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This set of Informatics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Informatics Set 13

Q1 | Pick the odd one out
  • Dotmatrix printer
  • Mouse
  • Speaker
  • Laser printer
Q2 | A computer has 1024Kmemory. What does the letter K stand for?
  • Kilo
  • Thousand
  • 1024
  • Core
Q3 | Processing power of CPU is measured in
  • IPS
  • CIPS
  • MIPS
  • Nanoseconds
Q4 | Pick the odd one out
  • VDU
  • Printer
  • Keyboard
  • Speaker
Q5 | Which of the following is not a characteristic of LAN?
  • Restricted to a limited geographic coverage of a few kilometers
  • Transmission rate usually ranges from 1200bps to 6Mbps
  • Fewer data transmission errors
  • The most common communication links used in LANs are twisted pair, coaxial cable and
Q6 | Pick the odd one out
  • URI
  • WWW
  • IRC
  • FTP
Q7 | Which of the following is not a characteristic of WAN?
  • A WAN may extend over several thousands of kilometers
  • Transmission rate ranges from 10Mbps to 10Gbps
  • Error rate in WAN is high
  • Communication links used are telephone lines, microwave links and satellite channels
Q8 | Pick the odd one out
  • ISDN
  • DSL
  • Dial-up
  • ISP
Q9 | Which of the following is not true of web browsers?
  • Browsers are primarily used to access the World Wide Web
  • Browsers can display any kind of content that can be part of a web page
  • Google is a popular web browser
  • Web browsers retrieve web pages from WWW using HTTP protocol
Q10 | Pick the odd one out
  • Yahoo
  • Firefox
  • Internet explorer
  • Google chrome
Q11 | Pick the odd one out
  • Wikipedia
  • Wikibooks
  • Wikimapia
  • Ubuntu
Q12 | Which of the following is not true of emails?
  • It is an internet service
  • It was invented by Ray Tomlinson in 1972
  • The recipient should be online to accept an email
  • E mail systems are based on a store-and –forward model
Q13 | Pick the odd one out
  • Yahoo
  • Bing
  • Internet explorer
  • Google
Q14 | Pick the odd one out
  • gmail
  • ahoomail
  • hotmail
  • outlook express
Q15 | Which of the following is not true of a WWW?
  • It is a huge collection of web site
  • It was introduced by Tim Berners-Lee
  • All web pages of WWW are static in nature
  • It has a client/server architecture
Q16 | Pick the odd one out
  • Firefox
  • Lycos
  • MSN
  • Alta Vista
Q17 | Which of the following is not true of wikis?
  • a wiki web site operates on a principle of collaborative trust
  • The first wiki application was wikiwikiweb created by Ward Cunningham
  • wikis are the same as blogs
  • Wikimapia is an example of website that operate on wiki model principle
Q18 | Which of the following is not true of a dial-up internet connection?
  • It is the oldest method of internet access
  • Users connect to the internet when the computer dials a phone number
  • It is also called an always on connection
  • Its speed ranges from 2400bps to56Kbps
Q19 | Which of the following is not true of the internet?
  • It is a global system of interconnected computer networks
  • WWW is an internet service
  • TCP/IP is a protocol used by internet
  • It is owned by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers( ICANN
Q20 | Pick the odd one out
  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • World Book Encyclopedia
  • Wikipedia
  • google books
Q21 | The advantage of digital library is
  • No physical boundary
  • 24x7 access
  • better information retrieval
  • all of the above
Q22 | Pick the odd one out
  • ibiblio
  • google books
  • Wikipedia
  • bartleby
Q23 | The main advantage of online education is
  • Personalized education
  • better flexibility
  • better accessibility
  • all of the above
Q24 | Pick the odd one out
  • Amazon
  • google books
  • Barnes and Noble
  • Alibris
Q25 | The shift to digital library was caused by
  • information explosion
  • searching problem in traditional libraries
  • green computing
  • all of the above