Tuesday, November 23, 2010

final FOC question bank part A


                                          FOC Question bank part A
  1.     Define a computer.
  2.     What are the basic operations of Computer?
  3.     List out any 5 characteristics of Computer?
  4.     Define CPU and ALU?
  5.     What are the advantages of transistors over vacuum tubes?
  6.     State any four characteristics of first generation computers.
  7.     State any four characteristics of second generation computers.
  8.     State any four characteristics of third generation computers.
  9.     State any four characteristics of fourth generation computers.
  10.  State any four characteristics of fifth generation computers.
  11.  Define an IC.
  12.  What is a transistor?
  13.  Which computer is known as PC?
  14.  Which computer is known as notebook? Why?
  15.  Which computer is known as palmtop? Why?
  16.  What are the advantages of secondary storage over primary storage?
  17.  What are the functions performed by Input unit?
  18.  What are the functions performed by output unit?
  19.  What are the functions performed by control unit?
  20.  What are the functions performed by storage unit?
  21.  What are the functions performed by arithmetic and logic unit?
  22.  What is CPU? What are the subsystems in it?
  23.  Define software. What are the categories of software?
  24.  What is system software?
  25.  What is an operating system? Give one eg.
  26.  Differentiate between machine language and high level language.
  27.  Difference between compiler and interpreter.
  28.  What are system utility programs?
  29.  What is application software? List out some of the application software.
  30.  List out any four features of word processors. Give one eg.
  31.  List out any four features of spreadsheets. Give one eg.
  32.  List out any four features of DBMS. Give one eg.
  33.  List out any four features of presentation applications. Give one eg.
  34.  What is freeware?
  35.  What is a firmware?
  36.  Define software piracy.
  37.  Enumerate the steps involved in program development cycle
  38.  What is the internet? How did it evolve
  39.  What are the types of Input Devices?
  40.  Define about the Monitors and its types.
  41.  What is a base of number system?
  42. Determine the binary equivalent of (36)10
  43. Determine the octal equivalent of (359)10
  44. Determine the hexadecimal equivalent of (5112)10
  45. Determine the decimal equivalent of (11010)2
  46. Determine the decimal equivalent of (456)8
  47. Determine the decimal equivalent of (B14)16
  48. Determine the octal equivalent of (10111)2
  49. Determine the hexadecimal equivalent of (11001011)2
  50. Determine the binary equivalent of (231)8
  51. Determine the binary equivalent of (5AF)16
  52. Determine the hexadecimal equivalent of (2327)8
  53. Determine the octal equivalent of (2B6)16
  54. Perform binary addition for the numbers 1010 & 1111
  55. Subtract the binary number 101 from 1111
  56. What is the ones complement of 1010?
  57. subtract 1010 from 1000 using ones complement method
  58. What is the twos complement of 1010?
  59. subtract 1010 from 1000 using twos complement method
  60. Explain the difference between “downloading” and “uploading “of information.
  61. What is ARPANET?
  62. What is a newsgroup? How is it useful?
  63. What is hypertext? How is it useful?
  64. Explain a typical structure of URL.
  65. What is the use of telnet service offered by internet?
  66. What is FTP?
  67. Define the terms online and offline.
  68. What are the 5 elements that are common to all video conferencing endpoint?
  69. Give the full form of FTP, WWW, HTML, HTTP,Web server,Web browser,Webpage, Website,Homepage,ISP,URL, TCP/IP, ISDN, and DSL.
  70. Define  an algorithm  
  71. What is a flowchart?
  72.  What are the various basic symbols used in flowcharting? Give their pictorial representation.
  73. Describe the function of various basic flowcharting symbols.
  74. List out any some of the guidelines used for preparing flowcharts.
  75. What are the benefits of flowcharts?
  76. What are the limitations of flowcharts?
  77. Define a pseudocode.
  78. List out any some of the guidelines used for writing pseudocode.
  79. What are the benefits of pseudocode?
  80. What are the limitations of pseudocode?
  81. What are control structures?
  82. What are the three basic logic structures used in writing structured programs? Discuss the use of each.
  83. What is a sequence control structure?
  84. What is a selection control structure?  
  85.  Define Hardware and Software.  
  86. What are the types of Software?  
  87. What is the Application of Software?  
  88.  Define operating System and its Functions.   
  89.  Define Compiler, Interpreter and Assembler.
  90. What are the functions of System utilities?
  91. What are the types of Operating System?   
  92. What are the Categories of Operating System?   
  93. Define Application software/program 
  94. What are the Different data types available in “C”?
  95. What are Keywords?
  96. What is an Operator and Operand?
  97. What is Ternary Operator?
  98. List out any 5 Features of “C” Applications. 
  99. What are the Characteristics of Program?
  100.    Define C Tokens and its types.
  101.    Define Identifiers and Keywords.
  102.   What are the Data Types and its types?
  103.   What is a Variable?
  104.   Define Constants and its Types.
  105.   Define Operators and its types.
  106.   What are the types involved in I/O Operators?
  107.   Define Decision-making and its types.
  108.   Define Branching and its types.
  109.   Define Looping and its Types.
  110.   Define Arrays and also its types.
  111.   List out any 10 String Functions in a “C” Compilers.
  112.   Define Function and its types.
  113.  What are the Elements of User-Defined Functions?
  114.     Define Parameters and its types. 
  115.   What is called Recursion?
  116. List out any 10 Library Functions of C Header Files.
  117.  Define Structures.
  118.   Define Union.
  119.   Define Pointers.
  120. What are the Features of Pointers?
  121. What are the Advantages of Pointers?
  122.  Define Null Pointer. 
  123.  Define Dynamic Memory Allocation (DMA).
  124. What are the Advantages of DMA?
  125.  Define “C” Preprocessor.
  126.   Define Macro Substitutions.
  127.    What are the rules for defining Preprocessor?
  128.   Specify the Header files in “C” language.
  129.  What re the Preprocessor Directives

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