CBSE Class 8 Computer Science Fundamentals of Computer Assignments

Question. You must install a (n) ......... on a network if you want to share a broadband Internet connection
a) router
b) modem
c) node
d) cable
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. The most frequently used instructions of a computer program are likely to be fetched from:
a) the hard disk
b) cache memory
c) RAM
d) registers
e) None of these

Answer. B

Question. Which of the following places the common data elements in order from smallest to largest
a) character, file, record, field, database
b) character, record, field, database, file
c) character, field, record, file, database
d) Bit, byte, character, record, field, file, database
e) None of these

Answer. C

Question. Personal logs or journal entries posted on the Web are known as :
a) listservs
b) Webcasts
c) blogs
d) subject directories
e) None of these

Answer. C

Question. Linux is a(n) ........ operating system
a) open-source
b) Microsoft
c) Windows
d) Mac
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. ............ are lists of commands that appear on the screen
a) GUIs
b) Icons
c) Menus
d) Windows
e) None of these

Answer. C

Question. The internet is ..........
a) a large network of networkds
b) an internal communication system for a business
c) a communications system for the Indian government
d) All of these
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. What is the ultimate purpose of Defragmentation ?
a) Make the PC faster
b) Create More Free Space
c) Delete temporary files
d) Reduce Power consumption
e) All of the above

Answer. B

Question. Computers process data into information by working exclusively with :
a) multimedia
b) words
c) characters
d) numbers
e) None of these

Answer. D

Question. What does the SMTP in an SMTP server stand for ?
a) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
b) Serve Message Text Process
c) Short Messaging Text Process
d) Short Messaging Transfer Protocol
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. What is the correct association between a hardware component and a computer function?
a) Monitor > input
b) Mouse > input
c) CPU > storage
d) Hard disk > processing
e) None of these

Answer. B

Question. Which of the following is NOT a type of broad band internet connection ?
a) Cable
b) DSL
c) Dial-up
d) Satellite
e) None of these

Answer. C

Question. What is the function of Drop Cap ?
a) It does not allow capital letters to be used in the documents
b) It makes first letter of each word capital letter in the documents
c) It lets you begin a paragraph witha large dropped initial capital letter
d) In automatically starts all paragraphs and sentences with capital letters
e) None of these

Answer. C

Question. Which of the following is not a network ?
a) Local Area Network
b) Wide Area Network
c) Optical Fibre
d) All are networks
e) None of these

Answer. C

Question. The errors that can be pointed out by the compiler are :
a) Syntax error
b) Symantic error
c) Logical error
d) Internal error
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. By default, your documents print in ..... mode
a) Landscape
b) Portrait
c) Page setup
d) Print preview
e) None of these

Answer. B

Question. Select the odd one out :
a) Interpreter
b) Operating system
c) Compiler
d) Assembler
e) Programmer

Answer. B

Question. For viewing video CDs, you would use ......
a) CD Player
b) Windows Media Player
c) WIndows Video Player
d) WIndows Movie Player
e) None of these

Answer. B

Question. What's the name for the program or service that lets you view e-mail messages ?
a) Web browser
b) E-mail clients
c) E-mail ID
d) Internet
e) None of these

Answer. B

Question. Which of the following statements is FALSE concenring file names ?
a) Files may share the same name or the same extension but not both
b) Every file in the same foldr must have a unique, name
c) File extension is another name for file type
d) The file extension comes before the dot (.) followed by the file name
e) None of these

Answer. D

Question. What's considered the'backbone’of the World Wide Web?
a) Uniform resource locator (URL)
b) Hypertext mark-up language (HTML)
c) Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
d) File transfer protocol (FTP)
e) None of these

Answer. C

Question. One computer that is nto considered a portable computer is .......
a) Mini computer
b) A Laptop
c) Micro computer
d) All of the above
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. We access the World Wide Web using :
a) Browsers
b) Instant messaging applications
c) High bandwidth
d) Search engine
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. What device includes an adapter that decodes data sent in radio signals ?
a) modem
b) digital translator
c) router
d) switch
e) None of these

Answer. C

Question. The sharing of a medium and its path by 2 or more devices is called ..........
a) Modulation
b) Encoding
c) Line discipline
d) Multiplexing
e) None of these

Answer. D

Question. Device drivers are :
a) time power cords for external storage devices
b) experts who know to maximise the performance of device
c) small, special purpose programs
d) the innermost part of the operating system
e) None of these

Answer. C

Question. Network components are connected to the same cable in the .......... topology
a) star
b) ring
c) bus
d) mesh
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. Which input device cannot be used to work in MS Office ?
a) Sanner
b) Mouse
c) Keyboard
d) Joy stick
e) Lightpen

Answer. D

Question. The move to the bottom of a document, press ........
a) Auto summarize
b) Home key
c) Ctrl + Home key
d) End key
e) Ctrl + End key

Answer. E

Question. ................ is an animated character that gives help in MS Office ?
a) Office worker
b) Comic assistant
c) Office assistant
d) All of the above
e) None of these

Answer. C

Question. Small application programs that run on a Web page and may ensure a form is completed properly or provide animation are known as ......
a) flash
b) spiders
c) cookies
d) applets
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. The purpose of the primary key in a database is to :
a) unlock the database
b) provide a map of the data
c) uniquely identify a record
d) establish constraints on database operations
e) None of these

Answer. B

Question. What is a back up ?
a) Restoring the information backup
b) An exact copy of a system's information
c) The ability to get a system u and runnign in the event of a system crash or failure
d) All of these
e) None of these

Answer. D

Question. The design of the network is called the network
a) architecture
b) server
c) transmission
d) type
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. Which of the following is Not a characteristic of a compluter ?
a) Intelligence
b) Speed
c) Versatility
d) Automation
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. The WWW standard allows programs on many different computer platforms to show the information on a server. Such programs are called :
a) ISP
b) Web Browsers
c) Web Servers
d) Web Modular
e) None of these

Answer. B

Question. Which of the following would most likely NOT be a symptom of a virus ?
a) Existing program files and icons disappear
b) The CD-ROM stops functioning
c) THe Web browser opens to an unusual home page
d) Odd messages or images are displayed on the screen
e) None of these

Answer. B

Question. Who designed the first electronic computer - ENIAC ?
a) Van Neuman
b) Joseph M Jacquard
c) J presper Eckert and John W mauchly
d) Both 1 and 2
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. ............ is a collection of web - pages and .......... is the very first page that we see on opening of a website
a) Home page, Web page
b) Website, Home page
c) Web page, Home page
d) Web page, Website
e) None of these

Answer. B

Question. When we run progra in HTML coding, ......... is used as back-end and ........... works as front-end
a) Notepad, Internet Explorer
b) Notepad, MSN messenger
c) MS Word, Internet Explorer
d) Both 1 and 3
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. The server on the internet is also known as :
a) Repeater
b) Host
c) Gateway
d) AND Gate
e) None of these

Answer. B

Question. Website is a collection of :
a) HTML documents
b) Graphic files
c) Audio and Video files
d) All of the above
e) None of these

Answer. D

Question. The Internet began with the development of
a) USENET
b) ARPANET
c) Ethernet
d) Intranet
e) None of these

Answer. B

Question. A wireless network uses .......... waves to transmit signals
a) mechanical
b) radio
c) sound
d) magnetic
e) None of these

Answer. B

Question. ........... is a method in which multiple communicatioin devices are connected to one another efficiently
a) Switching
b) Redundancy
c) Capacity
d) Detecting
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. Outlook Express is a
a) E-mail client
b) Scheduler
c) Address book
d) All of the above
e) None of these

Answer. D

Question. Array is ............
a) linear data structure
b) non-linear data structure
c) complex data structure
d) simple data structure
e) None of these

Answer. A

Question. Which of the following is Not a characteristic of E-mail ?
a) Low cost
b) Record maintenance in database
c) High speed
d) Waste reduction
e) None of these

Answer. B

Question. ........... is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of intelligence that humans do
a) nanoscience
b) Nanotechnology
c) Simulation
d) Artificial intelligence
e) None of these

Answer. D

Question. A stored link to a webpage, in order to have a quick and easy access to it later, it called :
a) Bookmark
b) WP-link
c) Favourite
d) Both 1 and 3
e) None of these

Answer. D