software engineering MCQs – Page 52

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

1021. Which of the following is a storage devices that uses rigid, permanently installed magnetic disks to store data/information ?
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A. permanent disk

B. floppy diskette

C. hard disk

D. optical disk

1022. Which of these keys is NOT on the number keypad ?
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A. Enter

B. Ctrl

C. Del

D. Num lock

1023. Soft copy refers to ___________________ ?
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A. Digitizing

B. Music sounds

C. Screen output

D. Printed output

1024. The name Tim Cook is associated with__________________?
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A. Microsoft

B. Apple Inc

C. France as its Foreign Secretary

D. Google

1025. Which device is used asthe standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment ?
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A. Mouse

B. Keyboard

C. Joystick

D. Track ball

1026. Secondary storage ____________________?
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A. does not use magnetic media

B. consists of four main types of devices

C. does not require constant power

D. does not store information for lateral retrieval

1027. The _______________ takes on different shapes depending on the task you are performing?
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A. mouse pointer

B. ribbon

C. insertion point

D. active tab

1028. A piece of icon or image on a web page associated with another webpage is called_________________?
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A. url

B. plugin

C. hyperlink

D. none of the above

1029. Who is called the grand father of the computer ?
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A. Dr. Herman Hollerith

B. Blaise Pascal

C. Joseph Jacquard

D. Charles Babbage
1030. __________________ is a space behind satellite navigation system that provides location anywhere on earth where there is an unobstructed line of site for four or more of its satellites?
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A. WAN

B. GPS

C. NIC

D. LAN

1031. A acronym for the organisation that publishes programming language standard is________________?
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A. EBCDIC

B. BCD

C. ANSI

D. ASCn

1032. Which part of a computer helps to store information ?
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A. Keyboard

B. Monitor

C. Disk drive

D. Printer

1033. Who has been sworn-in as the new chief justice of Allahabad High Court ?
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A. Ajay Kumar Mittal

B. D.Y. Chandrachud

C. Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale

D. Jagadip Narayan Singh

1034. Specialised programs that assist users in locating information on the web are called_______________________?
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A. Search Engines

B. Information Engines

C. Data Engines

D. Information Locators

1035. Letters, numbers and symbols found on a keyboard are ________________________?
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A. Icon

B. Screen

C. Menu

D. Keys
1036. Which of the following is the expansion of EBCDIC ____________________?
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A. Extended binary coded decimal interchange code

B. Extended bit comparable to digital interface for computer

C. Extended binary coded decimal information code

D. Extended bootable computerised digital infrared calculator

1037. The most common method of entering text and numerical data into a computer system is through the use of a___________________?
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A. Printer

B. None of these

C. Scanner

D. Keyboard
1038. A _____________ is a device that forwards packets between networks by processing the routing information included in the packet?
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A. router

B. none of these

C. bridge

D. firewall

1039. A packet switching network that was sponsored by the Commission of the EEC and became operational in 1979 is___________________?
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A. Star network

B. Euronet

C. a single server

D. none of these

1040. In analog computer_______________________?
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A. Output is displayed in digital form

B. All of the above

C. Input is first converted to digital form

D. Input is never converted to digital form