e-gov maharashtra training module

eGov Maharashtra Training Module

Results for: Sohan Powar

Title:

eGov 0.0 (Fundamentals of eGovernance)

Score:

63 out of 200 points

Percentage:

32%

Duration:

03:41:59

Date started:

Sun 7th Oct 2012 2:56pm

Date finished:

Mon 8th Oct 2012 6:57pm

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Question 1 of 80

Welcome to the Self Teaching Exam! As the very first step, please carefully read thisPrimer on eGovernance. You will be able to answer a majority of following questions if you read and think through this Primer. Many other Hints (external resources) are mentioned throughout the Test. Good Luck!

Here is the FIRST question.

What is full form of GIGO? Give an example in the context of Government departments.

http://www.ilovemaths.com/rajesh/egov.pdf

http://www.ilovemaths.com/rajesh/egov.pdf

Answer given:

GIGO stands for garbage in garbage out which means the output in any process would be garbage if the input is garbage.

This is a typical scenario in most of the Government Departments. For example say tube wells are to be built at drought affected area but if the Agricultural Department does not have proper data of the drought affected area for proper analysis then it might end up building tube wells in areas which actually do not require them.

Points: 0 out of 2

This question requires grading.

Question 2 of 80

What are full forms of BPR and GPR? Give an example.

Answer given:

BPR and GPR stands for 'Business Process Engineering' and 'Government Process Engineering' respectively.

Process engineering means making a process better in one way or the other. It includes a proper study of the current process in order to make it more efficient in all aspects.

For example making offline manual process of tax filling online. Now taxpayers don't have to go to their local offices and go through the tedious process of filling tax returns. It can be done online and this was possible only after doing a BPR/GPR which eliminated unwanted process and people from the old system.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 3 of 80

IT projects should ________

Correct answer: E)You chose: E)

A)

Increase transparency

B)

Increase efficiency

C)

Reduce costs

D)

Increase citizen convenience

E)

At least one or more of the above

Points: 1 out of 1

Feedback:Great! Can you think of at least one more potential benefit from an eGovernance project?

Question 4 of 80

Give THREE examples of changes required in Acts/Rules for enabling the use of new technologies in eGovernance projects. (HINT: Use of Electronic Voting Machines was challenged in various Courts, and hence required a change in Voting laws.)

Answer given:

Below are the 3 examples wherein a change of act was required to bring in new technologies:

1) In the implementation of Shalaarth (Sevarth of school education department) a change in rule was required to bring in affect the new fund flow. GR was issued for same.

2) Initially emails and SMSs were not considered as evidence in court of law. Later a change in IPC was made to bring it in effect. Now, emails and SMSs are considered as evidence in case of legal proceedings.

3) A change in act was required to bring in e-filling of returns.

Points: 0 out of 3


Question 5 of 80

Which (one or more) of the following are correct? To increase citizen convenience, _______

Correct answer: C) D) E) F) You chose: C) D) E) F) Note: This question displayed answer options in random order when taking this test.

A)

Citizen should be asked to submit application in triplicate.

B)

Citizen should be asked to get zerox copies certified from a Gazetted officer or a Notary.

C)

We should have a mechanism to Pay online or pay cash at a CSC rather than submit a treasury bank challan.

D)

We should have a Citizen Charter which defines the time frame in which the decision will be taken.

E)

We should reduce Human Touch Points.

F)

We should introduce mechanism to deliver Passport/Ration Card/Certificate etc. at home through courier or post.

Points: 3 out of 3

Question 6 of 80

What is Pareto Principle (80:20 Rule)? Give an example in the context of eGovernance projects.

Answer given:

The 80:20 Rule means that in anything a few (20 percent) are vital and many (80 percent) are trivial. In Pareto's case it meant 20 percent of the people owned 80 percent of the wealth. Pareto principle can be applied to almost anything. To real world, from science to management, etc.,

For example the filling of online tax returns is for whole of India but if you see the real beneficiaries are the people living in cities which is only 20 percent and those 20 percent actually contribute 80 percent of the taxes.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 7 of 80

Which are THREE major resource earners for the State Governments which should be computerized on priority?

Answer given:

Sales tax, property registration and transport and excise are the major resource earners for the state government which should be computerized on priority to reduce the mal-practices.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 8 of 80

Biometric attendance system and/or use of UID can result in reducing government expenditure on salaries.

Correct answer: A)You chose: A)

A)

True

B)

False

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 9 of 80

eScholarship scheme for electronically transferring money to students' accounts is useful in which of the following departments? (Choose ALL correct answers)

Correct answer: A) B) C) D) You chose: A) B) C) D) Note: This question displayed answer options in random order when taking this test.

A)

Social Justice Department

B)

Tribal Welfare Department

C)

Minorities Affairs Department

D)

Education Department

E)

Transport Department

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 10 of 80

Giving money to employees, vendors, beneficiaries by Direct Bank Transfer (ECS/NEFT/RTGS) is better than giving them Cash/Cheque/DD.


A)

True

B)

False

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 11 of 80

Give TWO examples where BC (Business Correspondents) of Banks with handheld ATMs can be useful.

Answer given:

1) Ingenico, leading worldwide provider of payment solutions, joined hands with Financial Inclusion Network & Operations (FINO) in India to help them deliver Micro finance & NREGS (National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) payment solutions to the under-served and the unbanked sector. Here the Business correspondents called as bandhus/agent carry handheld devices.

2) At remote locations where the nearest bank is miles and miles away. BC can help the people to withdraw or deposit money and thus save their travel time.

Points: 0 out of 3


Question 12 of 80

Give THREE examples where de-duplicating the databases can save lots of Taxpayers' money.

Answer given:

De-duplicating in the following cases can save a lot of taxpayer's money:

1) Students - If all the students are correctly accounted then then lot of money would be saved in the benefits given to the bogus students. For example scholarship, books, mid-day meal, etc.

2) Teacher - Same would be in the case of teachers. Multiple salaries are issued to the same or ghost teachers.

3) Pensioner's Scheme - Multiple payments are being made here as well due to duplicity of data.

Points: 0 out of 3


Question 13 of 80

Give TWO examples where uploading geo-stamped and time-stamped photographs through smartphones can help in reducing corruption.

Answer given:

1) For example in School Education Department where civil works department undertakes constructions activities in crores every year. Here if Geo-stamped and time-stamped is provided in the photographs then the auditor won’t be able to fool the authorities by showing a same school building twice and thus government funds will be saved along with reduction in corruption.

2) It can be useful in cases where inspection/survey is required. For example in inspection of food storage godowns to ensure proper supply and distribution is achieved.

Points: 0 out of 3


Question 14 of 80

STANDARDISING of citizen sercvices across the state means: (choose all correct options)

Correct answer: A) B) C) D) E) You chose: A) B) C) D) E)

A)

Having same, simple Application Form for a service, e.g. birth certificate, across the state, rather than each district or each Tahsildar having a different Form.

B)

Standardising the Fees (Government fees, facilitation fees) and the payment methods.

C)

Standardising and simplifying the Annexures (documents to be attached to the Application).

D)

Standardising the approval process, reducing human touch points, and setting a time frame in which the decision will be taken.

E)

Standardising the Output (Format of Certificate).

Points: 2 out of 2

Question 15 of 80

Which of these are examples of Citizen Service Centres in Maharashtra?

Correct answer: A) B) C) D) E) You chose: A) B) C) D) E) Note: This question displayed answer options in random order when taking this test.

A)

SETU centres operating at Collector and Tahsildar offices.

B)

Private shops authorised by MSEB to collect electricity payments, and other such methods by various Municipal Corporations.

C)

Cybercafes authorised by MPSC to collect recruitment application forms.

D)

CSCs set up by Basix, Spnaco, CMS and Reliance in about 10,000 villages, authorised by Rajya and District Setu Samitis, and funded by Govt. of India

E)

Sangram Kendras set up in about 25,000 Gram Panchayats by Rural Development Department, from 13th Finance Commission funds.

Points: 3 out of 3

Question 16 of 80

Each department should open its own set of CSCs rather than using the common CSCs set up by IT/eGov department.

Correct answer: B)You chose: B)

A)

True

B)

False

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 17 of 80

Give full form of VLE. Give some ways in which VLE can be economically viable.

Answer given:

VLE stands for 'Village Level Entrepreneurs'. They are considered as the last mile.

VLE can be economically viable for any product selection, field testing and trials, sales and product promotion.

Points: 0 out of 3


Question 18 of 80

Give THREE examples from different Government departments where use of citizen service centres can be useful to the citizen.

Answer given:

1) CSC can be useful to Agricultural department to get all the farmers registered at remote locations so that they get all the benefits given to them by the government.

2) In School education department where initiatives like eScholarship can be put to use by helping the students in filling the online forms.

3) Citizens can pay their property taxes and even do land registrations at CSCs.

Points: 0 out of 3


Question 19 of 80

A study by IIM, Ahmedabad showed that CSCs ______

Correct answer: D)You chose: D)

A)

Reduced average number of trips by citizen to get a service.

B)

Reduced time taken to get the service.

C)

Reduced bribes.

D)

All of the above.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 20 of 80

What is eGov 2.0? Give an example.

Answer given:

Use of Facebook, twitter, etc. to get citizen feed-backs is known as eGov 2.0.

For example traffic police department in Pune has a Facebook profile wherein if you upload a picture of any vehicle violating traffic rules then action is taken on the same.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 21 of 80

"Why stand INLINE when you can be ONLINE". Give a practical example.

Answer given:

Booking of railway tickets. When it can be done online then why stand in the long never ending queues outside railway stations.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 22 of 80

Bangalore Traffic Police constables on the road use Blackberry phones and thermal printers. By linking to Central servers, and coupled with CCTV coverage, the Government income from traffic challans has increased multifold. Describe at least TWO benefits of this project to the citizen.

Answer given:

The two benefits of this project to the citizen are as follows:

1) Citizen can pay the issued challans at CSC as well rather than paying at police station thus reducing the fear of visiting police station.

2) Gives transparent and polite service to citizen.

3) This shall reduce corruption and citizen would think twice before violating any traffic rules. Thus making the roads safer.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 23 of 80

Give TWO examples where Location Based Services (LBS) can be useful.

Answer given:

1) In pointing out the nearest hospital, school or even a police station.

2) For emergency rescue services. For areas like Assam where flood is very common. In such situations LBS can even help save a life.

3) In mapping out traffic violation or traffic jams at any particular point and suggesting alternative routes if required.

Points: 0 out of 3


Question 24 of 80

Describe ONE major feature of eDistrict project which distinguishes it from regular CSC project.

Answer given:

eDistrict is a kind of digital workflow. Every process has a digital process. And then these process are received online. Different types of certificates, licenses, etc are made online at district level with the help of eDistrict. Whereas a regular CSC project deals mostly with form filling, payment, etc. CSCs do not process outputs or help in processing outputs like approval, rejection, etc. It only helps to collect the input for a digital workflow.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 25 of 80

Govt. of Maharashtra decided to go paperless from October 2012. Which software is being used?


A)

DigiGov by TCS

B)

eOffice by NIC

C)

Software developed in-house by DIT

D)

EMC software Saksham

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 26 of 80

Which of the following statements are true regarding funding for eGovernance projects?

Correct answer: A) B) C) D) E) You chose: A) B) C) D) E)

A)

Funding for many eGov projects is available from Govt. of India under MMPs (Mission Mode Projects).

B)

Some State governments have mandated certain minimum percentage of budget (e.g. 1%) to be made available for eGovernance projects by all departments.

C)

Thirteenth Finance Commission funds have been used by some departments for eGovernance projects.

D)

RKVY (Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana) funds have been used by some departments like Agriculture for eGovernance projects.

E)

PPP (Public Private Partnership) method can be used for eGovernance projects, e.g. smart driving licences, Traffic monitoring and fines etc.

Points: 2 out of 2

Question 27 of 80

Rajya Setu Samiti is operated by which department of Govt. of Maharashtra, and who heads it?

Correct answer: B)You chose: B)Note: This question displayed answer options in random order when taking this test.

A)

DIT, Secretary(IT)

B)

DIT, Chief Secretary

C)

DIT, Minister(IT)

D)

DIT, Director(IT)

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 28 of 80

Who heads District Setu Samiti?

Correct answer: B)You chose: B)Note: This question displayed answer options in random order when taking this test.

A)

Director (IT)

B)

District Collector

C)

CEO, Zilla Parishad

D)

Chief Secretary

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 29 of 80

In Maharashtra, all eGov projects between Rupees 10 lakhs and 5 crores should be approved by which committee? Who heads this committee? Which departments must be represented in this committee?

Answer given:

In Maharashtra, all eGov projects between Rupees 10 lakhs and 5 crores should be approved by Project Implementation committee. This committee is headed by the secretary of that respective department. DIT, NIC, Finance and Industry departments etc. must be represented in this committee

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 30 of 80

In Maharashtra, all eGov projects above Rupees 5 crores must be approved by HPC (High Powered Committee). Who heads this committee?

Correct answer: C)You chose: C)

A)

Chief Minister

B)

IT Minister

C)

Chief Secretary

D)

IT Secretary

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 31 of 80

As of 2012, which FIVE consulting firms have been empanelled by Govt. of Maharashtra to provide Consultants for eGovernance projects?

Correct answer: A) C) D) E) G) You chose: A) C) D) E) G) Note: This question displayed answer options in random order when taking this test.

A)

KPMG

B)

ILFS

C)

Deloitte

D)

Accenture

E)

Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC)

F)

McKinsey

G)

Ernst & Young (E&Y)

H)

Boston Consulting Group

Points: 2 out of 2

Question 32 of 80

RFP (Request for proposal) document should be carefully and transparently designed so that nobody can complain that it favours one particular vendor or product or company.


A)

True

B)

False

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 33 of 80

eTendering solution must follow CVC guidelines and must have security certification. [You may like to have a look at http://tenders.gov.in]


A)

True

B)

http://tenders.gov.in/

False

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 34 of 80

Describe some benefits of eTendering solution compared to traditional manual tendering system.

Answer given:

Some benefits of eTendering solution compared to traditional manual tendering system are as follows:

1) It ensures greater participation due to easy and wide availability.

2) Greater participation means higher competition and good prices.

3) Higher competition means reputed companies.

4) Higher transparency offered to bidders.

5) All the above benefits in return makes the whole process faster and more efficient.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 35 of 80

Which of these are pitfalls in eGovernance projects?

Correct answer: A) B) C) D) E) F) You chose: A) B) C) D) E) F)

A)

Vendor driven projects which do not really benefit the citizens.

B)

Vendor lock-in resulting in one vendor dictating terms.

C)

Resistance by vested interests who try to sabotage or delay the project

D)

Lack of reliable and fast internet connectivity at many locations.

E)

Lack of reliable, 24/7 electricity at many locations.

F)

Failure to specify in RFP regarding IPR/Copyright/Source Code ownership of customised software by the Government.

Points: 2 out of 2

Question 36 of 80

eGov Policy of Maharahstra, announced in 2011, makes it mandatory to have Homepage of websites and applications developed by various departments to be in Marathi.


A)

True

B)

False

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 37 of 80

Maharashtra Government eGovernance projects employ a healthy mix of Opensource and Proprietary solutions. Which of the following statements are true?

Correct answer: A) B) C) D) You chose: A) B) C) D) Note: This question displayed answer options in random order when taking this test.

A)

Desktops on Maharashtra Government Rate Contract are pre-loaded with OpenOffice or Libre Office.

B)

State Data Centre provides Windows as well as Linux server platforms; Content Management Systems like Sharepoint, Drupal, Joomla, Liferay; Databases like Oracle, MS SQL, DB2, MySQL, Postgres.

C)

eGovernance Policy says that in case Pirated software is used, the Head of the Department will be held squarely responsible.

D)

State UID solution uses openstack and Mobile Apps based on Android.

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 38 of 80

Which Accessibility standards should be followed by all the websites and applications?


A)

W3C

B)

WCAG 2.0 Level A

C)

STQC

D)

SSL

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 39 of 80

Describe why Web Accessibility standards are important. Please see W3C and Microsoftpages regarding accessibility, as well as this page.

Answer given:

Web accessibility standards are important so that physical challenged people can also access the information provided easily. They should not be deprived or distinguished from others. So in order to bring them on the same platform and help them learn and evolve, web accessibility standards are very important.

For example in filling online tax returns one has to ensure that w3c standards are properly followed. So that differently able people can also fill the forms. Also in voting braille is required, so a blind person can also cast his vote.

Aged people at times need bigger fonts. So proper use of web accessibility standards can also make their life much easier.

Points: 0 out of 3


Question 40 of 80

http://barrierbreak.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/enable/

http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.php

In ANY application, rather than entering District/Taluka/Village names, these should come as Drop Down lists from a Common database maintained by DIT in Marathi/English and linked to Census 2011 location codes.


A)

True

B)

False

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 41 of 80

Describe the problems in sharing databases across departments if common database of District/Taluka/Village names is not used.

Answer given:

If common database is not used then the mapping of fields or data would be difficult.

For example. District 'Sangli' can have different spelling in different databases due to which these database won't talk to each other and thus make the data less useful.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 42 of 80

Give THREE examples where database of one department can be useful to another department.

Answer given:

1) Data from Meteorological department can be useful to agricultural department in studying the rain and crop pattern. 2) Sales tax and revenue data can be useful to income tax department.3) School education data can be useful to Higher Technical Education department to study the various trends in education.

Points: 0 out of 3


Question 43 of 80

Give THREE examples of use of satellite imagery and Maps in eGov projects.

Answer given:

Following are the use of satellite imagery and maps in egov projects:

1) For mapping of all the schools. So that as per RTE act all children can be mapped to the nearest school.2) For keeping proper land records.3) In providing other services to citizens like in identification of nearest CSC center, banks, hospitals, etc.

Points: 0 out of 3


Question 44 of 80

"Freedom from Location" can really empower the citizens, e.g. allowing picking ration from any ration shop, or property registration from any Registar office. Describe how it empowers the citizen.

Answer given:

It helps the citizen to get his benefits from the government or any other organizations irrespective of his location. Overall service improves, and one has a choice to look for better options. Corruption also reduces since a citizen is not bound to take a particular service from a particular center. It thus ensures better and faster service to citizen.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 45 of 80

What is FIFO (or FCFS) principle? Also give TWO examples where it can be useful to the citizen.

Answer given:

FIFO stands for first in first out. The concept is simple; whoever comes first shall be served first.

It can be useful wherein the early birds get some discount or benefits. For example while offering special rates on a holiday special train to first bookings made; railways can employ this scheme.

It can be used wherein a processing of an application is done. For example passport application, income tax returns, etc.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 46 of 80

NDA (Non disclosure agreement) should be signed by the departments with the software developers.


A)

True

B)

False

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 47 of 80

As opposed to COTS (Commercial Off the Shelf) solutions, in case of customised or specially developed software, the Source Code and IPR (Copyright) should lie with the Government which pays full cost of this customisation/development.


A)

True

B)

False

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 48 of 80

What is GIGW? Mention any four important guidelines. On which URL can these web guidelines by NIC be found? [Hint: Use www.google.com, search "GIGW"]

Answer given:

GIGW stands for guidelines for Indian Government wesbites and can be found on http://web.guidelines.gov.in/.

Four of the important guidelines are as follows:

1) The website should have the appropriate logo of State or Government of India.

2) Website should have the state's local language as landing page. If no local language applicable then Hindi as landing page.

3) Website is registered under 'gov.in' or ' nic.in' domain.

4) Ownership of the website is clearly displayed on all the pages.

Points: 0 out of 3

http://www.google.com/


Question 49 of 80

IT Act (Rules u/s 43A) say that regarding Sensitive Personal Information, every Government department should have "due diligence mechanisms". [You may like to spend some time onCyber Laws page of DIT website.]


A)

True

B)

False

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 50 of 80

ALL government websites and applications should be hosted within India only.


A)

True

B)

False

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 51 of 80

http://deity.gov.in/content/cyber-laws

All governmental websites and applications should be security certified by STQC or any other agency empanneled by CERT-IN. [You may like to have a look at CERT-IN website if you are interested.]


A)

True

B)

False

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 52 of 80

SSL certificate from companies like Verisign, Entrust, Thawte etc., which results in Green Address Bar with https:// should be used on all Websites where Citizen data is asked, so as to encrypt their data from browser to server.


A)

True

B)

False

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 53 of 80

Authentication Framework is based on "What you know, what you have, what you are". Please explain.

http://www.cert-in.org.in/

Answer given:

The authentication framework is broken down in parts as below:

'What you know' - It means the information which you know, it would be login name or password or some secure ID which can be further strengthen by OTP. This is not considered very robust since anyone knowing these details can hack into the person's account.

'what you have'- Which would be use of digital token for authentication. Smart card, dongle, key, etc., are types of digital token. This further enhances the security but still not considered fool proof.

'what you are'- It means use of bio metric mechanism in authentication. Since fingerprint, IRIS, etc scanner is very robust and at times impossible to break in. This is considered as the most secure system.

Points: 0 out of 3


Question 54 of 80

If database is password protected, there is no need to encrypt the user passwords and they can be stored as plain text in the database.


A)

True

B)

False

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 55 of 80

What is OTP (One Time Password)? Give two examples where it can be useful.

Answer given:

OTP as the name says is only for one time use. It can be used where data or identity security is very important. It eliminates the chances of attack if someone manages to record the password since next time the password shall change itself making the old password redundant.

For example:1) When accessing a secure server/terminal which has very important data. Usually this is done in companies wherein they deal with sensitive and very important data. Here employees make us of use OTP to login each time.

2) While making online financial transactions such as fund transfer, refunds, etc.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 56 of 80

Sometimes there is a possibility that some Government staff may give their username/passwords or even the Digital Signature dongles (along with PIN) to others (subordinates, colleagues, data entry operators, support staff). What is an authentication mechanism which does not suffer from this fault?

Answer given:

In such cases a bio metric authentication does not fail since that has to be done by the individual himself.

Points: 0 out of 1


Question 57 of 80

What is meant by "Do not re-invent the wheel" in the context of eGov projects? Give TWO examples.

Answer given:

"Do not re-invent the wheel" in the context of eGov projects means do not create something which already exists in some other projects. For example:

1) If xyz department buys a server for hosting an application. Now this would not require since SDC has already enough space to meet the department's server requirements.

2) If xyz department develops a software which is already in use by some other department. Now in this case ideally the xyz department should just customize the software of the other department as per its need. Rather than making a new software.

Points: 0 out of 3


Question 58 of 80

Maharashtra State Data Centre (MH-SDC) offers which of these special features?

Correct answer: A) B) C) D) E) F) You chose: A) B) C) D) E) F)

A)

It is the only SDC in the country to have its own ASN number, and its own IPv4 and IPv6 addresses from APNIC.

B)

Uses Blade Servers to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

C)

Runs full fledged PRIVATE CLOUD in actual production environment.

D)

Offers Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), e.g. collocation of Rajiv Arogya Jeevnadayi Yojana racks; Servers to National Internet Registry (NIR) etc.

E)

Offers Platform as a Service (PaaS), e.g. VM (Virtual Machine) instances with Windows 2012 or Linux loaded; or Databases like MS SQL 2012 or Oracle or PostGres or MySQL loaded.

F)

Offers Software as a Service (SaaS), e.g. Email Exchange Servers, Lync for Video Conferencing, file tracking system, even Mobile Applications.

Points: 3 out of 3

Question 59 of 80

What is Cloud Computing?

Answer given:

Cloud computing is a use of the hardware and software services typically over an internet. Here the user has remote access to services like data storage, computation, software, etc.The name cloud was derived from the use of cloud-like system in the systems diagram.

Here the end users access the network through web browser or a mobile app to make use of the facilities he required.

It is majorly categorized as following:

Software as a Service (SaaS)- It is a software distribution model in which applications are hosted by a vendor or service provider and made available to customers over a network, typically the Internet.

Platform as a Service (PaaS)- It is a paradigm for delivering operating systems and associated services over the Internet without downloads or installation.

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)- It involves outsourcing the equipment used to support operations, including storage, hardware, servers and networking components.

The increasing selection of services delivered over the Internet is sometimes referred to as XaaS.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 60 of 80

MahaOnline is a Joint Venture between Government of Maharashtra and __________

Correct answer: C)You chose: C)

A)

Yashada (Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration)

B)

CDAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing)

C)

TCS (Tata Consultancy Services)

D)

NISG (National Institute of Smart Governance)

Points: 1 out of 1

Question 61 of 80

Which of the following are true about MahaOnline? Please spend some time on MahaOnline website.

Correct answer: A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) J) You chose: A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) J)

A)

It is doing software development for a number of Government departments in Maharashtra.

https://services.mahaonline.gov.in/

B)

It maintains a Common database of District, Taluka, Village names in Marathi and English, linked to Census 2011 coding structure, which can be used by all the departments.

C)

It offers PULL/PUSH SMS Gateway (linked to both CDAC as well as Private players) at very reasonable rate to all the Government departments.

D)

It offers Payment Gateway (through NSDL backed by Billdesk, as well through other Gateways) to all the departments.

E)

It offers a very cheap GIS solution to all the departments, for Thematic Maps for District, Taluka and Village boundaries.

F)

It provides FMS (Facilities Management Services) to all the departments in Mantralaya.

G)

It provides Citizen services through 25,000 Sangram Kendras in Village Panchayats.

H)

It provides some common, standardised citizen services at all CSCs.

I)

It provides Training Facilities at its Sion, Mumbai office for various Capacity Building initiatives by DIT.

J)

It provides BI (Business Intelligence) tools to various departments as a SaaS Model, at very reasonable rates.

Points: 2 out of 2

Question 62 of 80

DIT, Maharashtra and Rajya Setu Samiti have undertaken which of the following steps for Capacity Building?


A)

Created an innovative Facebook page www.facebook.com/eGov.Maharashtra

B)

Created ONLINE eGovernance courses (FIRST in the country).

C)

Hugely popular "First Saturday Tech Saturday" programme held across Maharashtra every First Saturday of each month.

D)

Online Two hour course every Wednesday, from YashWahini studio in Yashada, Pune (with bandwidth from ISRO), connected to more than 100 classrooms in various Panchayat Samitis.

E)

Signed MoU with State Training Academy, Yashada, to increase the number of IT courses for Staff.

http://www.facebook.com/eGov.Mahaarshtra

F)

STEP courses at multiple locations, in association with NISG and NeGD.

G)

Sending officials to CIO courses, one year certification courses etc. organised by NISG.

H)

Technology Champions in every department identified and specially trained.

I)

Large number of walk-in training sessions for training in MS-Office, Open Office, ISM, INSCRIPT keyboard, Advanced features in EXCEL for analysing data, good Security practices etc.

J)

Organises various sessions for UID awareness, especially for ensuring UID linkage with various databases.

Points: 2 out of 2

Question 63 of 80

Mention full form of UIDAI? Who heads it? Mention THREE uses of UID. Please spend some time on http://uidai.gov.in and http://aadhaar.maharashtra.gov.in andfacebook.com/Aadhaar.Maharashtra

Answer given:

UIDAI stands for Unique Identification Authority of India. It is headed by Nandan Nilekani.

Three uses of UID are as follows:

http://www.facebook.com/Aadhaar.Maharashtra

http://aadhaar.maharashtra.gov.in/

http://uidai.gov.in/

1) Its primary goal is to issue a identity to all the citizens of India. For example opening a bank account would be very easy and simple to all the citizens thus improve the financial systems.

2) It would reduce de-duplication in Electoral and thus reduce ghost voters. Same would in case of PDS. It would help in proper & effective distribution by eliminating the ghosts from the system.

3) It shall help reduce money laundering since all the bank accounts shall be properly mapped to an individual.

4) It shall help to map all the children and thus help in achieving universalization of elementary education (SSA) under RTE act.

Points: 0 out of 4


Question 64 of 80

Please read the paper on UID numbering scheme, before choosing all the correct options below.

Correct answer: A) C) D) You chose: A) C) D)

A)

UID number has been carefully designed to not disclose personal information about the resident including the regional, ethnic and age information.

B)

UID number is not random, but is a smart number which includes year of birth, gender and city information.

C)

Last digit in the 12 digit UID number is a Checksum digit, so that errors in typing can be caught.

D)

UID data is stored centrally, and authentication can be done online.

http://uidai.gov.in/UID_PDF/Front_Page_Articles/Documents/Publications/A_UID_Numbering_Scheme.pdf

Points: 2 out of 2

Question 65 of 80

In the context of UID, what is SRDH? Give TWO examples of its use.

Answer given:

SRDH stands for state resident data hub. It is basically database of residents of that particular state. It has name, gender, age, photograph and address respectively. Maharashtra was the first state to have a SRDH.

It is currently being used by:1) Widows Pension Scheme by Women & Child Development Department 2) To provide financial assistance to disabled people by Social Welfare Department.

It can reduce de-duplication and also help in identifying a person with the help of UID number.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 66 of 80

While envisaging ANY eGovernance project in Maharashtra, which COMMON Infrastructure/guidelines must be used, so as to save costs, to fast track the project, and to have interoperabilty?


A)

Use of State Data Centre (SDC) provided by DIT, which can provide IaaS, PaaS, SaaS models FREE to the Government departments.

B)

Use of SWAN (State Wide Area Network) wherever feasible.

C)

Use of CSC (Citizen Service Centres), SETU centres and Sangram Kendras whcih dramatically expands the reach of programme. MahaOnline provides this integration.

D)

Use of SMS Gateway provided by MahaOnline and free/inexpensive Email solutions provided by SDC as well as MahaOnline.

E)

Use of payment Gateway provided by MahaOnline at zero additional cost.

F)

Use of eTendering solution by DIT.

G)

Use of Common locational database of District/Taluka/Village names by MahaOnline, which also helps in GIS thematic mapping.

H)

Approval of PIC/HPC and Use of various Rate Contracts by DIT, NICSI and DGnSD for Hardware, Software, Manpower etc.

I)

Use of Video Conferencing facilities offered by DIT.

J)

Use of various Capacity Building programmes offered by DIT.

Points: 2 out of 2

Question 67 of 80

Spend some time on website http://deity.gov.in and http://negp.gov.in and describe THREE Central Mission Mode Projects and THREE State MMPs.

Answer given:

Following are the 3 central mission mode projects:

1)Banking: This project is to increase the operational efficiency and thus reducing the delays and efforts involved in handling and settling transactions.2) Pensions: To provide a single window service to all the pensioners.3) Post: Modernization of postal services.

Following are the 3 state mission mode projects:

1) Employment Exchange: To upgrade and modernize employment services2) Road transport: Computerization of approximately 1000 RTOs.3) Municipalities: e-governance in municipalties to improve operational efficiency.

Points: 0 out of 3


Question 68 of 80

Have a look at the websites http://data.gov and http://data.gov.in and describe what kind of databases should be put in public domain by various departments which could be useful to Research Students doing research on change in crop patterns due to rainfall pattern changes and works done by irrigation department.

Answer given:

In order to enable research students doing research on change in crop patterns due to rainfall pattern changes and works done by irrigation department following department should be sharing their data:

1) Soil survey made by Agricultural department.

http://data.gov.in/

http://data.gov/

http://negp.gov.in/

http://deity.gov.in/

2) Weather data, Satellite images, etc by meteorological department.3) 'Irrigation support provided' data to the farmers by Rural development department.

Points: 0 out of 4


Question 69 of 80

Some countries like Estonia have introduced Internet Voting. Can you list at least THREE constrains why it might not be successful in India?

Answer given:

1) Voting under influence cannot be monitored and voting under influence is a large scale mal-practice across India.

2) No Internet connectivity: Majority of the population in India still do not have easy access to India.

3) Mechanism to check if the right person has voted or not would be difficult.

4) No Electricity: There are so many rural locations across India where electricity is still a luxury.

5) It Literacy: Around 60% (approx) Indians are not IT liter act.

6) Distribution of user ids and password would be very difficult and costly task as well considered the sheer size of population and area.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 70 of 80

NIC (National Informatics Centre), Mumbai and Pune are helping Government of Maharashtra in which of the following projects?

Correct answer: A) B) D) F) H) You chose: A) B) D) F) H) Note: This question displayed answer options in random order when taking this test.

A)

Vahan and Sarthi projects of Transport department

B)

eChawadi and eMutation projects of Settlement Commissioner (Land Records)

C)

ccTNS project of Police (Home department)

D)

iSarita project of IGR (IG Registration)

E)

CSC project of DIT

F)

eOffice project for paperless office, in multiple departments

G)

Website www.mahanews.gov.in which is one of the best, most updated sites of Maharashtra Government

H)

Entire computeriation of Treasuries department (BDS- Budget Distribution System, TreasuryNet, Koshwahini etc) which set up many firsts in the country

Points: 2 out of 2

http://www.mahanews.gov.in/

Feedback:ccTNS is being done by Wipro, while Mahanews website is developed by MahaOnline. CSC project is by multiple companies.

Question 71 of 80

See the Organisations Page on the website of DeitY (Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India). Write down Names of its one organisation, one attached office, one Section 25 Company, and one autonomous Society.

Answer given:

DeitY Organization:Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (ICERT)DeitY One attached office: National Informatics Centre (NIC)DeitY One section 25 company: Media Lab AsiaDeitY One autonomous society: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 72 of 80

What is crowd-sourcing? Think of at least TWO government departments or Projects where this concept can be used.

Answer given:

Crowd-sourcing is a very real, effective and important idea. Definitions and terms vary, but the basic idea is to tap into the collective intelligence of the public at large to complete business-related tasks that a government/company would normally either perform itself or outsource to a third-party provider. Yet free labor is only a narrow part of crowd-sourcing's appeal. More importantly, it enables government to expand the size of their talent pool while also gaining deeper insight into what citizens really want.

1) Design of Indian rupee symbol was made using the same.2) It can used for feedback, survey, monitoring, etc., for various government initiatives.3) For spreading a awareness like say a online campaign for AIDS. Wherein citizen would leave dos and

http://deity.gov.in/content/dit-organisations

dons and spread awareness via various forums. And then the active member can be awarded something to increase the participation.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 73 of 80

Mention at least FIVE eGovernance related Awards won by various departments of Government of Maharashtra. [HINT: Look for "Awards" section on http://maharashtra.gov.in]

Answer given:

Following are the five eGovernance related awards won by various department of Government of Maharashtra:1) Golden icon award for best website given to www.maharashtra.gov.in2) India-Tech excellence Award for Application of IT in Administration, 2003 - 1st Runner Up3) Award for best website to Public works department by CSI Nihilant e-governance award 20024) Award for Best e-governed State Advanced by CSI Nihilant e-governance award 2002.5) Best Revenue System : SARITA by CSI Nihilant e-governance award 2002

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 74 of 80

Spend LOT OF TIME on the website http://egovstandards.gov.in especially this document. Then answer the following questions.

Correct answer: B) C) D) E) G) H) You chose: B) C) D) E) G) H)

A)

DATE should be in dd-mm-yy format.

B)

http://egovstandards.gov.in/standardsandFramework/metadata-and-data-standards/MDDS-Demographic%20Ver%201.1.pdf/view

http://egovstandards.gov.in/

http://maharashtra.gov.in/

FULL NAME of a person in English as well as Marathi should be in VARCHAR(99)

C)

Gender Identification Code should be CHAR(1) with values M/F/T

D)

Code of Education attained by the Person Values as per code directory (CD01.03) should be stored as INTEGER(3)

E)

The document prescribes up to SIX lines for printing Address

F)

Page 142 of the document mentions that Recognized Official language code for Marathi is 11 and as per ISO 693-3 it is "mar"

G)

Page 145 of the document mentions that Education attained Code for "Illiterate" is 1

H)

Page 149 of the document mentions that State Land Region Code (SLRC) for Maharashtra is 27

Points: 4 out of 4

Question 75 of 80

Use Google Transliteration to type your Name in English and get the equivalent transliteration into Marathi (or Hindi). Please cut and paste it into your Answer box. Separately we urge you to paste this into www.google.com and have fun!

http://www.google.com/transliterate

Answer given:

सो�हन पो�वा�र.

This is was really handy to know that when you search with Marathi Language the search result is in Marathi as well.

Points: 0 out of 1


Question 76 of 80

Have a look at the COE website, set up be Centre of Excellence for Computing in Marathi, which is a result of MoU signed by DIT, Maharashtra with CDAC Pune. What are major objectives of COE? Please describe in your own words.

Answer given:

Major objectives of COE are as follows:

1) To make use of Marathi in computing language as much as possible for development of applications, websites, etc for the Maharashtra Government.

2) It aims to standardize other aspects related to development such as font, storage, other inputs etc.

3) Its long term aim is to make all the developers, consultants, etc working for & on Maharashtra Government's e-governance projects well versed with use of Marathi language with respect to their role.

Points: 0 out of 3


Question 77 of 80

Spend some time on CDAC, TDIL and BhashaIndia sites regarding multilingual issues. Carefully go through the Unicode Devanagari and Unicode Currrency charts. Then answer the fillowing qusetions.

Correct answer: A) B) C) D) F) G) You chose: A) B) C) D) F) G)

http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U20A0.pdf

http://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0900.pdf

http://bhashaindia.com/

http://tdil.mit.gov.in/

http://www.cdacindia.com/index.aspx?id=mlingual

http://coe.maharashtra.gov.in/

A)

INSCRIPT keyboard should be encouraged for Marathi typing.

B)

New Symbol for Rupee is in Unicode Chart for Currencies (code point 20B9).

C)

TBIL (Transliteration Between Indian Languages) Data Converter 3.0 is a Desktop Application, which enables the user to transliterate data of various File Types and Records of Database from any of ASCII/ISCII/UTF/Unicode/Phonetic Formats.

D)

Sakalbharti font is created by CDAC for displaying various Indian languages in Unicode.

E)

Mangal Font for Marathi/Devanagari is created by Google.

F)

NAMESCAPE is a developer suite by CDAC for generating name variants and sound alike. It can handle a large number of cases and find different names and address variants. Different spellings of a given name can also be identified.

G)

ISM (Indian Script Manager, latest version 6.1) is widely used by Government employees in Maharashtra.

http://www.cdac.in/html/24-foundation-day/gist-namescape.aspx

H)

SIRI, the intelligent software by Apple understands commands in Natural language spoken in Hindi.

Points: 4 out of 4

Question 78 of 80

What is MOOC? (HINT: Google it!). Have you ever enrolled for an Online course? Which one? We strongly urge you to do at least one course of your liking on www.coursera.org

Answer given:

MOOC stands for 'Massive open online course'. It is used to increase participation via web.

Yes . For project management from APMG international.

Points: 0 out of 2


Question 79 of 80

This question tests your general Tech Awareness. Which of the following are correct?

Correct answer: A) B) C) D) E) F) G) I) J) You chose: A) B) C) D) E) F) G) I) J) Note: This question displayed answer options in random order when taking this test.

A)

Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Ginger bread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean refer to various versions of ANDROID operating system, an opensource OS found on many smartphones and tablets.

B)

Kindle, Nook, Kobo refer to eReaders on which we can read eBooks.

http://www.coursera.org/

C)

Avatar, Star Wars, Matrix, Inception, Jurassic Park, ET, Minority Report all refer to some of the greatest Science Fiction movies.

D)

Chip, Digit, PC World, PC Quest, Dataquest, Stuff, T3, Linux for You are some of the popular Tech magazines in India.

E)

Google, Bing, Yahoo, Wolfram Alpha refer to some of the popular search engines.

F)

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus+ are some of the most popular Social Networking sites.

G)

Virus, Worms, Botnet, Phishing, Keyloggers are security risks on computers.

H)

Twenty things I Learned is an interesting website developed by Apple.

I)

Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, Cut-the-rope, Temple Run are some of the popular Games on iOS, Android etc.

J)

Fortran, Cobol, LISP, Pascal, C, Basic, Ada, Python, Ruby, Java are names of some programming languages.

Points: 4 out of 4

http://www.20thingsilearned.com/

Question 80 of 80

CONGRATS! You have finished Part I of the Test. You can still go back and change your answers, or you can Save your work and come back later anytime before Final Submission. We hope you have done lot of reading and thinking while answering various questions, and enjoyed this innovative way of learning while attempting an exam.

If you are through the Written Test (Part I) of 160 Marks, please indicate your Special interests in the following answer box. The Interview over Skype and Google Hangouts will be arranged by DIT Team at mutually convenient time and date. The Interview carries 40 marks.

You will know your detailed Results along with Feedback, after the Interview.

Answer given:

Innovative IT solutions are one of my special interests.

Thanks, was a good learning experience.

Sohan

Points: 0 out of 40
