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Q: Ctrl, Shift and Alt are called ..........keys Q: Which key is used in combination with another key to
A) modifier B) function perform a specific task?
C) alphanumeric D) adjustment A) Function B) Spacebar
Answer: A) modifier C) Arrow D) Control
Answer: D) Control
Q: MS-Word is an example of _____
A) An operating system B) A processing device Q: Microcomputer hardware consists of three basic
C) Application software D) An input device categories of physical equipment ____
Answer: C) Application software A) Keyboard, monitor, hard drive
B) system unit, input/output, memory
Q: Microsoft Office is an example of a________ C) system unit, input/output, secondary storage
A) Closed source software D) system unit, primary storage, secondary storage
B) Open source software Answer: C) system unit, input/output, secondary storage
C) Horizontal market software
D) vertical market software Q: The process of preparing a floppy diskette for use is
Answer: C) Horizontal market software called
A) assembling B) translating
Q: By default, your documents print in ________ mode C) parsing D) formatting
A) Landscape B) Portrait Answer: D) formatting
C) Page Setup D) Print View
Answer: B) Portrait Q: _____are attempts by individuals to obtain
confidential information from you by falsifying their
Q: The computer's processor consists of the following identity.
parts A) Phishing trips B) Computer viruses
A) CPU and Main Memory C) Phishing scams D) Spyware scams
B) Hard Disk and Floppy Drive Answer: C) Phishing scams
C) Control Unit and ALU
D) Operating System and Application Q: What are two example of freeware?
Answer: C) Control Unit and ALU A) WinZip and Linux
B) Shareware and file sharing
Q: A computer cannot "boot" if it does not have the ___ C) Microsoft word and the Google toolbar
A) Compiler B) Loader D) Instant messaging and the Google toolbar
C) Operating system D) Assembler Answer: D) Instant messaging and the Google toolbar
Answer: C) Operating system
Q: An email account includes a storage area, often called
Q: What are the four things needed to connect to the ___
internet? A) mailbox B) hyperlink
A) telephone line, modem, computer, and an ISP C) IP address D) None of these
B) modem, computer, PDA, and ISP Answer: A) mailbox
C) telephone line, modem, computer, and PDA
D) computer, ISP, modem, and communication software Q: Which of the following is an example of an optical
Answer D) computer, ISP, modem, and communication disk?
software A) Digital versatile disks B) Magnetic disks
C) Memory disks D) Data bus disks
Q: The box that contains the central electronic Answer: A) Digital versatile disks
components of the computer is the ......
A) Motherboard B) System Unit Q: Which of the following are advantage of CD-ROM as a
C) Peripheral D) RAM storage media?
Answer: B) System Unit A) CD-ROM is an inexpensive way to store large amount of
data and information
Q: The operating system called UNIX is typically used B) CD-ROM disks retrieve data and information more
for___ quickly than magnetic disks do
A) desktop computers B) laptop computers C) CD-ROMS make less errors than magnetic media
C) super computers D) web servers D) All of these
Answer: D) web servers Answer: A) CD-ROM is an inexpensive way to store large
amount of data and information
Q: Vendor-created program modifications are called ___
A) patches B) antiviruses
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Q: In MICR, C stands for........... Q: Which of the following refers to a small, single-site
A) Code B) Colour C) Computer D) Character network ?
Answer: D) Character A) LAN B) DSL
C) RAM D) USB
Q: _____ provide expansion capability for a computer Answer: A) LAN
system
A) Sockets B) Slots Q: Hardware devices that are not part of the main
C) Bytes D) None of these computer system and are often added later to the system
Answer: B) Slots are _____
A) clip art B) highlight
Q: Junk e-mail is also called ______ C) execute D) peripherals
A) Spam B) Spoof Answer: D) peripherals
C) Sniffer script D) Spool
Answer: A) Spam Q: A removable magnetic disc that holds information
______
Q: Software you can use to create a budget is called ___ A) Floppy disk B) Hard drive
A) word processing software B) graphics software C) Monitor D) Portable
C) utility software D) spreadsheet software Answer: A) Floppy disk
Answer: D) spreadsheet software
Q: The instructions for starting the computer are housed
Q: _ is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors in __
A) Tracking B) Formatting C) Crashing D) Allotting A) RAM B) CD-ROM
Answer: B) Formatting C) ROM Chip D) None of these
Answer: C) ROM Chip
Q: Compatibility in regard to computers refers to ____
A) The software doing the right job for the user Q: In the binary Language each letter of the alphabet,
B) It being versatile enough to handle the job each number and each special character is made up of a
C) The software being able to run on the computer unique combination of ___
D) Software running with other previously installed software A) eight bytes B) eight kilobytes
Answer: D) Software running with other previously..... C) eight characters D) eight bits
Answer: D) eight bits
Q: The term _____ designates equipment that might be
added to a computer system to enhance its functionality Q: ____ hard drives are permanently located inside the
A) digital device B) system add-on system unit and are not designed to be removed, unless
C) disk pack D) peripheral device they need to be repaired or replaced
Answer: D) peripheral device A) Static B) Internal
C) External D) Remove
Q: The _____ controls communications for the entire Answer: B) Internal
computer system
A) arithmetic-logic unit B) semiconductor Q: Storage media such as a CD read and write
C) motherboard D) coprocessor information using __
Answer: C) motherboard A) a laser beam of red light B) magnetic dots
C) magnetic strips D) All of these
Q: You can use the tab key to ________ Answer: A) a laser beam of red light
A) move a cursor across the screen
B) indent a paragraph Q: Something which has easily-understood instructions is
C) move the cursor down the screen said to be___
D) both (a) and (b) A) Analog data B) Digital data
Answer: D) both (a) and (b) C) Modem data D) Watts data
Answer: A) Analog data
Q: Codes consisting of bars or lines of varying widths or
lengths that are computer readable are known as ____ Q: Which of the following is the storage area within the
A) An AsCII code B) A magnetic tape computer itself which holds data only temporarily as the
C) AN OCR scanner D) A Bar code computer process instructions?
Answer: D) A Bar code A) the hard disk B) main memory
C) the control unit D) read-only memory
Q: All of the logic and mathematical calculations done by Answer: B) main memory
the computer happen in/ on the........
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Answer: C) central processing unit
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Q: Which media have the ability to have data/information Q: If a new device is attached to a computer, such as
stored (written) on them by users more than once? printer or scanner, it ___ must be installed before the
A) CD-R disks B) CD-RW disks device can be used
C) Zip disks D) Optical disks A) buffer B) driver
Answer: B) CD-RW disks C) pager D) server
Answer: B) driver
Q: The first computer was programmed using.......
A) Assembly language B) Machine language Q: ____ uses laser technology to store large amount of
C) Spaghetti code D) Source code information
Answer: B) Machine language A) Floppy disk B) CD-ROM
C) Hard disk D) ED-ROM
Q: The Germans calls this the 'spider monkey' and the Answer: B) CD-ROM
Italians call it the 'snail’. Which symbol is this?
A) + B) @ Q: Computer programs are written in a high level
C) $ D) # programming language, however the human readable
Answer: B) @ version of a program is called _______
A) Cache B) Instruction set
Q: The main job of a CPU is to C) Source code D) None of these
A) carry out program instructions Answer: C) Source code
B) store data/ information for future use
C) Process data and information Q: Storage which stores or retains data after power off is
D) both (A) and (C) called____
Answer: D) both (A) and (C) A) Volatile storage B) Non-volatile storage
C) Sequential storage D) Direct storage
Answer: B) Non-volatile storage
Q: To make the number pad act as a directional arrow,
we press Q: Programs designed specifically to address general
A) Num lock B) Caps lock purpose applications and special-purpose applications
C) Arrow lock D) Shift are called......
Answer: D) Shift A) Management Information System
B) System Software
Q: ____ converts and executes one statement at a time C) Application Software
A) compiler B) interpreter D) None of these
C) converter D) instructions Answer: C) Application Software
Answer: B) interpreter
Q: What happens when you boot up a PC?
Q: C, BASIC, COBOL, and Java are examples of A) Portions of the operating system are copied from disk into
....language memory
A) low-level B) programming B) Portions of the operating system are copied from memory
C) computer D) high-level onto disk
Answer: D) high-level C) Portions of the operating system are compiled
D) Portions of the operating system are emulated
Q: What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM ) Answer: A) Portions of the operating system are........
makes it useful?
A) ROM information can be easily updated Q: Which of the following menu types is also called a drop
B) Data in ROM is non volatile, that is, it remains there even down menu?
without electrical power A) fly-out B) cascading
C) ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive data C) pop-up D) pull-down
storage Answer: D) pull-down
D) ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands
of computers Q: A modem ______
Answer: B) Data in ROM is non volatile, that is, it remains A) translates analog signals from a computer into digital
there even without electrical power signals that can travel along conventional telephone lines
B) translates digital signals from a computer into analog
Q: The ______ is a box that houses the most important signals that can travel along conventional telephone lines
parts of a computer system. C) demodulates digital signals from a computer
A) Software B) Hardware D) modulates signals an analog telephone line
C) Input drive D) System unit Answer: B) translates digital signals from a computer into
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Q: A ........is approximately one billion bytes Q: A program which helps create written documents and
A) Megabyte B) Gigabyte lets you go back and make corrections as necessary ___
C) Terabyte D) None of these A) Spreadsheet B) Personal writer
Answer: B) Gigabyte C) Word printer D) Word processor
Answer: D) Word processor
Q: When you cut or copy information it gets place in the__
A) Clipboard B) Mother board Q: A person who used his or her expertise to gain access
C) RAM D) None of these to other people's computers to get information illegally or
Answer: A) Clipboard do damage is a ____
A) spammer B) hacker
Q: Which type of memory holds only the program and C) instant messenger D) programmer
data that the CPU is presently processing? Answer: B) hacker
A) CMOS B) ROM
C) RAM D) ASCII Q: Which of the following software applications would be
Answer: C) RAM the most appropriate for performing numerical and
statistical calculations?
Q: What is a default file extension for all word A) Database B) Document Processor
documents? C) Graphic Package D) Spread Sheet
A) TXT B) WRD C) FIL D) DOC Answer: D) Spread Sheet
Answer: D) DOC
Q: A _______ is a software program used to view Web
Q: Most websites have a main page, the ______ which acts pages.
as a doorway to the rest of the website pages. A) site B) host C) link D) browser
A) Search engine B) Home page Answer: D) browser
C) Browser D) URL
Answer: B) Home page Q: ______ is a process of searching bugs in software
A) Compiling B) Testing
Q: A prescribed set of well-defined instructions for C) Runnung D) Debugging
solving mathematical problems is called _____ Answer: D) Debugging
A) A compiler B) A code
C) A description D) An algorithm Q: A ______ is a computer attached to the internet that
Answer: D) An algorithm runs a special Web server software and can send Web
pages out to other computers over the internet.
Q: Output devices make it possible to A) web client B) web system
A) View and print a data B) Scan a data C) web page D) Web server
C) Input a data D) Sending a data Answer: D) Web server
Answer: A) View and print a data
Q: The..... Key and the..... Key can be used in combination Q: You can use ______ to copy selected text, and ____to
with other keys to perform shortcuts and special tasks paste it in a document
A) Control, Alt B) Function, Toggle A) CTRL+C, CTRL+V B) CTRL+C, CTRL+P
C) Caps lock,Num lock D) None of these C) SHIFT+C, ALT+V D) SHIFT+C, ALT+P
Answer: A) Control, Alt Answer: A) CTRL+C, CTRL+V

Q: Which of the following is the largest unit of storage?

A) GB B) KB C) MB D) TB Q: Which of the following could be digital input devices
Answer: D) TB for computers?
A) Digital camcorder B) Microphone
Q: Most application software today comes with an C) Scanner D) All of the above
interface called Answer: D) All of the above
A) Graphical user interface B) Character user interface
C) Icon user interface D) Button user interface Q: When you save to this, your data will remain intact
Answer: A) Graphical user interface even when the computer is turned off ____
A) RAM B) Mother board
Q: What is the Full Form of INTERNET? C) Secondary storage device D) Primary storage device
'Internet' is the shortened form of 'INTERnational-NETwork' Answer: C) Secondary storage device
which is the interconnected network of all the Web Servers
worldwide. It is often called the 'World Wide Web' Q: During processing data, programs, and processed
information are held temporarily in _____
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Q: The smallest unit in a digital system is a......... Q: Secondary storage ________
A) Bit B) Byte A) does not require constant power
C) Character D) Kilobyte B) does not use magnetic media
Answer: A) Bit C) consists of four main types of devices
D) does not store information for later retrieval
Q: Digital computers use a ......... system to encode date Answer: A) does not require constant power
and programs.
A) Semiconductor B) decimal Q: A CD-ROM disk ____
C) binary D) RAM A) cannot be erased and rewritten
Answer: C) binary B) has more storage capacity than a CD-R
C) holds less data than a floppy disk
Q: PARAM was developed by D) Can be written only once
A) C-DAC B) IIT Kanpur Answer: A) cannot be erased and rewritten
C) BARC D) IIT Delhi
Answer: A) C-DAC Q: Inventor of WWW is ______
A) Bill Gates B) Lee.N.Feyong
Q: In order to e-mail a Word document from within C) N. Resscl D) Tim Berners Lee
Word __ Answer: D) Tim Berners Lee
A) Go to file/Send To/Mail Recipient
B) Save the file as an e-mail attachment Q: What is backup?
C) Start outlook and attach the file while open in word A) Connect his network to more component
D) This is an impossible operation B) Copy to save a data from original source to other
Answer: A) Go to file/Send To/Mail Recipient destination
C) Filter an old data from new data
Q: Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT are D) Access data from tape
known as what? Answer: B) Copy to save a data from original source to.....
A) Processor B) domain names
C) modems D) operating systems Q: What is a modem connected to?
Answer: D) operating systems A) processor B) mother board
C) printer D) phone line
Q: Several computers linked to a server to share Answer: D) phone line
programs and storage space___
A) Network B) Grouping Q: Any letter, number, or symbol found on the keyboard
C) Library D) Integrated system that you can type into the computer...........
Answer: A) Network A) Output B) Type
C) Character D) Print
Q: A(n) .......... is a small group of computers and Answer: C) Character
peripherals linked together in a small geographic area.
A) WAN B) PAN Q: What is the name for the process that is used to convert
C) LAN D) CAN a series of instructions or programs, written in a high-
Answer: C) LAN level language into instructions (or a program) that can
be run on a computer?
Q: OCR stands for A) Assembling B) Compiling
A) Optical Character Recognition C) Translating D) Uploading
B) Optical CPU Recognition Answer: B) Compiling
C) Optimal Character Rendering
D) Other Character Restoration Q: RAM is ____ and ____
Answer: A) Optical Character Recognition A) volatile, temporary B) nonvolatile, permanent
Q: A button that makes characters either upper or lower C) nonvolatile, temporary D) volatile, permanent
case and numbers to symbols___ Answer: A) volatile, temporary
A) Shift B) Ctrl
C) Space bar D) Back space Q: Documentation of computer programs is impograms is
Answer: A) Shift important so that ________
A) users can learn how to use the program
Q: Which of the following is a popular programming B) other programmers can know how to maintain the program
language for developing multimedia webpages. C) the programer can see why the code is written that way
A) COBOL B) Java while hunting for sources of error
C) BASIC D) Assembler D) all of above
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Q: The quickest and easiest way in word, to locate a Q: Storage and memory differ with respect to which of
particular word or phase in a document is to use the the following characteristics?
command A) Price B) Reliability
A) Replace B) Find C) Speed D) All of these
C) Lookup D) Search Answer: D) All of these
Answer: B) Find
Q: The function of an assembler is ________
Q: Unsolicited e-mail is called a ______ A) To convert basic language into machine language
A) Newsgroup B) Usenet B) To convert high level language into machine language
C) Backbane D) Spam C) To convert assemble language into machine language
Answer: D) Spam D) To convert assemble language into high level language
Answer: C) To convert assemble language into machine
Q: The two types of output devices are language
A) Monitor and Printer B) Floppy disc and CD
C) Keyboard and Mouse D) None of these Q: What does a Browser do?
Answer: A) Monitor and Printer A) Looks through magazines and books in the library
B) Reads material really fast
Q: A Computer works on a ___ number system C) It provides help menus
A) binary B) octal D) It is software used to view web pages
C) decimal D) hexadecimal Answer: D) It is software used to view web pages
Answer: A) binary
Q: Who governs the INTERNET?
Q: The combination of operating system and processor in A) ISOC B) IETF
a computer is referred to as a computers _____ C) IAB D) All of the above
A) firmware B) specifications Answer: D) All of the above
C) minimum requirements D) platform
Answer: D) platform Q: What is an e-mail?
A) An internet standard, which aqllow users to upload and
Q: Information on a computer is stored as ______ download files
A) analog data B) digital data B) An online area on which a user can converse in written
C) modem data D) watts data form about any special subject
Answer: B) digital data C) Transmission of files and messages through computer
network
Q: What is e-commerce? D) A real time typed conversation
A) Buying and selling international goods Answer: C) Transmission of files and messages through
B) Buying and selling products and services not found in computer network
stores
C) Buying and selling products and services over the intern Q: Hard copy of a document is
D) Buying and selling products having to do with computer A) Printed on printer B) Stored in floppy
Answer: C) Buying and selling products and services over C) Store in CD D) Store in hard disk
the internet Answer: A) Printed on printer

Q: The "home page" of a website is............ Q: ______ is the maximum amount of data that can be
A) The first page B) The largest page stored on a storage medium.
C) The most colorful page D) The last page A) Magnetic storage B) Optical storage
Answer: B) The largest page C) Solid-state storage D) Storage capacity
Answer: D) Storage capacity
Q: What is the most common way to get a virus in your
computer’s hard disk? Q: Which of the following refers to the fastest, biggest,
A) By installing games from CD ROMs and most expansive computer?
B) By opening e-mails A) Personal computer B) Super computer
C) By uploading pictures from mobile to the computers C) Laptop D) None of these
D) By sending e-mails Answer: B) Super computer
Answer: B) By opening e-mails
Q: A series of instructions that tells a computer what to
Q: If you are going to a site you use often, instead of do and how to do it is called a ____
having to type in the address every time, you A) Program B) Command
should_______ C) User response D) Processor
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Answer: C) Bookmark it
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Q: The command used to remove text or graphics from a
document. The information is then stored on a clipboard
so you can paste it.
A) cut B) Chop
C) Cart away D) Clip
Answer: A) cut

Q: A....... can operate at high speeds and can support

hundreds of users
A) Micro computer B) Mainframe computer
C) Super computer D) Mini computer
Answer: B) Mainframe computer

Q: ...... this is the act of copying or downloading a

program from a network and making multiple copies of it
A) Network piracy B) Plagiarism
C) Software piracy D) Site-Licency piracy
Answer: C) Software piracy

Q: The unit MIPS is used to measure the speed of a___.

A) Disk drive B) Tape drive
C) Printer D) Processor
Answer: D) Processor

Q: The primary purpose of an operating system is?

A) To allow people to use the computer
B) To make computers easier to use
C) To keep systems programmers employed
D) To make the most efficient use of the computer hardware
Answer: D) To make the most efficient use of the computer
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