Gandaki Higher Secondary Boarding School

Lamachaur, Pokhara

Half Terminal Examination, 2078(Open Book Resource)

Subject: Computer Science Time: 1 hour and 30 min.

Class: 8 F.M. 50

1. Answer the following questions in your own Words. All question carries 5 marks.

a. What are the most common limitations of the Computer? Describe any 2 of them in Detail.
b. Why do you think Charles Babbage was considered as Father of Computing even though the
machines he made were not actually completed? Write in your own words.
c. How could a Computer improve the quality of Life of an Individual?
d. What were the most common Limitations of 1st Generation Computer? What was the major cause
of hardware failure in 1st generation computer? Explain in your own words.
e. Write any 4 differences between Network Computer and Workstation.
f. Specify any 4 field of interest where you think super computer are necessary.
g. Explain the purpose of following Utility Software: Disk Defragmenter, Disk Cleanup, Disk
Compression and File Manager.
h. Describe any 4 methods of Software Acquisition. What should be done to stop Piracy? Write in your
own words.
i. Define cold booting and Warm booting. What happens when IO.sys file is not loaded during
booting?
j. Why do you think Mail merge as one of the important tool in MS word? Suggest steps for mail
merge in your own words.