MSEI-023 · IGNOU BCA Semester 5 · 4 credits

Cyber Security

Information gathering, database security, web technology and Internet technology.

MSEI-023 assignment

The latest MSEI-023 assignment is valid for the July 2026 & January 2027 sessions, number BCA_NEW/BCAOL(V)023/Assign/2026-27. It carries 100 marks and 30% of your final grade. Due 31 Oct 2026 for the July 2026 session or 30 Apr 2027 for the January 2027 session.

MSEI-023 previous-year question papers

Official term-end exam papers for Cyber Security, published by IGNOU. Each one opens on IGNOU’s website.

Important Cyber Security questions

32 questions have come in more than one MSEI-023 exam. They are listed first. The text is taken from IGNOU’s official papers, so open the paper for figures and exact wording.

  1. June 2024 · Q1(d)Asked 3 times

    Write notes on any four of the following: Entity-Relationship (ER) model

  2. June 2024 · Q3 · 5 marksAsked 3 times

    Explain SQL injection attack with the help of a suitable example.

  3. June 2024 · Q4 · 5 marksAsked 3 times

    Discuss social engineering attack cycle.

  4. December 2023 · Q7 · 10 marksAsked 3 times

    Explain in detail about extended and base services of server programs.

  5. December 2022 · Q2 · 5 marksAsked 3 times

    Explain social engineering attack cycle.

  6. December 2022 · Q3 · 5 marksAsked 3 times

    Describe Entity-Relationship (ER) model, with example.

  7. June 2021 · Q16 · 5 marksAsked 3 times

    Describe social engineering attack cycle.

  8. June 2021 · Q18 · 5 marksAsked 3 times

    Explain Entity-Relationship (ER) model with example.

  9. June 2021 · Q19 · 10 marksAsked 3 times

    Explain in detail about Extended and Base services of server programs.

  10. December 2021 · Q13 · 5 marksAsked 3 times

    Discuss SQL injection attack with the help of a suitable example.

  11. December 2021 · Q15 · 10 marksAsked 3 times

    Explain the extended and base services of server programs.

  12. December 2021 · Q16 · 10 marksAsked 3 times

    What is database concurrency? What are the methods of database concurrency control? Also, discuss the goals of concurrency control mechanism.

Cyber Security study material

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