Computer Important

Questions
(For preparation of exam)

Include:
 Short question without answer
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 Computer Important
Questions
(For preparation of exam)

Written By
Muhammad Taimoor Tariq
MPhil. Computer Science
Special Thanks
Mr. Raiz Hussain Mr. Kamran Javaid
Principal JCC&IT M.com (A&F)

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Contents
1 Basics of information technology …………………………………………………4
2 Information Network……………………………………………………………. 6
3 Data communication……………………………………………………………8
4 Application and use of computer…………………………………………….10
5 Computer Architecture…………………………………………………….12
6 Security, Copy right and Law……………………………………………14

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Student must follow Computer Text book & IT series

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 Basics of Information Technology

Important short question

1. What is computer?
2. Define software.
3. Difference b/w software and hardware.
4. What is data? Give example.
5. What is data processing explain with example?
6. What are the primary component of computer write only name?
7. What is digital convergence?
8. What is multimedia and hypermedia?
9. What is off-the-shelf software?
10.Difference b/w system and application software.
11.What is direct and indirect input?
12.Define barcode reader.
13.What is dedicated fax machine?
14.Define audio and video input.
15.Define soft copy and hard copy.
16.Difference b/w input and output device.
17.Difference b/w CRT and LCD.
18.Difference b/w Impact printer and Non-impact printer.
19.Define bit and byte.
20.Define system and its component.
21.What do you mean by QWERTY?
22.Define utility program.

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 23.What is pen based computer systems? MICR stand for only.
24.What is UCP
25.OCR, OMR stand only
26.Write the use of stylus
27.What is facsimile fax machine? Write its type just only name
28.Define Digital camera and its advantage.
29.What is Display Screen? Write its main feature
30.LCD, ELD, GDP stand for & write one advantage of flat-panel display.
31.Difference b/w SVGA and XGA.
32.Difference b/w SVGA and XGA.
33.State the working of Laser printer.
34.Define Pixel & DPI stand for.
35.Difference between color and monochrome monitor.
36.Define plotters.
37.What is output audio? / Which device is used to output audio data from the
computer?
38.Difference b/w printer and plotter.
Important long question
1. What is computer? Discuss primary/basics components/parts of a
computer system.
2. What is information technology? Discuss its modern scenario/application
of IT.
3. What is software? Describe different types of software?
4. What is input? Write the name of input devices? Explain keyboard and its
functions.
5. What is pointing devices? List the name of different pointing devices.
Explain pointing devices in detail.
6. What is source data entry devices? Discuss in detail.
7. Difference b/w input and output? Write the name of different input and
output devices.
8. What is display screen? What are the feature of display screen?
9. What is display screen? Discuss different type of screens.
10.What is printer? Discuss/explain different type of printer.
11.What is plotter? Explain different type of plotters.
12.What is SDLC? Discuss different phases.
Note: Student please read also these topic:

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 1. Basics unit of data storage.
2. Different type of graphics card

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 Information Network

Important short question

1. What is information network/computer network?
2. What is workgroup?
3. Define groupware.
4. What is terminal computer?
5. What is server computer?
6. What is network standards and discuss De facto.
7. What organizations define network standards?
8. Define router.
9. Difference b/w gateway and bridges.
10.What is NIC?
11.Define communication media.
12.Difference b/w LAN &WAN.
13.CSMA/CD stand for.
14.Define World Wide Web.
15.What is Telnet?
16.What is Gopher?
17.DARPA stand for.
18.Difference b/w ISDN & DSL.
19.Difference b/w intranet and extranet.
20.Write a short note on HTTP.
21.Define E-mail and advantage of e-mail.
P.T.O

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Important long question
1. What is computer network/ information network? Explain its uses/benefits.
2. Discuss different network models.
3. What is topology? Write the name of topologies. Explain any two
topologies.
4. What is bus topology? Discuss its working with diagram. Also discuss the
advantages and disadvantages.
5. What is ring topology? Discuss its working with diagram. Also discuss the
advantages and disadvantages.
6. What is star topology? Discuss its working with diagram. Also discuss the
advantages and disadvantages.
7. What is tree topology? Discuss its working with diagram. Also discuss the
advantages and disadvantages.
8. What is mesh topology? Discuss its working with diagram. Also discuss the
advantages and disadvantages.
9. What is LAN? Where it is used? Discuss its uses and advantages.
10.What is WAN? Where it is used? Write any two example.
11.What is Metropolitan-Area Network (MAN)? Give advantages and
disadvantages.
12.What is network protocol? Discuss different LAN protocols.
13.What is an OSI model? Write the name of layer in this model. Draw and
label OSI model.
Note: Student please read also these topic:
1. Write a short note on TCP/IP.
2. What is Internet and history of Internet?

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 Data Communications

Important short question

1. What is data communication?
2. Define encoder and decoder.
3. Write the name of different data types.
4. What is numeric data?
5. How is data represented in computer?
6. Define ASCII.
7. What is Data encoding/what is meant by encoding/define data encoding.
8. What is communication media/define communication media/what is
communication that are used in computer network/what is communication
channel.
9. Define guided media.
10. Define unguided media.
11.Characteristics of twisted pair.
12.Define external modem.
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Important long question
1. What is data communications? Explain the basic component of
communication network?
2. What is signal? Discuss different forms.
3. What is data transmission mode? Explain its types with example.
4. Discuss different type of data transmission.
5. Explain asynchronous and synchronous transmission.
6. Briefly describe the different guided media.
7. Briefly describe the different unguided media.
Note: Student please read also this topic:
1. Write a note on modem and its types.
2. Define the broadband, baseband, band width.
3. What is the mean by encoding the data? Discuss different coding schemes that
is use in computer.

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 Application and Uses of Computer

Important short question

1. Define marketing.
2. Define stock Exchange.
3. Define CBT.
4. Define CAL.
5. What is Computer Aided Design (CAD)?
6. What is Computer Aided manufacturing and benefits?
7. What is computer simulation with example?
8. Define the term video conferencing.
9. Write benefits of video conferencing.
Important long question
1. What is E-commerce? Discuss its role in our daily life.
2. Describe the uses of computer at home.
3. Describe the uses of computer in business.
Note: Student please read also this topic:
Carefully read five year short question that are related to this chapter.

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 Computer Architecture

Important short question

1. Describe Von Neumann design
2. Define CU and ALU.
3. Define bus interconnection.
4. CPU stand for. Write the name of four parts.
5. Difference b/w SRAM and DRAM.
6. Difference b/w ROM and RAM.
7. What is Cache memory? How does it affect the working of CPU?
8. Write the name of different type of buses.
9. What is timing information and command signal?
10.Write some command related to bus interconnection.
11.Define I/O unit.
12.DMA stand for.
13.What is Interrupt? Write one advantage.
14.Define/what is Register.
15.What is Operand code and Address of operand?
16.What is instruction format?
17.What is OS? Write the name of different OS.
18.What graphical user interface/define graphical user interface/what is
GUI/define GUI/GUI stand for.
19.What is command line interface/define command line interface/what is
CLI/define CLI/CLI stand for.
20.Difference b/w source code and object code/ define source code and object
code.

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 21.Difference b/w memory and storage.
Important long question
1. Explain the architecture of computer system. Which component are included
in the architecture of the modern stored program machine?
2. What is CPU? Describe briefly.
3. What is RAM? Discuss different type of RAM.
4. What is ROM? Discuss different type of ROM.
5. Discuss different type of system buses.
6. What are CPU register? Describe special purpose registers.
7. Explain general purpose registers.
8. Explain the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle of CPU.
9. What are ports? Differentiate b/w serial and parallel ports.
10.What are computer languages? Describe high level and low level languages.
11.Describe language processors or translator and their use. Discuss different
types of language processors.
Note: Student please read also this topic:
Carefully read chapter 5 because it’s lengthy chapter and very important for paper
point of view.

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 Security, Copyright & the Law

Important short question

1. Define computer security.
2. How is security maintained on a computer?
3. What is computer virus?
4. How can we protected the computer system from virus?
5. What is antivirus/what is antivirus software with example/ define antivirus
software with example.
6. Write some benefits of antivirus software.
7. What is data security? Why it’s important?
8. What do you mean by data protection?
9. What is privacy issues/ discuss privacy issues in detail.
10.What are the principle of data protection acts?
11.Discuss the purpose of data protection legislation?
12.Briefly describe the copyright act.
13.What is password/ define password and write its purpose with example.
14.What is backup data? What is the purpose of backup data/define backup data
and write its purpose.
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Important long question
1. Explain different causes of computer virus OR how does virus spread? How
virus is activated?
2. Discuss different type of viruses.
3. Briefly discuss different security threats to data security. What are the
solution to these threats?
4. Briefly explain the some important privacy acts.
5. Briefly discuss the copyright act.
6. Discuss different types of backups.
Note: Student please read also this topic:
Read carefully this chapter.

END of Chapter 6

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