Information Technology MCQs

SET-1

1) Full form of “OS” is?

  1. Order of significance
  2. Operating system
  3. Open software
  4. Optical Sensor

 

 

Answer = B

2) The ribbon is used in ?

  1. Laser Printer
  2. Plotter
  3. Inkjet

printer

  1. Dot Matrix printer

 

 

Answer = D

3) Address book contains?

  1. Email address
  2. Phone numbers
  3. People Names
  4. All of the above

 

 

Answer = D

4) Full form of “DOCOMO” ?

  1. Do Connect over Mobile
  2. Do Communications Over the Mobile network
  3. Dongle Communication Over Mobile
  4. Do Communication Or More

 

 

Answer =B

5) Joystick is used to ?

  1. Move cursor on the screen
  2. Computer games
  3. Both a and b
  4. None of these

 

 

Answer = C

6) A DNS translates a domain name into what ?

  1. Binary
  2. Hex
  3. IP
  4. URL

 

 

Answer = C

7) When was the first email

sent ?

  1. 1963
  2. 1969
  3. 1971
  4. 1974

 

 

Answer = C Explanation: It was sent by Ray Tomlinson

8) What type of memory is volatile ?

  1. Cache
  2. RAM
  3. ROM
  4. Hard Drive

 

 

Answer =B

9) Which of the below is not an iPhone 4 feature ?

  1. 4G
  2. Front facing camera
  3. HD recording
  4. Multitasking

 

 

Answer = A

10) Main memory is also known as ?

  1. Auxiliary memory
  2. Primery memory
  3. Secondry memory
  4. None of above

 

 

Answer = B

SET2

1) A presentation means ?

  1. Display of products
  2. Explaining the utility of products
  3. A gift
  4. Display of communication or skills

 

 

Answer = B

2) The term CRM means ?

  1. Customer Relationship Management
  2. Customer Retention Manager
  3. Customer’s Relative Meet
  4. Channel Root Market

 

 

Answer = A

3) Why would a switch be used in a network in preference to a HUB ?

  1. To reduce the network traffic
  2. To prevent the spread of all viruses
  3. To connect a computer directly to the internet
  4. To manage password security at the work station

Answer = A

4) What should be done to successfully convert the format of an image from BMP

to JPEG ?

  1. Compress the file
  2. Rename the image
  3. Use the save as command
  4. Change the image file extension

 

 

Answer =C

5) A company regularly updates a user reference guide. Some staff are confused

about which of the printed document is the most current. What feature should be

included in the reference guide to eliminate this confusion ?

  1. Data printed
  2. Version number
  3. Authors name
  4. Copyright information

 

 

Answer = B

6) The term associated with the processing of comparison speed is ?

  1. FFTS
  2. MPG
  3. MIPS
  4. CPS

 

 

Answer =C

7) The data from a spreadsheet needs to be imported into a database package.

Which file format would be the most appropriate when saving the spreadsheet file

?

  1. CSV
  2. HTML
  3. PDF
  4. RTF

 

 

Answer =A

8) For reproducing sound the CD audio player uses a ?

  1. Quartz Cristal
  2. Titanium Needle
  3. Laser Beam
  4. Barium Titanium Ceramic

 

 

Answer =C

9) Which of the following would indicate that the motherboard battery has failed ?

  1. Operating system passwords are lost
  2. Files on the hard disk are lost and corrupted
  3. Hardware settings, including virtual memory reverts to default values
  4. Hardware settings, including the current date and time reverts to default values

 

 

Answer = D

10) Which of the following is essential component of communication cycle ?

  1. A message
  2. An interpreter
  3. An email account
  4. An internet connection

 

 

Answer =A

SET3

1) Which country created the most used networking software in 1980’s ?

  1. Sun
  2. IBM
  3. Novell
  4. Microsoft

 

 

Answer =C

2) In what year was the @ chosen for its use in email address ?

  1. 1972
  2. 1976
  3. 1980
  4. 1984

 

 

Answer =A

3) Which American computer company is called Big Blue ?

  1. IBM
  2. Compaq Corp
  3. Microsoft
  4. Tandy Svenson

 

 

Answer = A

4) Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a

waving machine ?

  1. Pascal
  2. Hollerith
  3. Babbage
  4. Jacquard

 

 

Answer =D

5) What does SSL stands for ?

  1. System socket layer
  2. Secure system login
  3. Secure socket layer
  4. Secure system login

 

 

Answer =C

6) What is MAC ?

  1. A computer made by Apple
  2. Memory address corruption
  3. Mediocre Apple Computer
  4. Media Access Control

 

 

Answer =D

7) What does PPTP stand for ?

  1. Point to Point Transmission Protocol
  2. Point to Point Transfer Protocol
  3. Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
  4. Point to Point Traffic Protocol

 

 

Answer = C

8) The IBM PCXT

was the first to include a hard drive. What was the capacity of

this disk ?

  1. 750 KB
  2. 10 KB
  3. 20 KB
  4. 1.44 KB

 

 

Answer =B

9) In 1983, which person was the first to offer a definition of the term ‘computer

virus’ ?

  1. Smith
  2. Cohen
  3. Norton
  4. Mcafee

 

 

Answer = B

10) DTP computer abbreviation usually means ?

  1. DeskTop Publishing
  2. Data Type Programming
  3. Digital Transmission Protocol
  4. None Of above

 

 

Answer = B

SET4

1) Which country created the most used networking software in 1980’s ?

  1. Sun
  2. IBM
  3. Novell
  4. Microsoft

 

 

Answer =C

2) In what year was the @ chosen for its use in email address ?

  1. 1972
  2. 1976
  3. 1980
  4. 1984

 

 

Answer =A

3) Which American computer company is called Big Blue ?

  1. IBM
  2. Compaq Corp
  3. Microsoft
  4. Tandy Svenson

 

 

Answer = A

4) Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a

waving machine ?

  1. Pascal
  2. Hollerith
  3. Babbage
  4. Jacquard

 

 

Answer =D

5) What does SSL stands for ?

  1. System socket layer
  2. Secure system login
  3. Secure socket layer
  4. Secure system login

 

 

Answer =C

6) What is MAC ?

  1. A computer made by Apple
  2. Memory address corruption
  3. Mediocre Apple Computer
  4. Media Access Control

 

 

Answer =D

7) What does PPTP stand for ?

  1. Point to Point Transmission Protocol
  2. Point to Point Transfer Protocol
  3. Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
  4. Point to Point Traffic Protocol

 

 

Answer = C

8) The IBM PCXT

was the first to include a hard drive. What was the capacity of

this disk ?

  1. 750 KB
  2. 10 KB
  3. 20 KB
  4. 1.44 KB

 

 

Answer =B

9) In 1983, which person was the first to offer a definition of the term ‘computer

virus’ ?

  1. Smith
  2. Cohen
  3. Norton
  4. Mcafee

 

 

Answer = B

10) DTP computer abbreviation usually means ?

  1. DeskTop Publishing
  2. Data Type Programming
  3. Digital Transmission Protocol
  4. None Of above

 

 

Answer = B