1. Question 1. What Is A Computer?

Answer :
Computer is a programmable machine. It the integral part of everyday life.
2. Question 2. What Are The Different Functions Of A Computer?
Answer :
A computer does the following functions;
a) Accepting data
b) Processing Data
c) Storing Data
d) Displaying Data

3. Question 3. How A Minicomputer Different From A Mainframe?

Answer :
Minicomputer is a midsized multiprocessing and multi user computer. It is
also called mid-range server. But mainframes are huge computers, most
commonly occupying entire rooms or floor. It is highly costly.
4. Question 4. What Is Super Computer?
Answer :
The fastest type of computer. Supercomputers are very expensive and are
employed for specialized applications that require immense amounts of
mathematical calculations. For example, weather forecasting requires a
supercomputer. Other uses of supercomputers include animated graphics,
fluid dynamic calculations, nuclear energy research, and petroleum
exploration.
5. Question 5. Differentiate Input And Output Device?
Answer :
Input devices are used for giving input to the computer. But output devices
are used to get the result back from the computer. The examples of input
devices are keyboard, mouse, scanner, digital camera atc...whereas output
devices include monitor, printer, projector etc....

6. Question 6. What Is A Storage Device? What Is The Common

Classification?
Answer :
Storage devices are used to store data in the computer. The different types
of storage devices are:
a) Magnetic Devices.
b) Optical Devices.
c) Solid-State Storage Devices.
7. Question 7. What Do You Mean By A Processing Device? What Are The
Various Types Of Processing Devices?
Answer :
The main function of a computer is to process data. The various types of
processing device in a computer are:
a) Microprocessor
b) Chipset
c) BIOS
8. Question 8. Differentiates Serial And Parallel Port?
Answer :
Serial port and parallel port are used for transferring data in/out of the
computer. In serial port transmission only 1 bit is transmitted at a time.
Most serial ports on personal computers conform to the RS-232C or RS-
422 standards. A parallel interface for connecting an external device such
as a printer. On PCs, the parallel port uses a 25-pin connector (type DB-25)
and is used to connect printers, computers and other devices that need
relatively high bandwidth. It uses parallel transmission of data.
9. Question 9. What Is An Interface?
Answer :
These are the communication channel that enables your computer to
exchange information with various devices.

10. Question 10. What Is A Microprocessor?

Answer :
The most important electronic component on the computer. It is a
programmable logical device for processing data. In the world of personal
computers, the terms MICROPROCESSOR and CPU are used
interchangeably.
11. Question 11. What Are The Factors Affecting The Speed Of The
Microprocessor?
Answer :
The following are the factors affecting the speed of the microprocessor.
a) Number of instructions build in the processor.
b) Bandwidth
c) Clock Speed
d) Number of transistors inside the processor

12. Question 12. What Are The Differences Between Multitasking And
Multiprocessing?
Answer :
Multitasking: Enables the processor to do multiple programs
simultaneously by fast switching through the programs. Here doesn't have
the involvement of multiple processors.
Multiprocessing: Enables the processor to do multiple programs
simultaneously by the use of multiple processors.

13. Question 13. What The Difference Between Fsb And Bsb?
Answer :
Front Side Bus. Another name for the system bus. The Front Side Bus
connects the CPU to main memory. A microprocessor bus that connects
the CPU to aLevel 2 cache is called Back Side Bus. Typically, a backside
bus runs at a faster clock speed than the Front Side Bus.
14. Question 14. What Is Packaging A Microprocessor? What Are The
Different Packaging Available?
 Answer :
Packaging is the process of connecting a microprocessor with a
computers motherboard. The types of microprocessor packaging are:
a) PGA
b) SPGA
c) SECC
d) LGA
15. Question 15. What Is Lga ?
Answer :
An LGA socket is the connection point for a central processing unit (CPU)
to fit into a motherboard. The LGA stands for Land Grid Array.

16. Question 16. What Is Cisc And Risc?

Answer :
Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) and Complex Instruction Set
Computer (CISC) are two philosophies by which computer chips are
designed. RISC became a popular technology buzzword in the 1990s, and
many processors used in the enterprise business segment were RISC-
based.
17. Question 17. What Is Intel Pentium?
Answer :
The Intel Pentium is a series of microprocessors first developed by the
Intel Corporation. These types of processors have been found in many
personal computers since 1993.

18. Question 18. Any Difference Between Pentium Iii And Iv?
Answer :
There have been a number of Pentium processor lines starting with the
base Pentium in 1993.The of the recent Pentium entries are Pentium III and
Pentium 4.
a) In a Pentium III processor, the bus speed is generally 133 MHz (although
there were a few with 100 MHz). The lowest bus speed on a Pentium IV is
400 MHz, and there are versions with much higher speeds (topping at 1066
MHz for the "extreme edition").
b) The Pentium 4s are smaller than the Pentium IIIs
c) Pentium III processors had (for the most part) about 512 KB of cache.
Pentium 4 processors, on the other hand, start at 512 KB.

19. Question 19. What Are The Differences Between Intel Celeron And
Pentium Family Of Processors?
Answer :
Celeron
o According to Build Gaming Computers, Celeron processors are
the low-end processor intended for standard home computer use.
SciNet reports the best Celeron processor has an L2 Cache of
128kb, a clock speed limit of about 2.0 GHz and runs at a core
voltage of 1.75V. These are useful numbers for comparison.
 Pentium
o The top Pentium processor is the Pentium 4 Prescott. CPU
Scorecard reports it has an L2 cache of 1MB (1024kb), a potential
3.0 GHz clock speed and runs at about 1.4V. The lowest
performing Pentium 4 processor, the Willamette, has an L2 cache
of 256kb, a potential 2.0 GHz clock speed and runs at about 1.7V.
20. Question 20. What Is Hyper Threading? What Is The Use Of It?
Answer :
A thread of execution, or simply a "thread," is one series of instructions
sent to the CPU. Hyper-threading is a technology developed to help make
better use of spare processing cycles. Hyper-threaded processors have a
duplicate set of registers, small spaces of high-speed memory storage
used to hold the data that is currently needed to execute a thread.
When a CPU core is delayed, waiting for data to be retrieved from another
place in memory, it can use these duplicate registers to spend the spare
computation cycles executing a different thread. The second set of
registers will be pre-loaded with the data needed to execute the second
thread, so the CPU core can begin work immediately

21. Question 21. What Is Intel Atom Processor?

Answer :
The Intel Atom family of processors are extremely small central processing
units (CPU) found mostly in ultraportable devices, such as netbooks, cell
phones and tablet PCs, according to Intel. While small and light on energy
use, Atom processors can handle the most common tasks, such as email
and instant messaging.
22. Question 22. What Is Nehalem Architecture?
Answer :
Nehalem is Intel's new microprocessor architecture The Core i7 chips were
the first processors ever produced using an architecture called Nehalem.
23. Question 23. Which Is A Heavy-duty Microprocessor Of Intel?
Answer :
Intel Xeon.

24. Question 24. Which Is The Processor Suitable From Intel Family Of
Processors For Server And Workstation?
Answer :
Intel Xeon

25. Question 25. What Is Full Name Of Amd?

Answer :
Advanced Micro Devices.
26. Question 26. What Are The Latest Processor Of Intel And Amd?
Answer :
For intel it is Intel Core i7 and AMD Opteron 6200 Series processor.
27. Question 27. Write Socket Lga 775 Is Apt For Which Type Of Intel
Processors?
Answer :
The top of the line for the LGA775 series CPU socket was the Core 2
processor series, with the Core 2 Duo E8600, Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and
Core 2 Quad Q9650 being the three top performers.

28. Question 28. Socket 939 Is Developed By Amd. It Supports A Maximum Of

How Many Bits Of Computing? What Are The The Different Processors Of
Amd Is Suitable For This Socket?
Answer :
AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon 64FX and AMD Athlon 64 X2.
29. Question 29. Which Type Of Socket Is Needed To Connect A Dual Core
Processor Of Intel?
Answer :
Socket LGA 775.

30. Question 30. What Is Heat Sink? What Is Its Use? If It Is Not In The System
What Will Happen?
Answer :
A heat sink is a component used to lower the temperature of a device.It is
most commonly there on the microprocessor. If it is not properly fixed the
system, the system will shutdown automatically to prevent further damage
to the processor.
31. Question 31. A Cpu Fan Should Be Placed In System. Why?
Answer :
To make the system cool and more functioning.
32. Question 32. What Are The Causes Of Overheating Of Microprocessor?
Answer :
a) Processor fan may not be properly connected.
b) Heat sink may be not contacted with the processor.
c) Jumpers may be configured to over clock the CPU.
d) Voltage supply incompatible
33. Question 33. No Display. What Is The Problem?
Answer :
a) CPU fan problem
b) Heat sink related issue
c) Power related issues
d) Improper Jumper settings

34. Question 34. What Is The Use Of Conventional Memory In The System?
Answer :
The size of conventional memory is 640KB. It is also called DOS memory or
Base memory. This memory is used by some small programs like Word
star, Lotus etc…DOS cannot use more than 640KB.
35. Question 35. What Is Main Memory In A Computer?
Answer :
 The main memory in a computer is called Random Access Memory. It is
also known as RAM. This is the part of the computer that stores operating
system software, software applications and other information for the
central processing unit (CPU) to have fast and direct access when needed
to perform tasks.
36. Question 36. What Is Cache Memory? What Is The Advantage If A
Processor With More Cache Memory You Are Using?
Answer :
Cache memory is the memory area between RAM and Processor. If cache
memory increases the speed of the system will also improved.

37. Question 37. What Are The Different Types Of Ram?

Answer :
SRAM, DRAM, VRAM, SGRAM, DDR-SDRAM etc….
38. Question 38. Differentiate Sram And Dram?
Answer :
SRAM
Static RAM stores each bit of data on six metal oxide semiconductor field
effect transistors, or MOSFETs. SRAM is used in devices that require the
fastest possible data access without requiring a high capacity. Some
examples are CPU caches and buses, hard drive and router buffers and
printers.
DRAM
Dynamic RAM stores data using a paired transistor and capacitor for each
bit of data. Capacitors constantly leak electricity, which requires the
memory controller to refresh the DRAM several times a second to maintain
the data.
39. Question 39. What Are The Different Dram Types?
Answer :
FPMDRAM, EDO DRAM, SDRAM, RDRAM, DDR-SDRAM
40. Question 40. What Is The Difference Between Ddr-i And Ddr-ii?
Answer :
DDR2 is the successor to DDR RAM. DDR 2 incorporates several
technological upgrades to computer system memory, as well as an
enhanced data rate.DDR 2 is capable of achieving twice the data transfer
rate of DDR-I memory because of its higher clock speed. It operates at a
lower voltage than DDR-I as well: 1.8 volts instead of 2.5.
Funtamental questions

1. Question 1. What Is The Difference Between Save And Save As?

Answer :
o Use SAVE when you are revising an existing document.
o Use SAVE AS when you are creating a new document from
scratch or an existing document. This will keep the original
document untouched in its original format and create a new
document with a new name.
2. Question 2. How Can We Find Out Basic Information About Our Computer?
Answer :
We can get the basic information about our computer by following below
steps.
o Right Click at my computer icon.
o Click Properties.
o General tab will show the processor and ram information.
o And Hardware Tab >> Device Manger will show the entire
hardware resources attached with you computer.

3. Question 3. How Can I Add Or Change The Choices Available In The Send
To Box?
Answer :
o Click “Start”
o Click “Run”
o In the text box, enter “SendTo” (without the quotes and no space
between the words).
o Click OK - the “Send To” window will open, In the “Send To”
window,
o Click “File”, Click “New”, Click “Shortcut”.
o Click “Browse” to find folder you want to add to the “Send To” list.
o Click it and then click “OK”, Click “Next”, Click "Finish”.
4. Question 4. What Is Backward Compatible?
Answer :
A program is backward compatible if it can use files from an older version
of itself. For a file saved in the program to be backward compatible, it must
be possible to open the file in a previous version of the program.

5. Question 5. What Is Collapsing?

Answer :
Hiding an additional level of directories beneath the selected directory in
My Computer or Windows Explorer.

6. Question 6. What Is Text Formatting?

Answer :
 Text formatting refers to the attributes of text other than the actual text
itself. For example, bold, italics, underlining, color, and size, are all
formatting attributes of text. The location of text can also be considered
part of the formatting. Text can be automatically centered, indented, or
positioned in other ways. When you wish to change the format of text, you
usually have to select the text, then do the formatting by clicking the
appropriate buttons. Occasionally, there are exceptions to the select-then-
do paradigm.
In Microsoft Word, there is a feature called Format Painter with which you
click some already formatted text, then click the Format Painter toolbar
button, then drag the mouse cursor across some other text. The other text
will be "painted" with the formatting of the original text selected. If you
double-click the Format Painter button, then it will be "locked" and you can
paint lots of text. When you are done, click the Format Painter button again
to turn it off.
7. Question 7. Explain Toolbar?
Answer :
A group of option buttons in some programs that usually make performing
certain actions quicker and easier.

8. Question 8. What Is Driver Software?

Answer :
Driver software is software that works as a translator between another
program and some piece of hardware. In the software industry, there are
generally standard ways to do things.
There are many different types of hardware, however, and each piece of
hardware may have its own protocol (or "language"). The driver software
receives standard signals from another program, then translates these into
commands for a particular piece of hardware. This way a program can be
written in a standard way, and it will work with many different devices.
9. Question 9. What Is Icon?
Answer :
An icon is a picture used to represent an object. Some example objects
are: data files, program files, folders, email messages, and drives. Each
type of object has a different icon. That means that different types of files
each have an icon representing its file type. MS Word files will have the MS
Word icon; MS Excel files will have the MS Excel icon; Etc.

10. Question 10. What Is Insertion Point?

Answer :
A vertical flashing line that shows the user where text will be inserted.

11. Question 11. What Is Macro?

Answer :
A series of keystrokes and mouse clicks that can be abbreviated into a
single keystroke or mouse click.
12. Question 12. What Is Map Network Drive?
Answer :
Associating a network drive. Doing this will have the drive appear in My
Computer.

13. Question 13. What Is The Interface?

Answer :
The visible layer which allows a user to communicate with a computer.
14. Question 14. What Is Minimize Button?
Answer :
To make a window disappear from the screen and move down to the
taskbar.
15. Question 15. What Is Mouse Cursor?
Answer :
The mouse cursor is a little picture that represents the location on the
screen you want to select. You can move the mouse cursor by moving the
mouse device. Once the mouse cursor is over the item to want to interact
with, you can click or double-click to activate that item. In many cases, the
picture you see for the mouse cursor will change, depending on what is
underneath it. For example, if you move the mouse cursor over this link, the
mouse cursor will probably change into a pointing hand (depending on your
software). This indicates that you can single-click to go to that link.

16. Question 16. What Is Floppy Disk?

Answer :
A round, flexible piece of magnetic media stored within a 3.5 inch square
protective plastic case. One floppy disk can store 1.44 megabytes of data.
Because floppy disks use magnetic media, they must be kept away from
magnets, or the data on them could be erased! Computer speakers are
magnetically shielded to prevent erasure of floppy disks, but standard
speakers are not!
17. Question 17. What Is Associate?
Answer :
To link a file with a certain program. This way, when you double-click on an
associated file, it will open the correct program.
18. Question 18. What Is Auto Arrange?
Answer :
In Windows Explorer, selecting auto arrange will lock any visible icons into
a grid or pattern.

19. Question 19. What Is Cd-rom?

Answer :
Compact Disc - Read Only Memory. A CD-ROM is any compact disc which
contains computer data. These discs can store huge amounts of data (up
to 640 megabytes). If there is a large amount of data on a CD-ROM, then it
 is usually impractical to copy the data on to the hard disk; in this case, you
must insert the disc whenever you want to use the data. The ROM simply
means that you can not save information onto these discs. CD-ROM may
also refer to the drive used to read these discs.
20. Question 20. What Is Clipboard?
Answer :
A temporary storage location in Windows. The clipart will store one piece
of information at a time when it is manually added to the clipart or is
copied there.
21. Question 21. How Can We View The Patches And Hot Fixes Which Have
Been Downloaded Onto Our Computer?
Answer :
To see all that has been added to your machine go to windows update and
look at: VIEW HISTORY
22. Question 22. How Do We Open A Rar File?
Answer :
RAR file (Resource Adapters aRchive) is a compressed file (like a Zip file).
You need a decompressing program to see the contents of a RAR file. One
you can use is called WinRAR.
23. Question 23. How Do We "add" A Sound To The Caps Lock Key So We Can
Hear When We Accidentally Hit It?
Answer :
To add a sound to the Caps Lock key, go into Control Panel and double
click (or single click in XP) Accessibility Options. Select the Keyboard tab.
Check Use ToggleKeys. Click OK. This will also set sounds for Num Lock
and Scroll Lock.
24. Question 24. How Do I Set The Time For How Long My Screen Saver Stays
On To Forever?
Answer :
o Go into Control Panel and click on the Display icon.
o In Display Properties, click on the Screen saver tab.
o In the Screen saver tab, click the Power button in the lower right-
hand corner.
o Set "Turn off monitor", "System standby" and "System hibernates"
to Never.
o Click Ok twice to complete the process.
Your screen saver should now run indefinitely.

25. Question 25. What Is The Difference Between An Intel Celeron And
Pentium Processor?
Answer :
The reason for the Celerons existence owes to the advent of an AMD
processor called the K6. AMD brought out a low priced alternative to the
Pentium, and Intel, instead of drastically reducing their pricing on their
"meat and potatoes" processor to meet that of the lower priced K6 (and
eventually, the Athlon), introduced a "crippled" version of the Pentium, and
 called it the Celeron. (In response, AMD came back with an even lower
priced processor of appalling performance called Duron, but that is another
story)
Processors are commonly classified by their "Core" speed -- ergo, a 933
MHz Pentium III processor has a core speed of 933 MHz. There are
however other significant features that are "classifiable" within a processor
-- namely "bus" or "memory access" speed, and onboard "Cache" size (and
speed). The Bus speed is the speed at which the processor fetches data
from memory, and places it in the onboard Cache, and also represents the
speed at which it communicates with its peripheral chipset. While each
processor model operates at its own "native" Core speed, the bus speeds
vary according to the motherboard (peripheral) Chipsets and memory with
which they are designed to work. Likewise the cache size will vary from
implementation to implementation. This distinction will become significant
in as we move on.
26. Question 26. How Do We Change The Number Of Mouse Clicks To Open
Items?
Answer :
change the number of mouse clicks required to open items :
o Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
o Double-click Folder Options.
o pen Folder Options in Control Panel.
o On the General tab, under Click items as follows, click the option
you want.
27. Question 27. What Does Oem Mean?
Answer :
It means Original Equipment Manufacturer. OEM means in the automotive
industry, this refers to a manufacturer of vehicles that provides the original
product design and materials for its assembly and manufacture.

28. Question 28. How Can We Get Detailed System Information About Our
Computer?
Answer :
Sometimes, despite all efforts, it seems impossible to find a particular
piece of information about your computer. This is especially frustrating
when you're attempting to resolve a problem, and a support technician
asks you to provide a simple piece of data. Wouldn't life be a little easier if
information about your operating system, hardware resources and
components, and software settings was all in one place? Microsoft System
Information, which is included with almost all Windows systems, may be
just what you need. To check out Microsoft System Information:
o Go to Start > Run.
o Type "msinfo32" into the Open field.
o Click "OK".
Note: If "msinfo32" doesn't work, try "msinfo".
29. Question 29. What Is The "correct" Way To Remove A Program From Our
Computer?
 Answer :
The best way is to go to Control Panel/Add remove programs. Find the
program you wish to remove, click on it and follow the on screen
directions. If the program is not there you can check to see if there is an
uninstall option when you go to the Program itself or in the start menu
options for that program. As a last resort, you can move the program folder
to the recycle bin but this will not totally remove it and may cause
problems. Leave it on the computer if space allows.
30. Question 30. How Do We Change The Screen Resolution Of Our
Computer?
Answer :
Go to Control Panel > Display > Settings and adjust the resolution there.
Or
Right click on an empty place on the desktop, choose "Properties" from the
menu and then Settings.
31. Question 31. If Our Mouse Is Erratic. How Can We Fix It?
Answer :
o Try replacing the batteries in the mouse if it is wireless.
o Try removing the mouse ball and cleaning the rollers inside the
mouse with a Q-tip. Often that residue is quite sticky. They sell
kits with a "velcro" ball you clean the rollers with by putting it in
place of the regular ball.
o If that doesn't fix the problem, buy a new mouse. Optical mice
don't have balls.
o If that doesn't resolve it, you may need to hire a technicians to
trouble shoot the problem.
32. Question 32. How Do We Remove The ">" Marks For An Email Before We
Send It?
Answer :
Copy and paste just the text of the email into a page of WordPad, or a
favorite word processor. The >>> that represent the number of times it has
been forwarded can be removed from the text like this: With your text
Pasted into WordPad, click Edit, then Replace. In the space provided type
one > or what ever you may want to remove. Then click Replace All. Now
you can again copy the text without the >> and paste it into a blank email
page.
33. Question 33. How Can We Easily Send A Part Of A Received E-mail To
Someone Else?
Answer :
High-lite the part you want to send, Right click on it and select copy. Open
new message, right click on page, and select paste, and the message
should be there ready to go. Or you can select forward, and then high-lite
the part that you don't want to go with the message, and press your delete
key.

34. Question 34. Is There A Simple Way To Create A Boot Disk For Various
Operating Systems?
 Answer :
You can download a boot disk from www.bootdisk.com When you open the
file, have a formatted floppy in the floppy drive, because it copies the files
over automatically. With this disk, it will allow us to boot to dos mode.
35. Question 35. What Is The Difference Between The "system Tray" And The
"quick Launch Tray"?
Answer :
The system tray is that portion of the task bar (usually on the bottom of the
screen-but you can drag it to either side or to the top!) that is on the right
hand side displaying the clock and some of those programs that are
running in the background. The portion on the left is the 'quick launch tray'
because you can drag icons/shortcuts there and with a single click you can
start or 'launch' the program.
36. Question 36. How Can We Get Rid Of The Noises When Our Modem Makes
A Connection To The Internet?
Answer :
o First choose Start, Settings, and then Control Panel to open the
Control Panel.
o Choose Modems.
o Select the entry for your modem, and choose the Properties
button to open the Modem Properties dialog box.
o hoose the Connection tab, and then the Advanced tab button to
open the Advanced Connection Settings dialog box.
o The Extra Settings text box in the dialog box may already have
some text in it. This text is actually a set of commands for the
modem. Modem commands vary from one modem to the next,
but most use the command MO - that's a zero, not a capital 0 - to
tell the modem to keep the speaker off at all times.
o First make sure that the text box does not already have a
command beginning with M. (And note that &MO, /MO, and MO
are three different commands.) If there is an M command already,
replace it with an MO command.
o If there is not an existing M command, simply type MO in the text
box.(It's okay to add it at the end of other commands that are
already there.) Choose OK, and Windows will send the command
to the modem every time it dials a connection.
o If this does not work, you'll need to check your modem manual to
see if the modem has an oddball command for controlling the
speaker.

37. Question 37. When We Tried To Make A Corrections To Some Text, All
The Letters/words To The Right Disappeared As We Typed In The
Corrections. What Happened?
Answer :
We probably pressed the "insert" key on our keyboard. The toggle to "insert"
is "replace". The "replace" works in some programs but not all.
38. Question 38. Where Can One "properly And Safely" Dispose Of A "dead"
Computer Components?
Answer :
All household hazardous materials including electronic components (VCRs,
computers, monitors, computer parts etc.) can be dropped off at the
Household Hazardous Waste Drop Off Locations in Lee County, FL.
39. Question 39. How Can We Check Our E-mail When We Are Away From
Home?
Answer :
Before you leave, check the home page of your ISP. Look for "Web mail" or
something similar. If you can not get your mail there, here is a URL that
works with any mail when you are away from home:
http:///www.mail2web.
40. Question 40. What Steps Should I Take To Replace The Bios Battery?
Answer :
It is better if you go to the BIOS first and copy the settings and have them
before you try to replace the battery, in case your system does not use the
default settings. Once this is done then you can safely replace the battery
and if necessary duplicate the BIOS settings you had before.