COMPUTER SCIENCE

MCQs CHAPTER #1(BASICS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

1. A collection of raw facts and figures is called:-
a) Data b) Information c) Processing d) Procedure
2. Data Processing is also known as:-
a) Data b) Computing c) Processing d) Informatio
n
3. Types of application software are:-
a) 5 b) 4 c) 3 d) 2
4. A set of instructions given to a computer to solve a problem:-
a) Hardwar b) Document c) CPU d) Software
e
5. Software that is designed for a particular customer is called ___
Software :-
a) Package b) Share ware c) Custom d) System
6. Testing all program components together is called:-
a) Volume b) Group c) System d) Unit
Testing Testing Testing Testing
7. The device driver is a type of :-
a) Utility b) Application c) System d) Applicatio
Program Program Software n Software
8. The standard Keyboard format that is most commonly used is called:-
a) QWERT b) Dvorak c) TWITTER d) PLITTER
Y
9. The key used to delete a character to the right of the cursor is:-
a) Esc b) Alt c) Delete d) Backspace
10. The key used to delete a character to the left of the cursor is:-
a) Esc b) Alt c) Delete d) Backspace
11. Arrow keys are also called ___ keys:-
a) Toggle b) Function c) Modifier d) Cursor
Control
12. Another word for pointing is:-
a) Dot b) Pixel c) Cursor d) Director
13. A device used for optical character recognition is:0-
a) OCR b) Pen c) Cursor d) Wand
Reader e) Reader
14. Which of the following is not an output device:-
a) Speaker b) Potter c) Scanner d) Printer
15. A bar codes are ____ lines: -
a) Vertical b) horizontal c) Straight d) Magnetic
16. OMR technology used to read the test marks of:-
a) SAT b) GRE c) CAT e) Both A &
d) B
17. Technology used to read data on cheques:-
a) OMR b) OCR c) CAT d) MICR
18. The microphone converts the sound into:-
a) Mechanic b) Electrical c) Complete file d) Software
al Signals Signals
19. Softcopy refers to:-
a) Screen b) Peripheral c) OCR d) Printer
output Devices
20. The name for screen clarity:-
a) Pixel b) Resolution c) Picture d) Density
Quality
21. XGA Resolution ____ pixels:-
a) 640X480 b) 640X400 c) 800X480 d) 1024X768
22. Types of printers are:-
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
23.Laser printer is an example of:-
a) Non b) Inkjet c) Impact d) Dot
Impact Matrix
24. DPI stands for:-
a) Dot per b) Decimal per c) Digits per d) Data per
inch inch inch inch
25. The speed of Laser Printer is measured in: -
a) Pixels per b) Dot per inch c) Paper per d) Word per
inch minute second
26. Which of the following is the fastest printer?
a) Laser b) Inkjet c) Dot matrix d) Daisy
Wheel
27. Plotters are of ___ types:-
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
28. Which is a type of plotter?
a) Daisy b) Dot matrix c) Drum d) Line
Wheel
29. A kilobyte is equal to ___ bytes:-
a) 100 b) 128 c) 256 d) 1024
30. The combination of 4 binary digits is called:-
a) Byte b) Mini Byte c) Nibble d) Half byte
31. 3 bytes is equal to ___: -
a) 16 bits b) 20 bits c) 24 bits d) 30 bits
32. A collection of 4 bits is called:-
a) Byte b) 1KB c) 1 MB d) 1 Nibble
33.1 GB is equal to ___ Bites:-
a) 2010 b) 210 c) 230 d) 240
34. How many bits are there in four bytes: -
a) 8 b) 16 c) 32 d) 64
35. Number of character a byte can store:-
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 8
36. Testing of a program component is called ____ testing.
a) Pilot b) Group c) System d) Unit
37. What comes after the design phase of SDLC?
a) Coding b) Testing c) Analysis d) Maintenan
ce
38. The data and program are stored permanently on the:-
a) RAM b) Secondary c) CPU d) Primary
Storage Storage
39. The processed form of data is called:-
a) Objective b) Output c) Information d) Either b or
s c
40. All of these are application software except:-
a) MS Word b) MS Excel c) MS Power d) Windows
Point
41. Which of the following is not an output device?
a) Monitor b) Printer c) Keyboard d) Potter
42. Which of the following is an input device?
a) Keyboard b) Printer c) Speaker d) Monitor
43. Cursor on the screen can be moved by:-
a) Mouse b) Scanner c) MICR d) Digital
Camera
44. A stationary pointing device with a rolling ball on its top:-
a) Pointing b) Mouse c) Touchpad d) Trackball
Stick
45. A pen like device used in a graphic tablet is known as:-
a) Light Pen b) Stylus c) Pointing Stick d) Joy Stick
46. Which of the following is not a pointing device?
a) Keyboard b) Mouse c) Stylus d) Touchpad
47. Mobile phone SIM is an example of:-
a) Magnetic b) Stylus c) MICR d) Smart
Strip Card
 Card
48. MICR stands for:-
a) Magnetic b) Magnetic Ink c) Magnetic Ink d) All of
Ink Character Character these
Characte Reading Recognition
r Reader

49. OCR Stands for:-

a) Optical b) Optical c) Optical d) None of
Characte Character Character these
r Recognition Reader
Recogniti
ons
50. A common use of OCR is to read:-
a) SAT b) GRE marks c) Utility Bills d) Both A &
marks B
51. ATM card is an example of ____ card:-
a) SIM b) OMR c) Smart Card d) OCR
52. The main components of computer system is:-
a) Input b) Output c) CPU d) Main
devices devices Memory
53. CPU is an example of:-
a) Software b) Program c) Hardware d) Memory
unit
54. The shortest element of a picture / A dot on the screen is:-
a) Pixel b) Resolution c) Dot Pitch d) Spout
55.Video Graphics Card determines:-
a) A number b) Speed at c) Display d) All of
of colours which image Resolution these
displayed appears
56. Print head in the dot matrix may have:-
a) 9 pins b) 18 pins c) 24 pins d)
All of
these
57. Laser printer can give printout in microcomputers from 4 to __ text
pages:-
a) 25 b) 45 c) 32 d) 35
58. The resolution of Inkjet printer is:-
a) 300-720 b) 300-1200 c) 200-800 d) 300-500
59. 1 Gigabyte is equal to:-
a) 1024 MB b) 1000MB c) 1024 KB d) 1024 Bytes
60. SDLC involves:-
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7
61. Which of the following is part of analysis report:-
a) How the b) The problem c) Requireme d) All of
current in the existing nts for all these
system system systems
works

COMPUTER SCIENCE
MCQs CHAPTER #2(INFORMATION NETWORKS)
1. A collection of computers connected together is called:-
a) Processing b) Network c) Chattin d) Centralized
g System
2. How many types of network standards are there?
a) 4 b) 6 c) 2 d) 8
3. ____ is an example of defecto standard:-
a) ISO b) ANSI c) SNA d) IEEE
4. Each computer on a network is called:-
a) Node b) Link c) Code d) Mode
5. Which device does physical connection of computer to a network?
a) Network card b) Bridge c) Router d) Gateway
Interface
6. A connection of two similar networks uses:-
a) NIC b) Bridge c) Gatewa d) Router
y
7. NIC stands for
a) Network b) Network c) Network d) Network
Interface Card Internal Internal Internal Cell
Card Connect
ion
8. Which is communication device?
a) USB b) CD c) Ethernet d) Router
9. Identify LAN Protocol:-
a) TCP/IP b) UDP c) Etherne d) HTTP
t
10.The set of rules and regulations for exchanging the data in a network
are known as:-
 a) Gateway b) Procedure c) Protoco d) Token
ls
11. The standard protocol for the internet is:-
a) TCP b) IP address c) IP d) TCP/IP
Protoco
l
12. DSL stands for:-
a) Domain Server b) Direct c) Digital d) Digital
Server Subscri Server
ber
13. Mobile phone (Cellular) system often use:-
a) MAN b) WAN c) LAN d) PAN
14. A network topology in which all the nodes are linked with a single cable
is called ______:-
a) Star b) Mesh c) Ring d) Bus
15. Terminators are used in ______ topology:-
a) Bus b) Star c) Ring d) Mesh
16. Which is the most complicated topology?
a) Ring b) Star c) Bus d) Mesh
17. An internet software that is used for transferring files from one
computer to another is known as:-
a) FTP b) ELD c) Token d) Ethernet
18. Internal Network of an organization that uses internet and web
techniques is called:-
a) Intranet b) Extrane c) Uploading d) Downloadin
t g
19. OSI model was created by:-
a) ANSI b) IBM c) ISO d) DARPA
20. Total number of layers in an OSI model:-
a) 7 b) 6 c) 9 d) 8
21. Data converts into frames in ______ layer:-
a) Data link b) Network c) Transpor d) Session
t
22. All physical media deals within ______ layer:-
a) Application b) Transpor c) Network d) Presentation
t
23. Which layer of OSI model deals data compression?
a) Physical b) Transport c) Network d) Presentation
24. Which OSI layer directly supports the user application?
a) Application b) Session c) Physica d) Transport
l
25. The top most layer of OSI model is:
a) Application b) Session c) Physical d) Transport
26. The process of converting digital signals into analogue signals is called:-
a) Modulation b) switching c)
27. Which of the following is a communication medium:-
a) Telephone b) Fiber-optic c) Satellites d) All of these
lines cables
28. The Internet was designed as ARPANET by using US Department of
Defense during:-
a) 1960 b) Late 1960 c) 1989 d) 1990
29. Network of Networks is called:-
a) Intranet b) Extranet c) Internet d) Supernet
30. Device that connects different types of networks to form Inter-network is:-
a) Gateway b) Bridge c) Router d) None of
these
31. Which of the following is not a communication media?
a) VSAT b) Fiber-optics c) Satellite d) Terminal
32. Which of the following is not a computer networking device?
a) Modem b) Ethernet c) Printer d) Both a & b
Card
33. Which of the following is not a protocol?
a) Ethernet b) Token ring c) FDDI d) None of
these
34. Each node in a ring topology is connected to _______ :-
a) Two b) Hub c) Common d) All the other
adjacent medium nodes
nodes
35. Protocol made by IBM for mainframe computers is named:-
a) De facto b) SNA c) X.25 d) De jure
36. In UTP cables, twisting of cables is done:-
a) To prevent b) To increase c) To increase d) To increase
external the cable transmissio data
interference strength n length security
37. The maximum rate at which a modem can transmit data is about:-
a) 56,000bps b) 5,600 bps c) 14,400 bps d) 1,440 bps
38. US department of Defense started _____ in 1969:-
a) LAN b) WAN c) DARPA d) Internet
39. The internet is owned by:-
a) USA b) DARPA c) No one d) European
Union
40. ARC net support:-
a) Fiber-optics b) Twisted pair c) Coaxial d) All of these
cable
41. TCP/IP was developed in:-
a) 1970 b) 1973 c) 1983 d) 1993
42. A server that performs only one specific task is called _____ server:-
a) Client b) Specific c) Dedicated d) None of
these
43. Which of the following is the network standard governing body?
a) ANSI b) IEEE c) ISO d) All of these
44. There are ____ types of network topologies:-
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
45. In ______, a node listens to the bus for a predetermined amount of time
before transmitting and waits till a transmitting node complete
transmission:-
a) CSMA/CD b) CSMA/CS c) CSMA/CR d) None of
these
46. OSI model has ____ layers:-
a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7
47. OSI was developed by:-
a) ISO b) IBM c) ANSI d) SUPRACO
48. Which of the following layer has routes data from sender to receiver is:-
a) Transport b) Application c) Network d) Physical
 COMPUTER SCIENCE
MCQs CHAPTER #3(DATA COMMUNICATION)
1. The device that receives the data is:-
a) Source b) Sink c) Transmitter d) Encoder
2. Analog signals are measured in:-
a) Hertz b) Volt c) Digit d) Watt
3. The height of the wave within a given period of time:-
a) Frequency b) Amplitude c) Oscillation d) Pulse
4. A signal is a measurement of:-
a) Light wave b) Heat wave c) Sun Wave d) Full Wave
5. Digital signals represent a sequence of ______ values:-
a) Discrete b) Continuous c) Unique d) Bytes
6. The music and speech represent data:-
a) Image b) Text c) Numeric d) Audio
7. BIT stands for:-
a) Binary b) Binary Digit c) Binary d) None of these
Integer
8. How many characters ASCII 7-bit code represent:-
a) 128 b) 256 c) 5000 d) 512
9. Unicode is a _____ bit code:-
a) 16 b) 8 c) 15 d) 32
10. A telephone conversation is an example of ______ transmission:-
a) Half b) Duplex c) Full Duplex d) Simplex
Duplex
11. _____ Duplex is faster communication mode:-
a) Half b) Full c) Simplex d) Suplex
12. Transmission modes are:-
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
13. Starts and stops bits are not required in these types of transmission:-
a) Synchrono b) Isosynchrono c) Asynchrono d) None of these
us us us
14. Concurrent flow of bits is done in ______ transmission:-
a) Parallel b) Serial c) Synchronou d) Asynchronou
s s
15. Communicating between keyboard & computer involves__ transmission:-
a) Simplex b) Half Duplex c) Full Duplex d) None
16. Digital signals are commonly called:-
a) Broad b) Base Band c) Narrow d) Frequency
band band
17. Microwave transmission, coaxial cables and fiber optics are examples of:-
a) Modem b) Gateway c) Ring d) Communicati
Network on Channel
18. Which of the following transmission media is used in LAN:-
a) Telephone b) Microwave c) Coaxial d) Satellite
line Cable
19. Important property of fiber-optic cables is:-
a) Noise b) Refraction c) Interference d) Attenuations
20. The modem’s data transfer rate is measured in:-
a) Kbps b) Mbps c) Gbps d) none
21. Transmission from satellite to its earth-based station is called:-
a) Downlink b) Uplink c) Base link d) Geo link
22. Transmission from earth to satellite is called:-
a) Downlink b) Uplink c) Low link d) High link
23. Which of the following is a communication channel?
a) Coaxial b) Fiber Optics c) Microwave d) All of these
cable
24. The device which converts analogue data into digital form is:-
a) Encoder b) Decoder c) Sender d) Receiver
25. ASCII code was developed by:-
a) IBM b) ANSI c) BCD d) None of these
26.There are ____ types of transmission mode:-
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
27. Which of the following is not the transmission mode?
a) Simplex b) Half-Duplex c) Unicode d) Full-Duplex
28. The bandwidth of a telephone line is ____ Bps:-
a) 2000 b) 3000 c) 4000 d) 5000
29. Coaxial cable can handle _____ times as many telephone transmission as
twisted pair media:-
a) 80 b) 70 c) 60 d) 50
30. Twisted wire pair cable have maximum data transmission speed ___bps:-
a) 96 b) 960 c) 9600 d)96000
31. The unguided media carry signals in the form of:-
a) Microwave b) Electromagne c) Infrared d) All of these
tic Wave Waves
32. Signals produced by computers to be sent over telephone lines must be
converted to:-
a) Modem b) Analogue c) Digital d) Microwave
Signal Signals
33. In data communication, the sender is also called:-
a) Object b) Source c) Sink d) Medium
34. All of the following are true of the simplex mode except:-
a) Sender can b) It is most c) Receiver d) Flow of
only send commonly can only information
signals used receive is uni-
communicati signals directional
on mode
35. Data can be in any of the following types, except:-
a) Ligature b) Numeric c) Alphabetic d) Alphanumeri
c
36. The unguided media consist of:-
a) microwave b) fiber optics c) Infrared d) Both a & c
waves
37. A modem converts:-
a) Analogue b) Digital to c) Connects a d) Both a & b
to digital analogue computer in
signals signals a LAN
38. Te connection between telephone lines and modem is:-
a) Analogue b) Digital c) Slow d) Fast
39. Modem can be divided into ______ categories:-
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
40. External modems are:-
a) Expensive b) Have more c) Offer high d) All of these
optional transfer
functions speed
41. Which of the following feature is provided with modem?
a) Speed b) Self-testing c) Transmission d) All of these
rate
42. Modem used for data transmission through air is known as ____ modem:-
a) Wireless b) Internal c) External d) None
 COMPUTER SCIENCE
MCQs CHAPTER #4(APPLICATIONS & USES OF COMPUTERS)
1. Process of automating office tasks using computer is:-
b) Office c) Data
a) Office
Automatio Manageme d) Re pro-graphics
support
n nt
2. Which one is not included in document management system?
a) Word b) Desktop c) Re pro-
d) E-Shopping
Processing Publishing graphics
3. Many banks provides the facility of:-
a) CAD b) CAM c) ATM d) CBT
4. MICR stands for:-
b) Magnetic c) Magnetic
a) Magnet in d) Magnetic ink
ink ink
character Character
character character
Redo reader
recorder resemble
5. The fly-by-wise system is used in ______:-
a) Medical c) Education
b) Airlines d) Business field
field field
6. CBT stands for:-
a) Computer b) Computer c) Certificate
d) Computer basic
based based based
training
Trade Training training
7. CBT software are used in:-
c) E-
a) Education b) Industry d) Business
Commerce
8. Example of computer in education is:-
a) CAD b) CAM c) CAL d) CLA
9. SPARCO department gives information about:-
a) Weather b) TV c) Radio d) Antenna
10.Computer based weather forecasting depends on accurate collection of
data from:-
a) Weather
b) TV c) Airlines d) Robot
stations
11. Modern computers can perform calculations in:-
c) Nino
a) Per second b) Per minute d) None
Second
12. Electronic Banking is also known as:-
a) Cyber b) Offline c) Interactive
d) Global Banking
banking Banking Banking
13.Software used to control all the parts of th manufacturing process is
called:-
a) CAD b) CAM c) MICR d) CAL
14. CAM is used for:-
a) Design b) Online c) Edit d) Manufacturing
Products Education Pictures Products
15.Computer at home are used for :-
a) Keeping b) Making c) Watching
d) All of these
records Budgets Movies
16. Which of the following don’t involve electronic commerce:-
b) Video c) Electronic
a) E-mail d) None of these
Conference Banking
17. Use of computers in education started with the innovation of
microcomputers in:-
a) 1950 b) 1960 c) 1970 d) 1980
18. Computer Aid Manufacturing:-
a) Brings
b) Decrease
quality
human c) Easy to use d) All of these
improveme
effort
nt
 Computer MCQs
Chapter 5:- Computer Architecture
1. The term refers to all input, output and secondary storage devices is:-
a) Peripheral b) Central c) Attached d) Network
2. CU stands for:-
a) Com Unit b) Cache Unit c) Calculation d) Control
Unit Unit
3. CPU include all of the components except:-
a) ALU b) Primary c) Control Unit d) Register
Storage
4. ALU has ___ components:-
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
5. ALU performs ____ functions:-
a) Control b) Arithmetic c) Logical d) Both a & c
6. The component (circuit) of the computer that executes the instructions:-
a) CPU b) Cache c) Motherboard d) RAM
7. The electronic circuits of the computer systems are called:-
a) Software b) Hardware c) Shareware d) Firmware
8. The cells of the memory are logically organized into groups of:-
a) 8 bits b) 12 bits c) 32 bits d) 4 bits
9. Memory is made up of set of ____:-
a) Wires b) Circuits c) Cells d) BIOS
10.Another name for main memory is ____ memory :-
a) Permanent b) Primary c) Secondary d) Non-
Volatile
11.Which is a type of RAM?
a) CRAM b) ERAM c) SRAM d) FRAM
12. The hardware component that holds the data permanently is ____ storage:-
a) Primary b) Secondary c) Cache d) Register
13. Which is not a type of ROM:-
a) EROM b) PROM c) FEPROM d) EEPROM
14.Memory used for speeding up the processing of the computer is:-
a) Cache b) ROM c) BIOS d) DRAM
15.Cache memory is:-
a) Faster than b) Slower than c) Non-Volatile d) Permanent
RAM RAM
16. A bus having 64 lines can carry _____ data simultaneously:-
a) 64 KBs b) 64 bytes c) 64 bits d) 64 MBs
17. Number/s of bit/s carried by a single line of data bus is:-
a) 1 b) 4 c) 8 c) 18
18.Expansion cards are inserted in the:-
a) CPU b) Plays c) Slots d) CBT
19.Which one is signal?
a) 1 & 0 b) DMA c) Run d) Interrupt
20. Which one is fastest memory?
a) RAM b) Cache c) Register d) Hard disk
21.The size of a segment register is ___ bytes:-
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 8
22.Extra segment register deals with:-
a) Stock Data b) 0 & 1 c) Arithmetics d) Variables
23.Register used for division and multiplication:-
a) AX b) BX c) CX d) DX
24.Register that holds the address of the next instruction that have to be
executed is called ____ Register:-
a) Instruction b) Program c) Memory d) Memory
Counter Buffer Address
25.The order of stack is:-
a) FIFO b) LIFO c) GIGO d) FIGO
26. The step that performs the actions given in the instructions is:-
a) Fetch b) Calculator c) Decode d) Execute
27.Computer can’t boot if doesn’t have:-
a) Memory b) Linker c) Interpreter d) Operating
System
28.Coding is also called:-
a) Evaluating b) Installing c) Testing d) Programmi
ng
29.Language translators are of ____ types:-
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
30. Component of the computer that co-ordinates operations of different
devices in computer system is called:-
a) ALU b) Control c) Control Unit d) Registers
Register
31.Information stored in this type of memory is lost when the power is switched
off:-
a) Disk b) ROM c) RAM d) Magnetic
Memory Memory
32.____ is used to store program at the time of execution:-
a) ROM b) RAM c) Hard disk d) CD
33.The system bus is divided into ____ main components:-
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
34.Lines reserved for the transmission of data from one component to another
are:-
a) 24 or 32 b) 32 or 46 c) 32 or 64 d) 24 or 46
35.Special temporary storage area provided within the CPU for enhancing its
speed is called:-
a) Registers b) Cache C) Main Memory d) None of these
36. EAX, EBX, ECX and EDX are _____ registers
a) Memory b) Instruction c) General d) Memory
Buffer Purpose Address
37.Register that has special role in multiplication and division is:-
a) AX b) BX c) CX d) DX
38.A program that takes as input a high-level language program and generates
an object code program is called:-
a) Interpreter b) Assembler c) Compiler d) Any one of
the above
39. A program that takes as input a high-level language and execute
instructions one by one is:-
a) Interpreter b) Assembler c) Compiler d) Both a & b
40.Which one of the following is translator?
a) Interpreter b) Assembler c) Compiler d) All of these
41.Data and the programs that are not being executed by the computer are
stored in:-
a) Cache b) Main Memory c) Hard disk d) Printer
42.Which of the following is not the type of the memory?
a) RAM b) ALU c) Register d) All of these
43.Registers are located inside:-
a) ROM b) RAM c) Cache d) CPU
44.MS-Word and MS-Excel are:-
a) Operating b) System c) Application d) High-level
System Software Software Programmi
ng language