MANGALORE UNIVERSITY
National Education Policy – 2020(NEP-2020)
Bachelor of Computer Application (B.C.A) Programme
Skill Enhancement Course
Open Source Tools
III/IV SEMESTER BCA
Question Bank
Model Question Paper
QUESTION BANK
Skill Enhancement Course
Open Source Tools
III/IV SEMESTER BCA
Module 1
1 Mark Questions:
1. What is open source?
2. Give four examples for Open source.
3. Mention any two rights of open source software.
4. What are the promises of open source?
5. List any four criteria’s of “distribution terms” of open source software.
6. Mention any two open source principles.
7. What are the open standards requirements for software?
8. What is free software?
9. Give two examples for free software.
10.List any four free software license providers
11.What is public domain?
12.Why “free software” is better than “open source”?
13.Write any two differences between proprietary and open source licensing model.
14.Expand NDA and FLOSS.
15.Expand OSS and FOSS.
16.Expand GPL and LGPL.
17.Expand BSD and MIT.
18.Expand GNU and GCC.
19.List any four criteria’s of OSR.
20.What is freeware software?
21.Write any two freedoms which defines free software.
22.Write any two differences between free software and open source software.
3-Mark questions:
1. List and explain any four criteria’s of “distribution terms” of open source
software.
2. Write a note on open source principles.
3. What are the open standards requirements for software? Explain
4. Write a note on free software.
5. Explain four freedoms which define free software.
6. List any six examples for free software.
7. Explain any three free software license providers
8. What is public domain? Explain.
9. Write the differences between proprietary and open source licensing model.
10.Write a note on BSD.
11.Write a note on free software foundation and GNU Project.
12.Write the differences between free software and open source software.
Module 2:
1 Mark Questions:
1. What is open source software development?
2. List any four participants in OSS Development projects
3. Draw a neat diagram of open source community.
4. What is License?
5. Define copyright.
6. What is Copy left?
7. Define Patent.
8. Expand GPL and LGPL.
9. Expand BSD and ASF
10.What is bug tracker?
11.Write any two types of open source projects.
12.Write any two ways of starting an open source project.
13.Write any two tools used for open source development.
14.Expand CVS and SVN.
15.List any four common licensing practices of open source.
16.Expand NPL and MPL.
17.Write any two decisions for choosing a license.
18.List any four exclusive right attached to the holder of copyright.
19.Expand SQA and FDL.
20.Expand GDB and OSI.
21.Expand RPM and APT.
22.List any four law of patent.
23.Expand WTO and EPC.
24.List the different paradigm of software engineering methodology.
25.List any four bug tracker.
3 Mark questions:
1. Write a note on Open source software development.
2. Write the process data model for open source software development
3. Explain the different types of open source projects
4. How to start an open source project? Explain.
5. Write a note on participants in OSS Development Projects.
6. List and explain the tools used for open source development.
7. Write a note on some common licensing practices.
8. Explain GPL/ LGPL/Apache license/BSD License.
9. What is Copyright? Explain.
10.What is Copy left? Explain
11.Define Patent. Write a note on it.
12.Write a note on patent law.
13.Write a note on bug trackers and task lists.
14.Write a note on software engineering methodology.
15.Write a note on choosing a license.
Module 3
1 Mark Questions:
1. What is apache license?
2. Write any two features of Apache.
3. List any four versions of BSD.
4. What are Free BSD and NetBSD?
5. What is BSD License?
6. What is Mozilla Firefox?
7. What is Wikipedia and Joomla?
8. Expand GCC and FSF.
9. What is open office?
10.List any four components of open office
11.Expand IIS and GWS.
12.Expand CLA and CCLA.
13.Expand DARPA and CSRG.
14.List any four significant BSD Descendants.
15.What are the three different things that used the term “Mozilla”alone.
16.What are the different Mozilla Project?
17.Write any four Mozilla software.
18.Write any two features of Mozilla Firefox.
19.Write any two features of Joomla.
20.Write any four ways of using Joomla.
21.Write any four examples of Joomla extension.
22.Write any two features of Open Office.
23.Why BSD licenses have been referred to as copy center?
24.List any four web standards supported by Mozilla Firefox.
25.What are plugins?
26.List language independent tree.
27.Explain working of reloading phase.
3 Mark questions
1. What is Apache? Briefly Explain about it.
2. Write a note on history and Features of Apache.
3. Write the History of BSD.
4. Write a note on significant BSD Descendants.
5. What is Mozilla Firefox? Explain
6. Write a note on Wikipedia
7. How Wikipedia works? Explain.
8. What is Joomla? Explain
9. Write a note on GNU Compiler Collection
10.What are the components of open office? Explain.
11.Write a note on Apache licensing of distributions.
12.Write a note on Joomla for End Users and Joomla for Developers.
13.Write a note on Mozilla project and features of Mozilla Firefox.
14.Explain features and security of Mozilla Firefox.
15.Explain Apache Software License Version 1.1.
MODEL QUESTION PAPER
Skill Enhancement Course
Open Source Tools
III/IV SEMESTER BCA
Duration: 2 Hour Max. Marks: 30
Note: Answer all Questions from Part-A and any one full questions from Each
Module of Part-B.
PART-A
1. 12*1=12
a. Give four examples for Open source.
b. Expand NDA and FLOSS.
c. Write any two differences between free software and open source
software.
d. Give two examples for free software.
e. List any four participants in OSS Development projects
f. List the different paradigm of software engineering methodology.
g. List any four bug tracker.
h. Define copyright.
i. Write any four examples of Joomla extensions.
j. What are Free BSD and NetBSD?
k. Expand DARPA and CSRG.
l. List any four significant BSD Descendants.
Part-B
Module-1
2.
a. Explain any three free software license providers
b. Write the differences between proprietary and open source licensing
model. (3+3)
3.
a. Explain four freedoms which define free software.
b. What are the open standards requirements for software? Explain.
(3+3)
Module-2
4.
a. Write the process data model for open source software development.
b. What is Copy left? Explain. (3+3)
5.
a. List and explain the tools used for open source development.
b. Write a note on software engineering methodology. (3+3)
Module-3
6.
a. What is Apache? Briefly Explain about it.
b. What are the components of open office? Explain. (3+3)
7.
a. Explain features and security of Mozilla Firefox.
b. How Wikipedia works? Explain. (3+3)
