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CHAPTER NO.01
BASICS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What do you know about Pen-based System?
2 What is Bar-Code Reader?
3 Define System Development Life Cycle.
4 What is an Information Technology?
5 What is Dedicated Fax Machine?
6 What is Trackball?
7 Define pointing device. List the names of four pointing devices.
8 What is graphics Tablet?
9 What is Video adopter?
10 Write some applications of Information technology.
11 What is System? List its different components.
12 List the different components of SDLC.
13 Why resolution is important for display screen?
14 What is application software?
15 Explain the concept of Pen-based systems.
16 What are Non-Impact printers?
17 Enlist different technologies used in Flat-panel Display Screens.
18 What do you know about Mouse?
19 What is LASER Printer?
20 Define Digital Convergence.

1 What is computer? Discuss primary components of a Compute

System.
2 What is Computer Software? Explain its different types in detail.
3 What is Information Technology? Discuss it in detail.
4 Discuss the modern scenarios of Information technology.
5 What is Source Data entry Devices? List out different categories of
these devices. Explain source Data entry Devices briefly.
6 What are Display Screens? Explain different features of Display
screens.
7 What are Display Screens? Explain any two types of Display screens.
8 What is an Impact Printer? Explain any two types of Impact Printer.
9 What are Non-Impact Printers? Explain any two types of Non-Impact
Printers.
10 What is the use of Plotters? Explain the different types of Plotters.

CHAPTERNO.02
INFORMATION NETWORKS
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What is Client-Server Network Model?
2 What is Peer to Peer Network Model?
3 Define ARC net Protocol.
4 What do you know about Workgroup computing?
5 Define Information Network.
6 What is Groupware?
7 Explain TCP/IP.
8 What is Telnet? Enlist the different components of LAN.
9 Enlist the different layers of OSI Model.
10 What is Router?

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11 Define “ISDN”.
12 What is Network Topology? List the names of topologies.
13 What is Bus Topology?
14 What do you know about Gateway?
15 What is WAN?
16 Define the term “INTRANET”.
17 What is “EXTRANET”?
18 Enlist the different components of LAN.

1 Define Computer Network. Explain different devices used to connect

networks of computers.
2 What is Computer Network? Discuss different Network Models.
3 What is LAN? Explain different components of LAN.
4 Define Topology. Explain the working of Bus and Ring Topology
along with diagram.
5 Discuss in detail the difference between LAN and WAN.
6 Explain different devices used to connect networks of computers.
7 Briefly discuss the different methods of Ethernet to access network.

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DATA COMMUNICATIONS
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What is meant by encoding of Data?
2 What is Parallel Data transmission?
3 Define Serial Data transmission.
4 Explain the term Baseband?
5 Define Synchronous Data Transmission.
6 Describe Asynchronous Data Transmission.
7 What is Frequency Division Multiplexing?
8 What is Communication Satellite?
9 Define “Bandwidth”.
10 What is Simplex mode of data transmission?
11 What do you know about Microwave data transmission?
12 Define the term “Modulation”. Explain with example.
13 What is meant by full duplex mode of data transmission?
14 Define data communication mode.
15 What is Communication Media?
16 Define the term “EBCDIC” data-coding scheme.
17 What is refraction?
18 What is start signal? List its different states.

1 What is Data communication? Describe the basic components of

communication network.
2 What is meant of encoding of data? Explain the different coding
schemes used to represent data in computer.
3 What is communication mode? Explain different types of data
communication mode.
4 What are the different types of communication media used in
computer Network? Explain any two media for each type.
5 Briefly describe various Guided Media
6 Briefly, describe various un-Guided Media?
7 What do you mean by communication channel? Describe any three
types in detail.
8 What is Modem? Describe its features and types briefly?

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9 Discuss different types of data transmissions.

CHAPTER NO.04
APPLICATIONS AND USES OF COMPUTERS
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What is E-commerce?
2 What is Video Conferencing?
3 Define the term On-line Banking.
4 Explain Document Management System.
5 Define Computer Based Training.
6 Describe Computer Aided Manufacturing.
7 What is Computer simulation?
8 What is Computer Aided Design?
9 Explain Weather forecasting.
10 What is Airline System?
11 What do you know about Computer Aided Learning?
12 Define the term “Desktop Publishing”.
13 What is Robot?
14 What do you know about On-line Education
15 How computers can be used in Marketing?
16 What is Automated Teller Machine?

1 Discuss the impacts of Computer Technology on our Society.

2 Discuss the uses of computer in the field of Business.
3 Discuss, how Computers can be used in medical Field?
4 Explain the uses of Computer in Education.
5 What is e-commerce? Discuss its roll in our daily life?
6 How computers can be useful in weather forecasting?
7 Briefly discuss Computer Aided Design.
8 How computers can be useful in Industry? Explain briefly.

CHAPTER NO.05
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What is Zero-Address Instruction Format?
2 What is the concept of stored program machine?
3 Describe the roll of main memory in computer system.
4 Explain Cache Memory.
5 Define Two-Address Instruction Format.
6 Describe some activities of Control Unit.
7 Why RAM is called volatile memory?
8 How is data transferred from processor to memory?
9 Explain the function of Input/output Unit.
10 What is Language Processor?
11 What is DMA?
12 What functions are carried in ALU of CPU?
13 What do you know about Bus Interconnection?
14 Define the term “Interrupt”.
15 What is the function of Instruction Pointer Register?
16 Differentiate between Compiler and Interpreter.
17 Why ROM is called Non-volatile Memory?
18 What is DRAM?

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19 What is the concept of memory address?
20 Why RAM is called Random Access Memory?

1 What is Computer Architecture? Explain the different components of

Computer Architecture.
2 What is main memory? Explain its different types.
3 What is ROM? Explain its different types.
4 What is Bus interconnection? Explain the different types of Buses.
5 What is CPU Register? Briefly describe General Purpose and Special
Purpose Registers.
6 Explain the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle of CPU.
7 What is an Operating System? Explain its different functions.
8 What are Computer Languages? Explain different categories of
Computer Languages.
9 Define language processor. Explain different types of language
processor.
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CHAPTER NO.06
SECURITY, COPYRIGHT AND THE LAW
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 How virus can damage computer?
2 List some important Anti-virus programs.
3 What do you know about copyright act?
4 List out some causes of computer viruses.
5 Define pirated software.
6 Why it is necessary to backup data regularly?
7 What is meant by software copyright?
8 List different types of viruses.
9 What is Antivirus software?
10 Explain activation of computer virus.
11 What is meant by privacy of data?
12 Why is data security important?
13 What does privacy issue mean?
14 Why data protection is important?
15 Define security.
16 How is security maintained on a computer?
17 What is biometrics?
18 How can virus damage computer?
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1. How can you protect the computer system from a virus?
2. Explain the different types of viruses.
3. What is data security? Why it is important?
4. Explain the different methods of safeguarding against viruses.
5. What is password? Explain its purpose along with examples.
6. Explain the different causes of computer viruses. How virus is
activated?
7. What is the concept of backup of data? Explain its different types.
8. Discuss different types of media used for backup of data.

CHAPTER NO.07
WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM

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SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Define Command line Operating System?
2. Explain GUI Operating System.
3. What do you know about Multitasking Operating System?
4. Define Single User Operating System.
5. Differentiate between Multitasking and Multiprocessing.
6. List out the different objects of Windows Operating system.
7. Explain the different events of mouse.
8. What is meant by primary partition?
9. Why is disk management utility?
10. What is plug and play feature of windows?
11. What are keyboard events?
12. What is clipboard?
13. Define desktop.
14. What is the purpose of control unit?
15. What is the purpose of Recycle bin?
16. Define partition.
1. Explain he different types of Operating System on the basis of User
interaction.
2. Discuss any five different features of Windows Operating System.
3. Discuss any four objects of Windows Operating System.
4. What is the purpose of Mouse and Keyboard? Explain the different
events of keyboard and mouse.
5. Define partition. Explain the different types of partition.

CHAPTER NO.08
WORD PROCESSING
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Define Insertion mode and Overtype mode in Microsoft word.
2. What do you know about line spacing and paragraph spacing?
3. Differentiate between margins and indents?
4. What are Headers and Footers in Microsoft word?
5. What is meant by indent in Microsoft word?
6. Explain “SAVE” and “SAVE AS” commands.
7. What is meant by Entering and Editing Text?
8. Differentiate between bitmap graphics and vector graphics.
9. What is paragraph formatting?
10. Describe “Undo” and “Redo” commands.
11. What is meant by page orientation?
12. Define Word Processor.
13. What is character formatting?

1. What is word processor? Explain the advantages of word processor

over typewriter.
2. What is Explain the features of full featured Word Processor.
3. What is paragraph? Describe formatting features of paragraph.
4. What is table? How table is created in MS Word.
5. Define and distinguish between Insert and Overtype mode for
entering text in MS-Word.
6. What is clipboard? Explain its uses.
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SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What is worksheet in spreadsheet software?
2 List any four functions of spreadsheet.
3 Differentiate between workbook and worksheet.
4 What is the difference between Function and Formula?
5 Differentiate between Active cell and Passive cell in Excel.
6 What do you know about Relative Referencing?
7 What do you know about Absolute Referencing?
8 What is cell and cell address?
9 What is the use of argument is the function?
10 Explain the difference between labels and values in Excel?

1 Discuss the basic features of Spreadsheet Software.

2 What is spreadsheet? Write its applications, advantages and
disadvantages.
3 Discuss different data types used in Excel.

CHAPTER NO.10
FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNET
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 What do you know about uploading and downloading?
2 Define Web browsing?
3 What is meant by IP-Addressing and DNS-Addressing?
4 Enlist the names of some search engines.
5 Differentiate between intranet and Extranet.
6 What is web publishing?
7 Define e-mail address and its components.
8 What do you know about “ARPANET”?
9 What is web hosting?
10 What is domain name?
11 What is web browsing? List two names of web browsers.
12 Differentiate between URL and Website.

1 What is meant by address scheme? Enumerate different addressing

schemes used on Internet.
2 What is e-mail? Explain the different components of email address.
3 What is Search Engine? Enlist some popular Search Engines.
4 How the use of Internet is affecting our society? Give your
comments.

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