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This set of IT for Business and Management Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on It For Business And Management Set 3

Q1 | A subschema expresses
  • the logical view.
  • the physical view.
  • the external view.
  • all of the above
Q2 | Count function in SQL returns the number of
  • values.
  • distinct values.
  • groups.
  • columns.
Q3 | ODBC stands for
  • object database connectivity.
  • oral database connectivity.
  • oracle database connectivity.
  • open database connectivity.
Q4 | First generation computer systems used
  • transistors
  • vacuum tubes
  • magnetic cores
  • silicon chips
Q5 | .Which one of the following is a stored program machine?
  • micro-processor
  • calculator
  • analog-computer
  • micro-computer
Q6 | Computers can be classified in which of the following hierarchical orders?
  • pc, large, super micro, super computer
  • super micro, pc, large, super computer
  • pc, super micro, large, super computer
  • large, super micro, super computer, pc
Q7 | The unit of hardware, which an operator uses to monitor computer processing, is the
  • card reader
  • cpu
  • line printer
  • console
Q8 | Which one of the following a file?
  • floppy disk
  • magnetic drum
  • magnetic tape
  • none of these
Q9 | An I/O device which provides photographic outputs for printing galleys, is the
  • camera printer
  • automatic typesetter
  • radix printer
  • all of these
Q10 | A term used interchangeably with diskette is
  • disk cartridge
  • disk pack
  • floppy disk
  • packette disk4
Q11 | Which is a type of Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory?
  • flash
  • flange
  • fury
  • fram
Q12 | When you insert an Excel file into a Word document, the data are
  • hyperlinked
  • placed in a word table
  • linked
  • embedded
Q13 | ‘.MPG’ extension refers usually to what kind of file?
  • wordperfect document file
  • ms office document
  • animation/movie file
  • imagefile
Q14 | Who wrote the book ‘Computer Liberation and Dream Machine’, the first book on personalcomputers?
  • john mccarthy
  • ted nelson
  • niklaus wirth
  • karl capek
Q15 | Charles Babbage invented
  • eniac
  • difference engine
  • electronic computer
  • punched card
Q16 | A computer programmer
  • enters data into computer
  • writes programs
  • changes flow chart into instructions
  • does total planning and thinking for a computer
Q17 | Terminal is a
  • device used to give supply to a computer
  • point at which data may leave or enter the computer
  • point where wires are interconnected
  • an input/output device
Q18 | Errors in computer results could be due to
  • encoding of data
  • transmission of data
  • manipulation of data
  • all of the above
Q19 | Register is a
  • set of capacitors used to register input instructions in a digital computer
  • set of paper tapes and cards put in a file
  • temporary storage unit within the cpu having dedicated or general purpose use
  • part of the auxiliary memory
Q20 | WAN means –
  • wide area network
  • wine area network
  • woll area network
  • wide allen network
Q21 | Which of the following refers to the fastest, biggest and most expensive computers?
  • personal computers
  • supercomputers
  • laptops
  • notebooks
Q22 | A collection of related information sorted and dealt with as a unit is -----------
  • disk
  • data
  • file
  • floppy
Q23 | Which part of the computer helps to store information?
  • disk
  • drive
  • keyboard
  • monitor
Q24 | ____ is the process of carrying out commands.
  • fetching
  • storing
  • executing
  • decoding
Q25 | What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?
  • report
  • field
  • record
  • file