LONG QUESTIONS

Chapter 1:

1. What is Software? Describe different types of Software.*

2. Write note on the following:
o i. Mouse
o ii. Digital Camera
3. What is Display Screen? What features distinguish one display screen from another?
4. What is impact printer? Discuss different types of impact printers.*
5. What is Non-Impact printer? Discuss different types of Non-Impact printers.*
6. What is the usage of plotter? Explain different types of plotters.
7. What is SDLC? Discuss its different phases.*
8. What is system implementation/conversion? Discuss different types.*

Chapter 3:

1. What is Data Communication? Explain the basic components of data communication.*

2. What is meant by encoding of data? Explain different coding schemes to represent data in
a computer.*
3. What is data transmission mode? Explain its types with examples.*
4. What is Guided*/Unguided media? Explain its types.
5. What is a modem? Describe its working. Explain its types.

Chapter 5:

1. Define Computer Architecture? Explain its components.

2. What are CPU Registers? Briefly describe special-purpose registers.*
3. What is instruction set? Explain different types of operations performed by the computer.
4. Explain FDE cycle of CPU.*
5. What is a port? Explain different types of ports.
6. Explain different ways of transferring data from peripheral devices to the computer.
7. What is Computer language? Explain its types.*
8. What is ROM/RAM? Explain different types of ROM/RAM.
9. Define System Bus? Discuss different types of system buses.*
10. What is language processor/Translator? Explain different types of language processors.*

Chapter 7:

1. What is an operating system? Explain its types based on user interaction.

2. Discuss different objects of the Windows operating system.*
3. Explain different features of Windows 2000.*
4. What is disk partition? Describe primary and extended partitioning.*

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Chapter 10:

1. What is Internet addressing scheme? Explain its two types.*

2. What is Email? How does it work? Describe email attachment.
3. What is Email? List some limitations or disadvantages of Email.
4. How the use of the Internet is affecting society? Give your comments.*

SHORT QUESTIONS
Chapter 1:

1. Differentiate between data and information.

2. Differentiate between software and hardware.
3. What is data processing / Computing?
4. Define Computer.
5. Define source data input devices.
6. What is MICR/OMR/Smart card?
7. Difference between input and output devices.
8. What is artificial intelligence?
9. What is distributed computing?
10. Difference between multimedia and hypermedia.
11. What is the advantage of a trackball over a mouse?
12. What is Raster graphics?
13. Differentiate between VGA/SVGA/XGA.
14. Difference between frame grabber video card and full motion video card.
15. What is a pointing stick?
16. Information Technology has made our world a global village. Justify.
17. Why is resolution important for the display screen?
18. Define Barcode/Barcode reader.
19. Define feasibility study.
20. Explain the difference between softcopy and hardcopy.
21. What do you mean by QWERTY?
22. Define the term Information Technology.
23. What is digital convergence?
24. What is meant by Universal Product Code?
25. Differentiate between CRT and LCD.

Chapter 2:

1. How does CSMA/CD work?

2. What is the use of a Network Interface Card?
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 3. Differentiate between INTRANET and EXTRANET.
4. Distinguish between De-facto and De-jure standards.
5. State the purpose of a router.
6. How does CSMA/CR work?
7. What do you know about network adapters?
8. How do LAN, MAN, and WAN differ?
9. What is a network standard?
10. What is the difference between a router and a gateway?
11. What is email?
12. How does the client/server model work?
13. Define Computer Network.
14. What is workgroup and workgroup computing?
15. Define Network Topology.
16. What do you know about bus/star/ring/tree/mesh topology?
17. Define Network protocol.
18. Define the OSI model. Write the names of its layers.
19. What is the role of the network layer?
20. What is the function of the presentation and data link layers in the OSI model?

Chapter 3:

1. What do you know about baseband?

2. What is the disadvantage of the Microwave System?
3. Difference between serial and parallel transmission.
4. What do you know about asynchronous/synchronous transmission?
5. What is bandwidth?
6. What is a digital signal?
7. Define an analog signal? Describe its characteristics.
8. What is ASCII?
9. How does a modem allow computers to communicate over telephone lines?
10. Define the term Encoder and Decoder.
11. How is data represented in a computer?
12. What is data communication? Write the names of basic elements of a data
communication system.
13. Differentiate between bounded and unbounded communication.
14. Define the role of core and cladding in optical fiber.
15. Define Modulation. Why is it necessary?
16. What is Frequency Division Multiplexing?
17. What is meant by encoding of data?

Chapter 4 (Short Questions)

1. Why is the use of computer technology so important?

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 2. How can the computer help in marketing?
3. What is ATM?
4. What is E-banking?
5. Define Desktop Publishing.
6. How can computers be used in the airline system?
7. Define Office Automation.
8. What do you know about the term Reprographics?
9. How is a computer used to support life?
10. Write any two benefits of CBT (Computer-Based Training).
11. What is CAL/CAM/CAD?
12. What is a ROBOT?
13. What is Electronic shopping?
14. How is e-commerce advantageous in modern business? Give three reasons.
15. How can computers be useful in weather forecasting?
16. What is computer simulation? Give an example.
17. Define video conferencing and its benefits.
18. Define B2B/B2C/C2C.

Chapter 5 (Short Questions)

1. What is a stored program computer?
2. Describe the term Computer Architecture.
3. Write down the basic operations of the control unit.
4. What is the main memory?
5. Write the structure of the main memory.
6. List different units of the CPU.
7. Why is RAM called volatile memory?
8. Why do we prefer to use SRAM instead of DRAM? / Differentiate between SRAM and
DRAM.
9. What type of data is stored on ROM? / Why is ROM called Non-Volatile memory?
10. Difference between RAM and ROM.
11. Difference between PROM and EPROM.
12. What is bus interconnection?
13. Define Interrupt.
14. Define Register.
15. What is a Program Counter Register?
16. What is a Stack Pointer Register?
17. What is instruction format?
18. Differentiate between memory and storage.
19. What is cache memory? / How does cache memory speed up the working of the CPU?
20. What is DMA (Direct Memory Access)?
21. Differentiate between Source code and Object code.
22. Why is RAM called random access memory?
23. Describe the function of ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit).
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 24. How is data transferred from peripheral devices to a computer?
25. Why do machine language programs execute faster?
26. What do you know about interrupts?
27. Differentiate between compiler and interpreter.

Chapter 6 (Short Questions - Computer Security)

1. Define Computer Security.
2. What is Data Security?
3. Define Virus.
4. What is Pirated software?
5. What is backup? Elaborate on the importance of backup.
6. What is periodic backup?
7. How does a boot sector virus work?
8. Define antivirus? List four antivirus software programs.
9. Explain activation of computer viruses.
10. Give two suggestions to protect a computer from viruses.
11. What do you know about biometrics?
12. Define Password and state its purpose.
13. Difference between Intentional and Unintentional threats.
14. What is a privacy issue?
15. What is a logic bomb and Trojan Horse?
16. What do you know about the Copyright Act?

Chapter 8 (Short Questions - Word Processing)

1. What is word processing? Where is it used?
2. What is a word processor?
3. Define insertion point.
4. Difference between Save and Save As.
5. Difference between Copy and Cut.
6. What is the use of the clipboard in MS Word?
7. How are Undo and Redo commands used?
8. Difference between Delete and Backspace key.
9. Define Font.
10. What is Formatting?
11. Compare Serif and Sans-serif fonts.
12. Write down three advantages of a word processor over a typewriter.
13. Describe WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get).
14. What is the use of Macros?
15. What do you know about rulers?
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 16. Describe the term Indentation.
17. Differentiate between Insert Mode and Overtype Mode.
18. Differentiate between Bitmap and Vector Graphics.
19. Explain the working of ClipArt.

Chapter 9 (Short Questions - Spreadsheet and Excel)

1. What is a Spreadsheet? Write two disadvantages of a spreadsheet.
2. What is the difference between a worksheet and a workbook?
3. What do you know about 3D Sheets?
4. What do you mean by Named Range?
5. Write the formula to find the square root of the value in cell D10.
6. Differentiate between Function and Formula.
7. Explain the term Nested Function with an example.
8. What do you mean by Wrapping Text?
9. Compare Word Processor and Spreadsheet.
10. What is a cell range?
11. Differentiate between Active Cell and Passive Cell.
12. Define Cell.
13. What is the Merge and Center option in Excel?
14. What is the difference between Relative Reference and Absolute Reference?
15. Write a function to add values from A1 to A10.

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