Q1. If you wish to extend the length of the network without having the signal degrade, you would use a _____.
(a) Repeater
(b) Router
(c) Gateway
(d) Switch
(e) None of these
Q2. What is a Firewall in Computer Network?
(a) The physical boundary of Network
(b) An operating System of Computer Network
(c) A system designed to prevent unauthorized access
(d) A web browsing Software
(e) None of these
Q3. The process of trading goods over the internet is known as _________.
(a) E-selling-n-buying
(b) E-trading
(c) E-finance
(d) E-salesmanship
(e) E-commerce
Q4. C was developed by ______.
(a) Ada Byron
(b) Bill Gates
(c) Blaise Pascale
(d) Dennis Ritchie
(e) None of these
Q5. Which of the following is a programming language?
(a) Lotus
(b) Pascal
(c) MS-Excel
(d) Netscape
(e) None of these
Q6. The term is used to describe the intangible instructions that tell the computer what to do is known as_______.
(a) Hardware
(b) Software
(c) Storage
(d) Input/output
(e) None of these
Q7. A set of instructions telling the computer what to do is called______.
(a) Mentor
(b) Instructor
(c) Complier
(d) Program
(e) Debugger
Q8. Programs designed to perform specific tasks related to managing computer resources are called_____.
(a) Operating system
(b) Helper software
(c) System software
(d) Application software
(e) Utility software
Q9. _____ is a Windows utility program that located and eliminates unnecessary fragments and rearranges filed and unused to disk space to optimise operations.
(a) Backup
(b) Disk cleanup
(c) Disk defragmenter
(d) Restore
(e) Disk restorer
Q10. Which command is used to set a name to a disk in DOS?
(a) VOLUME
(b) VOL
(c) LABEL
(d) DISKLABEL
(e) None of these
Q11. Software that is actively utilised by end-users (like word or powerpoint) is called
(a) Actionware
(b) Operating system
(c) System software
(d) Driver
(e) Application software
Q12. Distributed processing involves
(a) Solving computer component problems from a different computer
(b) Solving computing problems by breaking them into smaller parts that are separately processed by different computers
(c) Allowing users to share files on a network
(d) Allowing users to access network resources away from the office
(e) None of the above
Q13. What is an intranet?
(a) A LAN of an organization
(b) A wide Area Network connecting all branches of an organization
(c) A corporate computer network
(d) A network connecting all computers of an organization and using the internet protocol
(e) None of these
Q14. Specialised program(s) designed to allow particular input or output device(s) to communication with the rest of the computer system is called _______.
(a) Computer
(b) Device drivers
(c) Interpreters
(d) Operating system
(e) None of these
Q15. Which of the following scrambles a message by applying a secret code?
(a) Encryption
(b) Audits
(c) UPS
(d) Firewalls
(e) None of the above
