Superior College Bahawalpur
ICS 1 year (Computer Science)
Important long Question and short Questions
Chapter #1
Long Questions:
1. Define computer . Describe its primary components
2. What is software? Describe different categories of computer software
3. What are pointing device? Describe some pointing device in detail
4. Define Source data entry devices.
5. What is display screens? Explain two types of display screen
6. What is impact printer? Briefly explain their various types
7. Define non-impact primers. Discuss different types of non-impact printers.
8. What is SDLC?
Short Questions
1. Define information
2. Write few applications of information technology.
3. Define Digital Convergence.
4. What is Hyper Media?
5. Differentiate between hypenmedia and multimedia.
6. Define computer
7. Detine Utility Program.
8. Detine input Device
9. What do you mean by QWERTY?
10. Describe pointing device
11. Define Mouse
12. What is touchpad Trackpod?
13. What is light pon
14. What do you know about pen-based system?
15. Identify two alternatives to the mouse
16. Define Barcode.
17. Define Raster Graphics
18. Write two differences between soft copy and hard copy.
19. Why resolution is important for display screen
20. State the relationship between pixel and resolution of monitor.
21. Define SVGA
22. What is printer?
23. Write two any disadvantages of Det Matrix Printers
24. What are non-impact printer?
25. Define term plotter
26. Define system software.
27. What is OS!
28. What is application software?
29. Give two examples of application software.
30. Define customized software
31. Difference between hit and byte.
32. Convert 220 MB of memory into bytes
33. What is system?
34. Last out phases of SDLC
35. What is unit testing?
36. Describe conversion and types.
Chapter #2
Short Questions
1. What is telecommunication?
2. Define computer Network.
3. List some benefits of computer network.
4. What is workgroup computing?
5. What is E-Mail?
6. Write two advantages of using E-mail.
7. What is meant by Internet?
8. Define FTP.
9. Differentiate between uploading and downloading
10. Define Internet.
11. Define the term intranet.
12. Give two difference between internet and extranet.
13. What is network interface card?
14. State the purpose of bridge.
15. What is the purpose of gateway?
16. What are routers?
17. Write the name of LAN protocols.
18. Define the term token in topology.
19. Define ACNet Protocol.
20. Explain TCP/IP
21. Write some benefits of using network
22. What is dedicated server?
23. What is the use of server in computer network?
24. Define Client.
25. What is the difference between server computer and terminal?
26. What do you know about Hybrid?
27. Define De-Facto standard/De-Jure
28. Define term network topology.
29. Define bus topology.
30. Define CSMA/CR.
31. State the purpose of session layer.
32. What is the function of transport layer in OSI Model?
33. What is the function of physical layer is OSI Model?
34. Define OSI Model.
35. What is computer Model
36. What is Network Standard?
37. What is different between dejure and defacto standard
38. What is computer Network?
39. What is Network Protocols?
40. What is network topologies ( all topologies as a short )
Chapter # 3
LONG QUESTION
1. What is data communication? Write the components of data communication.
2. What is meant by encoding of data?
3. What is data communication mode? Explain different types.
4. What is communication media? Write a note on guided media.
5. Write a note on un-guided media.
Short Questions
1. Define data communication.
2. Define encoder/Decoder.
3. What is signals?
4. Define analog signals.
5. Write the characteristics of analog of signals.
6. Define digital signals.
7. How data is represented in computer?
8. Define bit and byte.
9. What is meant by encoding of data?
10. Why Unicode is superior to ASCII code?
11. What is parallel data transmission?
12. What is serial data transmission?
13. What is Asynchronous data transmission?
14. What is start signal? List its different states.
15. Describe synchronous data transmission.
16. Define Bandwidth.
17. What is baseband?
18. Define F.D.M.
19. Define Refraction.
20. Define modulation
21. List some features of Modem,
22. Explain external modem.
23. What do you know about wireless modem?
Chapter # 4
Short Questions
1. Explain importance of computers.
2. How computer can be used in marketing?
3. What is the use of computer in stock exchange?
4. Write down two uses of computer in banks
5. What is ATM?
6. How computer can be used in departmental store?
7. Name the software used for automation.
8. Define document management system.
9. Define desktop publishing.
10. Define Reprographics.
11. Define image processing.
12. Define E-Commerce.
13. List two advantages of E-commerce.
14. Describe the term video conferencing.
15. What is electronic shopping?
16. What is E-Banking/ Cyber Banking/ Electronic Banking?
17. What are the uses of computer in industry?
18. Define Robots.
19. Write some applications of robots in industry
20. Explain CAD.
21. What is meant by CAM?
22. Write some benefits of computer aided manufacturing.
23. What is computer simulation?
24. How computer can be useful in airline system?
25. How computers can be useful in online education?
26. Define CAL and its benefits
27. What is computer based training?
28. How computer can be useful in weather forecasting?
29. Give two reasons of computer use.
30. Give two examples of computer speed.
Long Questions
1. What is E Commerce and explain role of E-commerce
2. What is the use of computer in business
3. What is the use of computer in education field
4. What is impact of computer on our society
Chapter # 5
LONG QUESTIONS
1. Explain the Architecture of computer system.
2. What is RAM? Explain its types.
3. What is ROM? Discuss its types.
4. What is bus interconnection? What is computer system? Explain different types of
bus.
5. Explain fetch-decode-execute cycle.
6. Describe language processor. Discuss different types of language.
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. What is the concept of stored program computer( Von-Neuman)
2. What is computer architecture?
3. List some important components of computer architecture.
4. What is control unit
5. State the purpose of ALU.
6. Define main memory.
7. Define 1/0 unit.
8. What is CPU?
9. What is motherboard?
10. Which functions are performed by ALU?
11. What is the concept of memory address?
12. Why RAM is called Random Access memory?
13. What is SRAM?
14. Define cache memory?
15. Why RAM is called volatile memory?
16. Write one difference between Primary memory and cache memory.
17. What is ROM?
18. Why ROM is non-Volatile memory?
19. Define PROM.
20. What is meant by EEPROM?
21. Write the names of different types of buses.
22. How is data transferred from processor to memory/
23. What is the function of address bus?
24. Explain the function of input/output unit.
25. How is data transferred from peripheral devices to computer?
26. What are interrupts?
27. Define DMA.
28. What is the purpose of MBR?
29. What is segment register?
30. Define stack.
31. Write the purpose of data transfer instruction.
32. State the purpose of Input/Output.
33. Distinguish between an instruction and an operation.
34. How does fetch-decode-execute cycle of CPU work?
35. What is OS?
36. Why machine language program execute faster?
37. Define programming language.
38. Define assembler.
39. Write the name of any four high level language.
40. Define source code.
41. What is an object code?
Chapter # 06
Long Questions
1. Discuss different causes of computer virus.
2. What is data security? Discuss some ways in which the security of data may be
violated.
3. Briefly discuss different security threads to data security.
4. What is computer virus? Discuss different types of virus.
5. How can we protect computer system from virus? Long Questions
Short Questions
1. What is meant by security?
2. Write about biometric.
3. List names of two biometric methods.
4. How virus is activated?
5. How can virus damage computer
6. Give some causes of virus.
7. How pirated software spread?
8. List some types of virus.
9. Give four suggestions to protect computer from virus.
10. Define antivirus software.
11. Write the names of different antivirus program.
12. Explain data security.
13. Why data security is important?
14. State the purpose of password
15. Describe backup of data.
16. What do you mean by data protection?
17. Define data protection legislation.
18. What is meant by copy right?
19. Define software piracy.
20. What is pirated software?
21. What is the purpose of copyright?
Chapter # 7
Short Questions
1. Define Operating system (OS)
2. What is Graphical user interface?
3. Define command line OS.
4. Why computers need OS?
5. Define windows.
6. List different objects of windows OS.
7. Define desktop.
8. Define recycle bin./ how content restore from recycle bin
9. What is document folder?
10. What is internet explorer?
11. What is the use of control panel?
12. List two events of mouse.
13. Name events of keyboard.
14. What do you know about multitasking?
15. What is the purpose of multiprocessing?
16. Distinguish between single user and multiuser OS.
17. What do you mean by plug and play?
18. Define partition.
19. What is meant by primary partition
20. What is extended partition?
21. What is file management?
22. Describe print queue
Long
1. What user interface .explain GUI and CLI
2. Explain the features of windows operating system
3. Explain the objects of windows operating system
Chapter 8
Short Questions
1. Define word processor.
2. What is the purpose of word processor
3. List some uses of word processor.
4. Write a note on text editor.
5. What is formatting in MS-Word?
6. What are the types of modes?
7. Define insert mode.
8. What is over-type mode?
9. What is formatting in MS-word?
10. What is character formatting?
11. Define font and its use.
12. What do you know about font size and font style characteristics?
Chapter #9
Short Questions
1. What is spreadsheet program?
2. Give two advantages of spreadsheet.
3. List any four functions of spreadsheet.
4. What is worksheet?
5. What is workbook?
6. What is cell and cell address?
7. Discuss Active and passive cell.
8. Distinguish between label and formula.
9. What do you mean by relative cell reference?
10. What is name box?
11. How is a formula in written in excel?
12. What is difference between formula and function?
13. What is paragraph formatting?
14. What is line and paragraph spacing?
15. What are margins?
16. What is page formatting?
17. Define header and footer in MS Word.
18. How can you print a document?
19. State the use of clipboard in MS- Word.
20. What are shortcut keys for cut and copy?
21. Difference between save and save as option.
22. Write a function that total cells A1 through A5.
Chapter # 10
Short Questions
1. Define internet.
2. Describe APRANET.
3. What is ISP? Name some ISPs in Pakistan.
4. Write two facilities provided by internet.
5. How can we connect to internet?
6. Define IP Addressing.
7. What is Domain name?
8. Define DNS Addressing.
9. Define web browser.
10. Why we use web browser?
11. What is WWW?
12. List some popular web browsers.
13. How web pages are created?
14. What are hyperlinks?
15. Define website.
16. What does URL mean/
17. Define search engine with example.
18. What is an E-mail?
