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1st Year Computer Science Guess 2018 (All Punjab Boards)
What is the importance of using computer? What is assembly language? Give some examples of operating system. OR Define command line
operating system. OR Write the names of some popular operating system. OR Distinguish between single-user and multi-user operating system. OR
Describe GUI operating system and give some examples of GUI operating system.
What are gateways? What is antivirus? OR Give three suggestions to protect from virus. OR Explain virus activation in computers. OR How does
boot sector virus work? OR Write names of any four antivirus programs. OR Give some examples of latest anti-virus software. OR How can we
protect our data from viruses? OR List different types of virus.
What is data routing? What is data bus? OR Explain data security. OR Discuss some ways in which the security of data may he violated. OR Define
synchronous data transmission. OR Differentiate between data and information. OR What is Data Communication? OR List out different elements of
data communication. OR What is serial data transmission? OR What do you know about parallel data transmission? OR State the purpose of data link
layer. OR How data can be represented in computer system? OR What do you know about Data Protection? OR Define data link layer. OR Define
synchronous data transmission.
Purpose and short cut key of the undo Command. OR Write short cut key to print a document.
Give the difference between save and save as options.
Define LAN and WAN. OR What do you mean by LAN? OR Compare LAN and WAN transmission speeds. OR Enlist different components of
LAN.
What is search engine? OR List name of five search engines. What is system Hardware? OR What is system software? OR Define application
software. OR Differentiate between System Software and Application Software.
Define pointing devices. OR List some examples of pointing devices.
Define HTTP and HTTPS. What is online education? What is a compiler? OR Compare compiler and interpreter.
Define security. OR What do you mean by computer security? What is difference between uploading and downloading?
Define internet. OR What is internet explorer? OR What is difference between internet and web? OR Define web browser. OR How web pages are
created? OR Define the sign up process on any web mail facility. OR Describe the use of web server. OR Describe the use of web server. OR What is
the difference between URL and website?
Define information technology. OR Write some applications of information technology. Define the term Word Processing.
Define Bit and Byte. OR Differentiate between bit and byte. What is Modem? OR List three features of modem. OR Explain external modem.
What do you know about computer simulation? OR Write briefly the uses of Computer Simulation. OR State the purpose of computer simulation.
Describe computer architecture. Differentiate between SRAM and DRAM.
What is cache memory? OR What is the concept of memory address? OR Write a short note on Main Memory. OR Define Memory Cell, Memory
Word and Byte. OR Define memory address. OR Define the role of main memory in computer system. OR What is memory address register? OR
Define Static and Dynamic memory devices. OR Why RAM is caned volatile memory? OR Why RAM is called Random Access Memory?
Define dedicated server. What is ASCII Code? Define backup. OR Why is backup important?
Define PROM. What is FLAGS register? OR List out the name of general purpose registers.
Define the term video conferencing. OR List some benefits of video conferencing. State the purpose of ATM.
How computer can be used in marketing? Describe CBT. What is the use of MICR? OR Describe microphone. What do you mean by CSMA / CR?
Define Analog Signal. Define stack. Define the term “Interrupt”. Define DMA. Define monitoring system in hospital.
Differentiate between CAD and CAM. Define bar code. OR What is bar code reader?
Explain computer languages. OR Distinguish between low level and high level languages. What is the concept of stored program machine?
How does microwave system work? Write some benefits of computer aided learning.
How computer can be useful in weather forecasting? What does URL mean? OR What is Unicode? What is encoder? What is broad band?
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What is logic bomb? What is control unit? What is motherboard? What is my document folder? OR Write a short note on the rules for file and folders
names. OR What are the rules to set names for file and folder in Windows? How computer can be used in airline system? Differentiate between
softcopy and hardcopy Name some ISP’S in Pakistan.
Define Cycle Time. Define Modulation list three different types of modulations.
Define multitasking. Define pixel. Define reprographics. Define the term client. Define the working of Scanner. Describe Print Queue.
Describe window explorer . Distinguish between arithmetic unit and logical unit. How does a mouse work? List some features of computer.
What is advantage of using ATM in banks? Name four applications of document management system. Why RAM is used in cornputer?
What is stack pointer register? Define store program computer. What is boot sector? Who is a hacker? Define user interfade.
What is multitasking? What do you know about indentation? State the purpose of transport layer. What is electronic shopping?
What is file management? What is IT? What is Thesaurus? What is touch screen? Define E-commerce.
What is relationship between ‘object Program’ and ‘Source Program?’ What are input devices? OR What are output devices? OR Describe the
function of input / output unit.
What is a printer? OR What are laser printers? OR How is printer resolution measured? OR Write the advantages of non-impact printers over impact
printer. OR Write a brief note on Non-impact printers. OR Explain different types of impact printers. OR Differentiate between Dot Matrix printer
and Daisy Wheel printer. OR What are different types of printers?
State the purpose of FTP. Define mobile communication. OR What is communication satellite? OR What is half duplex communication mode? OR
Compare simplex and half duplex mode. OR Describe full duplex mode of data transmission. OR Differentiate between Asynchronous and
Synchronous transmissions.
Define transmission modes. What is a fiber optics? OR Write two advantages and two disadvantages of fiber optic cable.
What is purpose of address bus? OR Define bus inter connection. OR Write down names of different system buses.
What is Sack up? Why is back its important? What is meant by online banking? What ALU? What is EPROM?
Define ports. OR What is meant by a serial port? OR What is the use of parallel port? What do you know about keyboard and its functions?
What is the purpose of Recycle Bin? Write a short note on Plotter. What is language processor? OR What is language translator or language
processor? What is purpose of password? OR Write the benefits of password.
What is DRAM? OR Why does DRAM use more power? OR Why is RAM called volatile? OR Define DRAM.
What is Email? OR What is mail merge? OR Differentiate between E-mail Address and URLs.
What are functions? OR Define sum and average function. OR Distinguish between formula and function. OR What is nested function?
Define Workgroup computing Give its two disadvantages. OR What do you know about workgroup computing? What do you mean by QWERTY?
What is digital signal?
Define ring topology. OR Define the term network topology. OR Define star topology. OR Name difference network topologies. OR Compare the
features of BUS and START topologies.
Define IP Addressing. OR Explain TCP. What is Relative Referencing? Write some benefits of using computer networks. OR OR What is DSL? OR
What is network interface card? OR Describe Metropolitan Area Network. OR Define computer network. OR Also describe any three network
connectivity devices in detail. OR What client/ server network model?
Define interpreter. OR Differentiate between compile and interpreter. Define Robot. OR How robots are used in industry? What do rou know about
play and plug? What is instruction set? OR State the purpose of fetch instruction. OR What is zkro-address instruction format? OR Describe Fetch-
Decode-Execute cycle of CPU.
Define word processor. OR List out some uses of word processor. OR Define worksheet. OR Define MS Office. OR List two benefits of spreadsheet.
OR State the use of clipboard in MS-Word. OR List two benefits of spreadsheet. OR Define spreadsheet. OR List two benefits of spreadsheet. OR
What is cell in MS-Excel? OR List any four functions in MS-excel. OR What is 3-D sheet? OR How formula is used in MS-Excel? Give an example.
OR Define word processor. OR What is paragraph formatting? OR Write any two benefits of spreadsheets. OR How can you merge cells? OR
Describe “Undo” and “Redo” commands. OR Define Word Wrap and Headers and Footers. OR List any two uses of word processor. OR Write name
of two typing modes used in MS-Word. OR List any four function of excel.
1st Year Computer Science Guess 2018 (All Punjab Boards)
What is the importance of using computer? What is assembly language? Give some examples of operating system. OR Define command line
operating system. OR Write the names of some popular operating system. OR Distinguish between single-user and multi-user operating system. OR
Describe GUI operating system and give some examples of GUI operating system.
What are gateways? What is antivirus? OR Give three suggestions to protect from virus. OR Explain virus activation in computers. OR How does
boot sector virus work? OR Write names of any four antivirus programs. OR Give some examples of latest anti-virus software. OR How can we
protect our data from viruses? OR List different types of virus.
What is data routing? What is data bus? OR Explain data security. OR Discuss some ways in which the security of data may he violated. OR Define
synchronous data transmission. OR Differentiate between data and information. OR What is Data Communication? OR List out different elements of
data communication. OR What is serial data transmission? OR What do you know about parallel data transmission? OR State the purpose of data link
layer. OR How data can be represented in computer system? OR What do you know about Data Protection? OR Define data link layer. OR Define
synchronous data transmission.
Purpose and short cut key of the undo Command. OR Write short cut key to print a document.
Give the difference between save and save as options.
Define LAN and WAN. OR What do you mean by LAN? OR Compare LAN and WAN transmission speeds. OR Enlist different components of
LAN.
What is search engine? OR List name of five search engines. What is system Hardware? OR What is system software? OR Define application
software. OR Differentiate between System Software and Application Software.
Define pointing devices. OR List some examples of pointing devices.
Define HTTP and HTTPS. What is online education? What is a compiler? OR Compare compiler and interpreter.
Define security. OR What do you mean by computer security? What is difference between uploading and downloading?
Define internet. OR What is internet explorer? OR What is difference between internet and web? OR Define web browser. OR How web pages are
created? OR Define the sign up process on any web mail facility. OR Describe the use of web server. OR Describe the use of web server. OR What is
the difference between URL and website?
Define information technology. OR Write some applications of information technology. Define the term Word Processing.
Define Bit and Byte. OR Differentiate between bit and byte. What is Modem? OR List three features of modem. OR Explain external modem.
What do you know about computer simulation? OR Write briefly the uses of Computer Simulation. OR State the purpose of computer simulation.
Describe computer architecture. Differentiate between SRAM and DRAM.
What is cache memory? OR What is the concept of memory address? OR Write a short note on Main Memory. OR Define Memory Cell, Memory
Word and Byte. OR Define memory address. OR Define the role of main memory in computer system. OR What is memory address register? OR
Define Static and Dynamic memory devices. OR Why RAM is caned volatile memory? OR Why RAM is called Random Access Memory?
Define dedicated server. What is ASCII Code? Define backup. OR Why is backup important?
Define PROM. What is FLAGS register? OR List out the name of general purpose registers.
Define the term video conferencing. OR List some benefits of video conferencing. State the purpose of ATM.
How computer can be used in marketing? Describe CBT. What is the use of MICR? OR Describe microphone. What do you mean by CSMA / CR?
Define Analog Signal. Define stack. Define the term “Interrupt”. Define DMA. Define monitoring system in hospital.
Differentiate between CAD and CAM. Define bar code. OR What is bar code reader?
Explain computer languages. OR Distinguish between low level and high level languages. What is the concept of stored program machine?
How does microwave system work? Write some benefits of computer aided learning.
How computer can be useful in weather forecasting? What does URL mean? OR What is Unicode? What is encoder? What is broad band?
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What is logic bomb? What is control unit? What is motherboard? What is my document folder? OR Write a short note on the rules for file and folders
names. OR What are the rules to set names for file and folder in Windows? How computer can be used in airline system? Differentiate between
softcopy and hardcopy Name some ISP’S in Pakistan.
Define Cycle Time. Define Modulation list three different types of modulations.
Define multitasking. Define pixel. Define reprographics. Define the term client. Define the working of Scanner. Describe Print Queue.
Describe window explorer . Distinguish between arithmetic unit and logical unit. How does a mouse work? List some features of computer.
What is advantage of using ATM in banks? Name four applications of document management system. Why RAM is used in cornputer?
What is stack pointer register? Define store program computer. What is boot sector? Who is a hacker? Define user interfade.
What is multitasking? What do you know about indentation? State the purpose of transport layer. What is electronic shopping?
What is file management? What is IT? What is Thesaurus? What is touch screen? Define E-commerce.
What is relationship between ‘object Program’ and ‘Source Program?’ What are input devices? OR What are output devices? OR Describe the
function of input / output unit.
What is a printer? OR What are laser printers? OR How is printer resolution measured? OR Write the advantages of non-impact printers over impact
printer. OR Write a brief note on Non-impact printers. OR Explain different types of impact printers. OR Differentiate between Dot Matrix printer
and Daisy Wheel printer. OR What are different types of printers?
State the purpose of FTP. Define mobile communication. OR What is communication satellite? OR What is half duplex communication mode? OR
Compare simplex and half duplex mode. OR Describe full duplex mode of data transmission. OR Differentiate between Asynchronous and
Synchronous transmissions.
Define transmission modes. What is a fiber optics? OR Write two advantages and two disadvantages of fiber optic cable.
What is purpose of address bus? OR Define bus inter connection. OR Write down names of different system buses.
What is Sack up? Why is back its important? What is meant by online banking? What ALU? What is EPROM?
Define ports. OR What is meant by a serial port? OR What is the use of parallel port? What do you know about keyboard and its functions?
What is the purpose of Recycle Bin? Write a short note on Plotter. What is language processor? OR What is language translator or language
processor? What is purpose of password? OR Write the benefits of password.
What is DRAM? OR Why does DRAM use more power? OR Why is RAM called volatile? OR Define DRAM.
What is Email? OR What is mail merge? OR Differentiate between E-mail Address and URLs.
What are functions? OR Define sum and average function. OR Distinguish between formula and function. OR What is nested function?
Define Workgroup computing Give its two disadvantages. OR What do you know about workgroup computing? What do you mean by QWERTY?
What is digital signal?
Define ring topology. OR Define the term network topology. OR Define star topology. OR Name difference network topologies. OR Compare the
features of BUS and START topologies.
Define IP Addressing. OR Explain TCP. What is Relative Referencing? Write some benefits of using computer networks. OR OR What is DSL? OR
What is network interface card? OR Describe Metropolitan Area Network. OR Define computer network. OR Also describe any three network
connectivity devices in detail. OR What client/ server network model?
Define interpreter. OR Differentiate between compile and interpreter. Define Robot. OR How robots are used in industry? What do rou know about
play and plug? What is instruction set? OR State the purpose of fetch instruction. OR What is zkro-address instruction format? OR Describe Fetch-
Decode-Execute cycle of CPU.
Define word processor. OR List out some uses of word processor. OR Define worksheet. OR Define MS Office. OR List two benefits of spreadsheet.
OR State the use of clipboard in MS-Word. OR List two benefits of spreadsheet. OR Define spreadsheet. OR List two benefits of spreadsheet. OR
What is cell in MS-Excel? OR List any four functions in MS-excel. OR What is 3-D sheet? OR How formula is used in MS-Excel? Give an example.
OR Define word processor. OR What is paragraph formatting? OR Write any two benefits of spreadsheets. OR How can you merge cells? OR
Describe “Undo” and “Redo” commands. OR Define Word Wrap and Headers and Footers. OR List any two uses of word processor. OR Write name
of two typing modes used in MS-Word. OR List any four function of excel.
