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The ability of an OS to run more than
one application at a time is called.
a) Multitasking
b) Object Oriented Programming
c) Multi-use Computing
d) Time sharing
a) distributed
b) non-wired
c) centralized
d) open source
e) wireless
e) None of these
A program designed to destroy data on
your computer which can travel to “infect”
other computers is called a
a) disease
b) torpedo c Virus
You can use the __ bar to
type URL and display a Web page, or type
a keyword to display a list of related Web
c) hurricane
pages.
d) virus
a) Menu
b) Title
e) infector
c) Search
d) Web
e) Address
What happens when you boot up a PC?
a) Portions of the operating system are
copied from disk into memory.
b) Portions of the operating system are copied
from memory onto disk.
Which part interprets program
instructions and initiate control
operations?
c) Portions of the operating system are
compiled.
a) Input
b) Storage unit
d) Portions of the operating system are
emulated.
c) Logic unit
e) The PC gets switched off.
d) Control unit
e) None of the above
What is an e-mail attachment?
a) A receipt sent by the recipient.
The components that process data are
located in the-
a) input devices
b) Output devices
c) System unit
b) A separate document from another
program sent along with an e-mail.
c) A malicious parasite that feeds on your
messages and destroys and contents.
d) A list of CC or BCC recipients.
d) Storage component
e) None of these
e) A friend to whom e-mail is sent regularly.
You organise files by storing them in
a) archives
b) lists
c) indexes
d) folders
e) None of these
_ cells involves creating a
single cells by combining two or more
selected cells.
a) formatting
b) Merging
c) Embedding
d) Splitting
e) None of these
What type of computers are client
computers (most of the time) in a client-
server system?
Compiling creates a(n)
a) error-free program
b) program specification
c) subroutine
a) Mainframe
b) Mini-computer
c) Microcomputer
d) PDA
d) algorithm
e) None of these
e) executable program
Removing and replacing devices
without turning off your computer is
referred to as
A device that connects to a network
without the use of cable is said to be
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A device for changing the connection on a
connector to a different configuration is
_.
(a) A converter
(b) A component
To protect yourself from computer
hacker intrusions you should install a
(c) An attachment
(d) An adapter
a) firewall
b) mailer
(e) None of these
c) macro
d) script
e) None of these
CD and DVD drives are examples of
___.
(a) Coding media
(b) Printers
To view information on the Web you
must have a _.
a) cable modem
(c) Zip drives
(d) Storage devices
(e) None of these
b) Web browser
c) domain name server
d) hypertext viewer
e) None of these
The part of a computer that co-ordinates all
its functions is called its __.
(a) Rom program
(b) Control Unit
(c) System board
(d) Arithmetic logic unit
(e) None of these
The computers of second generation were
characterized by the use of which of the
following instead of vaccum tubes ?
(a) Silicon chip
(b) Transistors
(c) Both 1 & 2
(d) Integrated circuits
Which of the following is not a
telecommunication equipment ?
(a) Modem
(e) None of these
(b) Fax Machine
(c) Tele-printer
The first transistorized computer was built
at ____.
(a) Babylonia
(d) Hub
(e) None of these
(b) Bell labs
(c) University of Manchester
(d) Germany
Computer networking devices are also
called as _.
(a) Inter working unit
(b) System equipment
(c) Projectors
(e) None of these
The computer’s capability of distinguishing
spoken words is called __.
(a) Voice analysis
(d) Software
(e) None of these
(b) Voice recognition
(c) Speech acknowlegement
(d) Speech interpretation
(e) None of these
ASCII stands for __.
(a) American special computer for
Information Interaction
(b) American standard computer for
Information Interchange
(c) American standard code for
Information Interchange
(d) American special code for Information
Interaction
To access a mainframe or super computer,
users often use a.
(a) Terminal
(b) Node
(c) Desktop
(d) Hand held
(e) None of these
(e) None of these

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A program written in a high level language
(d) Humanware
is referred to as :
(a) Source code
(b) Object code
(e) None of these
Which of following is hardware and not a
software ?
(c) Machine code
(d) Assembly code
(e) None of these
(a) Excel
(b) Printer driver
(c) Operating system
(d) System board
(e) None of these
Computer language used on Internet is
_.
(a) Pascal
(b) Java
A device that connects multiple network
(c) LOGO
segments along the data link layer is called as
(d) BASIC
(e) None of these
_.
(a) Multiplexer
(b) Modem
Which of the following is not a
programming language of a computer.
(a) BASIC
(c) Bridge
(d) Hub
(e) None of these
(b) FORTRAN
(c) LASER
(d) PASAL
(e) None of these
A programmer that converts a high level
language source file into a machine language
file is called a _.
(a) Translator
Which of the following operating systems is
(b) Assembler
not owned and licensed by a company ?
(c) Compiler
(a) Linux
(d) Linker
(b) Mac
(e) None of these
(c) Unix
(d) Windows 2000
(e) None of these
Most application software today come with
an interface called ______.
(a) Graphical User interface
(b) Character user interface
(c) Iron user interface
The UNIX, which command is used to
display the message or value of any variable on
the screen.
(a) Cat
(d) Button user interface
(e) None of these
(b) Echo
(c) Display
(d) Char
Which of the following was an early desktop
operating systems that included an integrated
(e) None of these
graphic user interface point-and-click features ?
(a) MS-DOS
(b) Mac OS
(c) UNIX
The first electronic computer ENIAC was
able to do how many multiplications per second
?
(d) Gnome
(a) 200
(b) 400
(c) 300
(d) 500
(e) None of these
Microsoft Windows came to dominate the
World’s personal Computer Market with
_% market share.
(a) 65%
Which of the following is related with
persons associated with computing process ?
(a) Hardware
(b) 82%
(c) 91%
(d) 90%
(e) None of these
(b) Software
(c) Firmware

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(b) Torpedo

What types of keys are ‘Ctrl’ and ‘Shift’ ?
(c) Virus
(a) adjustment
(b) Function
(d) Hurricane
(e) None of these
(c) modifier
(d) Alphanumeric
(e) None of these
Which of the following is an example for
first generation computers ?
(a) IBM 1401
(b) IBM 650
(c) IBM 702
(d) Both 2 & 3
In which tool bar we will find short button
for “Auto Sum” ?
(a) Formatting Bar
(b) Standard Bar
(c) Clipboard Bar
(d) Formula Bar
(e) None o0f these
Which of the following was the world’s first
electronic programmable computing device ?
(a) ENIAC
(b) Model K
(c) Colossus
(d) Curta
In order to move from one work sheet to
another in excel work book, which of the
following should be clicked ?
(a) Active cell
(e) None of these
In a computer most processing takes place
in __.
(a) Memory
(b) Scroll bar
(c) Sheet tab
(d) Tab buttom
(e) None of these
(b) CPU
(c) RAM
(d) Mother board
(e) None of these
In which chart, only one data series can be
plotted ?
(a) Pie
(b) Line
(c) Stacked bar
(d) embedded
(e) None of these
What type of software is most useful for the
creation of brouchers, posters and news letters
?
(a) Spread sheet software
(b) web authorising software
(c) Multimedia authorising software
(d) Desktop publishing software
(e) None of these
Material consisting of text and numbers is
best presented as __.
(a) a table slide
(b) a bullet slide
(c) a title slide
(d) a structure slide
(e) None of these
When the computer is switched on, the
booting process performs the __.
(a) Integrity Test
(b) Power-on self Test
(c) Correct functioning Test
(d) Reliability Test
(e) None of these
Coded entries which are used to gain
access to a computer system are called
_.
(a) Entry codes
(b) Passwords
(c) Code words
(d) Security commands
(e) None of these
The box that contains the central electronic
components of the computer is
_.
(a) Mother board
(b) System Unit
(c) Peripheral
(d) Input device
(e) None of these
A program designed to destroy data on a
computer which can travel to infect other
computers is called a ____.
(a) Disease

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___ is an example of input
device.
(a) Keyboard
(e) None of these
The first Operating System that allows
multi tasking with graphical user interface
__.
(b) Monitor
(c) Mouse
(d) Both 1 & 3
(e) None of these
(a) Windows NT 3.1
(b) Windows 3.11
(c) Windows 1.01
Which key is used in combination with
another key to perform a special task ?
(a) Function
(d) Windows 3.0
(e) None of these
(b) Control
(c) Arrow
A chart placed in a work sheet is called
__.
(d) Space bar
(e) None of these
(a) formatting chart
(b) embedded chart
(c) aligning chart
Units which are the last receiver or
generate data are called _.
(a) Data center equipment
(d) hanging chart
(e) None of these
_ contains volatile chips that
temporarily store data or instructions.
(b) Data Receiving equipment
(c) Data terminal equipment
(d) Domain name server
(a) CPU
(b) ROM
(c) RAM
(e) None of these
A normal compiler takes source code as
input and produces this as output.
(a) Assembly code
(d) RMA
(e) None of these
(b) Machine code
(c) Object code
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
A device that reads the information
contained on a disk and transfers it to the
computer’s memory __.
(a) Monitor
(b) Screen
COBOL is widely used in __
application.
(c) Keyboard
(d) Disk drive
(a) Commercial
(b) Scientific
(e) None of these
(c) Space
(d) Mathematical
(e) None of these
The other name of mother board is
_.
(a) Mouse
(b) Computer board
(c) Central board
(d) System board
(e) None of these
__ is a layer of computer
system between the hardware and the user
program.
(a) Operating Environment
(b) System Environment
(c) Application Software
What term is used to describe using the
mouse to move an item on the screen to a new
(d) Operating System
location ?
(e) None of these
(a) Click
(b) Double-click
(c) Drag and drop
(d) Point
In windows ME, What does M stand for ?
(a) Millennium
(b) Micro Expert
(e) None of these
(c) Macro Expert
(d) Multi Expert
A disk’s content that is recorded at the time

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of manufacture and that cannot be changed or
erased by the user is _.
(a) Memory Only

In which chart, only one data series can be
plotted ?
(a) Pie
(b) Write Only
(b) Line
(c) Run Only
(c) Bar
(d) Read Only
(e) None of these
(d) Column
(e) None of these
Computers Work in
(a) Machine linguistics
(b) Binary language
(c) HTML Code
In which table, we find the pivot table
command ?
(a) Tools
(b) Data
(d) Bit language
(e) None of these
(c) Insert
(d) Format
(e) None of these
C, BASIC, COBAL, and Java are examples
of ____ languages.
(a) Low level
In which option, we can show and print the
Gridlines?
(b) Computer
(c) high level
(a) Page setup
(b) format
(d) System programming
(e) None of these
(c) Auto format
(d) Style
(e) None of these
Which of the following is/are interpreted
Language?
In a spread sheet, the point at which a
(a) C
column and a row interesect is called a
(b) Java
__.
(a) container
(b) box
(c) Visual Basic
(d) Both b & c
(e) None of these
(c) grid
(d) cell
A computer cannot “boot” if it does not
have the __.
(a) Complier
(e) None of these
The main purpose of the supercomputer is
(a) High speed calculations
(b) Weather forecasting
(b) Loader
(c) Operating System
(d) Assembler
(c) Data Retreieval operations
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
The Analytical Engine developed during
First Generation of computers used
_ as a memory unit.
(a) RAM
Linux is an example of __.
(a) Free ware
(b) Open Source Software
(c) Share ware
(d) Complimentary
(b) Floppies
(c) Punch Cards
(d) Counter Wheels
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
Windows ME was designed for which
purpose ?
Manchester Mark I computer was based on
__.
(a) for home computer users
(b) for business people
(c) for desktop support
(d) for system restore
(e) None of these
(a) stored program concept
(b) processing concept
(c) electronic change concept
(d) All of the above

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(e) None of these
(d) Graphic tablet
(e) None of these

What is the Gray Code for decimal 7 ?
(a) 0100
(b) 0101
Of the four words listed below, which one
does not belong ?
(c) 0010
(a) Applications
(d) 111
(b) Peripherals
(e) None of these
(c) Programs
(d) Software
An electrical pathway within a computer is
(e) None of these
called _.
(a) circuit
Coded entries which are used to gain
access to a computer system are called
_.
(b) line
(c) bus
(d) track
(a) Entry codes
(e) None of these
(b) Passwords
(c) security commands
(d) codewords
(e) None of these
Macromedia is a name of a company
related with __.
(a) Hardware
__ is when the computer is
turned on and the operating system is loading.
(b) Software
(c) Peripherals
(a) Booting
(b) Flashing
(c) Tracking
(d) Taping
(d) Services
(e) None of these
Modern computers are very reliable but
they are not:
(a) Fast
(e) None of these
Which of the following is not a function of
the control unit ?
(b) Powerful
(c) Infallible
(d) Cheap
(a) Read instructions
(b) Execute instructions
(c) Interpret instructions
(d) Direct operations
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
Where does a computer add and compare
data ?
(a) Hard disk
(b) Floppy disk
(c) CPU chip
(d) Memory chip
Hardware devices that are not part of the
main computer system and are often added
later to the system are __.
(a) clip art
(e) None of these
(b) highlight
(c) execute
(d) peripherals
(e) None of these
The word computer usually refers to the
Central Processor Unit plus:
(a) External memory
(b) Internal memory
Computers built in the First Generation of
computers were-
(c) Input devices
(d) Output devices
(e) None of these
(a) Transistor
(b) Electro-mechanical
(c) Electrical
What is the name of the screen symbol that
shows the placement of the next character ?
(d) All of the above
(a) Mouse
(b) Cursor
(c) Track ball
Which number system is usually followed in
a typical 32-bit computer ?
(a) binary

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(b) decimal
(c) hexadecimal
(d) octal
(e) None of these

A computer cannot “boot” if it does not
have the __.
(a) Compiler
(b) Loader
The _ digits are 0 to 9 and A to F
(a) Decimal
(c) Operating System
(d) assembler
(b) Hexadecimal
(e) None of these
(c) Binomial
(d) Trinomial
A symbol on the screen that represents a
(e) None of these
disk, document or program that you can select
__.
(a) keys
What is the term used for a half byte ?
(a) bit
(b) caps
(b) nibble
(c) bug
(d) word
(c) icon
(d) monitor
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
Another word for the CPU is
__.
(a) microprocessor
(b) execute
X-MP is Models of :
(a) Micro Computer
(b) Mini Computer
(c) Main Frame Computer
(d) Super Computer
(e) None of these
(c) micro chip
(d) decode
(e) None of these
Data processing computer built to
conventional architecture is known as :
(a) Super computer
Which of the following is not an example of
hardware ?
(a) Mouse
(b) Mainframe
(b) Printer
(c) Micro computer
(d) Mini computer
(c) Monitor
(d) EXCEL
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
Computer peripherals do not include:
(a) UPS
Which part is the “brain” of computer ?
(a) CPU
(b) Speaker
(c) Microphone
(b) Monitor
(c) RAM
(d) Microwave
(d) ROM
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
Each digit in Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) is
known as _.
(a) Bit
A computer consists of :
(a) A central processing unit
(b) A memory
(b) Byte
(c) Nibble
(d) All of the above
(c) Input & output units
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
Different components on the motherboard
of a PC processor unit are linked together by
sets of parallel electrical conducting lines. What
are these lines called ?
A reusable CD is labelled as :
(a) R
(b) W
(c) HD
(d) RW
(a) Conductors
(b) Buses
(e) None of these

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In analog computer:
(d) secondary storage
(a) input is first converted to digital form
(e) None of these
(b) input is never converted to digital
form
A desktop computer is also known as a
__.
(a) Palm Pilot
(c) output is displayed in digital form
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
(b) PC
(c) laptop
The __ settings are automatic
(d) mainframe
and standard.
(a) icon
(e) None of these
(b) default
(c) CPU
(d) peripheral
(e) None of these
A memory in CPU that holds program
instructions, input data, intermediate results
and the output information produced during
processing is
(a) Secondary memory
Programs or a set of electronic instructions
(b) Primary memory
that tell a computer what to do _.
(c) Tertiary memory
(a) Menu
(d) Auxiliary memory
(b) Monitor
(e) None of these
(c) Hardware
(d) Software
(e) None of these
Developing sets of instructions for the
computer to follow and to do the task the same
way as many times as needed is called
_.
The part if a computer that coordinates all
its functions is called its __.
(a) ROM program
(a) listing
(b) sequencing
(b) system board
(c) programming
(c) arithmetic logic unit
(d) control unit
(d) directing
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
Where is the disk put in a computer
(a) In the hard drive
(b) In the disk drive
The “desktop” of a computer refers to
_.
(a) the visible screen
(c) Into the CPU
(b) the area around the monitor
(c) the top of the mouse pad
(d) the inside of a folder
(e) None of these
(d) In the modem
(e) None of these
A computer’s hard disk is _.
(a) an arithmetic and logical unit
(b) computer system
To access a mainframe or supercomputer,
users often use a _.
(a) terminal
(c) operating system
(d) computer hardware
(e) None of these
(b) node
(c) desktop
(d) handheld
(e) None of these
Every component of your computer is
either
(a) software of CPU/RAM
The hardware device commonly referred to
as the “brain” of the computer is the
(b) hardware or software
(c) application software or system software

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(d) input devices or output devices
(e) None of these
computer
(d) both B and C
(e) None of these

The floppy drive have
(a) Magnetic coating
(b) Silver coating
Everything that computer does is
controlled by its:
(a) RAM
(c) Gold coating
(d) Lead coating
(b) ROM
(c) CPU
(d) Storage devices
(e) None of these
The number system which is not a
positional notation system is __.
(a) Octal
(b) Roman
(c) Decimal
(d) Binary
A computer program consists of:
(a) System flowchart
(b) Program
(c) Algorithms written in computer’s
language
(e) None of these
One of the thing that separates a
“Terminal” from a “PC” is that the terminal does
not have a what ?
(d) Discrete logical steps
(e) None of these
(a) Keyboard
(b) Monitor
(c) Power cord
(d) CPU
A computer is a box full of electronic:
(a) Switching devices
(b) Chips
(c) Circuits
(d) Registers
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
The Central Processing Unit (CPU)
constitutes __.
(a) Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) only
(b) Control Unit (CU) only
All deleted files go to __.
(a) My Computer
(b) Desktop
(c) Recycle Bin
(d) My Documents
(e) None of these
(c) Both ALU & CU
(d) Operational registers, ALU and CU
(e) None of these
Which computer system is mainly used in
weather forecasting and Disaster control ?
(a) Super computer
A screen list of options in a program that
tells you what is in that program
__.
(a) screen
(b) Mainframe computer
(c) Micro computer
(d) Personal computer
(e) None of these
(b) icon
(c) menu
(d) backup
(e) None of these
Which out of the following is the least
expensive computer ?
__ is data that has been
organized or presented in a meaingful fashion.
(a) A process
(a) Home computer
(b) Laptop microcomputer
(c) Personal computer
(d) Desktop computer
(e) None of these
(b) Storage
(c) Software
(d) Information
(e) None of these
A mouse is used as:
(a) a way to entertain children
(b) a pointing device
(c) an easy way to input information in your
The function of CPU is __.
(a) to provide external storage of text
(b) to communicate with the operator

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(c) to read, interpret and process the
(a) 8,498
information and instruction
(d) to provide a hard copy
(e) None of these
(b) 19,230
(c) 17,468
(d) 13,621
(e) None of these

What type of resource is most likely to be
a shared common resource in a computer
network ?
ASCII Code is a 7 bit code for
(a) letters, numbers and other symbols
(b) only for letters
(a) keyboards
(b) speakers
(c) only for numbers
(c) floppy disk drives
(d) printers
(d) for numbers and letters
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
How many nbumbers are there in 2 bytes
?
The Central Processing Unit (CPU) consists
of _.
(a) 1011100101101110
(b) 0.278
(c) 0.002
(d) 2.000
(e) None of these
(a) Registers and Airthmetic Logic Unit
(b) Instruction Decoding Circuit
(c) A control and timing section
(d) All of the above
Future Generation computers will be
based on _.
(a) Online processing
What is the range of the numbers which
can be stored in an eight bit register ?
(a) -127 to +127
(b) Artificial intelligence
(c) Time sharing
(d) All of the above
(b) -128 to +128
(c) -128 to +127
(d) -127 to +128
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
The earliest calculating devices are
__.
(a) Abacus
What is the maximum count that a 6-bit
binary word can represent ?
(a) 61
(b) 62
(c) 63
(d) 64
(b) Clock
(c) Difference Engine
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
Punched cards were first introduced by
_.
What is the excess 3 code ?
(a) Cyclic complimenting code
(b) Cyclic algebraic code
(c) Self complimenting code
(d) Self algebraic code
(a) Powers
(b) Pascal
(c) Jacquard
(d) Herman Hollerith
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
Where is the use of cyclic code ?
(a) Logic gate
Supercomputer were primarily designed
by
(b) Processing data
(a) Seymour Cray
(b) IBM
(c) Hewlett-Packard
(d) C-DAC
(c) Simultaneous error-correction and
Brust error detection
(d) Networking interface
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
The personal-computer industry was
started by:
How many vacuum tubes was used in
ENIAC ?

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(a) IBM
(b) Apple
(c) Compaq
(d) HCL

What is the sign magnitude representation
of binary number +1101.011?
(a) 101001.1001
(b) 01101.011
(e) None of these
(c) 1101.0110
From among the following, pick out the
(d) 1100.001
item that does not belong to computer:
(e) None of these
(a) Mouse
(b) OCR
(c) MICR
(d) Plotter
(e) None of these
Personal computers are also called:
(a) Desktop computers
(b) Portable computers
(c) Advanced computers
(d) Palmtop computers
Which is not an item of hardware ?
(a) An MP3 file
(e) None of these
(b) A keyboard
(c) A disk drive
(d) A monitor
An Integrated Circuit (IC) is:
(a) Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
(b) A complicated circuit
(e) None of these
(c) Much costlier than a single transistor
(d) An integrating device
(e) None of these
The least powerful computer is
___.
(a) Minicomputer
(b) Microcomputer
(c) Mainframe computer
(d) All of the above
With a CD you can __.
(a) Read
(b) Write
(c) Both A and B
(d) Save a file
(e) None of these
ENIAC was the computer of
___.
(a) first generation
(b) second generation
(c) third generation
(d) fourth generation
(e) None of these
Function of ALU is:
(a) To control the execution of instruction
(b) To perform arithmetic and logical
operation on data
(c) To store the result in main memory
(d) All of the above
EDVAC is __________.
(a) Electronic Detected Variable Automatic
Computer
(b) Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic
Computer
(c) Electronic Discrete Valuable Automatic
Computer
(d) Electronic Developed Valuable
Automatic Computer
(e) None of these
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
Word length of a Personal Computer is
_.
(a) 4 bits
A(n) __ is a combination of
hardware and software that facilitates the
sharing of information between computing
devices.
(b) 8 bits
(c) 32 bits
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
(a) network
(b) peripheral
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(d) digital device
(e) None of these
(c) Padding
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these

A series of instructions that tells a
computer what to do and how to do it is called
_.
Which of the following is not used in the
storage phase of a computer-based information
(a) program
system?
(b) command
(c) user response
(d) processor
(a) Magnetic tape
(b) Keyboard
(c) Diskette
(e) None of these
(d) Hard disk
(e) None of these
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
Which of the following is the largest
manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives?
(a) IBM
(b) Segate
(d) an arithmetic logic unit and a card
reader
(c) Microsoft
(d) 3M
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
The capability of the operating system to
enable two or more than two instructions to
execute simultaneously in a single computer
system by using multiple CPUs is
___.
What are the most important components
to create the memory cell?
(a) Transistor and Register
(b) Register and Diode
(c) Diode and electric cell
(a) Multitasking
(b) Multiprogramming
(d) Transistor and Capacitor
(e) None of these
(c) Multiprocessing
(d) Multiexecution
(e) None of these
Which of the following wafer used the
memory cells to etched?
(a) Platinum wafer
A(n) _ is a program that
makes the computer easier to use.
(a) utility
(b) Gold wafer
(c) Silicon wafer
(d) Germanium wafer
(e) None of these
(b) Application
(c) operating system
(d) network
(e) None of these
Which of the following is not the name of
RAM ?
(a) SRAM
In magnetic disks, data is organized on
(b) DRAM
the platter in a concentric sets of rings called:
(c) RDRAM
(a) Sector
(b) Track
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above
(c) Head
(d) Block
(e) None of these
Different memories can be classified
according to the concept of
(a) Access mode/capacity and cost
(b) Access Time
The process of starting or restarting a
computer system by loading instruction from a
secondary storage device into the computer
memory is called:
(c) Transfer Rate
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
(a) Duping
(b) Booting
_ is a semi conductor memory.

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(a) Dynamic
(b) Static
(d) Hexagonal
(e) None of these
(c) Bubble
(d) Both A & B
(e) None of these

Which of the following is an example of
non-volatile memory ?
(a) ROM
(b) VLSI
(c) LSI
(d) RAM
(e) None of these
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
EPROM consists of:
(a) bipolar transistors
(b) easily erasable
(c) MOSFETs
(d) Diodes
(e) None of these
To find a saved document in the
computer’s memory and bring it up on the
screen to view ___.
(a) reverse
A microcomputer has primary memory of
640K. What is the exact number of bytes
contained in this memory?
(a) 64 * 1000
(b) rerun
(c) retrieve
(d) return
(e) None of these
(b) 640 * 100
(c) 640 * 1024
(d) either B or C
(e) None of these
If a user needs information instantly
available to the CPU, it should be stored
_.
What is the name of the storage device
which is used to compensate for the difference
in rates of flow of data from once device to
another?
(a) on a CD
(b) in secondary storage
(c) in the CPU
(d) in RAM
(e) None of these
(a) Cache
(b) Concentrator
(c) Buffer
(d) I/O device
(e) None of these
To what temporary area can you store
text and other data, and later paste them to
another location?
(a) The clipboard
(b) ROM
(c) CD-ROM
(d) The hard disk
The standard size reel of magnetic tape
is:
(a) 120 feet in length
(b) 240 feet in length
(c) 1200 feet in length
(d) 2400 feet in length
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
Where is the disk put to enable the
computer to read it ?
(a) Disk drive
A type of semiconductor memory that
usually has small capacity but very fast access
is:
(b) Memory
(c) CPU
(d) ALU
(e) None of these
(a) PROM
(b) RAM
(c) scratchpad
(d) ROM
(e) None of these
What is the shape of CDs?
(a) Quadrilateral
(b) Rectangular
(c) Circular
A memory that holds microprograms is:

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(a) core memory
(b) ROM

A set of flip flops integrated together is
(c) RAM
(d) control memory
(e) None of these
called ___.
(a) Counter
(b) Adder
(c) Register
How many write cycles are allowed to a
RAM?
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above
(a) 1
(b) 10
(c) 100
Removable media includes all, exceptu
(a) CD-ROMs
(d) 1000
(e) None of these
(b) Disket
(c) DVDs
(d) Hard Disk Drive
(e) None of these
Which of the following RAM times have to
be refreshed often in order to retain its
contents?
Function in Ms-Excel to count number of
cells.
(a) SIMM
(b) DIMM
(c) SDMM
(d) DSMM
(e) None of these
(a) COUNTIF
(b) DIVIF
(c) SUBIF
(d) EOUNTIF
(e) None of these
The contents of information are stored in-
(a) Memory data register
(b) Memory address register
(c) Memory access register
Function to find out how much money you
will have in the bank in you invest over a fixed
period, using a fixed rate of interest.
(a) RS (—-)
(d) Memory airthmetic register
(e) None of these
(b) HP (—-)
(c) FV (—-)
(d) ST (—-)
(e) None of these
Data (information) is stored in computers
as-
(a) Files
Function to find present value of a sum of
money.
(b) Directories
(c) Floppies
(d) Matter
(e) None of these
(a) OP (—-)
(b) JU (—-)
(c) RT (—-)
(d) PV (—-)
(e) None of these
Which of the following devices have a
limitation that we can only write information on
it but cannot erase or modify it-
(a) Floppy Disk
You cannot link Excel worksheet data to a
Word document.
(a) with the right drag method
(b) with the hyperlink
(c) with the copy and paste special
commands
(b) Hard Disk
(c) Tape Drive
(d) CDROM
(e) None of these
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Which technology is used in Compact
disks?
(a) Mechanical
(b) Electrical
(c) Electro Magnetic
(d) Laser
(e) None of these
In Excel, Chart are created using which
option?
(a) Chart Wizard
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Charts can be of two types. They are
_ and _.
(a) Embedded chart, Chart sheet
(b) Embedded chart, Chart area
(c) Both A & B
(e) None of these
In Excel data can be arranged in a
worksheet in a easy to understand manner
using.
(d) All of the above
(a) Auto formatting
(e) None of these
(b) Applying styles
(c) Changing fonts
In Excel you can copy cell formats from
one cell to another by using the.
(a) Backspace key
(d) All of above
(e) None of these
(b) Default font
(c) Format painter
In Excel on an excel sheet the active cell
is indicated by.
(d) Formatting toolbar
(e) None of these
(a) A dark wide border
(b) A dotted border
(c) A blinking border
In Excel following term describes
explanatory text attached to a cell.
(a) Call out
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
Which of the following is the user
programmed semiconductor memory?
(a) SRAM
(b) Comment
(c) Dialog
(d) Extension
(e) None of these
(b) DRAM
(c) EPROM
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
In Excel the auto fill feature.
(a) Extends a sequential series of data
(b) Automatically adds a range of cell values
(c) Applies a boarder around selected cells
(d) All of the above
A name or number used to identify a
storage location is called:
(a) A byte
(e) None of above
(b) A record
(c) An address
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
In Excel which elements of worksheet can
be protected from accidental modification?
(a) Contents
(b) Objects
(c) Scenarios
(d) All of above
(e) None of these
Two new types of semiconductor
memories are:
(a) Magentic disks
(b) Charge-coupled devices
(c) Magnetic bubble memory
(d) Both B and C
Right clicking something in Excel.
(a) Deletes the object
(b) Nothing the right mouse button is there
for left handed people
(e) None of these
Magnetic tape is used for:
(a) Historical storage
(b) Computer input
(c) Both A and B
(c) Opens a shortcut menu listing
everything you can do to the object
(d) Selects the object
(e) None of these
(d) Neither A nor B
(e) None of these
In Excel worksheet can have a maximum
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A storage device where the access time is
dependent upon the location of the data is:
(a) Random access
The memory location address are limited
to-
(a) 00000 to 9ffff(16)
(b) 00001 to 9ffff(16)
(c) 00010 to 9ffff(16)
(d) 10000 to 9ffff(16)
(e) None of these
(b) Serial access
(c) Sequential access
(d) Transaction access
(e) None of these
The most popular secondary storage
today is:
DMA stands for ___.
(a) Direct Memory Access
(b) Distinct Memory Access
(c) Direct Module Access
(a) Magnetic tape
(b) Floppy disk
(c) Mass storage
(d) Semiconductor
(e) None of these
(d) Direct Memory Allocation
(e) None of these
Where are programs and data kept while
the processor is using them?
(a) Main memory
How many write cycles are allowed to a
EEPROM?
(a) 1
(b) Secondary memory
(c) Disk memory
(b) 10
(c) 100
(d) Program memory
(d) 1000
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
Which of the following storage media
provides sequential access only?
(a) Floppy disk
Which of the following is handy to carry
yet can store large amounts of data?
(a) Floppy Disk
(b) Magnetic disk
(b) Hard Disk
(c) Magnetic tape
(c) CDROM
(d) Optical disk
(d) Zip Disk
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
What is the storage area for email
messages called?
(a) A folder
Memory is made up of-
(a) Set of wires
(b) A directory
(c) A mailbox
(d) The hard disk
(e) None of these
(b) Set of circuits
(c) Large number of cells
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
The process to divide the disc into tracks
and sectors is __.
(a) Tracking
Primary memory stores-
(a) Data
(b) Programs
(c) Results
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
(b) Formating
(c) Crashing
(d) Alloting
(e) None of these
EPROM can be used for-
(a) Erasing the contents of ROM
(b) Reconstructing the contents of ROM
(c) Erasing and reconstructing the
contents of ROM
When sending an e-mail, the __
line describes the contents of the message.
(a) subject
(b) to
(c) contents
(d) cc
(d) Duplicating ROM
(e) None of these
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(d) Multiprocess

Which one of the following is an email
program?
(a) MS-word
(e) None of these
Computers on an internet are identified by
(a) e-mail address
(b) Thunderbird
(c) Internet Explorer
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
(b) street address
(c) IP address
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
Which of the following functions has an
email message relay agent?
(a) SMTP
What shows the contents of active cell.
(a) Name box
(b) Row heading
(c) Formula bar
(d) Task pan
(e) None of these
(b) SNMP
(c) S/MINE
(d) LDAP
(e) None of these
In a spreadsheet, a _ is a
number you will use in a calculation.
Which of the following is not related to
computer video?
(a) Direct X
(a) label
(b) cell
(c) field
(d) value
(e) None of these
(b) AC-3
(c) GeForce
(d) Open GL
(e) None of these
Which one of the following is associated
with table row in excel programme ?
(a) Words
Which of the following is not related to e-
mail?
(a) BCC
(b) SPAM
(c) Pen
(d) Pine
(e) None of these
(b) Numbers
(c) Names
(d) Formulas
(e) None of these
In Excel All macro keyboard shortcuts
include the _ key.
Which of the options given below is not a
type of live communication?
(a) Chat
(a) Alt
(b) Ctrl
(c) F11
(d) Shift
(b) e-mail
(c) Instant messaging
(d) IRC
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
Special effect used to introduce slides in a
presentation are called _.
(a) Effect
Which of the following is the appropriate
format of URL of e-mail?
(a) www_mail.com
(b) Custom animation
(c) Transition
(d) Animation
(b) [email protected]
(c) [email protected]
(d) www.mail.com
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
Each box in a spreadsheet is called a
__.
(a) cell
Information, a combination of graphics,
text, sound, video and animation is called:
(a) Multiprogramme
(b) empty space
(c) record
(b) Multifacet
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(d) field
(a) Edit
(e) None of these
(b) Ignore
(c) Ignore all

As text, editor are used at the MS-word
and _ are used in MS-Excel.
(a) work space
(d) Change
(e) None of these
(b) work sheet
(c) work area
(d) All of the above
In Excel which of the following is not a
worksheet design criterion
(a) Efficiency
(e) None of these
(b) Auditability
(c) Description
Which of the following is not a toggle key
(d) Clarity
?
(e) None of these
(a) Num lock key
(b) Caps lock key
(c) Both (A) & (B)
(d) Ctrl key
In Excel typical worksheet has
_ Number of columns
(a) 128
(e) None of these
(b) 256
(c) 512
One important function of MS-excels over
MS-word is ____.
(a) Formating numerals
(d) 1024
(e) None of these
Which do you press to enter the current
date in a cell ?
(a) CTRL + ; ( semicolon)
(b) CTRL + SHIFT + ; (colon)
(c) CTRL + F10
(b) Decimal alignment
(c) Mathematical calculation
(d) Font Selection
(e) None of these
(d) CTRL + F11
MS-Excel offers __ different
chart types.
(a) 11
How do you print your sides in a handout
that includes lines for notes?
(b) 15
(a) In the print dailog box, select Handouts
and set the number of slides per page to 3
(b) In the print dailog box, select Hand outs
and a number of slides per page , then select
the Include comment pages option.
(c) IN the print dialog box, Select Notes Pages
instead of Handouts.
(c) 20
(d) 25
(e) None of these
In Excel-accounting style shows negative
numbers in __.
(a) Bold
(d) In cannot be done
(b) Brackets
(c) Parentheses
(d) Quotes
(e) None of these
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 select all three cells, then click
the paste Button image button or the Satndard
toolbar
(b) Copy the selected cell, then select the other
two cells, click style on the format menu, then
click Modify
Ms-excel record cell addresses in formula
in three different ways, they are __
and mixed.
(a) Column, Row
(b) Module, Relative
(c) Absolute, Module
(c) Click Format painter Button image on
the Formatting toolbar twice, then click in
each cell you want to copy the formatting
to
(d) Absolute, Relative
(e) None of these
In Excel which of the following is not an
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(d) Use Alt to select all three cells, then click
the paste Button image on the standard
toolbar.

in Excel Tab scrolling buttons
(a) Allow you to view a different worksheet
(b) Allow you to view additional worksheet row
down
(c) Allow you to view additional worksheet
columns to the right ‘
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 stating
in Reading Layout’.
(b) From the View Menu > Reading Layout >
General Tab > Uncheck the ‘Allow starting in
Reading layout.
(d) Allow you to view additional sheet tabs
In Excel paper spreadsheets can have all
the same advantages as an electronic
spreadsheet except which of the following?
(a) Rows and column
(c) From the format Menu > Autoformat> Edit
tab> Uncheck the Use with emailed
attachements’
(b) Headings
(c) speed
(d) None of the above
(d) All the above
A program that works like a calculator for
keeping track of money and making budgets
(a) Calculator
(b) scholastic
(c) keyboard
If you want that a slide go forward
automatically after a stipulated time then click
on _ _ _ check box in slide group of
transition in animation tab.
(a) Transition Timer
(d) spreadsheet
(b) Automatically After
(c) Transition After
(d) Automatic Timer
161.for opening and closing of the file in Excel,
you can use which bar?
(a)Formatting
What happens when you press the ctrl + v
key?
(b) Standard
(c) Title
(a) A capital V letter is typed into your
document at the cursor point
(b) the selected item is pasted to the
Clpboard
(d) None of these
162.
In a spreadsheet program the _ contains
(c) The selected item is pasted from the
Clipboard
(d) The selected drawing objects are distributed
vertically on the page.
related worksheet and documents.
(a) workbook
(b) column
(c) cell
(d) formula
156.In Excel you can add a hyperlink to your
worksheet by pressing?
(a) Alt + K
What is the correcting errors in a program
called?
(b) Ctrl + H
(c) Ctrl + k
(d) ctrl + shirft + k
(A) compiling
(b) Debugging
(c) Grinding
(d) Interpreting
The Assistant is _
(a) an application that allows you to take notes
and save them in a file
(b) ab animated character that provides
help and suggestions
164.Which one of the following software
application would be the most appropriate for
performing numerical and statisitical
calculations?
(c) a button on the standard Toolbar that
executes the print command
(d) a collection of frequently misspelled words
in a dictionary file.
(a) Database
(b) Document processor
(c) Graphics package
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You cannot lick excel worksheet data to a
In excel name box
word document
(a) Shows the location of the previously active
cell
(a) With the right drag method
(b) with a hyperlink
(b)Appears to the left to the formula bar
(c) Appears below the status bar
(d) Appears below the menu bar
(c) with the copy and paste special commands
(d) with the copy and paste button on the
standard toolbar
Starting letter of the column is ‘A’ what
would be the end letter?
(a) Z
in Excel –_ is a group of cells that from
a rectangle on the screen
(a) Calculating
(b) VI
(c) XFD
(d) IV
(b) Formula
(c) Range
(d) Range address
What location would be described by the
cell E12?
(a) Column E on row 12
(b) Column 12 on row E
(c) Column E
In Excel Doucmentation should include
(a)Destination and users of the output data
(b) source of input data
(c/)Information on the purpose of
the workbook
(d) All the above
(d) All of the above
What is the function of fill handle in MS-
Excel ?
(a) used to fill data automatically in cell
(b) used to set up entry key directive
(c) used to make numeric entry
(d) used to create shortcut key
Files created with Lotus 1-2-3 have an
extension
(a) DOC
(b) XLS
(c) 123
(d) WK 1
A spreadsheet is the BEST application for

(a) handling simple accounts
(b) writing a report which include tables
(c) producing a grid-refernced map
(d) keeping an inventory of equipment used

In Excel hoe many characters can be
typed in a single cell?
(a) 256
(b) 1024
(c) 32,000
(d) 65,535
In Excel the chart wizard
(a) Can place a chart on a new chart sheet or
on any sheet in the workbook
(b) Can only place a chart on new chart
sheet
In Excel the following is not a basic step
in creating a worksheet
(a) Save worksheet
(b) Modify the worksheet
(c) Enter text and data
(c) Can only place a chart on a new blank
worksheet
(d) Can only be used to create embedded
charts
(d) Copy the worksheet
(d) allow you to view additional sheets
tabls
In Excel to view a cell comment
(a) Click the edit comment commands on the
Insert menu
(b) click the Display comment command on the
window menu
In Excel you can zoom a worksheet
(a) with the mouse pointer in print preview
(b) with the zoom button on the print preview
toolbar
(c) with the zoom command on the view menu
(d) All of the above
(c) Position the mouse pointer over the cell
(d) Click the comment command on the view
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b) Two

In excel advantage of using a spreadsheet
is
c) One thousand
d) One million
(a) calculating can be done automatically
(b) changing data automatically updates
calculations
The binary language consists of
__ digit(s).
(c) more flexibility
a) 8
(d) all of the above
b) 2
c) 1,000
d) 1
In Excel intersection of a row and column
is called:
(A)Data
A byte can hold one __ of
(b) a field
(c) A cell
(d) An eqiuation
data.
a) bit
b) binary digit
c) character
d) kilobyte
There are three types of data found in a
spreadsheet
(a) Data, words, numbers
__ controls the way in
which the computer system functions and
provides a means by which users can
interact with the computer.
a) The platform
(b) equations, data numbers
(c) words, numbers, lables
(d) numbers, formulas, lables
In Excel to save a workbook , you
(a) Click the save button on the standard
toolbar form the menu
b) The operating system
c) Application software
d) The motherboard
(b) press Ctrl + F5
(c) Click save on the windows start button
(d) Select Edit > save
The operating system is the most
common type of __ software.
a) communication
In Excel you can edit a cell by
(a) clicking the formula button
(b) Double clicking the cell to edit it in-
place
b) application
c) system
d) word-processing software
(c) Selecting Edit> Edit Cell form the menu
(d) None of above
__ are specially designed
computer chips that reside inside other
devices, such as your car or your
electronic thermostat.
a) Servers
b) Embedded computers
c) Robotic computers
In Excel you can activate a cell by
(a) Pressing the Tab Key
(b) Clicking the cell
(c) Pressing an arrow key
(d) All of the above
d) Mainframes
The steps and tasks needed to
process data, such as responses to
questions or clicking an icon, are called:
a) instructions
b) the operating system
c) application software
Which of the following is the correct
order of the four major functions of a
computer?
a) Process A Output A Input A Storage
b) Input A Output A Process A Storage
c) Process A Storage A Input A Output
d) Input A Process A Output A Storage
d) the system unit
The two broad categories of software
are:
a) word processing and spreadsheet
__ bits equal one byte.
a) Eight

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b) transaction and application
c) Windows and Mac OS
d) system and application

The first generation computers were
characterised by
a. micro processor chips
b. thermionic valves
c. transistors
The metal or plastic case that holds
all the physical parts of the computer is
the:
d. integrated circuits
a) system unit
b) CPU
c) mainframe
d) platform
RAM is used as a short memory
because it is
a. volatile
b. has small capacity
c. is very expensive
d. is programmable
In half- duplex data transmission
a. data can be transmitted in one direction only
b. data can be transmitted in both
direction
c. data can be transmitted in both direction
simultaneously
An assembler is a
a. program
b. person who assembles the parts
c. symbol
d. data cannot be transmitted
d. language
Which access method is used for
obtaining a record from a cassette tape?
a. Direct
b. Suquential
c. Random
d. parallel
Which unit decodes information and
present to the used
a. ALU
b. Storage unit
c. Output unit
d. Control unit
A lever used to control the movement
of a cursor on a video screen is
a. keyboard
b. toystick
c. light pen
d. plotter
Main storage is also called
a. accumulator
b. control unit
c. register unit
d. memory
In synchronous transmission data
from various users
a. require header
b. do not require header
c. sometimes require header
d. All of these
Which device uses much less
computer time than the light pen and gives
resolutions equal to that of the CRT
display?
a. Mouse
b. Touch tablet
c. Touch panel
d. Data tablet
A half byte is know is
a. data
b. bit
c. half bye
d. nibble
_ is a set of computer
programs used on a computer to help
perform tasks.
a) An instruction
b) Software
c) Memory
A monitor looks like a TV set but it
does not
a. receive TV signals
b. give a clear picture
c. gie a steady picture
d. display graphics
d) A processor
System software is the set of
programs that enables your computer‟s
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software to work together.
access to computers and the Internet and
those without this access is known as the:
a) Digital divide
a) Management
b) Processing
c) Utility
b) Internet divide
d) Application
c) Web divide
d) Broadband divide

The PC (Personal Computer) and the
Apple Macintosh are examples of two
different:
a) Platforms
b) Applications
__ is the science
revolving around the use of nano
structures to build devices on an
extremely small scale.
c) Programs
a) Nanotechnology
d) Storage devices
b) Micro-technology
c) Computer forensics
Apple Macintoshes (Macs) and PCs
use different __ to process
data and different operating systems.
a) Languages
b) Methods
c) CPUs
d) Artificial intelligence
The first committee namely
_ gave its recommendations
during the computerization in banking.
a) Dharamlingam Committee
b) Dr. C. Rangarajan Committee
c) Kumarmanglam Committee
d) Kothari Committee
d) Storage devices
Servers are computers that provide
resources to other computers connected to
e) None of these
a:
a) Network
b) Mainframe
c) Supercomputer
d) Client
One of the early coding systems,
based on the idea of converting each digit
of a decimal number into its binary
equivalent rather than converting the
entire decimal value into a pure binary
form is _ .
Smaller and less expensive PC-based
servers are replacing __ in
many businesses.
a) ASCII code
a) Supercomputers
b) ASCII-8
b) Clients
c) BCD
c) Laptops
d) All of the above
d) Mainframes
e) None of these
__ are specially designed
computers that perform complex
calculations extremely rapidly.
a) Servers
Java is referred to as a(n)
__ .
a) complex language
b) hardware device driver
c) low-level language
b) Supercomputers
c) Laptops
d) Mainframes
d) high-level language
e) programming mid-level language
DSL is an example of a(n)
__ connection.
a) Network
Packet transmission is related to
__ .
a) Application layer
b) Transport layer
b) Wireless
c) Slow
c) Data link layer
d) Broadband
d) Network layer
e) None of these
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ranges from 1 to 100 nanometers.

Black box testing something called
__ .
a) Loop testing
b) Behavioral testing
c) Data flow testing
a) Nanoscience
b) Microelectrodes
c) Computer forensics
d) Artificial intelligence
d) Graph based testing
e) None of these
Surgeons can perform delicate
operations by manipulating devices
through computers instead of manually.
This technology is known as:
a) robotics
Which gate is known as Universal
gate?
a) AND gate
b) NAND gate
c) NOT gate
d) XOR gate
e) None of these
b) computer forensics
c) simulation
d) forecasting
All of the following are examples of
real security and privacy risks EXCEPT:
A scripting language similar to HTML
and which runs only on a browser is
_.
a) hackers
b) spam
c) viruses
a) Java Script
d) identity theft
b) FORTRAN
c) BASIC
d) FOXPRO
e) None of these
A process known as __ is
used by large retailers to study trends.
a) data mining
b) data selection
Which key combination is used to
c) POS
minimize all open windows and displays in
d) data conversion
the screen?
a) Alt + M
b) Shift + M
c) Windows Key + D
d) Ctrl + D
____________terminals (formerly
known as cash registers) are often
connected to complex inventory and sales
computer systems.
e) Alt + D
a) Data
b) Point-of-sale (POS)
c) Sales
d) Query
Computer based record keeping
system is known as __ .
a) CRKS- Computerized Record Keeping System
b) DMS- Data Management System
c) DBMS- Data Base Management System
d) All of these
The ability to recover and read
deleted or damaged files from a
criminalâ€™s computer is an example of a
law enforcement specialty called:
a) robotics
e) None of these
A digital gate can respond to an input
signal in _ .
b) simulation.
c) computer forensics
a) About a second
d) animation
b) About a hundredth of a second
c) A few millisecond
d) A few billionth of a sec
e) None of these
Technology no longer protected by
copyright, available to everyone, is
considered to be:
a) proprietary
b) open
c) experimental
d) in the public domain
__ is the study of
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A(n) __ system is a
All of the following are examples of
small, wireless handheld computer that
scans an itemâ€™s tag and pulls up the
input devices EXCEPT a:
a) scanner
current price (and any special offers) as
b) mouse
you shop.
a) PSS
c) keyboard
d) printer
b) POS
c) inventory
d) data mining
Which of the following is an example
of an input device?
a) scanner
__ tags, when placed on
b) speaker
an animal, can be used to record and track
c) CD
in a database all of the animal movements.
d) printer
a) POS
b) RFID
c) PPS
All of the following are examples of
storage devices EXCEPT:
a) hard disk drives
b) printers
d) GPS
c) floppy disk drives
d) CD drives
Which of the following is NOT one of
the four major data processing functions
of a computer?
The __, also called the
brains of the computer, is responsible for
processing data.
a) motherboard
b) memory
a) gathering data
b) processing data into information
c) analyzing the data or information
d) storing the data or information
c) RAM
A __ is approximately
one billion bytes.
a) kilobyte
b) bit
c) gigabyte
d) megabyte
d) central processing unit (CPU)
The CPU and memory are located on
the:
a) expansion board
b) motherboard
c) storage device
d) output device
A __ is approximately a
million bytes.
a) gigabyte
b) kilobyte
c) megabyte
d) terabyte
Word processing, spreadsheet, and
photo-editing are examples of:
a) application software
b) system software
c) operating system software
d) platform software
__ is any part of the
computer that you can physically touch.
a) Hardware
b) A device
c) A peripheral
__ is the science that
attempts to produce machines that display
the same type of intelligence that humans
do.
d) An application
a) Nanoscience
b) Nanotechnology
c) Simulation
d) Artificial intelligence (AI)
The components that process data
are located in the:
a) input devices
b) output devices
c) system unit
d) storage component
The term bit is short for:
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b) binary language
c) binary digit

In the binary language each letter of
d) binary number
the alphabet, each number and each
special character is made up of a unique
combination of:
A string of eight 0s and 1s is called a:
a) megabyte
b) byte
a) eight bytes
b) eight kilobytes
c) kilobyte
d) gigabyte
c) eight characters
d) eight bits
__ is data that has been
organized or presented in a meaningful
fashion.
a) A process
b) Software
c) Storage
A series of instructions that tells a
computer what to do and how to do it is
called a _.
a) program
b) processor
c) command
d) Information
d) user response
e) None of these
The name for the way that computers
manipulate data into information is called:
The Internet is an example of a
__.
a) Cell switched network
b) Circuit switched network
c) Packet switched network
d) All of these
a) programming
b) processing
c) storing
d) organizing
Computers gather data, which means
that they allow users to __
e) None of these
data.
a) present
b) input
c) output
The file that is linked with an e-mail
and sent to the receiver of the e-mail is
referred to as __.
a) Annexure
b) Attachment
c) appendage
d) store
After a picture has been taken with a
digital camera and processed
appropriately, the actual print of the
picture is considered:
a) data
d) add-on
e) Article
ADSL is the abbreviation of
_.
b) output
c) input
a) Asymmetric Dual System Line
b) Asymmetric Dual Subscriber Line
c) Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
d) Asymmetric Digital System Line
e) None of these
d) the process
Computers use the __
language to process data.
a) processing
b) kilobyte
c) binary
d) representational
If you change Windows 98 operating
system to Windows XP, you _.
a) Shortlist
b) Push up
c) Patch
d) Upgrade
e) Pull down
Computers process data into
information by working exclusively with:
a) multimedia
b) words
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A proxy server is used for which of
computer, such as a printer or scanner, its
the following ?
_ must be installed before the
a) To provide security against unauthorized
users
device can be used.
a) buffer
b) To provide TCP/IP
b) driver
c) To process client requests for database
c) pager
access
d) server
d) To process client requests for Web
e) None of these
pages
e) None of these
Cyberspace is being governed by a
system of law and regulation called?
a) Civil Law
b) Criminal Law
c) Electronic Law
A term used to describe
interconnected computer configuration is
a) Micro program sequence
b) Modulation
d) Cyber Law
c) Multiprocessing
e) Cyber Authority
d) Multiprogramming
e) None of these
The software that allows users to
surf the Internet is called a/an
a) Search engine
A Web _ consists of one or
more Web pages located on a Web server.
a) hub
b) site
b) Internet Service Provider (ISP)
c) Multimedia application
d) Browser
c) story
e) None of these
d) template
e) None of these
A tuple is a
a) column of a table
b) two-dimensional table
c) row of a table
d) key of a table
Which of the following layers of the
OSI model are included in the lower
layers?
a) Application, Session, Presentation
b) Physical, Transport, Data Link, Network
c) Data link, Physical, Network
d) Session, Data Link, Physical
e) None of these
e) None of these
The method of file organization in
which data records in a file are arranged in
a specified order according to a key field is
known as the
A compiler translates higher level
programs into a machine language
program, which is called
___ .
a) source code
a) Direct access method
b) Queuing method
c) Predetermined method
d) Sequential access method
e) None of these
b) object code
c) compiled code
Which of the following is a popular
d) beta code
programming language for developing
e) None of these
multimedia web pages, websites, and web-
based applications?
a) COBOL
b) Java
OCR stands for __ .
a) Optical Character Recognition
b) Optical CPU Recognition
c) BASIC
c) Optimal Character Rendering
d) Other Character Restoration
e) None of these
d) Assembler
e) None of these
Compiling creates a(n) __ .
If a new device is attached to a
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b) algorithm
c) executable program
d) subroutine

The OSI model is divided
into_________ processes called layers.
e) None of these
a) six
b) five
A CD-RW disk
c) seven
d) eight
e) None of these
a) has a faster access than an internal disk
b) is a form of optical disk, so it can only be
written once
c) holds less data than a floppy disk
d) can be erased and rewritten
e) None of these
___ refers to the letter
and number of the intersecting column and
row.
a) Cell address
b) Cell position
c) Cell location
d) Cell column
e) Cell row
In Excel, __ contains one or
more worksheets.
a) Template
b) Workbook
c) Active cell
d) Label
e) None of these
_ applications refers to
those applications in which text, sound,
graphics, motion video and animation are
all combined.
a) Videography
b) Multimedia
Linux is a (n) _ operating
system.
a) Open-source
b) Microsoft
c) Windows
d) Mac
c) Animation
d) Flash
e) None of these
e) None of these
Alerts are mostly appear in
_.
a) Dialog Box
b) Combo Box
c) Check Box
In a ring topology, the computer in
possession of the________ can transmit
data.
a) packet
b) data
c) access method
d) token
e) None of these
d) All of these
e) None of these
To insert a new slide in a
presentation, press _ .
__ is a primary key that
also appears in another file.
1) Physical key
2) Primary key
3) Foreign key
a) Ctrl+N
b) Ctrl+M
c) Ctrl+S
d) Ctrl+O
e) Ctrl+F
4) Logical key
5) None of these
Which of these language uses both
interpreter and compiler?
a) CASIC
b) COBOL
Which key is used to indent a
paragraph in MS-Word?
a) Alt
c) Java
b) Tab
c) Ctrl
d) Esc
e) Shift
d) C++
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To analyze an atomic statement, a
database
logic called __ logic is used.
a) Propositional
b) Predicate
c) Make it of uniform size
d) Allow addition of data
e) None of these
c) Boolean
d) All of these
e) None of these
What is the Full Form of RPC?
a) Remotely Process Communication
b) Routine Procedure Call
Computer read which type code?
a) Character
b) English letter
c) Remote Processing Call
d) Remote Procedure Call
e) None of these
c) Binary code
d) Integer
e) None of these
Which of the following is a language
translation software?
a) Loader
In recent years, people can approach
government department or offices through
internet the mechanism is known
as__________.
b) Linker
c) Assembler
d) Compiler
e) None of these
a) Internet Government
b) E-Governance
c) Web Government meeting
d) All of the above
What is the difference between a CD-
ROM and a CD-RW?
a) A CD-ROM holds more information than a
CD-RW
e) None of these
b) A CD-RW can be written to, but a CD-
ROM can only be read from
c) A CD-ROM can be written to and a CD-RW
cannot
d) They are the same -just two different terms
used by different manufacturers
e) None of these
Bing is a(n)__.
a) Software
b) Search engine
c) Antivirus
d) Hardware
e) None of these
The altering of data so that it is not
usable unless the changes are undone is
_.
a) Compression
b) Biometrics
VIRUS stands for __.
a) Vital Information Recourse Under System
b) Vital Information Resource Under Seize
c) Vital Information Resource Under Secure
d) Vital Information Recourse Under System
e) None of these
c) Encryption
d) Ergonomics
e) None of these
What kind of server converts IP
addresses to domain names?
Code uses 7 bits to represent a
a) RTP
character in _.
a) EBDIIC
b) UTP
c) MNS
b) EBCDIC
d) DNS
c) ANSI
e) None of these
d) BCD
e) ASCII
To print to find an individual item in a
file immediately __.
a) Esc+P
b) Alt+P
c) Ctrl+P
d) Shift+P
Normalization is a process of
restructuring a relation to_________.
a) Maximize duplication of data to ensure
reliability in
b) Minimize duplication of data in a
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c) Traditional system development life

Which of the following is not a
function of the control unit?
a) Direct operations
cycle
d) All of these
e) None of these
b) Interpret instructions
c) Execute instructions
d) Read instructions
Changing an existing document is
called __ the document.
a) creating
e) None of these
b) deleting
c) editing
d) adjusting
e) None of these
Coaxial cables are widely used on
which of the following network?
a) Mobile networks
b) Broadband networks
c) Cable TV networks
d) Telephone networks
e) None of these
Duplication of data is known
as_________.
a) Data Repentance
b) Data Redundancy
c) Data Inconsistency
d) Data base
Which among the following is the
Extension of MS Access?
a) .txt
b) .xls
c) .doc
e) None of these
d).accdb and .mdb
e) None of these
The database language that allows
you to access or maintain data in a
database:
a) DCL
b) DML
c) DDL
d) DKL
Which protocol provides e-mail
facility among different hosts?
a) TELNET
b) SMTP
c) FTP
e) None of these
d) SNMP
e) None of these
Which option enables automatic
updates in destination documents?
a) Embedding
b) Objects
c) Links
What happens when operating
system is loaded in RAM?
a) Copying
b) Re-booting
c) Booting
d) Relationships
e) None of these
d) Scanning
e) None of these
Which type of template provides a
design concept, fonts & colour scheme for
presentation?
a) Format
b) Design
c) Content
Which of the following is used by the
browser to connect to the location of the
Internet resources?
a) WWW
b) URL
d) Normal
e) None of these
c) HTML
d) XML
e) None of these
The two basic types of record access
methods are and ___.
a) sequential, random
b) direct, immediate
c) sequential, indexed
Effective system requirement analysis
is required for___________.
a) Joint Application Design (JAD)
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d) on-line, real-time
e) None of these
d) primary storage
e) None of these

In MS Word by default setting of Line
You can __ a search by
spacing is?
providing more info the search engine can
a) 1
use to select a smaller, more useful set of
b) 1.15
results.
c) 1.5
d) 2
e) 2.5
a) refine
b) expand
c) load
What technology of memory is Cache
RAM usually?
a) DRAM
d) query
e) slowdown
b) SRAM
c) Flash
d) EEROM
e) ESRAM
The contents of _ are lost
when the computer turns off.
a) storage
b) input
c) output
Fire wire is usually used for:
a) Connecting to the internet
d) memory
e) None of these
b) Downloading Digital Camera pictures
c) Connecting to the printer
d) Interfacing to a Digital Camcorder
e) All of the above
The _ enables you to
simultaneously keep multiple Web pages
open in one browser window.
a) tab box
Short-cut key for page break in MS
b) pop-up helper
Word?
c) tab row
a) Ctrl+Enter
b) Ctrl+B
d) address bar
e) Esc key
c) Alt+Enter
d) Alt+B
e) None of these.
A DVD is an example of a(n)
a) hard disk
b) optical disc
Help menu is available at which
c) output device
button?
a) End
d) solid-state storage device
e) None of these
b) Start
c) Task Manager
d) Restart
e) Help Button
The basic unit of a worksheet into
which you enter data in Excel is called a
a) tab
b) cell
You can keep your personal
files/folders in
a) My folder
c) box
d) range
e) None of these
b) My Documents
c) My Files
d) My Text
In Excel ________allows users to
bring together copies of workbooks that
other users have worked on
independently.
e) None of these
When you save to this, your data will
remain when the computer is turned off.
a) RAM
a) Copying
b) Merging
c) Pasting
b) motherboard
d) Compiling
c) secondary storage device
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a) clock speed

If you want to connect to your own
b) a processing cycle
c) CPU speed
d) access time
e) None of these
computer through the Internet from
another location, you can use
a) e-mail
b) FTP
c) instant message
d) Telnet
e) None of these
__ controls the way in which
the computer system functions and
provides a means by which users can
interact with the computer.
a) The platform
For selecting or highlighting, which of
the following is generally used?
a) Icon
b) The operating system
c) Application software
b) Keyboard
d) The motherboard
c) Mouse
e) None of these
d) Floppy Disk
e) None of these
__ is the process of dividing
the disk into tracks and sectors.
a) Tracking
Which device is used to access your
computer by other computer or for talking
b) Formatting
over phone?
a) RAM
c) Crashing
d) Allotting
b) CD-ROM Drive
c) Modem
e) None of these
d) Hard Drive
e) None of these
A modem
a) translates analog signals from a computer
into digital signals that can travel along
conventional
Which type of memory is closely
related to processor?
a) Main Memory
b) Secondary Memory
c) Disk Memory
telephone lines.
b) translates digital signals from a
computer into analog signals that can
travel along conventional
c) demodulates digital signals from a computer.
d) modulates signals from an analog telephone
line.
d) Tape Memory
e) None of these
Information that comes from an
external source and is fed into computer
software is called
a) Input
e) None of these
What is the best way to have a data
and the slide number appear on every
slide?
b) Output
c) Throughput
d) Reports
e) None of these
a) Choose Tools, Header and Footer, click Slide
tab, select the desired options, click Apply to All
b) Choose Insert, Header and Footer, click
Slide tab, select the desired options, click
Apply to All
c) Choose View, Header and Footer, click Slide
tab, select the desired options, click Apply to All
d) Choose File, Header and Footer, click Slide
tab, select the desired options, click Apply to All
e) None of these
A computer‟s hard disk is
a) an arithmetic and logical unit
b) computer software
c) operating system
d) computer hardware
e) None of these
The time it takes a device to locate
data and instructions and make them
available to the CPU is known as
All the following are examples of real
security and privacy risks except
a) hackers

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b) spam
a) icons
c) viruses
d) identity theft
e) None of these
b) screen
c) keys
d) menu
e) None of these

A(n) __ system is a small,
wireless handheld computer that scans
items, tags and pulls up the current price
(and any special offer) as you shop.
a) PSS
Which is not an item of hardware?
a) An MP3 file
b) A keyboard
c) A disk drive
b) POS
d) A monitor
c) Inventory
e) None of these
d) Data mining
e) None of these
You click at B to make the text
a) italics
Which of the following is NOT one of
the four major data processing functions
of a computer?
b) underlined
c) italics and underlined
d) bold
a) Gathering data
e) None of these
b) Processing data into information
c) Analysing the data or information
d) Storing the data or information
e) None of these
__ is the process of finding
errors in software code.
a) Debugging
b) Compiling
A proxy server is used for which of
the following?
c) Interpreting
d) Testing
a) To provide security against
unauthorised users
e) None of these
b) To process client requests for Web pages
c) To process client requests for database
access
Which of the following is a permanent
memory?
a) SRAM
d) To provide TCP/IP
b) DRAM
e) None of these
c) ROM
d) All the above
e) None of these
All the logical and mathematical
calculations done by the computer happen
in/on the
351.What type of port sends data one bit
a) system board
at a time?
a) Serial
b) Parallel
c) USB
b) central control unit
c) central processing unit
d) mother board
e) memory
d) FireWire
e) None of these
A __ contains buttons and
menus that provide quick access to
commonly used commands.
a) menu bar
The power-saving mode that allows
the computer to restart by simply pressing
a key on the
b) tool bar
keyboard is called
c) window
a) standby
d) find
b) warm boot
e) None of these
c) power management
d) cold boot
Letters, numbers and symbols found
on a keyboard are
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Retail employees typically use
e) None of these
_ terminals to process sales
transactions.
a) sales processing
b) transaction point
c) automatic teller
Which is the best view for
representing your thoughts as a
presentation on a computer?
a) Outline view
d) point of sale
b) Notes page view
e) None of these
c) Slide sorter view
d) Slide view
The process of __ involves
automated study of consumer‟s buying
patterns is order to support marketing,
inventory replenishment and pricing
decisions.
e) None of these
In physical layer, which of the
following devices is not applicable?
a) Repeater
b) Hub
a) transaction processing
b) data mining
c) Bridge
c) simulation
d) Switch
d) information processing
e) None of these
e) None of these
In multitasking
The engineering discipline that
involves construction of computing devices
of the size of a molecule is called
a) nanotechnology
a) we can use only one CPU.
b) we follow single–user concept.
c) we follow multi–user concept.
d) Both (a) and (b)
b) molecular processing
e) Both (a) and (c)
c) silicon grafting
d) nanoscience
e) None of these
_ is frequently used to
import videos to a computer.
a) Software
The prefix that stands for “billionth”
b) Firewire
is
c) Firmware
a) giga
d) Optical wire
b) tera
e) None of these
c) nano
d) peta
In a Word document, _ bar
e) None of these
gives the information about the page
number, number of pages etc.
Programs that automatically submit
your search request to several search
engines simultaneously are called
a) Metasearch engines
b) Webcrawlers
a) Tool
b) Menu
c) Task
d) Title
e) Status
c) Spiders
d) Hits
Alternate key is considered as a part
e) None of these
of __ key.
a) Primary
Graphical diagrams are used to
represent multiple perspectives of a
system which include
a) use-case, class and state diagrams
b) state, interaction and derivative diagrams
c) interaction, relationship and class diagrams
d) deployment, relationship and use-case
diagrams
b) Foreign
c) Candidate
d) Composite
e) Super
In OSI model, the job of dialogue
control and token management is
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a) Presentation
b) Network
c) Session
d) Transport
e) Datalink
d) clients
e) None of these

DSL is an example of a(n) _
connection.
a) network
The process of moving from main
memory to disk is called
a) Caching
b) wireless
c) slow
d) None of these
e) broadband
b) Swapping
c) Spooling
d) Transferring
e) Scheduling
A term used to describe
interconnected computer configuration is
a) Micro program sequence
b) Modulation
Which of the following is an absolute
cell reference?
a) !A!1
b) $A$1
c) #A#1
d) A1
c) Multiprocessing
d) Multi-programming
e) None of these
What is required when more than one
e) _A_1
person uses a central computer at the
same time?
In Baudot code, how many number of
a) Light pen
bits per symbol are used?
b) Mouse
a) seven
b) five
c) six
c) Terminal
d) Digitizer
e) None of these
d) eight
e) two
Multi user systems provided cost
savings for small business because they
use a Single Processing Unit to link several
a) Personal computers
The name of a file in MS Word cannot
contain
a) Letter
b) Dumb terminals
b) Space
c) Workstations
c) Number
d) Underscore
e) None of these
d) Mainframes
e) None of these
A dumb terminal has
a) an embedded microprocessor
b) extensive memory
__ terminals (formerly known
as cash registers) are often connected to
complex inventory and sales computer
systems.
a) Point-of-sale (POS)
b) Data
c) independent processing capability
d) a keyboard and screen
e) None of these
c) Sales
d) Query
e) None of these
What is the full form of USB as used
in computer related activities?
a) Universal Serial Bus
b) Ultra Serial Block
Smaller and less expensive PC-based
servers are replacing _ in many
businesses.
c) United Service Block
d) Universal Security Block
e) None of these
a) supercomputers
b) mainframes
c) laptops
A device that connects to a network
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a) distributed
b) open source
c) centralized
d) wireless
c) gateway
d) router
e) None of these
e) None of these

Personal computers can be connected
together to form a
a) server
b) supercomputer
c) enterprise
A _ is a collection of
computers and device connected together.
a) network
b) memory card
d) network
c) protocol
e) None of these
d) central processing unit
e) None of these
A button that makes character either
upper or lower case and numbers the
Multiplexing involves _ path and __ channel.
a) one, one
symbols is
a) monitor
b) shift key
c) icon
b) multiple, one
c) one, multiple
d) mouse
d) multiple, multiple
e) none of these
e) None of these
Which of the following computers is
Which one amongst them is not an
not considered as a portable computer?
inter network ?
a) LAN
a) Notebook computer
b) Laptop
b) WAN
c) MAN
c) Mini computer
d) PDA
d) All are internet works
e) None of these
e) Tablet
Preparing a magnetic disk for data
storage is called
a) debugging
A proxy server is used for which of
the following ?
a) To provide security against unauthorized
users
b) formatting
c) booting
b) To provide TCP/IP
c) To process client requests for database
access
d) commissioning
e) compiling
d) To process client requests for Web
pages
e) None of these
A register that contains the result of
an operation is called a(n)
a) action register
b) program counter
The ability to easily add additional
users means that a network is
a) secure
c) accumulator
d) stack pointer
e) data register
b) dedicated
c) decentralized
d) scalable
Third-generation language is
a) machine language
e) None of these
b) assembly language
c) high-level language
d) middle-level language
e) low-level language
If you wish to extend the length of
the network without having the signal
degrade, you would use a
a) repeater
ATM cells comprise how many bytes?
b) switch
a) 53 bytes

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b) 57 bytes
d) Graphics
c) 45 bytes
e) Animations
d) 48 bytes
e) None of these

Step-by-step instructions that run the
computer are
a) CPUs
b) Programs
c) Solutions
d) Hardware
e) Documents
The device used to carry digital data
on analog lines is called
a) modem
b) multiplexer
c) modulator
d) demodulator
e) None
The process of writing computer
instructions in a programming language is
Dumb terminals have terminals and
a) mouse
b) speakers
known as
a) Processing
b) Algorithm
c) Coding
c) keyboard
d) mouse or speakers
e) None of these
d) File
e) Instructioning
The portion of the CPU that
coordinates the activities of all other
computer components is the
a) motherboard
b) coordination board
c) control unit
Which of the following refers to too
much electricity and may cause a voltage
surge?
a) Shock
b) Anomaly
c) Splash
d) Spike
e) Virus
d) arithmetic logic unit
e) None of these
Which is a secondary memory device?
Rules for exchanging data between
computers are called
a) procedures
b) protocol
c) hyperlink
a) Mouse
b) Floppy disk
c) Scanner
d) CPU
e) ALU
d) programs
e) hyper-actions
Which of the following is possible
with open architecture?
Which of the following is used to
a) A minimum of six new devices to be added
to a computer
write Web pages?
a) URL
b) Hot swapping of devices
b) HTML
c) HTTP
d) FTP
c) Users to upgrade and add new devices
as they come on the market
d) All hardware, input, and output devices to be
located in one efficient box
e) Telnet
e) A minimum of four new devices to be added
to a computer
__ is the most
important/powerful computer in a typical
network.
__ are special visual and
sound effects contained in a presentation
graphics file.
a) Network client
b) Desktop
c) Network switch
a) Attractions
d) Network station
b) Simulations
e) Network server
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Raw, unprocessed facts, including
text, numbers, images, and sounds, are
called
b) Line Printer
c) Computer Console
d) Card Reader
a) applets
b) data
e) None of these
c) metaware
d) items
e) java
Which of the following circuit is used
as a „Memory device‟ in computers?
a) Rectifier
b) Flip-Flop
The primary job of an operating
system is to manage-
a) Commands
c) Comparator
d) Attenuator
e) None of these
b) Users
c) Programmes
_ is a device that
d) Resources
connect two LAN or two segment of the
e) Process
same LAN.
a) Bridges
b) Switches
c) Routers
What is Cache RAM?
a) Extra memory used for overflow from your
Hard Disk
d) Hubs
b) A place to store secret information like
passwords
e) None of these
c) It’s the same as your Hard Disk Drive
d) Fast memory used for data that is
accessed often
Microsoft„s SQL server is the fasted
growing __?
a) Enterprise
b) Server
Fire wire is same as:
a) IEEE 1394
c) Network server
d) DBMS
b) 56K Modem
e) None of these
c) Roadrunner
d) DVD
e) All of the above
__ is a collection of
data that is organized so that its contents
can easily be accessed manage and
updated.
What are the limitations of the local
user account?
a) Data warehouse
b) Data mining
a) Their passwords cannot be synchronized
b) They cannot be used to access resources
across domains
c) Database
d) Data dictionary
e) None of these
c) They do not support the interactive logon
process
d) All of the above
Arranging of data in a logical
sequence is knows as __.
a) Classifying
e) None of these
b) Searching
Which of the following are objects in
an access data base?
a) Table, Form
c) Sorting
d) Reproducing
e) None of these
b) Queries, Reports
c) Macros, Modules
d) All the above
While working with MS-Dos which
command transfers a specific file from one
e) None of these
disk to another?
a) Copy
The computer device primarily used
to provide hard copy is the:
a) CRT
b) Disk copy
c) Time
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e) None of these
e) None of these

__ controls the way in
which the computer system functions and
provides a means by which users can
interact with the computer.
a) The platform
To navigate to a new web page for
which you know the URL, type that URL in
the browser’s _ and press Enter.
a) Address bar
b) Domain bar
b) The operating system
c) Application software
c) Address button
d) Name button
d) The motherboard
e) None of these
e) None of these
The CPU, also called the
_________when talking about PCs, does
the vast majority of the processing for a
computer.
The operating system is the most
common type of __ software.
a) communication
b) application
a) Macroprocessor
c) system
b) RAM
d) word-processing software
e) None of these
c) Memory system
d) Microprocessor
e) None of these
__ are specially designed
computer chips that reside inside other
devices, such as your car or your
electronic thermostat.
a) Servers
What is the difference between a CD-
ROM and a 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 CD-RW
cannot
b) Embedded computers
c) Robotic computers
d) Mainframes
e) None of these
c) A CD-RW can be written to, but a CD-ROM
can only be read from
d) A CD-ROM holds more information than a
CD-RW
e) None of the above
The steps and tasks needed to
process data, such as responses to
questions or clicking an icon, are called:
a) instructions.
b) the operating system.
c) application software
What is the term for how words will
appear on a page?
a) Text formatting
b) Character formatting
c) Point size
d) the system unit.
e) None of these
d) Typeface
Fifth generation computer is also
known as
e) None of these
a) Knowledge information processing
system
b) Very large scale integration (VLSI)
c) Small scale integration
d) Both 1 & 2
The process of a computer receiving
information from a server on the Internet
is known as
a) pulling
b) pushing
e) None of these
c) downloading
d) transferring
The computer that process both
analog and digital is called
a) Analog computer
b) Digital computer
c) Hybrid computer
e) None of these
Office LANs that are spread
geographically apart on a large scale can
be connected using a corporate
a) CAN
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b) LAN
c) DAN
d) WAN
e) TAN

The system unit of a personal
computer typically contains all of the
following except:
a) Serial interface
b) Disk controller
What is correcting errors in a
program called?
a) Interpreting
c) Microprocessor
d) Modem
e) None of these
b) Translating
c) Debugging
d) Compiling
e) None of these
A computer program that converts an
entire program into machine language is
called a/an –
a) Simulator
The output quality of a printer is
measured by-
b) Interpreter
c) Compiler
a) Dots printed per unit tune
b) Dot per sq. Inch
c) Dot per inch
d) Commander
e) None of these
d) All of above
All of the following are examples of
e) None of these
real security and privacy risks except-
a) Viruses
In analog computer –
a) Output is displayed in digital form
b) Input is never converted to digital form
c) Input is first converted to digital form
d) All of above
b) Spam
c) Hackers
d) Identify theft
e) None of these
e) None of these
_ are specially designed
computer chips reside inside other
devices, such as your car or your
electronic thermostat.
a) Mainframes
In latest generation computers, the
instructions are executed:
a) Sequentially only
b) Parallel only
c) Both sequentially and parallel
d) All of above
b) Embedded computers
c) Robotic computers
d) Servers
e) None of these
e) None of these
Who designed the first electronic
computer ENIAC?
a) Joseph M. Jacquard
The operating system creates
__ from the physical Computer.
a) Virtual device
b) Van-Neumann
c) J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly
d) All of above
b) Virtual computers
c) Virtual space
d) All of the above
e) None of these
e) None of these
Who invented the high level language
„C‟?
a) Dennis M. Ritchie
b) Donald Kunth
A Person who designs program,
operate and maintain computer equipment
refers to-
a) System Analyst
c) Seymour Papert
d) Niklaus Writh
b) Programmer
c) People-ware
e) None of these
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Which of the following is an example
c) CPU
of connectivity?
a) CD
d) Mouse
e) None of these
b) Floppy disk
c) Internet
d) Data
Granting an outside organization
access to internet web pages is often
implemented using a(n)-
a) Internet
e) Power cord
Human beings are referred to as
Homosapinens, which device is called
Sillico Sapiens?
b) Intranet
c) Extranet
d) Wirenet
a) Monitor
e) None of these
b) Hardware
c) Computer
d) Robot
What is meant by a dedicated
computer?
e) None of these
a) Which is used by one person only
b) Which is meant for application software
c) Which uses one kind of software
d) Which is assigned one and only one task
e) None of these
An error in software or hardware is
called a bug. What is the alternative
computer jargon for it?
a) Leech
b) Glitch
c) Slug
d) Squid
e) None of these
A popular way to learn through
computers without ever going to a
classroom is called
a) i-learning
b) isolated learning
Modern Computer are very reliable
c) e-learning
but they are not
a) Infallible
b) Powerful
c) Fast
d) Cheap
e) None of these
d) close learning
e) None of these
The ___ settings are
automatic and standard.
a) default
b) CPU
Most Advanced form of ROM is-
a) PROM
c) peripheral
d) user-friendly
b) EEPROM
e) None of these
c) EPROM
d) Cache Memory
e) None of these
The life span of a CD-ROM is
a) approximately one year
b) approximately two years
c) approximately five years
d) approximately twenty-five years
e) None of these
Laptops was invented by-
a) Dennis Ritchie
b) Adam Osborne
c) Donald Kunth
d) Charles Babbage
e) Blaise Pascal
The physical components of a
computer system is called
a) Software
Personal computers use a number of
chips mounted on a main circuit board.
What is the common name for such
boards?
b) Hardware
c) ALU
d) Control Unit
e) None of these
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A device that is connected to the
e) None of these
motherboard is called
a) an external device
b) an adjunct device
c) a peripheral device
d) a ribbon cable
A set of pre-coded instructions
executed by a computer is called
a) program
b) software
e) None of these
c) hardware
d) action
The output which is made up of
pictures, sounds, and video is called
a) COM
b) hard copy
c) graphics
e) None of these
The ______________enables your
computer to connect to other computers.
a) Network Interface Card
b) ALU
d) multimedia
e) None of these
c) Video card
The first step in the transaction
processing cycle is
a) database operations
b) audit
d) Sound Card
e) None of these
The segment in which business
c) data entry
directly sells to the end consumer is called
d) user inquiry
a) G2G
e) None of these
b) P2P
c) C2B
In Oracle, what is the default number
d) B2C
of transactions that MAXTRANS is set to if
e) None of these
not specified?
a) 512
b) 10
When you open Internet, the first
page is referred to as
a) first page
c) 40
d) 255
b) home page
e) None of these
c) master page
d) intro page
A typical slide in a slide presentation
would not include
e) None of these
a) photo images, charts and graphs
b) graphs and clip art
HTML programming uses
a) tags
c) clip art and audio clips
d) content templates
b) tables
c) pictures
e) None of these
d) numbers
e) None of these
By default, your documents print in
__ mode.
a) Landscape
All of the following storage media
have Read and Write capabilities except
a) hard disk drives
b) portrait
c) page setup
b) floppy disks
d) print view
c) flash memory cards
e) None of these
d) CD-ROMs
e) None of these
The instructions to a computer are
given in _ language.
a) machine
b) codes
Java is a
a) machine code
b) spreadsheet
c) assembly
d) compiler
c) database
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e) None of these

LAN system is a(n)
Which of the following is the most
suitable programming language for
scientific purpose?
a) COBOL
a) Obsolete system
b) Single-user system
c) Local area network
d) Multiuser system
b) BASIC
c) FORTRAN
d) Power Point
e) None of these
Which of the following is essential for
using a computer effectively
a) System software
b) Utility software
A major upgrade or revision of
software is reflected in the use of
a) special symbols
c) Command software
d) Executive software
b) decimal numbers
RAM is a(n)
c) version letters
d) whole numbers
e) None of these
a) Unaffordable memory
b) Removable memory
c) Temporary memory
d) Permanent memory
Flash Drives plug into a(n)
a) Serial port
b) USB port
Which of the following is not a
document file in a word processor?
a) Letter
c) Drive bay
d) Serial bay
b) Memo
c) COBOL program
d) Report
_ is the most commonly
used input device of a computer.
a) Webcam
In order to have your computer play
music you need
b) Keyboard
c) Microphone
d) Scanner
a) A sound card and speakers
b) Only external speakers
c) Nothing more than the internal speaker
d) A CD-ROM drive
UNIX is a(n) __________operating
system.
a) Outdated
b) Multi-user
c) Parallel user
d) Single user
If you press _, the cell in
MS-Excel accepts your typing as its
contents?
a) Tab
b) Enter
__ is data that has been
organised or presented in a meaningful
fashion.
c) Ctrl+Enter
d) Alt+Enter
e) None of these
a) Information
b) Wisdom
c) Storage
The standard protocol of the Internet
is __.
a) Flash
d) Software
b) Java
An extremely fast computer that can
perform hundreds of billions of
instructions is a
c) HTML
d) TCP/IP
e) None of these
a) PDA
b) Minicomputer
c) Supercomputer
Which of the following is not a
modifier key?
d) Workstation
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b) Ctrl

What is the name of the program that
c) Alt
d) Shift
e) None of these
controls the computer?
a) The File Manager
b) An Application Program
c) A Browser
What are the two essential parts of
the computer?
d) The Operating System
e) The Compiler
a) Keyboard & Mouse
b) Printer & Screen
Computers manipulate data in many
ways, and this manipulation is called
a) upgrading
c) Hardware & Software
d) Monitor & Keyboard
e) None of these
b) utilizing
c) batching
Mouse is a __.
a) output device
d) processing
e) downloading
b) browser
c) software
Creating a __ means making a
d) input device
duplicate copy of important files so that
e) None of these
when a problem occurs, you can restore
those files using the copy.
a) mirror
b) backup
A computer on a network that access
resources provided by another computer
called –
c) printout
a) A computer
d) hotspot
b) A Server
e) hot file
c) A Brewers
d) A Beta test and Beker call
e) None of these
The main system board of a computer
is called the
a) motherboard
Which of the following has the
smallest storage capacity?
a) zip disk
b) integrated circuit (IC)
c) processor
d) microchip
b) hard disk
e) drive board
c) data cartridge
d) floppy disk
Peripheral devices such as printers
e) CD
and monitors are considered to be
a) source code
Which of the following is not a
computer language?
b) software
c) data
a) High – Level Language
b) Medium Level Language
c) Low Level Language
d) information
e) hardware
d) Machine Language
In a computer, most of the processing
e) None of these
takes place in
a) RAM
Which type of memory gets lost when
you switch off?
a) RAM
b) Memory
c) Motherboard
d) CPU
b) ROM
e) ALU
c) Cache
d) Dynamic
e) Static
The parts of a computer system that
can be touched are collectively called as
a) Cable
b) Software

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c) Modem

An error in a computer program is
d) Memory
e) Hardware
called __ .
a) Crash
b) Power failure
c) Virus
d) Bug
A collection of programmes which
determines and controls how your
computer system works and process
information is called
a) Interpreter
b) Computer
c) Operating system
d) Compiler
e) Bugger
BIT stands for –
a) Binary Information Unit
b) Binary language
c) Megabyte
e) Office
d) Binary Number
e) Binary Digit
Which of the following is equal to
1,048,576 byte (approx. one million byte)?
A tape drive offers _ access
a) Megabyte
b) Gigabyte
c) Memory
d) Byte
to data.
a) sporadic
b) timely
c) sequential
d) random
e) disastrous
e) Kilobyte
A hard disk drive is considered as a
__ storage.
a) flash
How many values can be represented
by a single byte?
a) 4
b) temporary
c) non volalite
b) 512
d) non-permanent
e) None of these
c) 64
d) 16
e) 256
A permanent memory is called
a) RAM
b) LCD
c) CPU
d) ROM
e) ALU
A device which can be connected to a
network without using cable is called
_ .
a) Centralised device
b) Distributed device
c) Open-source device
500.Personal computers can be connected
together to form a ____ .
a) super computer
d) Without code device
e) Wireless device
b) server
The name given to a document by its
c) enterprise
d) network
user is called __.
a) Data
e) None of these
b) Program
c) Record
Name of the round shining portable
disk which can store large amount of
information and softwares.
a) Floppy disk
d) File name
e) File type
The data on floppy disks are recorded
b) CD-ROM
c) Scanner
in rings called __ .
a) rounders
d) Monitor
b) ringers
e) Laptop
c) tracks
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e) circles
d) Mesh Network
e) None of these

All the components of a computer are
either or _.
a) software, CPU/RAM
A Winchester disk is a
a) Flexible disk
b) application software, system software
c) hardware, software
d) input device, output device
e) input, output
b) Disk stack
c) Removable disk
d) Non-removable disk
e) None of these
A computer consists of
a) a central processing unit
b) a memory unit
c) Input and output units
d) all of the above
Which of the following is the fastest?
a) CPU
b) Sensors, mechanical controllers
c) Video terminals
d) Magnetic disks and tapes
e) None of these
e) None of these
Which of the following memories is
capable of operating at electronic speed?
a) Magnetic disks
A collection of wires that connects
data is
a) Bus
b) Magnetic tapes
b) Link
c) Magnetic drum
c) Cables
d) Semiconductor memory
e) None of these
d) Bidirectional wires
e) None of these
One thousand Bytes represent a
a) Megabyte
b) Kilobyte
Example of non-numerical data is
a) Employee name
b) Bank balance
c) Gigabyte None
d) None
c) Examination score
d) Payroll data
e) None of these
e) None of these
Moving process from main memory to
What is full form of SMPS?
a) Storage Mode Power Shortage
b) Simple Mode Power Supply
c) Switch Mode Power Supply
d) Storage Mode Power Supply
e) None of these
disks is called
a) Swapping
b) Scheduling
c) Caching
d) Spooling
e) None of these
One Mega Byte is equal to
a) 1024 Giga Bits
b) 1024 Kilo Bytes
c) 1024 Bits
Sending a file from your PC‟s primary
memory or disk to another computer is
called
a) Downloading
d) 1024 Bytes
b) Uploading
e) None of these
c) Logging on
d) Tracing on
e) None of these
What is full form of CMOS?
a) Complementary Metal Oxygen
Semiconductor
A central computer surrounded by
one or more satellite computers is called a
a) Star Network
b) Complementary Metal Oscillator
Semiconductor
c) Complementary Metal Oxide
Semiconductor
b) Ring Network
c) Bus Network
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e) None of these
b) Malware
c) Virus

Which among following is secondary
d) Hub
storage device?
a) Hard Disk
b) Semi-Conductor
c) Diode
d) RAM
e) None of these
e) None of these
What is backup?
a) Adding more components to your network
b) Protecting data by copying it from the
original source to a different destination
c) Accessing data on tape
Second generation of computers
consist of which of following?
a) Vacuum Tubes
d) Filtering old data from the new data
e) Using earlier data
b) VLSI Microprocessor
c) Transistors
d) Diodes
The legal right to use software based
on specific restrictions is granted via
a___________ .
e) None of these
a) software privacy policy
b) software license
The result of computer processing of
c) software log
your input is called
a) output
d) software password manager
e) None of these
b) data
c) multi-tasking
d) tracking
What is an e-mail attachment?
a) A receipt sent by the recipient.
e) None of these
b) A separate document from another
program sent along with an e-mail.
c) A malicious parasite that feeds on your
messages and destroys and contents
d) A friend to whom e-mail is sent regularly
e) A list of CC or BCC recipients
Which of the following is the
equipment which holds the screen of a
computer?
a) Video
b) Desktop
c) Modem
d) Monitor
e) Scanner
Which of the following is the type of
software that controls the internal
operations in the computer and controls
how the computer works with all its parts?
a) Application software
Which of the following is usually
connected to a computer with the help of a
b) Public domain software
cable?
c) Shareware
a) Icon
b) Virus
d) Operating system software
e) None of these
c) Database
d) Pixel
e) Peripheral devices
When data changes in multiple lists
and all lists are not updated, this causes
_.
Which among following is not an
input device?
a) information overload
b) data redundancy
a) Mouse
c) data consistency
b) Scanner
d) duplicate data
c) Keyboard
e) data inconsistency
d) Printer
e) None of these
What is the main folder on a storage
device called?
Which among following is odd one?
a) Root directory
a) Spyware
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c) interface
d) Platform
they are downloading.
a) dragging
e) Main directory
b) flashing
c) streaming

To view information on the Web you
must have a _.
a) cable modem
d) pulling
e) None of these
b) Web browser
Which of the following is not a
c) hypertext viewer
d) domain name server
e) None of these
protocol?
a) HTML
b) FTP
c) TCP/IP
d) http
A file is often referred to as a
a) pane
e) None of these
b) document
c) wizard
d) device
Compilers are the software
a) used as interpreters
e) documentation
b) for printing hard copies
c) used for translation
d) designed for customers
e) None of these
To protect yourself from computer
hacker intrusions you should install a
a) firewall
b) macro
c) mailer
Software of computer means
a) interface between operator and machine
b) printed output
d) script
e) None of these
c) magnetic disk
d) printing device
What type of computers are client
computers (most of the time) in a client-
server system?
e) None of these
Which of the following Languages is
a) Mainframe
b) Microcomputer
used with an interpreter?
a) PASCAL
c) Mini-computer
b) BASIC
d) PDA
c) COBOL
e) None of these
d) FORTRAN
e) None of these
DOS is a(n)
a) multi-user operating system
b) multi-user and multi-programming system
c) open source operating system
d) single-user operating system
e) None of these
DSL is an example of a(n)
____________connection.
a) slow
b) broadband
c) slow network
d) wireless
Which of the following is a wildcard
e) None of these
that stands in the place of a series of
letters?
a) —
The source program is written in
a) object program
b) #
c) %
b) high-level language
c) binary code
d) *
e) None of these
d) assembly language
e) None of these
_ is the process whereby
media files such as a video start playing as
.xls, .doc and .pptx are examples of
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b) domains
b) Scanners
c) OCR
d) Bar codes
e) None of these
c) databases
d) extensions
e) None of these

A device that connects to a network
without the use of cables is said to be
a) distributed
Which of the following refers to a
small, single-site network?
a) CPU
b) centralized
b) USB
c) open source
c) RAM
d) wireless
d) LAN
e) None of these
e) None of these
The name a user assigns to a
document is called a
a) filename
A set of instructions telling the
computer what to do is called
a) Mentor
b) program
b) Instructor
c) record
c) Compiler
d) data
d) Program
e) None of these
e) None of these
Information on a computer is stored
as
X.21 protocol consists of
a) Physical and frame layers
b) Frame and packet layers
c) Physical, frame and packet layers
d) Only Physical layers
a) analog data
b) watts data
c) modern data
d) digital data
e) None of these
e) None of these
What happens when you boot up a
PC?
a) Portions of the operating system are
copied from disk into memory.
b) Portions of the operating system are
compiled.
For seeing the output, you use
a) Monitor
b) Keyboard
c) Scanner
d) Mouse
e) None of these
c) Portions of the operating system are copied
from memory onto disk.
CDs are of which shape?
a) Square
d) Portions of the operating system are
emulated.
b) Round
e) The PC gets switched off.
c) Hexagonal
d) Rectangular
e) None of these
Linux is an example of
a) freeware
b) shareware
Ctrl, Shift and Alt are called
_ keys.
a) Modifier
c) open source software
d) complimentary
e) None of these
b) Adjustment
c) Function
d) Alphanumeric
e) None of these
Which of the following software
applications would be the most
appropriate for performing numerical and
statistical calculations?
a) Database
The pattern of printed lines on most
products are called
b) Spreadsheet
a) Prices
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d) Document processor
e) Power Point

Compiling creates a(n)
a) subroutine
b) program specification
c) error-free program
d) algorithm
A _ is used to read hand
written or printed text to make a digital
image that is stored in memory.
a) printer
e) executable program
b) laser beam
c) scanner
Expansion cards are inserted into
a) slots
d) touchpad
b) the CPU
e) None of these
c) peripheral devices
d) the back of the computer
e) None of these
You organise files by storing them in
a) indexes
b) folders
c) archives
d) lists
A device that connects to a network
without the use of cable is said to be
a) open source
e) None of these
b) non-wired
c) centralized
A __ is pre-designed
d) distributed
document that already has coordinating
e) wireless
fonts, a layout, and a background.
a) guide
b) model
c) ruler
d) template
e) design-plate
A complete electronic circuit with
transistors and other electronic
components on a small silicon chip is
called a(n)
a) CPU
b) workstation
What is the default file extension for
c) magnetic disk
all Word documents?
d) integrated circuit
e) complex circuit
a) WRD
b) TXT
c) DOC
d) FIL
Junk e-mail is also called
a) spoof
e) WD
b) crap
c) sniffer script
d) spool
e) spam
Removing and replacing devices
without turning off your computer is
referred to as
a) USB swapping
A program designed to destroy data
b) Plug-n-Play
on your computer which can travel to
c) Bay swap
“infect” other computers is called a
d) Hot swapping
e) None of these
a) infector
b) torpedo
c) hurricane
d) virus
Specialised programs that assist
users in locating information on the Web
are called.
e) disease
a) locator engines
b) information engines
c) web browsers
d) resource locators
e) search engines
____ shows the files,
folders, and drives on your computer,
making it easy to navigate from one
location to another within the file
hierarchy.
a) Windows Explorer

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b) Microsoft Internet Explorer
d) Status bar
c) My Computer
e) None of the above
d) Folders Manager
e) Windows Locator

After a picture has been taken with a
digital camera and processed
appropriately, the actual print of the
picture is considered:
a) data
The ___ manual tells
you how to use a software program.
a) documentation
b) technical
b) output
c) user
c) input
d) programming
e) designer
d) the process
e) None of these
A collection of interrelated records is
called a
a) spreadsheet
b) management information system
c) database
The __ enables you to
simultaneously keep multiple Web pages
open in one browser window.
a) tab box
b) pop – up helper
d) utility file
c) tab row
e) datasheet
d) address bar
e) Esc Key
Which of the following is non-impact
printer?
a) Chain printer
The ability of an OS to run more than
one application at a time is called
_ .
b) Line printer
c) Drum printer
a) Multitasking
d) Laser printer
e) None of these
b) Object Oriented Programming
c) Multi-use Computing
d) Time sharing
The components that process data
are located in the _____ .
a) output devices
e) None of these
Networking such as LAN, MAN started
from:
b) input devices
c) system unit
a) First generation
d) storage component
e) None of these
b) Second generation
c) Third generation
d) Fourth generation
e) None of these
__ cells involve creating
single cells by combining two or more
selected cells.
You can use the __ bar to
a) Formatting
type URL and display a Web page, or type
b) Merging
a keyword to display a list of related Web
c) Embedding
pages.
d) Splitting
e) None of these
a) Menu
b) Title
c) Search
d) Web
Which of the following displays
programs that are currently running? A
single click on one of the program icons
will bring the Windows up.
a) Menu bar
e) Address
A computer program that converts
assembly language to machine language is
__ .
b) Task bar
a) Compiler
c) Title bar
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c) Assembler

_ is the most
d) Comparator
important/powerful computer in a typical
e) None of the above
network.
a) Desktop
Which access method is used for
obtaining a record from a cassette tape?
a) Direct
b) Network client
c) Network server
d) Bank
b) Sequential
e) None of these
c) Random
d) All of the above
A(n) __ appearing on a web
e) None of the above
page opens another document when
clicked .
Which part interprets program
instructions and initiate control
operations?
a) Input
b) Storage unit
a) anchor
b) URL
c) hyperlink
d) reference
e) None of these
c) Logic unit
d) Control unit
Junk e-mail is also called _.
e) None of the above
a) spoof
b) spam
A keyboard is _ device.
c) spill
a) black
b) input
d) sniffer script
e) None of these
c) output
d) word Process
e) None of these
To save an existing file with new
name at a new location we should us
_ command.
a) Save
b) Save and replace
c) Save as
Who is known as father of Artificial
Intelligence?
a) John McCarthy
b) Vint Cerf
d) New file
c) Dennis Ritchie
e) None of these
d) James Gosling
e) None of these
In processing cheques, which of the
following PO techniques have Indian
Which of the following is not a
banks traditionally followed?
storage device?
a) Monitor
b) CD
a) VRT
b) OMR
c) OCR
c) Hard disk
d) Floppy Disk
e) DVD
d) Barcode
e) MICR
___is collection of web pages and _ is the very first page that we
see on opening of a website.
a) Home page, Web-page
The CPU comprises of Control,
Memory and __ units.
a) Microprocessor
b) Arithmetic/Logic
c) Output
b) Web-site, Home-page
c) Login page, Home-page
d) ROM
d) Web-page, Web-site
e) None of these
e) None of these
What is the full form of DFD?
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b) Data File Diagram
c) Data Flow Diagram
d) Data Flow Drawing
e) None of these

What is the Short cut key for line
break?
a) CTRL + Enter
b) Alt + Enter
c) Shift + Enter
d) Space + Enter
e) None of these
In MS-Word, an efficient way to move
the 3rd paragraph to place it after the 5th
paragraph is _.
a) copy and paste
A light sensitive device that converts
b) copy and cut
drawing, printed text or other image into
c) cut, copy and paste
d) cut and paste
digital form is _.
a) Keyboard
e) None of these
b) Plotter
c) Scanner
Which of the following companies
developed MS office?
a) Microsoft
d) OMR
e) None of these
b) Novell
c) Corel
Portrait is a __.
a) A font style
d) Lotus
b) Paper Size
e) None of these
c) Page Layout
A device operating at the physical
layer is called a _.
a) Bridge
d) Page Orientation
e) None of these
b) Router
__ is not a web browser.
c) Repeater
d) All of the above
e) None of these
a) Netscape
b) Mozilla
c) Internet Explorer
d) Chrome
Which of the following is not a
network?
e) Telnet
a) Local area network
b) Wide area network
c) Optical fiber
d) All are networks
e) None of these
A _______is a major database object
used to display information in a printable
page format.
a) form
b) query
c) report
In case of MS-access, the rows of
d) table
table correspond to _.
e) None of these
a) Field
b) Records
c) Reports
d) Files
IDE stands for __.
a) Integrate Disk Error
b) Input Data Error
e) None of these
c) Integrated Development Environment
d) Integrated Disk Environment
e) None of these
Holding the mouse button down while
moving an object or text is known as
_.
Which of the following command is
a) Moving
used to rename the file or folder?
b) Dragging
a) F3
c) Dropping
b) F4
d) Highlighting
c) F2
e) None of these
d) F7
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b) Server

The __ enables your computer
to connect to other computers.
a) video card
c) Compiler
d) Interpreter
e) OS
b) sound card
c) network interface card
d) controller card
e) None of these
What is the full form of UTP?
a) Unshielded Twisted Pair
b) Universal Transmission Path
c) User Time Precision
What menu is selected to save or
save as _.
a) Tools
d) Unified Transmission Protocol
e) Uniplexed Time Protocol
b) File
Which of the following is an input
c) Format
device?
d) Edit
e) None of these
a) Monitor
b) Speaker
c) Printer
A(n) _ is text that you want
printed at the bottom of the page?
a) header
d) Keyboard
e) Plotter
b) endnote
c) footnote
d) footer
Which of the followings is not a
storage device?
a) A CD
e) None of these
b) A DVD
c) A floppy disk
d) A printer
e) A Hard disk
Which of the following is not an
operating system?
a) DOS
b) MS-Access
c) Linux
d) Windows
e) None of these
Which of the following uses a
handheld operating system?
a) A supercomputer
b) A personal computer
c) A laptop
To move to the beginning of a line of
d) A mainframe
text, press __ key.
a) Home
e) A PDA
b) Ctrl
A place that a user can create to store
c) Space
files.
d) Enter
e) None of these
a) cursor
b) text
c) folder
d) boot
e) None of these
Microsoft Office Word creates a
________for you when you press ENTER
or the SPACEBAR after you type the
address of an existing Web page.
a) word
The __ tells the computer
how to use its components?
a) Utility
b) hyperlink
c) Bookmark
b) Network
d) Document
e) None of these
c) Application Program
d) Operating system
e) None of these
Which of the following is an example
of hardware?
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Which of the following is an
acceptable way to shut down the
computer?
Which of the following is not an input
device?
a) Select the ‘Shut down ‘ option from a
menu
a) OCR
b) Optical scanners
b) turn the computer off at the power point
c) press the reset button
d) pull the power cord from the back of the
computer
c) Voice recognition device
d) COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)
e) None of these
e) None of these
Internet Explorer is a _.
a) Web Browser
Which of the following is not a
computer programming language?
a) Windows 10
b) Graphing Package
c) News Reader
d) Any person browsing the net
e) None of these
b) Pascal
c) BASIC
d) COBOL
e) None of these
USB in data cables stands
for__________.
a) Unicode smart Bus
b) Universal structural Bus
c) Unicode Serial Bus
d) Universal Serial Bus
e) None of these
A repair for a known software bug,
usually available at no charge on the
internet, is called a(n) __.
a) version
b) patch
c) tutorial
d) FAQ
You must install a (n)
_ on a network if you want
e) None of these
to share a broadband Internet connection.
a) router
b) modem
c) node
The computer size was very large in
_.
a) First Generation
d) cable
b) Second Generation
c) Third Generation
e) None of these
d) Fourth Generation
Which of the following can be used to
e) None of these
select the entire document?
a) Ctrl+A
Which of the following code used in
present day computing was developed by
IBM Corporation?
b) Alt+F5
c) Shift+A
d) Ctrl+K
a) ASCII
e) Ctrl+H
b) Hollerith Code
c) EBCDIC Code
To reload a web page, press the
d) Baudot Code
e) None of these
__ button.
a) Redo
b) Reload
In the binary language each letter of
the alphabet, each number and each
special-character is made up of a unique
combination of _.
a) eight bytes
c) Restore
d) Ctrl
e) Refresh
Which is not a font style?
b) eight kilobytes
a) Bold
c) eight characters
d) eight bits
b) Superscript
c) Italic
e) None of these
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e) None of these
d) Digital computer
e) None of these

Which of the following programming
languages is associated with Artificial
Intelligence?
a) B
Fax machines are used to send
documents through a _ .
a) Telephone line
b) A++
b) Modems
c) C++
c) Co-axial wire
d) PROLOG
e) None of these
d) All of these
e) None of these
On color monitor each pixel is
composed of __.
a) two mini dots
What kind of server converts IP
addresses to domain names?
a) DNS
b) five mini dots
b) MNS
c) six mini dots
c) UTP
d) three mini dots
e) None of these
d) RTP
e) None of these
AltaVista is a(n)_.
a) Software
b) Search engine
c) Hardware
Programs such as Mozilla Firefox that
serve as navigable windows into the Web
are called________.
a) Internet
d) Antivirus
e) None of these
b) Data card
c) Web browsers
and _ is/are mostly
used input device.
d) RAM
e) None of these
a) Keyboard, mouse
b) Scanner, Monitor
ALU is
c) Digital camera, printer
d) Microphone ups
e) None of these
a) Access Logic Unit
b) Arithmetic Logic Unit
c) Array Logic Unit
d) Artificial Logic Unit
e) None of these
You click at I to make the text
__.
a) Italics
b) Underlined
c) Italics and under lined
d) Bold
_ is used in second
generation computer.
a) Transistors
b) Vacuum tubes
e) None of these
c) Microprocessor
d) Integrated circuit
e) None of these
Correcting errors in a program is
called _.
a) Interpreting
b) Translating
c) Debugging
Name the first general purpose
electronic computer.
a) EDVAC
d) Compiling
b) ADVAC
e) None of these
c) UNIVAC
d) IBM-PC
Which of the following is the fastest
type of computer?
e) None of these
a) Mini computer
b) Mainframe computer
c) Supercomputer
The group of data and operations
together are known as
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b) Function
c) Class
b) user
c) technical
d) Structure
e) None of these
d) programming
e) None of these

The first microprocessor was
developed in 1971 by
a) Intel
What disk is used to cold-boot a PC?
a) Setup disk
b) System disk
b) Apple
c) program disk
c) NASA
d) Diagnostic disk
d) Gigabite
e) None of these
e) None of these
Which of the following cannot be part
of an email address?
a) Period (.)
Conversion of analog waves to a
digital format called
a) Echo
b) At sign (@)
b) Sampling
c) Space ()
c) Frequency
d) Underscore (_)
d) Sound forge
e) None of these
e) None of these
A DVD is an example of a(n)
a) hard disk
FORTRAN was introduced in the year
a) 1945
b) optical disc
b) 1947
c) output device
c) 1950
d) 1957
d) solid-state storage device
e) None of these
e) None of these
Approximately how many bytes make
one Megabyte?
a) One Thousand
_______is the father of punched
card.
a) Charles Babbage
b) Blasie Pascal
b) Ten Thousand
c) One Hundred
c) Joanthan Lva
d) One Million
d) Herman Hollerith
e) None of these
e) None of these
The box that contains the central
electronic components of the computer is
the
a) motherboard
b) system unit
What is called the starting up on
operating system?
a) Starting
b) Entering
c) Peripheral
c) Booting
d) input device
d) Formatting
e) None of these
e) None of these
Three types of compact disks include
We can repeat narration by pressing
a) Ctrl + R
CD-ROM, CD-R and
a) CD-W
b) Alt + R
b) CD-RW
c) Shift + R
c) CD-RAM
d) Alt + Shift + R
e) None of these
d) CD-DVD
e) None of these
The __ manual tells you
how to use a software program.
a) documentation
The _ controls a client‟s
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b) instruction set
a) Alt + Delete
b) Shift
c) Esc
c) operating system
d) server application
e) None of these
d) Delete
e) Backspace

To reload a Web page, press the
_ button.
a) Redo
A web address is also called a
__.
a) LRU
b) Reload
c) Restore
b) URL
d) Refresh
c) LUR
e) None of these
d) ULR
e) None of these
669.What kind of scheme is the HTTP
protocol?
A VLAN equals to _.
a) get/put
a) Router
b) store/forward
c) search/return
d) request/response
e) None of these
b) Subnet
c) Firewall
d) Host/Client ID
e) WAN
When your computer stops working
The first PC virus was developed in
suddenly, it is referred to as a _.
a) 1982
a) crash
b) 1984
b) die
c) 1986
c) death
d) 1987
d) penalty
e) None of these
e) None of these
What is the best definition of a
compiler?
a) A compiler is a utility that copies a program
from disk into memory and begins its
execution.
C++ belongs to which category of
Programming Language?
a) Procedural
b) Modular
c) Object Oriented
d) Structured
e) None of these
b) A compiler is a program that converts
all the source code into object code.
c) A compiler is used to detect logical errors in
a program by allowing the programmer to trace
the code line by line.
d) A compiler is a utility that links a
programmer’s source code to operating system
utilities prior to execution.
Capital letters on a keyboard are
referred to as _.
a) Caps lock key
b) Grownups
c) Big guys
e) None of these
d) Lower case letters
e) None of these
Which file creates a perfect
reproduction of the original images?
The group of data and operations
together are known as
a) Object
a) DOCX
b) XLSX
c) GIF
b) Function
d) JPEG
c) Class
e) None of these
d) Structure
e) None of these
Which of the following is READ-only
Which of the following keys is used to
delete characters to the left of the cursor?
disc?
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b) DVD-ROM
c) DVD-RW

Desktop and personal computers are
d) CD-R
e) None of these
also Known as
a) Microcomputers
b) Mainframes
Which of the following is not a
computer language?
c) Supercomputers
d) Servers
a) High level Language
b) Machine Language
e) None of these
c) Low Level Language
A(n) __ contains
d) Medium Level Language
e) None of these
commands that can be selected
a) Pointer
b) menu
Something which has easily-
understood instructions is said to be
a) user-friendly
c) icon
d) button
e) None of these
b) information
c) word processing
d) icon
The term „bit‟ is short for
a) megabyte
e) None of these
b) binary digit
c) binary number
The input device to be used to get a
printed diagram into a computer is the
d) binary language
e) None of these
a) Printer
b) Mouse
Dynamic Adhoc Wireless Networks
c) Keyboard
d) Scanner
e) None of these
(DAWN) usually come under __?
a) 2G
b) 5G
c) 4G
What type of device is a computer
d) 3G
mouse?
e) None of these
a) Storage
b) Output
How many layers are in Open
Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model?
c) Input
d) Software
e) None of these
a) Seven
b) Six
c) Four
d) Five
e) Eight
685.Which of the following is a network
accessible only by the organisation‟s
members?
a) LAN
_ is a networking device
that forwards data packets between
b) Internet
c) Extranet
d) Intranet
e) None of these
computer networks.
a) Hub
b) Repeater
c) Switch
d) Router
The physical component of a
computer that we can see and touch is
called
e) Modem
Consider the following:
a) Hardware
i. C++
b) Software
ii. C
c) Storage
iii. COBOL
d) input/output
e) None of these
Which among the above is/ are High-Level
Languages (HLL)?

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a) Only i
b) Both i & ii
c) All i, ii & iii
d) Both ii & iii
e) Both i & iii

The Standard Protocol of the Internet
is __ .
a) TCP/IP
b) HTML
c) Flash
Which is used to return to the first
slide during the Slide-Show?
a) Ctrl + 1
d) HTTP
e) None of these
b) Shift + 1 + Enter
c) Ctrl + 1 + Enter
Which of the following represents the
fastest data transmission speed?
d) 1 + Enter
a) Kbps
e) Shift + 1
b) Mbps
c) Gbps
HTTP port number_______.
d) bps
a) 80
e) None of these
b) 123
c) 25
Hub is Associated with __
d) 125
e) None of these
network.
a) Ring
b) Star
Electronic funds transfer is the
exchange of money __.
a) From one place to another
b) From one account to another
c) From one bank to another
d) All the above
c) Mesh
d) Tree
e) None of these
The primary editing view, where you
write and design your slides is known
as__________ .
e) None of these
a) Normal View
Which of the following is the latest
version of Windows?
a) Windows 98
b) Notes Page View
c) Slide Master View
d) Notes Master View
b) Windows XP
e) None of these
c) Windows 2000
d) Windows 10
e) None of these
A website is a collection of
_ .
a) graphics
__ is the science that
attempts to produce machines that display
the same type of intelligence that humans
do.
b) programs
c) web pages
d) tabs
e) None of these
a) Nano science
b) Nanotechnology
Which of the following is used by the
c) Simulation
browsers to connect to the location of the
d) Artificial intelligence
e) None of these
Internet resources?
a) Linkers
b) Protocol
Which of the following logic families
c) Cable
is well suited for high speed operations?
d) URL
a) TTL
e) None of these
b) ECL
c) MOS
d) CMOS
e) None of these
What is the term for how words will
appear on a page?
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b) Character formatting
c) Point size
e) None of The Above
d) Typeface

Programming Language PASCAL was
e) None of these
invented by:
a) Joseph Marie Jacquard
b) John Mauchly
c) Blaise Pascal
d) Harward Ailken
e) None of these
What is the full form of CMS?
a) Cloud Management System
b) Client Management System
c) Cross Management System
d) Content Management System
e) None of these
IBM stands for:
a) Indian Business Machines
b) International Business Machines
c) International Banking Machines
d) International Business Model
e) None of The Above
Which of the following term is similar
to phishing, but refers to fraudulent
messages sent over SMS rather than
email?
a) Flaming
b) Pharming
c) Mashup
________is a term related with
scanner.
d) Smishing
e) None of these
a) Laser
b) TWAIN
c) Catridge
d) Media
The computer that process both
analog and digital is called
a) Analog computer
e) None of these
b) Digital computer
c) Hybrid computer
The example of Non – Impact printer
is_______ .
d) Mainframe computer
e) None of these
a) Laser and Dot Matrix
b) Inkjet and Laser Printer
c) Inkjet and Dot Matrix
d) Dot Matrix
MS – Word allows creation of
_____types of documents by default:
e) None of these
a) .doc
b) .wpf
c) .txt
d) .dot
e) None of the these
Software that manages data in more
than one file at a time and these files are
treated as tables with rows and columns
rather than as lists of records is:
a) Relational Data Base Management
System
A program that remains in the
memory while other programs are
executing is called:
b) Document Base Management System
c) Documentation Package
a) Resident Program
d) MS – Excel
b) Non – Resident Program
c) Permanent Program
e) None of these
d) Temporary Program
e) None of The Above
What is the full form of GUI ?
a) Geometrical Ultra Inputs
b) Graph under influence
The following device allows the user
to add external components to a computer
system:
c) Graphical User Interface
d) Graphical User Interaction
e) None of these
a) Storage Devices
b) Keyboards
c) Ports/System Boards
d) Diskettes
While browsing internet, what do we
call the area of storage that compensates
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timings of events by temporarily holding a
block of data that is waiting to be
c) Operating System
d) Assembler
processed?
a) Cache
e) None of these
b) Buffer
c) Flash

Expension cards are inserted into
a) slots
d) Trash
e) None of these
b) peripheral devices
c) the CPU
d) the back of the computer
e) None of these
An error in a computer program is
called
a) Crash
b) Power Failure
c) Bug
A device that connects to a network
without the use of cable is said to be
a) distributed
d) Virus
b) non-wired
e) None of these
c) centralised
d) wireless
e) None of these
_ is not available on the
Ruler of MS Word screen.
a) Centre Indent
All of the following are included in
removable media except:
a) CD-ROMs
b) Right Indent
c) Left Indent
b) Diskette
d) Tab stop box
c) DVDs
e) None of these
d) Hard Disk Drive
e) None of these
Which of the following cannot be
used to close the Word application?
a) ALT+F4
Periodically adding, changing and
deleting file records is called file
a) updating
b) File>Close
c) File>exit
b) upgrading
d) All of these
c) restructuring
e) None of these
d) renewing
e) None of these
Telnet is a(n)__________based
computer protocol.
a) Sound
An assembler is used to translate a
program written in
b) Text
c) Image
d) Animation
e) None of these
a) A low level language
b) A high level language
c) Assembly language
d) Machine language
e) None of these
Which of the following is hardware
and not software?
a) Excel
__ are symbols that
represent any character or combination of
characters.
b) Printer driver
c) CPU
a) Playing cards
d) Power Point
b) Wildcards
e) None of these
c) Private Keys
d) Public Keys
To be able to “boot”, the computer
e) None of these
must have a(n)
a) Compiler
b) Loader
A word in a web page that, when
clicked, opens another document is called

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a) Anchor
b) Hyperlink
c) Reference
d) URL

A permanent virtual circuit involves
a) Connection establishment
b) Data transfer
e) None of these
c) Connection release
d) All the above
Which of the following operating
e) None of these
systems is not owned and licensed by a
company?
a) Unix
b) Linux
c) Mac
d) Windows
e) None of these
__ controls the way in
which the computer system functions and
provides a means by which users can
interact with the computer.
a) The operating system
b) The motherboard
c) The platform
In any window, the maximize button,
d) Application software
the minimize button and the close buttons
e) None of these
appear on
a) Title bar
b) Menu bar
c) Status bar
d) Ruler bar
e) None of these
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
To change hardware components into
more powerful or rectified version is called
a) Expansion
c) Web divide
d) cyberway divide
e) None of these
b) Plug and Play
c) Upgrading
d) Upsizing
e) None of these
Servers are computers that provide
resources to other computers connected to
a _ .
a) mainframe
To combine two or more cells into a
b) supercomputer
single cell is called
a) Merging
c) network
d) client
b) Joining
e) None of these
c) Sharing
d) Splitting
e) None of these
Word processing, spreadsheet, and
photo-editing are examples of
_ .
Another word for the CPU is
a) Microprocessor
b) Execute
a) application software
b) system software
c) operating system software
d) platform software
c) Microchip
d) Decode
e) None of these
e) None of these
A __ is approximately
The _________of software contains
lists of commands and options.
a) Menu bar
one billion bytes.
a) bit
b) kilobyte
b) Tool bar
c) Title bar
d) Formula bar
c) gigabyte
d) megabyte
e) None of these
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All of the following are examples of
or more programs by multiple processors
input devices except a _ .
is called
a) scanner
b) mouse
c) printer
d) keyboard
e) None of these
a) multiprocessing
b) multitasking
c) time-sharing
d) multiprogramming
e) None of these
Computers use the __
language to process data.
a) relational
You can keep your personal
files/folders in
a) My folder
b) megabyte
c) binary
b) My documents
c) My files
d) processing
d) My Text
e) None of these
e) None of these
In the binary language each letter of
the alphabet, each number and each
special character is made up of a unique
combination of _ .
a) eight bytes
Help Menu is available at which
button?
a) End
b) Turnoff
c) Restart
d) Start
b) eight characters
c) eight bits
e) None of these
d) eight kilobytes
e) None of these
The Sharing of a medium and its path
by two or more devices is called
a) Modulation
__ is data that has been
organized or presented in a meaningful
b) Encoding
way.
c) Multiplexing
a) A process
b) Information
c) Software
d) Storage
d) Line discipline
e) None of these
A_________ can make it easier to
e) None of these
play games.
a) Mouse
All of the following are examples of
real security and privacy risks except
_ .
b) Joystick
c) Keyboard
d) Pen
a) Viruses
e) None of these
b) Identity theft
c) Hackers
d) Spam
e) None of these
Through _ an administrator
or another user can access someone else‟s
computer remotely.
a) Administrator
When you turn on the computer, the
boot routine will perform
a) RAM test
b) Telnet
c) Web application
d) Webserver
b) Power-on self-test
c) memory test
e) None of these
d) disk drive test
e) None of these
Date and Time are available on the
desktop at
a) Keyboard
The simultaneous processing of two
b) Recycle Bin
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d) Task bar

User can use which command to
e) None of these
search for and correct the word in a
document.
The main memory of a computer must
be large enough to contain the active parts
of
a) Print and Print Preview
b) Header and Footer
c) Find and Replace
a) The applications
b) The operating system
d) Spelling and Grammar
e) Copy and Paste
c) input/output storage and working storage
d) All of these
e) None of these
Chip is a common nickname for
a(n)_.
a) Transistor
If the __ bit in X.25
b) Resistor
standard is set to 1, it means that there is
more than one packet.
c) Integrated Circuit
d) Semiconductor
a) Q
e) None of these
b) D
c) M
The smallest unit in a digital system
d) P
is __.
a) byte
e) None of these
b) kilobyte
c) word
Which is the protocol that supports
linking from one web page to another
page?
d) character
e) bit
a) HTML
b) HTTP
c) IP
d) FTP
e) None of these
An audit trail ___.
a) Is used to make back-up copies
b) Is the recorded history of operations
performed on a file
c) Can be used to restore lost information
d) All of these
What is the intersection of a column
and a row on a worksheet called?
e) None of these
a) Column
b) Value
c) Address
d) Cell
Which of the following code detects
and corrects error in data?
a) Hamming Codes
b) Windows
e) None of these
c) Encryption
Reload a web page, we press the
d) All of these
_ button.
a) Redo
e) None of these
b) Shift
c) Refresh
d) Ctrl
Compiling creates a(n) __.
a) error – free program
b) program specification
c) subroutine
e) None of these
d) executable program
e) None of these
What is the purpose of providing a
Draft folder in an email system?
a) to save unsent emails
b) to store spam emails
Which is the protocol that supports
linking from one web page to another
c) to save a copy of sent emails
d) to store deleted emails
e) None of these
page?
a) HTML
b) HTTP
c) IP

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d) FTP
b) Is the recorded history of operations
e) None of these
performed on a file
c) Can be used to restore lost information
d) All of these

What is the intersection of a column
and a row on a worksheet called?
e) None of these
a) Column
b) Value
c) Address
d) Cell
Which of the following code detects
and corrects error in data?
a) Hamming Codes
b) Windows
e) None of these
c) Encryption
Reload a web page, we press the
d) All of these
_ button.
a) Redo
e) None of these
b) Shift
c) Refresh
d) Ctrl
e) None of these
Compiling creates a(n) __.
a) error – free program
b) program specification
c) subroutine
d) executable program
e) None of these
What is the purpose of providing a
Draft folder in an email system?
a) to save unsent emails
b) to store spam emails
c) to save a copy of sent emails
d) to store deleted emails
Rahul has an e-card that he uses to
access different parts of his company‟s R &
D offices. What type of card is he using?
a) Credit card
e) None of these
b) Purchase card
c) Smart card
User can use which command to
search for and correct the word in a
document.
d) TV card
e) None of these
a) Print and Print Preview
b) Header and Footer
c) Find and Replace
d) Spelling and Grammar
e) Copy and Paste
Password in computer environment
means _.
a) Secret words known to authorized
b) Secret words the computer communicates
with other
c) Words needed to be transferred between two
computers
d) All of the above
Chip is a common nickname for
a(n)_.
a) Transistor
e) None of these
b) Resistor
c) Integrated Circuit
d) Semiconductor
e) None of these
Diagrammatic or symbolic
representation of an algorithm is called
_.
a) Data-Flow diagram
b) E-R diagram
The smallest unit in a digital system
is __.
a) byte
c) Flowchart
d) Software
b) kilobyte
c) word
e) None of these
d) character
e) bit
Vacuum Tube is the invention of
_ generation.
a) 1st
b) 2nd
c) 4th
An audit trail ___.
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d) 5th
e) None of these
c) Ring topology
d) Mesh topology
e) None of these

Inventor of C++ is _.
a) Martin Cooper
b) Vint Cerf
Who is the creator of the PASCAL
language?
c) Charles Babbage
d) Bjarne Stroustrup
e) None of these
a) Niklaus Wirth
b) Dijkstra
c) Donald Knuth
d) Basic Pascal
Which of the following places the
common data elements in order from
smallest to largest?
a) Character, field, record, file, database
b) Character, record, file, field, database
c) Character, record, file, database, field
d) Field, file, record, character, database
e) Field, record, file, character, database
e) None of these
EPROM can be used for _.
a) erasing the contents of ROM
b) reconstructing the contents of ROM
c) erasing and reconstructing the contents
of ROM
d) duplicating the ROM
e) None of the above
A set of choices on the screen is
called a(n) __.
a) Menu
b) Reverse video
c) Action plan
Numbers and formulae entered in cell
are called _.
a) Labels
b) Numeric entries
c) Intersection
d) Text
d) Editor
e) Template
e) Fillers
The term CRM means _.
a) Channel Related Marketing
b) Customer’s Relative Meet
c) Customer Retention Manager
d) Customer Relationship Management
e) Channel Root Market
The physical arrangement of
elements on a page is referred to as a
document‟s __.
a) features
b) format
c) pagination
Which of the following justification
d) grid
align the text on both the sides-left and
e) None of these
right-of margin?
a) Right
b) Justify
A VLAN equals to _.
a) Router
c) both Sides
d) Balanced
b) Subnet
c) Firewall
e) None of these
d) Host/Client ID
e) WAN
Google is a(n)_.
a) Software
A _______is a major database object
b) Search engine
c) Hardware
d) Antivirus
used to display information in a printable
page format.
a) form
e) None of these
b) query
c) report
The topology with highest reliability
is _.
d) table
e) None of these
a) Bus topology
b) Star topology

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Which of the following code detects
e) None of these
and corrects error in data?
a) Windows
b) Hamming Codes
c) Encryption
The name that the user gives to a
document is referred to as
a) document-name
d) All of these
b) filename
e) None of these
c) name-given
d) password
What is the best definition of a
compiler?
e) None of these
a) A compiler is a utility that copies a program
from disk into memory and begins its
execution.
b) A compiler is a program that converts
all the source code into object code.
c) A compiler is used to detect logical errors in
a program by allowing the programmer to trace
the code line by line.
BIOS stands for
a) Basic Input Output System
b) Basic Inner Outer Services
c) Better Input Output Services
d) Better Inner and Outer System
e) None of these
Pie-charts are typically created by
using which of the following?
a) Browser software
d) A compiler is a utility that links a
programmer’s source code to operating system
utilities prior to execution.
b) Database software
e) None of these
c) Desktop-publishing software
d) Spreadsheet software
e) None of these
Password in computer environment
means _.
a) Words needed to be transferred between two
computers
All of the following terms are
associated with spreadsheet software
b) Secret words the computer communicates
with other
c) Secret words known to authorized
d) All of the above
except
a) worksheet
b) cell
c) formula
e) None of these
d) virus detection
e) None of these
What is the full form of URL?
a) Uniform Reverse Location
b) Universal Resolution Location
c) Uniform Resource Locator
d) Universal Resource Locator
e) None of these
Every component of your computer is
either
a) hardware or software
b) software or CPU/RAM
c) input devices or output devices
d) RAM or ROM
File __ shrinks the size of a
file so it requires less storage space.
a) scanning
e) None of these
File extensions are used in order to
a) name the file
b) compression
c) synthesising
d) sharing
b) ensure the file name is not lost
c) identify the file
e) None of these
d) identify the file type
e) None of these
All the characters that a device can
use is called its
Peripheral devices such as printers
a) Skill Set
and monitors are considered to be
b) Character Alphabet
c) Character Codes
d) Character Set
a) hardware
b) software
c) data

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d) information
b) Internet is network of networks.
e) None of these
c) Internet is easy access to information.
d) The owner of Internet is Professor KL
Kendy

You must instruct the _ to
start the application software.
a) memory
e) None of these
b) operating system
c) processor
d) user
A collection of unprocessed items is
a) information
b) data
e) None of these
c) memory
d) reports
Incorrect information is generated by
_________in the information system.
a) incorrect data
b) unskilled people
c) inconvenient timing of work
d) untested software
e) None of these
A device that connects to a network
without the use of cables is said to be
a) distributed
b) wireless
e) None of these
c) centralized
d) open source
Sending an e-mail is the same as
a) writing a letter
e) None of these
b) drawing a picture
c) talking on phone
Junk e-mail is also called
a) spam
d) sending a package
e) None of these
b) spoof
c) sniffer script
d) spool
For selecting or highlighting, which of
e) None of these
the following is generally used?
a) Icon
b) Mouse
You must instruct the _ to
start the application software.
a) memory
c) Keyboard
d) Floppy Disk
e) None of these
b) operating system
c) processor
d) user
In binary language, each letter of
alphabet, each number, and each specific
character is a unique combination of
a) eight bytes
e) None of these
Incorrect information is generated by
_________in the information system.
a) incorrect data
b) eight kilobytes
c) eight bits
b) unskilled people
d) eight characters
e) None of these
c) inconvenient timing of work
d) untested software
e) None of these
The result of computer processing of
your input is called
a) output
Sending an e-mail is the same as
a) writing a letter
b) data
b) drawing a picture
c) multi tasking
d) intake
e) None of these
c) talking on phone
d) sending a package
e) None of these
Which of the following statements is
incorrect?
a) Internet is a complex network.
For selecting or highlighting, which of
the following is generally used?
a) Icon

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b) Mouse

A set of formats that has a name and
c) Keyboard
d) Floppy Disk
e) None of these
can be quickly applied to selected text is
called a(n)
a) font
b) style
In binary language, each letter of
alphabet, each number, and each specific
character is a unique combination of
a) eight bytes
c) feature
d) finish
e) None of these
b) eight kilobytes
You can show an entire page or
c) eight bits
multiple pages at the same time using
d) eight characters
e) None of these
_______options.
a) Word
b) Draft
The result of computer processing of
c) Zoom
your input is called
a) output
d) Show/Hide
e) None of these
b) data
c) multi tasking
d) intake
Expansion cards are inserted into
a) slots
e) None of these
b) peripheral devices
c) the CPU
Which of the following statements is
incorrect?
d) Pegs
e) None of these
a) Internet is a complex network.
b) Internet is network of networks.
c) Internet is easy access to information.
d) The owner of Internet is Professor KL Kendy
e) None of these
When software is distributed free but
requires the users to pay some amount for
further use, it is called
a) freeware
b) Shareware
A collection of unprocessed items is
c) rentalware
a) information
b) data
d) public-domain software
e) None of these
c) memory
d) reports
e) None of these
When we open an Internet site we
see „www‟. What is the full form of „www‟?
a) world wide wokeup
A device that connects to a network
without the use of cables is said to be
a) distributed
b) world wide web
c) word widing works
d) words wide web
b) wireless
e) None of these
c) centralized
d) open source
e) None of these
What do you use to create a chart?
a) Pie Wizard
b) Excel Wizard
Junk e-mail is also called
a) spam
c) Data Wizard
d) Chart Wizard
b) spoof
e) None of these
c) sniffer script
d) spool
e) None of these
What does the acronym PDF stand
for?
a) Portable Documenting Format
b) Portable Documentation File
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d) Portable Document Format
b) To
e) None of these
c) Contents
d) CC

LSI in chip technology stands for
a) Large-Scale Integration
b) Local-Scale Integration
c) Low-Scale Integration
d) Low-Scale Internet
e) None of these
Which of the following is a language
translation software?
a) Assembler
e) None of these
b) Loader
c) Linker
Which of the following is not a binary
d) All of these
number?
a) 110
e) None of these
b) 1001
c) 100110
d) 233
When you purchase a product over a
Mobile Phone, the transaction is called
_.
e) None of these
a) Web commerce
b) e- commerce
Micro Processor speed is measured in
c) m-commerce
a) megabytes
b) bytes
d) Mobile Purchase
e) None of these
c) kilobytes
d) gigahertz
e) None of these
Which of these e-commerce systems
handle non-monetary document?
a) SWIFT
b) EFTS
A web site address is a unique name
that identifies a __ specific on the
c) EDI
web.
d) EBTS
a) Web browser
b) website
c) PDA
e) None of these
File extension is used _.
a) for naming the file.
d) link
e) None of these
b) to ascertain that file name is not lost
c) to identify file
MP3 technology compresses a sound
sequence to _ of its original size.
a) One-twelfth
d) to identify file type
e) to make items complex
b) Half
c) One- fourth
d) One-seventh
A compiler translates a program
written in a high-level language into
__.
e) None of these
a) Machine language
b) An algorithm
Which is the feature of IBS
(Integrated Banking Systems)?
a) Multi-Currency
c) A debugged program
d) Java
e) None of these
b) Multi Entity
c) Multi Branch
d) Bulk Transaction Entry
e) All of the above
A Database Management System
(DBMS) is _.
a) Collection of interrelated data
b) Collection of programs to access data
c) Collection of data describing one particular
enterprise
When sending an e-mail, the
_____line describes the contents of the
message.
d) All of the above
a) Subject
e) None of these

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d) All of above

Most Advanced form of ROM is –
e) None of these
a) PROM
b) EEPROM
c) EPROM
d) Cache Memory
e) None of these
In latest generation computers, the
instructions are executed:
a) Sequentially only
b) Parallel only
c) Both sequentially and parallel
d) All of above
e) None of these
Laptops was invented by-
a) Dennis Ritchie
b) Adam Osborne
c) Donald Kunth
d) Charles Babbage
e) Blaise Pascal
Who designed the first electronic
computer ENIAC?
a) Joseph M. Jacquard
b) Van-Neumann
Personal computers use a number of
chips mounted on a main circuit board.
c) J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly
d) All of above
What is the common name for such
e) None of these
boards?
a) Monitor
b) Motherboard
c) CPU
Who invented the high level language
„C‟?
a) Dennis M. Ritchie
b) Donald Kunth
d) Mouse
e) None of these
c) Seymour Papert
d) Niklaus Writh
Granting an outside organization
access to internet web pages is often
implemented using a(n)-
a) Internet
e) None of these
Each field in a database is identified
by a _.
b) Intranet
a) Key name
c) Extranet
b) Field name
d) Wirenet
c) Field type
e) None of these
d) Field code
e) None of these
What is meant by a dedicated
computer?
An error in a computer program is
a) Which is used by one person only
b) Which is meant for application software
c) Which uses one kind of software
d) Which is assigned one and only one task
e) None of these
known as _ .
a) Crash
b) Power Failure
c) Bug
d) Virus
e) None of these
The output quality of a printer is
measured by-
a) Dots printed per unit tune
b) Dot per sq. Inch
c) Dot per inch
Which layer of the OSI model
performs segmentation of a data stream?
a) Application layer
b) Network layer
d) All of above
c) Physical layer
e) None of these
d) Transport layer
e) Presentation layer
In analog computer –
a) Output is displayed in digital form
b) Input is never converted to digital form
c) Input is first converted to digital form
In Excel, this is a prerecorded
formula that provides a shortcut for
complex calculations _.

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a) Value
a) Graphical display of data
b) Arithmetic calculations
c) Managing memory
d) All of these
b) Data series
c) Function
d) Field
e) None of these
e) None of these

You click at B to make the text
__.
a) Italics
Which of the following is the feature
that keeps track of the right margin?
a) Find and replace
b) Underlined
b) Wordwrap
c) Bold
c) Right justified
d) Italics and Underlined
e) None of these
d) Left justified
e) None of these
Title bar, ribbon, status bar, views
and document workspace are factors of
_ program of Word.
a) Windows
Peripheral devices such as printers
and monitors are considered to be
a) data
b) software
b) Browser
c) hardware
c) Explorer
d) information
d) Website
e) None of these
e) None of these
Which of the following is required to
create an HTML document?
a) browser
b) internet
c) text editor
A pixel is _.
a) a computer program that draws picture
b) a picture stored in the secondary memory
c) the smallest resolvable part of a picture
d) a Virus
d) search engine
e) None of the above
e) None of these
What is the full form of SIM?
a) Station Identity Module
b) System Identity Module
c) Subscriber Identity Module
d) Subscriber Trunk Dialling
e) None of these
When a chart is placed on this, it is
much larger and there is no other data on
it
a) Chart sheet
b) Exclusive sheet
c) Primary sheet
d) Reference sheet
Where BIOS is stored __?
a) Hard Disk
e) None of these
b) RAM
c) Flash Memory Chip
d) Pen Drive
The process of trading goods over the
Internet is known as
a) e-trading
e) None of these
b) e-finance
c) e-commerce
Which of the following is not an
d) e-marketing
operating system?
a) DOS
e) None of these
b) UNIX
_ processing used when a
c) MAC(OS)
d) DBMS
large mail-order company accumulates
orders and processes them together in one
e) Windows XP
large set.
a) Batch
Which of the following functions is
not performed by the CPU?
b) Online
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d) Group

Blaise Pascal has introduced
e) None of these
__.
a) Adding machine
b) Abacus
c) Calculator
d) Difference engine
e) None of these
What is the process of copying
software programs from secondary
storage media to the hard disk called?
a) configuration
b) download
c) storage
d) installation
e) None of these
______are symbols used to replace
or represent one or more characters.
a) Playing cards
b) Wildcard
Producing output involves
a) accepting information from the outside world
b) communication with another computer
c) communicating information to the
outside world
c) Private keys
d) Public keys
e) None of these
A(n) __ appearing on a web
d) communication through cables
e) None of these
page opens another document when
clicked .
a) anchor
Compiler is the
a) name given to the computer operator
b) part of the digital machine to store
information
b) URL
c) hyperlink
d) reference
e) None of these
c) translator of source program to object
code
d) All of these
Specialised programs that assist
users in locating information on the web
are called _.
e) None of these
a) information engines
Example of non-numeric data
is________.
b) locator engines
c) web browsers
b) Examination score
c) Bank balance
d) resource locators
e) search engines
d) All of these
e) None of these
How many generations of computers
we have?
You can use the __ bar to
a) 6
type a URL and display a Web page, or
b) 7
type a keyword to display a list of related
c) 5
Web pages.
a) Menu
d) 4
e) None of these
b) Title
c) Search
d) Web
e) Address
Which of the following is not a binary
number ?
a) 111011
b) 1102
What is included in an e-mail
address?
c) 101001
d) 10011
e) 110110
a) Domain name followed by user’s name
b) User’s name followed by domain name
c) User’s name followed by postal address
d) User’s name followed by street address
e) None of these
A ______is a collection of data that is
stored electronically as a series of records
in a table.
a) spreadsheet

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b) presentation
c) database
d) web page

A permanent virtual circuit involves
(a) Connection establishment
(b) Data transfer
e) None of these
(c) Connection release
(d) All of the above
Which multiplexing techniques
transmits analog signals ?
(a) FDM
(b) Synchronous TDM
(c) Asynchronous TDM
(d) Both (b) and (c)
(e) None of these
What is the main folder on a storage
device called ?
(a)Platform
(b) Interface
(e) None of these
(c) Root directly
(d) device driver
In DOS, the Label” command is used
to
(e) None of these
(a) display the label of disk
(b) change the label of disk
(c) remove the label of disk
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Manipulating data to create
information is known as
(a) feedback
(b) programming
(e) None of these
(c) Processing
(d) analysis
The Subsystem of the kernel and
hardware that cooperates to translate
virtual to physical address comprises
(a) Process Management Subsystem
(b) Memory Management Subsystem
(c) Input / Output Management Subsystem
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
The type of software that controls the
internal operations in the computer, and
control how the computer works with all
its parts is which of the following ?
(a) shareware
(e) None of these
(b) Operating system software
(c) application software
A device operating at the physical
layer called a
(d) public domain software
(e) None of these
(a) Bridge
(b) Router
(c) Repeater
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
What happens when you boot up a PC ?
(a) portions of the operating system are
copied from disk into memory
(b) Portions of the operating system are copied
from memory onto disk
Encryption and decryption are
function of
(c) Portions of the operating system are
complied
(a) Transport Layer
(b) Session layer
(d) portions of the operating system are
emulated
(c) Presentation layer
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
What is correcting errors in a
program called ?
(a) Interpreting
(b) Translating
(c) Debugging
Which type of switching uses the
entire capacity of a dedicated link?
(a) Circuit switching
(b) Virtual Circuit Packet Switching
(c) Datagram Packet
(d) Compiling
(e) None of these
(d) Message Switching
(e) None of these
Sending and E-mail is similar to
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b) drawing a picture
(c) talking on the phone
(d) sending a package
(e) None of these

A means of capturing an image
(drawing or photo) so that it can be stored
on a computer is
a) Modem
The blinking symbol on the computer
b) Software
screen is called the
(a) mouse
c) Scanner
d) Mouse
(b) hand
e) None of these
(c) light
(d) cursor
(e) None of these
Which of these is considered
intelligent CASE tool
a) Toolkit
__ is the process of finding
errors in software code.
(a) Compiling
b) Workbench
c) Upper CASE
d) Lower CASE
(b) Testing
e) None of these
(c) Running
(d) Debugging
Super computer developed by Indian
(e) None of these
scientists:
a) Param
904 . A computer program is
a) a set of instructions that enable the
computer to solve a problem or perform a
task
b) Super 301
c) Cray YMP
d) Blue Gene
e) None of these
b) main memory
c) pseudocode
In Excel, _ is a prerecorded
d) a flow chart
e) None of these
formula that provides a shortcut for
complex calculations.
a) Function
In second generation, _________was
introduced after binary language.
a) assembly level language
b) high level language
b) Data Series
c) Value
d) Field
e) None of these
c) low level language
d) data definition language
e) None of these
In Word, Replace option is available
on
a) File Menu
b) View Menu
c) Edit Menu
d) Format Menu
e) None of these
Which layer of the OSI model
performs segmentation of a data stream?
a) Application layer
b) Network layer
c) Transport layer
d) Physical layer
e) None of these
A __ is used to read
handwritten or printed text to make a
digital image that is stored in memory.
a) Printer
Which process cheeks to ensure the
components of the computer are operating
b) Scanner
and connected properly?
a) Booting
c) touchpad
d) laser beam
b) Processing
c) Saving
e) None of these
d) Editing
e) None of these
Which of the following is not the
major function of a computer?

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a) Processing data info information

In Excel, Charts are created using
b) Storing data or information
c) Analysing data or information
d) Gathering data
which option?
a) Chart Wizard
b) Pivot Table
c) Pie Chart
e) None of these
d) Bar Chart
A disk on which you store information
e) None of these
is called
a) plate
represents raw facts
whereas _ is data made
meaningful.
a) Information, reporting
b) Data, information
c) Information, bits
b) data disk
c) paper disk
d) TV disk
e) None of these
A desktop computer is also known as
d) Bits, bytes
a
e) None of these
a) Palm Pilot
b) PC
c) laptop
d) mainframe
e) None of these
What is the storage area for email
messages called?
a) A folder
b) A directory
c) A mailbox
The name given to a document by its
d) The hard disk
user is called
a) file name
b) File type
c) Data
e) None of these
A __ is a unique name that you
give to a file of information.
a) Folder
d) Record
e) None of these
b) Filename
c) filename extension
d) device letter
Devices that make up a computer
system that you can see or touch
a) menu
e) Username
b) print
c) software
The task bar is located _.
a) On the start menu
d) hardware
e) None of these
b) At the bottom of the screen
c) On the quick Launch toolbar
d) At the top of the screen
e) None of these
What is Windows Explorer?
a) A drive
b) A personal computer
c) A network
d) A file manager
e) None of these
Which of the following is an example
of connectivity?
a) data
b) floppy disk
c) Power cord
d) Internet
__ is the process of finding
errors in software code.
a) Debugging
e) None of these
b) Compiling
c) Interpreting
Which of the following is not a web
browser?
d) Testing
e) None of these
a) Internet Exploler
b) Google Chrome
c) Twitter
d) Mozilla Firefox

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e) Opera
e) Mouse

__ is not a graphic file format
Each __ on a menu performs a
that allows animation to be viewed on a
computer.
a) PNG
specific action.
a) client
b) server
b) GIF
c) node
c) EMF
d) WMF
e) MP3
d) command
e) None of these
The horizontal and vertical lines on a
A process known as _______is used
by large retailers to study trends.
a) data mining
worksheet are called
a) cells
b) sheets
b) data selection
c) POST
d) data conversion
c) block lines
d) grid lines
e) None of these
e) None of these
To delete an incorrect character in a
document, _ to erase to the right of
the insertion point.
What happens when you boot up a PC
?
a) Portions of the operating system are
compiled.
a) press the left mouse key
b) press the Delete key
b) Portions of the operating system are copied
from memory onto disk.
c) press the Backspace key
d) press the F9 key
c) Portions of the operating system are
copied from disk into memory.
d) Portions of the operating system are
emulated.
e) None of these
__ a document means the file
is transferred from another computer to
your computer.
e) The PC gets switched off.
a) Uploading
_________is when the more power-
hungry components, such as the monitor
and the hard drive are put in idle.
a) The shutdown procedure
b) Standby mode
b) Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
c) Accessing
d) Downloading
e) None of these
c) Power down
d) Hibernation
e) None of these
Codes consisting of bars or lines of
varying widths or lengths that are
computer-readable are known as
a) A bar code
Which of the following uses a
handheld operating system?
a) Supercomputer
b) An ASCII code
c) A magnetic tape
d) A light pen
b) Personal Computer
e) None of these
c) Laptop
d) Motherboard
e) Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
When you save your data to
__ it will remain intact even when
the computer is turned off.
a) RAM
Memory unit is one part of
_.
b) Motherboard
a) Monitor
b) Central Processing Unit
c) Output Device
c) Secondary storage device
d) Primary storage device
e) None of these
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The __ folder retains copies of
A prescribed set of well-defined
instructions for solving mathematical
problems is called
a) a compiler
messages that you have started but are
not yet ready to send.
a) Drafts
b) Outbox
b) a code
c) Address Book
c) a description
d) Inbox
d) an algorithm
e) None of these
e) None of these
Which of the following must be
contained in a URL?
a) A protocol identifier
Housing all hardware, software,
storage, and processing in one site
location is called
b) The letters WWW
a) time-sharing
c) The unique registered domain name
d) www. and the unique registered domain
name
b) a distributed system
c) centralized processing
d) a host computer
e) None of these
e) None of these
Which key is used in combination
with another key to perform a specific
task?
a) Function
b) Control
c) Arrow
When writing a document, you can
use the __ feature to find an
appropriate word or an alternative word if
you find yourself stuck for the right word.
a) dictionary
b) word finder
d) Space bar
e) None of these
c) encyclopedia
d) thesaurus
e) None of these
Which of the following will you
require to hear music on your computer?
a) Video Card
Which of the following could be a
digital input device(s) for computers?
a) Digital camcorder
b) Tape Recorder
c) Mouse
b) Microphone
d) Sound Card
c) Scanner
e) None of these
d) All the above
e) None of these
Which computer memory is used for
storing programs and data currently being
processed by the CPU?
a) Mass memory
A sales clerk at a checkout counter
scanning a tag on an item rather than
keying it into the system, is using
a) input automation
b) Internal memory
c) Non-volatile memory
d) PROM
b) item data automation
c) scanning automation
e) None of these
d) source data automation
e) None of these
Which of the following is the storage
area within the computer itself which
holds data only temporarily as the
computer processes instructions?
a) Hard disk
Which of the following is considered a
vulnerability of SNMP?
a) Clear text community strings
b) Its use of TCP
b) Main memory
c) Control unit
c) The fact that it is on by default in Windows
2000 server
d) Read-only memory
e) None of these
d) Its use of Power Supply
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The central processing unit(CPU)
c) Index
contains which of the following as a
component?
d) DMBS
e) None of these
a) Memory Regulation Unit
b) Flow Control Unit
Which common backstage view task
c) Arithmetic Logic Unit
d) Instruction Manipulation Unit
e) None of these
creates a PDF file from an existing file?
a) Export
b) Account
c) Create
Data that is copied from an
application is stored in the
a) driver
d) Options
e) None of these
b) clipboard
c) terminal
d) prompt
Which device operates at the Internet
layer of the TCP/IP model?
a) Switch and Hub
e) None of these
b) Router
c) Switch
The Web layout View is available in
d) Firewall
which Office 2013 application?
a) Excel
e) None of these
b) Word
c) Access
d) Power Point
e) None of these
A coding scheme recognised by
system software for representing
organisational data is called a
a) Data type
b) Data size
____________produces printout of a
data in user-defined manner
a) Query Language
c) Tuple
d) Hyperlink
e) None of these
b) DML
c) Report Generator
d) DCL
e) None of these
Which phase of the SDLC involves
converting to the new system?
a) Systems design
b) Systems analysis
Which security model is used in a
peer-to-peer network?
a) Password-protected Shares
b) Access Control Lists
c) Systems development
d) System code
e) None of these
c) Share-level Security
d) User-level Security
An IP protocol field of 0*06 indicates
that IP is carrying what as its payload?
e) None of these
a) UPD or IGRP
b) UPD
A hierarchical data model combines
records and fields that are
a) Cross structure
c) ICMP
d) TCP
e) None of these
b) Tree structure
c) Logical manner
d) Relational structure
e) None of these
Which of the following refers to the
fastest, biggest and most expensive
computers?
a) Personal Computers
b) Supercomputers
c) Laptops
An object-oriented database does not
depend upon __ for
interactions.
a) Oracle
d) Notebooks
e) None of these
b) SQL

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c) new ideas in sales

The information you put into the
d) All 1), 2) and 3)
computer is called
a) facts
e) None of these
b) data
c) files
What are two types of output
devices?
d) directory
e) None of these
a) Monitor and printer
b) Keyboard and mouse
c) Storage-disks (floppy, CD)
d) Pendrive and mouse
e) None of these
The output devices make it possible
to
a) view or print data
b) store data
c) scan data
d) input data
e) None of these
Which of the following represents one
billion characters?
a) Byte
b) Megabyte
c) Gigabyte
d) Kilobyte
A set of rules that computers on a
network use to communicate with each
other are called
e) None of these
a) Rules
b) Regulations
c) Protocol
d) Netiquettes
When entering text within a
document, the Enter key is normally
pressed at the end of every
a) line
e) None of these
b) sentence
A ___ shares
hardware, software, and data among
authorised users.
a) network
c) paragraph
d) word
e) None of these
b) protocol
c) hyperlink
d) transmitter
e) None of these
Computers that control processes
accept data in a continuous
a) data traffic pattern
b) data highway
c) infinite loop
The first computers ware
programmed using
a) assembly language
b) machine language
c) source code
d) feedback loop
e) None of these
A (n) ______________is a special
visual and audio effect applied in
Powerpoint to text or content.
a) animation
d) object code
e) None of these
b) flash
Back up of the data files will help
prevent
c) wipe
d) dissolve
a) loss of confidentiality
b) duplication of data
c) virus infection
d) loss of data
e) None of these
e) None of these
Personal computers can be connected
together to form a
a) server
b) supercomputer
c) network
d) enterprise
Market innovations means
a) to design new products
b) new styles of marketing
e) None of these

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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) None of these
Forms that are used to organise
business data into rows and columns are
called
a) transaction sheets
b) registers
c) business forms
d) sheet-spreads
e) None of these
What is MP3?
a) A mouse
b) A printer
c) A sound format
d) A scanner
e) None of these
All the deleted files go to
a) Recycle Bin
b) Task Bar
c) Tool Bar
d) My Computer
e) None of these
RAM is __ and
__.
a) volatile, temporary
b) nonvolatile, permanent
c) nonvolatile, temporary
d) volatile, permanent
e) None of these
Which of the following is an example
of an optical disk?
a) Digital versatile disks
b) Magnetic disks
c) Memory disks
d) Data disks
e) None of these

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