Informatics And History Set 9

Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History)

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This set of Informatics and History Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Informatics And History Set 9

Q1 | A generalized definition of ……………may be “unlawful acts whereinthe computer is either a tool or target or both”
  • Cyber crime
  • open source
  • Word processing
  • Digital Divide
Answer: Cyber crime
Q2 | ………….. in his work “The Concept of Law” has said ‘human beings are vulnerable so rule of law is required to protect them’.
  • Hart
  • George B.Selden
  • Todd Anderson
  • Larry Augustin
Answer: Hart
Q3 | ……………..is a malicious software program written intentionally toenter a computer without the user's permission or knowledge.
  • VERONICA
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Computer Virus
  • Cyber crime
Answer: Computer Virus
Q4 | The main function of ………………….is to coordinate the user andoutside devices used in computer system.
  • Disk operating system
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Word processing
  • VERONICA
Answer: Disk operating system
Q5 | While operating a computer, user enters some commands………………. converts these commands into a version which is readable by computer memory.
  • Disk operating system
  • Microsoft Windows
  • VERONICA
  • open source
Answer: Disk operating system
Q6 | …………….converts the error messages generated by computers into anunderstandable format.
  • BOOT record
  • open source
  • Word processing
  • DOS
Answer: DOS
Q7 | To load disk operating system, your computer must be equippedwith…………..
  • BOOT record
  • Microsoft Windows
  • VERONICA
  • open source
Answer: BOOT record
Q8 | ………….enables read-only memory (ROM) to load the disk operatingsystem.
  • BOOT record
  • Microsoft Windows
  • open source
  • Digital Divide
Answer: BOOT record
Q9 | In production and development, …………………….is a philosophy, orpragmatic methodology that promotes free redistribution and access to an end product's design and implementation details.
  • open source
  • VERONICA
  • Digital Divide
  • BOOT record
Answer: open source
Q10 | The label “open source” was adopted by a group of people in the free software movement at a strategy session held at Palo Alto, …………., in reaction to Netscape's January 1998 announcement of a source coderelease for Navigator.
  • California
  • Massachusetts
  • pensylvania
  • Newjercey
Answer: California
Q11 | ………………..of MIT first proposed a global network of computers in 1962, and moved over to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in late 1962 to head the work to develop it.
  • David Rothenberg
  • Ray Tomlinson
  • Frederick G. Kilgour
  • J.C.R. Licklider
Answer: J.C.R. Licklider
Q12 | Roberts moved over to DARPA in 1966 and developed his planfor………………...
  • JDPC
  • VERONICA
  • cable
  • ARPANET
Answer: ARPANET
Q13 | E-mail was adapted for ARPANET by ……………..of BBN in 1972.
  • Ray Tomlinson
  • Frederick G. Kilgour
  • Peter Scott
  • David Rothenberg
Answer: Ray Tomlinson
Q14 | ……………. picked the @ symbol from the available symbols on histeletype to link the username and address.
  • Ray Tomlinson
  • Frederick G. Kilgour
  • Bob Kahn
  • Peter Scott
Answer: Ray Tomlinson
Q15 | The Unix to Unix Copy Protocol (UUCP) was invented in ………… at Bell Labs.
  • 1678
  • 1778
  • 1868
  • 1978
Answer: 1978
Q16 | …………….was the first national commercial online service to offerInternet access to its subscribers.
  • Delphi
  • cable
  • IPR
  • JDPC
Answer: Delphi
Q17 | ……………….. is a form of Internet access that uses the facilities of thepublic switched telephone network (PSTN) to establish a dialed connection to an Internet service provider (ISP) via telephone lines.
  • Dal-up Internet access
  • cable
  • ISDN
  • IPR
Answer: Dal-up Internet access
Q18 | …………… is a family of technologies that provide internet access bytransmitting digital data over the wires of a local telephone network.
  • DSL
  • cable
  • ISDN
  • WIPO
Answer: DSL
Q19 | ……………is a wireless networking technology used across the globe.
  • WiFi
  • WIPO
  • IPR
  • JDPC
Answer: WiFi
Q20 | Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre is anAutonomous Inter-University Centre (IUC) of………………, Government of India.
  • UGC
  • UNO
  • NCTE
  • NCERT
Answer: UGC
Q21 | National Informatics Centre (NIC) is a premier S & T institution of the Government of India, established in……………., for providing e- Government / e- Governance Solutions adopting best practices,integrated services and global solutions in Government Sector.
  • 1976
  • 1978
  • 1984
  • 1986
Answer: 1976
Q22 | …………………is a prototype portal site for biological information.
  • BRNet
  • Word processing
  • INSAT
  • DSL
Answer: BRNet
Q23 | The term ‘Word processing’ was coined at IBM's Boeblingen,………………………Laboratory in the 1960s.
  • West Germany
  • East Germany
  • France
  • Spain
Answer: West Germany
Q24 | A…………………, also known as a worksheet, contains rows andcolumns and is used to record and compare numerical or financial data.
  • PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Office Access
  • spreadsheet
  • CIET
Answer: spreadsheet
Q25 | Originally, ……………..only existed in paper format, but now they aremost likely created and maintained through a software program that displays the numerical information in rows and columns.
  • spreadsheets
  • PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Office Access
  • CIET
Answer: spreadsheets
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