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Important MCQs

1. Which of the following does not affect the

resolution of a video display image?
(a) Bandwidth
(b) Raster scan rage
(c) Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution

5. File record length

(a) Should always be fixed
(b) Should always be variable
(c) Depends upon the size of file

(d) Screen Size

(d) Should be chosen to match the data

characteristics.

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (d)

2. Latency time is
(a) Time to spin the needed data under head
(b) Time to spin the needed data under track
(c) Time to spin data under sector
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
3. DPI stands for

6. .is the time required by a sector to

reach below read/write heat
(a) Seek Time

(b) Latency Time

(c) Access Time

(d) None

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
7. .is a technique of improving the
priority of process waiting in Queue for CPU
allocation

(a) Desktop projection Ink

(a) Starvation

(b) Ageing

(b) Dot per inch

(c) Revocation

(d) Relocation

(c) Dot-matrix printer ink

(e) None of these

(d) Desktop pixel Inch

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
4. Databases software may be divided into
(a) five distinct categories
(b) four distinct categories
(c) three distinct categories
(d) two distinct categories
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)

8. A grammar for a programming language is a

formal description of
(a) Syntax

(b) Semantics

(c) Structure

(d) Code

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
9. is a technique of temporarily
removing inactive programs from the memory
of computer system
(a) Swapping

(b) Spooling

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(c) Semaphore

(d) Scheduler

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(c) Prepare it for backup

(e) None of these

(d) Include it in the start-up sequence

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

10. The memory allocation scheme subject to

external fragmentation is
(a) segmentation
(b) swapping
(c) pure demand paging
(d) multiple fixed contiguous partitions
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
11. Virtual memory is
(a) simple to implement
(b) used in all major commercial operating
systems
(c) less efficient in utilization of memory
(d) useful when fast I/O devices are not
available
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
12. Before proceeding with its execution, each
process must acquire all the resources it
needs is called
(a) hold and wait
(b) No pre-emption
(c) circular wait
(d) starvation
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
13. The main reason to encrypt a file is to

(a) Reduce its size

(b) Secure it for transmission

Ans : (b)
14. LRU page replacement policy is
(a) Last Replaced Unit
(b) Last Restored Unit
(c) Least Recently Used
(d) Least Required Unit
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
15. Which of the following
fundamental process state

is

not

(a) ready
(b) terminated
(c) executing
(d) blocked
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
16. ODBC stands for
(a) Object Database Connectivity
(b) Oral Database Connectivity
(c) Oracle Database Connectivity
(d) Open Database Connectivity
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
17. Which two files are used during operations of
the DBMS
(a) Query languages and utilities
(b) DML and query language
(c) Data dictionary and transaction log
(d) Data dictionary and query language

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22. Which of the following is not a transmission

medium?

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
18. A protocol is a set of rules governing a time
sequence of events that must take place

(a) telephone lines

(b) coaxial cables

(a) between peers

(c) modem

(b) between an interface

(d) microwave systems

(c) between modems

(e) None of these

(d) across an interface

Ans : (c)
23. A technique for direct search is

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
19. In communication satellite, multiple repeaters
are known as
(a) detector

(b) modulator

(c) stations

(d) transponders

(a) communications software

(c) Time and Space

Ans : (c)
access

to

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
21. Which of the following is an advantage to
using fiber optics data transmission?

(e) None of these

(b) Complexity and capacity

(e) None of these

(c) communication hardware

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(d) Data and Space

(b) protocol

(c) low noise level

(d) Hashing

(a) Processor and memory

20. Which of the following is required to

communicate between two computers?

(b) fast data transmission rate

(c) Tree Search

24. Two main measures for the efficiency of an

algorithm are

Ans : (d)

(a) resistance to data theft

(b) Linear Search

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

(d) all of above including

transmission medium

(a) Binary Search

25. The space factor when determining the

efficiency of algorithm is measured by
(a) Counting the maximum memory needed by
the algorithm
(b) Counting the minimum memory needed by
the algorithm
(c) Counting the average memory needed by
the algorithm
(d) Counting the maximum disk space needed
by the algorithm
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

Ans : (d)

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array is called
(a) floor address

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(a) 128

(b) 256

(c) 512

(d) 1024

(e) None of these

(b) foundation address

Ans : (b)

(c) first address

31. is stored on a client and contains

state information of the website visited

(d) base address

(e) None of these

(a) Cookies

(b) Servelet

Ans : (d)

(c) History

(d) Resident Page

27. The term push and pop is related to the

(a) array

(b) lists

(c) stacks

(d) all of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
32...are small applications that are
accessed on an internet server, transported
over the internet, automatically installed and
run as part of a web document.
(a) Applets

(b) Java Bean

(a) Forwards a packet to all outgoing links

(c) Sockets

(d) Java Component

(b) Forwards a packet to the next free outgoing

link

(e) None of these

28. What does Router do in a network?

(c) Determines on which outing link a packet

is to be forwarded
(d) Forwards a packet to all outgoing links
except the original link
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
29. Repeater operates in which layer of the OSI
model?
(a) Physical layer
(b) Data link layer
(c) Network layer
(d) Transport layer

Ans : (a)
33. Encryption is the conversion of data in some
intelligible format into an unintelligible
format called.to prevent the data from
being understood if read by an unauthorized
party.
(a) Clear Text

(b) Encrypted Text

(c) Cipher Text

(d) Coded Text

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
34. The method for storing data temporarily such
that the input-output of the same job is
overlapped with its own processing, is known
as :

(e) None of these

(a) Spooling

(b) Contention

Ans : (a)

(c) I/O wait

(d) Buffering

30.GIF images can have only upto .

colors

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

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documents is referred to by its cell address,
which is the..

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(a) hardware

(b) monitor

(c) Status Bar

(d) user interface

(e) None of these

(a) cells column label

(b) cells column label and worksheet tab
name
(c) cells row and column labels
(d) cells row label
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)
40. Which of the following is the term for a
request for specific data contained in a
database?
(a) question

(b) query

(c) inquiry

(d) quiz

(e) None of these

36. The lowest form of computer language is

called
(a) BASIC

(b) FORTRAN

(c) Machine Language

(d) COBOL

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
37. The portion of the application that you work
with in an application software package is the
(a) user interface
(b) utility interface

Ans : (b)
41. Windows 7 is an example of a(n)
(a) application software
(b) browser
(c) Operating system
(d) shareware
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
42. The most powerful type of computer.

(c) processing interface

(a) mainframe computers

(d) analytical interface

(b) microcomputers

(e) None of these

(c) minicomputers

Ans : (a)

(d) supercomputers

38. Aprovides access to features of

the program.
(a) menu bar
(b) browser
(c) Office Assistant
(d) feature presentation
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
39. Menus are a part of the

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
43.The system component that controls and
manipulates data in order to produce
information is called the
(a) keyboard

(b) microprocessor

(c) monitor

(d) mouse

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

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system for mobile phones?

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49. Rules for exchanging data between computers

are called

(a) Android

(b) Symbian

(a) programs

(b) procedures

(c) iOS

(d) Bada

(c) protocols

(d) hyperlinks

(e) All of these are OS for mobile phones

(e) None of these

Ans : (e)

Ans : (c)

45. This type of file is created by word

processors.

50. The last part of the domain name following

the dot(.) is the top.domain

(a) worksheet

(b) document

(a) Level

(b) link

(c) database

(d) presentation

(c) locator

(d) language

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (a)

46. Many experts are predicting that this

revolution is expected to dramatically affect
the way we communicate and use computer
technology.
(a) graphics

(b) input

(c) memory

(d) wireless

(b) blogs
(c) wikis

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
47. The Internet was launched in 1969 when the
United States funded a project that developed
a national computer network called
(a) Web

(b) ISP

(c) CERN

(d) ARPANET

Ans : (b)
52. Programs that automatically submit your
search request to several search engines
simultaneously are called
(a) metasearch engines
(b) inclusive search engines

(e) None of these

(c) spiders

Ans : (d)
48. A(n)..program provides access to Web
resources.
(a) Web

(b) ISP

(c) browser

(d) URL

Ans : (c)

(a) social networks

(d) search engines

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

51.Many individuals create their own personal

sites called Web logs, or.

(d) hits
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
53. ..cash is the Internets equivalent to
traditional cash.
(a) Universal

(b) Web

(c) Premium

(d) Digital

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Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)
54. These programs allow parents as well as
organizations to block out selected sites and
set time limits on Internet access.
(a) plug-ins

(b) filters

(c) FTP

(d) DSL

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
55. This type of software works with end users,
application software, and computer hardware
to handle the majority of technical details.

58. Letters, memos, term papers, reports, and

contracts are all examples of
(a) models

(b) spreadsheets

(c) documents

(d) menus

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
59. The acronym DBMS stands for what?
(a) double-blind management setup
(b) document binder management system
(c) data binding and marketing structure

(a) application software

(d) database management system

(b) communications software

(e) None of these

(c) system software

Ans : (d)

(d) Web software

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
56. .are narrowly focused on specific
disciplines and occupations.
(a) Basic applications
(b) Business suites
(c) Specialized applications
(d) Utility programs

60. Database..are primarily used to

enter new records and to make changes to
existing records.
(a) reports

(b) tables

(c) forms

(d) queries

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
61. A file that includes predefined settings that
can be used to create many common types of
presentations is called a

(e) None of these

(a) pattern

(b) model

Ans : (c)

(c) template

(d) blueprint

57. The primary purpose of this type of software

is to create text-based documents.
(a) spreadsheet
(b) presentation
(c) word processing
(d) web development
(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
62. A(n)....is a single program that provides
the functionality of a word processor,
spreadsheet, database manager, and more.
(a) specialized application
(b) integrated package
(c) basic application

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(d) software suite

(c) Network Layer

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (a)

63. A Computer that is on the Network is a

.

(d) Application Layer

68. This power protection device includes a

battery that provides a few minutes of power.

(a) Node

(b) Terminal

(a) surge suppressor

(b) line conditioner

(c) Client

(d) Online

(c) generator

(d) UPS

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (d)

64. Network operating systems from Novell is

...
(a) NOS

(b) UNIX

(c) NetWare

(d) Solaris

69. Which layer defines the mechanical,

electrical, and timing interfaces to the
network?
(a) Physical Layer
(b) Data Link Layer

(e) None of these

(c) Network Layer

Ans : (c)
65. NIC Stands for
(a) Network Interface Card
(b) Network Internal Card
(c) Network Internet Client
(d) Network Input Card

(d) Application Layer

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
70. SCSI port (pronounced skuzzy) stands for
(a) System Computer Scanning Interface
(b) Small Computer System Interface

(e) None of these

(c) Small Computer System Internet

Ans : (a)
66. Older network often use another type of cable,
called..
(a) Twisted-pair cable

(d) System Computer, System Interfaced

(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

(b) Unshielded twisted-pair cable

71. LPT stands for

(c) Coaxial cable

(a) Laser Printer

(b) Link Port

(d) Optical Fiber

(c) Line Printer

(d) Line Port

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)

67. Magnetic Media is an Example oflayer

(a) Physical Layer

(b) Data Link Layer

72. Spool stands for________

(a) Serial Printer Object Oriented Language

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(b) Simultaneous Peripheral Output On-Line

(d) Synchronous Data Development Cycle

(c) System Protocol Optimization Outliner

(e) None of these

(d) Single Program

Operation

Ans : (b)

Operating

System

77. ADCCP means

(e) None of these

(a) Analog Data Code Check Procedure

Ans : (b)
73. Which of the following field is not a part of
Frame?
(a) kind

(b) seq

(c) header

(d) info

(b) Active Database Communication Control

Program
(c) Application Data Cache Call Procedure
(d) Advanced Data Communication Control
Procedure

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)

74. The technique of temporarily delaying

outgoing acknowledgments so that they can
be hooked onto the next outgoing data frame
is known as

78. According to ISO, HDLC means

(a) High-Level Data Link Control
(b) High-Level Data Language Control

(a) Correcting

(b) Piggybacking

(c) Hardware Data Link Control

(c) Sliding

(d) None of these

(d) High Definition Link Control

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (a)

75. The data link layer is used for_____

(a) Providing a well-defined service interface
to the network layer.

79. ..act as a central transmitter and

receiver in wireless local area network
(a) Access Nodes

(b) Access Points

(b) Dealing with transmission errors

(c) Access Hubs

(d) Access Switch

(c) Regulating the flow of data so that slow

receivers are not swamped by fast senders

(e) None of these

(d) All of these

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
76.What does SDLC mean in Networking
protocol?

Ans : (b)
80. IP address means
(a) Internet Protocol
(b) Internal Power
(c) Intranet Protocol

(a) Software Data Link Control

(d) Internal Protocol

(b) Synchronous Data Link Control

(e) None of these

(c) Software Development Life Cycle

Ans : (a)

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81. Which technology is used in a CDROM

Drive?
(a) Mechanical

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86. Which of the following statements is/are true?

(a) Cache Memories are bigger than RAM
(b) Cache Memories are smaller than RAM

(b) Electromechanical

(c) ROM are faster than RAM

(c) Optical
(d) Fiber Optical

(d) Information in ROM can be written by

users

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)

82. Which of the following device can store large

amounts of data?

87. A server that can perform to other task

besides network services is called

(a) Floppy Disk

(a) Uno server

(b) Hard Disk

(b) Dedicated server

(c) CDROM

(c) Committed server

(d) Zip Disk

(d) Service server

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)

83. Which of the following is handy to carry yet

can store large amounts of data?
(a) Floppy Disk

(b) Hard Disk

(c) CDROM

(d) Zip Disk

(c) NOS

Ans : (d)
84. Data (information) is stored in computers as?
(a) Files

(b) Directories

(c) Floppies

(d) Maer

(d) UNIX
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
89. MOS stands for?

(e) None of these

(a) Metal Oxide Semiconductor

Ans : (a)
85. IP Addresses has..bytes
(a) 2

(b) 4

(c) 8

(d) 16

Ans : (b)

(a) Windows Server 2008

(b) Windows NT

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

88. Name a network operating system that is

specially designed to handle networking
functions efficiently.

(b) Most Often Store

(c) Method Organised Stack
(d) Microsoft Office Suite
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

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90. Which of the following is not a logic gate?

(a) AND

(b) NOR

(c) NAND

(d) NAT

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(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
96. MTBF means

(e) None of these

(a) Mean Time Before Failure

Ans : (d)

(b) Master Time Buffer Feature

91. Which of the following RAM times have to

be refreshed often in order to retain its
contents?
(a) SIMM

(b) DIMM

(c) SDMM

(d) Western Digital

(c) Most Treated Buffer Time

(d) Master Test Board Feature
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
97. How many write cycles are allowed to a
RAM?

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
92. Which of the following companies is a leader
in manufacture of Hard Disk Drives?
(a) Samsung

(b) IBM

(c) Fujitsu

(d) Western Digital

(a) 1

(b) 10

(c) 100

(d) 1000

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
98. How many write cycles are allowed to a
EEPROM?

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
93. Usually, in MSDOS, the primary hard disk
drives has the drive letter?
(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(a) 1

(b) 10

(c) 100

(d) 1000

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
99. The Analytical Engine developed during First
Generation of computers usedas a
memory unit

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
94. Which of the memories below is often used in
a typical computer operation?
(a) RAM

(b) ROM

(c) FDD

(d) HDD

(e) None of these

(a) RAM

(b) Floppies

(c) Cards

(d) Counter Wheels

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
100. Ais anything that can cause harm.

Ans : (a)
95. Which storage device is mounted on reels?
(a) Floppy Disk

(b) Hard Disk

(c) Magnetic Tapes

(d) CDROM

(a) vulnerability

(b) phish

(c) threat

(d) spoof

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

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101.In the right setting a thief will steal your

information by simply watching what you
type.
(a) snagging

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106.The..of a threat
potential impact on a system.

its

(a) vulnerabilities
(b) countermeasures

(b) spying

(c) degree of harm

(c) social engineering

(d) susceptibility

(d) shoulder surfing

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)

107. The power level drops below 120V.

102.A..is a small program embedded

inside of a GIF image.
(a) web bug

(b) cookie

(c) spyware application

(d) spam

(a) brownout

(b) spike

(c) blackout

(d) surge

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

108.Which of the following is NOT a Microsoft

Internet tool or technology?

Ans : (a)
103.A hacker contacts you my phone or email
and attempts to acquire your password
(a) spoofing

(b) phishing

(c) spamming

(d) bugging

(a) Dreamweaver

(b) Silverlight

(c) Internet Explorer

(d) Expression Web

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

109.A protocol used to control the secure sending

of data on the internet is :

Ans : (b)
104.A hacker that changes or forges information
in an electronic resource, is engaging
in

(a) SMTP

(b) HTTPS

(c) TCP/IP

(d) HTTP

(a) denial of service

(b) sniffing

(e) None of these

(c) terrorism

(d) data diddling

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
105.Hackers often gain entry to a network be
pretending to be at a legitimate computer.
(a) Spoofing

(b) forging

(c) IP spoofing

(d) ID theft

(e) None of these

measures

110.Programs from the same developer sold

bundled together, that provide better
integration and share common features,
toolbars and menus are known as ..
(a) software suites
(b) integrated software packages
(c) software processing packages
(d) personal information managers

Ans : (c)

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(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (b)

111. terminals (formerly known as

cash registers) are often connected to complex
inventory and sales computer systems.
(a) Data

(b) Sales

(c) Query

(d) Point-of-Sale (POS)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
112.The OSI model is divided into
processes called layers.
(a) five

(b) six

(c) seven

(d) eight

116.A database management system (DBMS) is

a..
(a) hardware system used to create, maintain
and provide controlled access to a database
(b) hardware system used to create, maintain,
and provide uncontrolled access to a
database.
(c) software system used to create, maintain,
and provide uncontrolled access to a
database.
(d) software system used to create, maintain,
and provide controlled access to a
database.

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)

113...are specially designed computer

chips reside inside other devices, such as your
car or your electronic thermostat.

117.A Proxy server is used for which of the

following?

(a) Servers

(a) To provide security against unauthorized

users

(b) Embedded computers

(b) To process client requests for web pages

(c) Robotic computers

(d) Mainframes

(c) To process client requests for database

access

(e) None of these

(d) To provide TCP/IP

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

114.In a ring topology, the computer in

possession of thecan transmit data
(a) packet

(b) data

(c) access method

(d) token

Ans : (b)
118..are words that a programming
language has set aside for its own use.
(a) Control words

(e) None of these

(b) Reserved words

Ans : (d)

(c) Control structures

115. Viruses are often transmitted by a

floppy disk left in the floppy drive
(a) Trojan horse

(b) Boot sector

(c) Script

(d) Logic bomb

(d) Reserved keys

(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

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119.What is the primary difference between a

virus and a worm?
(a) A worm has the ability to self-propagate
from an infected users computer to other
computers
(b) A worm is usually written by a cracker :
Script bunnies do not have the skills to
develop worm program

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Ans : (b)
123. Communication using a modulated carrier to
apply a data signal to a transmission medium
in analog form is
(a) Local area network
(b) Modem
(c) Base band networking

(c) A virus is very harmful to the computers it

infects; a worm is not a serious a problem

(d) Broad band networking

(d) Anti-virus software is effective in fighting

viruses but not worms

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

124. ITS stands for

(e) None of these

(a) Intelligent Teaching Systems

Ans : (c)
120. ..describe what is database fields.

(b) International Tutoring Systems

(a) Structures

(b) Field markers

(c) Intelligent Tutoring Systems

(c) Field definition

(d) Field names

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (c)

121. A goal of normalization is to.

(a) minimize the number of relationships
(b) minimize the number of entities
(c) minimize the number of tables
(d) minimize the number of redundancy
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
122.A(n).uses pictures (called icons)
and menus displayed on the screen to send
commands to the computer system.
(a) command-based user interface
(b) GUI
(c) system utility
(d) API
(e) None of these

125.Any piece of equipment forming an

interface to a data communication system is
(a) DTE

(b) DTA

(c) CSA

(d) DCA

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
126.In the language of the computer profession,
one thousand position of main storage is
represented with the letter
(a) K

(b) L

(c) M

(d) C

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
127.The control of the jobs running within a
system is
(a) Job monitoring

(b) Job stream

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(c) Job min

(d) Job step

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

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132.A computer program that instructs other

programs to perform a particular type of
operation is
(a) System software

128.The total number of messages handled by a

computerized telephone system on a daily
basis is an example of :

(b) Application program

(c) Compiler

(a) Frequency

(b) Updating

(d) Interpreter

(c) Volume

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (d)
129.A device mounted on a communication
satellite which receives, amplifies and retransmits signals from earth station is

133. The______provides a path between the CPU

and peripheral devices, which are connected
via interface cards
(a) computer

(b) expansion bus

(d) CPU

(a) Track

(b) Transponder

(c) memory

(c) Transistor

(d) Terminal

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)
130.What is the acronym for Single In-Line
Memory Module?
(a) SIMM

(b) SILMM

(c) SM

(d) SMM

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
131.Which type of processing that produces
output results immediately after input data are
entered into a computer system
(a) Time-sharing
(b) Interactive
(c) Batch Processing
(d) Real-time processing
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

134. Programs prepared by an outside supplier &

provided to a user in a machine readable form
is known as
(a) Utility program
(b) Canned program
(c) Application program
(d) Application software
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
135. Pictures or drawings, typically displayed on
a VDU to allow users to select program
options is called
(a) HIPO charts

(b) Icons

(c) Graphics

(d) Network

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
136. The pieces of equipment which are attached
to the CPU of a computer and which it can
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(a) output devices

(b) control units

(c) hardware

(d) disk drive

(e) peripherals
Ans : (e)
137.A factor which might cause an individual to
consider using a computer in criminal
activities is :
(a) The computers access to large sums of
money
(b) The speed with which the crime can be
accomplished
(c) EFTS (Electronic Funds Transfer System)
(d) All the these
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
138.The Secure Electronic Transaction (SET)
specification
(a) is a notice, issued and verified by a
certificate authority, that guarantees a user
or Web site is legitimate
(b) provides private-key encryption of all data
that passes between a client and a server
(c) allows users to choose an encryption
scheme for the data that passes between a
client and a server
(d) uses a public-key encryption to secure
credit-card transaction systems
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
139. DOS floppy disk does not have________
(a) A Boot Record
(b) A File Allocation Table
(c) A Root Directory
(d) Virtual Memory

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Ans : (e)
140.All the information collected during
database development is stored in a_________
(a) repository
(c) RAD

(b) data warehouse

(d) CASE

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
141.Thecomponent is used by the data
analyst to create the queries that access the
database.
(a) data extraction
(b) end-user query tool
(c) end-user presentation tool
(d) data store
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
142. A polymorphic virus_______
(a) modifies its program code each time it
attaches itself to another program or file
(b) is a malicious-logic program that copies
itself repeatedly in memory or on a disk
drive until no memory or disk space
remains.
(c) a malicious-logic program that hides
within or looks like a legitimate program
(d) infects a program file, but still reports the
size and creation date of the original
uninfected program
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
143.Microwave transmission is used in
environments where installing physical
transmission media is_________
(a) difficult or impossible and where line-ofsight transmission is unavailable

(e) BIOS

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(b) easy or promising and where line-of-sight

transmission is unavailable
(c) difficult or impossible and where line-ofsight transmission is available
(d) easy or promising and where line-of-sight
transmission is available

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Ans : (a)
147. RSA is__________
(a) Symmetric Cryptosystem
(b) Asymmetric Cryptosystem
(c) Block Cypher

(e) None of these

(d) Digital Signature

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

144.Which is NOT a good Web security

strategy?
(a) Restrict access to the Web server; keep a
minimum number of ports open

Ans : (d)
148.A
DVD-RAM
is
similar
to
a
except it has storage capacities upto
5.2 GB.

(b) Limit the users who can load software, edit

or add files.

(a) CD-R

(b) floppy disk

(c) CD-RW

(d) hard disk

(c) Add demo programs, so users can test

system without accessing production data.

(e) None of these

(d) Remove unnecessary

interpreters

compilers

and

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
145. The word FTP stands for__________

Ans : (c)
149. How is power supplied to a low-power USB
device?
(a) Through a power cable
(b) From an external power supply

(a) File Translate Protocol

(c) Directly from the computers power supply

(b) File Transit Protocol

(d) Through the USB cable

(c) File Typing Protocol

(e) None of these

(d) File Transfer Protocol

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
146. Thistier processes HTTP protocol,
scripting tasks, performs calculations, and
provides access to data.

150.Thedata mining techniques derives

rules from real-world case examples.
(a) Rule discover
(b) Signal processing
(c) Neural nets

(a) Client

(d) Case-based reasoning

(b) Applications/Web server

(e) None of these

(c) Enterprise Server

Ans : (c)

(d) DBA
(e) None of these

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151. Which of the following objects is passed to a

JavaBean when one of its properties is set via
a JSP action?
(a) Servlet Request
(b) Http Servlet Request

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(e) Random access memory

Ans : (e)
155. If you wanted to locate the hardware address
of a local device, which protocol would you
use?

(c) Servlet Response

(a) ARP

(b) RARP

(d) Http Servlet Response

(c) ICMP

(d) PING

(e) None of these

(e) PONG

Ans : (c)

Ans : (a)

152.Graphical diagrams used to represent

different multiple perspectives of a system
include_________
(a) use-case, class, and state diagrams
(b) state, interaction, derivative diagrams
(c) interaction, relationship, and class
diagrams

156.What is Internet 2?
(a) A new type of cabling system for Wide
Area Networks
(b) A second local area network that can
connect with another online LAN to share
access
(c) A new standard for Internet browsers

(d) deployment, relationship, and use-case

diagrams

(d) An association to develop advanced

Internet technology

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (d)

153. Database redesign is not terribly difficult if

the_________
(a) database is structured
(b) database is well-designed
(c) database has no data
(d) database is relatively small
(e) database is relatively large
Ans : (e)
154.Which of the following are normally used to
initialize a computer systems hardware?
(a) Bootstrap memory
(b) Volatile memory
(c) External mass memory
(d) Static memory

157.While searching a website, you have been

unable to find information that was on the site
several months ago. What might you do to
attempt to locate that information?
(a) Visit Googles cached page to view the
older copy.
(b) Forget about it, as there is no way to find
this information
(c) Visit a partner site of the organization to
see if it is there.
(d) Use the wayback machine.
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
158.Which kind of lock includes a keypad that
can be used to control access into areas?
(a) Cipher

(b) Warded

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(c) Device

(d) Tumbler

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Ans : (c)
163.Primary storage is..as compared to
secondary storage :

(e) Typelock
Ans : (d)
159.Which is not a factor when categorizing a
computer?

(a) Slow and inexpensive

(b) Fast and inexpensive

(a) Speed of the output device

(c) Fast and expensive

(b) Amount of main memory the CPU can use

(d) Slow and expensive

(c) Cost of the system

(e) None of these

(d) Capacity of the hard disk

Ans : (c)
164. Offline device is :

(e) Where it was purchased

(a) a device which is not connected to CPU

Ans : (e)
160.Which of the following terms is the most
closely related to main memory?
(a) nonvolatile

(b) permanent

(c) control unit

(d) temporary

(e) None of these

(b) a device which is connected to CPU

(c) a direct access storage device
(d) an I/O device
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

Ans : (d)
161.Which of the following is not a factor
affecting the processing capability or
performance of a PC system?

165.The most popular language used with

microcomputers and time-shared mini
computers, is an easy-to-use high level
language :

(a) The clock speed of the microprocessor

(a) COBOL

(b) ADA

(b) The revolutions per minute of the printer

disk

(c) PASCAL

(d) BASIC

(c) The primary storage capacity of the

processor
(d) The built-in instruction set available to the
microprocessor
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
162. What is the standard code the computer
industry created to represent characters?
(a) DASI

(b) ASSH

(c) ASCII

(d) BASCII

(e) EPROM

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
166.Which of the following is a communication
network that is devoted to carrying computer
information :
(a) Data Point

(b) Data Module

(c) Data network

(d) Data Pack

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
167. A half byte is known as :
(a) Data

(b) Bit

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(c) Half byte

(d) Nibble

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Ans : (d)
173.In Inkjet technology the droplets of ink are
deflected by?

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
168. With respect to a network interface card the
term 10/100 refers to:

(a) multi directional nozzles

(b) electronically charged plates

(a) protocol speed

(c) high pressure plates

(b) a fiber speed

(d) electro static absorbtion

(c) megabits per seconds

(e) None of these

(d) minimum and maximum server speed

Ans : (a)
174.Which provides the fastest access to large
video files?

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
169.A hard disk is divided into tracks which are
further subdivided into :

(a) Optical drives

(b) IDE hard drives

(c) SCSI hard drives

(d) EIDE hard drives

(a) clusters

(b) sectors

(e) None of these

(c) vectors

(d) heads

Ans : (c)
175. Primary memory stores :

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
170.Which
standard
communications?

govern

parallel

(a) Data alone

(b) Programs alone

(c) Results alone

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(a) RS232

(b) RS-232a

(c) CAT 5

(d) IEEE 1284

Ans : (d)
176. You just installed a new IDE hard drive, but
your system BIOS will not recognize the new
drive, what should you check first :

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
171.Which peripheral port provides
FASTEST throughput to laser printers?

the

(a) cable sequence

(b) jumpers on the hard drive

(a) RS-232

(b) SCSI

(c) drivers that need to be loaded

(c) Parallel

(d) Serial

(d) hard drive manufacturer web site

information

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)

172.Resistance is measured in?

(a) Volts

(b) Amps

(c) Watts

(d) Ohms

177.Whats the best way to protect your hard

drive data?
(a) regular backups

(e) None of these

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(b) periodically defrag it

(c) run chkdsk at least once a week
(d) run scandisk at least once a week
(e) run a regular diagnostic
Ans : (a)
178.Laser Jet printer speeds are measured in
pages per minute (ppm) what do we use to
measure dot-matrix printers?
(a) lines per inch
(b) lines per sheet
(c) characters per inch
(d) characters per second
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
179. A modem could be attached to which port?
(a) Parallel port
(b) ASYNC port

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(c) word processing, spreadsheets, database,

calculations
(d) bits, bytes, words, and OSI
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
182. Parity is :
(a) a byte stored in the FAT to indicated
remaining slots
(b) the optimal transmission speed of data over
a CAT 5 cable
(c) an extra bit stored with data in RAM that is
used to check for errors when the data is
read back
(d) the optimal transmission speed of data over
a CAT 5 cable
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
183. What is different between AT and ATX
power supplies?

(c) Keyboard connector

(a) They are identical except for their shape.

(d) Video port

(b) AT supplies use a single P1 power

connector while ATX uses P8 and P9

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
180.You get a CMOS checksum error during
bootup. What is most likely the cause?

(c) AT supplies use P8 and P9 power

connectors while ATX uses a single P1
connector.

(a) power supply is bad

(d) AT power supplies run on 120V AC

current while ATX uses 220V AC

(b) BIOS needs updating

(e) None of these

(c) CMOS battery is nearing end of life

Ans : (c)

(d) hard drive types are incorrectly defined

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
181.What are the four key functions of a
computer system?
(a) input, processing, output, and storage

184.What type of connector is used to plug a

telephone line into a modem?
(a) COM1

(b) RJ-11

(c) RJ-45

(d) RJ-10

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

(b) keyboard, display, memory, and disk drive

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185.Which of the following is NOT a type of

computer hard drive?
(a) IDE

(b) FDD

(c) SCSI

(d) EIDE

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Ans : (c)
190.Which one of the following is not the
function of Operating System?
(a) Resource Management

(e) SATA

(b) File Management

Ans : (b)

(c) Networking

186. What does FDISK do?

(d) Processor Management

(a) performs low-level formatting of the hard

drive
(b) fixes bad sectors on the hard drive
(c) recovers lost clusters on the hard drive

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
191.What is the meaning of Hibernate in
Windows XP/Windows7?

(d) creates partitions on the hard drive

(a) Restart the Computer is safe mode

(e) None of these

(b) Restart the Computer in hibernate mode

Ans : (d)

(c) Shutdown the Computer terminating all the

running applications

187.Which of the following is NOT a type of

motherboard expansion slot?
(a) ISA

(b) PCI

(c) AGP

(d) ATX

(d) Shutdown the Computer without closing

the running applications
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

192. Unix Operating System is an :

Ans : (d)
188. Copying a process from memory to disk to
allow space for other processes is called :

(a) Multi User Operating System

(b) Time Sharing Operating System

(a) Swapping

(b) Deadlock

(c) Multi Tasking Operating System

(c) Demand Paging

(d) Page Fault

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (d)

189.Which of the following memory unit that

processor can access more rapidly :

193.What should be the extension to execute

files?

(a) Main Memory

(a) EXE

(b) BAT

(b) Virtual Memory

(c) COM

(d) All of these

(c) Cache Memory

(e) None of these

(d) Read Only Memory

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

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194.Which of the following memories need

refresh?
(a) SRAM

(b) DRAM

(c) COM

(d) All of these

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Ans : (a)
199.In which type of the following OS, the
response time is very crucial :
(a) Network Operating System

(e) None of these

(b) Real Time Operating System

Ans : (b)

(c) Batch Operating System

195. RJ45 UTP cable hasCable :

(d) Unix Operating System

(a) 2 pair

(b) 3 pair

(e) None of these

(c) 4 pair

(d) 5 pair

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
196. Basic is.language :
(a) a procedural
(b) an object oriented
(c) user friendly
(d) both A and B
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
197. The file system NTFS stands for :

200.Which of the following languages is more

suited to structured program?
(a) PL/1

(b) FORTRAN

(c) BASIC

(d) PASCAL

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
201.A computer assisted method for the
recording and analyzing of existing or
hypothetical systems is
(a) Data transmission
(b) Data flow

(a) New Type File System

(c) Data capture

(b) Never Terminated File System

(d) Data Processing

(c) New Technology File System

(e) None of these

(d) Non Terminated File System

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
198.Which Operating System doesnt support
networking between computers?
(a) Windows 3.1
(b) Windows 95
(c) Windows 2000
(d) Windows NT
(e) Windows XP

202.What difference does the 5th generation

computer have from other generation
computers?
(a) Technological advancement
(b) Scientific code
(c) Object Oriented Programming
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

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203.Which of the following computer language

is used for artificial intelligence?
(a) FORTRAN

(b) PROLOG

(c) C

(d) COBOL

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(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
209.The time for which a piece of equipment
operates is called

(e) None of these

(a) Seek time

(b) Effective time

Ans : (b)

(c) Access time

(d) Real time

204.The tracks on a disk which can be accused

without repositioning the R/W heads is
(a) Surface

(b) Cylinder

(c) Cluster

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
210.Binary numbers need more places for
counting because

(e) None of these

(a) They are always big numbers

Ans : (b)

(b) Any no. of 0s can be added in front of

them

205.Which part interprets program instructions

and initiate control operations.
(a) Input

(b) Storage Unit

(c) Logic Unit

(d) Control Unit

(c) Binary base is small

(d) 0s and 1s have to be properly spaced
apart
(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)
206.The binary system uses powers of
(a) 2

(b) 10

(c) 8

(d) 16

(e) None of these

211. Which access method is used for obtaining a

record from a cassette tape?
(a) Direct

(b) Sequential

(c) Random

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)

207.A computer program that converts assembly

language to machine language is
(a) Compiler

(b) Interpreter

(c) Assembler

(d) Comparator

(e) None of these

212.Any type of storage that is used for holding

information between steps in its processing is
(a) CPU
(b) Primary storage
(c) Intermediate storage

Ans : (c)

(d) Internal storage

208.The time required for the fetching and

execution of one simple machine instruction is
(a) Delay Time

(b) CPU cycle

(c) Real Time

(d) Seek time

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
213.A name applied by Intel corp. to high speed
MOS technology is called

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(a) HDLC

(b) LAP

(c) HMOS

(d) SDLC

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
214.A program component that allows structuring
of a program in an unusual way is known as
(a) Correlation

(b) Coroutine

(c) Diagonalization

(d) Quene

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
215. The radian of a number system

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Ans : (b)
218.The term referring to evacuating the content
of some part of the machine is known as
(a) Dump

(b) Enhancement

(c) Down

(d) Compiler

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
219.The process of communicating with a file
from a terminal is
(a) Interactive

(b) Interrogation

(c) Heuristic

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(a) Is variable
(b) Has nothing to do with digit position value
(c) Equals the number of its distinct counting
digits
(d) Is always an even number
(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
220.A common boundary between two systems is
called
(a) Interdiction

(b) Interface

(c) Surface

(d) Median

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
216.The section of the CPU that selects,
interprets and sees to the execution of
program instructions

Ans : (b)
221.Which computer has been designed to be as
compact as possible?

(a) Memory

(b) Register Unit

(a) Mini

(b) Super computer

(c) Control Unit

(d) ALU

(c) Micro computer

(d) Mainframe

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)

217.Which type of system puts the user into

direct conversation with the computer through
a keyboard?

222.A general purpose single-user microcomputer designed to be operated by one

person at a time is

(a) Real time processing

(a) Special-purpose computer

(b) Interactive computer

(b) KIPS

(c) Batch Processing

(d) Time Sharing
(e) None of these

(c) M
(d) PC
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)

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223.Which device of computer operation

dispenses with the use of the keyboard?
(a) Joystick

(b) Light pen

(c) Mouse

(d) Touch

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(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
228.Data divisions the third division of a
______program.

(e) None of these

(a) COBOL

(b) BASIC

Ans : (c)

(c) PASCAL

(d) FORTH

224.A program that is employed in the

development, repair or enhancement of other
programs is known as

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
229.A program that converts computer data into
some code system other than the normal one
is known as

(a) System software

(b) Software tool
(c) Applications program

(a) Encoder

(b) simulation

(d) Utility program

(c) Emulator

(d) Decoder

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (a)

225. Which output device is used for translating

information from a computer into pictorial
form on paper.

230.A hybrid computer uses a.to convert

digital signals from a computer into analog
signals.

(a) Mouse

(b) Plotter

(a) Modulator

(b) Demodulator

(c) Touch Panel

(d) Card punch

(c) Modem

(d) Decoder

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)

226.The list of coded instruction is called

(a) Computer program

(b) Algorithm

(c) Flow chart

(d) Utility programs

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
227.An optical input device that interprets pencil
marks on paper media is
(a) O.M.R
(b) Punch card reader
(c) Optical scanners
(d) Magnetic tape

231. Any device that performs signal conversion

is
(a) Modulator

(b) Modem

(c) Keyboard

(d) Plotter

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
232.A type of channel used to connect a central
processor and peripherals which uses
multiplying is known as
(a) Modem

(b) Network

(c) Multiplexer

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

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Ans : (d)

233.The complete picture of data stored in

database is known as

238.Which of the following can store information

in the form of microscopic pits on metal disks.

(a) Record

(b) Schema

(a) Laser disks

(b) Tape cassettes

(c) System flowchart

(d) DBMS

(c) RAM cartridge

(d) Punched cards

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (a)

234.A language which is close to that used within

the computer is

239.A storage system for small amounts of data

is

(a) High-level language

(a) Magnetic card

(b) Assembly language

(b) Magnetic tape

(c) Low-level language

(c) Punched card

(d) All of these

(d) Optical mark reader

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)

235.Which is a unit representing the no bits of

discrete
(a) Baud

(b) Byte

(c) Bit

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(b) CPU

(c) Input-Output device (d) All of these

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
237. A modern digital computer has
(a) Extremely high speed
(b) Large memory
(c) Almost unlimited array

(e) None of these

(b) Codes
(c) Programs

(e) None of these

236.The device that can both feed data into and

accept data from a computer is

(d) All of these

(a) High-level language

(d) Mnemonics

Ans : (a)

(a) ALU

240.Compilers and interpreters are themselves

Ans : (c)
241.A compiler means
(a) A person who compiles source programs
(b) The same thing as a programmer
(c) Keypunch operator
(d) A program which translates
program into object program

source

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
242.Compression of digital data for efficient
storage is
(a) Buffer

(b) CPU

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(c) Packing

(d) Field

(e) None of these

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(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
248.Buffering is

Ans : (c)
243.Which programming language is based on
Algol 60.
(a) PILOT

(b) SNOBOL

(c) ADA

(d) SIMULA

(a) the process of temporarily storing the data

to allow for small variation in device
speeds
(b) a method to reduce cross talks
(c) storage of data within transmitting
medium until the receiver is ready to
receive.

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
244.A path by which communication is achieved
between a central processor and other devices
is called.
(a) Audit trail

(b) Network

(c) Bus

(d) Channel

(e) None of these

(d) a method to reduce routing overhead

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
249. Memory allocation of variables declared in a
program is
(a) allocated in RAM.

Ans : (c)

(b) allocated in ROM

245.A stand-alone system which produces one

page of printed output at a time is
(a) Page printer

(b) Line printer

(c) Laser printer

(d) Dot matrix printer

(c) allocated on stack

(d) assigned to registers
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

250. A software that allows a personal computer

to pretend as a computer terminal is

Ans : (a)
246.A memory that does not change its contents
without external causes is known as
(a) Dynamic memory

(a) terminal adapter

(b) bulletin board

(c) modem

(d) terminal emulation

(e) None of these

(b) Static memory

Ans : (d)

(c) RAM

251.What is part of a database that holds only one

type of information?

(d) EEPROM
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
247.A memory that holds micro programs is
(a) Core memory

(b) ROM

(c) RAM

(d) Control memory

(a) Report

(b) Field

(c) Record

(d) File

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

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252.Most modern TVs draw power even if

turned off. The circuit the power is used in
does what function?
(a) Sound

(b) Remote control

(c) Color balance

(d) High voltage

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
253. MPG extension refers usually to what kind
of file?
(a) WordPerfect Document File
(b) MS Office document
(c) Animation/movie file
(d) Image file
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
254.The most common format for a home video
recorder is VHS. VHS stands for.?

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(a) cryptology source

(b) encryption key
(c) encryption software package
(d) cryptosystem
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
257.Circuits that provide a communication path
between two or more devices of a digital
computer system is :
(a) Car

(b) Bus

(c) Track

(d) Cable

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
258.A coding structure in which characters are
represented by means of series of parallel bars
is :
(a) Bar code

(b) Menu Bar

(a) Video Home System

(c) Numeric Bar

(d) Bar Graph

(b) Very high speed

(e) None of these

(c) Video horizontal standard

Ans : (a)

(d) Voltage house standard

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
255.What do we call a network whose elements
may be separated by some distance? It
usually involves two or more small networks
and dedicated high-speed telephone lines.

259.Which of the following best describes a

computer-based information system?
(a) Data input for processing
(b) Output in produced in the form of Hard
copy
(c) Processing data

(a) URL (Universal Resource Locator)

(d) System where computer is used to turn

data into information

(b) LAN (Local Area Network)

(e) None of these

(c) WAN (Wide Area Network)

Ans : (d)

(d) World Wide Web

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)

260.Voice recognition is :
(a) Ability to input data directly into a
computer system by speaking to it

256.If you want to secure a message, use a(n) :

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(b) Ability to output data directly from a

computer system by speaking
(c) Processing of voice in computer system
(d) Both (a) and (b)

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(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
266.What does COUNTA ( ) function do?
(a) counts cells having alphabets

(e) None of these

(b) counts empty cells

Ans : (a)

(c) counts cells having number

261.Which one of the following is the right

shortcut for closing document in MS Office?
(a) Shift + W

(b) Ctrl + W

(c) Shift + Ctrl + W

(d) Shift + Alt + W

(d) counts non-empty cells

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
267.Which area in an Excel window allows
entering values and formulas?

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
262.The cell reference for cell range of G2 to
M12 is.
(a) G2.M12

(b) G2;M12

(c) G2:M12

(d) G2-M12

(a) Title Bar

(b) Menu Bar

(c) Formula Bar

(d) Standard Tool Bar

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
268.Which of the following helps to reduce
spelling error in the document?

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
263.Which of the following is not an option of
the spelling dialog box?
(a) Ignore

(b) Ignore all

(c) Edit

(d) Change

(a) Auto Format

(b) Auto Correct

(c) Smart Tags

(d) Auto Text

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
269.Which of the following enables you to paste
data multiple times?

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(a) window clipboard

264.Which language is used to create macros in

Excel?
(a) Visual Basic

(b) C

(c) Visual C + +

(d) Java

(b) office clipboard

(c) Memory
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (a)
265.Which key do you press to check spelling?
(a) F3

(b) F5

(c) F7

(d) F9

270.Which of the following enables you to paste

data multiple times?
(a) windows clipboard
(b) office clipboard

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(c) Memory

Ans : (c)
275. What is the full form of TCP/IP?

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(e) None of these

(a) Transmission control protocol/internet

protocol

Ans : (d)
271.Which of the following is valid IP address?
(a) 984.12.787.76

(d) Tele caller protocol institutional protocol

(c) 1.888.234.3456

(e) None of these

(d) 192.168.56.115

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

276.HTML document start and end with which

tag pairs?

Ans : (d)
272.What is FTP program used for?
(a) Transfer files to and from an Internet
Server
(b) Designing a website
(c) Connecting to the Internet
(d) Sending mails in bulk
(e) None of these

273.Which of the following are commonly found

on web pages?
(a) internet

(b) hyperlinks

(c) intranet

(d) all of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
274.The ability to combine name and addresses
with a standard document is called.
(a) document formatting
(b) database management

(e) None of these

(a) <HEAD<.</HEAD>
(b) <BODY>..</BODY>
(c) <HTML>..</HTML>
(d) <WEB>.</WEB>
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
277.In Satellite based communication, VSAT
stands for?

Ans : (a)

(d) form letters

(b) telephone call protocol/international

protocol
(c) transport control protocol/internet protocol

(b) 192.168.321.10

(c) mail merge

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(a) Very Small Aperture Terminal

(b) Varying Size Aperture Terminal
(c) Very Small Analog Terminal
(d)Very Small Analog Transmitter
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
278.Internet uses
(a) Packet switching
(b) Circuit switching
(c) Telephone switching
(d) Telex switching
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

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279.The Internet banking facility provide by

banks is known as
(a) online banking

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284. To create a formulae, you can use :

(a) values but not cell references
(b) cell references but not values

(b) net banking

(c) e-connect

(c) values or cell references although not both

at the same time

(d) epay

(d) value and cell references

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (d)

280.The code for a web page is written using

..
(a) machine language

(b) winzip

(c) perl

(d) HTML

(e) None of these

285.The cell labeled F5 refers to :

(a) row 5 column F
(b) column 5 row F
(c) function available in cells
(d) function key F5

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

281.A collection of related fields in data

organization is called
(a) group

(b) file

(c) information

(d) register

Ans : (a)
286.In a worksheet you can select
(a) rows
(b) coloumns

(e) None of these

(c) entire worksheet

Ans : (d)
282.The worksheet contains..rows.
(a) 65536

(b) 256

(c) 536

(d) 400

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
283. A menu contains a list of :

(d) All of these

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
287. ..view shows hot the contents on
printed page will appear with margin, header
and footer.
(a) draft

(b) full screen reading

(a) commands

(c) outline

(d) page layout

(b) data

(e) None of these

(c) objects

Ans : (d)

(d) reports
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

288.A commonly used graphic format for the

web is :
(a) GIF

(b) cmp

(c) text

(d) TIF

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(e) None of these

(d) Trialware

Ans : (a)

(e) Adware

289.Which of the following is a disadvantage of

machine language?
(a) Machine Dependent
(b) Slower Execution
(c) Machine Independent
(d) It requires Translation
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
290.Android Operating System is an example of
which kind of Source Model?

Ans : (b)
293.Which of the following programming
languages is associated with Artificial
Intelligence?
(a) C

(b) B

(c) C++

(d) JAVA

(e) PROLOG
Ans : (e)
294.Expand RDBMS
(a) Relative Database Management System

(a) Open Source

(b) Rational Database Minimize System

(b) Vertical Market Software

(c) Relational Database Management System

(c) Horizontal Market Software

(d) Relational Database Maximize System

(d) Shareware

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (a)
291.Which of the following is true about
Operating System?

295. ..is the storage area for e-mails.

(a) Folder

(b) Mail box

(c) Directory

(d) Hard Disk

(a) It is an interface between user and the

computer.

(e) None of these

(b) It manages all resources

Ans : (b)

(c) It does all Memory management and

Process management tasks
(d) All are true
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
292.A software that is not protected by copyright
or trademark is
(a) Vertical Market Software
(b) Public Domain Software
(c) Shareware Software

296.Display bar that lists all the open folders and

active application is
(a) Menubar

(b) Toolbar

(c) Task bar

(d) Window list

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
297.Which of the following is the keyboard
short-cut for permanent deletion of a
file/folder in windows?
(a) Del

(b) Shift + Del

(c) Ctrl + Del

(d) Alt + Enter

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(e) None of these

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Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)
298.Which of the following operating systems
does not exist?

303.Which of the following is not a term related

to the World Wide Web?
(a) Hyperlink

(b) Hypertext
(d) Homepage

(a) Windows 7

(b) Mac OS X

(c) Website

(c) Windows CE

(d) Windows 12

(e) Keyboard

(e) Ubuntu

Ans : (e)

Ans : (d)
299.To protect the computer from hacker
intrusions, ..must be installed.

304.Which of the following is another name for

pre-programmed formula in Excel?
(a) Range

(b) Graph
(d) Cell

(a) Firewall

(b) Mailer

(c) Function

(c) Script

(d) Yahoo Messenger

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (a)
300.Which of the following is known as non
volatile memory?

305.ALU works on the instructions held in

(a) Notebook

(b) Registers
(d) Clipboard

(a) Hard Disk

(b) Floppy Disk

(c) Notepad

(c) CD-ROM

(d) DVD-ROM

(e) I/O Devices

(e) All of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (e)
301.To see the document before the printout is
taken, use.
(a) Insert Table

(b) Paste

(c) Format Painter

(d) Cut

(e) Print Preview

Ans : (e)
302.The CPU of a computer?
(a) understands only assembly language
(b) understands machine language and highlevel languages
(c) understands only machine language
(d) understands only high-level language

306. ..is a computer software designated

to help people involved in a common task to
achieve goals.
(a) Shareware

(b) Software

(c) Freeware

(d) Collaborative Software

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
307. .is the process of getting access to the
computer.
(a) Switch on

(b) Login

(c) Logoff

(d) Enter

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

(e) does not understand machine language

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308.A collection of programmes which

determines and controls how your computer
system works and process information is
called
(a) Interpreter

(b) Computer

(c) Office

(d) Compiler

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(c) Multimedia

(d) Multiuser

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
313. MICR is exclusively used in :
(a) Libraries

(b) Super Markets

(e) Operating system

(c) Stock markets

(d) Banking Industry

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

309.The Title and Page number of a document

can be displayed using which of the following
options?
(a) Insert table

Ans : (d)
314.In order to change page margins in a word
document
(a) Drag the scroll box on the scroll bars.

(b) Spelling and Grammar

(c) Header and Footer

(b) Delete the margin boundaries on the ruler

(c) Right Click on the ruler

(d) Thesaurus

(d) Drag the margin boundaries on the ruler

(e) File

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)

310.Data redundancy can be eliminated by using:

(a) Networking

315.Pop-ups are a form of..on the World Wide

Web?

(b) DBMS

(a) Instant Messaging

(c) Operating System

(b) Search Engines

(d) Processing the data manually

(c) Browsers

(e) None of these

(d) Mark-up Languages

Ans : (a)

(e) Online Advertising

311.Which of the following uses computers and

data communication to transmit data
electronically between computers?
(a) EDI

(b) Physical Media

(c) Printing a paper

(d) DTE

(e) None of these

316.Thesaurus
option
menu.

is

available

(a) Page layout

(b) References

(c) Review

(d) View

in

(e) Layout

Ans : (a)

Ans : (c)

312. is a combination of text, audio,

still images, animation, video.
(a) Multiplexer

Ans : (e)

(b) Multiplier

317.Which of the following refers to the process

of trading goods over the internet?
(a) E-seva

(b) E-trading

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(c) E-Finance

(d) E-Sales

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(c) Voice recognition unit

(e) E-Commerce

(d) Voice band

Ans : (e)

(e) None of these

318.Which of the following is not used to align

text in a document?
(a) Left

(b) Right

(c) Center

(d) Diagonal

(e) Justify

Ans : (c)
323. VPN means
(a) Vital Private Network
(b) Virtual Private Network
(c) Visual Projection Node

Ans : (d)

(d) Very Private Network

319.Which of the following generation computers

is referred to an expert system?
(a) 2nd

(b) 1st

(c) 4th

(d) 3rd

(e) 5th
Ans : (e)
320. is a setoff instructions.

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
324.The technique and process of searching,
recovering, and interpreting information from
large amounts of stored data is called
(a) Browsing

(b) Chatting

(c) Retrieval

(d) Desktop publishing

(a) Hardware

(b) Code

(e) None of these

(c) Language

(d) Program

Ans : (c)

(e) All of these

Ans : (d)
321.Which printer is very commonly used for
desktop publishing?

325.is the
organization?

network

(a) Internet

(b) Intranet

(c) Extranet

(d) Organet

(a) Laser Printer

(e) None of these

(b) Inkjet Printer

Ans : (b)

(c) Daisywheel printer

internal

(a) Multi-Area Network

(e) None of these

(b) Main Area Network

Ans : (a)

(c) Multi Application Network

(a) Magnetic tape

(b) Voice response unit

an

326.In network terminology, MAN stands for

(d) Dot matrix printer

322.An output device that uses words or

messages recorded on a magnetic medium to
produce audio response is

of

(d) Metropolitan Area Network

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
327.A character that is raised and smaller above
the baseline is known as

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(a) Outlined

(b) Raised

(a) Eliminate data redundancy

(c) Superscript

(d) Subscript

(b) Manage file access

(e) None of these

(c) Maintain data integrity

Ans : (c)

(d) All of these

328. A.is a series of commands that is

recorded so it can be played back, or
executed, later
(a) Mail merge

(b) Merge printing

(c) Goal seek

(d) Macro

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
333.A top-to-bottom relationship among the
items in a database is established by a
(a) Hierarchical schema
(b) Network schema

Ans : (d)

(c) Relational schema

329.Long text can be broken down into many

lines within a cell. You can do this through
(a) Wrap Text in Format > Cells
(b) Justify in Edit > Cells
(c) Text Wrapping in Format > Cells, Layout
tab
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(d) All of these

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
334.Which of the following is not a database
object?
(a) Tables

(b) Queries

(c) Relationships

(d) Reports

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
330.By default there are..worksheets in an
Excel file
(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 4

(d) 5

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
335.What are the columns in a Microsoft access
table called?
(a) Rows

(b) Records

(c) Fields

(d) Columns

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
331.Total number of rows in Excel 756
(a) 65536

(b) 256

(c) 1024

(d) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
332.Database management systems are intended
to

Ans : (c)
336.In.there is no direct contact with the
end users
(a) B2B

(b) B2C

(c) C2C

(d) All these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

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337.The spacing between character pairs is

called :
(a) Kerning

(b) x-height

(c) intercap

(d) serif

(a) SMTP

(b) IP

(c) TCP

(d) UDP

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
338.We cannot delete the.icon but we can
made it invisible.
(a) Recycle

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(b) My Computer

343.The process of converting analog signals into

digital signals so they can be processed by a
receiving computer is referred to as :
(a) modulation

(b) demodulation

(c) synchronizing

(d) digitizing

(c) Internet Explorer (d) My Network Place

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (a)
339.In case of Bus/Tree topology
balancing issue is overcome by

signal

344.Which of the following is considered a broad

band communication channel?
(a) coaxial cable

(b) fiber optics cable

(d) All of these

(a) Modulation

(b) Polling

(c) microwave circuits

(c) Segmentation

(d) Strong transmitter

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (c)
340.BCC in the internet refers to
(a) Black carbon copy
(b) Blind carbon copy

345.In a synchronous modem, the digital-toanalog converter transmits signal to the

(a) equalizer

(b) modulator

(c) demodulator

(d) terminal

(e) None of these

(c) Blank carbon copy

Ans : (a)

(d) Beautiful carbon copy

346.The loss in signal power as light travels

down the fiber is called

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
341.Education combined with entertainment is
called
(a) Simulation

(b) CAI

(c) Edutainment

(d) Synchronization

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
342.Which of the following transport layer
protocols is used to support electronic mail?

(a) attenuation

(b) progragation

(c) scattering

(d) interruption

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
347.Number of bits per symbol used in Baudot
code is
(a) 7

(b) 5

(c) 8

(d) 9

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(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)

348.To get the Symbol dialog box, click on the

menu and choose Symbol.

353.SITE stands for

(a) Insert

(b) Format

(a) Satellite Instructional Technology and

Engineering

(c) Tools

(d) Table

(b) State Institute of Teacher Education

(e) None of these

(c) Satellite
Experiment

Ans : (a)
349.What is the short cut key to open Font dialog
box?
(a) Ctrl + F

(b) Alt + Ctrl + F

(c) Ctrl + D

(d) Ctrl + Shift + D

Instructional

(d) State Institute of Technology and

Engineering
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
354.Cloud computing means

(e) None of these

(a) Computing using the satellite

Ans : (c)
350.Which of the following line spacing is
invalid?
(a) Single

(b) Double

(c) Triple

(d) Multiple

(b) Computing
technology

using

cloud

chamber

(c) Computing which results in errors

(d) Shifting computing power from offline
PCs and Laptops onto the Web

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)

351.Which of the following option in File pull

down menu is used to close a MS Word
document?

355.The C language is
(a) Context free language

(a) Quit

(b) Close

(b) Context sensitive language

(c) Exit

(d) New

(c) Regular language

(e) None of these

(d) Assembly language

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

352.CLASS is the acronym for

Ans : (a)

(a) Computer, Language and School Studies

(b) Computer, Literacy and Studies in Schools
(c) Computer,
Schools

Television

Language

and

Secondary

(d) Computer, Learning and School Studies

356.What is the size of the Unicode character in

Windows Operating System?
(a) 8-bits

(b) 16-bits

(c) 32-bits

(d) 64-bits

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

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357. Data Encryption Techniques are particularly

used for_________
(a) protecting data in Data Communication
System.
(b) reduce Storage Space Requirement
(c) enhances Data Integrity.
(d) decreases Data Integrity
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
358. ________is an umbrella activity that is
applied throughout the software engineering
process.
(a) Debugging
(b) Testing
(c) Designing
(d) Software Quality Assurance
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
359.Use of icons and windows are characteristic
of a________interface
(a) command-driven
(b) windows-oriented
(c) graphical-user

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(d) there are multiple versions of Linux, but

only one version of Windows
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
361.The category of operating system that you
most likely have running on your PDA
computer is a ..operating system
(a) real-time
(b) single-user, single-task
(c) single-user, multi-task
(d) multi-user, multi-task
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
362.The barcode which is used on all types of
items, is ready by a scanning device directly
into the computer. What is the name of this
scanning device?
(a) Laser Scanner

(b) Wand

(c) OCR

(d) MICR

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
363.Which of the following is not a method to
preserve the security and integrity of
information?

(d) menu-driven

(a) Antivirus software

(b) Firewall

(e) None of these

(c) Phishing

(d) Disk Encryption

Ans : (c)

(e) Backup

360.The essential difference between an

operating system like Linux and one like
Windows is that
(a) Windows can run with an Intel processor,
whereas Linux cannot
(b) Linux is proprietary, whereas Windows is
not
(c) Any programmer can modify Linux code,
which is not permitted with Windows

Ans : (c)
364.In computer science, by information we
mean
(a) Any output coming out from computer
(b) Processed data put in an intelligent form
(c) A report printed by the computer
(d) Plural of data

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(e) None of these

(c) bytes

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

365.Which of the following features distinguishes

a database file from a mere collection of data
(a) Database enables data to be organized for
effective use much faster
(b) It organizes data in rows and columns
(c) It gives reference name to each file created
(d) It provides search facility
(e) None of these

366.Who coordinates the sequencing of events

within the central processor of a computer?
(a) Logic unit

(b) Arithmetic unit

(c) Register

(d) Control Unit

(e) None of these

370.The data between the computer and

peripherals always passes via in input/output
(a) port

(b) A/D converter

(c) D/A converter

(d) buffer memory

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

(a) booting

(b) formatting

(c) debugging

(d) commissioning

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
372.How many full adders are needed to add two
4-bit numbers with a parallel adder?

Ans : (d)
367.The microprocessor of a computer cannot
operate on any information if that information
is not in its
(a) secondary storage (b) main storage
(d) Logic unit

(a) 8

(b) 4

(c) 2

(d) 16

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
373.If you see a diskette with a piece of foil
covering its notch, it is said to be

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
368.Where have the program and data to be
located before the ALU and control unit of a
computer can operate on it?
(a) Internal memory

(b) Secondary memory

(c) Microprocessor

(d) Magnetic tapes

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
369.The only things moving around inside a
computer are
(a) Is and Os

Ans : (b)

371.Preparing a magnetic disk for data storage is

called

Ans : (a)

(c) ALU

(d) proton

(b) electrons

(a) write-protected

(b) copy-protected

(c) write-enabled

(d) foil-covered

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
374.What is the name of the screen symbol that
shows the placement of the next character?
(a) Mouse

(b) Cursor

(c) Track ball

(d) Graphic tablet

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

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375.Point out the odd item amongst the following

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(a) ROM

(b) Magnetic disk

(a) computer mouse

(c) Core memory

(d) Bubble memory

(b) touchpad

(e) None of these

(c) light pen

Ans : (c)
380.The minimum time delay required between
the initiation of two successive memory
operations is known as

(d) printer
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)

(a) memory cycle time

376.The very small and cheap computer built

into many home devices is called computer.
(a) Main frame

(b) Mini

(c) Micro

(d) Super

(c) transmission time

(d) waiting time
(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (c)
377.In comparison to the internal
memory, tape or disk memory is

(b) memory access time

(main)

(a) slower and more expensive

(b) slower and less expensive
(c) faster and more expensive
(d) faster and less expensive
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
378.What is the main advantage of magnetic
core memory over semiconductor RAM
memory?

381.When the time to establish link is large and

the size of data is small, the preferred mode of
data transfer is
(a) circuit switching
(b) packet switching
(c) time division multiplexing
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
382.In circuit switching
(a) data is stored at intermediate nodes

(a) More compact and smaller

(b) transmission path is set before data transfer

(b) More economical

(c) dedicated communication link is not

required

(c) A bit does not have to write after reading

(d) Non-volatile
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
379.Which of the following memories contains a
thin film of magnetic material sandwitched
between two permanent bias magnets?

(d) All of these

(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
383.A device used in some magnetic tape data
entry system is
(a) key-to-disk station

(b) light pen

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(d) card punch

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(a) sector

(b) surface

(e) None of these

(c) track

(d) hib

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

384.Which of the following PC user must have a

special hardware device that is to linkup with
a bulletin board system?
(a) ALU

(b) Control Unit

(c) Modem

(d) Light Pen

Ans : (a)
388.Magnetic storage chips have no moving
parts, and they provide nonvolatile directaccess storage of data.
(a) Tape

(b) Disk

(e) None of these

(c) Ink character

(d) Bus

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

385.A single primary storage location in the

processor unit
(a) can hold several different data items at the
same time
(b) can hold data items but not program
instructions
(c) is identified by a built-in and unique
number called an address
(d) is identified by a number that varies with
the contents in the location.

Ans : (a)
389.A class of random access memory that
requires periodic servicing in order for, the
contents to remain valid is
(a) Static RAM

(b) Dynamic RAM

(c) PROM

(d) EPROM

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
390.A sequence of microinstruction is

(e) None of these

(a) machine code

(b) microcode

Ans : (c)

(c) mnemonics

(d) gray code

386.A large computer designed to handle

complex scientific calculations
(a) may use only a firmed word-length storage
approach
(b) will likely require a character addressable
storage unit

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
391.A specific part of an arithmetic and logic unit
that is used to perform the operation of
multiplication is
(a) multiplier

(b) multiplener

(c) must use fixed length words of four

character each

(c) multivibrator

(d) quantization

(d) will not use numbered address locations

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (a)
387.Methods used to organize and physically
store disk data are cylinder and

392.Which of the following belongs to the first

generation of computer?
(a) HNIAC

(b) IBM 1401

(c) IBM 8090

(d) UNI VAC

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(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (e)

393. A typical modern computer uses

(a) LSI chips

(b) vacuum tubes

(c) valves

(d) All these

398.In a generic microprocessor, instruction

cycle time is
(a) shorter than machine cycle time
(b) larger than machine cycle time

(e) None of these

(c) exactly double the machine cycle time

Ans : (a)
394.Which kind of hardware is used the most in
the input phase of a computer-based
information system?
(a) Keyboard

(b) Printer

(c) Monitor

(d) Hard disk

(e) None of these

(d) exactly the same as the machine cycle time

(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
399.The cyclic codes are used in
(a) arithmetic and logical computations
(b) data transfer

Ans : (a)

(c) continuously varying signal representation

395.Which kind of device allows the user to add

components and capabilities to a computer
system?
(a) System boards

(b) Storage devices

(c) Input devices

(d) Expansion slots

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
396.Which of the following persons probably has
the least amount of technical knowledge?
(a) User

(b) Computer operator

(c) System Analyst

(d) Programmer

(d) All of these

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
400.The operation of a digital computer is based
on_________principle.
(a) Counting

(b) Measuring

(c) Electronic

(d) Logical

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
401.The personal computers are also called

(e) None of these

(a) desk top computers

Ans : (a)

(b) palmtop computers

397.Which of the following is not true for

primary storage?

(c) advanced computers

(d) portable computers

(a) Information must be transferred to primary

storage

(e) None of these

(b) It is relatively more expensive

Ans : (a)

(c) It allows very fast access to data

402.Which of the following is a group of related

characters that are treated as a single unit?

(d) It is less expensive

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(a) Array

(b) File

(c) circuits

(c) Field

(d) Block

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

(d) system analysis

Ans : (a)
408.A third and last component of CPU is

Ans : (c)
403.The person who writes instruction that tell
the computer how to handle input information
is

(a) ALU

(b) supervisory-control unit

(c) input device

(d) register unit

(e) None of these

(a) data entry operator

Ans : (b)

(b) computer programmer

409.The digital
primarily in

(c) computer operator

(d) keypunch operator
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

computer

(a) USSR

(b) Japan

(c) USA

(d) UK

was

(e) None of these

404.A system which allows interaction between

man and machine via some terminal device is
(a) batch mode

(b) interactive

(c) real time

(d) time sharing

Ans : (c)
410.Who is credited with the idea of using punch
cards to control patterns in a weaving
machine?

(e) None of these

(a) Pascal

(b) Hollerith

Ans : (b)

(c) Babbage

(d) Jackquard

405.A computer midway between a micro and a

main frame in size is
(a) super computer

(b) micro computer

(c) mini computer

(d) KIPS

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
411.Most of the inexpensive personal computers
do not have any disk or diskette drive. What
is the name of such computers?
(a) Home computers

Ans : (c)
406.The capacity of a machine to perform tasks,
normally requiring human intelligence, is

(b) Diskless computers

(c) Dedicated computers

(a) KIPS

(b) artificial

(d) General-purpose computers

(c) super computer

(d) micro computer

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (b)
407.A Group of integrated parts is called
(a) system

developed

(b) swapping

412.Which of the following require large

computer memory?
(a) Imaging

(b) Graphics

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(c) Voice

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
413.The process of starting or restarting a
computer system by loading instructions from
a secondary storage device into the computer
memory is called
(a) duping

(b) booting

(c) padding

(d) All of these

414.Who invented the microprocessor?

(b) accuracy

(c) cost

(d) memory

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
418.In analog computer
(a) Input is first converted to digital form

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(a) Mercian E Huff

(b) Herman H Goldstein

Ans : (b)
419.In latest generation
instructions are executed

(c) Joseph Jucquard

(d) All of these

computers,

the

(a) parallel only

(e) None of these

(b) sequentially only

Ans : (a)

(c) both sequentially and parallel

415.The accuracy of the floating point numbers

representable in two 16 bit words of a
computer is approximately
(a) 16 digits

(b) 6 digits

(c) 4 digits

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
416.A characteristic of card system is
(a) slowness in processing data
(b) using cards as records of transactions
(c) needing a larger DP staff

Ans : (d)

(a) speed

(c) output is displayed in digital form

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

417.A digital computer did not score over an

analog computer in terms of

(b) Input is never converted to digital form

(e) None of these

(d) All of these

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(d) All of these

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
420.Personnel who design, program, operate and
maintain computer equipment refers to
(a) console-operator
(b) programmer
(c) peopleware
(d) System Analyst
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
421.An error in software or hardware is called a
bug. What is the alternative computer jargon
for it?
(a) Leech

(b) Squid

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(c) Slug

(d) Glitch

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(c) Printer

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)

422.Modern computers are very reliable but they

are not

(d) Microfilm

427.In a computer system, which device is

functionally opposite of a Key-board?

(a) fast

(b) powerful

(a) Mouse

(b) Trackball

(c) infallible

(d) cheap

(c) Printer

(d) Joystick

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)

423.What is the name of the display feature that

highlights areas of the screen which require
operator attention?
(a) Pixel

(b) Reverse video

(c) Touch screen

(d) Cursor

(e) None of these

(a) word processor

(c) software

(b) peripheral
(d) diskette

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)
424.Which printer is very commonly used for
desk-top publishing?
(a) Laser printer
(b) Inkjet Printer

429.Touchpads are particularly popular with

microcomputer users who cannot
(a) read

(b) type

(c) see

(d) hear

(e) None of these

(c) Daisywheel Printer

Ans : (b)

(d) Dot-matrix Printer

430.A trackball is manipulated by

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
425.Which of the following is classified as an
impact printer?
(a) Jet Printer

(b) Daisywheel Printer

(c) Thermal Printer

(d) Laser Printer

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
426.What is the general name of the device
which produces hardcopy graphics?
(a) COM

428.The equipment with which the computer

talks to its users is called a

(b) Plotter

(a) palm

(b) foot

(c) fingers

(d) sound

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
431.The function of CPU is
(a) to provide a hard copy
(b) to read, interpret and process
information and instruction
(c) to communicate with the operator
(d) to provide external storage of text
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

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432.Which one of the following is termed a

combination input-output device?
(a) VDT

(b) Keyboard

(c) Printer

(d) Laser Jet

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
433.The barcode which is used on all types of
items, is read by a scanning device directly
into the computer. What is the name of this
scanning device?
(a) Laser Scanner

(b) Wand

(c) OCR

(d) MICR

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
434.The optical technique that uses lasers is

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(d) both (b) and (c)

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
437.A computer-controlled device for training
exercises
that
duplicates
the
work
environment is a
(a) simulator

(b) duplicator

(c) trainer

(d) COM device

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
438.An advantage of overlapped processing
activities is
(a) more effective use of the CPU
(b) increased processing activities for the
entire system

(a) photodigital storage

(c) better coordination of I/O activities

(b) EBAM storage

(d) All of these

(c) CCD storage

(e) None of these

(d) cryogenic storage

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
435.The disadvantages of a direct access file is
(a) the delay in computing the storage address
(b) duplication of address locations
(c) unused, hut available, storage locations
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
436.A complete set of programs for one specific
data processing application is called
(a) utility application
(b) canned program
(c) program package

439.The terminal device often used in checking

charge cards that offers both a limited
keyboard input and visual output is the
(a) intelligent terminal
(b) POS terminal
(c) video display terminal
(d) audio response unit
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
440.The mechanical diskette drive in which you
insert your diskette is connected to the
computers bus
(a) Data
(c) Address
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

(b) Communication
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441.The number of tracks on a 1/2 inch wide

magnetic tape is
(a) 1

(b) 9

(c) 18

(d) either bare

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

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446.Character readers are those devices which

read the characters printed on the source
documents and then convert them directly into
computer-usable input.
(a) OCR

(b) MICR

(c) OMR

(d) LCD

(e) None of these

442.What is the most common speed in rpm at

which the hard disks usually rotate?
(a) 2400

(b) 3600

(c) 4700

(d) 1600

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
447.All calculations are performed and all
comparisons are made in unit
(a) control unit
(b) arithmetic-logic unit

Ans : (b)

(c) central processing unit

443.Disk units that use unremovable platters are

called

(d) primary storage unit

(e) None of these

(a) unremovable disks

Ans : (a)

(b) hard disks

448.A certain computer hardware component

does not process the data itself but acts as a
central nervous system for other data
manipulating components. What is it called?

(c) sealed disks

(d) high-density disks
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
444.Before you stored anything on a disk, it has
to be
(a) cleansed

(b) formatted

(c) initialized

(d) either (a) or (b)

(a) ALU

(b) RAM

(c) Control Unit

(d) Secondary storage

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
449.A logic is an electronic circuit which

(e) None of these

(a) makes logic decisions

Ans : (b)

(b) allows electron flow only in one direction

445.What is the name of the screen pointing

device that rolls on bearings and has one or
more buttons on its top?
(a) Track ball

(b) Mouse

(c) Light pen

(d) Joy-stick

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

(c) works on binary algebra

(d) works on float numbers
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
450.A code used for standardizing the storage
and transfer of information amongst various
computing devices is called

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(a) CRT

(b) CPU

(c) ASCII

(d) Dvorak

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455.The data on the tracks on a magnetic disk are
written as

(e) None of these

(a) up or down

Ans : (c)
451.As compared to a magnetic tape, the main
advantage of magnetic disk is its

(b) tiny magnetic spots

(c) 0 or 1

(a) rigidity

(b) direct access

(d) high or low voltage

(c) low cost

(d) high packing density

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)
452.What is the size of the optical compact disk
which is used for recording high quality
music?
(a) 4.7 inch

(b) 3.5 inch

(c) 5.5 inch

(d) 8.7 inch

456.Which memory is nonvolatile and may be

written only once?
(a) RAM

(b) EE-ROM

(c) RAM

(d) PROM

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

457.Which of the following statements is wrong?

Ans : (a)
453.Why do magnetic tape drives
minicomputers use vacuum columns?

for

(a) For quick acceleration and deacceleration

of the tape
(b) For immediate starting and stopping of the
tape
(c) To avoid stress in the tape
(d) To provide extra tape length
(e) None of these

(a) An EPROM can be programmed, erased

and reprogrammed by the user with an
EPROM programming instrument
(b) Magnetic tape is non volatile
(c) Magnetic
memories

core

and

semiconductor

(d) RAM is a type of volatile memory

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
458.For a memory system, the cycle time is

Ans : (c)

(a) same as the access time

454.What is the name of the visible silver

rectangle which separates the take-up portion
of the magnetic tape from the data recording
portion?
(a) Load maker

(b) Load marker

(c) Tape separator

(d) Tape marker

(b) longer than the access time

(c) shorter than the access time
(d) submultiple of the access time
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

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459.The process of fetching and executing

instructions, one at a time, in the order of
increasing addresses is known as
(a) instruction execution
(b) straight line sequencing
(c) instruction fetch

464.Two new types of semiconductor memories

are
(a) magnetic disks
(b) charge-coupled devices
(c) magnetic bubble memory
(d) both (b) and (c)

(d) random sequencing

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)

465.The word serial describes

460.Non-volatility is an important advantage of

(a) CCDs
(b) magnetic tapes and disks
(c) magnetic bubbles
(d) both (b) and (c)

(a) an inexpensive card reader that reads one

column at a time
(b) a character-by-character transfer of data
between an input/output or auxiliary
storage unit and a channel
(c) is a serial communication physical
interface through which information
transfers in or out one bit at a time

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
461.The general range of speed in revolutions per
minute (rpm) at which floppy disks rotate is
(a) 2400-4700

(b) 390-600

(c) 150-250

(d) 300-600

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
462.Main memory contains
(a) data

(b) instructions

(c) both (a) and (b)

(d) either (a) and (b)

(d) both (a) and (b)

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
466.The largest of the four conceptual areas of
storage is likely to be the
(a) program area

(b) output area

(c) working area

(d) input area

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
467. In half-duplex data transmission

(e) None of these

(a) data can be transmitted in one direction

only

Ans : (c)
463.Which access method is used for obtaining a
record from a cassette tape?
(a) Direct

(b) Sequential

(c) Random

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

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(b) data can be transmitted in both directions

(c) data can be transmitted in both directions
simultaneously
(d) data cannot be transmitted
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)

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468.A lever used to control the movement of a

cursor on a video screen is

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473.Which unit decodes information and present

to the user?

(a) keyboard

(b) Joy stick

(a) ALU

(b) Storage unit

(c) light pen

(d) plotter

(c) Output unit

(d) Control unit

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)

469.In synchronous transmission data from

various users
(a) require header
(b) do not require header

(d) All of these

(b) control unit

(c) register unit

(d) memory

Ans : (d)
475.Most important advantage of an IC is its

(e) None of these

(a) easy replacement in case of circuit failure

Ans : (b)

(b) extremely high reliability

470.To set a register or counter to the all-zerostate is

(a) rerun

(b) reset

(c) remote

(d) release

(c) reduced cost

(d) low power consumption
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

476.The most popular language for interactive

use is

Ans : (b)
471.A device for entering X-Y co-ordinates is
known as
(a) card reader

(b) cassette tape

(c) multiplexer

(d) joystick

(a) COBOL

(b) PASCAL

(c) BASIC

(d) FORTRAN

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

477.In which mode, each user has a local

input/output device?

Ans : (d)
472.Which of the following is still useful for
adding numbers?
(a) EDSAC

(b) ENIAC

(c) Abacus

(d) UNIVAC

Ans : (c)

(a) accumulator

(e) None of these

(c) sometimes require header

(e) None of these

474.Main storage is also called

(a) Interactive
(b) Time sharing mode
(c) Batch processing mode
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

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478.A standard tape recorder used to save or load

computer information is known as
(a) magnetic tape

(b) cassette drive

(c) punched paper tape

(d) card punch

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(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
483.A directly accessible appointment calendar is
a feature of a resident package.

(e) None of these

(a) CPU

(b) Memory

Ans : (b)

(c) Buffer

(d) ALU

479.Programs designed to perform specific tasks

is known as
(a) system software

Ans : (b)
484.The term gigabyte refers to

(b) application software

(c) utility programs
(d) operating system

(a) 1024 bytes

(b) 1024 kilobytes

(c) 1024 megabytes

(d) 1024gigabytes

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)

485.CAD stands for

480.Perforated paper used as input or output

media is known as
(a) paper tape

(b) magnetic tape

(c) punched paper tape

(d) card punch

(a) Computer Aided Design

(b) Computer Algorithm for Design
(c) Computer Application in Design
(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
481.A computer with CPU speed around 100
million instructions per second and with the
word length of around 64 bits is known as
(a) super computer

(e) None of these

(b) mini computer

Ans : (a)
486.In which language is a source program
written?
(a) English

(b) Symbolic

(c) mainframe computer (d) micro computer

(c) High-level

(d) Machine

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (c)

482.An approach that permits the computer to

work on several programs instead of one is

487.Which of the following terms is the most

closely related to main memory?

(a) on-line thesaurus

(a) Non-volatile

(b) Permanent

(b) multiprogramming

(c) Control unit

(d) Temporary

(c) overlapped processing

(e) None of these

(d) outline processor

Ans : (d)

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488.Which of the following is used for

manufacturing chips?
(a) Control bus

(b) Control unit

(c) Parity unit

(d) Semiconductor

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
489.Which of the following is required when
more than one person uses a central computer
at the same time?
(a) Terminal

(b) Light pen

(c) Digitizer

(d) Mouse

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
490.Who is considered the father of the
minicomputer and one of the founder fathers
of the modem computer industry world-wide?
(a) George Tate

(b) Kenneth H. Olsen

(c) Seymour Cray

(d) Basic Pascal

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
491.Multiprogramming was made possible by
(a) input/output
units
that
independently of the CPU

operate

(b) operating system

(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) nor (b)
(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
493.Which of the following terms does not
describe a database structure used by a DBMS
to link data from several files?
(a) Relational

(b) Structural

(c) Network

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
494.A communication protocol that converts
noisy data links into communication channels
free of transmission errors is known as
(a) data link protocol

(b) data link

(c) data medium

(d) data model

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
495.Control of computer system or subsystem
operation by an operator who may intervene at
arbitrary times is
(a) manual control

(b) mapping

(c) shift register

(d) ALU

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
496.A plastic card similar to a credit card but
having some memory and a microprocessor
embedded within it is
(a) punched paper tape

(b) chip card

(c) card punch

(d) magnetic tape

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)

492.Network topology, consisting of nodes

attached in a ring, without a host computer, is
known as
(a) star

(b) ring

(c) bus

(d) tree

(e) None of these

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497.A repository for data, usually covering

specific topic is
(a) database

(b) data requisition

(c) databank

(d) data collection

(e) None of these

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(b) Computer simulation

Ans : (c)
498.An on-line backing storage system capable
of storing larger quantities of data is
(a) CPU

(b) memory

(c) mass storage

(d) secondary storage

(e) None of these

(c) information retrieval

(d) fall-tent searching
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
504.Which of the following is a storage medium
to copy stored data onto another?

Ans : (c)
499.Which is an item of storage medium in the
form of a circular plate?
(a) Disk

(b) CPU

(c) Printer

(d) ALU

(e) None of these

(a) Drum

(b) Dump

(c) Critical path

(d) Cybernetics

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
505.Another word for a daisy when printer is

Ans : (a)
500.The progressing of two or more programs in
parallel is
(a) concatenation

(b) data module

(c) concurrency

(d) colossus

(a) petal printer

(b) golf-ball printer

(c) lesser printer

(d) line printer

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
506.The collection of utility programs,
subroutines or application programs used on a
particular computer is

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
501.Properly arranged data is called

(a) package

(a) field

(b) words

(b) system software

(c) information

(d) file

(c) application programs

(e) None of these

(d) program library

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

502.Which of the following is a list-processing

high-level language?
(a) APL

(b) LISP

(c) PROLOG

(d) ADA

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
503.The use of a computer to get information
from a data bank is known as
(a) Information withdrawal

Ans : (d)
507.All the instructions and procedures needed to
start Up a computer, to the point it can load an
operating system are stored in ROM chips. In
IBM compatible PCs this is called the
(a) RAM BIOS

(b) ROM BIOS

(c) EPROM

(d) POST

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

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508.In serial, asynchronous transmissions, the bit

is used to signal the end of the character
within the data frame.
(a) Start

(b) Stop

(c) Parity

(d) Data

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(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
513.What is a portion of memory that serves as a
temporary repository for data as it waits for a
given action?

(e) None of these

(a) Memory Pool

(b) Cache

Ans : (b)

(c) Processor

(d) Processor pool

509.The term MIPS refers to

(a) millions of instructions per second
(b) multiple instructions per second
(c) megabytes of instructions per second
(d) millions input processor set
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
510.Which of the following best describes the
term data processing?
(a) The collection of information or data
(b) The distribution of information or data
(c) The manipulation of information or data
(d) The storage of information or data

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
514.What process prepares the magnetic surface
of a disk by creating concentric circles, called
tracks, around the disk? (Each track is further
divided into pic-shaped sections called
sectors?
(a) Tracking

(b) Formatting

(c) Copying

(d) Sectioning

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
515.A six-digit card field used for postal ZIP
codes is defined as
(a) a letter field
(b) an alphabetic field

(e) None of these

(c) a numeric field

Ans : (c)
511.The original ASCII code used./. bits of each
byte, reserving that last bit for error checking.
(a) 5

(b) 6

(c) 7

(d) 8

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
512.Communication ports are found on the back
of microcomputers. They are used to connect
the computer to
(a) printers

(b) modems

(c) other hardware

(d) All of these

(d) an alphanumeric field

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
516.What are the three decision-making
operations performed by the ALU of a
computer?
(a) Greater than

(b) Less than

(c) Equal to

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
517.Which part of the computer is used for
calculating and comparing?

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(a) Disk unit

(b) Control unit

(c) ALU

(d) Modem

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523.The checking operation performed on input

data is called the
(a) validation of data

(e) None of these

(b) verification of data

Ans : (c)
518.Can you tell what passes into and out from
the computer via its ports?

(c) cross check

(d) control of data

(a) Data

(b) Bytes

(e) None of these

(c) Graphics

(d) Pictures

Ans : (a)
524.The larger the RAM of a computer, the faster
its processing speed is, since it eliminates

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
519.Which type of computers use the 8 bit code
called EBCDIC?
(a) Minicomputers

(b) Microcomputers

(a) need for external memory

(b) need of ROM
(c) frequent disk I/Os

(c) Mainframe computers (d) Supercomputers

(d) need for wider data path

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)

520.Whereas a computer mouse moves over the

table surface, the trackball is
(a) stationary

(b) difficult to move

(c) dragged

(d) moved in small steps

525.The temporary or volatile memory of a

computer is erased when the computer is
turned off. Accordingly, the computer user
before turning off the machine must transfer
anything in the memory which is important to

(e) None of these

(a) control unit

(b) ALU

Ans : (a)

(c) CPU

(d) permanent memory

521.Which one of the following input device is

user-programmable?
(a) Dumb terminal

(b) Smart terminal

(c) VDT

(d) Intelligent terminal

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
526.Which of the following tasks is not suited for
sequential processing by a computer?

(e) None of these

(a) Preparing of mailing labels

Ans : (d)

(b) Processing payroll cheques

522.The computer-memory holds data and

(c) Accounting for credit card purchases

(a) bytes

(b) program

(d) Inventory control

(c) registers

(d) bits

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)

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527.The most expensive

computer system is its

component

in

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532.What is the function of the home key1in a

microcomputer qwerty keyboard?

(a) hardware

(b) peripherals

(a) To capitalize letters

(c) software

(d) All of these

(b) To reposition the cursor

(e) None of these

(c) To interrupt executions

Ans : (e)

(d) To cancel the entry

528.What is the name of the meftiory card which

is conceptually related to the smart card but is
similar to the video disk?
(a) Laser card

(b) Master card

(c) Visa

(d) Optical card

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
533.Most of the errors blamed on computers are
actually due to
(a) programming errors
(b) hardware fatigue

Ans : (a)

(c) defects in floppy disks

529.The time taken for the read/write head to

move to the correct track on the magnetic disk
is called
(a) epoch delay

(b) latency delay

(c) seek time

(d) approach time

(e) None of these

(d) data entry errors

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
534.File specification books are created primarily
for the use of
(a) systems analysts

Ans : (c)
530.A flat-bed plotter uses a pen which moves in
two directions across a piece of paper fixed on
a flat-bed. Can you tell who controls the
movements of this pen?

(b) programmers
(c) operators
(d) managers

(a) Microfilm

(b) Microfiche

(e) None of these

(c) Film card

(d) COM

Ans : (b)
535.The storage within the addressing scheme of
the computer but exceeding the physical
capacity is called

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
531.Which of the following printer can be
classified as a page-at-a-time printer?
(a) Laser printer

(b) Dot-matrix printer

(c) Thermal printer

(d) Inkjet printer

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

(a) address space

(b) overlay storage
(c) secondary storage
(d) scratchpad memory
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

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536.Plotters print

Ans : (c)
541.The process of entering data into a storage
location

(a) with ball point pens

(b) with ink pens

(a) adds to the contents of the location

(c) electrostatically

(b) cause variation in its address number

(d) All of these

(c) is known as a readout operation

(e) None of these

(d) is destructive of previous contents

Ans : (d)
537.Which generation
transistors?
(a) First generation

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of

computers

used

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

(b) Second generation

(c) Fourth generation (d) All of these

(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

542.Which of the following topologies is highly

reliables?
(a) Star

(b) bus

(c) Fully connected mesh

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

538.In MODEMS
(a) several digital signals are multiplexed
(b) a digital signal changes some characteristic
of a carrier wave
(c) digital signal is amplified
(d) All of these

Ans : (c)
543.Which of the following topologies is not
broadcast type?
(a) Star

(b) bus

(c) Ring

(d) Tree

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)
539.In digital data transmission
(a) baud rate is equal to bit rate

544.A magnetic tape volume that is used on a

data processing operation without any change
to its contents is

(b) baud rate is always smaller than the bit are

(a) magnetic disk

(b) punched paper tape

(c) baud rate is always higher than the bit rate

(c) master tape

(d) card reader

(d) baud rate is not constant

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (e)
540.Information retrieval is fastest from
(a) floppy disk

(b) magnetic tape

(c) hard disc

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

545.A device that both transmits and receives

data, is
(a) transducer

(b) trapdoor

(c) translator

(d) transceiver

(e) None of these

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Ans : (d)
546.Which of the following is an abbreviation for
a hardware programming language?
(a) AHPL

(b) AFL

(c) ACM

(d) APL

(e) None of these

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551.In acquiring new mainframe hardware, an

organization
(a) may choose to rent a machine since this is
the least expensive acquisition method
(b) may buy the equipment to reduce the risk
of technological obsolescence
(c) may lease a machine in order to avoid a
large purchase price

Ans : (a)
547.Which of the following is a mechanism for
separating continuous fan folded paper used in
fine printers?
(a) Buffering

(b) Burster

(c) Bug

(d) Card reader

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
548.A group of signal lines used to transmit data
in parallel from one element of a computer to
another is
(a) control bus

(b) address bus

(c) databus

(d) network

(d) may choose to build its own system from

bins of integrated circuits
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
552.Which of the following is not a factor
affecting the processing capability or
performance of a PC system?
(a) The clock speed of the microprocessor
(b) The revolution per minute of the printer
disk
(c) The primary storage capacity of the
processor

(e) None of these

(d) The built-in instruction set available to the

microprocessor

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

549.Allocator and manager of memory in an

operating system is
(a) keyboard

(b) key punch

(c) kernel

(d) kludge

Ans : (b)
553.Super-computers
(a) are found at thousands of sites around the
world

(e) None of these

(b) can now fit on a single silicon chip

Ans : (c)

(c) are usually designed to process accounting

applications

550.A used defined block of pixels that can be

placed anywhere on the screen is

(d) are not fast enough for some applications

(a) sprite

(b) stack

(e) None of these

(c) spooling

(d) station

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

554.Which hole is used to mark the location of

the first sector in a soft-sectored disk?
(a) Address

(b) Location

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(c) Index

(d) Label

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
555.A data item which is not broken down into
smaller units is
(a) data element

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559.Which of the following is a particular form

of magnetic tape cartridge?
(a) Card punch

(b) Optical mark reader

(c) Digital cassette

(d) Punched paper tape

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
560.The ability of a subsystem to be substituted
for the originally designated equipment is

(b) elementary data item

(c) data entry
(d) database management
(e) None of these

(a) versatility

(b) compatibility

(c) reliability

(d) computability

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
556.A language based on graphics for use in
education is
(a) PROLOG

(b) LOGO

(c) COBOL

(d) expansibility

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
561.A machine associated with card-based data
processing is
(a) Codomain

(b) Collator

(c) Cartridge

(d) Digitizer

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
557.Codes which do not require to be frequently
updated also promote user efficiency due to

Ans : (b)
562.Which is computer input microfilm?

(a) simplicity

(b) sortability

(a) CIM

(b) CIR

(c) stability

(d) expansibility

(c) BCS

(d) CAM

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (a)

558.Which of the following is a data

communication link that connects more than
two stations, nodes, etc.?
(a) Multipoint connection
(b) Multipoint line
(c) Multiple chain
(d) Multilinked
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

563.A framework in which circuit boards can be

mounted is
(a) card cage

(b) motherboard

(c) cache

(d) RAM

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
564.Which memory is used in high-performance
systems, inserted between the processor and
memory?
(a) ROM

(b) SAM

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(c) Cache

(d) RAM

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(c) any high-level programming language

(e) None of these

(d) specific programming language

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

565.A hardware used for virtual memory

allocation is
(a) CPU

(b) base-bound register

(c) controller

(d) register unit

Ans : (a)
570.A subset of characters within a data field is
known as
(a) record

(b) file

(e) None of these

(c) data string

(d) bytes

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

566.A type of memory chip whose contents

cannot be altered by writing data is
(a) RAM

(b) PROM

(c) ROM

(d) EPROM

Ans : (c)
571.The process used to set up a program once
the system is operational is
(a) operating system

(b) black bon

(e) None of these

(c) boot strap

(d) utility

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

567.The shifting of a program from one of the

memory addresses to another is
(a) data transmission

Ans : (c)
572.Which is special register which holds
machine instructions?

(b) data collection

(a) Control unit

(c) relocation

(b) RAM

(d) database

(c) Control instruction register

(e) None of these

(d) ALU

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

568.The amount of time that is taken up in

getting data from a disk is
(a) delay time

(b) access time

(c) real time

(d) latency

Ans : (c)
573.Which is a programming language for
military applications?
(a) COBOL

(b) CORAL

(e) None of these

(c) C

(d) FORTRAN

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

569.Most computers understand programs written

in
(a) natural English language
(b) BASIC

Ans : (b)
574.A way of checking the data have been moved
or stored correctly is
(a) password

(b) prestel

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(c) parity

(d) modem

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Ans : (c)
580.A sequence of one or more characters is

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
575.An input device with a joystick is

(a) group

(b) string

(c) block

(d) field

(a) punched card

(b) paddle

(e) None of these

(c) magnetic tape

(d) magnetic disk

Ans : (b)
581.A sizeable geographical area with
communication based on the telephone system
is through a

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
576._________is a large computer of which
peripherals are mounted in a frame.
(a) Micro computer

(b) Main frame

(c) Mini computer

(d) Super computer

(a) local area network

(b) wide area network
(c) modulator-demodulator
(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
577.Translator of a high-level language into the
object code is called
(a) interpreter

(b) application program

(c) compiler

(d) assembler

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)
582.The methods used by COBOL to define that
structure of a data item in terms of characters,
digits, etc. is
(a) password

(b) pointer

(c) picture

(d) overlay

(e) None of these

578.An assembly language is a division of

(a) Binary language

Ans : (c)
583.The instruction code in machine language or
assembled which specifies the basic
operations of the CPU is

(b) low-level language

(c) high-level language
(d) machine-language
(e) None of these

(a) machine come

(b) instruction code

(c) opcode

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
579.A built-in number that identifies a location in
storage is known as

Ans : (c)
584.One megabyte is

(a) location

(b) register

(a) 1048576 bytes

(b) 211000 bytes

(c) address

(d) accumulator

(c) 102756 bytes

(d) 81100 bytes

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

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(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
585.A secondary storage device with immediate
access to any part of the stored data is
(a) direct access device

Ans : (c)
590.The working principles of todays computers
were provided by an English mathematician

(b) printer

(a) Charles Babbage

(b) Dr. Hollerith

(c) keyboard

(c) Donald Reach

(d) Ken Reidcr

(d) punched card

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (a)
586.A computer in which data is represented by a
continuously variable physical quantity is

591.A group of characters treated as an entity

within some computer is a
(a) block

(b) pack

(a) digital computer

(c) word

(d) All of these

(b) analog computer

(e) None of these

(c) hybrid computer

Ans : (c)

(d) machine-in-build computer

(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
587.The basic unit within a computer store
capable of holding a single unit of data is
(a) register

(b) ALU

(c) control unit

(d) store location

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
588.A group of characters used to identify a
given low-level instruction is
(a) file

(b) record

(c) key field

(d) label

592.A device used to bring information into a

computer is
(a) ALU

(b) input device

(c) control unit

(d) output device

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
593.The part of a computer system that enables
human operators to communicate with the
computer is
(a) control unit

(b) CPU

(c) console

(d) ALU

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
594.A digital device that processes data is known
as

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
589.A location which is sometimes protected,
used for specific purposes only is
(a) control unit

(b) CPU

(c) register

(d) memory

(a) data processor

(b) data entry

(c) DBMS

(d) database

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

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595.The part of the total storage of a computer

from which instructions are executed is
(a) secondary storage

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(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
600.In digital computer, all the expressions are
coded into

(b) main storage

(c) RAM

(a) Octal digits

(d) CPU

(b) Binary digits

(e) None of these

(c) Hexadecimal digits

Ans : (b)

(d) decimal digits

596.An optical input device that interprets pencil

marks on paper media is
(a) O.M.R

(b) punch card reader

(c) optical scanners

(d) magnetic tape

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
601.The display size of the typical visual display
screen is

(e) None of these

(a) 80 columns wide by 24

Ans : (a)

(b) 40 columns wide by 20

597.A pen shaped device which can sense light,

and is used to point at spots on a video screen
is a
(a) mouse
(c) joystick

(b) light pen

(d) plotter

(c) 15 columns wide by 10

(d) 60 columns wide by 30
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
602.The only language understood by a digital
computer is called

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

(a) assembly language

598.Which of the following is a non volatile

memory?

(b) high level language

(c) low level

(a) PROM

(d) Binary language

(b) magnetic tape

(c) magnetic bubble memory

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

(d) RAM

603.Which operating system was produced by C

language?

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
599.Which of the following can be used to
control the movement of a cursor on a video
screen?
(a) Mouse

(b) OCR

(c) Card punch

(d) joystick

(a) UDI/OS

(b) PC-DOS

(c) UNIX

(d) CP/M-86

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

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604.A memory that does not change its contents

without external causes is known as
(a) dynamic memory (b) static memory
(c) RAM

(d) EEPROM

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
605.IBM-PC is an example of

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(c) magnetic card

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)

610.Temporary storage used to compensate for a

difference in the speed of data flow is
(a) main memory

(b) buffer

(c) protocol

(d) RAM

(a) a main frame

(b) machine-in-built

(e) None of these

(c) micro computer

(d) special purpose

Ans : (b)
611.Which is a unit representing the number bits
of discrete?

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
606.The personnel which deal with the computer
and its management put together is known as

(a) Baud

(b) byte

(c) bit

(d) All of these

(a) firm ware

(b) human ware

(e) None of these

(c) software

(d) hardware

Ans : (a)
612.Any storage device added to a computer
beyond the immediately usable main storage
is known as

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
607.What is the maximum number that can be
represented with 8 bits?
(a) 256

(b) 254

(c) 128

(d) 64

(a) floppy disk

(b) hard disk

(c) backing store

(d) punched card

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

613.The way a computer is designed is known as

Ans : (a)
608.Which of the following computer language is
used for artificial intelligence?

(a) assembler

(b) application

(c) architecture

(d) utility

(a) FORTRAN

(b) PROLOG

(e) None of these

(c) C

(d) COBOL

Ans : (c)
614.A device in which information is stored by
means of small electrical charges is

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
609.A magnetic storage device in which data is
stored on a cylindrical drum, subdivided into
tracks is known as
(a) punched card

(d) drum

(b) magnetic disk

(a) charge coupled device

(b) light pen
(c) plotter
(d) joystick

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(e) None of these

(c) Diagnostic

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

615.A computer peripheral that prints one line of

output at a time is known as
(a) dot matrix printer

(d) Logic circuit

Ans : (b)
620.Which circular transparent disk has a pattern
of a radial bars printed on it?

(b) daisy wheel printer

(a) Milk disk

(b) Optical disk

(c) line printer

(c) Hard disk

(d) Mini disk

(d) serial printer

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (c)
616.Data processing computer built
conventional architectural is known as

to

621.A device that converts one type of signal into

another is called
(a) modem

(b) transducer

(a) super computer

(c) punched paper tape

(d) punched card

(b) mainframe computer

(e) None of these

(c) micro computer

Ans : (b)
622.An operating system intended for use on
microprocessor based systems that support a
single user is

(d) mini computer

(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
617.Which is an electronic device that can store
temporarily a single bit of data?
(a) Accumulator

(b) Buffer

(c) Memory

(d) Latch

(b) MS-DOS

(c) UNIX

(d) CP/M

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
623.A common boundary between two systems is
called

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
618.Which of the following languages is usually
implemented with an interpreter?
(a) PASCAL

(b) FORTRAN

(c) BASIC

(d) COBOL

(a) interdiction

(b) interface

(c) intradiction

(d) surface

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
624.An index register that is automatically
incremented or decremented with each use is

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
619.Which method is used to connect a remote
computer?
(a) Device

(a) PC-DOS

(b) Dialup

(a) auto index

(b) asynchronous

(c) assembler

(d) compiler

(e) None of these

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Ans : (a)
625.Which is standard interface made up of 100
parallel common communication lines?

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positional co-ordinates for input to a computer

is
(a) touch panel

(b) mouse
(d) writing tablet

(a) RS 232

(b) S-100 bus

(c) wand

(c) RS 256

(d) CP/100

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)
626.A set of commands used to extract data from
a database meeting certain specified criteria is
called
(a) assembly language
(b) query language

(a) data

(b) code

(c) documentation

(d) database

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

(c) machine language

(d) high-level language
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
627.The report card and merit list forms the

631.A local storage register which contains the

address of the next instruction to be executed
is
(a) accumulator

(b) address register

(c) buffer

(d) memory

(e) None of these

(a) output data

Ans : (b)

(b) data processing

(c) central processing
(d) input data

632.The organization and interconnection of the

various components of a computer system is
(a) architecture

(e) None of these

(c) graphics

Ans : (a)

(b) networks
(d) designing

(e) None of these

628.Which is an input device?

(a) Tape puhcher
(b) Teleprocessing terminal
(c) Card puncher
(d) Optical printer
(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
633.An output medium that produces verbal
responses from the computer system is known
as
(a) audit trail

(b) printer

(c) monitor

(d) audit response

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
629.A device for
impressions into

630.Programmed instructions to the computer is

known as

converting handwritten
coded characters and

Ans : (d)
634.Which printer uses a combination of laserbeam and electro photographic techniques?

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(a) Laser printers

(b) Dot-Matrix

(c) Line printer

(d) Daisy wheel

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
635.The part of a machine level instruction which
tells the central processor what has to be done
is known as
(a) opcode

(b) address

(c) CPU

(d) monitor

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
636.A system program which helps the execution
of user programs is known as
(a) system software

(c) batch operating system

639.Off-line operation is the operation of devices

without the control of
(a) memory

(b) CPU

(c) ALU

(d) control unit

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
640.A storage device which is used to store data
and information external to the main storage is
known as
(a) buffer

(b) backing storage

(c) PROM

(d) accumulator

(e) None of these

641.Software that is loaded into a computer

primary storage area is known as
(a) memory-resident package

(d) utilities

(b) file management system

(e) None of these

(c) electronic spread sheet program

Ans : (c)
637.A metal disk coated with ferromagnetic
substance for storing data is
(a) hard disk

(b) magnetic tape

(c) floppy disk

(d) card punch

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
638.A memory device in which a location is
identified by its contents rather than by name
is known as

(b) magnetic tape

Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)

(b) application program

(a) buffer

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(d) utilities
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
642.A memory space used for the temporary
storage of data is
(a) PROM

(b) SAM

(c) scratchpad storage

(d) buffer

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
643.A prewritten program that is said to perform
a common task is called an application

(c) associative storage

(a) system software

(b) package

(d) punched card

(c) utilities

(d) program

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

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Ans : (b)
644.Which function of a computer is responsible
for permanent storage of data?
(a) storage

(b) output

(c) CPU

(d) memory

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
645.Which of the following is a displayed listing
of program option that users can select?

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(a) partitioned

(b) sectioned

(c) deleted

(d) inter-sectioned

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
650.Which type of RAM works like a series of
small switches? (Once a switch is set to ON, it
says on until the computer changes it)
(a) Dynamic

(b) Static

(c) Video

(d) RW

(a) Menu

(b) Block

(e) None of these

(c) Data item

(d) File

Ans : (b)
651.Which type of memory is for information
that DOES CHANGE on your computer?

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
646.What digits are representative of all binary
numbers?
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) 3
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
647.Which type device is a piece of equipment
that receives information from a CPU?

(a) RAM

(b) ROM

(c) ERAM

(d) RW/RAM

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
652.A computer that is capable of parallel
processing is computer
(a) host

(b) parallel
(d) micro

(a) Input

(b) Output

(c) mainframe

(c) CPU

(d) Memory

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

653.The various states in which a computer

system may be operating is called

Ans : (b)
648.The 0 and 1 in the binary numbering system
are called binary digits or

(a) execution

(b) execution states

(d) execution step

(a) bytes

(b) kilobytes

(c) execution phase

(c) decimal bytes

(d) bits

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
649.Hard disks are formatted in the same manner
as floppy disks. However, before a hard disk
can be formatted, it must first be

Ans : (b)
654.The time interval between successive
elements of a discrete time signal is
(a) access time

(b) seek time

(c) real time

(d) epoch

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(e) None of these

(c) LOGO

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

655.Any system that uses a computer as a

component but whose prime function is not
that of a computer is
(a) distributed system
(b) KPS
(c) embedded computer system
(d) AL

Ans : (d)
660.How much megabyte of data is typically
stores in bubble device?
(a) 6

(b) 1

(c) 10

(d) 4

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

661.Which of the following is another name for

tape transport?

Ans : (c)
656.Which of the following time will normally be
determined by the requirements of the device
to which the transfer is being made?
(a) Access

(b) Cycle

(c) Hold

(d) Delay

(a) Core memory

(b) Card punch
(c) Tape drive unit
(d) Magnetic disk
(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)
657.A method used to refer to data that is located
in an address field of an instruction in
addressing
(a) indirect

(b) implied

(c) immediate

(d) register indexed

662.A data structure consisting of several fields,

some or all of which are instances of the same
data structure, is called
(a) field

(b) bead

(c) database

(d) data collection

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)
658.A mechanism for arranging controlled access
to a shared resource is
(a) retrieving

(b) sorting

(c) balleting

(d) lock-out

663.A mass storage device on which information

is stored and read by a laser is
(a) ROM

(b) PROM

(c) EROM

(d) laser memory

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)
659.The most widely used logic programming
language is
(a) BASIC

(d) PROLOG

(b) COBOL

664.Which of the following is a device to

combine into a single module a set of program
instructions that have been independently
compiled?

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(a) Mouse

(b) Modem

(e) None of these

(c) Linkage editor

(d) Light pen

Ans : (b)
669.A multiuser super micro system

(e) None of these

(a) uses 6-bit data buses

Ans : (c)
665.During the data gathering phase of the
system analysis step
(a) program flow-charts are often prepared

(b) can not use the same type of

microprocessor chips found in single user
systems.

(b) the system design specifications are outline

(c) can handle a number of processing tasks

concurrently

(c) a number of specialized forms may be

prepared

(d) All of these

(d) a standards manual is of little use

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

670.An 8-bit unit used to code data is called a

Ans : (c)
666.Most computers have secondary storage
devices that are connected to the processor
and are thus able to accept data directly from
and return data directly to the processor.
(a) special

(b) online

(c) off-line

(d) multi

(a) word

(b) data set

(c) K

(d) byte

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
671.A parity bit
(a) is a check bit added to each 7 to 8-bit
characters represented in-storage

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

(b) is what farmers use to get grain prices

667.Which of the following is a term meaning

that if a particular program is given bad data
for input it will produce bad results for
output?

(c) always produces an odd number of 1 bits

in a stored character
(d) is used to detect human keying errors

(a) FIFO

(b) LOGO

(e) None of these

(c) ADA

(d) GIGO

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

672.Which of the following high speed nonimpact printers are fast enough to print the
entire book in about 1 minute?

Ans : (d)
668.A device which uses magnetic tape
cartridges to read or record information at
340,000 alphanumeric characters per second
is
(a) magnetic tape

(b) hypertape drive

(c) card punch

(d) magnetic disk

(a) Laser

(b) Dot-matrix

(c) Page

(d) Line

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

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673.Which of the following parts is of an

operator console?
(a) Keyboard

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Ans : (c)
678.Pick out the correct definition of buffer
(a) buffer is a hardware device that stores data
outside the CPU

(b) Control panel

(c) Printer

(b) the buffer is the portion of the CPU

memory which stores the program
instructions

(d) CPU
(e) None of these

(c) buffer is a temporary storage between the

CPU memory and a peripheral device

Ans : (b)
674.A software package that controls the timing
and operation of control devices is

(d) buffer is a device to convert input data into

a computer readable from

(a) application software

(e) None of these

(b) device driver

Ans : (c)
679.A network designed for data transmission
and capable of carrying all types of traffic is

(c) system software

(d) utilities
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
675.A random-access data storage device which
give rapid access to data is
(a) magnetic tape

(b) punched card

(c) disk storage unit

(d) buffer

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
676.The updating of master files to reflect the
effects of current transactions is
(a) file processing

(b) database

(c) front-end-processor

(d) direct processing

(a) ISDN

(b) MAN

(c) LAN

(d) WAN

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
680.How many bits of microprocessor are used in
personal computer?
(a) 8

(b) 6

(c) 16

(d) 64

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
681.The CPU speed of a mini computer is
approximately..kilo instructions per
second.

(e) None of these

(a) 2500

(b) 500

Ans : (a)

(c) 6400

(d) 1024

677.A main control computer in a network of

distributed
(a) PC

(b) mini computer

(c) host computer

(d) micro computer

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
682.A device that is moved by hand to indicate a
precise position on a digital data tablet is
(a) light pen

(b) mouse

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(d) plotter

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(a) super computer

(b) mainframe computer

(e) None of these

(c) micro computer

(d) mini computer

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

683.A copy of the contents of all the work space

associated with a process is
(a) dump

(b) dyadic

(c) dual processor

(d) dump check

Ans : (d)
688.The 3 functional elements of a digital
computer are input device, output device and
(a) ALU

(b) register unit

(e) None of these

(c) CPU

(d) control unit

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

684.An allocation that is made dynamically is

Ans : (c)
689.A file needed for updating a master file is

(a) dynamic data structure

(b) echo check

(a) sequential

(b) transaction

(c) dynamic allocation

(c) random

(d) serial

(d) dynamic programming

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)
685.A computer based system for the storage,
cataloging and retrieval of documents is

690.Which of the following is a computer

hardware description language?
(a) ADA

(b) APL

(a) electronic filling

(c) CHDL

(d) LOGO

(b) polynomial

(e) None of these

(c) effective enumeration

Ans : (c)
691.The system that is
transmission of data is

(d) All of these

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
686.An operating system that is intended to
support large numbers of interactive terminals
is
(a) MS-DOS

(b) XENIC

(c) EM AS

(d) CP/M

used

(a) RS 232

(b) MS-DOS

(c) PC-DOS

(d) CP/M

for

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
692.A system that is designed to make a tape or
disk sense from copying is

(e) None of these

(a) protocol

(b) protection

Ans : (c)

(c) queue

(d) All of these

687.Data processing computer built

conventional architecture is known as

serial

to

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

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693.The first high level language used for the

IBM PC compatible is
(a) FORTRAN

(b) COBOL

(c) PILOT

(d) BASIC

(e) None of these

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(a) control unit

(b) primary memory

(c) register unit

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
699.A typical modern computer uses

Ans : (d)

(a) magnetic cores

694.Which of the following is the largest and

most powerful computer manufacturer in the
world?

(b) LSI chips

(c) magnetic tapes

(a) IBM

(b) Intel

(d) more than 1000 vacuum tubes

(c) Novel

(d) Microsoft

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (a)
695.A method of coding BINARY numbers as a
set of thick and thin lines on paper is

700.The basic components of a modern digital

computer are
(a) CPU

(b) input device

(d) All of these

(a) encoder

(b) bar code

(c) output device

(c) mnemonics

(d) decoder

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)
696.The cassette that is primarily intended for
recording sound which will note be ideal for
the recording of digital data is
(a) card puncher

(b) tape puncher

(c) audio cassette

(d) optical mark reader

(e) None of these

701.A break in the normal flow of processing is

called
(a) hung

(b) crash

(c) interrupt

(d) hit

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
702.Which of the following is used to translate
data into a coded representation?

Ans : (c)
697.Any set of data that must be preserved over a
long period is known as
(a) memory

(b) archive

(c) buffer

(d) accumulator

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
698.The central processor of a modern digital
consists of

(a) Compiler

(b) Interpreter

(c) Modem

(d) Encode

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
703.A vertically aligned set of tracks on a disk
pack is known as
(a) cluster

(b) surface

(c) cylinder

(d) panel

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(e) None of these

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Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)
704.A computer assisted method
recording and analyzing of
hypothetical systems is known as

for the
existing

708.Which is a term used to express the condition

that if program is not properly fed then no
results would be obtained?
(a) CIR

(b) CAL

(a) distributed processing

(c) CAD

(d) GIGO

(b) data transmission

(e) None of these

(c) data ink

Ans : (d)
709.Which of the following is a device for
collecting data recorded as holes in
prepunched cards?

(d) data flow

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
705.Which of the following is used on domestic
tape recorders, designed for use in
microcomputers?
(a) punched card

(b) Plotter

(c) Badge reader

(d) Light pen

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
710.A device used to measure the circuit density
of a chip is

(b) cassette tape

(c) Magnetic disk
(d) Punched paper tape
(e) None of these

(a) light pen

(b) mouse

(c) LSI

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
706.Which of the following is a self learning
course?
(a) CAI (Computer-Aided Instruction)
(b) CAD (Computer-Aided Design)
(c) CAL (Computer-Aided Learning)
(d) DTP(Desk Top Publishing)

Ans : (c)
711.Which of the following is the smallest
computer?
(a) Mini computer
(b) Super computer
(c) Micro computer
(d) Mainframe computer

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
707.The process of combining strings are known
as
(a) compiler

(b) concatenation

(c) interpreter

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(a) Mouse

Ans : (c)
712.A device used with a computer to display or
store data is called
(a) instruction

(b) operand

(c) peripheral

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

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Ans : (d)

713.A device attached by the operator to a spool

of magnetic tape when writing is to take place
is
(a) light pen

(b) plotter

(c) write ring

(d) magnetic disk

718.Which of the following s an odd word?

(a) Printer

(b) Floppy disc

(c) Magnetic tape

(d) Loader

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
714.A family of languages specially developed
for children is
(a) LISP

(b) APL

(c) LOGO

(d) ADA

(e) None of these

719.A compact, enclosed package of magnetic

tape that uses V inch tape and records 1600
bits per inch is a
(a) cassette

(b) drum

(c) cartridge

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)
715.The mechanical, magnetic, electronic and
electrical devices from which a computer is
fabricated is called
(a) magnetic core

(b) firm ware

(c) hardware

(d) software

720.A software package to implement a data base

is
(a) system analysis

(b) DBMS

(c) database

(d) DASD

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

721.The place where the data or information is

stored for a short time is

Ans : (a)
716.A file of records used to update the master
file is known as
(a) transaction file

(a) buffer

(b) memory

(c) control unit

(d) ALU

(e) None of these

(b) random access file

Ans : (a)

(c) sequential file

722.The item required to position a head over the

proper track is known as

(d) All of these

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
717.A unit of data contained in the field of a
record is
(a) item

(b) documentation

(c) field

(d) All of these

(a) real time

(b) access time

(c) seek time

(d) time sharing

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
723.A subdivision of a track on a magnetic disk
or drum is

(e) None of these

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(a) surface

(b) sector

(c) tape deck

(d) scratch tape

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
724.Which part of computer performs functions
similar to the cerebrums of the cardiac and
nervous system of a human body?
(a) ALU

(b) Input device

(c) CPU

(d) Control unit

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
729.A binary digit, which can have a value of 0
to 1 is
(a) byte

(b) bit

(c) decimal

(d) octal

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
730.COBOL is a
(a) assembly language
(b) machine language

Ans : (c)

(c) high level

725.The memory capacity of a computer is

represented in
(a) memory chips
(c) kilo bit
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

(b) kilobyte
(d) All of these

(d) low level language

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
731.The symbols used in an assembly language
are

726.The connection where wires are attached to a

modem, serial printer in
(a) serial communication
(c) stake

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(b) serial port

(d) network

(e) None of these

(a) codes

(b) mnemonics

(c) assembler

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
732.The most important output device in a
computer system is

Ans : (b)
727.Which of the following is the most important
part of a computer?
(a) Keyboard

(b) Memory unit

(c) Register unit

(d) CPU

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
728.Which of the following of is an impact
printer?

(a) CPU

(b) magnetic disk

(c) hard-copy device

(d) card punch

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
733.Which of the following programs give
instructions about operations inside the
computer?
(a) system

(b) Application
(d) Compiler

(a) Daisy wheel

(b) Ink-jet printer

(c) Utility

(c) Plotter

(d) Laser printer

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

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734.Which of the following is (are) secondary

memory(ies)?
(a) Magnetic tape

(b) Floppy disk

(c) Cassette tape

(d) All of these

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(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
739.The first generation of computers available
was based on the bit micro processors are

(e) None of these

(a) 4

(b) 8

Ans : (d)

(c) 16

(d) 64

735.Most of the computers available today are

known as
(a) 3rd generation computers
(b) 4th generation computers
(c) 5th generation computers
(d) 6th generation computers

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
740.A generalised software package produced to
meet the bugs of a variety of data processing
users is known as
(a) utility programs
(b) system software

(e) None of these

(c) operating system

Ans : (b)
736.Which of the following is used as Input
device for the computer?
(a) Printer

(b) VDU

(c) TV

(d) Light pen

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
737.What differences does the 5th generation
computers have from other generation
computers?
(a) Technological advancement
(b) Scientific code

(d) application package

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
741.Codes consisting of light and dark marks
which may be optically read is known as
(a) mnemonics

(b) bar code

(c) decoder

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
742.The main computer in a network is called
(a) host processor

(c) Object Oriented Programming

(d) All of these

(b) front-end processor

(c) commentator

(e) None of these

(d) KIPS

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

738.A path linking 2 hardware or telecommunication units down which data and
control signals can be transmitted is

Ans : (a)
743.A compiler means

(a) modulation

(b) demodulation

(a) a person who compiles source programs

(c) channel

(d) signaling

(b) the same thing as a programmer

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(c) keypunch operator

(d) a program which translates source program
into object program

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749.Which programming language is much in

vogue among users of microcomputers?
(a) ALGOL

(b) APL

(e) None of these

(c) LOGO

(d) FORTH

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

744.Which of the following language is more

suited to a structured program?
(a) PU1
(c) BASIC
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)

(b) FORTRAN
(d) PASCAL

745.Which of the following language is not well

suited for computation?
(a) PASCAL
(b) FORTRAN
(c) Machine
(d) C
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
746.Which of the following languages is not well
suited for business applications?
(a) PL/1

(b) Assembly

(c) COBOL

(d) APL

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
747.A disk with usable recording surfaces on
each side is known as
(a) hard disk

(b) single-sided disk

(c) double-sided disk (d) high capacity

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
750.A table within a computer that contains a
mapping between logical page addresses and
physical page addresses is
(a) truth table

(b) paging

(c) page table

(d) padding

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
751.Which is a swapping device used to hold the
images of pages in main memory?
(a) Plex

(b) Paging drum

(c) Card punch

(d) Optical mark reader

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
752.The examination and changing of single bits
or small groups of these within a word is
called
(a) bit

(b) byte

(c) bit manipulation

(d) bit slice

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
753.A language used for expressing program
designs is known as

Ans : (c)
748.The time for which a process has been
receiving service from the processor is

(a) APL

(b) PDL

(c) PL/1

(d) SNOBOL

(a) access time

(b) CPU time

(e) None of these

(c) down time

(d) CPU Cycle

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

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754.An input device that transfers information

from the punched card to the computers
memory is
(a) cassette tape

(b) card

(c) card reader

(d) magnetic disk

759.The process of writing computer instructions

in a programming language is known as
(a) coding

(b) processing

(c) programming

(d) file

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (c)
755.One million
abbreviated as

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bytes

of

information

is

760.Which input device is able to scan and

interpret an entire page that is typed in a
special font?

(a) Bit

(b) MB

(a) Floppy disk

(c) KB

(d) GB

(c) Paper tape punch (d) Optical card readers

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)

756.Which is the part of a computer system that

enables human operators to communicate with
the computer?

(b) Page reader

761.An input device that is able to interpret

combinations of marks that represent data is
known as

(a) Console

(b) Keyboard

(a) optical mark reader

(c) Printer

(d) CPU

(b) mouse

(e) None of these

(c) card punch

Ans : (a)

(d) punch bar-code reader

757.High-level languages are not concerned with

computer but with
(a) assembler

(b) machine code

(c) compiler

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
762.A memory in which the information is stored
last is on top and is retrieved first is known as

(e) None of these

(a) PROM

(b) Buffer

Ans : (a)

(c) Stack

(d) RAM

758.An instruction that transfers program control

to one or more possible paths is known as
(a) utility program
(b) system software
(c) broadband channel
(d) application program
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
763.The memory stees in mainframe computers
and advanced technology micro computers are
expressed as
(a) bytes

(b) kilo-bytes

(c) bits

(d) megabytes

(e) None of these

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Ans : (d)
764.The invention of the slide rule is attributed to
(a) Babbage

(b) Oughtred

(c) Pascal

(d) Napier

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
765.Pick out the wrong statement
(a) information stored in RAM can be changed
by over writing it
(b) information stored in ROM cannot be
changed by over-writing
(c) information can be stored in any location
of RAM
(d) computer main memory can be accessed
only sequentially
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
766.The purpose of an application program is to
(a) convert program written in high level
language to machine language
(b) meet specific user needs
(c) allow the operating system to control
resources better
(d) make off-line equipment run better
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
767.A medium for transferring data between two
locations is called
(a) network
(b) communication channel

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768.A place in a computer memory which stores

a unit of information is
(a) buffer

(b) accumulator

(c) memory

(d) location

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
769.A by-bits word length computer with very
high speed CPU and 64 MB main memory is
(a) minicomputer
(b) super computer
(c) mainframe computer
(d) micro computer
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
770.A two-or-three character code used in
teletypewriter systems to activate a particular
machine is known as
(a) gray code

(b) bar code

(c) call-directing code

(d) mnemonics

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
771.Which is a high level computer language that
is often used by children?
(a) SNOBOL

(b) A PL

(c) LOGO

(d) PL/1

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
772.Which of the following methods is of reading
the characters and providing input to a
computer?

(c) modem

(a) Optical character reader

(d) bus

(b) Punched paper tape

(e) None of these

(c) Card punch

Ans : (b)

(d) Magnetic ink character

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(e) None of these

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(c) Enterprise Programmable Read-Only

Memory

Ans : (c)
773.When you enter text in a cell in Excel, it also
appears in the..
(a) status bar

(b) formula bar

(c) row heading

(d) name box

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
774.Which elements of a Word document can be
displayed in colour?

(d) Extended Programmable Read-Only

Memory
(e) Electrical Programmable Read-Only
Memory
Ans : (a)
778.The technology that stores only the essential
instructions on a microprocessor chip and thus
enhances its speed is referred to as..
(a) CISC

(b) RISC

(a) Only graphics

(c) CD-ROM

(d) Wi-Fi

(b) Only text

(e) MISC

(c) Only the first word of each line

Ans : (e)

(d) All elements, but only if you have a colour

printer
(e) All elements
Ans : (e)

(a) Store data

(b) Accept data

(c) Process data

(d) Copy text

(e) Accept and Process data

775.Workbook is a collection of
(a) Page Setup

(b) Buttons

(c) Diagrams

(d) Charts

Ans : (d)
780.ASCII is a coding system that provides.
(a) 256 different characters

(e) Worksheets

(b) 512 different characters

Ans : (e)

(c) 1024 different characters

776. appear at the bottom of the Excel

Window.
(a) Sheet tabs

(b) Name box

(c) Formula bar

(d) Title bar

Ans : (e)

(e) 1000 different characters

Ans : (d)

(a) The scanner

777.EPROM stands for..

Programmable

(d) 128 different characters

781.Which part of the computer is directly

involved in executing the instructions of the
computer program?

(e) None of these

(a) Erasable
Memory

779.Which is not a basic function of a computer?

Read-Only

(b) Electronic Programmable Read-Only

Memory

(b) The main storage

(c) The secondary storage
(d) The printer
(e) The processor

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(e) None of these

Ans : (e)
782.When the computer is switched on, the
booting process performs the..
(a) Integrity Test

Ans : (b)
787.Which of the following is the smallest
storage?

(b) Power-On Self-Test

(a) Megabyte

(b) Gigabyte

(c) Correct Functioning Test

(c) Kilobyte

(d) Terabyte

(d) Reliability Test

(e) Nano Mbyte

(e) Shut-down

Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)
783.InWord, the feature that automatically
detects common errors is called

788.Which menu enables the user to choose

toolbars?
(a) View

(b) Format

(a) Autocorrect

(c) Insert

(d) Edit

(b) Autograph

(e) Help

(c) Spelling and Grammar

Ans : (a)
789.By viewing the properties of the local hard
disk of a computer, the user can find out.

(d) Goto
(e) Thesaurus

(a) the amount of space that has been used up

and the remaining free space on the disk

Ans : (a)
784.A computer system that is old and perhaps
not satisfactory is referred to as a(n)_____
(a) Ancient system

(b) Historical system

(c) Age-old system

(d) Legacy system

(b) the name of the user viewing the properties

of the disk
(c) Nothing useful to the user

(e) Legal system

(d) The number of programs available in the

computer

Ans : (d)

(e)None of these

785.Which of the following is not a binary

number?
(a) 001

(b) 101

(c) 202

(d) 110

Ans : (a)
790.Pre-defined and built-in formulas in Excel
are known as.
(a) Autosheets

(b) Diagrams

(e) 011

(c) Charts

(d) Tables

Ans : (c)

(e) Functions

786.Which of the following does not store data

permanently?
(a) ROM

(b) RAM

(c) Floppy Disk

(d) Hard Disk

Ans : (e)
791.Which of the following contains permanent
data and gets updated during the processing of
transactions?

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(a) Operating System File

(e) Once-a-week Processing

(b) Transaction File

Ans : (b)
796.Which Excel feature enables predefined
layouts to selected tables in the worksheet?

(c) Software File

(d) Master File

(a) Autoformat

(e) Any File

(b) Header and Footers

Ans : (b)
792.The keyboard shortcut to center selected text
in Word is

(c) Undo and Redo

(d) Spelling and Grammar

(a) Ctrl + Esc

(e) Autograph

(b) Ctrl + C

Ans : (a)

(c) Alt + C
(d) There is no keyboard shortcut for this
operation

797.Which of the following is hardware and not

software?
(a) Power Point

(b) Printer Driver

(e) Ctrl + E

(c) ALU

(d) Excel

Ans : (e)

(e) Operating System

793.Which of the following helps to protect

floppy disks from data getting accidentally
erased?
(a) access notch

(b) Write-protect notch

(c) entry notch

(d) input notch

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
798.What is the default file extension for all word
documents?
(a) TXT

(b) WRD

(c) FIL

(d) DOC

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (d)

794.A modem is connected to.

(a) a telephone line

(b) a keyboard

(c) a printer

(d) a monitor

(e) a scanner
Ans : (a)
795.Large transaction processing systems in
automated organizations use.

799.The octal system

(a) needs less digits to represent a number than
in the binary-system
(b) needs more digits to represent a number
than in the binary system
(c) needs the same number of digits to
represent a number as in the binary system

(b) Batch Processing

(d) needs the same number of digits to

represent a number as in the decimal
system

(c) Once-a-Day Processing

(e) None of these

(d) End-of-a Day Processing

Ans : (b)

(a) Online Processing

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800.When you scroll through a document, the

.does not move.
(a) I-beam

(b) scroll bar

(c) page

(d) insertion point

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
801.Which of the following is not a term
pertaining to the Internet?
(a) Link

(b) Hyperlink

(c) Browser

(d) Search Engine

(e) Mouse
Ans : (e)
802.A set of formats that has a name and can be
quickly applied to selected text is called
a(n)
(a) font

(b) style

(c) feature

(d) finish

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
803.You can show an entire page or multiple
pages
at
the
same
time
using.options.
(a) Word

(b) Draft

(c) Zoom

(d) Show/Hide

(e) Hide page

804.When browsing the World Wide Web, the

browser is a.
(b) server program

(c) application program (d) system program

(e) client program

(d) your personal laptop

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
806. implies a combination of audio,
video, text, animation and graphics.
(a) Special media

(b) Multiplexer

(c) Multiple

(d) Message-media

(e) Multimedia
Ans : (e)
807.CD stands for
(a) Computer Disk

(b) Contact Disk

(c) Circular Disk

(d) Cold Disk

(e) Compact Disk

Ans : (e)
808.In Excel, a.is identified by the cell in
the upper-left corner and the cell in the lowerright corner, separated by a colon.
(a) worksheet

(b) value

(c) cell reference

(d) range

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
809.A document in a portrait prints..
(a) The same characters per line with the same
document in landscape

(c) Less characters per line than the same

document in landscape.
(d) Smaller fonts in order to fit the same
amount of characters per line with
landscape
(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
805.Where is newly received email stored?
(a) your website

(c) Inbox

(b) More characters per line than the same

document in landscape

Ans : (c)

(a) feeder

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(b) Address-box

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810.When the mouse is moved, it causes a picture

to move on the screen which is referred to as
a.

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815.Which of the following is not true about

computer files?

(a) menu

(b) icon

(a) They are collections of data saved to a

storage medium.

(c) pointer

(d) tab

(b) Every file has a file name

(e) None of these

(c) A file extension is established by the user

to indicate the computer on which it was
created.

Ans : (c)
811.Press thekey to move the insertion
point to the first cell in a row in Excel.
(a) Page Up

(b) Page Down

(c) Home

(d) Tab

(d) All files contain data

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
816.Which of the following is not an example of
hardware?

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
812.Small programs that act on data received by
the users computer as part of a Web page are
called
(a) search engines

(b) servelets

(c) browsers

(d) applets

(a) WORD

(b) Printer

(c) Monitor

(d) Mouse

(e) Scanner
Ans : (a)
817.The result of a formula in a cell is the

(e) feedback

(a) label

(b) value

Ans : (d)

(c) range

(d) displayed value

813.CD and DVD drives are examples of.

(a) coding media

(b) solid stage storage

(c) zip drives

(d) printers

(e) storage devices

Ans : (c)
814.Language used in a computer that is similar
to the languages of humans and is easy to
understand is referred to as.
(a) Source code
(b) Machine Language
(c) High level Language
(d) Object Code
(e) Assembly language

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
818.Which of the following is not a storage
medium?
(a) hard disk

(b) flash drive

(c) DVD

(d) CD

(e) monitor
Ans : (e)
819.Choose the odd one out.
(a) Micro Computer
(b) Mini Computer
(c) Super Computer
(d) Notebook Computer

Ans : (a)

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(e) Digital Computer

(a) mouse

(b) printer

Ans : (c)

(c) joystick

(d) keyboard

820.The ALU performsoperations.

(a) logic

(b) ASCII

(c) algorithm-based

(d) logarithm-based

(e) final operations

(e) scanner
Ans : (e)
826.Two basic types of graphics used in word
2000 are :
(a) Autoshapes and ClipArt

Ans : (a)
821.In a sequence of events that takes place in an
instruction cycle, the first cycle is.

(b) Header and Footer

(c) Drawing Objects and Pictures

(a) Store Cycle

(b) Execute Cycle

(d) Spelling and Grammar

(c) Fetch Cycle

(d) Decode Cycle

(e) Word Count

(e) Code Cycle

Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)
822.Which of the following Excel charts
represents only one value for each variable?

827.User can use..commands to search for

and correct words in a document.
(a) Print and Print Preview

(a) function

(b) line

(b) Header and Footer

(c) pile

(d) bar

(c) Find and Replace

(e) None of these

(d) Spelling and Grammar

Ans : (c)

(e) Copy and Paste

823.To move data from one part of the document

to another, following is used..
(a) Cut and Paste

(b) Copy and Paste

(c) Cut and Delete

(d) Copy and Undo

(e) Cut and Insert

Ans : (c)
828.What is the advantage of using basic HTML
to create a document?
(a) HTML is very easy to use
(b) The document can displayed by all word
processors.

Ans : (a)
824.To save a document for the first time,
..option is used.
(a) Save as

(b) Save first

(c) Save on

(d) Copy

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
825.What is a device that can change images into
codes for the computer?

(c) The document can be displayed by all

programs
(d) The document can be displayed by all
browsers
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
829.Which of the following functions is not
performed by the CPU?
(a) Graphical Display of Data

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(b) Arithmetic Calculations

(c) Managing Memory
(d) Managing Input and Output
(e) None of these

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834.What does an electronic spreadsheet consist

of?(Choose the best answer)
(a) Rows

(b) Columns

(c) Cells

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
830.The feature that keeps track of the right
margin is
(a) find and replace

(b) wordwrap

(c) right justified

(d) left justified

Ans : (d)
835.ROM is an example of which of the
following?
(a) volatile memory

(b) cache memory

(c) nonvolatile memory (d) virtual memory

(e) ragged right

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
831.Keyboard shortcuts are used to move the
(a) I-beam

(b) insertion point

(c) scrollbar

(d) mouse

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)
836.Which part of the computer can display the
users work?
(a) Mouse

(b) Keyboard

(c) Disk Drive

(d) Monitor

(e) None of these

832.To specify margins in Word, the user has to

select Page Setup option from the..
menu.
(a) Edit

(b) Table

(c) Autocorrect

(d) File

(e) Format
Ans : (e)
833.What is the name of the package which helps
to create, manipulate and analyse data
arranged in rows and columns?

Ans : (d)
837.When a computer prints a report, this output
is called.
(a) Program

(b) Soft copy

(c) Hard copy

(d) Execution

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
838.The processor is a chip plugged
onto the motherboard in a computer system.

(a) Application package

(a) LSI

(b) VLSI

(b) Word processing package

(c) ULSI

(d) XLSI

(c) Outlining package

(e) WLSI

(d) Outline processors

Ans : (b)

(e) Spreadsheet package

Ans : (e)

839.A register that keeps track of the next

instruction to be executed is called a
.
(a) Data Register

(b) Instruction Register

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(d) Program Counter

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(c) both sides

(e) Accumulator

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)

840.The microprocessor of a computer..

(d) balanced

845.Full form of LSI is :

(a) does not understand machine language

(a) Low-Scale Internet

(b) understands machine language and high

level languages

(b) Large-Scale Internet

(c) understands only machine language

(d) understands only high level languages
(e) understands only assembly language
Ans : (c)
841.A set of choices on the screen is called a(n) :

(c) Low-Scale Integration

(d) Large-Scale Integration
(e) Local-Scale Integration
Ans : (d)
846.Which of the following is also an active cell
in MS-Excel?

(a) menu

(b) reverse video

(a) current cell

(b) formulae

(c) action plan

(d) editor

(c) range

(d) cell address

(e) template

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (a)

842.Extended form of PROM is :

847.Web cam is an :

(a) Programmable read-Only Memory

(a) Input device

(b) Progressive Read-Only Memory

(b) Output device

(c) Periodic Read-Only Memory

(c) Processing device

(d) Perfect Read-Only Memory

(d) Input/Ouput device

(e) Program Read-Only Memory

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (a)

843.Which of the following words is not related

with internet?
(a) Link
(c) Browser

(b) Function Key

(d) Search Engine

(e) Hyperlink

(a) Mouse
(b) Computer board
(c) System device
(d) Central board

Ans : (b)

(e) System board

844.In order to make the text align with both the

left and right margins, use the ..
alignment
(a) right

848.Motherboard is also known as :

(b) justify

Ans : (e)
849.To view a part of a document on screen we
use the facility of :

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(a) searching

(b) pasting

(c) Whether or not the function has arguments

(c) scrolling

(d) editing

(d) Properly spelling the functions name

(e) copying

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (a)

850.With the help of this feature Excel calculate

dynamically the results of data :

855.The binary system is a number system to the

base ..

(a) Go to

(b) Table

(a) 2

(b) 4

(c) Chart

(d) Diagram

(c) 8

(d) 10

(e) Farmula and Function

(e) 16

Ans : (e)

Ans : (a)

851.Which type of storage is hard disk?

(a) Non-permanent

(b) Volatile

(c) Temporary

(d) Non-volatile

(d) None of these

856.Which of the following is not an example of

hardware?
(a) Scanner

(b) Printer

(c) Monitor

(d) Mouse

(e) Interpreter

Ans : (d)
852.Which of the following is a hardware not a
software?
(a) Excel

(b) Printer Driver

(c) Operating System

(d) Power Point

(e) Mouse
Ans : (e)
853.Assembly language is
(a) Machine language
(b) High-level programming language
(c) A low-level programming language
(d) Language for assembling computers
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
854.Which of the following is not one of the
syntax rules?
(a) The order in which you list the functions
arguments
(b) The precedence of the arguments

Ans : (e)
857.Which contents are lost when the computer
turns off?
(a) storage

(b) input

(c) output

(d) memory

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
858.On a CD-RW you can
(a) read and write information
(b) only read information
(c) only write information
(d) read, write and rewrite information
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
859.To be able to boot, the computer must have
a(n)
(a) Compiler

(b) Loader

(c) Operating System (d) Assembler

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(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)

860.This is not a function category in Excel.

865.What type of keys are ctrl and shift?

(a) Logical

(b) Data Series

(a) adjustment

(b) twice

(c) Financial

(d) Text

(c) three times

(d) alphanumeric

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (c)

861.In Excel, this is a prerecorded formula that

provides a shortcut for complex calculations
..
(a) Value

(b) Data Series

(c) Function

(d) Field

(e) None of these

866.A word gets selected by clicking it to select a

word, in word.
(a) once

(b) twice

(c) three times

(d) four times

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)
862.The following computers memory is
characterized by low cost per bit stored..
(a) Primary

(b) Secondary

(c) Hard Disk

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

867.To reverse the effect of your last action in

word,.
(a) Use the cut command
(b) Use the Undo command
(c) Press the delete key
(d) Use the Redo command

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

863.What happens when we try to delete the fries

on the floppy?
(a) The files get moved to the Recycle Bin
(b) Files on a floppy cannot be deleted
(c) The files get deleted and can be restored
again from Recycle Bin
(d) The files get deleted and cannot be restored
again
(e) The file gets copied on the Hard disk
Ans : (d)
864.In word, replace option is available on ..
(a) File Menu

(b) View Menu

(c) Edit Menu

(d) Format Menu

Ans : (b)
868.Your position in the text is shown by a..
(a) Blinker

(b) Cursor

(c) Causer

(d) Pointer

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
869.The time for the actual data transfer after
receiving the request for data from secondary
storage is referred to as the disks
(a) transfer time

(b) movement-time

(c) access time

(d) data input time

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

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870.Which of the following categories would

include a keyboard?
(a) Printing Device

(b) Output Device

(c) Pointing Device

(d) Storage Device

(e) Input Device

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875.Information that comes from an external

source and fed into compute software is
called.
(a) Output

(b) Input

(c) Throughput

(d) Reports

(e) None of these

Ans : (e)
871.Using output devices one can.
(a) Input data

(b) store data

(c) scan data

(d) view or print data

Ans : (b)
876.This dialog box specifies or modifies the
worksheet cell range containing data to be
charted.

(e) None of these

(a) Chart Location

Ans : (d)

(b) Chart Style

872.Using Print Preview is useful when you want

to
(a) Colour the document
(b) Save the document
(c) Delete the document
(d) Copy the document

(c) Chart Options

(d) Chart Source Data
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
877.If you change Windows 98 to Windows XP,
you are actually performing..

(e) View how the document will appear when

printed

(a) upstart

(b) upgrade

(c) update

(d) patch

Ans : (e)

(e) None of these

873.Which of the following can input graphical

images and pictures for a computer?
(a) Plotter

(b) Scanner

(c) Mouse

(d) Printer

(e) Keyboard

(b) Exclusive sheet

(c) Primary sheet (d) Reference sheet

Ans : (d)

(a) Batch Operating System

(c) Embedded Operating System

874.When a chart is placed on this, it is much

larger and there is no other data on it..

(e) None of these

878.The operating system that is self-contained in

a device and resident in the ROM is

(b) Real-time Opearting System

Ans : (b)

(a) Chart sheet

Ans : (b)

(d) Multi Operating System

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
879.To make a copy of the current document to
disk
(a) Use the Save command
(b) This cannot be done

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Ans : (a)
884.Which of the following is not a term
pertaining to the Internet?

(d) Copy the document

(e) Use the save as command
Ans : (d)
880.In the formula, B1/B2 + B3, which of the
following is the correct precedence?
(a) Addition higher precedence than division
(b) Equal precedence among
operators; proceed right to left

the

two

(c) Equal precedence among

operators; proceed left to right

the

two

(a) Keyboard

(b) Link

(c) Browser

(d) Search Engine

(e) Hyperlink
Ans : (a)
885.Which of the following is used by the
browser to connect to the location of the
Internet resources?
(a) Linkers

(b) Protocol

(d) Division higher precedence than addition

(c) Cable

(d) URL

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (*)

Ans : (d)

881.POST stands for..

(a) Power on Self Test
(b) Program on Self Test
(c) Power on System Test
(d) Program on System Test
(e) Power Off System Test

886.Excel would evaluate the formula,

=20*10/4*8, and return the answer..
(a) 400

(b) 40

(c) 6.25

(d) 232

(e) 600
Ans : (c)
887.Which of the following is the fastest type of
computer?

Ans : (a)
882.In word, you can use Styles to
(a) Make copies of documents
(b) Save changes to documents
(c) Delete text in-documents
(d) Format your documents
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
883.How many megabytes make a gigabyte?

(a) Laptop

(b) Notebook

(c) Personal Computer

(d) Workstation

(e) Supercomputer
Ans : (e)
888.Which key is used to delete one character to
the left of the current position of the cursor?
(a) Backspace

(b) Delete

(c) Insert

(d) Esc

(a) 1024

(b) 128

(e) Ctrl

(c) 256

(d) 512

Ans : (a)

(e) 64

889.Which part of the computer helps to store

information?

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(a) Monitor

(b) Keyboard

(c) Disk-drive

(d) Printer

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894.Data is organized in a worksheet as..

(a) charts and diagrams

(e) Plotter

(b) rows and columns

Ans : (c)

(c) tables and boxes

890.In word, when you indent a paragraph,

you.
(a) push the text in with respect to the margin
(b) change the margins on the page
(c) move the text up by one line

(d) graphs
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
895.Which of the following is an example of a
binary number?

(d) move the text down by one line

(a) 6AH1

(b) 100101

(e) None of these

(c) 005

(d) ABCD

Ans : (a)

(e) 23456

891.Which keys enable the input of numbers

quickly?
(a) ctrl, shift and alt

Ans : (b)
896.Spell Check will find errors in which of the
following?

(b) function keys

(a) Today is a rainy day

(c) the numeric keypad

(b) Today is a rainy a day

(d) arrow keys

(c) is a rainy

(e) None of these

(d) Rainy today a day

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

892.The operation of combining two cells into a

single cell in Excel is referred to as.
(a) Join Cells

(b) Merge Cells

(c) Merge Table

(d) Join Table

Ans : (e)
897.Which of the following is not a storage
medium?
(a) hard disk

(b) flash drive

(e) None of these

(c) DVD

(d) CD

Ans : (b)

(e) Keyboard

893.Which of the following can be used to store a

large number of files in a small amount of
storage space?
(a) File adjustment

(b) File copying

(c) File reading

(d) File compatibility

(e) File compression

Ans : (e)

Ans : (e)
898.In Excel, when the contents and attributes of
a cell or range of cells have to be erased using
the menu, the user must
(a) Select the cells, choose Edit, and select
Clear, then All
(b) Select the cells, and click delete on the
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(c) Select the cells, choose Tools, and select

Clear, then Formats
(d) Select the cells, choose Tools, and select
Formula Audit, then Delete

(b) select Font in the Edit menu

(c) select Font in the Tools menu

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
899.If an Excel Worksheet is to be linked for use
in a Power Point presentation, the following
should be clicked
(b) Edit, Paste
(d) File, Copy

Ans : (a)
904.Excel is a program that is used to prepare
a..
(a) Database

(b) Text Document

(c) Spreadsheet

(d) Slide Presentation

(e) None of these

900.In Word, which menu would the user select

to print a document?
(a) Tools
(c) View
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

(a) select Font in the Format menu

(d) select Font in the Insert menu

(e) None of these

(a) Edit, Paste Special

(c) Edit, Copy
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

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(b) File
(d) Window

Ans : (c)
905. consists of volatile chips that
temporarily store data or instructions.
(a) CPU

(b) ROM

(c) RMA

(d) RAM

(e) None of these

901.The common name for a modulatordemodulator is..

(a) modem

(b) joiner

(c) networker

(d) connector

(e) demod
Ans : (a)
902.What do you see when you click the right
mouse button?
(a) The same effects as the left click
(b) A special menu
(c) No effect
(d) A mouse cannot be right clicked
(e) Computer goes to sleep mode
Ans : (b)
903.In order to choose the font for a sentence in a
WORD document

Ans : (a)
906.In order to delete a sentence from a
document you would use
(a) highlight and copy
(b) cut and paste
(c) copy and paste
(d) highlight and delete
(e) select and paste
Ans : (d)
907.In a computer, how many bits does a nibble
signify?
(a) 4

(b) 8

(c) 16

(d) 32

(e) 64
Ans : (a)

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908.Which of the following is not true about a

computer?
(a) Translates instruction of a high level
language into machine language
(b) Translates entire source program into
machine language program

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(c) Laptops
(e) PDAs
Ans : (d)

913.Which is not a basic function of a computer?

(a) Accept and process data

(c) It is involved in programs execution

(b) Accept input

(d) Is a translating program

(c) Process data

(e) Is useful to run program

(d) Store data

Ans : (e)

(e) Scan text

909.In Excel, the contents of the active cell are

displayed in the .
(a) footer bar

(b) tool bar

(c) task bar

(d) menu bar

(d) Super computers

Ans : (e)
914.Which of the following is not a term
pertaining to Email?
(a) powerpoint

(b) inbox

(e) formula bar

(c) sender

(d) receiver

Ans : (e)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

910.When machine instructions are being

executed by a computer, the instruction phase
followed by the execution phase is referred to
as

915.Which of the following is required to create

an HTML document?
(a) browser

(b) internet

(c) text editor

(d) search engine

(a) program cycle

(b) machine instruction

(e) None of these

(c) execution cycle

(d) task cycle

Ans : (c)
916.Which language is directly understood by the
computer without translation program?

(e) machine cycle

Ans : (e)

(a) BASIC language

911.In Windows ME, what does ME stand for?

(a) Millennium

(b) Micro-Expert

(c) Macro-Expert

(d) Multi-Expert

(e) My-Expert

(c) High level language

(d) C language
(e) Machine language

Ans : (a)

Ans : (e)

912.Which of the following refers to the fastest,

biggest and most expensive computers?
(a) Note books

(b) Assembly language

(b) Personal Computers

917.To insert a page break in a WORD

document, the following options are
used

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(a) Insert and Copy

(b) draw a diagram

(b) Insert and Enter

(c) type a story

(c) Insert and Page Layout

(d) work out income and expenses

(d) Insert and Page Layout

(e) None of these

(e) Insert and Break

Ans : (c)

Ans : (e)
918.Which of the following identifies a cell in
Excel?
(a) formula

(b) name

(c) label

(d) address

(a) annexure
(c) add-on

(b) appendage
(d) attachment

(e) article

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)
919.This is the part of the computer system that
one cannot touch?
(a) Hardware

(b) Printer

(c) Mouse

(d) Scanner

(e) None of these

924.Which of the following refers to the process

of a computer receiving information from a
server on the Internet?
(a) gathering

(b) uploading

(c) inputting

(d) outputting

(e) downloading

Ans : (e)

Ans : (e)

920.A computers ROM is..

(a) ALU

923.The file that is linked with an e-mail and sent

to the receiver of the e-mail is referred to
as.

(b) computer software

925.The term host with respect to the internet,

means..

(c) operating system (d) computer hardware

(a) A computer that is a stand alone computer

(e) CPU

(b) A computer that is connected to the

internet

Ans : (d)
921.Which selecting multiple worksheets in
Excel, the following key must also be used
when clicking the sheet tab..
(a) Shift

(b) Alt

(c) Ctrl

(d) Insert

(e) Esc
Ans : (c)
922.A word processor would be used best
to..
(a) Paint a picture

(c) A computer reserved for use by the host

(d) A large collection of computers
(e) Hyperlink
Ans : (b)
926.A set of instructions telling the computer
what to do is called.
(a) mentor

(b) instructor

(c) compiler

(d) program

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

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927.The smallest unit of information a computer

can understand and process is known as a :
(a) digit

(b) byte

(c) megabyte

(d) kilobyte

(e) bit
Ans : (e)
928.Auses pressure as a user presses it
with a stylus to send signals.
(a) touchpad

(b) TrackPoint

(c) graphics tablet

(d) trackpad

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(b) having a modern and/or network

connection to communicate with other
computers
(c) connecting the software to the hardware of
the system
(d) connecting a mouse, a keyboard and a
printer all essential hardware pieces for
the average user
(e) software permanently available to the
computer
Ans : (b)
933.A..is used to read handwritten or
printed text to make a digital image that is
stored in memory.

(e) keyboard
Ans : (a)
929.The justification that aligns text on both
margins of a document in Word is :

(a) printer

(b) laser beam

(c) scanner

(d) touchpad

(a) Justify

(b) Bold

(e) keyboard

(c) Center

(d) Right

Ans : (c)

(e) Balanced

934.The shortcut key Ctr+F in Word is used

Ans : (a)

(a) To view document in full view

930.A partially completed workbook that

contains formulas and formatting, but no data,
is called a :

(b) To open the Formula dialog box

(c) To save the file

(a) prototype

(b) template

(d) To open the Find and Replace dialog box

(c) model

(d) function

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
931.A byte can represent any number between 0
and :

935.The most widely used code that represents

each character as a unique 8-bit code is :
(a) ASCII

(a) 2

(b) 255

(b) Unicode

(c) 256

(d) 1024

(c) binary numbering system

(e) 1025

(d) EBCDIC

Ans : (b)

(e) ANSI

932.Connectivity for a new computer means :

(a) allowing a printer to be connected to it

Ans : (a)
936.Operating systems and utility programs are
in a class of software known as :

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(a) application software

(b) sequential software
(c) software suites
(d) BIOS software
(e) system software
Ans : (e)
937.OCR stands for :
(a) Optical Coding Recogniser

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940.The permanently etched program in ROM

that automatically begins executing the
computers instructions is the :
(a) BIOS

(b) ROM

(c) CMOS

(d) RAM

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
941.Information stored in RAM is considered
volatile, which means it is :

(b) Ostensibly Characterised Reader

(a) stored there permanently.

(c) Original Code Reader

(b) not held permanently, only temporarily.

(d) Original Character Reader

(c) stored when the electricity is shut off.

(e) Optical Character Recognition

(d) stored when the electricity is shut off.

Ans : (e)

(e) None of these

938.The Open, Print, and Save buttons are all

located on the :
(a) Status bar
(b) Formatting toolbar
(c) Standard toolbar
(d) Title bar
(e) Status and title bars
Ans : (c)
939.To copy a cell, you would drag the cell
border while simultaneously holding down the
Ctrl key when :
(a) You have one or more cells to copy
(b) Only some of the cells are visible in the
window.
(c) You dont want to refer to absolute
references
(d) The distance between cells is short and
they are both visible in the window.
(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
942.The display size of a monitor is measured
(a) Zig-zag
(b) horizontally
(c) vertically
(d) from centre to the furthest corner
(e) diagonally
Ans : (b)
943.The name of a Microsoft Office Word
document is displayed in Both the.and
the taskbar.
(a) Menu bar

(b) Taskbar

(c) Formatting toolbar

(d) Standard toolbar

(e) Title bar

Ans : (e)
944.Excel is designed to provide visual cues to
the relationships between the cells that
provide values to the formulas or the cell that
depend on the formulas by :

Ans : (a)

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(a) Bolding the cell references to match the

colour coding of the borders around the
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948.The Excel feature includes functions to

calculate an Average, Minimum, Maximum
and Count.

(b) Highlighting the cell references

(a) Format

(b) Number

(c) Colour coding the cell references in the

formula to match the borders around the
referenced worksheet cells

(c) Auto Sum

(d) Calculate

(d) Bolding the cell references

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
945.A limitation of software that digitizes voice
data is that it :
(a) is prohibitively expensive
(b) must be trained to recognize individual
voices.
(c) can only be used on high-end computers
(d) cannot be used on laptop computers

(e) MIN

949.For a computer to recognize and understand

analog data, it must first be:
(a) sent to a mainframe for interpretation
(b) analyzed by the ALU of the CPU
(c) decoded
(d) analysed for viruses
(e) digitized
Ans : (a)
950.Expansion cards are inserted into :

(e) cannot be used on desktop computers

(a) slots

Ans : (b)

(b) peripheral devices

946.External devices such as printers, keyboards

and modems are known as :
(a) add-on devices
(b) peripherals
(c) extra hardware devices
(d) closer together the pixels
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
947.The higher the resolution of a monitor, the ;
(a) larger the pixels
(b) less clear the screen is
(c) further apart the pixels
(d) closer together the pixels
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)

(c) the CPU

(d) the back of the computer
(e) pegs
Ans : (a)
951.Which type of software is distributed free but
requires the users to pay some amount for
further use?
(a) freeware

(b) shareware

(c) rentalware

(d) public-domain software

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
952.A pixel is a :
(a) picture element or dot on a screen
(b) point of ink on a laser printed page
(c) point of ink on an ink jet-printed page

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(d) light beam used as an input device

(c) click and select items

(e) None of these

(d) jump to different Web pages

Ans : (a)

(e) scroll

953.The most common pointing input device is

the :
(a) trackball

(b) touchpad

(c) touchscreen

(d) mouse

Ans : (d)
958.Which type of software is used in the design
of products, structures, civil, engineering,
drawings and maps?
(a) CAD programs

(e) scanner

(b) desktop programs

Ans : (d)
954.The file that is created through word
processing is a :

(c) drawing programs

(d) painting programs

(a) database file

(b) storage file

(e) video/audio programs

(c) worksheet file

(d) document file

Ans : (a)
959.Advanced word processing features include
all except creation of :

(e) graphical file

Ans : (d)
955.Web pages are saved in .format.
(a) http.//

(b) HTML

(c) DOC

(d) URL

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
956.If employees reside in different parts of the
country and need to meet monthly, useful
computer technology would be :

(a) alternate headers and footers

(b) columns
(c) detailed architectural drawings
(d) stylesheets
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
960.The computer that hosts your e-mail account
is known as a(n):

(a) video-display software

(a) Host

(b) E-mail client

(b) video digitzing

(c) E-mail server

(d) Listserv

(c) video conferencing

(e) None of these

(d) video scanning

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
957.The wheel located between the two standard
buttons on a mouse is used to :

961. ..can interpret voice data into words

that can be understood by the computer:
(a) Speech input hardware
(b) Talking software

(a) click on Web pages

(c) Word recognition software

(b) shutdown

(d) Speed recognition software

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(e) Adobe reader

(e) become an output device also

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)

962.A touchpad responds to :

(a) light
(b) pressure
(c) clicking
(d) the sense of heat from fingertips

967.The pointing device that comes built into a

laptop computer can be any except a :
(a) mouse

(b) trackball

(c) touchpad

(d) pointing stick

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

968.The button that displays the window over the

entire screen is :

Ans : (b)
963.What is the term for calculations used within
spreadsheets?
(a) analysis

(b) ranges

(c) formulas

(d) recalculations

(a) Scroll box

(b) Downsize

(c) Restore Down

(d) Minimize

(e) Maximize
Ans : (e)

(e) values

969.The .xls extension is used for..files.

Ans : (c)
964.This is a set of values that you want to chart
in Excel.

(a) Windows

(b) Access

(c) Power Point

(d) Word

(a) Object

(b) Numbers

(e) Excel

(c) Date Mart

(d) Formulas

Ans : (e)
970.Which of the following are tasks that may be
completed when configuring your e-mail
client?

(e) Data series

Ans : (e)
965.Before you can begin using e-mail, you must
have a(n) :
(a) Browser

(b) Modem

(c) Server

(d) Scanner

(e) Account
Ans : (e)
966.Until a computer can recognize handwriting,
an input device must :
(a) store the information in secondary storage
(b) optimise the information
(c) digitise the information
(d) show the information on a screen

(a) Provide the IP address of your ISPs mail

server
(b) Provide the name of your e-mail account
(c) Specify that mail is to be deleted from the
host computer after it is downloaded to
your computer.
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
971.Which of the following is a transaction?
(a) A group of SQL statements consisting of
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(b) A group of SQL statements consisting only

of ready operations.
(c) A group of SQL statements defining a
user-oriented task
(d) A group of SQL statements consisting only
of write operations

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(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
976.What are the four basis connecting hardware
devices?
(a) Repeater, bridge, router and gateway
(b) Repeater, bridge, router and dell

(e) None of these

(c) Repeater, connector, router and gateway

Ans : (a)
972.In order for computers to communicate
across a network, they must be connected
through a(n)
(a) TCP/IP

(d) Amplifier, bridge, router and gateway

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
977.The..lists the location of files on the
disk

(b) Topology
(c) Ethernet

(a) FAT

(b) boot sector

(d) Thin client

(c) root folder

(d) data area

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (a)

973.Buy Now Pay Now is commonly used

for :

978.A device operating at the physical layer is

called a :

(a) Debit cards

(b) Vault Cards

(a) Bridge

(b) Router

(c) Credit Cards

(d) E-purse

(c) Repeater

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (c)

974.The.,stored on a ROM chip, is

responsible for loading the operating system
from its permanent location on the hard drive
into RAM.

979.Numbers of bits per symbol used in Baudot

code is
(a) 5

(b) 6
(d) 8

(a) BIOS

(b) API

(c) 7

(c) device driver

(d) Supervisor program

(e) 9
Ans : (a)

(e) display

980.To get to the Symbol dialog box, click on

the.menu and choose Symbol.

Ans : (a)
975.Choices in computers are referred to as :
(a) options

(b) exit

(c) boot

(d) folder

(a) Insert

(b) Format

(c) Tools

(d) Table

(e) Help

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Ans : (a)

981.Which is not a data source component?

(a) mail merge toolbar
(b) header row
(c) data fields

986.Which of the following is not the part of

standard office suite?
(a) Word Processor

(b) Database

(c) Image Editor

(d) File manager

(e) None of these

(d) data records

Ans : (d)

(e) All of these

Ans : (a)
982.Use this when you want to make all letters
capital without having to use the shift key for
each character..
(a) shifter

(b) upper case

(c) caps lock key

(d) icon

987.In a document what is the maximum number

of columns that can be inserted in MS Word
Table?
(a) 35

(b) 15

(c) 63

(d) 65

(e) 70
Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
983.Which of the following is not a type of hub?
(a) Passive hub

(b) Inactive hub

(c) Switching hub

(d) Intelligent hub

(e) None of these

(a) ribbon

(b) monitor

(c) go now

(d) Ctrl + P

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
985.In a synchronous modem, the receive
equalizer is known as

(c) statistical equalizer

(d) compromise equilizer
(e) None of these

(b) High level language

(d) Low level language

984. allows you to print.

(b) impairment equilizer

(a) Binary language

(c) Middle level language

Ans : (b)

(a) adaptive equilizer

988.Machine language sometimes also referred

as:

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
989.Which is an another name for functional
language
(a) Machine
(b) Application
(c) Low-level language
(d) High-level language
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
990. .translates the semantic instructions
developed by programmers into the machine
language

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(a) Assembler

(b) Interpreter

(c) Loader

(d) Compiler

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(c) Restore the content of the database to its

state at the end of the previous day

(e) None of these

(d) Make sure that all changes to the database

are in effect

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

991. is an artificial language designed to

communicate instructions to a computer :
(a) Programming language
(b) Machine Language
(c) Software Language
(d) Assembly Language
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
992.This is a standard way for a Web server to
pass a Web users request to an application
program and to receive data back to forward
to the user
(a) Interrupt request
(b) Forward DNS lookup
(c) Data-Link layer
(d) File Transfer Protocol
(e) Common gateway interface
Ans : (e)
993.This type of software is designed for users
who want to customize the programs they use.
(a) Shareware

(b) Open-source software

(c) Freeware

(d) Macros

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
994.The effect of the ROLLBACK command in a
transaction is the following_________
(a) Undo all changes to the data-base resulting
from the execution of the transaction
(b) Undo the effects of the last UPDATE
command

Ans : (a)
995.All of the following are TRUE of Safe Mode
EXCEPT :
(a) Safe Mode is a special diagnostic mode
(b) Safe Mode loads all nonessential icons
(c) Safe Mode allows users to troubleshoot
errors.
(d) Safe Mode loads only the most essential
devices
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
996.Changing the appearance of a document is
called
(a) Proofing

(b) Editing

(c) Formatting

(d) Correcting

(e) All of the above

Ans : (c)
997.You can detect spelling and grammar errors
by :
(a) Press Shit + F7

(b) Press Ctrl + F7

(c) Press Alt + F7

(d) Press F7

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
998.A(n) -----system is a small, wireless
handheld computer that scans an items tag
and pulls up the current price (and any special
offers) as you shop.
(a) PSS

(b) POS

(c) Inventory

(d) data mining

(e) None of these

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1003.The purpose of a swap (or page) file is to :

Ans : (a)
999.Single party disk relying on the disk
controller for finding out which disk has failed
is used by :
(a) RAID level 5

(b) RAID level 2

(c) RAID level 4

(d) RAID level 3

(e) RAID level 1

(a) maintain pages of documents that are being

spooled to the printer
(b) hold a programs data or instructions in
virtual memory when it cant fit in RAM.
(c) prevent thrashing
environment

in

you

click

on

(a) It inserts a clipart picture into document

(b) It lets you choose clipart to insert into
document
(c) It opens Clip Art taskbar
(d) It insets symbols
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1001.Which of the following does NOT occur
during the power-on self-test (POST)?
(a) The ScanDisk utility begins to run
(b) The video card and video memory are
tested
(c) The BIOS identification process occurs
(d) Memory chips are checked to ensure they
are working properly

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1004.Software programs that allow you to legally
copy files and give them away at no cost are
called which of the following :
(a) Time sharing

(b) Public domain

(c) Sharware

(d) Freeware

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1005.Which of the following is NOT a goal of
Transaction processing system?
(a) Capture, process and store transactions
(b) Produce a variety of documents related to
Routine business activities
(c) Reduce manual effort associated with
Processing business transactions

(e) None of these

(d) Produce standard reports

management decision making

Ans : (a)

(e) None of the above

1002.OLE stands for :

(a) Online Link Embedding
(b) Object Link Export
(c) Object Linking and Embedding
(d) Onlink Link Emulation
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)

multitasking

(d) allow multiple print jobs to print their

pages out simultaneously

Ans : (d)
1000.What happens when
insert>Picture>Clip Art

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for

Ans : (b)
1006.The degree of detail that should be
incorporated into a database depends on what?
(a) Data integrity
(b) The type of database
(c) The users perspective
(d) The business practices and policies

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1011.The code that relational database

management systems use to perform their
database task is referred to as :

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1007.Superscript refers to_______
(a) Characters displayed below the line of the
normal text
(b) Characters displayed above the line of the
normal text
(c) Characters displayed vertically centre
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1008.How will you remove all formatting added
to your documents (such as bold, italics, and
underline etc.)
(a) Save

(b) Save as plain text file

(c) Save as

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1009.With the object-oriented (OO) approach, an
object encapsulates, or_______a programmer.
(a) carries out, the details of an object for
(b) hides, the details of an object from
(c) reveals, the details of an object to
(d) extends, the details of an object beyond

(b) SQL

(c) OLAP

(d) Sequel Server

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1012. is the language that enable user
to access or manipulate data as organized by
appropriate data model :
(a) DML

(b) SDL

(c) DDL

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1013.The user commands that are used to interact
with a database is called as :
(a) Query

(b) Interaction

(c) Command

(d) Instruction

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1014.An assembler is used to translate a program
written in..
(a) a low level language
(b) machine language

(d) assembly language

Ans : (b)
1010.Granting an outside organization access to
Internet web pages is often implemented using
a(an) :
(a) Extranet

(b) Intranet

(c) Internet

(d) Hacker

Ans : (a)

(a) QBE

(c) a high level language

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

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(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1015.The operating system controls access to the
processor by assigning a(n) .to each
task requiring the processors attention.
(a) CPU

(b) slice of time

(c) stack

(d) event

(e) None of these

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1020.To move down a page in a document

Ans : (b)
1016.Which of the following is the correct
sequence of actions that takes place during the
boot-up process?
(a) Load operating system-Activate BIOSPerform
POST-Check
configuration
settings
(b) Activate
operating
settings

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BIOS-Perform
system-Check

POST-Load
configuration

(c) Perform POST Load operating system Activate BIOS Check configuration
settings
(d) Activate
BIOS-Check
configuration
settings Perform POST Load operating
system

(a) jump

(b) fly

(c) wriggle

(d) scroll

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1021.Which was the first Scientific Computer
Programming Language?
(a) COBOL

(b) USP

(c) ADA

(d) FORTRAN

(e) JAVA
Ans : (d)
1022.Flow control in TCP/IP is handled using :
(a) Urgent pointer

(e) None of these

(b) Checksum

Ans : (b)

(c) Acknowledgement number

1017.Which of the following position is not

available for fonts on MS Word?
(a) Normal

(b) Raised

(c) Lowered

(d) Centered

(d) Variable-size sliding window

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1023.This component is required to process data
into information and consists of integrated
circuits.

(e) All are available

Ans : (d)
1018.Before a package can be used in a java
program it must be ..

(a) Hard disk

(b) RAM

(c) CPU

(d) ROM

(a) executed

(b) referenced

(e) None of these

(c) imported

(d) declared

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

1024.From which menu you can insert Header

and Footer?

Ans : (c)
1019.The different styles of lettering in a word
processing program..

(a) Insert Menu

(b) View Menu

(c) Format Menu

(d) Tools Menu

(a) font

(b) calligraphy

(e) Edit Menu

(c) writing

(d) manuscript

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

1025.Moves the cursor one space to the right to

puts spaces in between words..

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(a) control key

(c) clip

(b) space bar

(e) None of these

(c) printer

Ans : (b)

(d) cart away

1030.People, procedures, software, hardware, and

data are the five parts of a(n) :

(d) mouse
(e) None of these

(a) competency system

Ans : (b)
1026.The horizontal and vertical lines on a
worksheet are called :

(b) computer system

(c) information system

(a) cells

(b) sheets

(d) software system

(c) block lines

(d) gridlines

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)
1027.Which of the following features usually
applies to data in data warehouse?
(a) Data are often deleted

1031.The feature of Word that automatically

adjusts the amount of space between certain
combination of characters so that an entire
word looks more evenly spaced. What is that
feature called?

(b) Most applications consists of transactions

(a) Spacing

(b) Scaling

(c) Data are rarely deleted

(c) Kerning

(d) Positioning

(d) Relatively few records are processed by

applications

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

1032.Which of the following statement is wrong?

Ans : (b)

(a) Windows XP is an operating system

1028.What type of program controls the various

computer parts and allows the user interact
with the computer?
(a) Utility software

(b) Linux is owned and sold by Microsoft

(c) Photoshop is a graphical design tool by
Adobe
(d) Linux is free and open source software

(b) Operating System

(c) Word processing software

(e) None of the above

Ans : (b)

(d) Database program

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1029.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) chop

Ans : (c)

1033.A phenomenon in virtual memory schemes

in which the processor spends most of the
time swapping pages rather than executing
instructions is :
(a) loading

(b) swapping

(c) thrashing

(d) aging

(b) cut

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(e) digging

(a) Appropriateness

Ans : (c)

(b) Efficiency

1034.Give the name of the Linear list in which

elements can be added at ends but not in the
middle :
(a) Array

(b) Queue

(c) Tree

(d) Circular Queue

(d) All of these

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1039.Which of the following memories needs
refresh?

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1035.Flip-flop is the basic structure of the device:
(a) Hard disk
(c) Cells

(c) Compatibility

(b) Memory
(d) Speakers

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1036.What is a specialized software program that
allows input and output devices to
communicate with the rest of the computer
system?
(a) Utility driver
(b) Utility program
(c) Data compression utility
(d) Device driver
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1037.A dumb terminal has :
(a) An embedded microprocessor
(b) Extensive memory
(c) Independent processing
(d) A keyboard and screen
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1038.Which of the following is a software
selection criteria?

(a) SRAM

(b) DRAM

(c) ROM

(d) All of above

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1040. is paperless document transfer
between companies.
(a) EFT

(b) EDI

(c) ETS

(d) RTGS

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1041.The switching devices used in First
Generation computers were :
(a) Transistors

(b) SSI chips

(c) VLSI chips

(d) Vacuum Tubes

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1042.A software used to convert source program
instructions to object instruction is known as :
(a) Compiler

(b) Assembler

(c) Interpreter

(d) Language processor

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1043.WAIS stands for :
(a) Wide Area Intellectual Service
(b) Web Access Information System

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(c) World wide Application of Intelligent

System
(d) Wide Area Information Service
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1044.Which type of
processing speed
measurement is used primarily with
supercomputers?
(a) Flops

(b) Fractions of second

(c) Gigahertz

(d) MIPS

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Ans : (b)
1048.A screen element of MS Word that is
usually located below the title bar that
provides categorized options is :
(a) Menu bar

(b) Tool bar

(c) Status bar

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1049.Which keys can be used together with other
keys for special tasks?

(e) None of these

(a) Insert, Delete

Ans : (a)

(b) Ctrl, Shift

1045.What is the term associated with the second

part of an e-mail address?
(a) Local address

(c) Left Arrow,

(d) Page up, Page Down
(e) None of these

(b) Eight characters long

(c) User name

Ans : (b)
1050.Data related crime does not incorporate :

(d) Domain name

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)

(a) Data Didling

(b) Data Spying

(c) Data Leakage

(d) Data Mining

(e) None of these

1046.This is a group of servers that share work

and may be able to back each other up if one
server fails.

Ans : (d)
1051. DOS floppy disk does not have :

(a) Channel bank

(b) Cluster

(a) A Boot Record

(c) Tiger team

(d) Serverless backup

(b) A File Allocation Table

(e) Logical unit

(c) A Root Directory

Ans : (b)

(d) Virtual Memory

1047.Smart Card is
(a) Special purpose Cards
(b) Microprocessor Cards
(c) Processing unit contains memory for
storing data
(d) Processing unit for software handling

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1052.A disk on which you store information..
(a) plate

(b) data disk

(c) paper disk

(d) TV disk

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

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Ans : (b)

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Ans : (d)

1053.Lets you leave a screen or program..

(a) boot

(b) programs

(c) exit

(d) text

(e) None of these

1058.A technique used by codes to convert an

analog signal into a digital bit stream is
known as :
(a) Pulse code modulation
(b) Pulse stretcher

Ans : (c)

(c) Query processing

1054.Procedures are typically documented in

manuals written by :

(d) Queue management

(e) None of these

(a) computer specialists

Ans : (a)

(b) end users

1059.The number of bits that can be transmitted

over a network in a certain period of time :

(c) Microsoft
(d) service providers
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

(a) Latency

(b) Delay

(c) Bandwidth

(d) Baud

(e) None of these

1055.What deletes the entire file except the file

structure?
(a) ERASE

(b) DELETE

(c) ZAP

(d) PACK

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)
1060.Linux partitions are created using the file
system :
(a) FAT

(b) FAT32

(c) EXT3

(d) NTFS

(e) None of these

1056. takes one line, checks it for errors

and then executes it.
(a) Assembler

(b) Interpreter

(c) Loader

(d) Compiler

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1057.Which of the following is not an input
device?
(a) OCR
(b) Optical scanners
(c) Voice recognition device
(d) COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)

Ans : (c)
1061.Which of the following data structure is
widely used in a network model RDBMS?
(a) Arrays

(b) trees

(c) graphs

(d) stacks

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1062.The scientist who developed the idea of the
WWW is :
(a) James Gosling
(b) Tim Berns Lee
(c) Andrew Tannenbaum

(e) None of these

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1068.A method of executing two or more

programs concurrently using the same
computer describe :

(d) Linus Torvalds

(e) Bill Gates
Ans : (b)

(a) multi processing

1063.What was the data transmission method in

which bi-directional data flow is allowed?
(a) Simplex

(b) Duplex

(c) Analog

(d) Single side mode

(c) virtual processing

(d) time sharing

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)
1064.To check the presence of a computer in the
network, use the command :
(a) ping

(b) cmd

(c) check

(d) ipconfig

1069.A one-time password is :

(a) one that changes every time it is used
(b) one that is assigned once and not changed
at all.
(c) one that can be used only at a particular
time of the day

(e) connect
Ans : (a)
1065.The word processing task associated with
changing the appearance of a document is :
(a) Editing

(b) Writing

(c) Formatting

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1066.Easy to use.
(a) user friendly

(b) select

(c) helpful

(d) ever-ready

(d) one that is assigned for all session that

starts at a particular time
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1070.A hardware interface that allows for the
connection of several peripheral devices to a
single PCI board.
(a) SCSI

(b) SATA

(c) ATA

(d) PCI

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1067.Anything written on the screen.
(a) cursor

(b) text

(c) folder

(d) boot

Ans : (b)

(b) multi programming

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

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numbers, programmers began using English
like abbreviations (Mnemonics) to represent
the elementary operations.
(a) Machine language
(b) Mnemonics language
(c) Assembly level language
(d) High level language
(e) None of these

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1076.An interrupt handler is a(n) :

Ans : (c)
1072.Encryption decryption are functions of :
(a) Transport layer

(a) location in memory that keeps track of

recently generated interrupts.
(b) peripheral device

(b) Session layer

(c) utility program

(c) Presentation layer

(d) special numeric code that indicates the

priority of a request

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (d)

1073.The process of building a model that

demonstrate the features of a proposed
product, service or system is called a :

(a) load the operating system to RAM

(a) JAD

(b) RAD

(c) templating

(d) prototyping

(b) the power-on self-test

(c) activate the basic input/output system
(BIOS)

(e) TAD
Ans : (d)
1074.Memory, also called
memory, or RAM

1077.All of the following are steps involved in

the boot process EXCEPT :

(d) load application programs

random

access

(a) contains the electronic circuits that cause

processing to occur
(b) makes the information resulting from
processing available for use

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1078.A port that allows 8 bits at a time to be
transmitted simultaneously is a(n)..
(a) dedicated port

(b) parallel port

(c) allows data, programs, commands, and

user responses to be entered into a
computer

(c) SCSI port

(d) USB port

(d) consists of electronic components that

store data

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1075. A.represent approximately one
billion memory locations.
(a) kilobyte

(b) megabyte

(c) gigabyte

(d) terabyte

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

1079.Which of these terms refer to the feature of

an OS that allows a single computer to
process the tasks of several users at different
stations, in round-robin fashion?
(a) Multiprocessing
(b) Multiprogramming
(c) Multitasking
(d) Time processing
(e) Time-sharing
Ans : (e)

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1080.A program which helps create written

documents and lets you go back and make
corrections as necessary..
(a) spreadsheet

(b) personal writer

(c) word printer

(d) word processor

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1081.Screen that comes on when you turn on
your computer that shows all the icons..
(a) desktop
(b) face to face
(c) viewer
(d) view space
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1082.A place that a user can create to store
files
(a) cursor

(b) text

(c) folder

(d) boot

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(c) Decode
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)

1086.How many peripheral devices can be

connected to a single SCSI port?
(a) 1

(b) 8

(c) 16

(d) 32

(e) 64
Ans : (b)
1087.The four-step process of fetch, decode,
execute, and store is called a(n) :
(a) machine cycle
(b) instruction cycle
(c) arithmetic operation
(d) logical operation
(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (c)
1083.Electronic pens are used with the mouse to
write on a slide in which view?
(a) Master

(b) Slide Sorter

(c) Slide Show

(d) Normal

1088.The operating system is the most common

type ofsoftware.
(a) communication

(b) application

(c) system

(d) word-processing

(e) None of these

(e) Print Preview

Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)
1084.When you insert a picture and adjust the
height, Word automatically adjusts the
.to maintain the correct proportion.

1089.The human-readable version of a program

is called..
(a) source code

(b) program code

(d) system code

(a) pixel size

(b) resolution

(c) human code

(c) screen size

(d) width

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1085.Which of the following is NOT one of the
steps in the machine cycle?
(a) Execute

(d) Pipelining

1090.Data
are.in
computing.

client/server

(a) never sent to the client machine

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(b) sent in very large sections to save

processing time
(c) sent only upon the clients request
(d) sent in complete copies for the client to
filter and sort
(e) sent from the client to the server for
processing

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1095.There are several security devices used to

stop individuals from exploiting your system.
Which of the following is used in conjunction
with a firewall?
(a) Proxy server
(b) Intrusion-detection system
(c) Terminal Server
(d) Web server

Ans : (c)
1091.The total set of interlinked hypertext
documents worldwide is :
(a) HTT

(b) Browser

(c) WWW

(d) B2B

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1096.Which of the following is the latest version
of MS Word?

(e) None of these

(a) Word 2000

(b) Word 2007

Ans : (a)

(c) Word 2010

(d) Word 2011

1092.Which of the following is not one of the

three Mail Merge Helper steps?
(a) Merge the two files
(b) Create the main document

(e) Word 2012

Ans : (c)
1097.In the online world of electronic commerce,
what do the initials CEM stands for?

(c) Set the mailing list parameters

(a) Costly E-Commerce Marketing

(d) Create the data source

(b) Customer Experience Management

(e) None of these

(c) Customer Experience Misleading

Ans : (c)

(d) Cost Estimates are Mind Boggling

1093.Which is the part of a computer that one can

touch and feel?
(a) Programs

(b) Software

(c) Hardware

(d) Output

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1098.What type of program controls the variouscomputer parts and allows the user interact
with the computer?
(a) Utility Software

Ans : (c)
1094.A command to get a file you worked on
from the memory where it was stored.

(b) Operating System

(c) Word Processing Software

(a) close

(b) delete

(d) Database Program

(c) open

(d) get it

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (c)

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1099.Which of the following transmission

systems provide the highest data rate to in
individual device?
(a) computer bus

(b) telephone lines

(c) voice and mode

(d) lease lines

(e) None of these

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1104.Before a disk can be used to store data. It

must be
(a) Formatted

(b) Reformatted

(c) Addressed

(d) Partitioned

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (a)
1100.The combination of the operating system
and the processor is referred to as the
computers:
(a) CPU

(b) platform

(c) BIOS

(d) CMOS

1105. .software allows users to perform

calculations on rows and columns of data.
(a) Word processing
(b) Presentation graphics
(c) Database Management Systems
(d) Electronic Spreadsheet

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1101.Leaves of which of the following trees are
at the same level?
(a) Binary tree

(b) B-tree

(c) AVL-tree

(d) Expression tree

Ans : (c)
1106.When you quickly press and release that left
mouse button twice, you are.
(a) Primary clicking
(b) Pointing

(d) None of these

(c) Double-clicking

Ans : (b)
1102.The transformation of a message into an
encoded form is known as :
(a) Mnemonics

(b) Encoding

(c) Encryption

(d) Decoding

(e) None of these

(d) Secondary-clicking
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1107.All of the following statements concerning
windows are true EXCEPT :
(a) windows are an example of a commanddriven environment

Ans : (b)
1103.The unique signal, generated by a device,
that tells the operating system that it is in need
of immediate attention is called an :
(a) action

(b) event

(c) interrupt

(d) activity

(b) windows can be resized and repositioned

on the desktop
(c) more than one window can be open at a
time

(e) None of these

(d) toolbars and scrollbars are features of

windows

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

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1108.The only language understood by a digital

computer is called :
(a) Assembly language

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(b) On-Line Transfer Protocol

(c) On-Line Transaction Protocol
(d) On-Line Transaction Processing

(b) High level language

(e) None of the above

(c) English language

Ans : (d)

(d) Binary language

1113.The toolbar in which you can type a web

address is the..Bar?

(e) None of above

Ans : (d)
1109.The computers can be on different local
networks in a..
(a) Workgroup

(b) Domain

(c) Network

(d) Transmission

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1110.What does the Ctrl + I shortcut key
accomplish in MS-Word?
(a) It makes the selected text bold
(b) It adds a line break to the document
(c) It applies italic formatting to the selected
text
(d) It converts selected text into the next larger
size of the same font
(e) None of the above
Ans : (c)
1111.To access and display documents on the
web, you must have a communication
standard called
(a) DNS

(b) URL

(c) HTTP

(d) HTML

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1112.In concern of databases, what does OLTP
stands for?
(a) On-Line Transfer Process

(a) Address

(b) Format

(c) Status

(d) Navigation

(e) None
Ans : (a)
1114.You are entering a paragraph in a word
processing program. When the cursor gets to
the end of the line, what is the best way to get
the cursor to the next line?
(a) Press the ENTER key
(b) Press the TAB key
(c) Press the ESCAPE key
(d) Just keep typing
(e) None of the above
Ans : (d)
1115. ..is the process of sending same email message to a selected group of recipients.
(a) Multicasting

(b) Spamming

(c) Webcasting

(d) Broadcasting

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1116.The default opening/beginning webpage of
a website is called..
(a) Index page

(b) Search page

(c) Homepage

(d) Feedback

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

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1117.In which type of network, all computers

must be on the same local network or subnet?
(a) Peer to Peer

(b) MAN

(c) WAN

(d) Internet

(b) Searching

(c) Listing

(d) Sorting

in

(e) None of these

(a) Root

(b) Base

(c) Sub

(d) Case

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1123.The term, Hypertext, means
(a) Non-sequential writing

Ans : (d)

(b) Hypermedia

1119.Hotmail, a free web-based email service

operated by which company?
(a) Apple

(b) Rediff

(c) Microsoft

(d) Yahoo

(e) Google
Ans : (c)
1120.When a user turns on a Windows XP
system, which program will activate first?
(a) Exhaust fan of SMPS will start rotating
(b) Windows XP logo screen appear with
progress bar
(c) Operating System start to load its file in
RAM
(d) Desktop screen appear with mouse pointer
(e) BIOS the in-charge of system start
executing
Ans : (e)
1121.Adobe Acrobat files are stored in what
format?
(a) Portable Document Format (PDF)
(b) Adobe Acrobat File (AAF)
(c) Document (DOC)

(e) None of these

1122.Thedirectory is mandatory for every

disk.

Ans : (a)

(a) Numbering

(d) Text (TXT)

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

1118.Arranging data such as names

alphabetical order in a table is called :

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(c) Text with heavy formatting

(d) Blinking text
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1124.After a picture has been taken with a digital
camera and processed appropriately, the
actual print of the picture is considered :
(a) Data

(b) output

(c) input

(d) the process

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1125.Making illegal copies of copyrighted
software is called
(a) software piracy
(b) browsing
(c) collaboration
(d) electronic distribution
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1126.The action of moving a page up or down on
the screen is called

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(a) scrolling

(b) linking

(c) medium emphasis

(c) lurking

(d) framing

(d) modular emphasis

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (b)

1127.Provides a fast, economical and convenient

way to send messages to another computer
using a modem.
(a) e-mail

(b) sms

(c) chating

(d) internet

(e) None of these

1132.Bug means
(a) A logical error in a program
(b) Documenting programs using an efficient
Documentation too
(c) A difficult syntax error in a program
(d) A virus

Ans : (a)

(e) None of the above

1128.Use the mouse, put the pointer on an object,

hold down the button, move the mouse, and
release. Moves an object to a new location.
(a) copy

(b) cut

(d) drop

(e) hold

(c) drag

Ans : (a)
1133. C, BASIC, COBOL, and Java are examples
of______languages.
(a) low-level
(b) computer

Ans : (c)
1129.An input device used to read text and bar
codes or a device to input pictures into a
computer.
(a) printer

(b) scanner

(c) reader

(d) hardware

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1130.The bar that is usually located immediately
below the menu bar in a window is called
a

(c) system programming

(d) high-level
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1134.Networks are monitored by security
personnel and supervised by..who
set(s) up accounts and passwords for
authorized network users.
(a) IT managers
(b) the government

(a) tool bar

(b) task bar

(c) network administrators

(c) catalog bar

(d) window bar

(d) password administrators

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (c)

1131.The word, modem stands for :

(a) modern equipment
(b) modulate-demodulate

1135.Computer follows a simple principle called

GIGO which means :
(a) garbage input good output

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Ans : (b)

(c) great instructions great output

(d) good input good output

1140.The components that process data are

located in the :
(a) input devices

(e) None of these

(b) output devices

Ans : (b)
1136.Multiple choice examination answer sheets
can be evaluated automatically by :

(c) system unit

(d) storage component

(a) Optical Mark Reader

(e) None of these

(b) Optical Character Reader

Ans : (d)

(c) Magnetic tape reader

(d) Magnetic ink character reader
(e) None of these

1141.When you save to..your data will

remain intact even when the computer is
turned off.
(a) RAM

Ans : (a)

(b) motherboard
(c) secondary storage device

1137.Magnetic tapes are good storage media for :

(a) backup and low volume data
(b) backup and high volume data
(c) storing original but low volume data
(d) storing original but high volume data
(e) None of these

(d) primary storage device

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1142.The motherboard is the..
(a) circuit board that houses peripheral devices
(b) same as the CPU chip

Ans : (b)
1138. is a signaling method that handles a
relatively wide range of frequencies.

(c) the first dup that is accessed when the

computer is turned on

(a) Broadband

(b) DSL

(d) circuit board that contains a CPU and other

chips

(c) Dial-up

(d) Both (a) & (c)

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1139.When you connect to the..your
computer is communicating with a server at
your Internet service provider (ISP).

1143.Which of the following commands is used

for deleting a file permanently from
computer?
(a) Shift + del

(b) Ctrl + del

(d) Alt + del

(a) Modem

(b) Internet

(c) Ctrl + shift

(c) Phoneline

(d) Mobile

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

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1144.You would use .software to create

spreadsheets, type documents, and edit
photos.

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1149.The..button on the quick access

Toolbar allows you to cancel your recent
commands or actions.

(a) application

(b) system

(a) Search

(b) Cut

(c) windows

(d) designing

(c) Document

(d) Undo

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (d)

1145.Most computer systems

on..for authentication.

rely

solely

1150.Which of the following holds the ROM,

CPU, RAM and expansion cards?

(a) logins

(b) passwords

(a) Hard disk

(b) Cache memory

(c) encryption

(d) lock and key

(c) Mother board

(d) CPU

(e) None of these

(e) None of the above

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)

1146.The basic memory in which random access

in not possible is called :

1151.The communication line between the CPU,

memory and peripherals is called a :

(a) ROM

(b) RAM

(a) Bus

(b) line

(c) Cache

(d) Flash

(c) media

(d) cable

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (a)

1147.What type of virus uses computer hosts to

reproduce itself?

1152. ..is a tool to browse all disks

connected to the computer.

(a) Time bomb

(b) Worm

(a) Internet Explorer

(c) Melissa virus

(d) Macro virus

(b) Windows Explorer

(e) None of these

(c) My Computer

Ans : (b)

(d) Control Panel

1148.Macintosh computers use the Macintosh

operating system (Mac OS), whereas PCs
generally run..as an operating system.
(a) MS Office
(b) Microsoft Windows

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1153.Central Processing Unit consists of 3 main
components :

(c) Software

(a) Control Unit, Arithmetic Logic Unit,

Memory Unit

(d) COBOL

(b) Input Unit, Memory Unit, Output Unit

(e) None of these

(c) Control Unit, Input Unit, Memory Unit

Ans : (b)

(d) Control Unit, Disk Drive, Memory Unit

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(e) None of these

(a) Excel

(b) Unix

Ans : (a)

(c) Windows

(d) Power point

1154.In the URL www.abc.com, .com signifies

that it is a commercial site. Which of the
following extension specifies that the site is an
educational site.
(a) .org

(b) .edu

(c) .com

(d) .net

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1159.What is System Analysis?
(a) The design of the screen the user will see
and use to enter or display data
(b) System analysis defines the format and
type of data the program will use

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1155.The Third Generation Computer was made
with.
(a) Vacuum Tube

(c) System Analysis involves creating formal

model of the problem to be solved
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(b) Discrete Components

Ans : (c)

(c) IC

1160.When a network is confined to a single

location, it is called :

(d) Bio Chips

(e) None of these

(a) Local Area Network

Ans : (c)

(b) Wide area Network

1156.The resolution of the screen is indicated by:

(c) Internet

(a) pixels

(b) dots

(d) Intranet

(c) lines

(d) colors

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1157.Which of the following is not computer
language?
(a) High level language
(b) Medium level language
(c) Low level language
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1158.Which of the following package is best
suited for preparing Presentation?

Ans : (a)
1161.These chips are specifically designed to
handle the processing requirements related to
displaying and manipulating 3-D images.
(a) Graphics coprocessors
(b) Arithmetic-logic unit processors
(c) Control unit processors
(d) CISC chips
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1162. is a process of creating a duplicate
set of programs or data files for safekeeping.
(a) booting

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(c) backing up

(d) restoring

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1163.For web navigation following software
is/are used :

(a) space

(b) comma

(c) dot

(d) colon

Ans : (c)

(b) Mozila Firefox

1168.Basic purpose of the testing of the program

is :

(c) Internet Explorer

(d) All of these

(a) to detect software failures so that defects

may be discovered and corrected

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1164.Which of the following types of printers can
be classified as a non-impact printer?
(a) Dot Matrix Printers

(b) to remove the bugs and also to reduce the

labour cost
(c) to ensure that program is meeting the
specified requirements
(d) All of these

(b) Daisy Wheel Printers

(e) None of these

(c) Drum Printers

Ans : (d)

(d) Ink Jet Printers

1169.The hierarchy of
ascending order is :

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

data,

arranged

in

(a) Database Bit Byte Record File

1165.The devices are connected in motherboard

via :
(a) ports

(b) hubs

(c) switches

(d) bus

(b) BitByteField Record File Database

(c) Bit Byte Record File
(d) Byte Record File
(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (a)
1166.Loading Operating System onto RAM is
called :
(a) Printing

(b) Saving

(c) Booting

(d) Starting

Ans : (c)

1167.A file name has two parts ie; Primary name

and Extension name, which are separated by
a:

(e) None of these

(a) Google Chrome

(e) None of these

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1170.Which feature moves the text automatically

to the next line while typing in notepad?
(a) Word Wrap

(b) Justify

(c) Compress

(d) Alignment

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1171.Which of the following terms is associated
with high-speed connection?

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(a) TCP/IP

(b) Dial-up access

(c) Ethernet

(d) Broadband

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1172.ISDN which is a set of standard for digital
transmission over ordinary telephone, stands
for :
(a) International Standard Digital Network
(b) Integrated Standard Data Network
(c) Integrated Services Digital Network
(d) International Service Data Network
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1173.Linux is an example of

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1176.Group of computers connected to share

resources within Local Area environment
constitute a :
(a) Workstation

(b) Workgroup

(c) Network

(d) Server

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1177.Which of the following e-mail address is
incorrect?
(a) abcd_123@xyz.com
(b) abc(4)123#xyz.com
(c) 123abc@xyz.com
(d) 1@xyz.com

(a) Operating System

(e) None of these

(b) Input Device

Ans : (b)
1178.We can save our favourite websites in a
browser as :

(c) Output Device

(d) Terminal
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1174.Through
which
device the main
components of the computer communicate
with each other?
(a) Keyboard

(b) System Bus

(c) Monitor

(d) Memory

(a) favourites

(b) save

(c) bookmark

(d) Both (a) and (c)

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1179.The purpose of using computers in an
organization is..
(a) To be able to get on the internet

(e) None of these

(b) To process data into information

Ans : (b)

(c) To produce reports, text, images, etc.

1175.Memory unit is one part of :

(d) All of these

(a) Input device

(e) None of these

(b) Control unit

Ans : (d)

(c) Output device

(d) Central Processing Unit
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)

1180.Documentation while developing a software

for a bank is required for :
(a) Editing

(b) Auditing

(c) Correction

(d) All of these

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1185.The facility to reduce the Taskbar to thin

line when the taskbar or Start button is not
in use is called as :

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1181.A computer checks the..of user
names and passwords for a match before
granting access.

(a) Hide

(b) Disable

(c) Auto Hide

(d) Disappear

(a) website

(b) database

(e) None of these

(c) backup file

(d) network

Ans : (c)
1186.A CD-ROM disk :

(e) None of these

(a) cannot be erased and rewritten

Ans : (b)
1182.Which of the following phases are present
in a software development life cycle?
(a) Coding

(b) Analysis

(c) Design

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1183.Which of the following is not a correct
match?
(a) Oracle Larry Ellison
(b) Microsoft Bill Gates
(c) Wipro Azim Premji
(d) Infosys Nandan Nilekani
(e) HCL Shiv Nadar
Ans : (d)
1184.Which of the following is to be done by the
auditor while internet banking services audit?

(b) has more storage capacity than a CD-RW

(c) holds less data than a floppy disk
(d) can be written to only once
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1187.What is the main folder on a storage device
called?
(a) Platform

(b) Interface

(c) Root Directory

(d) Home Page

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1188.If you are going to a site you use often,
instead of having to type in the address every
time, you should :
(a) save it as a file

(b) make a copy of it

(c) book mark it

(d) delete it

(a) Tour the server room

(e) None of these

(b) The user is not allowed to log in after

defined repeated failed attempts

Ans : (c)

(c) Contract clearly states the services that will

be provided by the vendor
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

1189.RAM isand..
(a) volatile, temporary
(b) non-volatile, permanent
(c) non-volatile, temporary
(d) volatile, permanent
(e) None of these

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(a) Control, Alt

Ans : (a)
1190.The box that contains the central electronic
components of the computer is the :
(a) motherboard

(b) system unit

(c) peripheral

(d) input device

(e) None of these

(b) Function, toggle

(c) Delete, insert
(d) Caps Lock, Num lock
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

Ans : (a)

1196.What is a file?

1191.What menu is selected to cut, copy, and

paste?
(a) File
(b) Edit
(c) Tools
(d) Table
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1192.A program that converts a high-level
language source file into a machine-language
file is called a :

(a) A file is a section of main storage used to

store data
(b) A file is a collection of information that
given a name and is stored in secondary
memory
(c) A file is the part of a program used to what
the program should do
(d) A file is another name for floppy disk

(a) translator

(b) assembler

(e) None of these

(c) compiler

(d) linker

Ans : (a)
1197.Applications are often referred to as :

(e) None of these

(a) data files

Ans : (b)
1193.The.indicates how much data a
particular storage medium can hold.

(b) executable files

(c) system software

(a) access

(b) capacity

(d) the operating system

(c) memory

(d) storage

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (c)
1194.A(n).is created by an application.

1198.The primary output device for computers is

a:

(a) executable file

(b) software program

(a) video monitor

(b) printer

(c) document

(d) operating system

(c) keyboard

(d) mouse

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)

1195.The.key and thekey can

be used in combination with other keys to
perform shortcuts and special tasks.

1199.Compartibility in regard to computers refers

to :
(a) the software doing the right job for the user

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(b) it being versatile enough to handle the job

(a) they are in different folders

(c) the software being able to run on the

computer

(b) they are on different drives

(d) software running with other previously

installed software
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1200.Output which is made up of pictures,
sounds, and video is called :
(a) COM
(b) hard copy
(c) graphics
(d) multimedia
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1201.A device that provides emergency power to
your computer, conditions the voltage, and
protects against powers out is called a :
(a) PSU = Power Supply Unit

(c) never!
(d) the names are capitalized differently
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1204.Secondary storage :
(a) does not require constant power
(b) does not use magnetic media
(c) consists of four main types of devices
(d) does not store information for later
retrieval
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1205.Deleted data remains on a disk until :

(b) USP = Universal Surge Protector

(a) the data is overwritten

(c) UPPS = Universal Power Protection and

Supply

(b) the recycle bin is emptied

(d) UPS = Uninterruptible Power Supply

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1202.Documentation of computer programs is
important so that :
(a) users can learn how to use the program
(b) other programmers can know how to
maintain the program
(c) the programmer can see why the code is
written that way while hunting for sources
of error
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1203.Two different files can have the same name
if :

(c) a file compression utility is used

(d) the disk is scanned
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1206.When you cut or copy information it gets
place in the :
(a) Clipart

(b) Clipboard

(c) Internet

(d) Motherboard

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1207.Provides the means to move the pointer on
the screen and give information its buttons :
(a) scanner

(b) mouse

(c) keyboard

(d) program

(e) None of these

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(a) Del + Ctrl

Ans : (b)
1208.The name of the location of a particular
piece of data is its:
(a) address

(b) Backspace + Ctrl

(c) Ctrl + Alt + Home
(d) Reset

(b) memory name

(e) None of these

(c) storage site

Ans : (d)

(d) data location

1213.The process of preparing a floppy diskette

for use is called :

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

1209.A device that

motherboard is :

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connected

to

the

(a) assembling

(b) translating

(c) parsing

(d) formatting

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

(a) called an external device

(b) called an adjunct device
(c) called a peripheral device
(d) must connect using ribbon cable
(e) None of these

1214.A prescribed set of well-defined

instructions for solving mathematical problem
is called..
(a) a compiler

(b) a code

(c) a description

(d) an algorithm

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1210.Which is a graphical representation of an
application?
(a) Windows 95
(b) Windows Explorer
(c) Icon

Ans : (b)
1215.A record is related to a file, as a statement is
related to a :
(a) procedure

(b) file

(c) program

(d) data

(e) None of these

(d) Taskbar

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

1216.Housing all hardware, software, storage,

and processing in one site location is called :

Ans : (c)
1211.A Field is a related group of :
(a) Records

(b) Files

(c) Characters

(d) Cables

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1212.To restart the computer..key is used.

(a) time-sharing
(b) a distributed system
(c) centralized processing
(d) a host computer
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)

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1217.Several computers linked to a server to

share programs and storage space
(a) Network

(b) Grouping

(c) library

(d) integrated system

(e) None of these

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Ans : (c)
1222.All of the following are TRUE regarding
virtual memory EXCEPT :
(a) any amount of RAM can be allocated to
virtual memory
(b) the setting for the amount of hard drive
space to allocate to virtual memory can be
manually changed

Ans : (a)
1218.Sofy copy refers to :

(c) this temporary storage is called the swap

file (or page file)

(a) printed output

(b) music sounds
(c) screen output

(d) virtual memory is physical space on the

hard drive

(d) digitizing

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (d)
1219.Meaningful file name helps in easy file :
(a) Storing

(b) Accessing

(c) Identification

(d) Printing

1223. .controls the way in which the

computer system functions and provides a
means by which users can interact with the
computer.
(a) The platform

(e) None of these

(b) Application software

Ans : (c)

(c) Operating System

1220.LAN stands for :

(d) The motherboard

(a) Local Access Network

(e) None of these

(b) Local Area Network

Ans : (c)

(c) Logical Access Network

(d) Logical Area Network
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1221.MS-DOS is a..operating system.
(a) point-and-click
(b) user-friendly
(c) command-driven

1224.What is top-level domain name of

following
URL
http.//www.yahoo.com/
mail/default.asp?
(a) http

(b) www

(c) yahoo

(d) .com

(e) asp
Ans : (d)
1225.Which of the following devices typically
attaches to a parallel port?

(d) Mac

(a) Keyboard

(b) Mouse

(e) None of these

(c) Monitor

(d) Printer

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1230.A process known as.is used by large

retailers to study trends.

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1226.The geometric arrangement of devices on
the network is called..

(a) data mining

(b) data selection

(a) Topology

(b) Media

(c) POS

(c) URL

(d) Protocol

(d) data conversion

(e) Pipelining

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (a)

1227.The vast network of computers that

connects millions of people all over the world
is called..

1231.The storage subsystem in a microcomputer

consists mainly oformedia
with varying capacities.

(a) Web

(b) LAN

(a) Memory or video

(c) Internet

(d) Workgroup

(b) Magnetic or optical

(e) None of these

(c) Video or magnetic

Ans : (c)

(d) None of these

1228.Which one of the following is true?

(a) A blog is an online diary or journal posted
on the Web
(b) The term blog is a shortened version of
Web log
(c) A blog reflects the personal and unique
viewpoint of its creator
(d) Each blog post can be three screens deep
or three lines long
(e) All of these
Ans : (e)
1229.What is other name of LAN Card?
(a) MODEM
(b) Network Connector
(c) Internet Card
(d) NIC
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)
1232.The metal or plastic case that holds all the
physical parts of the computer is the :
(a) system unit

(b) CPU

(c) mainframe

(d) platform

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1233.A goal of data mining includes which of the
following?
(a) to explain some observed event or
condition
(b) to confirm that data exists
(c) to analyze data for expected relationships
(d) to create a new data warehouse
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1234.Which of the following produces the best
quality graphics reproduction?
(a) Laser printer

(b) Ink jet printer

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(c) Plotter

(d) Dot matrix printer

(e) None of these

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(d) More technical

understand

terms

that

dont

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1235.Which of the following memories has the
shortest access times?
(a) Cache memory
(b) Magnetic bubble memory
(c) Magnetic core memory

Ans : (b)
1239.The altering of data so that it is not usable
unless the changes are undone is.
(a) Biometrics

(b) Compression

(c) Encryption

(d) Ergonomics

(e) None of these

(d) RAM

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

1240.A spooler is a(n) :

Ans : (a)
1236.Which of the following memories allows
simultaneous read and write operations?
(a) ROM

(b) RAM

(c) EPROM

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1237.You can not link excel worksheet data to a
word document :
(a) With the right drag method
(b) With a hyperlink
(c) With the copy and paste special commands
(d) With the copy and paste buttons on the
standard toolbar

(a) location in memory that maintains the

contents of a document until it prints out.
(b) print job
(c) program that coordinates the print jobs that
are waiting to print
(d) message sent from the printer to the
operating system when a print job is
completed
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1241.The memory resident portion of the
operating system is called the :
(a) registry

(b) API

(c) CMOS

(d) kernel

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (d)

1238.Block arrows, stars and banners, and

callouts are all examples of
(a) Different types of childrens building
blocks

1242.In Windows XP, if you want to see the file

size and modified dates of all files in a folder,
the best viewing option is the .view.
(a) List

(b) Thumbnails

(b) Auto Shape categories

(c) Details

(d) Icon

(c) Clip art categories located in the Microsoft

Clip Gallery

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

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1243.Multimedia System involves :

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(c) Memory management

(a) Only Audio and Video

(d) Memory instruction

(b) Animation Video Movies

(e) None of these

(c) Animation movie with Text also

Ans : (b)

(d) All type of movie

Graphics and Text

with

Animation

(e) None of these

(c) Computer application in design

1244.The PC (personal computer) and the Apple

Macintosh are examples of two different :
(a) platforms

(b) applications

(c) programs

(d) storage devices

(d) All of these

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1249.A storage area used to store data to a
compensate for the difference in speed at
which the different units can handle data is :

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1245.The definition of thrashing is :
(a) swapping data between virtual memory
and RAM too frequently
(b) insufficient hard disk space
(c) too many processors being managed by the
operating system
(d) inaccurate information stored in the
registry
(e) None of these

(a) Memory

(b) Buffer

(c) Accumulator

(d) Address

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1250.Which of the following is not a web
scripting language?
(a) ASP

(b) DSP

(c) JSP

(d) PHP

(e) HTML

Ans : (a)
1246.Excel files have a default extension of
(a) Xls

(b) Xlw

(c) Wk1

(d) 123

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1247.Any method for controlling access to or use
of memory is known :

(b) Memory protection

(a) Computer aided design

(b) Computer algorithm for design

Ans : (d)

(a) Memory map

1248.CAD stands for :

Ans : (b)
1251.What is the full form of a computer
language Basic?
(a) Beginners purpose Symbolic Information
Code
(b) Beginners all purpose Symbolic Instruction
Code
(c) Beginners all purpose Symbolic Interchange code
(d) Beginners all purpose Symbolic IT code
(e) None of these

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(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1252.The kind of the memory that comes from
the CPU that is erased when you shut the
computer off or exit the program that you
were in.
(a) ROM

(b) RAM

(c) CACHE

(d) Flash Drive

Ans : (d)
1257.Which of the following would cause
quickest access?
(a) direct access from a magnetic tape
(b) direct access from a hard disk
(c) direct access from a floppy disk

(e) Hard Drive

(d) direct access from a cassette tape

Ans : (b)
1253.Electronic telecommunications system
joining many thousands of computers
together.
(a) e-mail

(b) chatting

(c) internet

(d) WAN

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1258.Laptop PCs are also known as.
Computers.
(a) Mainframe

(b) Super

(e) None of these

(c) Notebook

(d) Personal

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

1254.A computeris a set of program

instructions that can attach itself to a file,
reproduce itself, and spread to other files.
(a) worm

(b) virus

(c) trojan horse

(d) phishing scam

Ans : (c)
1259.A..is a special device that is
installed in your computer that allows it to
communicate with other devices on a network.
(a) Web browser

(b) network adapter

(e) None of these

(c) Bluetooth

(d) LAN

Ans : (b)

(e) WiFi

1255.A(n)..camera is a peripheral device

used to capture still images in a digital format
that can be easily transferred into a computer
and manipulated using graphics software.

Ans : (b)
1260.Machine language is :
(a) Machine dependent

(a) digital

(b) analog

(b) Difficult to program

(c) classic

(d) film

(c) Error prone

(e) None of these

(d) All of these

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

1256.A telephone number, a birth date, and a

customer name are all examples of :
(a) a record

(b) data

(c) a file

(d) a database

Ans : (d)
1261.Which one of the following is unlikely to be
the number of keys in the standard keyboard?
(a) 101

(b) 104

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(c) 107

(d) 109

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(a) control panel

(b) task bar

(e) None of these

(c) menu bar

(d) status bar

Ans : (b)

(e) title bar

1262.A file with extension jpeg stores which

type of files?
(a) Data document

(b) Pictures

(c) Movies

(d) Music

Ans : (e)
1267.We can getmenu by pressing
Alt+F in mostly softwares.
(a) file

(b) format

(e) None of these

(c) Joystick

(d) Track ball

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

1263.A real time communication session

involving video and audio data for the
participants over a network spanning long
distance?
(a) Broadcasting

(b) Routing

(c) Video conferencing

(d) Chatting

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1268.Which device is used as the standard
pointing device in a Graphical User
Environment?
(a) Keyboard

(b) Mouse

(c) Joystick

(d) Track ball

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)

1264.Which of the following utilities used to

monitor and restrict all the file transfer
between two networks?
(a) Web server

(b) Firewall

(c) Internet Explorer

(d) LAN

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1265.Name the branch of science which tries to
make computer work like human beings?
(a) Forensic Science
(b) Encryptology
(c) Virtual reality
(d) Artificial Intelligence
(e) Biometrics
Ans : (d)
1266.The bar at the top of a window that bears
the name of the window is known as :

1269. ..devices store instructions or data

that the CPU processes.
(a) Output

(b) Memory

(c) Input

(d) Storage

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1270.What is the first stage in software
development?
(a) System Analysis
(b) Specification and design
(c) Testing
(d) Maintenance
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1271.Which is not the function of the Operating
System?

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(a) Memory management

(e) None of these

(b) Disk management

Ans : (b)

(c) Application management

(d) Virus Protection

1276.The speed of super computers is measured

in :
(a) kilo bytes

(e) None of these

(b) Instruction per Second

Ans : (d)
1272.To close a program, you would :
(a) shut down the computer
(b) click the..in the top right hand corner
(c) click the middle box in the top right hand
corner
(d) click the X in the top right hand corner
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1273.A device that operates under the control of
another device is called :
(a) Stem

(b) Slave

(c) Simulator

(d) Emulator

(c) Floating Point Operations per Second

(d) Dots per Inch
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1277.Which element is used for making the
connecting leads in an IC chip?
(a) silicon

(b) germanium

(c) lead

(d) aluminum

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1278.How was the generation of computer
classified?
(a) by the device used in memory & processor

(e) None of these

(b) by the speed of computer

Ans : (b)
1274.To publish a magazine aapplication
would be best.

(c) by the model of the computer

(d) by the accuracy of computer

(a) word processing

(e) None of these

(b) desktop publishing

Ans : (a)
1279.Which of the following is the earliest
calculating device?

(c) spreadsheet
(d) presentation graphics
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1275.A computer fails into the_______category
if it is, at the time of construction, one of the
fastest computers in the world.
(a) minicomputer

(b) supercomputer

(c) microcomputer

(d) mainframe

(a) Abacus

(b) Clock

(c) Difference Engine

(d) Calculator

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1280.Which file keeps commands to execute
automatically when OS is started?
(a) command.com

(b) any batch file

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(c) autoexec.bat

(d) config.sys

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(a) Compile and Go loader

(e) None of these

(b) Boot loader

Ans : (c)

(c) Bootstrap loader

1281.What is the shortcut key to Undo the last

action in a document?
(a) Ctrl + X

(b) Ctrl + Y

(c) Ctrl + Z

(d) Ctrl + U

(e) None of these

(d) Relating loader

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1286.Algorithm and Flow chart help us to :
(a) Know the memory capacity

Ans : (c)

(b) Identify the base of a number system

1282.What is meaning of the term DEBUG?

(a) To remove virus

(c) Direct the output to a printer

(b) To remove errors from program

(d) Specify the problem completely and

clearly

(c) To improve the system performance

(e) None of these

(d) To improve the language

Ans : (d)
1287.CD-ROM stands for :

(e) None of these

(a) Compactable Read Only Memory

Ans : (b)
1283.Which device can not be used for
authentication?
(a) Flatbed Scanner

(b) Compact Data Read Only Memory

(c) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
(d) Compact Disk Read Only Memory

(b) Fingerprint sensor

(e) None of these

(c) Voice recognition system

(d) Retina Scanner

Ans : (d)
1288.ASCII stands for :

(e) None of these

(a) American Stable Code for International

Interchange

Ans : (a)
1284.This device allow you to transfer pictures
from the paper onto the computer.
(a) Printer

(b) Mouse

(c) Keyboard

(d) Scanner

(b) American Standard Case for Institutional

Interchange
(c) American Standard Code for Information
Interchange

(e) None of these

(d) American Standard Code for Interchange

Information

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

1285.When a computer is first turned on or

restarted, a special type of absolute loader
called..is executed.

Ans : (c)

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1289.Artificial Intelligence is associated with

which generation?
(a) First Generation

(b) Second Generation

(c) Fifth Generation

(d) Sixth Generation

(e) None of these

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1294.Kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms

characters with magnetically-charged ink
sprayed dots is called:
(a) Laser Printer

(b) Ink-Jet Printer

(c) Drum Printer

(d) Chan Printer

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1290.Which statement is valid about magnetic
tape?
(a) It is a plastic ribbon
(b) It is coated on both sides with iron oxide
(c) It can be erased and reused

Ans : (b)
1295.Time during which a job is processed by the
computer is :
(a) Delay times

(b) Real time

(c) Execution time

(d) Down time

(e) None of these

(d) All of these

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

1296.As compared to the secondary memory, the

primary memory of a computer is :

Ans : (a)
1291.The arranging of data in a logical sequence
is called :
(a) Sorting

(b) Classifying

(c) Reproducing

(d) Summarizing

(a) Large

(b) Cheap

(c) Fast

(d) Slow

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1292.Human beings are referred to as
Homosapiens, which device is called Sillico
Sapiens?
(a) Monitor

(b) Hardware

(c) Robot

(d) Computer

1297. .is the process of translating a task

into a series of commands that a computer
will use to perform that task.
(a) Project design

(b) Installation

(c) Systems analysis

(d) Programming

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

1298.Which of the following data structure is

linear data structure?

Ans : (d)
1293.Personal computers use a number of chips
mounted on a main circuit board. What is the
common name for such boards?

(a) Trees

(b) Graphs

(c) Arrays

(d) Both (a) & (b)

(a) Daughter board

(b) Mother board

(e) None of these

(c) Father board

(d) Breadboard

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

1299.Fastest component of a computer system is :

(a) Flash ROM

(b) Cache memory

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(d) CPU

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(a) network

(b) wireless

(e) None of these

(c) slow

(d) broadband

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

1300.MICR technology used for clearance of

cheques by banks refers to :
(a) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
(b) Magnetic Intelligence Character
Recognition
(c) Magnetic Information Cable Recognition
(d) Magnetic Insurance Cases Recognition
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1301.Surgeons can perform delicate operations
by manipulating devices through computers
instead of manually. This technology is
known as :
(a) robotics

(b) computer forensics

(c) simulation

(d) forecasting

(a) Authentication

(b) Main

(c) Web

(d) File

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1306.Without using the mouse or the arrow keys,
what is the fastest way of getting to cell A1 in
a spreadsheet?
(a) Press Ctrl + Home
(b) Press Home
(c) Press Shift + Home
(d) Press Alt + Home

Ans : (a)

Ans : (a)
1302.The type of operating system software you
use depends on your computers
(b) platform

(c) operating system (d) workstation

1307.Which symbols must all formula begin with

in Excel?
(a) =

(b) +

(c) (

(d) @

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (b)
1303.The common name for the crime of stealing
passwords is :
(a) spooling

(b) identify theft

(c) phishing

(d) hacking

1308.Which of the following is graphics solution

for Word Processors?
(a) Clip Art

(b) Word Art

(c) Drop Cap

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (c)
1304.DSL is an
Connection

1305.Servers store and manages files for network

users.

(e) Press Ctrl + Up arrow

(e) None of these

(a) hardware

Ans : (d)

example

of

a(n).

1309.Ping is a command used for :

(a) Checking MAC address

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validity of IP address

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(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(c) Checking cabling performance

Ans : (c)

(d) Checking cable connectivity only

1314.Before a disk drive can access any sector

record, a computer program has to provide the
records disk address. What information does
this address specify?

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1310.Multi user systems provided cost savings
for small business because they use a single
processing unit to link several

(a) Track number

(b) Sector number

(c) Surface number

(d) All of these

(a) Personal computers

(e) None of these

(b) Workstations

Ans : (d)
1315.A computer which CPU speed around 100
million instruction per second and with the
word length of around 64 bits is known as :

(c) Dumb terminals

(d) Mainframes
(e) None of these

(a) Super computer

Ans : (c)

(b) Mini computer

1311.Word processing, spreadsheet, and photoediting are examples of :

(c) Micro computer

(d) Macro computer

(a) application software

(e) Mainframe computer

(b) system software

Ans : (a)

(c) operating system software

1316.The metal disks, which are permanently

housed in, sealed and contamination free
containers are called :

(d) platform software

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1312.A Compact Disk is an :

(a) Hard disks

(b) Floppy disk

(c) Winchester disk

(d) Flexible disk

(a) Optical Disk

(b) Magnetic Disk

(e) None of these

(c) Digital Disk

(d) Laser Disk

Ans : (c)
1317.A factor which would strongly influence a
business person to adopt a computer is its :

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1313.In latest generation
instructions are executed :

computers,

the

(a) Accuracy

(b) Reliability

(c) Speed

(d) All of these

(a) Parallel only

(e) None of these

(b) Sequentially only

Ans : (d)

(c) Both sequentially and parallel

1318.FAT stands for :

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(a) File Accommodation Table

(c) manage memory and storage

(b) File Access Tape

(d) enable users to perform a specific task such

as document editing

(c) File Allocation Table

(e) None of these

(d) File Activity Table

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

1323.During the boot process, the _______looks

for the system files.

Ans : (c)
1319.Which of the following is not true for a
magnetic disk?
(a) It is expensive relative to magnetic tape
(b) It provides only sequential access to stored
data
(c) Users can easily update records by writing
over the old data
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1320.If a word is typed that is not in Words
dictionary, acolor underline appears
below the word.
(a) red

(b) green

(c) blue

(d) black

(e) None of these

(a) CD

(b) BIOS

(c) CPU

(d) DVD

(e) HDD
Ans : (b)
1324. .is the ability of an operating
system to control the activities of multiple
programs at the same time.
(a) Multitasking

(b) Streamlining

(c) Multiuser

(d) Simulcasting

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1325.Virtual memory is typically located :
(a) on a floppy disk

(b) in the CPU

(c) in a flash card

(d) on the hard drive

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (d)

1321. .cells involves creating a single cell

by combining two or more selected cells.
(a) Formatting

(b) Merging

(c) Embedding

(d) Splitting

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1322.The operating system does all of the
following EXCEPT :
(a) provide a way for the user to interact with
the computer

1326.All of the following are TRUE of Safe

Mode EXCEPT :
(a) Safe Mode is a special diagnostic mode
(b) Safe Mode loads all nonessential icons
(c) Safe Mode allows users to troubleshoot
errors
(d) Safe Mode loads only the most essential
devices
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

(b) manage the central processing unit (CPU)

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1327.Ensuring that the essential peripheral

devices are attached and operational is
the.process.

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1332.An application program that helps the user

to change any number and immediately see
the result of that change is :

(a) Configuration

(b) CMOS

(a) Desktop publishing program

(c) POST

(d) ROM

(b) Database

(e) None of these

(c) Spreadsheet

Ans : (c)

(d) All of these

1328.Verification of a login name and password

is known as :
(a) configuration
(b) accessibility
(c) authentication
(d) logging in
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1329.The basic input/output system (BIOS) is
stored in :

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1333.What is the responsibility of the logical unit
in the CPU of a computer?
(a) To produce result
(b) To compare numbers
(c) To control flow of information

(a) RAM

(b) ROM

(d) To do maths works

(c) CPU

(d) Hard Drive

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)
1330.The operating system allows users to
organize the computers contents in a
hierarchical structure of directories that
include all of the following EXCEPT :

1334.The number of characters that can be stored

in given physical space is :
(a) Word length

(b) Byte

(c) Data density

(d) Field

(a) files

(b) folders

(e) None of these

(c) drives

(d) systems

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1331.Using Windows Explorer, a plus (+) sign in
front of a folder indicates :

1335. ..are used to identify a user who

returns to a Website.
(a) Cookies

(b) Plug-ins

(c) Scripts

(d) ASPs

(a) an open folder

(e) None of these

(b) the folder contains subfolders

Ans : (a)

(c) a text file

(d) a graphics file
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

1336.When you are selecting a mouse for a

particular computer system, what is the most
important consideration?
(a) The type of drivers that come with the
mouse

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(b) The length of the mouse cord

(c) The type of connector the mouse is
equipped with

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Ans : (c)
1340.Theis the term used to describe
the window that is currently, being used.

(d) The number of buttons the mouse has

(a) Web Window

(e) None of these

(b) Display area

Ans : (c)

(c) WordPad Window

1337.If text was highlighted and Edit Copy

was clicked, what would happen?
(a) Text would be copied from the document
and placed in the clipboard
(b) Text would be removed from the document
and placed in the clipboard
(c) Text from the clipboard would be placed in
the document at the place where the cursor
is blinking
(d) Only (b) and (c)

(d) Active Window

(e) Monitor
Ans : (d)
1341.A microprocessor is the brain of the
computer and is also called a(n)
(a) microchip

(b) macrochip

(c) macroprocessor

(d) calculator

(e) software
Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

1342.Storage and memory differ with respect to

which of the following characteristics?

Ans : (a)
1338.Which of the following are advantages of
CD-ROM as a storage media?
(a) CD-ROM is an inexpensive way to store
large amount of data and information
(b) CD-ROM disks retrieve data and
information more quickly than magnetic
disks do
(c) CD-ROMs make less errors than magnetic
media

(a) Price

(b) Reliability

(c) Speed

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1343.What are two examples of freeware?
(a) WinZip and Linux
(b) Shareware and File sharing

(d) All of these

(c) Microsoft Word and the Google toolbar

(e) None of these

(d) Instant Messaging and the Google toolbar

Ans : (b)

(e) Microsoft Power Point and Microsoft

Excel

1339. A..is the term used when a search

engine returns a Web page that matches the
search criteria.
(a) blog

(b) hit

(c) link

(d) view

(e) success

Ans : (b)
1344.If a disk drive falls but the computer
application running and using it can continue
processing, this application is said to have
been designed with this feature..
(a) 100 percent uptime

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(b) fault tolerance

(c) high reliability
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1345.What is e-commerce?
(a) Buying and selling international goods
(b) Buying and selling products and services
over the Internet
(c) Buying and selling products and services
not found in stores
(d) Buying and selling products having to do
with computers
(e) Buying and selling of electronic goods
Ans : (b)
1346.What are the four things needed to connect
to the Internet?
(a) telephone line, modem, computer and an
ISP

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1348.Which media have the ability to have

data/information stored (written) on them by
users more than once?
(a) CD-R disks
(b) CD-RW disks
(c) Zip disks
(d) OptiDisks
(e) Both CD-RW disks and Zip disks
Ans : (b)
1349.The process of transferring files from a
computer on the internet to your computer is
called.
(a) downloading

(b) uploading

(c) upgrading

(d) noting

(e) downsizing
Ans : (b)
1350.The..controls a client computers
resources.
(a) application program

(b) modem, computer, PDA, and ISP

(b) instruction set

(c) telephone line, PDA, modem and computer

(c) operating system

(d) computer, ISP, modem and communication

software

(d) server application

(e) monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem

Ans : (d)
1347.Which of the following functions are not
performed by servers?
(a) Email processing
(b) Database sharing
(c) Processing Web sites
(d) Storage
(e) Word Processing
Ans : (d)

(e) compiler
Ans : (d)
1351.Which of the following could be digit input
devices for computers?
(a) Digital camcorder

(b) Microphone

(c) Scanner

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1352. The..enables you to simultaneously
keep multiple Web pages open in one browser
window.
(a) tab box

(b) pop-up-helper

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(c) tab row

(d) address bar

(e) Esc key

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(e) operating system, application programs

Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)
1353.You can use the..bar to type a URL
and display a Web page, or type a keyword to
display a list of related Web pages.
(a) Menu

(b) Title

(c) Search

(d) Web

(e) Address
Ans : (e)
1354.Storage media such as CD read and write
information using
(a) a laser beam of red light

1357.Main memory works in conjunction with

.
(a) special function cards
(b) RAM
(c) CPU
(d) Intel
(e) All of these
Ans : (c)
1358.A sales clerk at a checkout counter scanning
a tag on an item rather than keying it into the
system, is using__________

(b) magnetic dots

(a) input automation

(c) magnetic strips

(b) item data automation

(d) All of these

(c) scanning automation

(e) None of these

(d) source data automation

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

1355.The collection of links throughout the

Internal creates an interconnected network
called the
(a) Wide Area Web

Ans : (c)
1359.A(n) composed of several
computers connected together to share
resources and data.

(b) Web

(a) internet

(b) network

(c) World Wide Web

(c) backbone

(d) hyperlink

(d) All of these

(e) protocol

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)
1356.Every computer has a(n)..; many
also have.
(a) operating system, a client system
(b) operating system, instruction sets
(c) application programs, an operating system
(d) application programs, a client system

1360.Which of the following is a storage device

that uses rigid, permanently installed magnetic
disks to store data/information.
(a) floppy diskette
(b) hard disk
(c) permanent disk
(d) optical disk
(e) None of these

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Ans : (b)

1361.Microsoft Office is an example of a

(a) closed-source software

1365.When speaking of computer input and

output, input refers to.
(a) any data processing that occurs from new
data input into the computer

(b) open-source software

(b) retrieval of data or information that has

been input into the computer

(c) horizontal-market software

(d) vertical-market software

(c) data or information that has been entered

into the computer

(e) compiler
Ans : (b)
1362.A popular way to learn about computers
without ever going to a classroom is
called..
(a) i-learning

(b) isolated learning

(c) e-learning

(d) close learning

(e) Distance learning

(d) the transmission of data that has been input

into the computer
(e) Both (c) and (d)
Ans : (c)
1366.There are several primary categories of
procedures. Which of the following is not a
primary category of procedures?
(a) Testing

Ans : (c)
1363.A person who used his or her expertise to
gain access to other peoples computers to get
information illegally or do damage is
a.

(c) Firewall development

(d) Design
(e) None of these

(a) spammer

(b) hacker

(c) instant messenger

(d) programmer

Ans : (d)
1367.The operating system called UNIX is
typically used for.

(e) analyst
Ans : (b)

(a) desktop computers

1364.Computer software can be defined as

(a) the computer and its associated equipment

(b) the instructions that tell the computer what
to do
(c) computer components
accomplish a goal

(b) Backup and recovery

that

act

to

(d) an interface between the computer and the

network
(e) the interaction between the computer and
its database

(b) laptop computers

(c) supercomputers
(d) Web servers
(e) All of these
Ans : (d)
1368.The..file format is a method of
encoding pictures on a computer.
(a) HTML

(b) JPEG

(c) FTP

(d) URL

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1373.Input devices are used to provide the steps

and tasks the computer needs to process data,
and these steps and tasks are called

(e) DOC
Ans : (b)
1369.Pressto move the insertion point
to the Address box, or highlight the URL in
the Address box.

(a) instructions

(b) programs

(c) commands

(d) application

(a) ALT + D

(b) ALT + A

(e) None of these

(c) SHIFT + TAB

(d) TAB + CTRL

Ans : (a)
1374.Malicious software is known as :

(e) CTRL + S
Ans : (c)
1370.Computer systems are comprised of
(a) hardware, programs, information, people
and networks
(b) hardware, software, procedures, networks,
and people
(c) hardware, programs, information, people
and procedures
(d) hardware, programs, processors, procedures, and people

1371.Which of the following procedures can be

done through net banking?
(a) Fund transfer

(c) malicious ware

(d) illegal ware

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1375. is the measurement of things
such as fingerprints and retinal scans used for
security access.
(a) Biometrics
(b) Biomeasurement

(d) Smart weapon machinery

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

(b) Viewing recent transactions

(c) Payment of utility bills
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)

1376.System software is the set of programs that

enables your computer hardware devices and
..software to work together.
(a) management

(b) processing

(c) utility

(d) application

(e) None of these

1372.Computers use the..language to

process data.
(a) processing

(b) code

(c) binary

(d) representational

Ans : (c)

(b) malware

(c) Computer Security

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

(a) badware

Ans : (d)
1377.Which of the following is the correct order
of the four major functions of a computer?
(a) Process Output Input Storage
(b) Input Output Process Storage
(c) Process Storage Input Output
(d) Input Process Output Storage

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(e) None of these

(a) processing device

(b) input device

Ans : (d)

(c) storage device

(d) output device

1378.Which generation of computer is still under

development :
(a) Fourth Generation
(b) Fifth Generation

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1383.Laser beam technology is used for :
(a) terminals

(b) keyboards

(d) Seventh Generation

(c) optical disks

(d) magnetic tape

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)

(c) Sixth Generation

1379.ISP stands for :

(a) International Serial Port

1384.The processor speed for top-end personal

computers is measured in :

(b) Internet Switching Protocol

(a) kilohertz (kHz)

(b) megahertz (MHz)

(c) Internet Service Provider

(c) gigahertz (GHz)

(d) terahertz (THz)

(d) Internet Security Provider

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)
1380.Which American computer company is
called Big Blue?

1385.BIOS stands for :

(a) Basic Input Output system
(b) Binary Input Output system

(a) Microsoft

(c) Basic Input Off system

(b) Compaq Corp

(d) All of these

(c) IBM

(e) None of these

(d) Tandy Svenson

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

1386. .is a set of computer programs used

on a computer to help perform tasks.
(a) An instruction

(b) Software

(a) Thin Film Transistor

(c) Memory

(d) A processor

(b) Thick Film Tube

(e) None of these

(c) Thin Film Tube

Ans : (b)

1381.What is the full form of TFT?

(d) Thick Film Transistor

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

1387. ..programs search for and eliminate

viruses.
(a) Antivirus

(b) Security

(c) Malware

(d) System

1382.A bar code reader is an example of a(n) :

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(e) None of these

(c) disk pack in disk surface

Ans : (a)

(d) All of these

1388. is the science that attempts to

create machines that will emulate the human
thought process.
(a) Artificial intelligence (b) Biometrics
(c) Robotics

(d) Nano-technology

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1393.Access time is :
(a) seek time + latency time
(b) seek time

(e) None of these

(c) seek time latency time

Ans : (a)
1389.The following are all computing devices,
except
(a) notebook computers

(d) latency time

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

(b) cellular telephones

1394.PDA stands for :

(c) digital scanners

(a) protocol disk administrator

(d) personal digital assistants

(b) primary digital assistant

(e) None of these

(c) processor digital add-on

Ans : (c)

(d) personal digital assistant

1390.Magnetic characters representing the check

amount are entered into your bank checks by :
(a) bar-code readers

(b) mice

(c) MICR inscribers

(d) OCR

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1395.What happens when you press the Ctrl + V
key?
(a) A Capital V letter is typed into your
document at the cursor point

Ans : (c)
1391.The RAID method of duplicating data is
called :
(a) zoning

(b) the sector method

(c) data mirroring

(d) data striping

(b) The selected item is pasted from the

Clipboard
(c) The selected item is pasted to the
Clipboard

(e) None of these

(d) The selected drawing objects are

distributed vertically on the page

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

1392.Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends

on :
(a) tracks per inch of surface
(b) bits per inch of tracks

Ans : (b)
1396.Which do you press to enter the current date
in a cell?
(a) CTRL + ; (semicolon)

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(b) CTRL + SHIFT + : (colon)

(c) CTRL + F10
(d) CTRL + F11
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1397.Which of the following describes a
relational database?
(a) It provides a relationship between integers
(b) It consists of separate tables of related data
(c) It retrieves data related to its queries
(d) It provides a relationship between floats
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1398.How do you print your slides in a handout
that includes lines for notes?
(a) In the Print dialog box, select Handouts
and set the number of slides per page to 3
(b) In the Print dialog box, select Handouts
and a number of slides per page, then
select the include comment page option
(c) In the Print dialog box, select Notes Pages
instead of Handouts
(d) It cannot be done
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1399.Suppose you have columns of data that span
more than one printed page. How can you
automatically print the column headings on
each page?
(a) Click Page Setup on the File menu, click
the Sheet tab, and enter the row that
contains these column headings under Print
titles
(b) Click Page Setup on the File menu, click
the Page tab, click the Options button, then
enter your choices

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(c) Click Page Setup on the File menu, click

the Sheet tab, and make a selection under
the Print heading
(d) Click Page Preview on the File menu, click
the Sheet tab, and enter the row that
contains these column headings under Print
titles
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1400.The Assistant is_________
(a) an application that allows you to take notes
and save them in a file
(b) an animated character that provides help
and suggestions
(c) a button on the standard Toolbar that
executes the Print command
(d) a collection of frequently misspelled words
in a dictionary file
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1401.Which of these is a quick way to copy
formatting from a selected cell to two other
cells on the same worksheet?
(a) Use CTRL to selected all three cells, then
click the Paste Button image button on the
Standard toolbar
(b) Copy the selected cell, the select the other
two cells, click Style on the Format menu,
the click Modify
(c) Click Format Painter Button image on the
Formatting toolbar twice, then click in
each cell you want to copy the
formatting toolbar twice, then click in
each cell you want to copy the formatting
to
(d) Use Alt to select all three cells, then click
the Paste Button image button on the
Standard toolbar
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Ans : (c)
1402.How do you prevent emailed word
documents from always opening in the
Reading Layout?
(a) From the Tools Menu > Options > General
Tab > uncheck the Allow starting in
Reading Layout
(b) From the View Menu > Reading Layout >
General Tab > uncheck the Allow starting
in Reading Layout
(c) From the Format Menu > Autoformat >
Edit Tab > uncheck the Use with emailed
attachments
(d) All of these

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1406.File..Shrinks the size of a file so it

requires less storage space.
(a) scanning

(b) synthesizing

(c) defragmenting

(d) compression

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1407.In addition to the basic typing keys, desktop
and notebook computer keyboards include
a(n)keypad to efficiently move the
screen-based insertion point.
(a) editing

(b) number

(c) locked

(d) docked

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (a)
1403.To search and load the saved file________

1408.Which type of memory gets lost when you

switch off?

(a) select the close command

(a) ROM

(b) RAM

(b) select the new command

(c) Cache

(d) Dynamic

(c) select the same command

(e) Static

(d) select open command

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

1409.What is the name of the program that

controls the computer?

Ans : (d)
1404.A personal computer is designed to meet
the computing needs of a(n) :

(a) The Operating System

(b) An Application Program

(a) Individual

(b) department

(c) A Browser

(c) company

(d) city

(d) The File Manager

(e) None of these

(e) The Compiler

Ans : (a)

Ans : (a)

1405.Ctrl, shift and Alt are called.keys.

(a) adjustment

(b) function

(c) modifier

(d) alphanumeric

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

1410.Which type of network would use phone

lines?
(a) WAN

(b) LAN

(c) WWAN

(d) Wireless

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

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1411.What type of devices are computer speakers

or headphones?
(a) Input

(b) Input/Output

(c) Software

(d) Storage

(e) Output

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(a) Zip Disk

(b) Output

(c) Software

(d) Storage

(e) Input/Output
Ans : (c)
1417.What type of devices are CDs or DVDs?

Ans : (e)
1412.Which type of memory holds the program
to start up the computer?
(a) ROM
(b) RAM
(c) Cache
(d) Static
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1413.The term used to describe the intangible
instructions that tell the computer what to do
is..
(a) hardware

(b) software

(c) storage

(d) input/output

(a) Input

(b) Output

(c) Software

(d) Storage

(e) Input/Output
Ans : (d)
1418.Why it is called as RAM?
(a) Because it is a Read and Write memory
(b) Because it is a volatile memory
(c) Because it can directly retrieve the location
of the selected data and instructions stored
on the chip
(d) Because it is a non-volatile memory

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1414.A computer tower is not..

Ans : (c)
1419.Which of the following describes the
feature of SRAM?

(a) A CPU
(b) Hardware

(a) Cheap but slow

(c) the Heart of the computer

(b) Power consumption is high and costlier

(d) A peripheral

(c) Based on transistor-capacitor combination

(e) None of these

(d) Power consumption is low

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

1415.A computer cannot perform which of the

following functions?
(a) Addition

(b) Subtraction

(c) Bake a cake

(d) Division

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1416.Which of the following has the smallest
storage capacity?

Ans : (b)
1420.Which of the following disks in Read only?
(a) DVD-R

(b) DVD-ROM

(c) DVD-RW

(d) CD-R

(e) Bytes
Ans : (b)
1421.Speed of Clock frequency or Microprocessor is measured in?

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(a) Hertz

(b) Baud Rate

(c) 1000

(c) CPS

(d) Bits

(e) 1024

(e) Bytes

(d) 255

Ans : (e)
1427.What type of device is a digital camera?

Ans : (a)
1422.Which of the following devices is generally
costlier?
(a) Server

(a) Input

(b) Output

(c) Software

(d) Storage

(d) Input/Output

(b) Notebook computer

Ans : (a)

(c) Personal computer

(d) Laptop computer

1428.What is mailing-list?

(e) Mainframe

(a) Collection of e-mail addresses

Ans : (a)

(b) Collection of files

1423.The advantage of a LAN is.

(c) Collection of folders

(a) Sharing peripherals

(d) Collection of dates

(b) Backing up your data

(e) Collection of events

(c) Saving all your data

Ans : (a)

(d) Accessing the Web

1429.Hardware attached to a tower is known as :

(e) Automatic printing of data

(a) CPU

(b) Software

Ans : (a)

(c) Peripheral

(d) Storage

1424.Of the 5 words listed below, which one is

the odd one out?
(a) Applications

(b) Peripherals

(c) Programs

(d) Software

(e) Operating System

Ans : (b)
1425.What type of device is a computer printer?
(a) Input

(b) Input/Output

(c) Software

(d) Storage

(e) .xls
Ans : (c)
1430.What is a standard file format for text files?
(a) JPEG.(jpg)

(b) Bitmap (.bmp)

(c) Word (.doc)

(d) Text (.txt)

(e) .xls
Ans : (c)
1431.Which devices were used in first generation
of computers :

(e) Output

(a) Integrated circuit

(b) Processor

Ans : (e)

(c) Microprocessor

(d) Vaccum tubes

1426.What is the biggest number you can get

with 8 bits?
(a) 256

(b) 128

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

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1432.Which part of the hardware compensate the

difference between the speed of CPU and
peripheral?
(a) Scanner

(b) Printer

(c) Video card

(d) Motherboard

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1437.Identify the fastest memory :

(a) Hard disk

(b) DVD ROMs

(c) Cache Memory

(d) Static RAM

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(e) Interface

1438.To start a computer system, which memory

is optional?

Ans : (d)
1433.Computers designed for specialized work
and specific instructions?
(a) Mainframe computer
(b) Special purpose computer

(a) RAM

(b) ROM

(c) Cache

(d) Secondary memory

(e) RAM and ROM

Ans : (b)

(c) Portable computer

1439.Which high speed memory co-ordinate with

the speed gap between processor and main
memory?

(d) Super computer

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1434.Who manages for computer resources?

(a) Cache

(b) PROM

(c) EPROM

(d) SRAM

(a) ALU

(b) BUS

(e) None of these

(c) Control unit

(d) I/O unit

Ans : (a)
1440.A data warehouse is which of the
following?

(e) Secondary memory

Ans : (c)
1435.Which of the following statements is true
about RAM?
(a) It retains data when the PC is turned-off
(b) It is a type of read and write memory
(c) It contains start-up instructions

(b) Contains numerous naming conventions

and formats
(c) Organized around important subject areas
(d) Contains only current data
(e) None of these

(d) It is a peripheral
(e) It stands for Read Access Memory

Ans : (c)
1441.Which of the following is largest unit of
storage..?

Ans : (c)
1436.MB stands for :
(a) Micro Bytes

(b) Mega Bytes

(c) Mini Bytes

(d) Milli Bytes

(e) Midi Bytes

(a) Can be updated by end users

(a) GB

(b) KB

(c) MB

(d) TB

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)

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1442.This part of the operating system manages

the essential peripherals, such as the
keyboard, screen, disk drives, and parallel and
serial posts
(a) Basic input/output system
(b) Secondary input/output system
(c) Peripheral input/output system
(d) Marginal input/output system

Ans : (c)
1447.Which of the following is not a part of
CPU?
(a) CU

(b) Hard Disk

(c) Memory

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1448.Which of the following is NOT the function
of Clock in CPU?

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

(a) Timing pulses

1443.Making a field.means that it cannot

be left bank.
(a) Numeric

(b) Required

(c) Calculated

(d) Validated

(b) Interrupt
(c) Flow of operation
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)
1444.Disk can be used to store________
(a) Sequential files

(b) Random files

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) Automatic

1449.LOOP in a computer______
(a) calls another function
(b) repetivilly executes given data
(c) ends the execution

(e) None of these

(d) makes system calls

Ans : (a)
1445.Which of the following is NOT the part of
DBMS?
(a) Monitoring the data input
(b) Monitoring the data base usage
(c) Reviewing the DBMS log
(d) Both (a) and (b)

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1450.Which of the following memories can be
erased?
(a) RAM

(b) DRAM

(c) EIROH

(d) ROM

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (a)
1446.Firewall acts as________
(a) Modem

(b) Browser

(c) Router

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(d) None of these

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1451.How many keys were in keyboard used in

early days..
(a) 90

(b) 95

(c) 80

(d) 85

(e) 84

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1457.The octal equivalent of 111010 is :

Ans : (a)
1452.How much data can be stored in one CD
.
(a) 100t mb

(b) 2.5 mb

(c) 700 mb

(d) 500 mb

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1453.Who is the father of Computer?
(a) Blaise Pascal

(b) Charles Babbage

(c) Adam Smith

(d) Connard Zuse

(a) 81

(b) 72

(c) 71

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1458.Which type of memory holds only the
program and data that the CPU is presently
processing?
(a) CMOS

(b) ROM

(c) RAM

(d) ASCII

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)
1454.We can connect two or more than two
personal computers to create a..
(a) Server

(b) Supercomputer

(c) Enterprise

(d) Network

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1455.Bit is a short form of :
(a) megabyte
(b) binary language
(c) binary information unit
(d) binary number
(e) binary digit
Ans : (e)
1456.CD-ROM is a

1459.A button that makes character either upper

or lower case and numbers to symbol.
(a) monitor

(b) shift key

(c) icon

(d) mouse

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1460.Pick the Odd one
(a) Mouse

(b) Scanner

(c) Printer

(d) Keyboard

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1461.Programs designed specifically to address
general-purpose applications and specialpurpose applications are called..
(a) operating system

(a) Semiconductor memory

(b) system software

(b) Memory register

(c) application software

(c) Magnetic memory

(d) management information system

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (e)

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1462.A series of instruction that tells a computer

what to do and how to do it called a..

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1467.Letters, numbers and symbols found on a

keyboards are.

(a) operating system

(a) Icon

(b) Screen

(b) system software

(c) Keys

(d) Menu

(c) application software

(e) None of these

(d) management information system

Ans : (c)
1468.What menu is selected to print?

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1463.A series of instruction that tells a computer
what to do and how to do it called a..
(a) program

(b) command

(c) user response

(d) processor

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1464.A screen list of options in a program that
tells you what is in that program..
(a) screen

(b) icon

(c) menu

(d) backup

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1465. .is a data that has been organized or
presented in a meaningful fashion.
(a) A process

(b) Storage

(c) Software

(d) Information

(e) None of these

(a) File

(b) Tools

(c) Special

(d) Edit

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1469.Programs or a set of electronic instructions
that tell a computer what to do..
(a) Menu

(b) Monitor

(c) Hardware

(d) Software

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1470. A(n)contains commands that can
be selected.
(a) pointer

(b) menu

(c) icon

(d) button

(d) None of these

Ans : (c)
1471.Microcomputer hardware consists of three
basic categories of physical equipments..
(a) keyboards, monitor, hard drive

Ans : (d)
1466. A.contains buttons and menus that
provide quick access to commonly used
commands.
(a) menu bar

(b) toolbar

(c) wind

(d) find

(b) system unit, input/output, memory

(c) system unit, input/output, secondary
storage
(d) system unit, primary storage, secondary
storage

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)

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1472.A piece of hardware that is used to enter

information into the computer by using
keys..
(a) keyboard

(b) monitor

(c) hard disk

(d) icon

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1473.Date and Time are available on the desktop
at :
(a) Keyboard
(c) My Computer

(b) Recycle Bin

(d) Task Bar

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1474.Periodically adding, changing and deleting
file records is called file..
(a) updating

(b) upgrading

(c) restructing

(d) renewing

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1475.Capital letters on a keyboard are referred to
as
(a) caps lock key

(b) grownups

(c) big guys

(d) upper case letters

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1476.Devices that make up a computer system
that you can see or touch..
(a) menu

(b) print

(c) software

(d) hardware

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1477.An output device that lets you see what the
computer is doing
(a) a disk drive

(b) monitor-screen

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(c) shift key

(d) printer

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1478.Bit is short for
(a) binary system

(b) digital byte

(c) binary digit

(d) binary unit

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1479.A symbol on the screen that represents a
disk, document or programs that you can
select.
(a) keys

(b) caps

(c) icon

(d) monitor

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1480.Ais an example of an input
device.
(a) Keyboard

(b) Monitor

(c) Mouse

(d) CPU

(e) Both (a) & (c)

Ans : (e)
1481.A computer cannot boot if it does not
have the
(a) Compiler

(b) Loader

(c) Operating system

(d) Assembler

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1482.A command that takes what has been typed
into the computer and can be seen on the
screen and sends it to the printer for output on
paper.
(a) print

(b) return

(c) jump

(d) attention

(e) None of these

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1487.The term used to define all input and output

devices in a computer system is

Ans : (a)
1483.A CPU contains..
(a) a card reader and a printing device
(b) an analytical engine and a control unit
(c) a control unit and an arithmetic logic unit
(d) an arithmetic logic unit and a card reader

(a) Monitor

(b) Software

(c) Shared resources

(d) Hardware

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1488.Coded entries which are used to gain access
to a computer system are called

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1484.Powerful key that lets you exit a program
when pushed..
(a) arrow keys
(c) escape key

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(b) space bar

(d) return key

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1485.The ability of an OS to run more than one
application at a time is called ..
(a) multitasking
(b) object-oriented programming
(c) multi-user computing
(d) time-sharing
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1486.Which of the following statements best
describes the batch method of input?
(a) Data is processed as soon as it is input
(b) Data is input at the time it is collected
(c) Data is collected in the form of source
documents, placed into groups, and then
input to the computer
(d) Source documents are not used

(a) Entry codes

(b) Passwords

(c) Security commands

(d) Codewords

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1489.The part of a computer that coordinates all
its function is called its..
(a) ROM program

(b) system board

(c) arithmetic logic unit (d) control unit

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1490. represents raw facts, whereas
..is data made meaningful.
(a) Information, reporting
(b) Data, information
(c) Information, bits
(d) Records, bytes
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1491.What is the name of the process that is used
to convert a series of instructions, a program,
written in a high-level language into
instructions (or a program) that can be run on
a computer?

(e) None of these

(a) Assembling

(b) Compiling

Ans : (b)

(c) Translating

(d) Uploading

(e) None of these

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(c) Decoding

Ans : (b)
1492.The benefits of using computers is that
..
(a) Computers are very fast and can store huge
amounts of data
(b) Computers provide accurate output even
when input is incorrect

(d) Executing

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1496.Which of the following peripheral devices
displays information to a user?
(a) Monitor
(b) Keyboard

(c) Computers are designed to be inflexible

(c) Secondary storage device

(d) All of these

(d) Secondary storage media

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (a)
1497.The desktop of computer referes to

1493.The function of CPU is.

(a) the visible screen

(a) to provide external storage of text

(b) the area around the monitor

(b) to communicate with the operator

(c) to read, interpret and
information and instruction

process

the

(c) the top of the mouse pad

(d) the inside of a folder

(d) to provide a hard copy

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (c)
1494.What characteristic of read only memory
(ROM) makes it useful?
(a) ROM information can be easily updated
(b) Data in ROM is nonvolatile, that is, it
remain there even without electrical power
(c) ROM provides very large amounts of
inexpensive data storage

1498.What type of resources is most likely to be

a shared common resource in a computer
network?
(a) keyboards

(b) speakers

(c) floppy disk drives

(d) printers

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1499.To maximize a window means to.

(d) ROM chips are easily swapped between

different brands of computers

(a) fill it to capacity

(e) None of these

(b) expand it to fit the desktop

Ans : (b)

(c) put only like files inside

1495. ..is the process of carrying out

commands.
(a) Fetching

(b) Storing

(d) drag it to the Recycle bin

(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

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(c) hard copy

(a) the largest page

(e) None of these

(b) the last page

Ans : (c)
1505.To find a saved document in the computers
memory and bring it up on the screen to
view..

(c) the first page

(d) the most colorful page
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1501.A personal computer is called..
(a) MC

(b) SC

(c) YC

(d) PC

(a) reverse

(b) rerun

(c) retrieve

(d) return

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1506.The internet is a system of..

(e) None of these

(a) Software bundles

Ans : (d)

(b) Web page

1502.To put information in a file on a magnetic

disk, or in a computers memory, so it can be
used later :

(c) Web site

(d) Interconnected Networks

(a) store

(b) ship

(e) None of these

(c) shift

(d) center

Ans : (d)
1507.The first computers were programmed
using.

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

(a) assembly language

1503.Saving is the process of :

(a) copying a document from memory to a
storage medium
(b) making changes to a documents existing
content
(c) changing the appearance or overall look, of
a document
(d) developing a document by entering text
using a keyboard
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1504.Printed information called.exists
physically and is a more permanent form of
output than that presented on display device.
(a) soft copy

(d) desk copy

(b) carbon copy

(b) machine language

(c) source code
(d) object code
(e) spaghetti code
Ans : (a)
1508.You organize files by storing them in
..
(a) archives

(b) folders

(c) indexes

(d) lists

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1509.In order to create columnar data in Word
you need to..

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(a) Tab consecutively until

reaches the desired place

your

cursor

(b) Set tabs or use the Table menu

(c) You need to use Excel
(d) Press the space bar until cursor reaches the
desired place

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Ans : (b)
1513.What type of computers are client
computers (most of the time) in a client-server
system?
(a) Mainframe

(b) Mini-computer

(c) Microcomputer

(d) PDA

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)

1510.How many different documents can you

have open at any one time?
(a) No more than three
(b) Only one
(c) As many as your computers memory will
hold
(d) No more than you Taskbar can display
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1511.Hackers..
(a) all have the same motive
(b) break into other peoples computers
(c) may legally break into computers as long
as they do not do any damage
(d) are people who are allergic to computers
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1512.In page preview mode
(a) You can see all pages of your document
(b) You can only see the pages you are
currently working
(c) You can only see pages that do not contain
graphics
(d) You can only see the title page of your
document

1514.What is the full form of GUI?

(a) Gnutella Universal Interface
(b) Graphical User Interface
(c) Graphic Uninstall/Install
(d) General Utility Interface
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1515.Junk e-mail is also called..
(a) spam
(c) sniff script

(b) spoof
(d) spool

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1516.A word in a web page that, when clicked,
opens another document..
(a) anchor

(b) URL

(c) hyperlink

(d) reference

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1517.Which of the following referes to a small,
single-site network?
(a) LAN

(b) DSL

(c) RAM

(d) USB

(e) CPU
Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

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1518.Which keystroke will take you at the

beginning or the end of a long document?
(a) Ctrl + Page UP and Ctrl + PageDown
(b) Shift + Home and Shift + End
(c) Ctrl + Home and Ctrl + End
(d) The only way is by using the right scroll
ball

(a) Two (header and footer)

(b) Four (top, bottom, right, left)
(c) Two (landscape and Portrait)
(d) Two (top and bottom)
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1523.Which key is used in combination with
another key to perform a specific task?

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1519.In Word you can force a page break
..
(a) By positioning your cursor or at he
appropriate place and pressing the F1 Key
(b) By using the Insert/Section Break
(c) By positioning your cursor at the
appropriate place and pressing Ctrl + Enter
(d) By changing the font size of your
document
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1520.When you want to move some text from
one page to a different page, the best method
is..
(a) drag and drop

(b) cut and paste

(c) delete and replace

(d) find and replace

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

(a) function

(b) arrow

(c) space bar

(d) control

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1524.What is an embedded system?
(a) A program that comes wrapped in a box
(b) A program that is permanently part of
computer
(c) A computer that is part of a larger
computer
(d) A computer and software system that
controls a machine or appliance
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1525.Text in a column is generally aligned...
(a) justified

(b) right

(c) center

(d) left

(e) None of these

1521.To view information on the web you must

have a
(a) cable modem

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(b) web browser

Ans : (d)
1526.A directory within a directory is called.

(c) Domain Name Server (d) hypertext viewer

(a) Mini Directory

(b) Junior Directory

(e) None of these

(c) Part Directory

(d) Sub Directory

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

1522.How many margins are on a page?

Ans : (d)

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1527.Why should you delete unknown e-mail

attachments?
(a) You could go to jail
(b) the person cold track you down and hurt
you
(c) it is bad manners
(d) it mights contains a virus that could hurt
your computer

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(a) Main Memory

(b) Secondary Memory

(c) Disk memory

(d) Program memory

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1531.The name of the computers brain is.
(a) monitor

(b) hardware

(c) CPU

(d) byte

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (c)

1528.Selecting the Zoon command..

(a) opens a copy of the document in a different
view

1532.A(n).is a device that electronically

processes data, converting it to information.
(a) algorithm

(b) computer

(b) prints a copy of the dislayed document

(c) software

(d) program

(c) changes the magnification of the displayed

document

(e) None of these

(d) saves a copy of the displayed document

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1529.Name the hardware equipment that a
computer is made up of..
(a) monitor, the central processing unit (CPU),
the keyboard, mouse, software and
network
(b) monitor, the central processing unit (CPU),
the keyboard, mouse, programs and
network
(c) monitor, the central processing unit (CPU),
the keyboard, mouse, printer and modem
(d) monitor, the central processing unit (CPU),
the keyboard, mouse, applications and
network

Ans : (b)
1533.Which of the following are computers that
can be carried around easily?
(a) Minicomputers

(b) Supercomputers

(c) PCs

(d) Laptops

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1534.The secret code that restricts entry to some
programs.
(a) password

(b) passport

(c) entry-code

(d) access-code

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1535.The basic goal of computer process is to
convert data into.

(e) None of these

(a) files

(b) tables

Ans : (c)

(c) information

(d) graphs

1530.Where are programs and data kept while the

processor is using them?

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

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1536.Where is the disk put in a computer?

(a) In the modem
(b) In the hard drive

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(c) an online area in which users conduct

written discussions about a particular
subject

(c) Into the CPU

(d) the transmission of messages and files via

a computer network

(d) In the disk drive

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (d)
1537.A hard copy of a document is..
(a) printed on the paper

1541.The person who writes and tests computer

programs is called a
(a) programmer

(b) computer scientist

(c) software engineer (d) project developer

(b) stored on a floppy

(e) None of these

(c) stored on a CD
(d) stored in the hard disk

Ans : (c)
1542.The information you put into the computer
is called..

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1538.The name that the user gives to a document
is referred to as..
(a) document-name

(b) filename

(c) name-given

(d) document-identity

(a) facts

(b) data

(c) files

(d) directory

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1543.The output devices make it possible to

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1539.Restarting a computer that is already on is
referred to as.
(a) shutdown

(b) cold booting

(c) warm booting

(d) logging off

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1540.E-mail (electronic mail) is..
(a) an Internet standard that allows users to
upload and download files
(b) a real-time typed conversation that takes
place on a computer

(a) view or print data

(b) store data

(c) scan data

(d) input data

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1544.A chat is.
(a) an internet standard that allows users to
upload and download files
(b) a typed conversation that takes place on a
computer
(c) an online area in which users conducts
written discussions about a particular
subject
(d) the transmission of messages and files via
a computer network

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(e) None of these

(a) folder

(b) filename

Ans : (b)

(c) filename extension

(d) device letter

1545.The most common method of entering text

and numerical data into a computer system is
through the use of a.
(a) keyboard

(b) scanner

(c) printer

(d) plotter

(e) username
Ans : (b)
1550.A.contains specific rules and
words that express the logical steps of an
algorithm.

(e) None of these

(a) programming language

Ans : (a)

(b) syntax

1546.Which of the following groups consists of

only input devices?
(a) Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor
(b) Mouse, Keyboard, Printer
(c) Mouse, Keyboard, Plotter
(d) Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner

(c) programming structure

(d) logic chart
(e) Graphs
Ans : (a)
1551is the process of finding errors in
software code.

(e) None of these

(a) Hacking

(b) Compiling

Ans : (d)

(c) Testing

(d) Running

1547.An example of a telecommunication device

is a :
(a) Keyboard

(b) Mouse

(c) Modem

(d) Printer

(e) Scanner
Ans : (c)
1548.Every component of your computer is
either..
(a) software or CPU/RAM
(b) hardware or software
(c) application software or system software
(d) input devices or output devices
(e) usable or unusable
Ans : (b)
1549.A..is a unique name that you give to
a file of information.

(e) Debugging
Ans : (c)
1552. A.is a small hand-held computer
that helps you surf the Web and perform
simple tasks.
(a) desktop computer

(b) mobile phone

(c) notebook computer

(d) minicomputer

(e) PDA
Ans : (e)
1553.Most application software today comes with
an interface called a(n)..
(a) graphical user interface
(b) character user interface
(c) icon user interface
(d) button user interface
(e) voice instruction system
Ans : (a)

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1554.A website address is a unique name that

identifies a specific.
(a) Web browser

(b) PDA

(c) Website

(d) link

(e) user
Ans : (c)
1555.Which of the following is considered an
input device?
(a) Keyboard

(b) Monitor

(c) Floppy disk

(d) Printer

(e) CD
Ans : (a)
1556. are bundles of related software
packages that are sold together.
(a) Personal productivity tools

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Ans : (b)
1559.You may be required to insert the program
disc into the drive while you use, or..,
the software.
(a) install

(b) run

(c) activate

(d) register

(e) buy
Ans : (a)
1560.Which of the following is an example of
connectivity?
(a) CD

(b) floppy disk

(c) power cord

(d) data

(e) Internet
Ans : (e)
1561.How many bits are there in a byte?

(b) Word and Power Point

(a) 20

(b) 4

(c) Screen savers

(c) 16

(d) 24

(d) Excel and Word Perfect

(e) 8

(e) Software suites

Ans : (e)

Ans : (e)
1557.The..manual tells you how to use a
software program.

1562.Which of the following is another name for

a chip?
(a) Silicon chip

(b) Integrated circuit

(d) All of these

(a) documentation

(b) programming

(c) Semi conductor

(c) technical

(d) user

(e) None of these

(e) Directory
Ans : (d)
1558.Processors contain a control unit and a(n)
..

Ans : (b)
1563.Decreasing the amount of space required to
store data and programs is accomplished by
(a) pressing

(b) disk caching

(a) adapter card

(c) RAID

(d) Crashing

(b) arithmetic logic unit (ALU)

(e) file compression

(c) expansion slot

Ans : (e)

(d) port
(e) CD drive

1564.Data on a floppy disk is recorded in rings

called.

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(a) sectors

(b) ringers

(a) volatile storage

(b) sequential storage

(c) roundels

(d) tracks

(c) direct storage

(d) nonvolatile storage

(e) segments

(e) Mobile storage

Ans : (d)

Ans : (d)

1565.Documents on the Web are called

(a) Web pages

(b) Web sites

(c) Web communities

(d) Web tags

(e) Homepages
Ans : (a)

1570.An essential ingredient for effective

multimedia presentations incorporates user
participation or..
(a) links

(b) buttons

(c) interactivity

(d) integration

(e) Speed

1566.The..in an information system must

be reliable and capable of handling the
expected workload.
(a) hardware

(b) software

(c) data input

(d) people

(e) Mobiles

Ans : (c)
1571.A device that copies or reproduces text and
images is also called a(n) :
(a) optical scanner

(b) bar code reader

(c) character device

(d) digital camera

(e) Printer

Ans : (a)
1567.Which of the following is part of the system
unit?

Ans : (a)
1572.A CD-RW disk..

(a) Keyboard

(b) Floppy disks

(a) has a faster access than an internal disk

(c) Monitor

(d) Memory

(b) can be erased and rewritten

(e) CD
Ans : (d)
1568.Specialized programs that allow particular
input or output devices to communicate with
the rest of the computer system are
called
(a) operating systems
(b) utilities
(c) device drivers
(d) language translators
(e) Connectors
Ans : (c)
1569.Storage that retains its data after the power
is turned off is referred to as

(c) is a form of optical disk, so it can only be

written once
(d) holds less data than a floppy disk
(e) is not easily available
Ans : (b)
1573.Which of the following are secondary
storage devices?
(a) Optical disks

(b) RAM

(c) Microprocessor

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1574.A website containing stories and articles
relating to current events, life, money, sports,

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and the weather

..Website.

is

considered

(a) business/marketing

(b) portal

(c) informational

(d) news

a(n)

(e) retailing

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1579.Any hardware component that allows you

to enter data or instructions into a computer is
called a(n)..
(a) printer

(b) storage device

(c) output device

(d) system unit

(e) input device

Ans : (d)
1575.You can have a live conversation with
another connected user with..
(a) e-mail

(b) instant messaging

(c) e-commerce

(d) distance learning

(e) Word package

Ans : (b)

Ans : (e)
1580.With.the computers modem uses
a standard telephone line to connect to the
internet.
(a) DSL

(b) dial-up access

(c) ISDN

(d) cable television

(e) satellite

1576.The rectangular area of the screen that

displays a program, data, and/or information
is a.
(a) title bar

(b) button

(c) dialog box

(d) window

(e) interaction box

Ans : (b)
1581.You must instruct the..to start the
application software.
(a) utility program

(b) memory

(c) operating system

(d) processor

(e) user

Ans : (d)
1577.Video conferencing requires a microphone,
speakers, and a.attached to your
computer.

Ans : (c)
1582.Incorrect information is generated by...
in the information system.

(a) mouse

(b) keyboard

(a) unreliable hardware

(c) video camera

(d) scanner

(b) incorrect data

(e) mobile phone

(c) untested software

Ans : (c)

(d) unskilled people

1578.The process of a computer receiving

information from a server on the internet is
known as
(a) acquisition

(b) pulling

(c) transferring

(d) pushing

(e) downloading
Ans : (e)

(e) inconvenient timing of work

Ans : (b)
1583.A portable, personal computer small
enough to fit on your lap is called a
(a) notebook computer
(b) handheld computer
(c) mainframe computer
(d) desktop computer

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(e) supercomputer

Ans : (d)

Ans : (a)
1584.The new.processor integrates the
functions of a processor, memory and video
card on a single chip.
(a) microprocessor

1588.Oracle is an example of.application

software.
(a) database
(b) word processing
(c) project management

(b) power processor

(d) presentation graphics

(c) system on a chip

(e) desktop

(d) multimedia processor

Ans : (a)

(e) chip-processor
Ans : (c)
1585.A collection of computers and devices
connected together via communications
devices and transmission media is called
a..
(a) workgroup

(b) server

(c) mainframe

(d) network

1589.A key that will erase information from the

computers memory and characters on the
screen.
(a) edit

(b) delete key

(c) dummy out

(d) trust key

(e) esc key

Ans : (b)
1590.A disks content that is recorded at the time
of manufacture and that cannot be changed or
erased by the user is

(e) computer lab

Ans : (d)
1586....services are available free at
portals on the Web.
(a) E-mail

(b) FTP

(c) Video conferencing

(d) Telephone

(e) All of these

Ans : (a)
1587.Professional
designers
can
create
sophisticated documents that contain text,
graphics, and many colors using.
software.
(a) computer-aided design (CAD)
(b) illustration
(c) image-editing
(d) desktop publishing (DTP)
(e) PowerPoint

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(a) memory only

(b) write only

(c) read only

(d) run only

(e) non changeable

Ans : (c)
1591.Arithmetic operations.
(a) involve matching one data item to another
to determine if the first item is greater than,
equal to, or less than the other item.
(b) sort data items according to standard,
predefined criteria in ascending order or
descending order
(c) use conditions with operators such as
AND, OR and NOT
(d) include addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)

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1592.Restarting a computer which is already

running is referred to as
(a) booting
(c) rebooting

(b) starting
(d) second-starting

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1597.A series of statements explaining how the

data is to be processed is called.
(a) Instruction

(b) compiler

(c) program

(d) interpreter

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)

1593.Terminal is.
(a) a device to give power supply to the
computer
(b) a point which data enters or leaves the
computer

1598. ..provides process and memory

management services that allow two or more
tasks, jobs, or programs to run simultaneously.
(a) Multitasking

(b) Multithreading

(c) Multiprocessing

(d) Multicomputing

(c) the last instruction in a program

(e) None of these

(d) any input/output device

Ans : (a)
1599.Which of the following is not true?

(e) None of these

(a) Chatting is like e-mail

Ans : (b)
1594..is the process of dividing the
disk into tracks and sectors.

(b) Chatting can only be done with a single

person

(a) Tracking

(b) Formatting

(c) Chatting can involve multiple persons

(c) Crashing

(d) Allotting

(d) Chatting is an electronic dialogue

(e) Dicing

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)

1595.Computers that are portable and convenient

for users who travel are known as..

1600. To make the numeric pad act as directional

arrows, you press the.key.

(a) supercomputers

(b) laptops

(a) num lock

(b) caps lock

(c) minicomputers

(d) file servers

(c) arrow lock

(d) shift

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (a)

1596.A computers type, processor, and operating

system define its..

1601.The computer abbreviation KB usually

means.

(a) brand

(b) size

(a) Key Block

(b) Kernel Boot

(c) platform

(d) speed

(c) Kilo Byte

(d) Kit Bit

(e) format

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (c)

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1602.If you open a menu and then decide you

dont want to select an option after all, click
the many title again or press thekey to
close the menu.
(a) Shift

(b) Tab

(c) F1

(d) Esc

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1603. .is a type of high-speed memory
that a processor can access more rapidly than
RAM.
(a) Cache memory

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(a) Static

(b) Internal

(c) External

(d) Remove

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1607.A barcode is a/an ..code that
represents data with bars of varying widths or
heights.
(a) read/write

(b) magnetic

(c) optical

(d) laser

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(b) Magnetic storage

1608.The Internet allows you to.

(c) Read-only memory (ROM)

(a) send electronic mail

(d) Solid state storage

(b) view Web pages

(e) None of these

(c) connect to servers all around the world

Ans : (a)

(d) All of these

1604.To contact people using the Internet, you

most often use their..
(a) domain names

(b) e-mail addresses

(c) usernames

(d) passwords

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1609.Editing a document consists of reading
through the document youve created,
then
(a) correcting your errors

Ans : (b)
1605.The trend of digital electronic devices
becoming smaller and increasingly powerful
has fully supported the move to an
increasinglyworkforce.
(a) desktop

(b) intelligent

(c) server

(d) mobile

(c) saving it

(b) printing it
(d) deleting it

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1610.Which of the following controls the manner
of interaction between the user and the
operating system?

(e) None of these

(a) User interface

(b) Language translator

Ans : (d)

(c) Platform

(d) Screen saver

1606. .hard drives are permanently

located inside the system unit and are not
designed to be removed, unless they need to
be repaired or replaced.

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

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1611.What type of software is most useful for the

creation of brochures, posters, and
newsletters?

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detailed step-by-step instructions executed by

the processor to achieve an objective or solve
a problem.

(a) Spreadsheet software

(a) programming language

(b) Web authoring software

(b) software patch

(c) Multimedia authoring software

(c) presentation language

(d) Desktop publishing software

(d) Al language

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (a)

1612.The quickest and easiest way in MS-Word,

to locate a particular word or phrase in a
document is to use the ..command.
(a) Replace

(b) Find

(c) Lookup

(d) Search

(e) None of these

1616.A program written in a high level language

is referred to as.
(a) source code

(b) object code

(c) machine code

(d) assembly code

(e) none of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (b)
1613.One or more defects or problems that
prevent the software from working as
intended or working at all is a(n)
(a) bug

(b) bot

(c) programming language

(d) fuzzy logic

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1614. .shows the files, folders, and drives
on your computer, making it easy to navigate
from one location to another within the file
hierarchy.
(a) Microsoft Internet Explorer
(b) Windows Explorer
(c) My Computer
(d) Folders Manager
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1615.A(n).provides
commands
for
writing software that is translated to the

1617.In order to save an existing document with

a different name you need to..
(a) Retype the document and give it a different
name
(b) Use the Save As Command
(c) Copy and paste the original document to a
new document and then save
(d) Use Windows Explorer to copy the
document to a different location and then
rename it.
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1618.The piece of hardware that converts your
computers digital signal to an analog signal
that can travel over telephone lines is called a
.
(a) red wire

(b) blue cord

(c) tower

(d) modem

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

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1619. ..is the part of the computer that

does the arithmetical calculations.
(a) Memory

(b) OS

(c) CPU

(d) ALU

(e) None of these

1620. A..can make it easier to play games.

(a) mouse

(b) joystick

(c) keyboard

(d) pen

(e) None of these

(a) Inbox

(b) Outbox

(c) Drafts

(d) Sent Items

Ans : (c)
1625.Which of the following is an example of an
optical disk?
(a) Digital versatile disks
(b) Magnetic disks

Ans : (b)

(c) Memory disks

1621.File extensions are used in order to.

(a) name the file

(d) Data but disks

(e) None of these

(b) ensure the filename is not lost

(c) identify the file

Ans : (a)
1626.The main job of a CPU is to

(d) identify the file type

(a) carry out program instructions

(e) None of these

(b) store data/information for future use

Ans : (d)

(c) process data and information

1622.Passwords enable users to

(a) get into the system quickly
(b) make efficient use of time
(c) retain confidentiality of files
(d) simplify file structures
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1623.Which of the following is an example of
storage devices?
(a) Magnetic disks

(b) Tapes

(c) DVDs

(d) All of these

Ans : (d)

1624.The.folder retains copies of

messages that you have started but are not yet
ready to send.

(e) Address Book

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

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(d) both (a) and (c)

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1627..are attempts by individuals to
obtain confidential information from you to
falsifying their indentity.
(a) Phishing trips

(b) Computer viruses

(c) Spyware scams

(d) Viruses

(e) Phishing scams

Ans : (a)
1628.An example of processing device would be
..
(a) a magnetic ink reader

(b) a tablet PC

(c) special function cards

(d) scanners

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1633.A(n).uses laser technology to store

large amounts of information

(e) keyboards
Ans : (d)
1629.Which of the following is not a type of
computer software which can be bought?
(a) Off-the-shelf

(a) floppy disk

(b) compact disk read-only memory (CDROM)
(c) hard disk

(b) Tailor-made

(d) extended disc read-only memory (EDROM)

(c) Custom-developed
(d) Off-the-shelf with alterations
(e) All of these can be purchased
Ans : (e)
1630.You can use.to copy selected text,
and.to paste it in a document.
(a) CTRL + C, CTRL + V
(b) CTRL + C, CTRL + P
(c) CTRL + S, CTRL + S
(d) SHIFT + C, ALT + P
(e) CTRL + D, CTRL + A
Ans : (a)
1631.Video processors consists ofand
..which store and process images.

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1634.The.key
button.

the

(b) shift

(c) window

(d) shortcut

Start

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1635.A(n)is a combination of hardware
and software that facilitates the sharing of
information between computing devices.
(a) network
(b) peripheral
(c) expansion board

(b) CPU and memory

(d) digital device

(c) VGA and memory

(e) None of these

(d) VGI and DVI

Ans : (a)
1636.When sending an e-mail thethe
describes the contents of the message.

(e) VGA and VGI

Ans : (d)
1632.Hard disk drives are considered
storage.

(a) to

(b) subject

(c) contents

(d) CC

(a) flash

(b) nonvolatile

(e) None of these

(c) temporary

(d) nonpermanent

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)

launch

(a) esc

(a) CPU and VGA

(e) None of these

will

1367.What is an E-mail attachment?

(a) A receipt sent by the recipient

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(b) A separate document from another

program sent along with an E-mail
message.
(c) A malicious parasite that feeds off of your
messages and destroyed the contents
(d) A list of CC : or BCC : recipients

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1642.The place where the computer stores

programs and data is called
(a) Memory

(b) Storehouse

(c) Storage unit

(d) Backup

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

1643.Why is the Caps Lock key refered to as a

toggle key?

Ans : (b)
1638.A program designed to destroy data on your
computer which can travel to infect other
computers is called a
(a) disease

(b) torpedo

(c) hurricane

(d) virus

(e) None of these

(a) Because its function goes back and forth

every time it is pressed
(b) Because it cannot be used for entering
numbers.
(c) Because it cannot be used to delete
(d) Because it cannot be used to insert

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

1639.What are bas, xis, and htm examples of?

(a) Databases

(b) Domains

(c) Extensions

(d) Protocols

Ans : (a)
1644.One puts information into the computer by
pressing this key.

(e) None of these

(a) caps lock

(b) tab

Ans : (c)

(c) enter

(d) esc

1640.The side bar in a window or word processor

that has an arrow on both ends and a box in
the middle that you use your mouse to move
the pages up or down.
(a) scroll bar
(c) page bar

(b) roll bar

(d) box bar

(e) None of these

1641.A(n)is a device that electronically

processes data, converting it to information.
(a) algorithm

(b) computer

(c) software

(d) program

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)
1645.To add or put into your document such as a
picture or text use..
(a) TV

(b) insert

(c) push in

(d) squeeze in

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1646.A key that must be pressed each time a new
command or information is entered..
(a) esc

(b) enter

(c) delete

(d) home

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

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1647.Computers use the.system to

process data.
(a) processing

(b) kilobyte

(c) binary

(d) representational

(e) None of these

1648.These provide expansion capability for a

computer system.
(a) sockets

(b) slots

(c) bytes

(d) bays

(e) None of these

1649.A(n)..allows sharing of a broadband

internet connection.
(a) hub

(b) adapter

(c) router

(d) switch

(e) plug

1650.The clock rate of a processor is measured

in..
(a) milliseconds

(b) microhertz

(c) megabytes or gigabytes (d) nanoseconds

(e) megahertz or gigahertz
Ans : (e)
1651.A computer virus normally attaches itself to
another computer program known as a.

(d) host program

(e) Bluetooth
Ans : (c)

(b) input

(c) output

(d) pointer

Ans : (b)
1653.The amount of time required by a storage
device to retrieve data and programs is its
(a) retrieval speed

(b) capacity

(c) memory

(d) storage

Ans : (e)
1654.A 32-bit word computer can access bytes at
a time.
(a) 4

(b) 8

(c) 16

(d) 32

(e) 30

Ans : (c)

(c) trojan horse

(a) display

(e) access speed

Ans : (b)

(b) target program

1652.These devices translate data and programs

that humans can understand into a form that
the computer can process.

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(a) backdoor program

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Ans : (a)
1655.A megabyte is actually equal to.
kilobytes.
(a) 100

(b) 1000

(c) 1024

(d) 1024 x 1024

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1656.The main memory of a computer must be
large enough to contain the active parts
of..
(a) the operating system
(b) the applications
(c) input/output storage & working storage
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)

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1657.This type of memory improves processing

by acting as a temporary high-speed holding
area between the memory and the CPU.

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1662.If a processor has a word size of 32 bits,

compared to a processor with a word size of
16 bits, it can process.at a time.

(a) RAM

(b) ROM

(a) thrice as much

(b) half as much

(c) cache memory

(d) flash memory

(c) a fourth as much

(d) the same amount

(e) EPROM

(e) twice as much

Ans : (c)

Ans : (e)

1658.The smallest unit in a digital system is

a

1663.The most common storage device for the

personal computer is the

(a) Byte

(b) Kilobyte

(a) floppy disk

(b) USB thumb drive

(c) Word

(d) Character

(c) zip disk

(d) hard disk drive

(e) bit

(e) Pen drive

Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)

1659..ports connect special types of

music instruments to sound cards.

1664.Numbers and formulae entered in a cell are

called.

(a) BUS

(b) CPU

(a) labels

(b) numeric entries

(c) USB

(d) MIDI

(c) intersection

(d) text

(e) MINI

(e) fillers

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)

1660.Software you can use to create a budget is

called.
(a) word processing software
(b) graphics software

1665.What is software?
(a) A type of computer code
(b) A computer language
(c) A set of instructions for your computer

(c) utility software

(d) A cover for the computer

(d) spreadsheet software

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)
1661.The mouse usually appears in the
shape of an arrow.

1666.Thick, rigid metal platters that are capable

of storing and retrieving information at a high
rate of speed are known as.

(a) indicator

(b) marker

(a) hard disks

(b) soft disks

(c) meter

(d) pointer

(c) flash memory

(d) SAN

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (a)

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1667.What is windows explorer?

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(a) data redundancy

(a) A drive

(b) A PC

(b) information overload

(c) A Web browser

(d) A network

(c) duplicate data

(e) A file manager

(d) data inconsistency

Ans : (e)

(e) data repetition

1668. is the most popular internet activity.

(a) Art

(b) Shopping

(c) Searching

(d) Entertainment

Ans : (d)
1673.What is a backup?
(a) Restoring the information backup

(e) Communicator

(b) An exact copy of a systems information

Ans : (c)

(c) The ability to get a system up and running

in the event of a system crash or failure

1669.Computers process binary numbers, which

are composed of

(d) All of these

(a) 1s and 2s

(b) 2s and 4s

(e) None of these

(c) 1s and 10s

(d) 2s and 3s

Ans : (b)

(e) 0s and 1s
Ans : (c)
1670.A DVD is an example of a(n)
(a) hard disk
(b) optical disc
(c) output device
(d) solid-state storage device
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1671.URL stands for
(a) Universal Research List

1674.The Internet is
(a) a large network of networks
(b) an internal communication system for a
business
(c) a communication system for the Indian
government
(d) a communication system for some states of
India
(e) a communication system for some cities of
India
Ans : (a)
1675.What is the storage area for email messages
called?

(b) Universal Resource List

(a) A folder

(b) A mailbox

(c) Uniform Research List

(c) A directory

(d) The hard disk

(d) Uniform Research Locator

(e) None of these

(e) Uniform Resource Locator

Ans : (b)

Ans : (e)
1672.When data changes in multiple lists and all
lists are not updated, this causes.

1676.One advantage of dial-up Internet access

is.
(a) it utilizes broadband technology

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(b) it is Indian
(c) it uses a router for security
(d) modem speeds are very fast
(e) it utilizes existing telephone service

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1681.The computers capability of distinguishing

spoken words is called.
(a) voice analysis
(b) speech acknowledgement
(c) voice recognition

Ans : (e)
1677.An error in a computer program.
(a) Crash

(b) Power Failure

(c) bug

(d) Virus

(d) speech interpretation

(e) vocalization
Ans : (e)
1682.Which of the following is an advantage of
mounting an application on the Web?

(e) Fatal error

Ans : (c)

(a) the possibility of 24-hour access for users

1678.Access control based on a persons

fingerprints is an example of..
(a) biometric identification
(b) characteristic identification
(c) characteristic security

(b) creating a system that can extend globally

(c) standardizing the design of the interface
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)

(d) fingerprint security

1683.ERP is an acronym for..

(e) logistics

(a) Enterprise Retirement Planning

Ans : (a)
1679.The patterns of printed lines on most
products are called

(b) Enterprise Relationship Planning

(c) Enterprise Resource Planning

(a) prices

(b) striping

(d) Enterprise Reorder Planning

(c) scanners

(d) OCR

(e) Enterprise Retention Planning

(e) barcodes
Ans : (e)
1680.Most mail programs automatically complete
the following two parts in an e-mail

Ans : (c)
1684.The software that allows users to surf the
Internet is called a/an..
(a) Search engine

(a) From : and Body :

(b) Internet Service Provider (ISP)

(b) From : and Date :

(c) Multimedia application

(c) From : and To :

(d) Browser

(d) From : and Subject :

(e) Internet Surfing Provider

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)

1685.The issues that deal with the collection and

use of data about individuals is.

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(a) access

(b) publicity

(e) data looting

(c) accuracy

(d) property

Ans : (c)
1690.What is usually used for displaying
information at public places?

(e) privacy
Ans : (e)
1686.A term relating to sending data to a satellite
is.

(a) Monitors
(b) Overhead Projections

(a) downlink

(b) modulate

(c) Monitors and Overhead Projections

(c) demodulate

(d) uplink

(d) Touch Screen Kiosks

(e) interrelate

(e) Loud Speakers

Ans : (d)

Ans : (d)

1687.Online documents containing underlined

phrases or icons that a user can click in order
to move immediately to related parts of the
current documents or to other documents with
related information are called.
(a) hypermedia

(b) hypertext

(c) HTML

(d) URL

(e) FTP
Ans : (b)

(a) data

(b) cyber

(c) Internet

(d) metaphysical

(e) publicity
Ans : (b)
1689.Unauthorized copying, of software to be
used for personal gain instead of for personal
backups is called.

(b) data snatching

(a) A mouse

(b) A Printer

(c) A Sound format

(d) A Scanner

(e) A Mobile Phone

Ans : (c)
1692.What is the most popular hardware for
multimedia creations?
(a) PCs

1688.Physical security is concerned with

protecting computer hardware from human
tampering and natural disasters and
security is concerned with protecting software
from unauthorized tampering or damage.

(a) program thievery

1691.What is MP3?

(b) Minicomputers
(c) Mainframe Computers
(d) WANs
(e) Supercomputers
Ans : (a)
1693.For sound recording, what is necessary?
(a) Speaker

(b) Microphone

(c) Talker

(d) Mouse

(e) Telephone
Ans : (b)
1694.The..settings are automatic and
standard.

(c) software piracy

(a) default

(b) CPU

(d) program looting

(c) peripheral

(d) user friendly

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(e) defaulter
Ans : (a)
1695.What are the two parts of an E-mail
address?
(a) User name and street address
(b) Legal name and phone number
(c) User name and domain name
(d) Initials and password
(e) User Name and Recipient Name
Ans : (c)
1696.Participants can see and hear each other in
a.
(a) electronic mail system
(b) message system
(c) teleconference
(d) bulletin board
(e) Video
Ans : (e)
1697.Magnetic tape is not practical for
applications where data must be quickly
recalled because tape is..

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(c) Programs and data are both software, and

both can be stored on any memory device
(d) Floppy disks can only store data, not
programs
(e) Floppy disks are better than CDs
Ans : (c)
1699.Which of the following will you require to
hear music on your computer?
(a) Video Card

(b) Tape Recorder

(c) Mouse

(d) Joystick

(e) Sound Card

Ans : (e)
1700.The signal that a computer is waiting for a
command from the user.
(a) prompt

(b) event

(c) time slice

(d) interrupt

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1701.This software allows the user to move from
page to page on the Web by clicking on or
selecting a hyperlink, or by typing in the
address of the destination page.

(a) A random-access medium

(a) Web browser

(b) Web search engine

(b) Expensive

(c) Web home page

(d) Web service

(c) A read-only medium

(e) None of these

(d) Fragile and easily damaged

Ans : (a)

(e) A sequential-access medium

Ans : (b)
1698.How is it possible that both programs and
data can be stored on the same floppy disk?
(a) A floppy disk has two sides, one for data
and one for programs.
(b) A floppy disk has to be formatted for one
or for the other

1702.For viewing video CDs, you would use

(a) CD Player
(b) Windows Media Player
(c) Windows Video Player
(d) Windows Movie Player
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

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1703.Executing more than one program

concurrently by one user on one computer is
known as..

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(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1708.Computers manipulate data in many ways,
and this manipulation is called

(a) multiprogramming
(b) multiprocessing
(c) time-sharing
(d) multitasking

(a) upgrading

(b) processing

(c) batching

(d) utilizing

(e) downloading

(e) multiaction

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)
1704.You can keep your personal files/folders in
.
(a) My Folder

(b) My Documents

(c) My Files

(d) My Text

(e) My Collection

1709.Creating ameans making a

duplicate copy of important files so that when
a problem occurs, you can restore those files
using the copy.
(a) mirror

(b) hot file

(c) print out

(d) hotspot

(e) backup

Ans : (b)
1705.Three types of compact disks include CDROM, CD-R, and ..
(a) CD-W

(b) CD-RAM

(c) CD-DVD

(d) CD-RW

(e) None of these

Ans : (e)
1710.The main system board of a computer is
called the.
(a) integrated circuit

(b) motherboard

(c) processor

(d) microchip

(e) drive board

Ans : (d)
1706.All computers must have
(a) Word processing software
(b) An operating system
(c) A printer attached
(d) A virus checking program
(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1711.Peripheral devices such as printers and
monitors are considered to be
(a) hardware

(b) software

(c) data

(d) information

(e) source code

Ans : (a)

Ans : (b)
1707.Collecting personal information and
effectively posing as another individual is
known as the crime of
(a) spooling

(b) spoofing

(c) backing

(d) identify theft

1712.In a computer most processing takes place

in
(a) Memory

(b) RAM

(c) CPU

(d) Motherboard

(e) ALU
Ans : (c)

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1713.Tangible parts of computer are called :

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(c) random

(a) Hardware

(b) Software

(e) disastrous

(c) Modem

(d) Memory

Ans : (d)
1719.How many values can be represented by a
single byte?

(e) Cable
Ans : (d)
1714.Collection of programs that control the
computer system and process the information
is called :
(a) Interpreter

(b) Computer

(c) Office

(d) Compiler

(e) Operating system

Ans : (e)
1715. .is an unit of measurement that is
equal to 1,048,576 bytes or one million byte :
(a) byte

(b) gigabyte

(c) memory

(d) megabyte

(e) kilobyte
Ans : (d)
1716.Which of the following is permanent
memory?
(a) RAM

(b) ROM

(c) CPU

(d) LCD

(e) ALU
Ans : (b)
1717.A round, shiny and portable disk that can
store software and information in large
quantity is.
(a) CD-ROM

(b) Floppy disk

(c) Scanner

(d) Monitor

(e) Laptop
Ans : (a)
1718.Tape drive offer..access to data :
(a) timely

(d) sequential

(b) sporadic

(a) 4

(b) 16

(c) 64

(d) 256

(e) 512
Ans : (d)
1720.Adevice can connect to a network
without cable.
(a) distributed

(b) centralized

(c) open source

(d) wireless

(e) without cable

Ans : (d)
1721.You can..with the help of CD.
(a) read

(b) write

(c) read and write

(d) read or write

(e) carry
Ans : (c)
1722.In the binary language each letter of the
alphabet, each number and each special
character is made up of a unique combination
of.
(a) 8 bytes

(b) 8 kilobytes

(c) 8 characters

(d) 8 bits

(e) 8 megabytes
Ans : (d)
1723.The result of the computer processing your
input is referred to as :
(a) output
(b) data
(c) multitasking
(d) tracking
(e) intake
Ans : (a)

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1724.An equipment that holds the screen is

called:

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1729.Ais a collection of information

saved as a unit.

(a) video

(b) desktop

(a) folder

(b) print-out

(c) modem

(d) monitor

(c) path

(d) file extension

(e) scanner

(e) file

Ans : (d)

Ans : (e)

1725.A.is a device attached to a host

computer through cable.

1730.An electronic component that can be

programmed to perform tasks is a.

(a) icon

(b) virus

(a) CPU

(b) microprocessor

(c) database

(d) pixel

(c) Transistor

(d) printer

(e) peripheral

(e) scanner

Ans : (e)

Ans : (b)

1726.To keep files organized, related documents

are often stored in.(also called
directories) located on the storage medium.

1731.A.is a long, rubber-coated bundle of

wires, with plugs on either end, that connects
computer parts.

(a) indexes

(b) labels

(a) Disk drive

(b) Cable

(c) folders

(d) programs

(c) Computer

(d) Hardware

(e) cabinets

(e) Software

Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)

1727.Keyboards, scanners, and microphones are

examples of.
(a) software programs
(b) input devices

(b) ALU

(c) BUS

(d) Register

Ans : (b)

(d) utilities

1733.The numbering system that uses only 0 and

1 for counting is called the..system.

(e) code
Ans : (b)
1728.You use a(n)such as keyboard or
mouse, to input information.
(a) output device

(b) download device

(c) storage device

(d) processing device

Ans : (e)

(a) DIMM

(e) ROM

(c) output devices

(e) input device

1732.The.performs simple math for CPU.

(a) Network

(b) Mouse

(c) Decimal

(d) HTML

(e) Binary
Ans : (e)
1734. is the general term for a piece of
hardware attached to a computer externally
that is not an essential for computers basic
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(a) Peripheral

(b) Icon

(e) click the mouse

(c) Bit

(d) Keyboard

Ans : (b)
1739.Transformation of input into output is
performed by :

(e) Printer
Ans : (a)
1735.All of the following media has the
capability of read and write, except :

(a) Peripherals

(b) Memory

(c) Storage

(d) Input-Output unit

(a) Flash memory cards

(e) CPU

(b) Floppy disk

Ans : (e)
1740.Non-volatile memory :

(c) Hard disk drive

(d) CD-ROMs

(a) catches fire easily

(e) None of these

(b) cannot be used to store program

Ans : (d)

(c) can retain the stored information even

when not powered

1736.What is the full-form of ROM?

(a) Random Opaque Modulator
(b) Relative Overlay Module
(c) Real Optical Media
(d) Read Only Memory
(e) Red Orange Magenta
Ans : (d)
1737.A round, floppy piece of plastic that you put
into a computer to store information. It is in a
hard square cover for protection, is called :
(a) Pixel

(b) Hard disk

(c) Floppy disk

(d) Icon

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1738.To highlight a word you should put the
cursor in the side of the word and :
(a) hold down the left mouse button, and then
drag the pointer
(b) click the mouse once
(c) roll the mouse over the word
(d) roll the mouse and click

(d) loses its contents when the computer loses

power
(e) dissolves in water
Ans : (c)
1741.Device that take a picture of an object and
convert it into a computerized image :
(a) hard drive

(b) scanner

(c) printer

(d) modem

(e) cable
Ans : (b)
1742.Full form of PC :
(a) Personal Computer
(b) Process Control
(c) Production Computer
(d) Painful Creation
(e) Permanent Computer
Ans : (a)
1743.Computers gather data, which means that
means that they allow users to.data.
(a) present

(b) transmit

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(d) store

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(b) Assembly language

(e) input

(c) Java language

Ans : (e)

(d) Both (a) and (b)

1744.An.is a tiny picture on the screen

that represents a program, file or folder.
(a) icon

(b) memory

(c) chip

(d) virus

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1749.Which of the following is problem oriented
language?

(e) pixel

(a) High level language

Ans : (a)

(b) Machine language

1745.Mnemonic a memory trick is used in which

of the following language?
(a) Machine language

(c) Assembly language

(d) Low level language
(e) None of these

(b) Assembly language

Ans : (a)

(c) High level language

1750.A compiler is a translating program which

(d) All of these

(a) Translates instruction of a high level

language into machine language

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1746.The translator program used in assembly
language is called :

(b) Translates entire source program into

machine language program
(c) It is not involved in programs execution

(a) Compiler

(b) Interpreter

(d) All of these

(c) Assembler

(d) Translator

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1747.Easily relocatable language is :
(a) Machine language
(b) Assembly language
(c) High level language
(d) Medium level language
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1748.Which of the following is called low level
languages?
(a) Machine language

Ans : (d)
1751.Which of the following is machine
independence program?
(a) High level language
(b) Low level language
(c) Assembly language
(d) Machine language
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1752.Which of the following is not a primary
storage device?
(a) Magnetic tape

(b) Magnetic disk

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(c) Optical disk

(d) All of these

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(c) ENIAC

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (e)

Ans : (c)

1753.A name or number used to identify a

storage location devices?
(a) A byte

(b) A record

(c) An address

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(d) All of these

1758.The most commonly used standard data

code to represent alphabetical, numerical and
punctuation characters used in electronic data
processing system is called :
(a) ASCII

(b) EBCDIC

(c) BCD

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

1754.Which of the following is a secondary

memory device?
(a) Keyboard

(b) Disk

(c) ALU

(d) Scanner

Ans : (a)
1759.BM 7000 digital computer :
(a) Belongs to second generation
(b) Uses VLSI

(e) None of these

(c) Employs semiconductor memory

Ans : (b)
1755.The difference between memory
storage is that memory is and storage is

and

(a) Temporary, permanent

(d) Has modular constructions

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1760.The proper definition of a modern digital
computer is :

(b) Permanent, temporary

(c) Slow, fast

(a) An electronic automated machine that can

solve problems involving words and
numbers

(d) All of these

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1756.A floppy disk contains :

(b) A more sophistic and modified electronic

pocket calculator

(a) Circular tracks only

machine
that
(c) Any
mathematical operations

(b) Sectors only

(d) A machine that works on binary code

(c) Both circular tracks and sectors

(e) None of these

(d) All of these

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

perform

1761.A modern electronic computer is a machine

that is meant for :

Ans : (c)
1757.The first electronic computer in the world
was :
(a) UNIVAC

can

(b) EDVAC

(a) Doing quick mathematical calculations

(b) Input, storage, manipulation and outputting
of data

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(c) Electronic data processing

(c) Analytic engine

(d) Performing repetitive tasks accurately

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

(d) UNIVAC I

1766.In the third generation of computers :

Ans : (b)
1762.An integrated circuit is :

(a) Distributed data processing first became

popular

(a) A complicated circuit

(b) An operating system was first developed

(b) An integrating device

(c) High-level procedural languages were first

used

(c) Much costlier than a single transistor

(d) Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
(e) None of these

(d) On-line, real time systems first became

popular

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

1763.Most important advantage of an IC is its :

(a) Easy replacement in case of circuit failure

Ans : (d)
1767.A characteristic of card system is :

(b) Extremely high reliability

(a) Slowness in processing data

(c) Reduced cost

(b) Using cards as records of transactions

(d) Lower power consumption

(c) Needing a larger DP staff

(e) None of these

(d) All of these

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

1764.In a punched card system, data is processed

by a :
(a) Keypunch machine, sorter and posting
machine
(b) Accounting machine, posting machine, and
billing machine
(c) Sorter, posting
machine

machine,

and

billing

1768.An IBM system/8 represents the computer

class of :
(a) Small-scale computer
(b) Medium-scale computer
(c) Large-scale computer
(d) Super computer

(d) Accounting machine, keypunch machine

and sorter
(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1769.The first firm to mass-market a
microcomputer as a 1personal computer was :

Ans : (d)
1765.The first machine to successfully perform a
long series of arithmetic and logical operation
was;
(a) ENIAC

Ans : (d)

(b) Mark I

(a) IBM
(b) Sperry Univac
(c) Data General corporation

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1774.Which of the following is true?

(d) Radio Shack

(e) None of these

(a) Fields are composed of bytes

Ans : (c)

(b) Records are composed of fields

1770.A digital computer did not score over an

analog computer in terms of :
(a) Speed

(b) Accuracy

(c) Cost

(d) Memory

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1771.In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a
machine called the Analytical Engine which
he showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which
year was it exhibition?
(a) 1820

(b) 1860

(c) 1855

(d) 1870

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1772.Which was the worlds first mini-computer
and when was it introduced?
(a) PDP-I, 1958
(b) IBM System/36, 1960
(c) PDP-II, 1961
(d) VAX 11/780, 1962
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1773.Where was Indias first computer installed
and when?
(a) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1977
(b) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
1971
(c) Indian Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., 1968
(d) Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, 1955

(c) Fields are composed of characters

(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1775.Which of the following file organization is
most efficient for a file with a high degree of
file activity?
(a) Sequential

(b) ISAM

(c) VSAM

(d) B-Tree Index

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1776.The two basic types of record-access
methods are :
(a) Sequential and random
(b) Sequential and indexed
(c) Direct and Immediate
(d) On-line and real time
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1777.The memory which is programmed at the
time it is manufactured :
(a) ROM

(b) RAM

(c) PROM

(d) EPROM

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1778.Which of the following memory medium is
not used as main memory system?
(a) Magnetic core
(b) Semiconductor
(c) Magnetic tape

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (c)

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1779.Registers, which are partially visible to

users and used to hold conditional, are known
as :
(a) PC

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1783.When was the worlds first laptop computer

introduced in the market and by whom?
(a) Hewlett-Packard
(b) Epson, 1981

(b) Memory address registers

(c) General purpose register
(d) Flags

(c) Laplink traveling software Inc. 1982

(d) Tandy model-2000, 1985
(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)
1780.One of the main feature that distinguish
microprocessors from micro-computers is :
(a) Words are usually larger in
microprocessors
(b) Words are shorter in microprocessors
(c) Microprocessor does not contain I/O
devices
(d) Exactly the same as the machine cycle time
(e) None of these

1784.The first microprocessor built by the Intel

Corporation was called :
(a) 8008

(b) 8080

(c) 4004

(d) 8800

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1785.Who built the worlds first electronic
calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs
and batteries?
(a) Claude Shannon

Ans : (c)

(b) Konrard Zues

1781.The least significant bit of the binary

number, which is equivalent to any odd
decimal number, is :

(c) George Stibits

(d) Howard H. Aiken

(a) 0

(b) 1

(e) None of these

(c) 1 or 0

(d) 3

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

1786.Who developed a mechanical device in the

17th century that could add, subtract, multiple,
divide and find square roots?

Ans : (a)
1782.What type of control pins are needed in a
microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus,
in order to prevent two devices from trying to
use it at the same time?
(a) Bus control

(b) Interrupts

(c) Bus arbitration

(d) Status

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(a) Napier

(b) Babbage

(c) Pascal

(d) Leibniz

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1787.IBM 7000 digital computer :
(a) Belongs to second generation
(b) Uses VLSI

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(c) Employs semi conductor memory

(e) None of these

(d) Has modular constructions

Ans : (b)
1792.system is built directly on the
hardware

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1788. .runs on computer hardware and
serve as platform for other software to run on:

(a) Environment
(b) System

(a) Operating system

(c) Operating

(b) Application software

(d) All of these

(c) System software

(e) None of these

(d) All of these

Ans : (c)
1793.Multiprogramming system :

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1789.Is the layer of a computer system between
the hardware and the user program :

(a) Are easier to develop than single

programming system
(b) Execute each job faster

(a) Operating environment

(c) Execute more jobs in the same time period

(b) Operating system

(d) Are used only one large mainframe

computers

(c) System environment

(e) None of these

(d) All of these

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

1794.is the first program run on a

computer when the computer boots up :

Ans : (b)
1790.The primary purpose of an operating system
is :
(a) To make the most efficient use of the
computer hardware

(a) System software

(b) Operating system
(c) System operations

(b) To allow people to use the computer

(d) All of these

(c) To keep systems programmers employed

(e) None of these

(d) To make computers easier to use

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1791..transforms
another interface :

one

interface

(a) Program

(b) Software

(c) Data

(d) All of these

into

1795...interface consists of things like

program counter, registers, interrupts and
terminals :
(a) Hardware
(b) Software
(c) Data
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

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1796. ..share characteristics with both

hardware and software :
(a) Operating system

(b) Software

(c) Data

(d) All of these

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(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1801.What is the name of the latest server
operating system developed by Microsoft?

(e) None of these

(a) Windows NT

Ans : (a)

(b) Windows 2000

1797. ..is used in operating system to

separate mechanism from policy :
(a) Single level implementation
(b) Two level implementation
(c) Multi level implementation
(d) All of these

(c) Windows XP
(d) Windows 2003
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1802.Where do you find user.dat?
(a) C:\windows

(e) None of these

(b) C:\windows\system32

Ans : (b)

(c) C:\windows\system

1798.The operating system creates from the

physical computer :
(a) Virtual space

(b) Virtual computers

(c) Virtual device

(d) All of these

(d) C:\
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1803.Which of the following is not valid version
of MS Office?

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1799.Swapping :
(a) Works best with many small partitions
(b) Allows many programs to use memory
simultaneously
(c) Allows each program in turn to use the
memory

(a) Office XP

(b) Office Vista

(c) Office 2007

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1804.You cannot close MS Word application by :
(a) Choosing File menu then Exit submenu

(d) Does not work with overlaying

(b) Press Alt + F4

(e) Works best with few big partitions

(c) Click X button on title bar

Ans : (c)

(d) From file menu choose Close submenu

1800.Which of the following operating does not

implement multitasking truly?
(a) Windows 98

(b) Windows NT

(c) Windows XP

(d) MS DOS

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1805.The key F12 opens a :
(a) Save As dialog box

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Ans : (d)
1810.What is place to the left of horizontal scroll
bar?

(c) Save dialog box

(d) Close dialog box
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1806.What is the short cut key to open the Open
dialog box?
(a) F12

(b) Shift F12

(c) Alt + F12

(d) Ctrl + F12

(a) Tab stop buttons

(b) View buttons

(c) Split buttons

(d) Indicators

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1811.Which file starts MS Word?
(a) Winword.exe

(b) Word.exe

(e) None of these

(c) Msword.exe

(d) Word2003.exe

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

1807.A feature of MS Word that saves the

document automatically after certain interval
is available on :
(a) Save tab on Options dialog box
(b) Save as dialog box

Ans : (a)
1812.How many ways you can save a document?
(a) 3

(b) 4

(c) 5

(d) 6

(e) None of these

(c) Save as open box

Ans : (a)

(d) Both (a) and (b)

1813.If you want to keep track of different

editions of a document which features will
you use?

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1808.Where can you find the horizontal split bar
on MS Word screen?
(a) On the left of horizontal scroll bar
(b) on the right of horizontal scroll bar
(c) On the top of vertical scroll bar
(d) On the bottom of vertical scroll bar

(a) Editions

(b) Versions

(c) Track Change

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1814.Background color or effects applied on a
document is not visible in :

(e) None of these

(a) Web Layout View (b) Print Layout View

Ans : (c)

(c) Reading View

1809.Which of the following is not available on

the Ruler of MS Word screen?
(a) Tab stop box

(b) Left Indent

(c) Right Indent

(d) Center Indent

(e) None of these

(d) Print Preview

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1815.What is a portion of a document in which
you set certain page formatting options?
(a) Page

(b) Document

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(d) Page set up

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(c) Page Layout

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (a)

1816.Borders can be applied to :

(a) Cells

(b) Paragraph

(c) Text

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(d) All of these

1821.If you need to change the typeface of a

document, which menu will you choose?
(a) Edit

(b) View

(c) Format

(d) Tools

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1817.Which of the following is not a type of page
margin?

Ans : (c)
1822.Which of the following is not a font style?

(a) Left

(b) Right

(a) Bold

(b) Italics

(c) Center

(d) Top

(c) Normal

(d) Superscript

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)

1818.What is the default left margin in Word

2003 document?
(a) 1

(b) 1.25

(c) 1.5

(d) 2

1823.When assigning a shortcut key to a symbol,

you should always try to select a key or key
combination that is :
(a) Unassigned
(b) Located on the ten-key pad section of your
keyboard

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

(c) Assigned to another task

1819.What is gutter margin?

(d) From the same font family as the symbol.

(a) Margin that is added to the left margin

when printing
(b) Margin that is added to right margin when
printing
(c) Margin that is added to the binding side of
page when printing
(d) Margin that is added to the outside of the
page when printing

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1824.Suppose you wanted to create an
AutoCorrect entry that would type the words
We regret to inform you that your submission
has been declined Of the following choices,
which would be the best name you could
assign to this entry?

(e) None of these

(a) Regret

Ans : (c)

(b) Subdual

1820.Portrait and Landscape are :

(a) Page Orientation

(b) Paper Size

(c) We regret to inform you that your

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(d) Choose Center across Selection from

Horizontal combo box in Format Cells
dialog box

Ans : (b)
1825.AutoCorrect was originally designed to
replace..words as you type.

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

(a) Short, repetitive

(b) Grammatically incorrect
(c) Misspelled

1829.Can you set 0.5 inch left indentation for a

cell in Excel?
(a) Excel does not have indentation feature

(d) All of these

(b) You can specify indentation only if you

turn the rulers on

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1826.Which of the following is the second step in
creating a macro?
(a) Start recording
(b) Using your mouse or keyboard, perform
the task you want to automate
(c) Assign a keyboard shortcut to the macro
(d) Give the macro a name

(c) Indentation can be set from Format Cells

dialog box
(d) The indentation can be specified only
when printing
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1830.You can automatically adjust the size of
text in a cell if they do not fit in width by :
(a) Double clicking on the right border of
column header

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1827.The spelling tool is placed on.
(a) Standard

(b) Formatting

(c) Drawing

(d) Reviewing

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1828.If you need a text to show vertically in a
cell. How will you achieve this?
(a) Choose Vertical on Text alignment in
Format Cells dialog box

(b) From Format choose Columns and then

Auto fit selection
(c) From Format Cells dialog box mark shrink
to fit check box
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1831.Formatting a cell in Currency, you can
specify
(a) Decimal Places

(b) Currency Symbol

(b) Choose 90 Degrees in Orientation of

Format Cells dialog box

(c) Country name

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(c) Choose Distributed from the Vertical drop

down list of Format Cells dialog box

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

1832.Formatting a cell in Number format you

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(a) Decimal Places

(b) Use 1000 separator

(c) Negative numbers (d) Currency Symbol

(e) None of these

(b) from Format > Auto format

1833.What is entered by the function = today ( ) ?

(a) The date value for the day according to
system clock
(b) The time value according to system clock
(c) Todays date as Text format

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1834.Which function will you use to enter current
time in a worksheet cell?
(a) = today( )

(b) = now ( )

(c) = time ( )

(d) = current Time ( )

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1835.Special category of Number tab in Format
cells dialog box can be used to apply formats
like :
(a) Zip Code

(b) Phone Number

(c) Postal Address

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1836.Merge cells option can be applied from :
(a) Format Cells dialog box Alignment Tab

(d) All of these

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

(c) from Table > Auto format

(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1838.Which of the following format you can
decide to apply or not in AutoFormat dialog
box?

(d) All of these

(c) Formatting Cells

1837.Pre-mde sheet formats like Simple, Classic,

Accounting, Colorful etc. can be applied
from:
(a) from Format > Cells

Ans : (d)

(b) Formatting toolbar

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(a) Number format

(b) Border format

(c) Font format

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1839.How can you remove borders applied in
cells?
(a) Choose None on Border tab of Format
cells
(b) Open the list on Border tool in Formatting
toolbar then choose first tool (no border)
(c) Choose remove on Border tab of Format
cells
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1840.Where can you set the shedding color for a
range of cells in Excel?
(a) Choose required color form Patterns tab of
Format Cells dialog box
(b) Choose required color on Fill color tool in
Formatting toolbar
(c) Choose required color on Fill Color tool in
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(d) All of these

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(b) You can set condition to look for Bold and

apply Italics on them.

(e) None of these

(c) You can apply Font, border and pattern

formats that meets the specified conditions

Ans : (d)
1841.You can set Page Border in Excel from:
(a) From Border tab in Format Cells dialog
box

(d) You can delete any condition from

Conditional Formatting dialog box if it is
not required

(b) From Border tool in Formatting toolbar

(e) None of these

(c) From Line Style tool in Drawing toolbar

Ans : (b)

(d) You cannot set page border in Excel

(e) None of these

1845.Which of
statement?

the

following

is

invalid

(a) Sheet tabs can be colored

Ans : (d)
1842.When all the numbers between 0 and 100 in
a range should be displayed in Red Color,
apply :
(a) use = if ( ) function to format the required
numbers red
(b) Apply Conditional Formatting Command
on Format Menu
(c) Select the cells that contain number
between 0 and 100 then click Red color on
Text Color tool
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

(b) Some picture can be applied as a

background of a sheet
(c) You can set the column
automatically fit the amount of text

width

(d) The width of a row and be specified

manually or fit automatically
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1846.What function displays row data in a
column or column data in a row?
(a) Hyperlink

(b) Index

(c) Transpose

(d) Rows

(e) None of these

1843.You can check the conditions against..

when applying conditional formatting :
(a) Cell value

(b) Formula

(c) Alignment

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1844.Which of the following is not true regarding
Conditional Formatting?
(a) You can add more than one condition to
check

Ans : (c)
1847.When you insert an Excel file into a word
document, the data are :
(a) Hyperlinked

(b) Placed in a word table

(c) Linked

(d) Embedded

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1848.Except for the.function, a formula
with a logical function shows the word
TRUE or FALSE as a result :

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(a) IF

(b) AND

(a) Lines and spaces

(c) OR

(d) NOT

(b) Layers and planes

(e) None of these

(c) Rows and Columns

Ans : (a)

(d) Height and width

1849.Macros are run or executed from the

..menu.
(a) Insert

(b) Format

(c) Tools

(d) Data

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1854.What does the VLOOKUP function do?
(a) Looks up text that contain v
(b) Checks whether text is the same in one cell
as in the next

Ans : (c)
1850.You can open the consolidate dialog box
byt choosing consolidate from the.menu.
(a) Insert

(b) Format

(c) Tools

(d) Data

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1851.Each excel file is called a workbook
because :
(a) It can contain text and data
(b) It can be modified

(c) Finds related records

(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1855.Gridlines :
(a) May be turned off for display but turned on
for printing
(b) May be turned on or off or printing
(c) The be turned off for display and printing
(d) All of these

(c) It can contain many sheets including

worksheets and chart sheets

(e) None of these

(d) You have to work hard to create it

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1852.Which types of charts can excel produce?
(a) Line graphs and pie charts only
(b) Only line graphs
(c) Bar charts, line graphs and pie charts
(d) Bar charts and line graphs only
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)

1856.You can print only an embedded chart by

(a) Moving the chart to a chart sheet before
you print.
(b) Formatting the chart before you print
(c) Selecting the chart before you print
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1857.Which of the following is a correct order of
precedence in a formula calculation?

1853.How are data organized in a spreadsheet?

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(a) Multiplication and division, exponential

positive and negative value
(b) Multiplication and division, positive and
negative values, addition and subtraction
(c) Addition and subtraction, positive and
negative values, exponentiation

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(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1861.Which function calculates your monthly
mortgage payment?
(a) PMT (payments)
(b) NPER (number of periods)

(d) All of these

(c) PV (present value)

(e) None of these

(d) All of these

Ans : (e)
1858.A function inside another function is called
a function
(a) Nested

(b) Round

(c) Sum

(d) Text

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1859.How should you print a selected area of a
worksheet, if youll want to print a different
area next time?
(a) On the file menu, point to print area, and
then click set print area.
(b) On the file menu, click print, and then
click selection under print what
(c) On the view menu, click custom views,
then click add
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1860.Your German supplier still invoices for
parts in deutsche marks.
(a) On the Insert menu, click Symbol and from
the currency symbols subset, select the
Euro sign.
(b) On the tools menu, click Add-Ins, and
select the Euro Currency Tools check box
(c) Apply a selected background color

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1862.If you are working in English (US), Chinese
or Japanese, Excel 2002 can speak data as you
enter it, to help you verify accuracy. How do
you activate this feature?
(a) Point to speech on the tools menu, and then
click show text to speech toolbar.
(b) Click validation on the data menu
(c) Point to speech on the tools menu, and then
click speech recognition
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1863.Which of the following methods cannot be
used to enter data in a cell?
(a) Pressing an arrow key
(b) Pressing the tab key
(c) Pressing the Esc key
(d) Clicking the enter button to the formula bar
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1864.Which of the following will not set text in
selected cells to italics?
(a) Pressing Ctrl + I on the keyboard

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(b) Using the Tools Wizard Web Form

menu item

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1868.When integrating MS-Word and Excel,

Word is usually the :

(c) Using the Format Cells Font menu item

(a) Server

(d) All of these

(c) Client

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)

1865.Which of the following methods cannot be

used to edit the content of cell?
(a) Pressing the Alt key
(b) Clicking the formula bar
(c) Pressing F2
(d) Double clicking the cell
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1866.To insert three columns between columns D
and E you would :
(a) Select column D
(b) Select column E
(c) Select columns E, F and G
(d) Select columns D, E, and F
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1867.To enter worksheet titles across a range of
cell, you must :
(a) Select the cells containing the title text and
use the fill handle to center the text across
a range of cells
(b) Widen the columns
(c) Select the cells containing the title text and
use the fill handle to center the text across
a range of cells
(d) Widen the column
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

(b) Source
(d) All of these

1869.Charts tips can :

(a) Show the formatting of a data label
(b) Show the name of a data series
(c) Show the value of data point
(d) Both (b) and (c)
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1870.The Name box :
(a) Shows the location of the previously active
cell
(b) Appears the left of the formula bar
(c) Appears below the status bar
(d) Appears below the menu bar
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1871.How do you change column width to fit the
contents?
(a) Single-click the boundary to the left to the
column heading
(b) Double click the boundary to the right of
the column heading
(c) Press Alt and single click anywhere in the
column
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1872.When you work with large worksheets, you
may need to :

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(a) size the worksheet to fit on the specific

number of pages

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1876.Which operation is not performed by

computer

(b) add and remove page breaks

(a) Inputting

(b) Processing

(c) specify only certain print areas

(c) Controlling

(d) Understanding

(d) all of these

(e) Thinking

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (d)
1873.Hyperlinks cannot be :
(a) Special shapes like stars and banners
(b) Drawing objects like rectangles ovals
(c) Pictures
(d) All can be hyperlinks
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1874.You can use the horizontal and vertical
scroll bars to :
(a) Split a worksheet into two panes
(b) View different rows and columns
(c) Edit the contents of a cell
(d) View different worksheets
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1875.What do we call a computer program that
organizes data in rows and columns of cells?
You might use this type of program to keep a
record of the money you earned moving lawns
over the summer.
(a) Spreadsheet program
(b) Database program
(c) Word processor program
(d) Desktop publisher program
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

1877.The computer that process both analog and

digital is called
(a) Analog computer
(b) Digital computer
(c) Hybrid computer
(d) Mainframe computer
(e) Super computer
Ans : (c)
1878.A right click on the desktop itself will
..
(a) open the Display Properties dialog box
(b) show a context-sensitive menu
(c) open the Control Panel
(d) minimize all open applications
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1879.The window which shows icons for things
like the mouse, sound, and display is.
(a) My Computer or computer
(b) Explorer
(c) Control Panel
(d) Taskbar
(e) programs
Ans : (c)
1880. .refers to a computers ability to
configure and use a device without human
interaction.

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(a) CPU

(b) Plug and Play

(c) Cache

(d) ALU

(e) Format
Ans : (b)
1881.When was the first windows operating
system launched?

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Ans : (d)
1885. IMB launched its first personal computer
called IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips from
Intel, disk drives from Tandon, operating
system from Microsoft, the printer from
Epson and the application software from
everywhere. Can you name the country which
contributed the video display?

(a) 1984

(b) 1985

(a) India

(b) China

(c) 1988

(d) 1989

(c) Germany

(d) Taiwan

(e) 1990

(e) Japan

Ans : (b)

Ans : (d)

1882.Todays computer giant IBM was earlier

known by different name which was changes
in 1924. What was that name?
(a) Tabulator Machine Co.
(b) Computing Tabulating Recording Co.

1886.In H2O the figure 2 is appeared lowered.

Which effect has been applied?
(a) Superscript

(b) Lowered

(c) Subscript

(d) Laid down

(e) None

(c) The Tabulator Ltd.

(d) International Computer Ltd.

Ans : (c)
1887.A Laptop or Notebook marked 802.11n in
its feature, it means device support

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1883.The process of starting a or restarting a
computer system by loading instructions from
a secondary storage device into the computer
memory is called
(a) Duping

(b) Booting

(c) Padding

(d) CPS

(a) Bluetooth

(b) WiMAX

(c) USB

(d) Wi-Fi LAN

(e) 3G
Ans : (d)
1888.You Tube service of streaming videos
online in provided by

(e) None of these

(a) Google

(b) Microsoft

Ans : (b)

(c) IBM

(d) Apple

1884.What does the disk drive of a computer do?

(a) Rotate the disk
(b) Read the disk
(c) Load a program from the disk into the
memory
(d) Both (b) and (c)
(e) All (a), (b) & (c)

(e) Sony
Ans : (a)
1889.When using characters in Windows, what
code does Windows use?
(a) ASCII
(b) UNICODE
(c) MORSE
(d) IDBC
(e) WESTRN
Ans : (b)

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1890.Which is the latest type of printer interface?

(a) Serial

(b) DVI

(c) Parallel

(d) USB

(a) Read instructions

(c) Interpret instructions

Ans : (d)
1891. To produce a high-quality graphics
(hardcopy) in color, you would want to use a
(a) Virtual Printer

(b) Laser Printer

(c) Ink-Jet Printer

(d) Plotter

(e) RGB Monitor

(d) Direct operations

(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1896.Software for organizing storage
retrieval of information is a(n)

and

(a) operating system

Ans : (d)

(b) database

1892.What is Mail-Merge?
(a) a web based e-mail service with no spam
(b) a name of Yahoo! MINDSET search
feature
(c) a new virus-hoax which can delete data
from mail-inbox
(d) a feature of MS-Word used to create
multiple documents like letters, mailing
labels, name tags etc.

(c) database program

(d) data warehouse
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1897.Which of the following is not true about
RAM?
(a) RAM is a temporary storage area
(b) RAM is the same as hard disk storage

(e) None of these

(c) RAM is volatile

Ans : (d)
1893.The process of checking the validity of
information held in a transaction file is
(a) Verification

(b) Test data

(c) Validation

(d) Updating

(d) Information stored in RAM is gone when

you turn the computer off
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
1898.The main directory of a disk is called
thedirectory.

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1894. A.shares hardware, software, and
data among authorized users.
(a) network

(b) protocol

(c) hyperlink

(d) transmitter

Ans : (a)

1895.Which of the following is not a function of

the control unit?

(b) Execute instructions

(e) none

(e) None of these

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(a) root

(b) sub

(c) folder

(d) network

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1899.SUM (B1:B8) is an example of a..
(a) function

(b) formula

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(c) cell address

(d) value

(e) None of these

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(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)
1900.The most common input devices include
&..

1904.What is the intersection of a column and a

row on a worksheet called?
(a) Column

(b) Value

(a) Monitor and keyboard

(c) Address

(d) Cell

(b) Monitor and mouse

(e) None of these

(c) Mouse and keyboard

Ans : (d)
1905. are often delivered to a PC
through an e-mail attachment and are often
designed to do harm.

(d) Printer and mouse

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
1901.What is the difference between a CD-ROM
and CD-RW?
(a) They are the same; just two different terms
used by different manufacturers
(b) A CD-ROM can be written to and a CDRW cannot
(c) A CD-RW can be written to, but a CDROM can only be read from

(a) Viruses

(b) Spam

(c) Portals

(d) E-mail messages

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1906.Documents converted to..can be
published to the Web.
(a) .doc file

(b) http

(c) machine language

(d) HTML

(d) A CD-ROM holds more information than a

CD-RW

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1907.All are included in removable media except
the following.

Ans : (c)
1902.Holding the mouse button down while
moving an object or text is known as :
(a) Moving

(b) Dragging

(c) Dropping

(d) Highlighting

(a) CD-ROMs

(b) Diskette

(c) DVDs

(d) High disk drive

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1903.Ais a professionally designed
document that can be adapted to the users
needs.
(a) file

(b) guide

(c) template

(d) user guide file

1908.Straight and Uniform margins on both the

sides indicate that there is..in the
document.
(a) full justification

(b) full alignment

(c) left justification

(d) right justification

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

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1909.Which of the following terms is used for the

form in which the word will appear on the
page?

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(b) Vital Information Reason Under Siege

(c) Vital Information Recourse Under System
(d) Virus Information Recourse Under Siege

(a) Text formatting

(e) None of these

(b) Character formatting

Ans : (a)

(c) Point size

1914.Which of the following mode we use to

deliver e-mail

(d) Type face

(e) Layout
Ans : (a)
1910. Key combination that lets you
toggle between open windows.

(a) Postal

(b) Courier

(c) Computer

(d) Fax

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(a) ALT + SHIFT + TAB

1915.A person needs to design invitation card.

What type of computer program is suitable?

(b) ALT + CTRL + TAB

(c) ALT + CTRL
(d) ALT + TAB
(e) None of these

(a) MS-Word

(b) Desktop Publishing

(c) Simulation

(d) Accounting

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)

1911.The secondary storage memory is also

called as
(a) Auxiliary Memory
(b) Attractive Memory
(c) Chip Memory

1916.The term that we use to describe physical

components of the system.
(a) Hardware

(b) Input

(c) Software

(d) Output

(e) None of these

(d) Read Only Memory

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

1917.Which of the following is different from

other?

Ans : (a)
1912. is known as unauthorized access
into others system.

(a) Internet

(b) Windows

(c) Unix

(d) Linux

(a) Hacking

(b) Encryption

(e) None of these

(c) Decryption

(d) Trafficking

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1913.VIRUS stands for
(a) Vital Information Recourse Under Siege

1918.QWERTY is used with reference to :

(a) Monitor
(b) Printer
(c) Keyboard
(d) Mouse
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)

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1919.What is object of UPS?

(a) Using for storage
(b) To increase the speed of a computer
(c) Provides backup power

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1924.An area of a computer that temporarily

holds data waiting to be processed is.
(a) CPU

(b) Memory

(c) Storage

(d) File

(e) None of these

(d) All of these

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

1925.To select or unselect one word to the right.

Ans : (c)
1920.CPU capacity can be measured in
(a) BPS

(b) MIPS

(c) MHz

(d) MPI

(a) CTRL + SHIFT

(b) CTRL + SHIFT + Up Arrow
(c) CTRL + SHIFT + Down Arrow
(d) CTRL + SHIFT + Right Arrow

(e) KHz

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1921.In processing cheques which of the
following I/O techniques have banks
traditionally followed?
(a) OCR

(b) MICR

(c) Barcode

(d) +VRT

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1926.To maximize or restore a selected window.
(a) CTRL + F7

(b) CTRL + F10

(c) CTRL + F8

(d) CTRL + F9

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)
1922. Zipping a file means

1927.To Copy a picture of the selected window

to the clipboard.

(a) Encrypting the message

(a) ALT + TAB

(b) Ctrl + TAB

(b) Compressing the message

(c) ALT + Print Screen

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(c) Transfer the message

(e) None of these

(d) All of these

Ans : (c)
1928. .is the key to close a selected dropdown list; cancel a command and close a
dialog box.

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1923.The instructions that tell a computer how to
carry out the processing tasks are referred to
as computer

(a) TAB

(b) SHIFT

(c) ESC

(d) F10

(a) programs

(b) processors

(e) None of these

(c) input devices

(d) memory modules

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

1929. is the key we use to run the

selected command.

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(a) SHIFT

(b) TAB

(e) None of these

(c) ENTER

(d) CTRL

Ans : (d)
1935.A..is a microprocessor-based computing device.

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1930. is the functional key to display
save-as box.

(a) personal computer

(b) mainframe

(c) workstation

(d) server

(a) F5

(b) F6

(e) None of these

(c) F9

(d) F12

Ans : (a)
1936.RAM can be thought of as the..for the
computers processor.

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1931. ..is the combination of keys to
switch between the last four places that you
have edited.
(a) ALT+CTRL+Z

(b) ALT+CTRL+Y

(c) ALT+TAB+Z

(d) ALT+SHIFT+Z

(e) None of these

(a) factory

(b) operating room

(c) waiting room

(d) planning room

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1937.Which of the following are the functions of
a operating system
(a) Allocates resources

Ans : (a)
1932. .is the keyboard shortcut key to
insert auto sum
(a) ALT

(b) ALT =

(c) ALT +

(d) ALT

(e) ALT + CTRL

(b) Monitor Activities

(c) Manages disks and files
(d) All of these
(e) Only (a) and (b)
Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)
1933.Data becomeswhen it is presented in
a formats that people can understand and use.

1938. To move a copy of file from one computer

to another over a communication channel is
called?

(a) processed

(b) graphs

(a) File transfer

(b) File encryption

(c) information

(d) presentation

(c) File modification

(d) File copying

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (a)

1934.The term..designates equipment that

might be added to a computer system to
enhance its functionality.

1939.The primary function of the..is to set

up the hardware and load and start an
operating system.

(a) digital device

(b) system add-on

(a) System Programs

(b) BIOS

(c) disk pack

(d) peripheral device

(c) CP

(d) Memory

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(e) None of these

(a) RAM

(b) ROM

Ans : (a)

(c) LSIC

(d) PROM

1940.What kind of memory is both static and

non-volatile?
(a) RAM

(b) ROM

(c) BIOS

(d) CACHE

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1945.On-line real time systems become popular
in..generation

(e) None of these

(a) First Generation

Ans : (b)

(b) Second Generation

1941. is computer software designed to

operate the computer hardware and to provide
platform for running application software

(c) Third Generation

(d) Fourth Generation
(e) None of these

(a) Application software

Ans : (c)

(b) System software

1946. ..is the ability of a device to jump

directly to the requested data.

(c) Software
(d) Operating system
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

(a) Sequential access

(b) Random access

(c) Quick access

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

1942.Theis the amount of data that a

storage device can move from the storage
medium to the Computer per second.
(a) data migration rate
(b) data digitizing rate
(c) data transfer rate
(d) data access rate

Ans : (b)
1947.The task of performing operations like
arithmetic and logical operations is called

(a) Processing

(b) Storing

(c) Editing

(d) Sorting

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (c)
1943.A device, which is not connected to CPU, is
called as.
(a) land-line device

(b) On-line device

(c) Off-line device

(d) Device

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1944.What is the other name for programmed
chip?

1948.The ALU and Control Unit jointly known

as
(a) RAM

(b) ROM

(c) CPU

(d) PC

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1949. RAM is an example of
(a) Secondary memory

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(b) Primary memory

(c) Audio and video files

(c) Main memory

(d) All of these

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)
1950.Magnetic disk is an example of
(a) Secondary memory
(b) Primary memory
(c) Main memory

(b) Redundancy

(c) Capacity

(d) Detecting

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

1956.One computer that is not considered a

portable computer is..

Ans : (a)
1951.Which one of the following is NOT a
computer language?
(a) MS-Excel

(b) BASIC

(c) COBOL

(d) C + +

(e) None of these

(a) Mini computer

(b) A Laptop

(c) Micro computer

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1957.The sharing of a medium and its path by 2
or more devices is called.

Ans : (a)
1952. Each memory cell has a unique number,
assigned to it is called as the.of the cell
(a) Address

(b) Register

(c) Number

(d) Path

(e) None of these

(a) Modulation

(b) Encoding

(c) Line discipline

(d) Multiplexing

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1958. Device drivers are :

Ans : (a)
1953.The server on the internet is also known as :
(a) Repeater

(b) Host

(c) Gateway

(d) AND Gate

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1954.Website is a collection of :

(b) Graphic files

(a) Switching

(e) None of these

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(a) HTML documents

1955. .is a method in which multiple

communication devices are connected to one
another efficiently.

(a) tine power cords for external storage

devices
(b) experts who know to maximise the
performance of device
(c) small, special purpose programs
(d) the innermost part of the operating system
(e) substitutes for operating systems
Ans : (c)
1959. Array is.

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(a) linear data structure

(b) non-linear data structure
(c) complex data structure
(d) simple data structure
(e) None of these

(a) Bookmark

(b) WP-link

(c) Favourites

(d) Both (a) and (c)

1961.Which input device cannot be used to work

in MS Office?
(a) Scanner

(b) Mouse

(c) Keyboard

(d) Joy stick

(e) Lightpen

(a) Office worker

(b) Comic assistant

(c) Office assistant

(d) All of these

(d) Primary Memory

(e) None of these
Ans : (a)

1965.Select the Odd one

(a) Operating System

(b) Interpreter

(c) Compiler

(d) Assembler

1966. A..is an additional set of commands

that the computer displays after you make a
selection from the main menu.
(a) dialog box

(b) submenu

(c) menu selection

(d) All of these

Ans : (a)

1962. .is an animated character that

gives help in MS Office?

(c) Permanent Memory

(d) Memory

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

(b) Long Memory

(c) Number

Ans : (a)

Ans : (d)

(a) Read/Write Memory

(b) Register

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

1963.RAM is also called as

(a) Address

Ans : (b)

1960.A stored link to a webpage, in order to have

a quick and easy access to it later, is called :

Ans : (c)

1964..Store
data
or
information
temporarily and pass it on as directed by the
control unit

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

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(a) Common Business Oriented Language
(b) Computer Business Oriented Language
(c) Common Business Operated Language
(d) Common Business Organized Language
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
1968.All of the following are examples of real
security and privacy risks EXCEPT :
(a) hackers

(b) spam

(c) viruses

(d) identify theft

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

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1969. Which of the following is NOT one of the

four major data processing functions of a
computer?

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(e) internet
Ans : (a)
1974. When creating a computer program, the
designs the structure of the program

(a) gathering data

(b) processing data into information
(c) analyzing the data or information
(d) storing the data or information
(e) None of these

(a) End user

(b) System Analyst

(c) Programmer

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)
1970.All of the following are examples of storage
devices EXCEPT :

1975.A computer program that converts an entire

program into machine language at one time is
called a/an

(a) hard disk drives

(b) printers

(a) interpreter

(b) simulator

(c) floppy disk drives

(d) CD drives

(c) compiler

(d) commander

(e) Pen drives

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)

1971.The CPU and memory are located on the :

(a) expansion board

(b) motherboard

(c) storage device

(d) output device

(e) display board

1976.Computers process data into information by

working exclusively with :
(a) multimedia

(b) words

(c) characters

(d) numbers

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1972..is the science that attempts to
produce machines that display the same type
of intelligence that humans do.
(a) Nanoscience
(b) Nanotechnology
(c) Simulation
(d) Artificial intelligence (AI)

Ans : (d)
1977.The difference between people with access
to computers and the Internet and those
without this access is known as the :
(a) digital divide

(b) Internet divide

(c) Web divide

(d) broadband divide

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1973.Servers are computers that provide
resources to other computers connected to a :

1978.The ability to recover and read deleted or

damaged files from a criminal deleted
computer is an example of a law enforcement
specialty called :

(a) network

(b) mainframe

(a) robotics

(b) simulation

(c) supercomputer

(d) client

(c) computer forensics

(d) animation

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(e) None of these

(c) Corruption of program

Ans : (c)

(d) Deletion of files

1979.Where does most data go first with in a

computer memory hierarchy?
(a) RAM

(b) ROM

(c) BIOS

(d) CACHE

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1984.Every computer connected to an intranet or
extranet must have a distinct..

(e) None of these

(a) firewall

(b) proxy server

Ans : (a)

(c) IP address

(d) domain name

1980.Which command divides the surface of the

blank disk into sectors and assign a unique
address to each one
(a) Ver

(b) Format

(c) Fat

(d) Chkdsk

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
1985.Programming language built into user
programs such as Word and Excel are known
as

(e) None of these

(a) 4GLs

Ans : (b)

(b) macro languages

1981.If you need to duplicate the entire disk,

which command will you use?
(a) Copy

(b) Diskcopy

(c) Chkdsk

(d) Format

(e) None of these

(c) object-oriented languages

(d) visual programming languages
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
1986.Firewalls are used to protect against
..

Ans : (b)
1982. A..sometimes called a boot sector
virus, executes when a computer boots up
because it resides in the boot sector of a
floppy disk or the master boot record of a hard
disk.
(a) system virus

(b) Trojan horse virus

(c) file virus

(d) macro virus

(e) None of these

Ans : (e)
1983.A result of a computer virus can not lead
to
(a) Disk Crash
(b) Mother Board Crash

(a) Unauthorized Attacks

(b) Virus Attacks
(c) Data Driven Attacks
(d) Fire Attacks
(e) All of these
Ans : (a)
1987.Which of the following extensions suggest
that the file is a backup copy
(a) Bak

(b) Bas

(c) Com

(d) Txt

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

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1988.Computer programs are written in a highlevel programming language; however, the

human-readable version of a program is
called..
(a) cache

(b) instruction set

(c) source code

(d) word size

(e) None of these

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(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1993.A set of step-by-step procedures for
accomplishing a task is known as a(n).
(a) algorithm

(b) hardware program

(c) software bug

(d) firmware program

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
1989.The software tools that enable a user to
interact with a computer for specific purposes
are known as.
(a) Hardware

(b) Networked Software

(c) Shareware

(d) Applications

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
1994.A complete electronic circuit with
transistors and other electronic components on
a small silicon chip is called a(n)
(a) Workstation

(b) CPU

(c) Magnetic disk

(d) Integrated circuit

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
1990. .processing is used when a large
mail-order company accumulates orders and
processes them together in one large set.

Ans : (d)
1995. A saved document is referred to as a
.

(a) Batch

(b) Online

(a) file

(b) word

(c) Real-time

(d) Group

(c) folde

(d) project

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (a)

1991.When a file contains instructions that can be

carried out by the computer, it is often called
a(n)file.

1996.What is output?
(a) What the processor takes from the user

(a) data

(b) information

(b) What the user gives to the processor

(c) executable

(d) application

(c) What the processor gets from the user

(e) None of these

(d) What the processor gives to the user

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

1992.A compiler translates a program written in a

high-level language into
(a) Machine language

Ans : (d)
1997.When you turn on the computer, the boot
routine will perform this test

(b) An algorithm

(a) RAM test

(b) Disk drive test

(c) A debugged program

(c) Memory test

(d) Power-on self-test

(d) Java

(e) None of these

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Ans : (b)
1998.Which of the following storage media
provides sequential access only?

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2002.The..becomes
different
shapes
depending on the task you are performing.
(a) Active tab

(b) Insertion point

(d) Ribbon

(a) Floppy disk

(b) Magnetic disk

(c) Mouse pointer

(c) Magnetic tape

(d) Optical disk

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (a)
1999.In word processing, an efficient way to
move the 3rd paragraph to place it after the 5th
paragraph is

2003.Specialized programs that assist users in

locating information on the Web are
called..
(a) Information engines

(a) copy and paste

(b) Search engines

(b) copy, cut and paste

(c) Web browsers

(c) cut, copy and paste

(d) Resource locators

(d) cut and paste

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (d)
2000.The term user interface refers to..
(a) What the user sees on the screen and how
they can interact with it
(b) How the operating system responds to user
commands
(c) the means by which the user interacts with
the peripheral devices on the computer
(d) The monitor that is available for the
computer

Ans : (a)
2001.For creating a document, you use..
command at File Menu.
(a) Open

(b) Close

(c) New

(d) Save

Ans : (c)

(a) Is always white colour

(b) Is the colour you preset under the Options
menu
(c) Is always the same for the entire document
(d) Can have any colour you choose
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
2005.Any letter, number, or symbol found on the
keyboard that you can type into the computer

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

2004.The background of any Word document

(a) output

(b) character

(c) type

(d) print

(e) font
Ans : (b)
2006.A symbol or question on the screen that
prompts you to take action and tell the
computer what to do next ..

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2011. A..is a device that not only provides

surge protection, but also furnishes your
computer with battery backup power during a
power outage.

(a) scanner
(b) questionnaire
(c) prompt and dialog box
(d) information seeker

(a) surge strip

(b) USB

(e) None of these

(c) UPS

(d) battery strip

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

2007.Commands at the top of a screen such as :

FILE-EDIT-FONT-TOOL to operate and
change things within programs..
(a) menu bar

(b) tool bar

(c) user friendly

(d) word processor

Ans : (c)
2012. .this is the act of copying or
downloading a program from a network and
making multiple copies of it.
(a) Network piracy

(b) Plagiarism

(e) None of these

(c) Software piracy

(d) Site-license piracy

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

2008.The primary device that a computer uses to

store information
(a) monitor

(b) memory

(c) disk

(d) hard drive

Ans : (c)
2013.When installingthe user must copy
and usually decompress program files from a
CDROM or other medium to the hard disk.
(a) programming software

(e) None of these

(b) system hardware

Ans : (d)
2009.A file extension is separated from the main
file name with a(n).but no spaces.

(c) applications hardware

(d) applications software

(a) question mark

(b) exclamation mark

(e) None of these

(c) underscore

(d) period

Ans : (a)
2014.Which one of the following would be
considered as a way that a computer virus can
enter a computer system?

(e) None of these

Ans : (e)
2010.Application software
accomplish.

is

designed

to

(a) Opening an application

installed on the computer

previously

(a) real-world tasks

(b) Borrowed an illegal copy of software

(b) computer-centric tasks

(c) gaming tasks

(c) Viewing a website without causing any

additional transactions

(d) operating system tasks

(d) Running antivirus programs

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)

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2015.Programs such as Mozila Firefox that serve

as navigable windows into the web are
called
(a) Hypertext

(b) Networks

(c) Internet

(d) Web browsers

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2019.Which device cannot be shared in network?

(a) Floppy

(b) Keyboard

(c) Computer

(d) Printer

(e) Hard disk

Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

2020.What is the purpose of query?

Ans : (d)
2016.What is the main difference between a
mainframe and a super computer?
(a) Super computer is much larger than
mainframe computers
(b) Super computers are much smaller than
mainframe computers

(a) Input data

(b) Output data

(c) Sort & filter

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
2021.Which port doesnt exist in computer?

(c) Super computers are focused to execute

few programs as fast as possible while
mainframe uses its power to execute as
many programs concurrently

(a) USB

(b) Parallel

(c) Com1/Com2

(d) RAW

(d) Supercomputers are focused to execute as

many programs as possible while
mainframe uses its power to execute few
programs as fast as possible.

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

2022.What is the name of excel files?

(a) Workbook

(b) Worksheet

(e) None of these

(c) Spreadsheet

(d) Spread book

Ans : (c)

(e) None of these

2017.What is the function of Recycle Bin?

Ans : (a)
2023.Workgroup means

(a) Store deleted file

(b) Store temporary file

(a) Computers in network

(c) Store corrupted file

(b) Individual user

(d) Store Document file

(c) Individual computer

(e) None of these

(d) All of these

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

2018.Which is the latest version of MS Office?

(a) Office XP

(b) Windows XP

(c) Office 2007

(d) Office 2010

Ans : (a)
2024.Synonym can be reviewed with
(a) Spelling and grammar

(e) None of these

(b) Thesaurus

Ans : (d)

(c) Both

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(d) Synonym viewer

(c) Microsoft

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)

2025.Which command allows you to reduce

fragments of file and optimize the
performance of disk?
(a) Scandisk
(c) Chkdsk

(b) Diskcomp
(d) Defrag

2030.The programs which are as permanent as

hardware and stored in ROM is known as
(a) Hardware

(b) Software

(c) Firmware

(d) ROM ware

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (d)
2026.A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to
..data?
(a) 680 KB

(b) 680 Bytes

(c) 680 MB

(d) 680 GB

2031.To save a document in different location

use :
(a) Save

(b) Save as

(c) Save as web page

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (c)
2027.Which programming languages
classified as low level languages?

are

(a) Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN

(b) Prolog 2, Expert Systems
(c) Knowledge based systems
(d) Assembly Languages

2032.Which of the following is

manufacturer of Hard Disk drives?

not

an

(a) Samsung

(b) Intel

(c) Seagate

(d) Western Digital

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
2033.A disadvantage of the laser printer is :

(e) None of these

(a) It is quieter than an impact printer

Ans : (d)

(b) It is very slow

2028.Which of the following devices have a

limitation that we can only store information
to it but cannot erase or modify it?

(c) The output is of a lower quality

(d) All of these

(a) Floppy Disk

(b) Hard Disk

(e) None of these

(c) Tape Drive

(d) CDROM

Ans : (e)

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
2029.Which of the following is the largest
manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives?
(a) IBM

(d) 3M

2034.Different components, on the motherboard

of a PC processor unit are linked together by
sets or parallel electrical conducting lines.
What are these lines called?
(a) Conductors

(b) Buses

(b) Seagate

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(d) Connectively

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Ans : (a)
2040.The secondary storage devices can only
store data but they cannot perform

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
2035.Which of the following professions has
been affected by personal computers?

(a) Arithmetic Operation

(b) Logic operation

(a) Medical

(b) Clerical and law

(c) Fetch operations

(c) Accounting

(d) All of these

(d) Either of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (d)

2036.What is meant by a dedicated computer?

2041.A physical connection between the

microprocessor memory and other parts of the
microcomputer is known as :

(a) Which is used by one person only

(b) Which is assigned one and only one task
(c) Which uses one kind of software
(d) Which is meant for application software

(b) Address bus

(c) Route

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)
2037.A computer program that translates one
program instructions at a time into machine
language is called a/an
(a) Interpreter

(b) CPU

(c) Compiler

(d) Simulator

2042.A group of magnetic tapes, videos or

terminals usually under the control of one
master is :
(a) Cylinder

(b) Surface

(c) Track

(d) Cluster

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (a)
2038.Instructions and
represented by

(a) Path

2043.Each model of a computer has a unique :

memory

address

(a) Character code

(b) Binary codes

(c) Binary word

(d) Parity bit

are

(a) Assembly of a computer

(b) Machine language
(c) High level language
(d) All of these

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
2039.As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
(a) More expensive

(b) More portable

(c) Less rigid

(d) Slowly accessed

Ans : (b)
2044.Which company is the biggest player in the
microprocessor industry?
(a) Motorola

(b) IBM

(e) None of these

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(c) Intel

(d) AMD

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(c) LABEL

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)

2045.Which computer memory is used for storing

programs and data currently being processed
by the CPU?
(a) Mass memory

(b) Internal memory

(c) Non-volatile memory (d) PROM

(e) Flash memory

(d) DISKLABEL

2050.To get to the Symbol dialog box, click on

the.menu and choose Symbol.
(a) Insert

(b) Format

(c) Tools

(d) Table

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (b)
2046.Microprocessors can be used to make

2051.Superscript, subscript, outline, emboss,

engrave are known as

(a) Computer

(b) Digital systems

(a) font styles

(b) font effects

(c) Calculators

(d) All of these

(c) word art

(d) text effects

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (b)

2047.The subject of cybernetics deals with the

science of

2052.Shimmer,
Sparkle
text,
Background etc. are known as

(a) Genetics

(a) font styles

(b) font effects

(b) Control and communications

(c) word art

(d) text effects

(c) Molecular biology

(e) None of these

(d) Biochemistry

Ans : (d)
2053.Which of the following is not available in
Font Spacing?

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
2048.A term associated with the comparison of
processing speeds of different computer
system is :
(a) EFTS

(b) MPG

(c) MIPS

(d) CFPS

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
2049.Which command is used to set a name to a
disk in DOS?
(a) VOLUME

Blinking

(b) VOL

(a) Normal

(b) Loosely

(c) Condensed

(d) Expanded

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
2054.Bold, Italic, Regular are known as
(a) font styles

(b) font effects

(c) word art

(d) text effects

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

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2055.If you begin typing an entry into a cell and

then realize that you dont want your entry
placed into a cell, you :
(a) Press the Erase key
(b) Press Esc

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2059.Unwanted repetitious messages, such as

unsolicited bulk e-mail is known as
(a) Spam

(b) Trash

(c) Calibri

(d) Courier

(e) None of these

(c) Press the Enter button

Ans : (a)

(d) Press the Edit Formula button

(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
2056.Which of the following will not cut
information?
(a) Pressing Ctrl + C

2060.COBOL is
applications

widely

used

in.

(a) Commercial

(b) Scientific

(c) Space

(d) Mathematical

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

(b) Selecting Edit > Cut from the menu

(c) Clicking the Cut button on the standard
(d) Pressing Ctrl + X
(e) None of these

2061.VDU is also called

(a) Screen

(b) Monitor

(c) Both (a) & (b)

(d) Printer

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (c)

2057.Computer connected to a LAN (Local Area

Network) can
(a) run faster

2062.What kind of software would you most

likely use to keep track of billing account?
(a) Word Processing

(b) go on line

(b) Electronic Publishing

(c) share information and /or share peripheral

equipment

(c) Spreadsheet
(d) Web authoring

(d) E-mail

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)
2058.A self replicating program, similar to a
virus which was taken from a 1970s science
fiction novel by John Bruner entitled the
Shockwave Rider is.

2063.Test the validity of the statements?

(a) 1 KB = 1024 BYTES
(b) 1 MB = 2048 BYTES

(a) Bug

(b) Vice

(c) 1 MB = 1000 KILOBYTES

(c) Lice

(d) Worm

(d) 1 KB = 1000 BYTES

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (a)

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2064.Which of the following is not a computer

language?
(a) BASIC

(b) C++

(c) C#

(d) Java

(e) Microsoft
Ans : (e)
2065.Which among the following is a correct
definition of Digital Divide?
(a) gap between people having access to
mobile and internet access
(b) gap between people having access to
internet/IT and no internet/IT
(c) gap between people having access to
broadband and narrowband internet
(d) gap between people having access to
internet banking and normal banking
(e) Gap between the people having an email
account and no email account
Ans : (b)
2066.Now a days Vishing has become a criminal
practice of using social engineering over
which of the following?
(a) Social networking sites
(b) Mobile Phones
(c) E-mails
(d) Cyber cafes
(e) All of these
Ans : (b)
2067.What is the fullform of W3C?

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Ans : (a)
2068.In the MICR Code Line Structure what do
represent the first three digits of Sort field
number consisting of nine digits?
(a) City

(b) Bank

(c) Branch

(d) Account Type

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
2069.Most of the internet banking sites provide
which of the following feature to reduce the
risk of keystroke logging for the password
entry?
(a) Virtual keyboard

(b) Finger Touching

(c) Touchscreen

(d) ShapeWriter

(e) Dasher
Ans : (a)
2070.ADSL data communications technology
uses which of the following for faster data
transmission?
(a) Voiceband modem
(b) Wireless Modem
(c) Copper telephone Lines
(d) Sockets
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
2071.What is the purpose of keeping electronic
devices such as computers, televisions, and
remote controlled devices on Sleep mode?
(a) Reduce Power consumption

(a) World Wide Web Consortium

(b) Back up

(b) World Wide Web Company

(c) To write contents of RAM to hard disc

(c) World Wide Web Center

(d) To improve download speed

(d) World Wide Web Command

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

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2072.What is the
Defragmentation?

ultimate

purpose

of

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(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

(a) Make the PC faster

2077.Linux is a(n)..operating system.

(b) Create More Free Space

(c) Delete temporary files
(d) Reduce Power consumption
(e) All of these

(a) open-source

(b) Microsoft

(c) Windows

(d) Mac

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

Ans : (b)
2073.The purpose of the primary key in a
database is to :
(a) unlock the database

2078.Which of the following places the common

data elements in order from smallest to largest
(a) character, file, record, field, database
(b) character, record, field, database, file

(b) provide a map of the data

(c) character, field, record, file, database

(c) uniquely identify a record

(d) establish constraints on database
operations
(e) None of these

(d) Bit, byte, character, record, field, file,

database
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)

Ans : (b)
2074.The design of the network is called the
network :
(a) architecture

(b) server

(c) transmission

(d) type

(e) None of these

2079.Which of the following statements is

FALSE concerning file names?
(a) Files may share the same name or the same
extension but not both
(b) Every file in the same folder must have a
unique name
(c) File extension is another name for file type

Ans : (a)
2075.The most frequently used instructions of a
computer program are likely to be fetched
from :
(a) the hard disk

(b) cache memory

(c) RAM

(d) registers

(e) None of these

(d) The file extension comes before the dot (.)

followed by the name
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)
2080.Which of the following would most likely
NOT be a symptom of a virus?
(a) Existing program files and icons disappear.

Ans : (b)
2076.Personal logs or journal entries posted on
the Web are known as :
(a) listservs

(b) Webcasts

(c) blogs

(d) subject directories

(b) The CD-ROM stops functioning.

(c) The Web browser opens to an unusual
home page.

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(d) Odd messages or images are displayed on

the screen.
(e) None of these

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(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
2085.To move to the bottom of a document,
press.

Ans : (b)
2081. ..are lists of commands that appear
on the screen.
(a) GUIs

(b) Icons

(c) Menus

(d) Windows

(e) None of these

(a) Auto summarize

(b) Home key

(c) Ctrl + Home key

(d) End key

(e) Ctrl + End key

Ans : (e)
2086.By default, your documents print in
..mode.

Ans : (c)
2082.What is the correct association between a
hardware component and a computer
function?

(a) Landscape

(b) Portrait

(c) Page setup

(d) Print preview

(e) None of these

(a) Monitor > input

Ans : (b)

(b) Mouse > input

2087.Whats the name for the program or service

that lets you view e-mail messages?

(c) CPU > storage

(d) Hard disk > processing
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)

(a) Web browser

(b) E-mail clients

(c) E-mail ID

(d) Internet

(e) None of these

2083.What is the function of Drop Cap?

(a) It does not allow capital letters to be used
in the documents.
(b) It makes first letter of each word capital
letter in the documents.
(c) It lets you begin a paragraph with a large
dropped initial capital letter.
(d) It automatically starts all paragraphs and
sentences with capital letters.
(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
2088.What does the SMTP in an SMTP server
stand for?
(a) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
(b) Server Message Test Phase
(c) Short Messaging Text Process
(d) Short Messaging Transfer Protocol
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)

Ans : (c)
2084.The errors that can be pointed out by the
compiler are :
(a) Syntax error

(b) Symantic error

(c) Logical error

(d) Internal error

2089.Whats considered the backbone of the

World Wide Web?
(a) Uniform resource locator (URL)
(b) Hypertext mark-up language (HTML)
(c) Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)

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(d) File transfer protocol (FTP)

(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
2090.We access the World Wide Web using :

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Ans : (a)
2095.Small application programs that run on a
Web page and may ensure a form is
completed properly or provide animation are
known as..

(a) Browsers

(a) flash

(b) spiders

(b) Instant messaging applications

(c) cookies

(d) applets

(c) High bandwidth

(e) None of these

(d) Search engine

Ans : (a)
2096.Which of the following
characteristic of a computer?

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
2091.The internet began with the development
of:

(a) Intelligence

(b) Speed

(c) Versatility

(d) Automation

(a) USENET

(b) ARPANET

(e) None of these

(c) Ethernet

(d) Intranet

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
2092.A wireless network uses.waves to
transmit signals.

(a) ISP

(b) radio

(c) Web Servers

(c) sound

(d) magnetic

(e) None of these

(b) Web Browsers

(d) Web Modular

Ans : (b)

Ans : (b)

2098.Outlook Express is a

2093.What device includes an adapter that

decodes data sent in radio signals?
(a) modem

(b) digital translator

(c) router

(d) switch

(a) E-mail client

(b) Scheduler

(c) Address book

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

(e) None of these

2099.Which of the following is not a network?

Ans : (c)
2094.Network components are connected to the
same cable in the topology.
(a) star

(b) ring

(c) bu

(d) mesh

(e) mixed

Not

2097.The WWW standard allows programs on

many different computer platforms to show
the information on a server. Such programs
are called :

(a) mechanical

(e) None of these

is

(a) Local Area Network

(b) Wide Area Network
(c) Optical Fibre
(d) All are networks
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)

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2100.Which of the following

characteristic of E-mail?

is

Not

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Ans : (a)
2104.The main memory of a computer can also
be called.

(a) Low cost

(b) Record maintenance in database

(a) primary storage

(b) internal memory

(c) High speed

(c) primary memory

(d) all of these

(d) Waste reduction

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
2105.A GUI is

Ans : (b)
2101.Who designed
computer-ENIAC?

the

first

electronics

(a) Van Neuman

(b) Joseph M Jacquard
(c) J presper Eckert and John W Mauchly
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(e) None of these
Ans : (a)
2102. is a collection of web-pages and
is the very first page that we see on
opening of a website.
(a) Home page, Web page
(b) Website, Home page
(c) Web page, Home page
(d) Web page, Website
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
2103.When we run program in HTML coding,
..is used as backend and.works as
frontend.
(a) Notepad, Internet Explorer
(b) Notepad, MSN messenger
(c) MS Word, Internet Explorer
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(e) None of these

(a) hardware
(b) language interpreter
(c) software interface
(d) an operating system
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
2106. As main purpose is to prohibit
unauthorized access to your computer via the
Internet.
(a) popup blocker

(b) firewall

(c) spyware blocker

(d) spam assassin

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
2107.If configured correctly, the.will
prevent interaction with your computer after a
specified time period.
(a) firewall

(b) filter

(c) screen saver

(d) popup blocker

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
2108.What is the name of the series of Laptop
computers manufactured by IBM called?
(a) LapPad
(b) Vaio
(c) Aptiva
(d) Thinkpad
(e) Notepad
Ans : (b)

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2109.The hard disk drive capacity is defined by

its formatting pattern. We call the hard disk
drive formatting pattern as :
(a) FAT

(b) VFAT

(c) Cluster

(d) Geometery

(e) None of these

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2113.A message with replies on a newsgroup is

often called a
(a) post

(b) list

(c) thread

(d) comment

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (a)
2110.What is access time?
(a) It is the time taken by the memory to store
or retrieve a piece of data.
(b) It is the number marked on all memory
chips.
(c) It is the memory clock.

2114.A large number of computers in a wide

geographical area can be efficiently connected
by
(a) Twisted pair lines
(b) Coaxial cables
(c) Communications satellites
(d) Fiber Cables

(d) It is the transaction period between the

CPU and the memory

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
2115.What displays the content of the active cell
in Excel?

Ans : (a)
2111.What is the function of a router?
(a) To connect your computer to another
computer.
(b) To connect two servers to increase
transmission speed.
(c) To connect two different networks.
(d) To connect very distant segments from the
same network.

(a) Name Box

(b) Row Headings

(c) Formula Bar

(d) Taskpane

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
2116.Each computer connected to the internet
must
(a) be an IBM PC

(e) None of these

(b) have a unique IP address

Ans : (c)

(c) be internet compatible

2112.The facilities available in the internet are

(d) have a modem connection

(i) electronic mail

(ii) remote login

(e) None of these

(iii) file transfer

(iv) word processing

Ans : (b)

(a) i, ii

(b) i, ii, iii

(c) i, ii, iv

(d) ii, iii and iv

Ans : (b)

2117. ..is the protocol that supports

linking from one web page to another page.
(a) HTML

(b) IP

(c) HTTP

(d) FTP

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2122.Computers observe some limitations as they

have no

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
2118.The phrase.describes viruses,
worms, Trojan horse attack applets, and attack
scripts.
(a) malware

(b) spam

(c) phish

(d) virus

(e) None of these

(a) intelligence and feeling

(b) flexibility and emotions
(c) easy portability and ethics
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans : (d)

Ans : (a)

2123.Computers can provide

2119.Indicate which of the following is not true

about an interpreter
(a) Interpreter generates an object program
from the source program

(a) logical decision and latest information

(b) solutions of problems and quality control
(c) industrial and educational development

(b) Interpreter is a kind of translator

(d) all of these

(c) Interpreter analyses each source statement

every time it is to be executed

(e) None of these

(d) All of these

Ans : (a)
2124.Pressing and quickly releasing the left
button of the mouse is called

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
2120.The term baud is a measure of the :
(a) speed at which data travels over the
communication line
(b) memory capacity
(c) instruction execution time

(a) Double Click

(b) Right Click

(c) Up Click

(d) Left Click

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
2125.Soft copy of a document
characteristics that it can be :

(d) All of these

(a) touched only

(e) None of these

(b) viewed only

Ans : (a)

(c) touched and viewed

2121.Digital computer consumes electric power

as compare to analog computer.
(a) Equal

(b) More

(c) Less

(d) Alike

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

has

the

(d) either touched or viewed

(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
2126.CRT stands for
(a) Cathode Ray tube
(b) Cathodic ray tube

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(c) Cathode ray tub

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(d) pull the power card from the back of the

computer

(d) Cathodic ray tub

(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)

Ans : (a)
2127.What is the meaning of justified text?
(a) the text headings are all in the same style
(b) all four margins on the page are the same
size
(c) the text aligns with both the right and left
margins
(d) the text is the maximum size that will fit on
a page

2131.By an intranet we mean

(a) a LAN of an organization
(b) a Wide Area Network connecting all
branches of an organization
(c) a corporate computer network
(d) a network connecting all computers of an
organization and using the internet
protocol
(e) None of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)

Ans : (c)
2128.To identify a document, it is helpful to
include the file name on each page as a
(a) header/footer

(b) bibliography

(c) find/search

(d) macro

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
2129.What is the purpose of providing a Drafts
folder in an email system?
(a) to store spam email
(b) to save unsent emails
(c) to store deleted emails
(d) to save a copy of sent emails
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
2130.Which of the following is an acceptable
way to shut down the computer?

2132.Computer which are made of integrated

circuits
(a) Digital

(b) Analog

(c) Mechanical

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
2133.An error in software or hardware is called a
bug. What is the alternative computer jargon
for it?
(a) Leech

(b) Squid

(c) Slug

(d) Glitch

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
2134.Bold, italics and underline are features used
in many programs. To which of the following
items can these features be applied?
(a) files

(b) text

(a) press the reset button

(c) pictures

(d) windows

(b) turn the computer off at the power point

(e) None of these

(c) select the Shut down option from a menu

Ans : (b)

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2135.All of the following are basic principles of

net works, except
(a) each computer must have a network card
(b) there must be communications media
connecting the network hardware devices
(c) there must be at least one connecting
device
(d) each computer must have software that
supports the movement of information
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
2136.A passive threat to computer security is
(a) Malicious Intent

(b) Sabotage

(c) Accident Errors

(d) Espionage Agents

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
2137.Voice mail
(a) is the exchange of text messages and
computer files transmitted via a
communications network such as a local
area network or the Internet
(b) permits users to converse in real time with
each other via the computer while
connected to the Internet
(c) functions much like an answering machine,
allowing callers to leave a voice message
for the called party
(d) involves using video and computer
technology to conduct a meeting between
participants at geographically separate
locations
(e) None of these
Ans : (c)
2138.A(n)..allows network users to share
a single copy of software, which resides on
the network server.
(a) single-user license agreement

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(b) network site license

(c) end-user license agreement
(d) business software license
(e) None of these
Ans : (b)
2139.Which of the following is a general purpose
programming language, designed by Sun
Microsystems?
(a) VB Script

(b) Java Script

(c) CSS

(d) Linux

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
2140.A communication processor that connects
dissimilar networks by providing the
translation from one set of protocol to another
is
(a) Bridge

(b) Gateway

(c) Router

(d) Modem

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
2141. allows wireless mobile devices to
access the Internet and its services such as the
Web and e-mail
(a) TCP/IP

(b) Ethernet

(c) WAP

(d) WiFi

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
2142.Which device cannot be shared in network?
(a) Floppy

(b) Keyword

(c) Computer

(d) Printer

(e) None of these

Ans : (b)
2143.Which port doesnt exist in computer?
(a) UBS port

(b) Parallel port

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(c) Printer port

(d) Computer port

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(b) Response Deadline

(e) None of these

(c) Timer delay

Ans : (d)

(d) Throughput

2144.The browsers..keeps a list of web

pages you have visited during the current
session.
(a) history

(b) cache

(c) favorites

(d) trail

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)
2149.What is the transfer rate of a standard USB
2.0 Device?
(a) 100 Mbit/s

(b) 480 Mbit/s

(c) 1 Gbit/s

(d) 250 Mbit/s

(e) None of these

2145.Which of the following identifies a specific

web page and its computer on the Web?
(a) Web site

(b) Web site address

(c) URL

(d) Domain Name

Ans : (b)
2150.An interface that can be used to connect the
microcomputer bus to..is called an
I/O Port.

(e) None of these

(a) Flip Flops

(b) Memory

Ans : (d)

(c) Peripheral devices

(d) Multiplexers

2146.The type of software that can store, update,

manipulate, and retrieve data is called
(a) desktop publishing

(e) None of these

Ans : (d)
2151.Your computer suddenly shuts off and
doesnt turn on after repeated attempts. What
is the most likely cause?

(b) spreadsheet
(c) database management

(a) CPU fried

(d) graphics

(b) Hard Drive crashed

(e) None of these

(c) CD-ROM fried

Ans : (c)
2147.Which application is not typically included
in an MS Office suite?
(a) word processor

(b) spreadsheet

(c) antivirus

(d) database

(d) Power Supply blown

(e) Motherboard crashed
Ans : (b)

(e) None of these

Ans : (c)
2148. ..is the time needed by the CPU to
recognize (not service) an interrupt request
(a) Interrupt Latency

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