Data.DataSet in VB.NET?
10. List the control used in VB.NET to view the data in a table format.

PART – B (5 x 16 = 80 Marks)

11. a) (i) Describe the basic structure of a VB.NET Console Application and explain
the various components with a suitable example. (10)
(ii) Write a simple “Hello World” console application in VB.NET. Explain. (6)
OR
b) What is .NET Framework? Mention how it provides an improved programming
environment when compared to the traditional windows programming
environment. With a neat diagram bring out the role of various components
(16)
of .NET framework.

12. a) Discuss the various categories of operators available in VB.NET with suitable

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 examples. Also bring out the precedence level of the different operators. (16)
OR
b) Give suitable code snippets and explain the various conditional branching and
looping statements available in VB.NET. (16)

13. a) (i) What is a function? Explain the various built-in functions available in
VB.NET to manipulate strings. Illustrate with necessary syntax and examples (8)
(ii) Write a VB.NET window application to get a string from the user, check and
display whether it is a palindrome or not in an alert box. (8)
OR
b) What is form validation? Discuss the different types of validations carried out
in VB.NET with suitable illustrations. (16)

14. a) Highlight the importance of using menus in an application. Describe the menu
control used in VB.NET and explain the various methods and properties
associated with it. Illustrate with suitable examples. (16)
OR
b) Explain the steps involved for creating a currency conversion web server at the
server end and consuming the same web service by a client application. (16)

Explain the concept with suitable code snippets.

15. a) What is ADO.NET? Give a neat sketch and describe the ADO.NET architecture
and its components. (16)
OR
b) Discuss the features available in VB.NET that makes data base access an easy

task. Illustrate with an example. (16)