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1. Defines the IMac?                         

A. A computer Machine                     B. A High speed processor                

C. High definition Monitor                 D. High capacity ROM

 

2. The type of computer, which has the properties of both i.e. analogue computer and digital computer, is known as

A.  Analogue-cum Digital Computer

B .  Hybrid Computer  

C.  Super Computer

D. Computer of Future

 

3. Consider the following statements:

1. Archie is an Internet browser based on the File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

2. Archie enables user to search a file, which proper name is unknown.

Choose the correct answer from given below

A. 1 Only                    B. 2 Only

C. Both                       D. Neither A nor B

 

4. About discussing technology, hot spot is a

A. A small overheated area on a CPU            B. A place served by public Wireless Access

C. Jargon for an X-rated Web site                  D. Computer Hardwar & Software purchasing area

 

5. Which is the best search tool for finding Web sites that have been handpicked and recommended by someone else?

A. Meta-search engines           B. Search engines

C. Subject directories             D. Discussion groups

 

6. In what year the "@" chosen for its use in e-mail address?

A. 1975                                                           B. 1974

C. 1973                                                           D. 1972

 

7. Who co-created the UNIX operating with Dennis Ritchie and which year ?

A. Ken Thompson, 1969                                 B. Steve Wozniak, 1968

C. Stroustrup, 1967                                         D. Niklaus Wirth, 1960

 

8. The first web server was built in

A. In 1988, California                                     B. In 1990, Switzerland

C. In 1988, Massachusetts                              D. In 1987, UK

 

9. If computer has gradually slowed down, what's the most likely cause?

A. Overheating                                               B. Processor chip is just getting old

C. Adware/spyware is infecting the PC         D. Dropped a sandwich in your computer

 

10.  Which is called as “Information Highway"?

A. Internet                                          B. Intranet

C. LAN                                               D. Web Browsers

 11.Storage mapping is done by

A. Linker                                  B. Operating system 

C. Loader                                  D. Compiler

12. Which among the following is the most common source of Viruses to the hard disk of your computer?

A. Incoming Email                               B Outgoing Email

C. Blog                                                D. Websites

13. Among the following a device which is not connected to the CPU is known as ?

A. Land-line device                          B. Off-line device

C. On-line device                              D. Device

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14. Which of these protocols is used by network components to find other devices in the same broadcast domain?

A. SNP                  B. LADP                       C. NTP                  D. ARP

15 Which year Google play was launched?

A. 2010                  B. 2011                          C. 2012                  D. 2017

16 "http" you type at the beginning of any site's address stands for

A. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol                                 B. Hyperspace Terms and Tech Protocol

C. Hyperspace Techniques & Tech Progress  D. HTML Transfer Technology Process

 

17. Hardware devices that are not part of the main computer system and are often added later to the system.

 A. Clip art       B. Peripheral               C. Highlight    D. Execute

18. What do we call a collection of two or more computers that are located within a limited distance of each other and that are connected to each other directly or indirectly?

A. Internet       B. Intranet       C. Local Area Network                       D Wide Area Network

 

19. Changing computer language of 1's and 0's to characters that a person can understand is:

A. Highlight                B. Clip art        C. Execute       D. Decode

 

20. If computer has gradually slowed down, what's the most likely cause?

A. Your processor chip is just getting old                   B. Overheating

C. Adware/spyware is infecting your PC                   D. You dropped a sandwich in your computer

21. Cyclic codes are used in

A. Continuously varying signal representation                       B.  Data transfer

C. Arithmetic and Logical Computation                                 D. None of the above

22. Binary coded decimal (BCD) numbers express each digit as a

A. Bit              B. Byte                        C. Nibble         D. All of the above

23. An AND gate has 7 inputs, right? How many input words are in its truth table?

A. 16               B. 32               C. 64               D. 128

24. Which of the following is a system programming language for micro computers in the Intel family?

A. SNOBOL       B. PC/M                      C. PL/1                        D. PL/2

25. The first computer made available for commercial use was

A. UNIVAC    B. UNIAC                  C. MARK-1    D. EDUSAC

26. MODULA is a

A. Assembly language                        B. Programming language

C. Machine language                          D. Low-level language

27. Which one is a self-learning course?

 A. DTO (Desk top publishing)                          B. CAD (Computer aided learning)

C. CAI (Computer aided instruction)                 D. None of the above

28. Which one is an example for source program?

A. LOTUS      B. dBASE       C. WORDSTAR         D. BASIC

29. Data transfer rate in modem is measured by

A. bits per second       B. bits per minute        C. bits per hour                       D. bandwidth

30. A computer network that allows users to easily store and share information stored on each other's computers is known as a ------- system.

 A. TCP/IP.         B. HTTP.         C. Peer-to-peer       D. Client/server

31 The functional components of a digital computer are. Choose the correct answer from the options given below

1.  Input Device   2.   Printer 3.  Central Processing Unit   4.  Memory 5.  Output Device  

A.  (1), (2), (3), (4)      B.  (1), (4), (5)         C.  (1), (3), (4), (5)       D.  (3), (4), (5)

 

32. To find the user's Password for hacking purposes refers to

A  Spoofing          B.  Sniffing          C. Cyber Stalking         D. Spamming

 

33. Two ways to arrange multiple windows on the desktop are

A.  Minimize and Maximize                      B. Drag and Drop

C. Point and Click                                     D. Cascade and Tile

 

34. Which of these organizations was created to manage IP address spaces?

A.  ICANN              B. W3C             C. IBM             D. TELNET

 

35. In computer which type of number system used for calculating and  storing data

A. Octal Numbers                          B. Binary Numbers  

C. Decimal  Numbers                    D. Hexadecimal Numbers

36. In which year the Microsoft comapany was found ?

A. 1971            B. 1975        C. 1981            D. 1985

37. Which parts of the computer were is used for calculating and comparing?

A.  Control unit                  B. Disk unit          C. ALU                   D. Modem

38. Most of the errors blamed on computers are actually due to

A Programming errors                    B. Data entry errors

C. Defects in floppy disks               D. Hardware fatigue

39. Data gathering in computer means, they allow to use ------ data.

A. Input                 B. Output             C. Store                D. Delete

40. In distributed computer system ………

A. The task is distributed throughout the system    B. The task is executed by a number of processors

C. The task is executed by Modem only                D. All of these above

 

41. The importance of broadband is that it

 A. Allows us to rapidly receive and transmit large amounts of textual and visual information over the Internet.

 B. Has given us many more choices with cable providers.

 C. Forces the government to deregulate the telecommunications industry.

 D. Helped companies like Amazon challenge traditional media companies.

42. Which of the following storage is volatile?

A. Core memory         B. Bubble memory      C. Semiconductor memory     D. Floppy disk 

43. A portable chunk of code that can be embedded in Web pages to give extra functionality is known as a

 A. Folksonomy                 B. Widget            C. Curator           D. Wiki

44. When sensitive data falls into the hands of someone who is unauthorised person, it is

 A. Data breach        B. Data access        C. Data control     D. Data mining

45. The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) belongs to 

A. Third Generation Computers        B. Fourth Generation Computers

C. Fifth Generation Computers        D. Sixth Generation Computers

46. A parallel port is most often used by

A. Mouse                                                            B. Monitor

C. External storage devices                          D. Printer

 

47. The operating system called UNIX is typically used for -

A. Desktop computer                     B. Laptop computers

C. Supercomputers                         D. All of these

 

48. The main memory of a computer can also be called -

A. Primary memory         B. Primary storage

C. Internal memory                         D. All of these

 

49. Popular way to learn about computers without ever going to a classroom is called -

A. i-learning                        B. Isolated learning

C. Closed learning            D e-learning

 

50. What are the four things needed to connect to the Internet?

A. Telephone line, modem, computer, and an ISP

B. Modem, computer, PDA and ISP

C. Telephone line, PDA, modem and computer

D. monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem

 

51. Which of the following are true about firewalls?

A. Filters Network Traffic              B. Can be either a hardware or software device

C. Follows a set of rules                 D. All the above

 

52. In time sharing system, the user carried a conversation with the central system called

A. Interacting computer B. Conversation computing

C. Both of above                               D, None of above

 

53. Batch processing is also known as

A. Sequential                     B. Serial

C. Off line processing      D. All of above

 

54. VIRUS stands for

A. Very Important Resource Under Search           

B. Virtual Information Resource Under Resize

C. Verify Interchange Result Until Source               

D. Very Important Record User Searched

 

55. Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device?

A. Bits                   B. Bytes                 C. Hertz                 D. Clock cycles

 

 Answers :

 

S. N	Ans.	S.N	Ans.	S. N	Ans.	S.N	Ans.	S.N	Ans.
1	A	2	B	3	C	4	B	5	C
6	D	7	A	8	B	9	C	10	A
11	D	12	A	13	B	14	D	15	C
16	A	17	B	18	C	19	D	20	C
21	A	22	C	23	D	24	B	25	A
26	B	27	C	28	D	29	A	30	C
31	C	32	B	33	D	34	A	35	B
36	B	37	C	38	B	39	C	40	A
41	A	42	C	43	B	44	A	45	C
46	D	47	D	48	A	49	D	50	A
51	D	52	C	53	D	54	B	55	B