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CHAPTER 10: INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
COMPLETE SHORT QUESTIONS
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Q1. Define Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
Ans: ICT is the use of technology for the processing, storage, and
transmission of information through electronic devices.
Q2. What is Data?
Ans: Raw facts and figures that are collected for a specific purpose are called
data.
Q3. What is Information?
Ans: When data is processed and organized into a meaningful form, it is
called information.
Q4. Name the basic components of a communication system.
Ans: (1) Transmitter, (2) Transmission Medium (Channel), and (3) Receiver.
Q5. What is the role of a Transmitter?
Ans: A transmitter converts the information into a signal suitable for
transmission over a medium.
Q6. What is a Transmission Medium?
Ans: It is the path or channel (like wires or radio waves) through which
signals travel from transmitter to receiver.
, Q7. What is the function of a Receiver?
Ans: A receiver captures the signal from the medium and converts it back
into its original form for the user.
Q8. Define Telecommunication.
Ans: The exchange of information over significant distances by electronic
means is called telecommunication.
Q9. What is a Telephone?
Ans: A device used to transmit and receive sound (voice) over long distances
using electrical signals.
Q10. What is a Mobile Phone?
Ans: A portable telephone that uses radio waves to communicate through a
network of base stations.
Q11. What is Fax (Facsimile) Machine?
Ans: A machine used to transmit scanned printed material (text or images)
over telephone lines.
Q12. Define Radio Waves.
Ans: Electromagnetic waves used for wireless communication like radio and
television broadcasting.
Q13. What is a Computer?
Ans: An electronic machine that accepts data, processes it, and gives
meaningful results (information).
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CHAPTER 10: INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
COMPLETE SHORT QUESTIONS
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Q1. Define Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
Ans: ICT is the use of technology for the processing, storage, and
transmission of information through electronic devices.
Q2. What is Data?
Ans: Raw facts and figures that are collected for a specific purpose are called
data.
Q3. What is Information?
Ans: When data is processed and organized into a meaningful form, it is
called information.
Q4. Name the basic components of a communication system.
Ans: (1) Transmitter, (2) Transmission Medium (Channel), and (3) Receiver.
Q5. What is the role of a Transmitter?
Ans: A transmitter converts the information into a signal suitable for
transmission over a medium.
Q6. What is a Transmission Medium?
Ans: It is the path or channel (like wires or radio waves) through which
signals travel from transmitter to receiver.
, Q7. What is the function of a Receiver?
Ans: A receiver captures the signal from the medium and converts it back
into its original form for the user.
Q8. Define Telecommunication.
Ans: The exchange of information over significant distances by electronic
means is called telecommunication.
Q9. What is a Telephone?
Ans: A device used to transmit and receive sound (voice) over long distances
using electrical signals.
Q10. What is a Mobile Phone?
Ans: A portable telephone that uses radio waves to communicate through a
network of base stations.
Q11. What is Fax (Facsimile) Machine?
Ans: A machine used to transmit scanned printed material (text or images)
over telephone lines.
Q12. Define Radio Waves.
Ans: Electromagnetic waves used for wireless communication like radio and
television broadcasting.
Q13. What is a Computer?
Ans: An electronic machine that accepts data, processes it, and gives
meaningful results (information).
