1. SITE stands for
(a) Satellite Instructional Technology and Engineering
(b) State Institute of Teacher Education
(c) Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
(d) State Institute of Technology and Engineering
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
2. Cloud computing
means
(a) Computing using the satellite
(b) Computing using cloud chamber technology
(c) Computing which results in errors
(d) Shifting computing power from offline PCs and Laptops onto the Web
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
3. The ‘C’ language
is
(a) Context free language
(b) Context sensitive language
(c) Regular language
(d) Assembly language
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
4. What is the size
of the Unicode character in Windows Operating System?
(a) 8-bits
(b) 16-bits
(c) 32-bits
(d) 64-bits
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
5. Data Encryption
Techniques are particularly used for
(a) protecting data in Data Communication System.
(b) reduce Storage Space Requirement
(c) enhances Data Integrity.
(d) decreases Data Integrity
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
6. _ is an “umbrella” activity that is applied
throughout the software engineering process.
(a) Debugging
(b) Testing
(c) Designing
(d) Software Quality Assurance
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
7. Use of icons and windows
are characteristic of a interface
(a) command-driven
(b) windows-oriented
(c) graphical-user
(d) menu-driven
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
8. The essential
difference between an operating system like Linux and one like Windows is that
(a) Windows can run with an Intel processor, whereas Linux cannot
(b) Linux is proprietary, whereas Windows is not
(c) Any programmer can modify Linux code, which is not permitted with Windows
(d) there are multiple versions of Linux, but only one version of Windows
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
9. The category of
operating system that you most likely have running on your PDA computer is operating
system
(a) real-time
(b) single-user, single-task
(c) single-user, multi-task
(d) multi-user, multi-task
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
10. The barcode which
is used on all types of items, is ready by a scanning device directly into the
computer. What is the name of this scanning device?
(a) Laser Scanner
(b) Wand
(c) OCR
(d) MICR
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
11. Which of the
following is not a method to preserve the security and integrity of
information?
(a) Antivirus software
(b) Firewall
(c) Phishing
(d) Disk Encryption
(e) Backup
Ans : (c)
12. In computer
science, by information we mean
(a) Any output coming out from computer
(b) Processed data put in an intelligent form
(c) A report printed by the computer
(d) Plural of data
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
13. Which of the
following features distinguishes a database file from a mere collection of data
(a) Database enables data to be organized for effective use much faster
(b) It organizes data in rows and columns
(c) It gives reference name to each file created
(d) It provides search facility
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
14. Who coordinates
the sequencing of events within the central processor of a computer?
(a) Logic unit
(b) Arithmetic unit
(c) Register
(d) Control Unit
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
15. The
microprocessor of a computer cannot operate on any information if that
information is not in its
(a) secondary storage
(b) main storage
(c) ALU
(d) Logic unit
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
16. Where have the
program and data to be located before the ALU and control unit of a computer
can operate on it?
(a) Internal memory
(b) Secondary memory
(c) Microprocessor
(d) Magnetic tapes
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
17. The only things
moving around inside a computer are
(a) Is and Os
(b) electrons
(c) bytes
(d) proton
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
18.The data between the computer and peripherals
always passes via in input/output
(a) port
(b) A/D converter
(c) D/A converter
(d) buffer memory
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
19. Preparing a
magnetic disk for data storage is called
(a) booting
(b) formatting
(c) debugging
(d) commissioning
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
20. How many full
adders are needed to add two 4-bit numbers with a parallel adder?
(a) 8
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 16
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
21. If you see a
diskette with a piece of foil covering its notch, it is said to be
(a) write-protected
(b) copy-protected
(c) write-enabled
(d) foil-covered
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
22. What is the name
of the screen symbol that shows the placement of the next character?
(a) Mouse
(b) Cursor
(c) Track ball
(d) Graphic tablet
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
23. Point out the odd
item amongst the following
(a) computer mouse
(b) touchpad
(c) light pen
(d) printer
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
24. The very small
and cheap computer built into many home devices is called computer.
(a) Main frame
(b) Mini
(c) Micro
(d) Super
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
25. In comparison to
the internal (main) memory, tape or disk memory is
(a) slower and more expensive
(b) slower and less expensive
(c) faster and more expensive
(d) faster and less expensive
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
