The document contains a quiz with 44 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of various computer terms and concepts, including questions about bytes, BIOS, programming languages, computer components, file types, protocols, acronyms, memory, and pioneers in the development of technologies like the computer mouse. The questions cover topics in computer hardware, software, networking, programming, and history to assess fundamental computer literacy.
3. 2: BIOS stands for____?
A. Basic Input Output system
B. Binary Input output system
C. Basic Input Off system
D. all the above
4. 3: Father of âCâ programming
language?
A. Dennis Ritchie
B. Prof John Keenly
C. Thomas Kurtz
D. Bill Gates
5. 4: The instructions that tell a
computer how to carry out the
processing tasks are referred to as
computer_____?
A. programs
B. processors
C. input devices
D. memory modules
6. 6: _____ is the key to close a selected
drop-down list; cancel a command
and close a dialog box.
A. TAB
B. SHIFT
C. ESC
D. F10
7. 7:_____is the key we use to run the
selected command?
A. SHIFT
B. TAB
C. ENTER
D. CTRL
8. 8: ______Is the functional key to
display the save-as box?
A. F5
B. F6
C. F9
D. F12
9. 9: Data becomes______when it is
presented in a format that people can
understand and use.
A. processed
B. graphs
C. information
D. presentation
10. 10: The term_____designates
equipment that might be added to a
computer system to enhance its
functionality.
A. digital device
B. system add-on
C. disk pack
D. peripheral device
11. 11: 1 kilo byte =------
A. 1024 bytes
B. 1024 megabytes
C. 926 bytes
D. none of these
12. 12: A combination of 16 bits are
called------?
A. 1024 bytes
B. Word
C. Sentence
D. none of these
13. 13: Who coined the word computer
virus?
A. Charles babbage
B. Fred Cohen
C. 1 billion bytes
D. none of these