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IT ACT 2000 - MCQs

Q1. When IT Act 2000 came into effect?

A. 17 October,2000

B. 11 November,2000

C. 17 October,2001

D. 11 November,2001

Q2. IT Act 2000 amended various sections of which of the following Acts?

A. Indian Penal Code 1860

B. Reserve Bank of India Act 1934

C. Indian Evidence Act 1872

D. All of the above

Q3. Which one of the following is outside the scope of IT Act 2000

A. Electronic gift

B. Power of Attorney with digital signature

C. Electronic message

D. Electronic Evidence

Q4. Which is outside the scope of IT ACT?

A. Will

B. Negotiable instrument except cheque

C. Power of attorney

D. All of the above

Q5. Which one is within the scope of IT ACT?

A. Trust

B. Electronic Agreement of sale of immovable property with digital signature

C. Will

D. Truncated Cheque

Q6. Ram has a office in Kolkata , from where he accessed server of google situated in New York and hacked password
file . Is IT Act applicable on him

A. Yes

B. No

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Q7. Ram has a office in New York , from where he accessed server of google situated in Kolkata and hacked password
file . Is IT Act applicable on him

A. Yes

B. No

Q8. Ram has a office in New York , from where he accessed server of google situated in canada and hacked password
file . Is IT Act applicable on him

A. Yes

B. No

Q9. Which of the following is an example of Intellectual property ?

A. Trade Marks

B. Copyright

C. Patent

D. All of the above

Q10. IT (Amendment )Act 2008 with amend IT Act 2000 , become effective from

A. 27 oct 2008

B. 27 oct 2009

C. 21 july 2008

D. 21 may 2009

Q11. Which Act casts responsibility on body corporate to protect sensitive personal information and
provide punishment for offences by companies.

A. IT Act 2000

B. IT (Amendment )Act 2008

C. Indian penal code

D. none

Q12. The section deals with legal recognition of electronic records

A. Section 6

B. Section 3

C. Section 4

D. Section 5

Q13. The section deals with legal recognition of digital signature

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A. Section 3

B. Section 5

C. Section 6

D. Section 4

Q14. Which Act in India focuses on data protection and Data privacy ?

A. Banking Regulation Act 1949

B. IT Act 2000

C. Indian Penal Code

D. IT (amendment) Act 2008

Q15. Which section of IT Act deals with Child pornography and punishment provided by it for first conviction ?

A. Section 27A , imprisonment upto 5 years plus fine upto 1000000

B. Section 67D , imprisonment upto 3 years plus fine upto 500000

C. Section 67C , imprisonment upto 3 years plus fine upto 500000

D. Section 67B , imprisonment upto 5 years plus fine upto 1000000

Q16. Which section of IT Act deals with publishing sexually explicit contect in e form and punishment
provided by it for first conviction ?

A. Section 67A , imprisonment upto 5 years plus fine upto 1000000

B. Section 67A , imprisonment upto 3 years plus fine upto 500000

C. Section 67B , imprisonment upto 5 years plus fine upto 1000000

D. Section 67B , imprisonment upto 3 years plus fine upto 500000

Q17 Which of the following Act is not amended by IT Act 2000

A. Indian Penal Code 1860

B. Reserve Bank of India Act 1934

C. Bankers Book Evidence Act 1891

D. Income tax Act 1961

Q18. What is the proposed punishment for Cyber Terrorism in IT Act?

A. 1 crore rupees penalty

B. Life Imprisonment

C. 10 year imprisonment

D. 6 year imprisonment

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Q19. Which section of IT Act 2000 proposes a punishment of life imprisonment?

A. Section 66F

B. Section 66C

C. Section 66B

D. Section 66A

Q20. What is the penalty(max) for destroying computer source code?

A. Three year imprisonment or 3 lakh rupees penalty or both

B. Two year imprisonment or 2 lakh rupees penalty or both

C. Three year imprisonment or 5 lakh rupees penalty or both

D. Three year imprisonment or 2 lakh rupees penalty or both

Q21. What is the time limit for filing appeal against the order of Cyber appellate tribunal?

A. 30 days

B. 90 days

C. 60 days

D. 45 days

Q22. What is the penalty for publishing images of a person's private parts without consent, as per IT Act 2000?

A. upto 5 years imprisonment or upto 5 lakh rupees penalty or both

B. Life imprisonment

C. upto 3 years imprisonment or upto 2 lakh rupees penalty or both

D. None of the above

Q23. Which section of IT Act deals with Cyber terrorism?

A. Section 66C

B. Section 66B

C. Section 66F

D. Section 66A

Q24. Penalty of not filing a document within prescribed time

A. upto 2000 per day

B. upto 3000 per day

C. upto 4000 per day

D. upto 5000 per day

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Q25. What is the punishment for hacking of computers?

A. upto Three year imprisonment or upto 10 lakh rupees penalty or both

B. Life Imprisonment

C. upto Three year imprisonment or upto 5 lakh rupees penalty or both

D. upto Three year imprisonment or upto 2 lakh rupees penalty or both

Q26. What is the punishment for identity theft in IT Act?

A. Upto Five year imprisonment & upto 5 lakh rupees

B. Upto Three year imprisonment & upto 1 lakh rupees

C. Upto Three year imprisonment or 1 lakh rupees penalty or both

D. Upto Five year imprisonment or upto 5 lakh rupees or both

Q27. What is/are component of IT Act 2000 ?

A. Regulation of Certification Authorities.

B. Digital Certificates

C. Legal Recognition to Digital Signatures

D. All of the above

Q28. Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) work under ?

A. Autonomous body

B. Prime Minister office

C. Ministry of Communication & IT

D. Reserve Bank of India

Q29. Which section of IT Act deals with the appointment of Controller of certifying authorities?

A. Section 5

B. Section 15

C. Section 10

D. Section 17

Q30. Which Act which provides legal framework for e-Governance in India?

A. Indian Penal Code

B. IT (amendment) Act 2008

C. IT Act - 2000

D. None of the above

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Q31. How many schedules are there in IT Act 2000?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 6

D. 2

Q32. As per SEBI norms Auditor must have __________years of experience to perform Audit

A. 5

B. 10

C. 3

D. 4

Q33. Audit schedules must be submitted to SEBI in _______advance

A. 5 months

B. 6 months

C. 3months

D. 2 months

Q34. Each Non-Conformities must be corrected by auditee management within a period of ________ and reported to
SEBI.

A. 1 month

B. 2 month

C. 3 month

D. 4 month

Q35. As per IRDA all insurer must get their system & processes audited once in ______ years by a CA

A. 3

B. 5

C. 4

D. 6

Q36. What enable enterprise to get certified by an independent certification body which confirms that IS security is
implemented in best possible manner?

A. ITIL

B. SA 402

C. ISO27001

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D. BS47001

Q37. The authentication to be affected by use of asymmetric crypto system and hash function is known as

A) Public key

B) Private Key

C) Digital signature

D) E governance

Q38 Digital signature created and verified using

A. Program

B. Graphical coding

C. HTML

D. Cryptography

Q39 Private key is used to

a. Digitally sign

b. Verify the sign

c. Verify the document

d. coding

Q40. Public key is used to

A. Digitally sign

B. Verify the sign

C. Verify the document

D. coding

Q41 Verification of electronic record is possible through

a. Public key

b. Private key

c. Digital signature

d. Qualified staff and managent

Q42. the central government may appoint a _________ of certifying authority who shall exercise supervision over the
activities of certifying Authorities .

a. Commissioner

b. Controller

c. Executive

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d. President

Q43. The certifying authority empowered to issue a Digital Signature certificate shall have to procure a
licence from the _________ to issue a Digital Signature certificate

A. Controller of certifying authority

B. Central government

C. State government

D. Commissioner of certifying authority

Q44 . ____________ is the person in whose name the digital signature certificate is issued

A. Certified authority

B. subscriber

C. holder

D. Controller

Q45. the _________ has the power to suspend or revoke Digital Signature certificate .

A. Certified authority

B. subscriber

C. commissioner

A. Controller

Q46. Which is the appeal court on the orders issued by Cyber appellate tribunal?

A. Muncipal court

B. District Court

C. High Court

D. Supreme Court

Q47. As per IT Act 2000 if you fail to maintain books of accounts you will be penalized upto

A. 5000 per day

B. 50000

C. rs 10000 per day

D. NIL

Q48 E-record and Digital Signature are used to

A. Filing of any form in government

B. Issue of grant

C. Make payment

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D. All of the above

Q49 As per IT Act 2000 those who fail to furnish documents will be penalized upto

A. 5000 per day

B. 50000

C. 25000

D. 150000

Q50 How many volumes does ITIL v3 provide

A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

D. 6

Q51. What provide set of practices for IT Service Management with focus on aligning IT service with
business needs?

A. Cobit 5

B. ISO27001

C. SA402

D. ITIL

Q52. How many phase of ISMS are provided by ISO27001

A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

D. 8

Q53. What does ISMS stands for .

A. Information system manage secuity

B. Information system management security

C. Information security management system

D. none

Q54. Which phase of ISMS review the effectiveness of ISMS

A Plan phase

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B. Do phase

C. Check phase

D. Act phase

Q55. Which phase of ISMS provide for the implementation of identified improvements

A. Plan phase

B. Do phase

C. Check phase

D. Act phase

Q56. Which phase of ISMS determine the scope of ISMS

A. Plan phase

B. Do phase

C. Check phase

D. Act phase

Q57. Which Volume of ITIL provide guidance on measurement of service performance throughout the life
cycle and improvements to ensure service deliver maximum benefits ?

A. Service strategy

B. Service transition

C. Service operation

D. Continual service improvement

Q58. As per IRDA guidelines who is not eligible to perform system audit

A. CA with less than 4 years of experience

B. Last year Auditor

C. Statutory auditor

D. Cost Auditor

Q59. Section 67,67A,67B applies in reference of clidren who have not completed _________years of age ?

A. 12

B. 14

C. 16

D. 18

Q60. Which SA provide the responsibilities of auditor to obtain sufficient audit evidences when entity uses
the service of one or more service organisation

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A. SA402

B. SA406

C. SA408

D. SA410

Q61. Where company commits a offence under IT Act , who shall be punished ?

A. Company

B. Directors

C. Person incharge

D. Company and every person incharge

Solutions.

1 A 10 B 19 A 28 C 37 C 46 C 55 D
2 D 11 B 20 D 29 D 38 D 47 C 56 A
3 B 12 C 21 C 30 C 39 A 48 D 57 D
4 D 13 B 22 C 31 B 40 B 49 D 58 C
5 D 14 D 23 C 32 C 41 C 50 C 59 D
6 A 15 D 24 D 33 D 42 B 51 D 60 A
7 A 16 A 25 C 34 C 43 A 52 A 61 D
8 B 17 D 26 B 35 A 44 B 53 C 62 ---
9 D 18 B 27 D 36 C 45 A 54 C 63 ---

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