Basic Question and Answer on Computer, Internet and

Information Technology
• Q.What is the most appropriate software for calculating in computer?

Ans :Microsoft Excel

• What is meant by ‘LASER’?

Ans: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

• A complete Microcomputer system includes ?

Ans: Microprocessor, memory, peripheral equipment.

• What is Windows?

Ans: A personal computer operating system from Microsoft.

• What is computer networking?

Ans: A system in which computers are connected to share information and resources.

• What does ‘System Software’ Includes?

Ans: The operating system and all the utilities that enable the computer to function.

• What is the other name of ‘Main Memory’?

Ans: Primary Memory

• What is full form of BSIC?

Ans: Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.

• What is Telemedicine?

Ans: A process of treatment through communication technologies.

• Who is the inventor of punch card?

Ans: Joseph Marie Jacquard

 • What kind of device is Monitor?

Ans: Output device

• What is ‘facebook’?

Ans: A popular Social networking site

• What is ‘OCR’?

Ans: OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is a computer software designed to

translate image of type written test.

• What is Computer Virus?

Ans: One kind of program, which is harmful to computer operation.

• Two types of commonly used printers are?

Ans: Dot Matrix printer and Laser printer

• Write the name of different computer storage device.

Ans. Hard disk, Floppy disk, Compact disk

• Who is the legend of computer world?

Ans: Bill Gates

• What is the meaning of ‘CC’ in case of E-mail?

Ans: Carbon Copy

• The word ‘Computer’ is derived from?

Ans: Compute

• Adobe Photoshop is a – Graphics Software

• What is the name of the first Computer Network?

Ans: ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Administration Network)

• What is the number of Computer Generation?

Ans: Five
 o BIOS is a – Software
o The IP Address 125.111.5.4 belongs to which of the following class –
Class B
o A CD-ROM drive is labeled with 52X. Here52X is a measurement of –
Data Transfer Rate
o Data transfer rate of a Dial-up Modem is measured in – Kbps
o The most distinctive difference between in LAN and a WAN is – Distance
Covered
o Which of the following components (Hard Disk, Compact disk, Magnetic
Tape, RAM) has the highest failure risk? – RAM
o Which kind of mathematics does the computer use in operations? – Binary
o The command ‘Shift + Delete’ will send the file to the? – this
command will delete the file permanently
o The ‘add or remove programs’ utility can be found in - Control Panel
o One Megabyte is equal to – 106 bytes
o Which menu includes the command ‘find’ ? - Edit
o The base 16 number system is – Hexadecimal
o What kind of secondary storage is provided by magnetic disks? - Slow
Speed, High Capacity
o Valid Ending for a MS-Word File is - .doc
o The computer stores its program and data in its – Memory
o HTML indicates – Hyper Text Markup Language
o HTTP stands for – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
o SMTP stands for – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

***************** Questions with Answer**********************/

Question: What is the elaboration of VOIP?

Answer: Voice Over Internet Protocol.

Question: E-mail stands for?

Answer: Electronic mail

Question:Write some common output devices of computer.

Answer: Monitor, Printer and Speaker.

Question: Give some Example of programming language.

Answer: BASIC, PaSCAL, C++, FORTRAN

Question: What is YouTube?

Answer: YouTube is a famous video sharing site.

Question:What is WiMax?

Answer : WiMax is Wireless Internet Technology.

Question: What is Cyber Super Weapon?

Answer: Cyber Super Weapon is a computer virus.

Question: What is Palmtop?

Answer: Palmtop is a kind of small computer.

Question: What is XO?

Answer: Tablet Pc

1. CRT = Cathode Ray Tube

2. LCD= Liquid Crystal Diode
3. HTML= Hyper Text Markup Language
4. DOS stands for Disc Operating System
5. Oracle is a Data Base Program
6. Microsoft Excel is a database program
7. Scanner is an Input Device
8. Processing speed of computer is measured in Nano Second
9. The computer uses in operations of mathematics- Binary
10. The latest version of MS Windows – Windows-7
11. Computer memory which never erased- ROM

• The most distinctive difference between a LAN and WAN is- Distance Covered.

• Writing, editing,storing and printing a document using computer software,are

known as- Word Processing Software.

• The other name of a chip – IC.

• In general “My Document” is located at -C Drive.

• Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla, are – Internet Browsing Software

• The Application that allows millions of people to access the worldwide web daily
is called a – web browser

• World famous Tablet computers are- blackpad, apple IPad, Strick, samsung
galaxy,Epad, lePad,sias
 • Octoberr 17, 2010 Google introduce online television

• Computer Hardware consists of – CPU, monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, cable

and their internal devices.

• Computer Hardware is divided into 3 parts – Input devices, Processor Unit,

Output Devices.

1. The name of different computer storage device are Hard Disk, Floppy Disk,
Compact Disk.
2. Submarine Cable is the term used in – Information Technology
3. Goojje is a Chinese Search Engine
4. Function of Modem is to convert digital signal to analog signal and also analog
signal to digital signal
5. First computer programmer = lady Adda augusta
6. OLPC = One Laptop Per Child
7. 2010 India launches her own web browser named Epic

Question: Which one is the computer’s own language?

Answer: Low level language which is written in binary

Question: What is the meaning of URL?

Answer: Uniform resource locator.

Question: When Microprocessor was invented?

Answer: In 1971

Question: What is UNIX?

Answer: Operating System

Question: What is the meaning of Fat?

Answer: File allocation table

Question: What is Adobe Photoshop?

Answer : Photo Editing Software.

Question: What is Windows?

Answer : Operating System by Microsoft

Question: What is Laptop?

Answer : Small portable computer

Question:Who invented punch card?

Answer: Joseph Marie Jacquard

Question: What is SIMM?

Answer: Single Inline Memory Module

Question: What is the short name of binary math?

Answer: bit

Question: What is ROM?

Answer: Read Only Memory.

Question: What is RAM?

Answer: RAM= Random Access Memory

Question: Which is the first computer in Bangladesh?

Answer: IBM-1620 series

Question: Where the computer museum is situated?

Answer: in USA

Question: What does BIOS means?

Answer: Basic Input Output System

Question: Which one is the brain of computer?

Answer: Micro Processor

Question: Who is the father of modern computer?

Answer: Charles Babbage

Question: What is the name of first personal computer?

Answer: Sphere 1 (according to WikiPedia)

Here I am going to share you about list of basic Input Devices, Output devices
and Both input-output devices related to computer.

Input Devices:

a) Graphics Tablets

b) Cameras

c) Video Capture Hardware

d) Trackballs

e) Barcode reader

f) Digital camera

g) Gamepad

h) Joystick

i) Keyboard

j) Microphone

k) MIDI keyboard

l) Mouse (pointing device)

m) Scanner

n) Webcam

o) Touchpads

p) Pen Input

q) Microphone

r) Electronic Whiteboard
OUTPUT DEVICES:

1. Monitor
2. Printers (all types)
3. Plotters
4. Projector
5. LCD Projection Panels
6. Computer Output Microfilm (COM)
7. Speaker(s)

Both Input-OutPut Devices:

1. Modems
2. Network cards
3. Touch Screen

4. Headsets (Headset consists of Speakers and Microphone.

Speaker act Output Device and Microphone act as Input

device)

5. Facsimile (FAX) (It has scanner to scan the document and also

have printer to Print the document)

6.Audio Cards / Sound Card