software engineering MCQs – Page 49

Practise multiple-choice questions from software engineering for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

961. HTTP client requests by establishing a ____________ connection to a particular port on the server?
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A. transmission control protocol

B. none of these

C. user datagram protocol

D. broader gateway protocol

962. The term MIPS refers to ____________________ ?
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A. megabytes of instructions per seconds

B. multiple instructions per second

C. millions input processor set

D. millions of instructions per second
963. Which protocol is a signalling communication protocol used for controlling multimedia communication sessions ?
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A. session modelling protocol

B. session initiation protocol

C. none of these

D. session maintenance protocol

964. Storage device found inside the computer___________________?
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A. Super disk

B. CD ROM

C. Zip disk

D. Hard disk
965. In asynchronous serial communication the physical layer provides__________________?
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A. start and stop signalling

B. flow control

C. both A and B

D. none of these

966. To select text by shadding as you drag the mouse arrow over the text is referred to as _______________________?
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A. Highlight

B. Decode

C. Clip art

D. Fetch

967. Socket-style API for windows is called____________________?
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A. wsock

B. none of these

C. wins

D. winsock
968. A six digit card field used for postal ZIP codes is defined as___________________?
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A. An alphanumeric field

B. A letter field

C. A alphabetic field

D. A numeric field
969. The data link layer takes the packets from ________________ and encapsulates them into frames for transmission?
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A. network layer

B. application layer

C. physical layer

D. transport layer

970. The CPU is made up of control unit ALU and___________________?
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A. Memory

B. Input-Output

C. All of the above

D. Register unit

971. All of the following storage media have read and write capabilities except _____________________?
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A. CD-ROMs

B. Flash memory cards

C. Hard disk drives

D. Floppy disks

972. The most frequently used piece of hardware for inputting data is ___________________?
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A. Floppy disk

B. Cursor

C. Keyboard

D. Software

973. The comprehensive software system that builds, maintains and provides acess to a database is_________________?
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A. DBMS

B. CAI

C. DASD

D. CPU

974. Transport layer protocols deals with__________________?
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A. all of these

B. process to process communication

C. application to application communication

D. node to node communication

975. DNS database contains__________________?
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A. all of these

B. name server records

C. hostname-to-address records

D. hostname aliases

976. The acronym WORM in a computer system and used in optical technology stands for __________________?
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A. Write only , Replicate memory

B. Write once, Read memory

C. Write once, Read many

D. Write only, Read memory

977. Where do you find the clock and calendar in/on your computer ?
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A. Start menu

B. Task bar

C. Desktop

D. Menu bar

978. _____________ provides access to the internet and web pages through a service provider by using graphical interface?
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A. World Viewer

B. Internet Browser

C. Input Output

D. Computer Outlook

979. An endpoint of an inter-process communication flow across a computer network is called_________________?
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A. socket

B. port

C. pipe

D. none of these

980. Output devices make it possible to ____________________ ?
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A. Scan a data

B. Input a data

C. Sending a data

D. View and print a data