IGNOU MCA-NEW MCS 220 Web Technologies Solved Assignment ENGLISH

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MCS 220 (July 2026 - January 2027) - ENGLISH

Course Code : MCS-220
Course Title : Web Technologies
Assignment Number : MCA_NEW/MCAOL(II)/220/Assign/2026-27Maximum Marks : 100
Weightage : 30%
Last date of Submission : 31st October, 2026 (For July, 2026 Session)
15th April, 2027 (For January, 2027 Session)
Note: This assignment contains nine questions of 80 marks. Answer all questions. The remaining 20 marks are for viva voce. Use suitable diagrams, flowcharts, code snippets and illustrations wherever appropriate. Follow the assignment guidelines given in the Programme Guide.
Q1: (a) Define the following terms with suitable examples: (5Marks)i. Design Pattern
ii. Web Application
iii. Servlet Container
iv. JSP
v. Dependency Injection

(b) Explain the layered architecture of a modern Java web application. Discuss the role of Presentation Layer, Business Layer, Persistence Layer and Database Layer. 

Q2: (a) Explain the Servlet life cycle with the help of a neat diagram. Discuss the purpose of each lifecycle method. 
 (b) Explain the HTTP request-response cycle. Describe how request parameters, headers and cookies are exchanged between a client and a web server. 

Q3: (a) Write a JSP program that accepts two numbers from a user and displays their Greatest Common Divisor (GCD). Explain the execution of your program.

(b) Write a Servlet program that accepts employee details from an HTML form and displays the
submitted information on another web page. 

Q4: A university wishes to develop an online student registration system. Explain how JDBC can be used to connect the application with a relational database. Illustrate the steps involved in establishing the connection, executing SQL statements and handling exceptions.

 Q5: Analyze the differences between Spring MVC and Spring Boot with respect to architecture, configuration, deployment, scalability and development effort. Discuss situations where each framework is most appropriate

Q6: (a) Compare Hibernate and JDBC for database application development. Analyze their advantages, limitations and suitable application scenarios.

 (b) Explain how Spring Data JPA simplifies database programming compared to traditional DAO implementation. Support your answer with suitable examples.

Q7: A banking application requires strong authentication and authorization. Evaluate different security mechanisms provided by Spring Security, including authentication, authorization, password encoding and session management. Recommend an appropriate security strategy with justification.
Q8: (a) Explain the importance of software testing in web applications. Evaluate the usefulness of unit testing, integration testing and security testing in ensuring application qualit

(b) Discuss the importance of exception handling and logging in enterprise web applications. Evaluate how proper logging improves application maintenance and debugging.

Q9: Develop the design of a Library Management Web Application using Spring Boot. Your solution should include:

 MVC architecture diagram
 Database entities and relationships  Repository, Service and Controller components  CRUD operations for books and users

 Login module using Spring Security
 Brief explanation of the application workflow Support your answer with suitable diagrams and code snippets wherever necessary.

MCS 220 (July 2025 - January 2026) - ENGLISH

Course Code :

MCS-220

Course Title

,

Web Technologies

Assignment Number

,

MCA_NEW(II)/220/Assign/2025-26

Maximum Marks

,

100

Weightage

,

30%

Last date of Submission

 

31 October, 2025 (For July, 2025 Session) 15th April, 2026 (For January, 2026 Session)

This assignment has nine questions of 80 Marks. Answer all questions. Rest 20 marks are for viva voce. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the explanations. Please go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the Programme Guide for the format of presentation.

Q1:

(a) What is a Singleton Design Pattern? Explain a scenario where it is useful in a web application and provide a Java code example for its implementation.

(5 Marks)

(b) Differentiate between a Web Server and a Web Container. Explain the core components of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture with a suitable diagram.

(5 Marks)

Q2:(a) Explain the two primary mechanisms for servlet communication: RequestDispatcher and sendRedirect. Highlight the key differences between them with an example.

(b) What is Session Management in a web application? Briefly explain the different techniques used to manage sessions in Servlets.

Q3:a) What are JSP Implicit Objects? Explain the purpose and use of the request, response, session, and out implicit objects with code snippets.

(b) Explain the function of the following JSP Action Tags with suitable code examples:

i. <jsp:include>

ii. <jsp:forward>

iii. <jsp:useBean>

Q4: What do you mean by Maven? Explain the structure and purpose of a pom.xml file. Also, describe the key phases of the default Maven build lifecycle.

Q5: Explain the concept of Inversion of Control (IoC) and Dependency Injection (DI) in the Spring Framework. Provide a simple example demonstrating DI using annotations.

Q6:(a) Explain how to perform Update and Delete operations in a web application using Spring Boot and Hibernate. Provide relevant code snippets for the Repository and Service layers.

(b) Explain how form validation is handled in Spring MVC. Provide an example of a model class with validation annotations and the corresponding Controller method to process it.

Q7: Explain the request processing workflow in a Spring MVC application. Describe the roles of the DispatcherServlet, Controller, and ViewResolver with the help of a diagram.

Q8:(a) Describe the steps to configure Spring Security in a Spring Boot application using Java-based configuration. Show a basic security configuration class that secures all endpoints.

(b) Write a complete Servlet program that retrieves user data (e.g., name, email) from an HTML form and inserts it into a database table using JDBC.

Q9: Write short notes on the following:

(15 Marks)

(a) Hibernate ORM Framework

(b) JSP Directives (page, include, taglib)

(c) Spring Boot Actuator

MCS 220 (January 2025 - July 2025) - ENGLISH

Course Code :MCS-220

Course Title: Web Technologies

Assignment Number :MCA_NEW(II)/220/Assign/2024-25

Maximum Marks :100

Weightage :30%

Last date of Submission :

31st October, 2024 (For July, 2024 Session) 15th April, 2025 (For January, 2025 Session)

This assignment has nine questions of 80 Marks. Answer all questions. Rest 20 marks are for viva voce. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance the explanations. Please go through the guidelines regarding assignments given in the Programme Guide for the format of presentation.

Q1: (a) What is need of design pattern? Explain the use of Repository Design Pattern with the help of an example.

(b) What is the difference between JAR and WAR files? Describe the process of creation, deployment and extraction of WAR files.

(5 Marks)

Q2: (a) What is Servlet interface? Differentiate between GenericServlet and HTTPServlet?

(b) Briefly explain servlet life cycle. Also, explain the request and response in the context of HTTP?

Q3:(a) Explain the advantages of Java Server Pages over the servlet. Also, write a JSP program for Fibonacci Series.

(b) Explain the various components of JSP with suitable code.

Q4: What do you mean by JDBC? Explain how we retrieve data from database using suitable JSP program.

Q5: What are the Strut2 core components? Explain the working and flow of Struts 2 with the help of suitable diagram.

Q6:(a) Explain process of creating records using Spring Boot and Hibernate.

(b) Explain how testing of custom login form can be performed with the help of an example.

Q7: Explain how CRUD operations are mapped to SQL. statements, with suitable example.

Q8: (a) Write the unit test case to execute it as a user with RequestPostProcessor for the URL. pattern "/" which returns model attribute with key as "message" and value as "Hello World".

(b) What is Role-based Login? Explain how user's access can be restricted using Role-based Login.

Q9: Write short notes on the following:

(a) JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL)

(b) Spring Framework

(e) Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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