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Computer 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

  


## 📘 **IPOS, Input, Output & Storage Devices – MCQs**

 


### **1. What does the ‘P’ stand for in the IPOS chart?**

 

A) Performance

B) **Process**

C) Protocol

D) Peripheral

✅ **Answer: B) Process**

 

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### **2. Which of the following is the correct universal sequence for computer operations?**

 

A) Process → Output → Input

B) Output → Process → Input

C) **Input → Process → Output**

D) Input → Storage → Process

✅ **Answer: C) Input → Process → Output**

 

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### **3. Which device is used to give commands to the processor to perform a task?**

 

A) Output device

B) Processing device

C) **Input device**

D) Storage device

✅ **Answer: C) Input device**

 

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### **4. What is the full form of OCR?**

 

A) **Optical Character Reader**

B) Optical Code Runner

C) Online Character Recognition

D) Output Character Reader

✅ **Answer: A) Optical Character Reader**

 

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### **5. Which device is specifically used to read bar codes on products in a mall?**

 

A) OMR

B) OCR

C) **BCR**

D) MICR

✅ **Answer: C) BCR**

 

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### **6. What does OMR stand for?**

 

A) Output Mark Reader

B) **Optical Mark Reader**

C) Optical Magnetic Reader

D) Online Mark Recognition

✅ **Answer: B) Optical Mark Reader**

 

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### **7. Which technology is used to recognize special ink on bank checks?**

 

A) OMR

B) OCR

C) **MICR**

D) BCR

✅ **Answer: C) MICR**

 

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### **8. In MICR, what does the ‘R’ stand for?**

 

A) Reader

B) **Recognition**

C) Radio

D) Record

✅ **Answer: B) Recognition**

 

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### **9. Which of these is a digital pen used for writing on screens today?**

 

A) Light Pen

B) Trackball

C) **Stylus**

D) Joystick

✅ **Answer: C) Stylus**

 

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### **10. A scanner is considered which type of device?**

 

A) Output device

B) **Input device**

C) Storage device

D) Processing device

✅ **Answer: B) Input device**

 

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### **11. Which device is primarily used for playing video games?**

 

A) Webcam

B) Light Pen

C) **Joystick**

D) Trackball

✅ **Answer: C) Joystick**

 

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### **12. Why is a webcam considered an input device?**

 

A) It shows pictures on the screen

B) It prints photos

C) **It captures pictures and sends them to the processor**

D) It stores video files

✅ **Answer: C)**

 

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### **13. Which device was historically found at the bottom of a mouse to move the cursor?**

 

A) Light sensor

B) **Trackball**

C) Stylus

D) Touchpad

✅ **Answer: B) Trackball**

 

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### **14. What is the built-in mouse-like interface on a laptop called?**

 

A) Touch screen

B) Trackball

C) **Touchpad**

D) Light Pen

✅ **Answer: C) Touchpad**

 

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### **15. Which device is used at exam centers to capture thumb impressions?**

 

A) Scanner

B) OMR

C) **Biometric**

D) MICR

✅ **Answer: C) Biometric**

 

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### **16. Is a microphone an input or output device?**

 

A) Output

B) **Input**

C) Both

D) Neither

✅ **Answer: B) Input**

 

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### **17. Why is a touch screen categorized as an input device?**

 

A) It displays colors

B) It provides sound

C) **It takes instructions/input**

D) It is a type of monitor

✅ **Answer: C)**

 

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### **18. What does QR Code stand for?**

 

A) Quality Response

B) **Quick Response**

C) Quick Record

D) Quiet Response

✅ **Answer: B) Quick Response**

 

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### **19. Which component is considered a processing device?**

 

A) Monitor

B) **Motherboard**

C) Keyboard

D) Speaker

✅ **Answer: B) Motherboard**

 

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### **20. Which device shows the result of a process in visual form?**

 

A) Printer

B) **Monitor**

C) Scanner

D) MICR

✅ **Answer: B) Monitor**

 

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### **21. Which device is used to print large banners and advertisements?**

 

A) Laser Printer

B) **Plotter**

C) Inkjet Printer

D) Projector

✅ **Answer: B) Plotter**

 

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### **22. What device allows images to be projected onto a screen or wall in a cinema hall?**

 

A) Plotter

B) Monitor

C) **Projector**

D) Scanner

✅ **Answer: C) Projector**

 

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### **23. Which of the following is an example of an optical disk?**

 

A) Hard Disk

B) Floppy Disk

C) **Blu-ray Disk**

D) Pen Drive

✅ **Answer: C) Blu-ray Disk**

 

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### **24. Which storage device is commonly used in corporate sectors and is password-protected?**

 

A) Tape Drive

B) **Zip Drive**

C) CD-ROM

D) Memory Card

✅ **Answer: B) Zip Drive**

 

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### **25. Which storage media uses reels inside a cassette?**

 

A) Pen Drive

B) **Tape Drive**

C) Optical Disk

D) HVD

✅ **Answer: B) Tape Drive**

 



## 📘 **Hardware and Software – MCQs**


### **1. Which computer component is tangible and can be touched?**


A) Software

B) Application

C) **Hardware**

D) Operating System

✅ **Answer: C) Hardware**


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### **2. What is software defined as?**


A) Tangible component

B) Physical device

C) **Non-tangible component**

D) Peripheral device

✅ **Answer: C) Non-tangible component**


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### **3. Software used specifically to help the user is called:**


A) System Software

B) **Application Software**

C) Hardware Software

D) Utility Software

✅ **Answer: B) Application Software**


---


### **4. Which type of software acts as a platform for application software?**


A) Application Software

B) **System Software**

C) User Software

D) Physical Software

✅ **Answer: B) System Software**


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### **5. Android, Windows, and iOS are examples of:**


A) Application Software

B) Hardware

C) **System Software**

D) Input Devices

✅ **Answer: C) System Software**


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### **6. Is it possible to install application software without system software?**


A) Yes

B) **No**

C) Only on laptops

D) Only on mobiles

✅ **Answer: B) No**


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## 📘 **Abbreviations & Full Forms – MCQs**


### **7. What is the full form of CRT?**


A) Common Ray Tube

B) **Cathode Ray Tube**

C) Cathode Record Tube

D) Central Ray Tube

✅ **Answer: B) Cathode Ray Tube**


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### **8. What does LCD stand for?**


A) Light Crystal Display

B) **Liquid Crystal Display**

C) Liquid Crystal Digital

D) Low Crystal Display

✅ **Answer: B) Liquid Crystal Display**


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### **9. What is the full form of LED?**


A) **Light Emitting Diode**

B) Light Electronic Display

C) Liquid Emitting Diode

D) Low Energy Diode

✅ **Answer: A) Light Emitting Diode**


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### **10. What does TFT stand for?**


A) Thin Film Technology

B) **Thin Film Transistor**

C) Thick Film Transistor

D) Total Film Transistor

✅ **Answer: B) Thin Film Transistor**


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### **11. What is the full form of CD?**


A) Compact Device

B) **Compact Disk**

C) Common Disk

D) Computer Disk

✅ **Answer: B) Compact Disk**


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### **12. What does DVD stand for?**


A) Digital Visual Disk

B) **Digital Versatile Disk**

C) Digital Video Device

D) Dual Versatile Disk

✅ **Answer: B) Digital Versatile Disk**


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### **13. What is the storage capacity range of a Blu-ray Disk (BRD)?**


A) 700 MB – 4.7 GB

B) **50 GB – 100 GB**

C) 1 TB – 6 TB

D) 10 GB – 20 GB

✅ **Answer: B) 50 GB – 100 GB**


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### **14. What does HVD stand for?**


A) High Versatile Disk

B) **Holographic Versatile Disk**

C) High Video Disk

D) Holographic Video Device

✅ **Answer: B) Holographic Versatile Disk**


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### **15. What is the storage capacity of an HVD?**


A) 100 GB

B) 1 TB

C) **6 TB**

D) 50 GB

✅ **Answer: C) 6 TB**


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### **16. In malware terms, what does VIRUS stand for?**


A) Very Important Resource Under Siege

B) **Vital Information Resource Under Siege**

C) Vital Information Record Under System

D) Virtual Information Resource Under Siege

✅ **Answer: B)**


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### **17. What is the full form of DDoS?**


A) **Distributed Denial of Service**

B) Digital Denial of System

C) Data Denial of Service

D) Distributed Digital of System

✅ **Answer: A)**


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### **18. What does WORM stand for in computing?**


A) **Write Once Read Many**

B) Wireless Online Resource Management

C) Work On Remote Management

D) Write On Read Memory

✅ **Answer: A)**


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### **19. What is the full form of Wi-Fi?**


A) Wireless Filter

B) **Wireless Fidelity**

C) Wire Fidelity

D) Wireless Fiber

✅ **Answer: B) Wireless Fidelity**


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### **20. What does Li-Fi stand for?**


A) **Light Fidelity**

B) Liquid Fidelity

C) Light Fiber

D) Low Fidelity

✅ **Answer: A) Light Fidelity**


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### **21. What is the full form of BIOS?**


A) Basic Internal Output System

B) **Basic Input Output System**

C) Binary Input Output System

D) Basic Input Online System

✅ **Answer: B)**


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### **22. Where are BIOS settings usually saved?**


A) RAM

B) **ROM**

C) Hard Disk

D) CPU

✅ **Answer: B) ROM**


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### **23. What does JPEG stand for?**


A) **Joint Photographic Expert Group**

B) Joint Picture Expert Group

C) Joint Photo External Group

D) Junior Photographic Expert Group

✅ **Answer: A)**


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### **24. In WWWW, what does the fourth ‘W’ represent?**


A) Web

B) **Worm**

C) Wireless

D) World

✅ **Answer: B) Worm**


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### **25. What is the full form of GIF?**


A) **Graphics Interchange Format**

B) Graphics Internal Format

C) Global Interchange Format

D) Graphics International Format

✅ **Answer: A)**


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### **26. What does URL stand for?**


A) **Uniform Resource Locator**

B) Universal Resource Locator

C) Uniform Record Locator

D) Unique Resource Locator

✅ **Answer: A)**


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### **27. What is the full form of CDMA?**


A) **Code Division Multiple Access**

B) Code Digital Multiple Access

C) Central Division Multiple Access

D) Code Division Memory Access

✅ **Answer: A)**


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### **28. What does SIM stand for?**


A) System Identity Module

B) **Subscriber Identity Module**

C) Subscriber Internal Module

D) Security Identity Module

✅ **Answer: B)**


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### **29. What is the full form of FTP?**


A) File Training Protocol

B) **File Transfer Protocol**

C) Fast Transfer Protocol

D) File Transport Protocol

✅ **Answer: B)**


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### **30. What does ASCII stand for?**


A) **American Standard Code for Information Interchange**

B) American Standard Code for Internal Information

C) Asian Standard Code for Information Interchange

D) American System Code for Information Interchange

✅ **Answer: A)**


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### **31. What is the full form of SMTP?**


A) **Simple Mail Transfer Protocol**

B) System Mail Transfer Protocol

C) Simple Mail Training Protocol

D) Secure Mail Transfer Protocol

✅ **Answer: A)**


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### **32. What does VoIP stand for?**


A) **Voice Over Internet Protocol**

B) Video Over Internet Protocol

C) Voice Online Internet Protocol

D) Voice Over Internal Protocol

✅ **Answer: A)**


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### **33. What is the full form of HTTP?**


A) Hyper Text Training Protocol

B) **Hyper Text Transfer Protocol**

C) High Text Transfer Protocol

D) Hyper Transfer Text Protocol

✅ **Answer: B)**


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## 🌐 **Domain Types – MCQs**


### **1. Which domain extension is used for educational institutions?**


A) .com

B) **.edu**

C) .gov

D) .org

✅ **Answer: B) .edu**


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### **2. The domain extension .gov is used for:**


A) General websites

B) **Government websites**

C) Global websites

D) Group websites

✅ **Answer: B) Government websites**


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### **3. Which domain extension represents India?**


A) .au

B) **.in**

C) .us

D) .pk

✅ **Answer: B) .in**


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### **4. What is the domain extension .mil used for?**


A) Millionaire websites

B) **Military servers**

C) Multiple links

D) Mailing lists

✅ **Answer: B) Military servers**


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### **5. Which domain extension is used for commercial purposes?**


A) .co

B) **.com**

C) .txt

D) .edu

✅ **Answer: B) .com**


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### **6. The extension .txt in a domain context (such as blogs) is used for:**


A) Text files

B) **Blogging / Logging**

C) Technical websites

D) Taxation websites

✅ **Answer: B) Blogging / Logging**


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## 💻 **Computer Generations – MCQs**


### **7. How many generations of computers are officially recognized?**


A) 11

B) 8

C) **5**

D) 3

✅ **Answer: C) 5**


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### **8. What was the primary technology used in the First Generation (1940–1956)?**


A) Transistors

B) Integrated Circuits

C) **Vacuum Tubes**

D) Microprocessors

✅ **Answer: C) Vacuum Tubes**


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### **9. Which technology defined the Second Generation (1956–1963)?**


A) Vacuum Tubes

B) **Transistors**

C) Artificial Intelligence

D) Integrated Circuits

✅ **Answer: B) Transistors**


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### **10. Integrated Circuits (IC) were introduced in which generation of computers?**


A) Second

B) **Third**

C) Fourth

D) Fifth

✅ **Answer: B) Third**


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### **11. Microprocessors are the hallmark of which computer generation?**


A) Third

B) **Fourth**

C) Fifth

D) Second

✅ **Answer: B) Fourth**


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### **12. Fifth-generation computers (1990–Present) are based on:**


A) Microprocessors

B) **Artificial Intelligence**

C) Vacuum Tubes

D) Transistors

✅ **Answer: B) Artificial Intelligence**


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Perfect 👍

Here are your **Types of Printers + Networking, Cables & Transmission Modes MCQs**, **properly arranged in sequence**, with **4 options** and **clear answers**. Exam-ready ✅


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## 🖨️ **Types of Printers – MCQs**


### **1. Printers are generally divided into which two categories?**


A) Digital and Analog

B) **Impact and Non-Impact**

C) Hard and Soft

D) Laser and Inkjet

✅ **Answer: B) Impact and Non-Impact**


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### **2. Which of the following is a drawback of impact printers?**


A) They are very expensive

B) **They are noisy**

C) They are very fast

D) They have high print quality

✅ **Answer: B) They are noisy**


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### **3. Which printer uses “dots” to form characters and is often used by railways?**


A) Laser Printer

B) Inkjet Printer

C) **Dot Matrix Printer**

D) Plotter

✅ **Answer: C) Dot Matrix Printer**


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### **4. Why are Dot Matrix printers still used by railways?**


A) They are the latest technology

B) **They are cost-effective**

C) They are silent

D) They print photos better

✅ **Answer: B) They are cost-effective**


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### **5. Which printer is most commonly used in homes and offices today?**


A) Daisy Wheel

B) Dot Matrix

C) **Laser Printer**

D) Plotter

✅ **Answer: C) Laser Printer**


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### **6. Which printer is used for printing on plastic (e.g., Parle-G wrappers, ATM cards)?**


A) Laser

B) **Inkjet**

C) Dot Matrix

D) Thermal

✅ **Answer: B) Inkjet**


---


### **7. What type of printer is used in POS terminals or ATMs for receipts?**


A) Inkjet

B) Laser

C) **Thermal**

D) Plotter

✅ **Answer: C) Thermal**


---


### **8. What does POS stand for in “POS terminal”?**


A) Print Of Sale

B) **Point Of Sale**

C) Point Of Service

D) Power On System

✅ **Answer: B) Point Of Sale**


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## 🌐 **Networking, Cables & Transmission Modes – MCQs**


### **9. How many IP classes are there?**


A) 3

B) 4

C) **5**

D) 7

✅ **Answer: C) 5**


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### **10. Which IP classes are used for private purposes?**


A) **A, B, and C**

B) D and E

C) Only A

D) A and D

✅ **Answer: A) A, B, and C**


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### **11. Which IP class is reserved for Defense and Multicasting?**


A) Class C

B) **Class D**

C) Class E

D) Class B

✅ **Answer: B) Class D**


---


### **12. Class E IP addresses are used for:**


A) Private companies

B) Defense

C) **Research and Development**

D) TV channels

✅ **Answer: C) Research and Development**


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### **13. Which cable consists of two wires twisted together and is often used in home wiring?**


A) Coaxial Cable

B) Fiber Optic Cable

C) **Twisted Pair Cable**

D) HDMI Cable

✅ **Answer: C) Twisted Pair Cable**


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### **14. Which cable is used for Dish TV and has a white core inside a black covering?**


A) Twisted Pair

B) **Coaxial Cable**

C) Fiber Optic

D) USB Cable

✅ **Answer: B) Coaxial Cable**


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### **15. Which cable is the most expensive, waterproof, and has the highest transmission rate?**


A) Coaxial

B) Twisted Pair

C) **Fiber Optic**

D) Copper wire

✅ **Answer: C) Fiber Optic**


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### **16. In which transmission mode can data be sent in only one direction (e.g., TV, FM radio)?**


A) Half Duplex

B) Full Duplex

C) **Simplex**

D) Multiplex

✅ **Answer: C) Simplex**


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### **17. In which mode can data be sent both ways, but only one direction at a time (e.g., Walkie-Talkie)?**


A) Simplex

B) Full Duplex

C) **Half Duplex**

D) One-way

✅ **Answer: C) Half Duplex**


---


### **18. Mobile phones, where both parties can talk simultaneously, use which mode?**


A) Simplex

B) Half Duplex

C) **Full Duplex**

D) Dual Mode

✅ **Answer: C) Full Duplex**


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## 🌐 **OSI Model – MCQs**


### **1. How many layers are there in the ISO OSI model?**


A) 5

B) 6

C) **7**

D) 8

✅ **Answer: C) 7**


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### **2. The working approach of the OSI model is:**


A) Top to Bottom

B) **Bottom to Top**

C) Left to Right

D) Random

✅ **Answer: B) Bottom to Top**


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### **3. What is the FIRST layer of the OSI model?**


A) Application Layer

B) **Physical Layer**

C) Network Layer

D) Presentation Layer

✅ **Answer: B) Physical Layer**


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### **4. What is the LAST (7th) layer of the OSI model?**


A) Physical Layer

B) **Application Layer**

C) Session Layer

D) Data Link Layer

✅ **Answer: B) Application Layer**


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### **5. Which of the following is the SECOND layer of the OSI model?**


A) Presentation Layer

B) **Data Link Layer**

C) Network Layer

D) Transport Layer

✅ **Answer: B) Data Link Layer**


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## 🗄️ **DBMS Basics – MCQs**


### **6. What is the arranged form of data called?**


A) Table

B) **Information**

C) Database

D) Primary Key

✅ **Answer: B) Information**


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### **7. Does data always need to have a meaning?**


A) Yes

B) **No**

C) Only if it is in a table

D) Only in software

✅ **Answer: B) No**


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### **8. A table is a collection of:**


A) Files and Folders

B) **Rows and Columns**

C) Data and Information

D) Keys and Values

✅ **Answer: B) Rows and Columns**


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### **9. What is the unique attribute of a table called?**


A) Foreign Key

B) **Primary Key**

C) Candidate Key

D) Unique Key

✅ **Answer: B) Primary Key**


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### **10. In a student table, which field is most suitable as a Primary Key?**


A) Name

B) City

C) **Roll Number**

D) Age

✅ **Answer: C) Roll Number**


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### **11. What does DBMS stand for?**


A) **Data Base Management System**

B) Data Business Management System

C) Digital Base Management System

D) Data Base Monitoring System

✅ **Answer: A) Data Base Management System**


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### **12. Which device uses Magnetic Ink Character Recognition?**


A) Printer

B) **MICR**

C) OMR

D) Scanner

✅ **Answer: B) MICR**


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