CHAPTER

NO.01
BASICS OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What do you know about Pen-based System?
2 What is Bar-Code Reader?
3 Define System Development Life Cycle.
4 What is an Information Technology?
5 What is Dedicated Fax Machine?
6 What is Trackball?
7 Define pointing device. List the names of four
pointing devices.
8 What is graphics Tablet?
9 What is Video adopter?
10 Write some applications of Information
technology.
11 What is System? List its different components.
12 List the different components of SDLC.
13 Why resolution is important for display screen?
14 What is application software?
15 Explain the concept of Pen-based systems.
16 What are Non-Impact printers?
17 Enlist different technologies used in Flat-panel
Display Screens.
18 What do you know about Mouse?
19 What is LASER Printer?
20 Define Digital Convergence.

1 Describe enhanced keyboard and discuss its

different key functions.
2 What is Source Data entry Devices? List out
different categories of these devices. Explain any
two.
3 What are Display Screens? Explain any two types of
Display screens.
4 What is an Impact Printer? Explain any two types of
Impact Printer.

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 5 What are Non-Impact Printers? Explain any two
types of Non-Impact Printers.
6 What is Computer Software? Explain its different
types in detail.
7 What is Computer? Discuss primary components of
Computer System.
8 What is the use of Plotters? Explain the different
types of Plotters.
Four possible answers to each statement are given.
Encircle the correct answer.
1. The electronic circuits of computer system are called:

 Software  Hardware
 Firmware  Shareware
2. The microphone converts the sound into:

 Mechanical Signals  Electrical signals

 Software  Firmware
3. The Bar-code System is known as:

 ASCII-Code  BCD-Code
 Universal Product Code  Uni-Code
4. The electronic circuit that executes computer instructions is
called:
 Keyboard  CPU
 Monitor  Hard-Disk
5. The Circuit Board that connects the monitor to computer is
called:
 Video Adapter  Monitor link
 Monitor adapter  Digital cable
6. Which of the following method is not used in data gathering
technique?
 Sampling  Interviews
 Questionnaires  Testing
7. Which of the following input device is not a pointing
device?:
 Joystick  Light Pen
 Digitizing Tablet  Scanner
8. A pen like instrument used to trace images on paper is
called:
 Joystick  Trackball
 Stylus  Light Pen
9. An example of a pointing device is:

 Keyboard  Mouse
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  Scanner  Video Camera
10. Which of the following is used to produce hard copy of
graphics, maps and engineering drawing?:
 Line Printer  Chain Printer
 Plotter  Scanner
11. Which type of printer forms images one character at a time
as print head moves across the paper?:
 Inkjet  Dot-matrix
 Laser  Daisywheel
12. A mobile SIM and ATM cards are examples of:

 Video Card  OMR Card

 Smart Card  Strip Card

CHAPTER
INFORMATION
NO.02 NETWORKS
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What is Client-Server Network Model?
2 What is Peer to Peer Network Model?
3 Define ARC net Protocol.
4 What do you know about Workgroup computing?
5 Define Information Network.
6 What is Groupware?
7 Explain TCP/IP.
8 What is Telnet? Enlist the different components of LAN.
9 Enlist the different layers of OSI Model.
10What is Router?
11Define “ISDN”.
12What is Network Topology? List the names of topologies.
13What is Bus Topology?
14What do you know about Gateway?
15What is WAN?
16Define the term “INTRANET”.
17What is “EXTRANET”?
18Enlist the different components of LAN.

1 Define Computer Network. Explain different devices used to

connect networks of computers.
2 What is Computer Network? Discuss different Network
Models.
3 What is LAN? Explain different components of LAN.

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 4 Define Topology. Explain the working of Bus and Ring
Topology along with diagram.
5 Discuss in detail the difference between LAN and WAN.
6 Explain different devices used to connect networks of
computers.
7 Briefly discuss the different methods of Ethernet to access
network.

Four possible answers to each statement are given.

Encircle the correct answer.
1. The process of transferring a file from a remote computer
to a local computer is called:
 Uploading  Downloading
 Server sharing  Down Sizing
2. Cabling on a linear Bus topology can be extended using
which of the following:
 Terminator  Barrel connector
 Network adapter  Medium attachment
3. Software to browse the Internet is:

 Gateway  Browser
 Teleconferencing  Bridge
4. Which of the following is not a component of LAN?:

 Bridge  Modem
 Communication Media  Gateway
5. Which of the following topology uses Router?:

 Star  Bus
 Mesh  Ring
6. Internal network of an organization that uses internet and
web techniques is called:
 Intranet  Extranet
 Uploading  Downloading
7. FDDI is:

 Ring Network  Star Network

 Mesh Network  Bus Network
8. Which of the following is not a communication media?:

 VSAT  Satellite
 Terminal  Submarine Cable
9. The top most layer of OSI Model is:

 Application  Session
 Transport  Presentation

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10. Which type of the network is the Internet?:

 LAN  WAN
 MAN  None of these
11. A device that connects multiple networks using similar or
different protocols is:
 Router  Gateway
 Bridge  Modem
12. Two dissimilar networks can be connected by a:

 Gateway  Bridge
 Router  Modem

CHAPTER CH APTER

NO.03
DATA COMMUNICATIONS
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What is meant by encoding of Data?
2 What is Parallel Data transmission?
3 Define Serial Data transmission.
4 Explain the term Baseband?
5 Define Synchronous Data Transmission.
6 Describe Asynchronous Data Transmission.
7 What is Frequency Division Multiplexing?
8 What is Communication Satellite?
9 Define “Bandwidth”.
10What is Simplex mode of data transmission?
11 What do you know about Microwave data transmission?
12 Define the term “Modulation”. Explain with example.
13What is meant by full duplex mode of data transmission?
14Define data communication mode.
15What is Communication Media?
16 Define the term “EBCDIC” data-coding scheme.
17What is refraction?
18What is start signal? List its different states.

1 What is Data communication? Describe the basic

components of communication network.
2 What is meant of encoding of data? Explain the different
coding schemes used to represent data in computer.

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 3 What is communication mode? Explain different types of
data communication mode.
4 What are the different types of communication media used
in computer Network? Explain any two media for each type.
5 Briefly describe various Guided Media
6 Briefly, describe various un-Guided Media?
7 What do you mean by communication channel? Describe
any three types in detail.
8 What is Modem? Describe its features and types briefly?
9 Discuss different types of data transmissions.

Four possible answers to each statement are given.

Encircle the correct answer.
1. Which of the following coding schemes uses 4-bit code?:
 ASCII  BCD
 Uni-Code  EBCDIC
2. Which of the following device uses parallel transmission?:
 Mouse  Keyboard
 Printer  Light-Pen
3. Communication between computer and keyboard involves
the transmission:
 Simplex  Half-Duplex
 Full Duplex  Automatic
4. Signals produced by a computer to send over telephone
line must be converted to:
 Analog Signals  Digital Signals
 Microwave  None of these
5. A telephone conversation is an example of the
transmission:
 Synchronous  Asynchronous
 Half-Duplex  Full-Duplex
6. Microwave transmission, coaxial cables and fiber optics
are examples of:
 Modem  Communication links
 Gateways  Ring Network
7. The internal transfer of data in a computer uses:
 Parallel Mode  Serial Mode
 Simplex Mode  Half Duplex Mode
8. Start/Stop bits are not required in the transmission:
 Parallel  Serial
 Synchronous  Asynchronous
9. Data is transmitted block by block in the transmission:
 Synchronous  Asynchronous
 Analog  Digital
10. Which of the following technique uses modulation?:

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  Baseband  Broadband
 Bandwidth  Topology
11. How many characters can uni-code represent?:

 65536  10000
 15000  None of these
12. The process of converting the analog signals to digital
signals is called:
 Modulation  Data sequencing
 Data routing  Demodulation

CHAPTER CHAPTER
NO.04
APPLICATIONS AND USES OF
COMPUTERS
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What is E-commerce?
2 What is Video Conferencing?
3 Define the term On-line Banking.
4 Explain Document Management System.
5 Define Computer Based Training.
6 Describe Computer Aided Manufacturing.
7 What is Computer simulation?
8 What is Computer Aided Design?
9 Explain Weather forecasting.
10What is Airline System?
11 What do you know about Computer Aided Learning?
12 Define the term “Desktop Publishing”.
13What is Robot?
14What do you know about On-line Education
15How computers can be used in Marketing?
16What is Automated Teller Machine?

1 Discuss the impacts of computer technology on our society.

2 What is e-commerce? Discuss its roll in our daily life?
3 How computers can be useful in weather forecasting?
4 Discuss the uses of computer in the field of Business.
5 Briefly discuss Computer Aided Design.
6 How computers can be useful in Industry? Explain briefly.

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Four possible answers to each statement are given.
Encircle the correct answer.
1. Which of the following scanner is used in hospitals?:
 Image Scanner  CAT Scanner
 Bar-code Scanner  Digital Scanner
2. Most applications of robotics are in the areas:
 Cooking  Manufacturing
 Teaching  Farming
3. The Fly-by-wire system is used in:
 Medical Field  Business Field
 Education Field  Airline
4. An Automated Teller Machine can be used for:
 Keeping records  Making Budgets
 Watching Movies  Withdraw Cash
5. Computer based weather forecasting depends upon
accurate collection of the data from:
 Television  Radar
 Weather Station  Antenna
6. Which of the following is used in superstores?:
 Bar-Code Reader  MICR
 CAT Scanner  OMR
7. Which of the following is not a feature of computer?:
 Accuracy  Consistency
 Reliability  Thinking
8. MICR input device is used in:
 Stock exchange  Banking
 Office automation  Departmental Store
9. An automatic programmable machine that moves and
performs mechanical tasks like human beings is called:
 Computer  CAD System
 Robot  DMS
10. Which of the following is not example of e-commerce?:

 Electronic Banking  Online Education

 Online Chatting  Electronic Shopping

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11. CBT software is used in:

 Education  Forecasting
 Manufacturing  Cooking

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CHAPTER CHAPTER
NO.05
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What is Zero-Address Instruction Format?
2 What is the concept of stored program machine?
3 Describe the roll of main memory in computer system.
4 Explain Cache Memory.
5 Define Two-Address Instruction Format.
6 Describe some activities of Control Unit.
7 Why RAM is called volatile memory?
8 How is data transferred from processor to memory?
9 Explain the function of Input/output Unit.
10What is Language Processor?
11What is DMA?
12What functions are carried in ALU of CPU?
13 What do you know about Bus Interconnection?
14 Define the term “Interrupt”.
15What is the function of Instruction Pointer Register?
16 Differentiate between Compiler and Interpreter.
17Why ROM is called Non-volatile Memory?
18What is DRAM?
19What is the concept of memory address?
20Why RAM is called Random Access Memory?

1 What is Instruction Code Format? Explain its various types.

2 What is an Operating System? Explain its different
functions.
3 Explain the different types of System Buses.
4 Explain CPU in detail.
5 What is main memory? Explain its different types.
6 What is ROM? Explain its different types.

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 7 Define language processor. Explain different types of
language processor.
8 Explain the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle of CPU.
9 What is computer architecture? Explain the different
components of computer architecture with diagram.
10What is Bus interconnection? Explain the different types of
Buses.
11Explain the different ways of transferring data from
peripheral devices to the computer.
12 Discuss different types of system buses.
Four possible answers to each statement are given.
Encircle the correct answer.
1. The term that refers to all input/output and secondary
storage devices is:
 Peripheral  Central
 Attached  Network
2. An identifiable location in memory where data are kept is
called:
 Space  Address
 Location  Cell
3. Which component of CPU is responsible for interacting
with primary memory?:
 ALU  Control Unit
 Register  Hard Disk
4. CPU includes all of the following components except:
 Primary Memory  ALU
 Control Unit  Register
5. Which memory is used to speed up the computer
processing?:
 ROM  Cache Memory
 BIOS  RAM
6. The process of storing the programs and data in memory
is called:
 CPU  Data processing
 Stored program concept  Register
7. Temporary area within CPU is called:
 Register  ROM
 RAM  Cache Memory
8. Which of the computer component is responsible for
computation of data?
 ALU  Control Unit
 Memory  ROM
9. Expansion cards are inserted into:
 Processor  Peripheral Devices
 Slots  ALU
10. Which of the following is a component of modern CPU?:

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  ALU  Computer Bus
 Main memory  ROM
11. Combination of 4 bits is called:

 Byte  Nibble
 Word  Gigabyte
12. Math coprocessor is a:

 Software  Special circuit

 Register  Memory name
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CHAPTER
NO.06
SECURITY, COPYRIGHT AND
THE LAW
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 How virus can damage computer?
2 List some important Anti-virus programs.
3 What do you know about copyright act?
4 List out some causes of computer viruses.
5 Define pirated software.
6 Why it is necessary to backup data regularly?
7 What is meant by software copyright?
8 List different types of viruses.
9 What is Antivirus software?
10Explain activation of computer virus.
11What is meant by privacy of data?
12Why is data security important?
13What does privacy issue mean?
14Why data protection is important?
15Define security.
16How is security maintained on a computer?
17What is biometrics?
18How can virus damage computer?

1. How can you protect the computer system from a virus?

2. Explain the different types of viruses.
3. What is data security? Why it is important?

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 4. Explain the different methods of safeguarding against
viruses.
5. What is password? Explain its purpose along with examples.
6. Explain the different causes of computer viruses. How virus
is activated?
7. What is the concept of backup of data? Explain its different
types.
8. Discuss different types of media used for backup of data.

Four possible answers to each statement are given.

Encircle the correct answer.
1. Which of the following is not an anti-virus program?:
 Redlof  Norton
 Dr. Solmon  McAfee
2. An other name for anti-virus is:
 Worm  Trajan Horse
 Vaccine  All of these
3. A virus that replicates itself is called:
 Bug  Worm
 Vaccine  Bomb
4. A person who gains illegal access to a computer system
is:
 Hacker  Worm
 Pirated Software  Shareware
5. Making illegal copies of copyrighted software is called:
 Software piracy  Collaboration
 Browsing  Hacking
6. Software that is available free for a limited period is
called:
 Freeware  Groupware
 Shareware  Vertical
7. A process of encoding for the purpose of data security is
called:
 Password  Encoding
 Encryption  Pin-code
8. A software which is installed into the computer without
licensed is called:
 Shareware  Free Software
 Pirated Software  Trial Software
9. The right of person to keep his information away from
others is called:
 Privacy  Private
 Secrecy  Right

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10. The right to use the software on the computer is called:

 Software copyright  Site license

 Software piracy  Trial Software
11. An other name for free software is:

 Encrypted Software  Copy protected

 Public domain software  Shareware

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CHAPTER
NO.07
WINDOWS OPERATING
SYSTEM
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 Define Command line Operating System?
2 Explain GUI Operating System.
3 What do you know about Multitasking Operating System?
4 Define Single User Operating System.
5 Differentiate between Multitasking and Multiprocessing.
6 List out the different objects of Windows Operating system.
7 Explain the different events of mouse.
8 What is meant by primary partition?
9 Why is disk management utility?
10 What is plug and play feature of windows?
11 What are keyboard events?
12What is clipboard?
13 Define desktop.
14What is the purpose of control unit?
15What is the purpose of Recycle bin?
16Define partition.

1. Explain he different types of Operating System on the basis

of User interaction.
2. Discuss any five different features of Windows Operating
System.

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 3. Discuss any four object of Windows Operating System.
4. What is the purpose of Mouse and Keyboard? Explain the
different events of keyboard and mouse.
5. Define partition. Explain the different types of partition.

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Four possible answers to each statement are given.
Encircle the correct answer.
1. Pressing and releasing the left mouse button quickly is
called:
 Clicking  Dropping
 Pointing  Dragging
2. Which of the following folder contains the administrative
tools?:
 My documents  Recycle Bin
 Control panel  Start Button
3. The work are on which windows, icons, menus and dialog
box appear is called:
 Screen  Desktop
 Working area  GUI
4. Software can be removed/installed through:
 Installer  Control Panel
 Debugger  Linker
5. Devices that are automatically detected by windows are
called:
 Plug & Play  Installed
 Serial  Automatic
6. Which Operating System offers only a command line user
interface?:
 MS-DOS  Windows
 Solaris  Unix
7. The process of touching an object with mouse pointer is
called:
 Pausing  Dropping
 Pointing  Hovering
8. Windows XP is the most popular product of:

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  ANSI  Sum Systems
 Microsoft  None of these
9. Which of the following involves the processing on multiple
processors in a computers?:
 Multiprocessing  Multitasking
 Multiprogramming  None of these
10. An Operating System is a:

 Utility program  Application software

 System software  Software package

CHAPTER
NO.08 WORD PROCESSING
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 Define Insertion mode and Overtype mode in Microsoft
word.
2 What do you know about line spacing and paragraph
spacing?
3 Differentiate between margins and indents?
4 What are Headers and Footers in Microsoft word?
5 What is meant by indent in Microsoft word?
6 Explain “SAVE” and “SAVE AS” commands.
7 What is meant by Entering and Editing Text?
8 Differentiate between bitmap graphics and vector graphics.
9 What is paragraph formatting?
10Describe “Undo” and “Redo” commands.
11 What is meant by page orientation?
12Define Word Processor.
13 What is character formatting?
1. Explain the features of full featured word processor.
2. What is word processor? Explain the advantages of word
processor over typewriter.
3. Define and distinguish between Insert and Overtype mode
for entering text in MS-Word.
4. What is clipboard? Explain its uses.
Four possible answers to each statement are given.
Encircle the correct answer.

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1. A special portion of memory used to temporarily hold
information is called:
 ROM  Clipboard
 RAM  Desktop
2. The process of moving up or down in word processing
document is called:
 Line movement  Word-wrap
 Pull-down  Scrolling
3. The tool used to find a similar or alternative word in a
word document is called:
 Finder  Thesaurus
 Dictionary  Style checker
4. Which mode replaces the existing text?:
 Overtype  Replace
 Insert  Change
5. Direction of paper in printing is referred to as:
 Directional Position  Orientation
 Page style  Page position
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CHAPTER
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SPREADSHEET
NO.09 SOFTWARE
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What is worksheet in spreadsheet software?
2 List any four functions of spreadsheet.
3 Differentiate between workbook and worksheet.
4 What is the difference between Function and Formula?
5 Differentiate between Active cell and Passive cell in Excel.
6 What do you know about Relative Referencing?
7 What do you know about Absolute Referencing?
8 What is cell and cell address?
9 What is the use of argument is the function?
10Explain the difference between labels and values in Excel?

1. Discuss the basic features of Spreadsheet Software.

2. What is spreadsheet? Write its applications, advantages
and disadvantages.
3. Discuss different data types used in Excel.

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Four possible answers to each statement are given.
Encircle the correct answer.
1. A collection of related worksheets form a:
 Website  Workbook
 Word Art  Spreadsheet
2. The actual working area in Microsoft Excel is:
 Workbook  Worksheet
 Spreadsheet  Database
3. Formula can be applied on:
 Values  Labels
 Address  Functions
4. The intersection between a row and column in worksheet
is called:
 Cell  Field
 Address  Reference
5. A formula in Microsoft Excel begins with symbol:
 *  &
 =  #
6. The position of data in a cell is called:
 Direction  Alignment
 Position  Placement
7. A mathematical expression that is used to perform
calculation on sheet are called:
 Cell  Bar
 Format  Formula
8. The horizontal dimension of a spreadsheet is called:
 Cell  Row
 Column  Field
9. The vertical dimension of a spreadsheet is called:
 Field  Record
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10. Which of the following is correct cell address in Excel?:

 AA  25
 3B  C5
11. The currently selected cell is spreadsheet is called:

 Idle cell  Active cell

 Passive cell  Present cell
12. Which of the following symbol is used in absolute
referencing?:
 &  =
 #  $

CHAPTER
NO.10
FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNET
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What do you know about uploading and downloading?
2 Define Web browsing?
3 What is meant by IP-Addressing and DNS-Addressing?
4 Enlist the names of some search engines.
5 Differentiate between intranet and Extranet.
6 What is web publishing?
7 Define e-mail address and its components.
8 What do you know about “ARPANET”?
9 What is web hosting?
10 What is domain name?
11What is web browsing? List two names of web browsers.
12Differentiate between URL and Website.

1. What is meant by address scheme? Enumerate different

addressing schemes used on Internet.
2. What is e-mail? Explain the different components of email
address.
3. What is Search Engine? Enlist some popular Search
Engines.
4. How the use of Internet is affecting our society? Give your
comments.

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Four possible answers to each statement are given.
Encircle the correct answer.
1. An other name for e-mail program is:
 Internet Explorer  Mail Server
 e-mail client  FTP
2. Which of the protocol is used to access WebPages?:
 TCP/IP  Gopher
 HTTP  HTML
3. Which of the following is software?:
 Telnet  Gopher
 e-mail  FTP
4. The computers on the Internet that contain websites are
called:
 Central computer  Site computer
 Host  Web servers
5. Which of the following is not a search engine?:
 Google  Excite
 Yahoo  Netscape Navigator
6. The length of IP-address is:
 8-bits  16-bits
 32-bits  256-bits
7. Copying data from Internet to compute is called:
 Downloading  Downsizing
 Uploading  Transferring
8. Collection of millions of computers interlined to one
another is called:
 Interlink  Internet
 Collection  group

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SCHEME OF PAPER FOR THE FIRST YEAR
Multiple choice
Chapter MCQ
1. 01
2. 01
3. 01
4. 01
5. 05
6. 01
7. 01
8. 01
9. 01
10. 02
Total=15
Short Questions ( there will the three short questions i.e Q.1, Q2,Q3
containing each 09 parts.
Chapter Short
1. 03
2. 03
3. 03
4. 02
5. 05
6. 03
7. 02
8. 02
9. 02

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Total =27, Attempt any 18

Long questions
Q.No Chapter
Q.04 01
Q.05 02
Q.06 03
Q.07 05
Q.08 06

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