Computer Basics
1. What is
computer?
2. What is
the main function of computer?
3. What is
ENIAC?
4. What is
meant by generation of computers?
5. Which
generation of computers used vacuum tubes?
6. Which
generation of computers made use of transistors?
7. What is
IC?
8. How IC
is different from transistor?
9. Which
generation of computer made use of ICs?
10. What
is SSI?
11. What
is MSI?
12. What
is LSI?
13. What
is VLSI?
14. Which
generation of computers made use of VLSI chips?
15. Modern
computers belong to which generation?
16. In
what way fifth generation computers will be different from fourth generation
computers?
17. Which
type of computer is called analog computer?
18. Which
type of computer is called digital computer?
19. Which
type of computer is called hybrid computer?
20. Give
two examples of analog computers.
21. Give
an example of digital computer.
22. Name
any two hybrid computers.
23. Which
types of computers are called microcomputers?
24.
Personal computers fall into which category of computers?
25. Name
any two computers, which fall into the category of microcomputers.
26. What
is the difference between laptop computer and tablet PC?
27. What
is mainframe?
28. What
is the typical characteristic of supercomputer?
29. What
makes supercomputer so fast?
30. Name
any two supercomputers.
31. Name
any three applications, which can only be performed on supercomputers.
32. What
is computer hardware?
33. What
is software?
34. Is
floppy, hardware or software?
35. Hard
disk that contains programs on it, is hardware or software?
36.
Program on CD is hardware or software?
37. Rail
reservation application is hardware or software?
38. What
is firmware?
39. Give
an example of firmware.
40.
Differentiate between system software and application software.
41. Give
two examples of system software.
42. Give
two examples of application software.
43. What
are device drivers?
44. Device
drivers fall in which category of software?
45. What
is the role of boot strap program in computer?
46. Define
the term, data.
47. What
is information?
48.
Differentiate between data and information.
49. What
is computer program?
50. Give
example of data and information.
51. What
role does software play in computer?
52. What
is operating system?
53. Can
computer work without software?
COMPUTER
ORGANIZATION
54. Name 5
input devices of computer.
55. Name 4
output devices of computer.
56. Name 3
input-output devices.
57. What
is the role of scanner in computer?
58. Which
type of device is barcode reader?
59. What
is MICR? What it is used for?
60. What
type of device is mouse?
61. Mouse
and keyboard, both are input devices, but what is the basic difference between
them?
62. What
is the difference between plotter and printer?
63. What is
the basic difference between input units and input/output units of computer?
64. What
is the basic difference between output units and input/output units of
computer?
65. Among
floppy, hard disk and CD, which medium possesses largest storage capacity?
66. What
is the basic difference between floppy drive and hard disk?
67. What
is the basic difference between CD and CD-R?
68. What
is the basic difference between CD-R and CD-R/W?
69. Which
type of devices are called sequential access devices?
70. Which
type of devices are called random access devices?
71. Give
an example of sequential access device.
72. Give
an example of random access device.
73.
Differentiate between the functioning of tension arm and vacuum column tape
drives.
74. In
which form, magnetic tape drive records data on tape drives.
75. Name
all those units, which put together constitute Central Processing Unit (CPU).
76. What
is the main role of memory in computer?
77. What
is ROM?
78. How
data is written in ROM?
79.
Differentiate between PROM and EPROM.
80.
Describe the role of RAM in computer?
81.
Describe the role of cache memory in computer?
82. Why
can't complete RAM be replaced by cache memory in computer?
83. Name
the two units between which cache memory is placed within the computer.
84. Which
unit in computer performs calculations?
85. What
is ALU? What is its role in computer?
86. Give
example of logical operations.
87. Which
unit in computer performs logical operations?
88.
Describe the role of Control Unit in computer.
89.
Describe at least three characteristic of computer.
90. Which
memory in computer is called temporary memory?
91. Which
memory in computer is called permanent memory?
92.
Differentiate between dot matrix printers and inkjet printers.
93. Which
4 colors are used in inkjet printers to generate other colors?
94. What
is cartridge tape drive? What is its role?
95. Which
unit controls data traffic within the computer?
96. Is CD
drive an input unit or output unit?
OPERATING
SYSTEM
97. What
is operating system?
98. What
is the role of operating system in computer?
99. Is
operating system, computer hardware or software?
100. What
is booting?
101. What
is process management function? Which software performs this function in
computer?
102. What
is memory management function? Which software performs this function in
computer?
103. What
is information management function? Which software performs this function in
computer?
104. What
is device management function? Which software performs this function?
105. What
is user interface? Which software provides user interface in computers?
106. What
is Command Line Interface (CLI)?
107. What
is Graphic User Interface (GUI)?
108. Name
at least two operating systems, which provide command line interface, for
working on computer.
109. Name
at least two operating systems, which provide graphic user interface for
working on computer.
110.
Differentiate between object icons and program icons.
111.
Differentiate between check boxes and radio buttons.
112.
Describe any three essential features of operating system.
113. What
is distributed computing?
114. Which
type of operating system is called single user operating system?
115. Name
any two operating systems that are single user operating system.
116. Which
type of operating system is called multi user operating system?
117. Name
any two operating systems, which are multi user operating systems.
118.
Describe, time sharing feature.
119. Which
type of operating systems support time sharing feature?
120. Name
an operating system, which supports time sharing feature.
121.
Describe multitasking feature?
122. Name
at least two operating systems, which support multitasking feature.
123. Name
an operating system, which doesn't support multitasking feature.
124. Name
an operating system that doesn't support time sharing feature.
125.
Describe at least 2 characteristics of single user operating system.
126. Which
type of operating system is called network operating system?
127. Name
two operating systems, which are network operating systems.
128. Name
three essential files of MS-DOS operating system.
129. What
is the role of IO.SYS file in MS-DOS operating system?
130. Which
organization designed and developed MS-DOS operating system?
131. What
is the role of MSDOS.SYS file in MS-DOS operating system?
132. What is
the role of COMMAND.COM file in MS-DOS operating system?
133. Which
types of commands are called internal commands of MS-DOS?
134. Which
file of MS-DOS contains internal commands?
135. Name
any three internal commands of MS-DOS.
136. What
are external commands of MS-DOS? Where do they reside?
137. Name
any two external commands of MS-DOS.
138. Out
of internal command and external command, which will execute faster and why?
139. How
long can a file name be in MS-DOS?
140. What
is directory? How it is different from file?
141. You
can always have a directory within a directory. How deep can you go in this
way?
142. Can a
file have a directory stored in it?
143. What
is root directory? Which symbol is used for denoting root directory in MSDOS?
144. What
is parent directory? Which symbol is used for denoting parent directory in
MSDOS?
145. Name
any three directory related MS-DOS commands.
146. Name
a command of MS-DOS, which creates a blank directory on the disk.
147. Name
a command of MS-DOS, using which name of the directory could be changed.
148. Name
a command, using which the name of current directory could be displayed on
monitor.
149.
Explain the concept of path in MS-DOS.
150. Which
command will you use to display the contents of a file?
151. Which
command will you execute in MS-DOS to find the presence of ABC.DAT file on
disk?
152. Can
you rename the files across the drivers in MS-DOS? If yes then what command
will you execute?
153. What
is the basic difference between SYS command and FORMAT A: /S command?
154. What
are the similarities between SYS command and FORMAT A: /S command?
155. How
will you delete a directory, which is not blank?
156. What
are wild characters? Name any two wild card characters that are used in MSDOS.
157.
Explain drag and drop feature of Windows.
158.
Explain cut, copy and paste feature of Windows.
159.
Explain object embedding feature of Windows.
160.
Explain object linking feature of Windows.
161.
Differentiate between object embedding and object linking.
162. What
are the advantages of object linking over object embedding?
163.
Describe the feature plug and play of Windows.
164. What
does command prompt feature do in Windows?
165. What
is the use of Notepad program in Windows?
166. What
is the use of WordPad program in Windows?
167. What
is the use of Paint program in Windows?
168. What
is the use of Windows Explorer program?
169. Which
version of Windows is network operating system?
170. What
is Linux? Who designed it?
171. Which
command is used for viewing the names of files, present on the disk?
172. What
activity is performed by who command in Linux?
173. What
do you call the process of loading the operating system in computer's memory?
174. Can a
computer work, without operating system?
175. Where
will you find operating system in computer?
176. What
is Windows NT?
177.
Differentiate between Windows NT and Windows XP.
178.
Differentiate between Notepad and WordPad programs of Windows.
179. How
Windows file naming convention is different from MS-DOS file naming convention?
180. Can
you have blank in MS-DOS file name?
181. Can
you have blank in Windows file name?
182. What
is folder?
183. What
is folder equivalent in MS-DOS?
COMPUTER
NETWORKING
184.
Define the term computer network?
185. What
is the basic objective of computer network?
186. State
any three reasons for computer networking.
187.
Describe any three applications, which make use of computer network.
188.
Describe two advantages of computer networking.
189.
Describe an application, which is only possible through computer network and
cannot be performed by stand-alone computer.
190. What
is LAN?
191. Which
types of networks are called local area networks?
192. Which
types of networks are called wide area networks?
193. State
any two characteristics of local area network.
194. State
any two characteristics of wide area network.
195. What
is the basic deference between LAN and WAN?
196. What
is CAN? Is it LAN or WAN?
197. What
is MAN? Is it LAN or WAN?
198. What
is HAN? Is it LAN or WAN?
199. What
is network topology?
200. How
many types of network topologies are commonly used?
201. What
is the basic characteristic of Bus topology?
202. What
are the advantages of Bus topology?
203. What
are the disadvantages of Bus topology?
204. What
is the basic characteristic of Ring topology?
205. What
are the advantages of Ring topology?
206. What
are the disadvantages of Ring topology?
207. What
is the basic characteristic of Star topology?
208. What
are the advantages of Star topology?
209. What
are the disadvantages of Star topology?
210. What
is the basic characteristic of Mesh topology?
211. What
are the advantages of Mesh topology?
212. What
are the disadvantages of Mesh topology?
213. Which
topology makes use of hub for connecting the computers of the network?
214. Ten
computers are to be networked together. In which topology, maximum length of
wire will be used for connecting the computers?
215. Ten
computers are to be networked together. In which topology, minimum length of
wire will be used for connecting the computers?
216. In which
topology, network expansion will be the easiest?
217. Which
factor will govern the maximum number of computers that can be connected in
Star topology?
218. Which
topology makes use of the device called terminator?
219. Which
topology makes use of the device called repeater?
220. What
is the role of sender in computer network?
221. What
is the role of receiver in computer network?
222. What
is the role of medium in computer network?
223. What
is non-wired medium? Give example of it.
224. Name
3 wired medium that are used in computer networks.
225. In
which wired medium data is transmitted through light?
226. Which
wired medium support fastest data transfer rates?
227. What
is protocol? Name any two protocols of computer network.
228. What
is per-to-per network?
229. What
is client server mode?
230. What
system is used for identifying the computers of network?
231. What
is IP address? What is it used for?
232. What
is domain name? What it is used for?
233. What
is DNS server? What it deals with?
234. What is
SMTP? What is its use?
235. What
is Telnet? What is it used for?
236. What
is FTP? What is it used for?
237. What
is NFS? What it deals with?
238. What
is web service? How it is related with computer network?
239.
Explain the role of Finger service in computer network.
240. What
does Ping service do?
241. What
is SAMBA? What it deals with?
242. What
is OSI model? How many layers of services constitute OSI model?
243. Name
the first layer of OSI model. What it deals with?
244. Name
the second layer of OSI model. What it deals with?
245. Name
the third layer of OSI model. What it deals with?
246. Name
the fourth layer of OSI model. What it deals with?
247. Name
the fifth layer of OSI model. What it deals with?
248. Name
the sixth layer of OSI model. What it deals with?
249. Name
the seventh layer of OSI model. What it deals with?
250. Which
type of signals are called analog signals?
251. Which
type of signals are called digital signals?
252.
Define the term amplitude, frequency and phase for analog signal.
253. How
is analog signal different from digital signal?
254. What
function is performed by A to D converter?
255. What
function is performed by D to A converter?
256.
Explain the term damping.
257. Out
of analog and digital, which signal gets damped earlier?
258.
Explain the role of modem in computer network?
259.
Explain the basic theory behind analog to digital conversion process.
260. What
activity is performed in sampling process that is performed at the time of
converting analog signal into digital signal?
261. What
activity is performed in quantization process that is performed at the time of
converting analog signal into digital signal?
262. What
is the basic characteristic of asynchronous transmission?
263. What
is the basic characteristic of synchronous transmission?
264. What
is the basic characteristic of simplex mode of transmission?
265. What
is the basic characteristic of half duplex mode of transmission?
266. What
is the basic characteristic of full duplex mode of transmission?
267. Out
of serial transmission and parallel transmission, which transmission will be
faster and why?
268. Out
of serial transmission and parallel transmission, which transmission suits well
for long distances and why?
269. What
are the advantages of transmitting data in digital from?
270. What
is Internet?
271.
Differentiate between Internet and World Wide Web.
272. What
are web servers and web clients?
273. How
computers are identified in Internet?
274. What
is ARPANET?
275.
Explain domain naming convention that is followed in Internet.
276. What
is web page?
277. What
is web site?
278. What
is hyper link? How are they generally identified in web pages?
279. What
is hypermedia?
280. What
is TCP/IP?
281. What
types of actives are performed by TCP in TCP/IP software?
282. What
types of actives are performed by IP in TCP/IP software?
283. What
is HTTP?
284. Which
protocol is used in World Wide Web to support multimedia activities?
285. Name
any two applications of Internet.
286. What
is web surfing or web browsing?
287. Name any
three web sites, which provide search engines.
288. State
two advantages of e-mail over normal mail.
289. What
is Internet shopping?
290. What
mechanism is adopted for making payments over Internet?
291. How
is video conferencing different from Internet telephony?
292. Why
protocols are required in network communication?
293. What
is search term?
294. What
is hit list?
295. What
is IPX/SPX? Where it is used?
296. What
is NetBIOS/NetBEUI, where it is used?
297. What
is HTTP? Where it is used?
298. Which
types of computers generally remain connected to Internet all the 24 hours a
day?
299. In
which process, sampling and quantization activities are performed?
300. In
which from, i.e. analog or digital, voice signal is transmitted over telephone
line?
301. In
which from, i.e. analog or digital, data is generated and stored within the
computer?
302. In
which from i.e. analog or digital, data is transmitted over telephone lines?
WINDOWS
303. What
is Windows?
304. Who
designed and developed Windows?
305. How
is Windows different from MS-DOS?
306. How
will you minimize a window?
307. What
happens when you minimize a window?
308. How
will you restore a minimized window?
309. How
will you maximize a window?
310. What
happens when you maximize a window?
311. How
will you restore a maximized window?
312. How
will you move a window?
313. How
will you increase the length of a window?
314. How
will you increase the width of a window?
315. How
will you increase/decrease the size of the window in proportion?
316. Using
which program of Windows, will you make drawings?
317. Which
program of Windows will you use for file maintenance purpose?
318. What
is desktop?
319. Where
on desktop, will you find system tray?
320. How
do you execute a program by its name in Windows?
321. State
different methods of executing programs in Windows.
322. What
is task bar, where it is situated?
323. What
is screen saver? Why it is used?
324. How
will you create a new folder on desktop?
MS-WORD
325. What
is word processor?
326. What
is data processing?
327. How
is word processing different from data processing?
328. Name
any two word processors.
329. Which
type of activity is performed using word processor?
330. How
do you set left margin in MS-Word?
331. What
function is performed, using hanging indent marker of MS-Word?
332. What
function is performed, using first line indent marker in MS-Word?
333. How
will you set tab position in MS-Word?
334. Where
will you find left margin and right margin indicators in MS-Word window?
335. How
do you start a new paragraph in MS-Word?
336. How
will you save the current document in file?
337. What
happens if you left align a paragraph?
338. What
happens if you right align a paragraph?
339. What
happens if you centre align a paragraph?
340. What
happens if you justify align a paragraph?
341. How
will you copy first three lines of the current document to some other place?
342. How
will you move first three lines of the current document to some another place?
343. What
is the basic difference between copy and move operation?
344. Which
two options will you select from Edit submenu to perform copy operation?
345. Which
two options will you select from Edit submenu to perform move operation?
346. What
is the basic difference between number list and bullet list?
347. Define
the term header and footer for the document.
348.
Differentiate between hard page breaks and soft page breaks.
349. What
is on-line spell checker? What function is performed by it?
350. How
will you correct a wrong spelling, using on-line spell checker?
351. In
what from does spell checker indicate that this spelling in wrong?
352. In
what form does, grammar check indicate that this sentence is grammatically
wrong?
353. What
is Mail Merge?
354. Which
type of activity is performed, using mail merge facility of MS-Word?
355. Name
any three activities, which can be easily performed, using mail merge facility
of MS-Word.
356.
Explain the basic principle of Mail Merge operation.
357.
Describe the term, main document in relation to mail merge operation.
358. Describe
the term data source, in relation to mail merge operation.
359. How
field names are differentiated from text in main document?
360. How
is mail merge operation different from normal letter generation?
361. What
extension name is assigned to MS-Word files?
MS-EXCEL
362. What
is worksheet?
363. What
is workbook?
364.
Differentiate between worksheet and workbook?
365. Name
any two worksheet softwares.
366. What
is MS-Excel?
367. Who
designed and developed MS-Excel?
368. Which
type of activities are performed using MS-Excel?
369. Name
any two activities that can be performed, using MS-Excel.
370.
Describe any two features of MS-Excel.
371. What
is cell?
372. How
are rows named in MS-Excel?
373. How
are columns named in MS-Excel?
374. What
does cell address E7 state?
375. How
do you move from one cell to another in MS-Excel worksheet?
376. How
do you move from one worksheet to another in MS-Excel?
377. How
are formulae differentiated from normal text in MS-Excel?
378. How
do you enter data and time values in same cell?
379. Give
an example of numeric formula.
380. Give
an example of logical formula.
381. Give
an example of text formula.
382. What
is the advantage of using formulae in workbook?
383. Which
symbol is used for Range operator in MS-Excel?
384. Which
symbol is used for Union operator in MS-Excel?
385. Which
symbol is used for Intersection operator in MS-Excel?
386. What
is the function of Range operator?
387. What
is the function of Union operator?
388. What
is the function of Intersection operator?
389. What
is meant by cell referencing?
390. How
is relative referencing done in MS-Excel?
391. Write
a formula that makes use of relative referencing?
392. How
absolute referencing is done in MS-Excel?
393. Write
a formula that makes use of absolute referencing?
394. What
is meant by mixed referencing?
395. How
mixed referencing is done in MS-Excel?
396. Write
a formula that makes use of mixed referencing.
397. How
will you generate the series 10, 11, 12, 13, -----------25 in MS-Excel?
398. How
do you select cells in MS-Excel?
399. How
do you modify the contents of a cell, in cell itself, not in formula bar?
400. How
will you copy the contents of a cell to another cell, using drag and drop
method?
401. How
will you copy the contents of a cell to another cell, using cut, copy, and
paste method?
402. How
will you move the contents of a cell to another cell, using drag and drop
method?
403. How
will you move the contents of a cell to another cell, using cut, copy and paste
method?
404. Cell
E5 contains a formula =SUM (E1:E4). What will be the contents of cell E6, when
you copy the formula from E5 to E6?
405. Cell
E5 contains a formula =SUM ($E1:$E4). What will be the contents of cell E6,
when you copy the formula from E5 to E6?
406. Cell
E5 contains a formula =SUM ($E1:$E4). What will be the contents of cell E7,
when you copy the formula from E5 to E7?
407. Cell
E5 contains a formula =SUM ($E$1:$E$4). What will be the contents of cell E6,
when you copy the formula from E5 to E6?
408. Cell
E5 contains a formula =SUM ($E$1:$E$4). What will the contents of cell E7, when
you copy the formula from E5 to E7?
409. If
you do not set alignment for cells, how will numbers, labels and formulae get
aligned, when you enter them in the cells?
410. What
is function in reference to MS-Excel? How it is different from the formula that
we define?
411. What
will you get in cell C5, if you enter the formula =LEN ("DELHI") in
it?
412. What
will you get in cell C5, if you enter the formula =LEFT ("LUCKNOW",4)
in it?
413. What
will you get in cell C5, if you enter the formula =UPPER ("How Are
You") in it?
414. What
will you get in cell C5, if you enter the formula =REPT ("*",10) in
it?
415. Which
option will you select from bar menu to print the worksheet?
416. What
is chart? What are its advantages?
417. Name
any 5 charts that can be made in MS-Excel.
418. Name
any 2 charts of MS-Excel that are circular in shapes.
419. What
is the basic difference between Pie chart and Doughnut chart?
420. What
is the basic difference between Column chart and Bar chart?
421. What
is the basic difference between Line chart and XY chart?
422. What
will happen to the data in worksheet, if you select a column of the column
chart and drag it upwards?
423. How
will you select the legend of the chart?
424. Which
chart will you plot, to illustrate and compare the sales figures of three
companies for three quarters of the year?
425. Which
chart will you plot to illustrate the percentage wise contribution of five
religions in the total population of the city?
426. How
will you delete a chart?
427. How
will you copy a chart from one worksheet to other worksheet of the same
workbook?
428. Which
chart will you plot to illustrate the rainfall that took place in last 12
months in Chennai?
429. What
is data series? Give an example.
430. What
is legend? What is its role in chart?
POWER POINT
431. What
is PowerPoint?
432. Who
designed and developed PowerPoint?
433. What
is presentation?
434. For
which type of activities PowerPoint suits well?
435. What
is PowerPoint slide?
436.
Differentiate between manual presentation and PowerPoint presentation.
437. Name
any four elements that can be included in PowerPoint slides.
438. What
is slide show?
439.
Differentiate between manual slide show and automatic slide show.
440. What
is the purpose of including notes in the slides of the presentation?
441. What
is slide timing?
442. In
which type of slide show, slide timings become effective?
443. How
the slides of the presentation advance, in automatic slide shows?
444. How
the slides of the presentation advance, in manual slide shows?
445. What
happens when you switchover from current view mode to slide sorter view mode?
446. What
happens, when you switchover from slide sorter view mode to normal view mode?
447. How
do you switchover from one view mode to another in PowerPoint?
448. What
is WordArt? What type of activities are performed using WordArt?
449.
Differentiate between video and animation?
450. What
is transition effect?
INTERNET
451. What
is Internet?
452. How
Internet is different from computer network?
453. What
is the basic objective of Internet?
454. Which
types of computers remain connected to Internet all the 24 hours a day?
455. What
do you call those computers, which only acquire services from web servers?
456. What
is the basic function of web server in Internet?
457. What
is basic function of web client in Internet?
458. How
are web servers different from web clients?
459. What
is www? How it is related to Internet?
460. What
is e-mail?
461. Is it
necessary that person to whom e-mail is being sent should have an e-mail
account?
462. What
does ".com" in website name indicate?
463. What
does ".in" in website name indicate?
464. What
is yahoo.com?
465. What
is google.com?
466. What
is search engine?
467. Name
any three websites, which provide search facility.
468. Why
two search engines produce two different results for same search term?
469. What
is web browsing? Is if different from web surfing?
470. What
is web browser?
471. Name
any three famous web browsers.
472. When
does "Forward" button of your web browser become activated?
473. What
is the use of "Back" button, present in browser window?
474. Which
software is required for web surfing?
475. What
is the use of Draft folder that you have in your e-mail account?
476. What
is the use of Inbox folder that you have in your e-mail account?
477. What
is the use of Trash folder that you have in your e-mail account?
478. What
is the use of Sent folder that you have in your e-mail account?
479. How
is Chat service different from Internet telephony?
480. Name
any two websites, which provide e-mail facility.
481.
Describe two advantages of Internet.
482. Name
any five services of Internet.
483. What
is the basic difference between IP address and domain name?
484. How
many groups of numbers constitute IP address?
485. Why
domain name is preferred over IP address in most of the Internet operations?
486. Name
the service, which transforms domain name into corresponding IP address.
487. Is
Internet LAN, WAN or MAN?
488. Name
any two protocols that are closely associated with Internet or World Wide
Web
489. What
is the relationship between web page and website?
490. What
is HTML?
491. What
is HTTP?
492.
Describe the advantages of hyperlink.
493. What
is the basic advantage of Internet telephony?
494.
Differentiate between hyperlink and hypermedia?
495. Name
two Indian web sites.
496. What
is ISP?
497. What
is gateway?
498.
Explain the term, backbone in reference to Internet.
499. What
is Internet2?
500. Which
additional device would be required to connect your computer to Internet?
