Computer and IT Quiz SET 2

Let’s attempt the MCQ’s for Computer and Information Technology to test your knowledge on this topic.

Question 1. A pen drive is ________.

(A) A fixed secondary storage unit

(B) A magnetic secondary storage unit

(C) A removable secondary storage unit

(D) None of the above

View Answer
(C) A removable secondary storage unit

Question 2. The Internet works on ________.

(A) Circuit switching only

(B) Packet switching only

(C) Both circuit and packet switching

(D) None of the above

View Answer
(B) Packet switching only

Question 3. Mouse is _________.

(A) Memory

(B) C.P.U.

(C) Input Device

(D) Output Device

View Answer
(C) Input Device

Question 4. Ethernet is an example of ________.

(A) MAN

(B) LAN

(C) WAN

(D) Wi-Fi

View Answer
(B) LAN

Question 5. Which of the following is not an output device?

(A) Monitor

(B) Printer

(C) Mouse

(D) Plotters

View Answer
(C) Mouse 

Question 6. MS-DOS was first released in _______.

(A) 1971

(B) 1981

(C) 1991

(D) 2001

View Answer
(B) 1981

Question 7. Which of the following is not an output device?

(A) Monitor

(B) Touch screen

(C) Printer

(D) Plotter

View Answer
(B) Touch screen

Question 8. What is the difference between Bluetooth and Wi-Fi devices?

(A) Bluetooth uses 2.4 GHz radio frequency band whereas WiFi can use 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz frequency band

(B) Bluetooth is used for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) only, whereas Wi-Fi is used for Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWAN) only

(C) When information is transmitted between two devices using Bluetooth technology, the devices have to be in the line of sight of each other. But when Wi-Fi technology is used, the devices need not be in the line of sight of each other

(D) The statement (A) and (B) given above are correct in this context

View Answer
(A) Bluetooth uses 2.4 GHz radio frequency band whereas WiFi can use 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz frequency band

Question 9. Which is the most common ‘input device’ used today?

(A) Motherboard

(B) Central Processing Unit

(C) Keyboard

(D) Semi-conductor

View Answer
(C) Keyboard

Question 10. The first railway station in the country to provide Google’s free public Wi-Fi service is __________.

(A) New Delhi Railway Station

(B) Mumbai Central Railway Station

(C) Howrah Railway Station

(D) Chennai Railway Station

View Answer
(B) Mumbai Central Railway
Station

Question 11. The most common input device used today is ________.

(A) Trackball

(B) Scanner

(C) Mouse

(D) None of these

View Answer
(C) Mouse 

Question 12.The computer system which links and stores information among different countries in the world through a satellite is known as _________.

(A) Apollo

(B) INSAT 2D

(C) Internet

(D) Nicnet

View Answer
(D) Nicnet

Question 13. The body of mouse used in computers was designed about 40 years back. Then, it was made of __________.

(A) Aluminium

(B) Plastic

(C) Steel

(D) Wood

View Answer
(D) Wood

Question 14. What is ‘Virtual Private Network’?

(A) It is a private computer network of an organization where the remote users can transmit encrypted information through the server of the organization

(B) It is a computer network across a public Internet that provides users to access their organization’s network while
maintaining the security of the information transmitted

(C) It is a computer network in which users can access a shared pool of computing resources through a service provider

(D) None of the statements (A), (B) and (C) given above is a correct description of Virtual Private Network

View Answer
(B) It is a computer network across a public Internet that provides users to access their organization’s network while maintaining the security of the information transmitted

Question 15. After the double click of the mouse, the information goes to _________.

(A) Documents

(B) Video Gard

(C) C.P.U.

(D) Hard Drive

View Answer
(C) C.P.U.

Question 16. The layer between Physical and Network is known as _________.

(A) Data Link Layer

(B) Transport Layer

(C) Session Layer

(D) None of the above

View Answer
(A) Data Link Layer

Question 17. In which port do you plug-in the cable of your keyboard?

(A) VGA Port

(B) Ethernet Port

(C) USB Port

(D) Sanpedro Port

View Answer
(C) USB Port

Question 18. Talaash is _________.

(A) a navy aircraft

(B) a recently developed missile

(C) a multimedia portal on Internet and an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software in Devanagari developed by C-DAC

(D) a low-cost PC-based super computing platform

View Answer
(C) a multimedia portal on Internet
and an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software in Devanagari developed by C-DAC

Question 19. A network of networks is simply called _________.

(A) Extranet

(B) Intranet

(C) Webnet

(D)Internet

View Answer
(D)Internet

Question 20. To safeguard against cyber attacks and threats of data theft, the ‘Centre for Development of Advanced Computing’ has developed as new software called __________.

(A) AVARODH

(B) NAYAN

(C) TRIKAL

(D) None of these

View Answer
(B) NAYAN