CBSE-IX-Foundation of Information Technology .

03: Computer Software

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    Foundation of Information Technology - Computer Software
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    Section : A
    Very Short Answer Type Questions
  • Qstn #1
    What is a computer software?
    Ans : Computer software is a collection of programs, procedure and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it.
  • Qstn #2
    What do you mean by system software?
    Ans : System software refers to the programs that controls internal computer operations and makes best use of the hardware devices.
  • Qstn #3
    What do you mean by an operating system?
    Ans : Operating system is a program that acts as an interface between the user and the hardware.
  • Qstn #4
    In order to use the printer, an operating system will need a special type of software. This software is known as what?
    Ans : In order to use the printer, an operating system will need a device driver software.
  • Qstn #5
    Which language processor converts an HLL program into machine language at once?
    Ans : Compiler is a language processor which converts whole HLL program into machine language at once which can be understood by the processor.
  • Qstn #6
    Define a utility software.
    Ans : A utility software is a system software designed to help in the management and tuning of operating systems, computer hardwares and different application softwares.
  • Qstn #7
    Mention some examples of utility software.
    Ans : Data compression utilities, virus protection utilities and disk defragmentation utilities.
  • Qstn #8
    Which software do you use to keep your system intact from computer viruses?
    Ans : Antivirus software is used to keep your system intact from computer viruses.
  • Qstn #9
    Why we cannot use a text editor as a picture editing tool?
    Ans : Text editor is a editing program which does not support the editing of graphical images because it works only on text.
  • Qstn #10
    Describe an application software.
    Ans : An application software is designed to help the user to perform specific functions.
  • Qstn #11
    Why do we use spreadsheets?
    Ans : A spreadsheet is specially used to organise data in tables and to analyse the tabulated data in desired manner. It allows you to do a lot of calculations.
  • Qstn #12
    Name the software used to control redundancy from a collection of large amount of data.
    Ans : A database is a collection of integrated data stored together with controlled redundancy to serve one or more applications in an optimal fashion.
  • Qstn #13
    Name the latest attendance recording devices used in an attendance system.
    Ans : Biometrics and Access cards.