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Computer Awareness Quiz (1-195)
1. An electronic device, operating under the
control of information, that can accept data,
process the data, produce output & store the
results for future use is _______________
(a) Input
(b) Computer
(c) Software
(d) Hardware
(e) None of these
2. The term "host" with respect to the internet,
means ___________________.
(a) A computer that is a stand alone computer
(b) A computer reserved for use by the host
(c) A computer that is connected to the
internet
(d) A large collection of computers
(e) None of these
3. The piece of hardware that converts
computer's digital signal to an analog signal that
can travel over telephone lines is called a
_______________.
(a) Tower
(b) Red wire
(c) Modem
(d) Bridge
(e) None of these
4. CPU can directly understand this language.
(a) C
(b) C++
(c) Assembly
(d) Java
(e) None of these
5. A computer program used for business
applications is _____________.
(a) LOGO
(b) COBOL
(c) BASIC
(d) FORTRAN
(e) None of these
6. Which language is CPU dependent ?
(a) Assembly
(b) C
(c) JAVA
(d) Both 1 & 2
(e) None of these
7. This part of operating system manages the
essential peripherals, such as the key board,
Screen, disk drives and parallel and serial ports
_______________.
(a) Basic input/output
(b)Secondary System
(c) Peripheral System
(d) Marignal System
(e) None of these
8. Which command allows you to reduce
fragments of file and optimize the performance
of disk ?
(a) Scandisk
(b) Diskcomp
(c) Chkdsk
(d) Derfrag
(e) None of these
9. The most recent version of the Mac OS is based
on the __________ operating system.
(a) Windows
(b) Linux
(c) Unix
(d) CMOS
(e) None of these
10. Features of windows XP professional includes
__________ ?

(a) remote desktop support
(b) System restore
(c) advanced networking features
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
11. Data can be arranged in a worksheet in an
easy to understand manner using.
(a) Auto formatting
(b) Applying Styles
(c) Changing fonts
(d) Synchronisation
(e) None of these
12. Which of the following should be used if all
the slides in the presentation to have the same
'look'?
(a) The slide layout option
(b) Add a slide option
(c) Outline view
(d) A Presentation design template
(e) None of these
13. How is it to create a uniform appearance by
adding a background image to all slides ?
(a) Create a template
(b) Edit the slide master
(c) Use the auto correct wizard
(e) None of these
14. An inter-company network which used to
distribute information, documents, files and
databases, is _____________.
(a) LAN
(b) WAN
(c) MAN
(d) Extranet
(e) None of these
15. Which is the network strategy used
extensively by the internet ?
(a) peer-to-peer network system
(b) Stand -alone network system
(c) Local Area network system
(d) Client /server network system
(e)None of these
16. Which of the following can't spread Virus ?
(a) An e-mail with attachment
(b) A plain text mail
(c) Downloading files over the web
(d) A per drive use
(e) None of these
17. Which of the following is not a virus ?
(a) Blaster
(b) Creeper
(c) Mellisa
(d) Kaspersky
(e) none of these
18. Unwanted repetitious messages, such as
unsolicited bulk e-mails is known as.
(a) Spam
(b) Trash
(c) Calibri
(d) Courier
(e) None of these
19. Le-Hard virus is effect of a
________________.
(a) Command.com
(b) Hardware
(c) Software
(d) Application
(e) None of these
20. Which of the following is not a popular Anti-
Virus software ?

(a) Kaspersky
(b) Symantec
(c) Trend Micro
(d) Blaster
(e) None of these
21. A result of a computer Virus can not lead to.
(a) Disk Crash
(b) Mother Board crash
(c) Corruption
(d) Deletion of files
(e) None of these
22. All of the following are example of real
security and privacy risks except.
(a) Hackers
(b) Spam
(c) Viruses
(d) Identify theft
(e) None of these
23. Which of the following is a popular Dos based
spread Sheet ?
(a) Excel
(b) Word
(c) Smart cell
(d) Lotus 1-2-3
(e) None of these
24. Eithernet, LAN, Token Ring, and token Bus are
types of _______________.
(a) WAN
(b) Communication channels
(c) LAN
(d) Physical Medium
(e) None of these
25. An e-mail account includes a storage area,
often called a ____________________.
(a) Attachment
(b) Hyperlink
(c) Mailbox
(d) IP address
(e) None of these
26. What is the name of the software that allows
us to browse through web pages called ?
(a) Browser
(b) Mail client
(c) FTP client
(d) Messenger
(e) None of these
27. Most world wide web pages contain
commands in the language ______________.
(a) NIH
(b) URL
(c) HTML
(d) IRC
(e) None of these
28. Fire walls are used to protect against
(a) Unauthorised Attacks
(b) Virus Attacks
(c) Data Driver Attacks
(d) Fire Attacks
(e) None of these
29. "Trend Micro" is a ______________?
(a) Virus program
(b) Anti virus program
(c) Application
(e) None of these
30. The most important powerful computer in a
typical network is ______________.
(a) Desktop
(b) Network Client
(c) Network Server
(d) Network Station

(e) None of these
31. Invention of the integrated circuit led to the
invention of _____________.
(a) INTEL 486 processor
(b) Pentium -4 processor
(c) Micro processor
(d) Fortran language
(e) None of these
32. Language used in a computer that is similar
to the languages of humans and is easy to
understand is refered to as _______________.
(a) Source code
(b) High level language
(c) Machine language
(d) Object code
(e) None of these
33. ALU works on the instructions and data held
in the _______________.
(a) Note book
(b) Registers
(c) Copy pad
(d) I/o devices
(e) None of these
34. The _________ Key and the ___________ key
can be used in combination with other keys to
perform Short Cuts and Special tasks.
(a) Control, Alt
(b) Function, toggle
(c) Delete, insert
(d) Caps lock, Num lock
(e) None of these
35. A computer tower is not ___________.
(a) A CPU
(b) Hardware
(c) The Heart of the computer
(d) Peripheral
(e) None of these
36. Which of the following manages computer
resources?
(a) ALU
(b) BUS
(c) Control Unit
(d) I/O unit
(e) None of these
37. In addition to the basic typing keys, desktop
and notebook computer key boards include a
_____________.
(a) Editing
(b) Navigation
(c) Locked
(d) docked
(e) None of these
38. MICR Technology used for clearance of
cheques by banks refers to ____________.
(a) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
(b) Magnetic Intelligence Character Recognition
(c) Magnetic information cable Recognition
(d) Magnetic Insurance cases Recognition
(e) None of these
39. A modem that cannot be moved from its
position is called ______________.
(a) Intelligent Modem
(b) Acoustic Coupler
(c) Direct connect
(d) Fixed modem
(e) None of these
40. A bridge recognizes addresses of
_____________.
(a) Layer 1
(b) Layer 2
(c) Layer 3
(d) Layer 4

(e) None of these
41. Programming language built into user
programs such as word and Excel are known as.
(a) 4 GLS
(b) Macrio languages
(c) Object Oriented languages
(d) Visual programming languages
(e) None of these
42. A convolutional code that is prone to
mastrophic error propagation is.
(a) Mnemonics
(b) Gray code
(c) Machine code
(d) Catastrophic code
(e) None of these
43. When a language has the capability to
produce new data types, it is said to be.
(a) Reprehensible
(b) Encapsulated
(c) Overloaded
(d) Extensible
(e) None of these
44.Computer language used for scientific
calculations _____________.
(a) LOGO
(b) FORTRAN
(c) C++
(d) BASIC
(e) None of these
45. Which of the following is a programming
language for creating special programs like
applets ?
(a) JAVA
(b) Cable
(c) Net
(d) Domain name
(e) None of these
46. Computer’s basic architecture was
developed by _________________.
a) Blaise Pascal
b) Jordan Murn
c) Charles Babbage
d) John Van Neumann
e) None of these
47. In production of I.C. chip of computer what is
needed in the following ________________.
a) Platinum
b) Gold
c) Silicon
d) Iron
e) Silver
48. Analog computer is
a) Communicate at low level
b) A machine which works on data which is
always changeable
c) Communicate at high level
d) All of these
e) None of these
49. Father of computer is
a) John Von Neumann
b) Lady Ada Lovelae
c) Charles Babbage
d) J.P. Eckert & J.W. Mauchly
e) Blaise Pascal
50. Abacus was developed in ______________.
a) India
b) China
c) USA
d) Japan
e) Sri Lanka

51. In which generation of computer was
‘Transistor’ introduced?
a) 1st Generation
b) 3rd Generation
c) 4th Generation
d) 2nd Generation
e) 5th Generation
52. Who developed ‘Integrated Chip’?
a) Charles Babbage
b) J S Kilbi
c) Blaise Pascal
d) John Mauchlay
e) None of these
53. Main electronic part of in first generation
computer was _____________.
a) Transistor
b) Micro Processor.
c) Vacuum Tubes
d) Large Scale Integrated Circuits
e) None of these
54. What is the full form of ‘ENIAC’?
a) Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
b) Electronically Numerical Integrator and
Computer
c) Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
d) Electronically Numerical Integrator and
Calculator
e) None of these
55. In which generation did multiprogramming
start?
a) 5th Generation
b) 2nd Generation
c) 1st Generation
d) 3rd Generation
e) 4th Generation
56. In database, a field is a
a) label
b) table of information
c) group of related records
d) category of information
e) None of these
57. What is Gigabyte?
a) Flash Memory
b) An optical storage medium capable of storing
vast amount of information
c) Roughly a trillion bytes
d) Roughly a million bytes
e) Roughly a billion bytes
58. Find the correct setoff three types of data
found in a spreadsheet.
a) Data, words, numbers
b) Equations, data, numbers
c) Words, numbers, labels
d) Numbers, formulas, labels
e) None of these
59. For creating a document, you use
____________ command at file menu.
a) open
b) close
c) new
d) save
e) None of these
60. The quickest and easiest way in Word, to
locate a particular word or phrase in a document
is to use the _____________ command.
a) Replace
b) Find
c) Lookup
d) Search
e) None of these
61. A computer hard disk is a/an
a) arithmetic and logical unit

b) computer software
c) operating system
d) computer hardware
e) None of the these
62. Which of the following represents the
instructions that tell the computer what to do?
It can also be taken as another name for
software.
a) programs
b) CPU
c) options
d) folder
e) None of these
63. Which of the following lets you leave a
screen or program?
a) Boot
b) Programs
c) Exit
d) Text
e) None of these
64. A clerk in a bank has to access data in
customer account. Logical access control for
these users would be
a) use of individual passwords
b) use of an Account Receivable Section password
c) use of individual passwords plus separate
access
d) Can’t say
e) None of these
65. The first line of the “C” program contains
a/an ___________________, indicating by
“#include”.
a) preprocessing directive
b) processing directive
c) main directive
d) new line character
e) None of these
66. KDE and GNOME are two main
a) Operating System
b) System Board
c) Graphical User Interface
d) Both (a) and (b)
e) None of these
67. _______________ controls the way in which
a computer system functions and provides name
by which can interact with the computer?
a) The platform
b) Application software
c) Operating system
d) The motherboard
e) None of these
68. The technique that extends storage
capacities of main memory beyond the actual
size of the main memory is called
a) multitasking
b) virtual memory
c) multiprocessing
d) multiprogramming
e) switching
69. A program that embedded you to perform
calculations involving rows and columns of
numbers is called a
a) spreadsheet program
b) word processor
c) graphics package
d) window
e) None of these
70. What is the purpose of Software
Documenting?
a) Use and maintenance of software
b) To sell software at a handsome price
c) To sell software to many customers
d) To show its importance

e) None of these
71. To insert copy of the clipboard contents,
whatever was last cut or copied at the insertion
point, you have to
a) paste
b) stick in
c) fit in
d) push in
e) None of these
72. This command is used to remove text or
graphics from a document. The information is
then stored on a clipboard so you can paste it
a) chop
b) cut
c) clip
d) cart away
e) None of these
73. SMTP is responsible (for)
a) sending e-mail
b) accessing any e-mail
c) where e-mails are ready to be sent
d) where e-mails come
e) None of these
74. ______________ are words that a
programming language has set aside for its own
use.
a) Control words
b) Reserved words
c) Reserved keys
d) Control structures
e) None of these
75. Which type of switching uses the entire
capacity of a dedicated link?
a) Circuit Switching
b) Virtual Circuit Packet Switching
c) Datagram Packet Switching
d) Message Switching
e) None of these
76. The ___________ button on the Quick Access
Toolbar allows you to cancel your recent
commands or actions.
a) search
b) cut
c) document
d) undo
e)none of these
77. Which of the following files plays an
important role in booting DOS?
a) DOSKEY.EXE
b) MSCDEX.EXE
c) CONFIG.SYS
d) DRIVER.SYS
e) None of these
78. _____________ allows wireless mobile
devices to access the Internet and its services
such as the Web and e-mail.
a) TCP/IP
b) Ethernet
c) WAP
d) Token ring
e)none of these
79. which of the following does 'DOS' floppy disk
not have?
a) A Boot Record
b) A File Allocation Table
c) A Root Directory
d) Virtual Memory
e) BIOS
80. In ____________, each user uses a local
input/output device.
a) time sharing mode
b) interactive mode

c) batch processing mode
d) all the above modes
e) none of these
81. Operation code is also known as
____________ code.
a) bar
b) object
c) order
d) source
e) target
82. Properly arranged data is called
a) field
b) word
c) file
d) information
e) item
83. A device operating at network layer is called
a) bridge
b) router
c) gateway
d) hub
e) repeater
84. CRAYX-MP belongs to ____________
generation.
a) first
b) second
c) third
d) fourth
e) fifth
85. The data on the tracks of a magnetic disk is
written as
a) zero or one
b) up or down
c) high or low voltage
d) high or low data rate
e) tiny magnetic spots
86. Which of the following is graphics solution
for word processors?
a) Clipart
b) Wordart
c) Dropcap
d) All the above
e) None of these
87. Unix operating system was developed by
a) Walter Baatain
b) John Burdeen
c) Ken Thompson
d) All the above
e) None of these
88. Which of the following is represented by
cluster in a hard disk?
a) Group of sectors
b) Total number of sectors in a disk
c) Total number of tracks
d) All the above
e) None of these
89. Airlines reservation system is a typical
example of
a) Batch processing
b) On-line processing
c) Real-time processing
d) All the above
e) None of these
90. Which of the following memories is often
used in a typical computer operation?
a) RAM
b) ROM
c) FDD
d) HDD
e) None of these

91. To detect, locate and remove errors in a
program and/or malfunctions in equipment is to
a) Compile
b) Debug
c) Interpret
d) DSS
e) None of these
92. A program written in a high-level language is
a
a) Compiled program
b) Source program
c) Objective program
d) All the above
e) None of these
93. ____________ punctuation ends most lines
of C code.
a) ' (single quote)
b) ; (semi-colon)
c) . (dot)
d) : (colon)
e)" (double quote)
94. ____________ register holds the contents of
accessed memory ward.
a) I/O
b) Instruction
c) Memory buffer
d) Memory address
e) Accumulation
95. Taskbar does not have
a) Start button
b) System tray
c) Quick launch bar
d) Open program
e) None of these
96. You can do transactions on internet using
your bank account. This is called
a) Banking
b) Online banking
c) Offline banking
d) Transactions
e) None of these
97. Two basic types of OS are
a) batch and interactive
b) sequential and real-time
c) batch and time-sharing
d) sequential and direct
e) batch and sequential
98. To prepare a presentation/slide show which
application is commonly used?
a) photoshop
b) PowerPoint
c) outlook Express
d) internet Explorer
e) All of these
99. RATS stands for
a) Regression Analysis Time Sharing
b) Regression Analysis of Time Series
c) Read Analysis Time Sharing
d) Read Analysis Time Series
e) None of these
100. EBCDIC can code up to how many different
characters?
a) 8
b) 16
c) 32
d) 64
e) 256
101. What is a Firmware?
a) A program started in RAM
b) A program started in a file
c) A program started in boot sector

d) A program started in ROM
e) None of these
102. Magnetic tape is not practical for
applications where data must be quickly
recalled, because tape is
a) a random-access medium
b) a sequential access medium
c) a read-only medium
d) fragile and easily damaged
e) an expensive storage medium
103. Computer systems comprise
a) hardware, programs, information, people and
networks
b) hardware, software, procedures, networks and
people
c) hardware, programs, information, people and
procedures
d) hardware, programs, processors, procedures,
networks and people
e) hardware, programs, processors, procedures
and people
104. Computers use the ___________ number
system to store data and perform calculations.
a) Decimal
b) Hexadecimal
c) Octal
d) Binary
e) None of these
105. Arithmetic operations
a) involve matching one data item to another to
determine if the first item is greater than, equal
to or less than the other item
b) sort data items according to standard,
predefined criteria in ascending or descending
order
c) use conditions with operations such as AND,
OR and NOT
d) include addition, subtraction, multiplication
and division
e) None of these
106. The __________ key and the ___________
key can be used in combination with other keys
to perform shortcuts and special tasks.
a) Control, Alt
b) Function, Toggle
c) Delete, Insert
d) Caps Lock, Num Lock
e) None of these
107. To move to the previous worksheet, we
press
a) Alt + PgUp
b) Ctrl + PgUP
c) Ctrl + PgDn
d) Shift + Tab
e)None of these
108. Changing cardinalities in a database is
a) a common database design task
b) a rare database design task, but does occur
c) a database design task that never occurs
d) is impossible to do, so a new database must be
constructed and the data may be moved into it
e) None of these
109. Which of the following is not the major
function of a computer?
a) Processing data into information
b) Storing data or information
c) Gathering data
d) Analysing data or information
e) None of these
110. What does SNMP stand for?
a) Simple Network Mail Protocol
b) Single Network Mail Protocol
c) Single Network Message Protocol

d) Simple Network Management Protocol
e) None of these
111. Which of the following is NOT a computer
programming language?
a) C
b) C++
c) Java
d) COBOL
e) Microsoft
112. When determining the overall objective of
the project, the resources required, and the
persons or team who work on the project, you
are in the ____________ stop of developing a
multimedia presentation.
a) Planning
b) Designing
c) Creating
d) Supporting
e) None of these
113. Copyrighted software that can be used for
free is
a) Shareware
b) Freeware
c) Groupware
d) Email
e) None of these
114. 255.255.0.0 is default mask of
a) Class A networks
b) Class B networks
c) Class C networks
d) Class D networks
e) None of these
115. When your computer stops working
suddenly, it is referred to as a
a) Crash
b) Die
c) Death
d) Penalty
e) None of these
116 .Which of the following cables can transmit
data at high speeds?
a) Flat cables
b) Coaxial cable
c) Optic fiber cable
d) Twisted pair cable
e) UTP cable
117. MySQL is_____?
a) a hierarchical model
b) a RDBMS
c) a relational model
d) a database scheme
e) None of these
118. Verification of a Login name and
password is known as________.
a) Configuration
b) Accessibility
c) Authentication
d) Logging in
e) None of these
119. Which of the following will you
require to hear music on your computer?
a) Video Card
b) Sound Card
c) Mouse
d) Joy Stick
e) None of these
120. Which of the following computer
language is a mathematically oriented
languages used for scientific problems?
a) FORTRAN
b) COBOL
c) LISP

d) PROLOG
e) APPLE
121. Father of 'C' programming
language_________.
a) Dennis Ritchie
b) Prof JhonKemeny
c) Thomas Kurtz
d) Bill Gates
e) None of these
122. Bank Exams Today
(www.bankexamstoday.com) is a
_________.
a) Blog
b) Portal
c) Organization that allocates web
addresses
d) Apps
e) None of these
123. Time during which a job is processed
by the computer is_________.
a) Execution Time
b) Delay Time
c) Real Time
d) Waiting Time
e) None of these
124. Which mouse uses laser rays for the
movement of curser.
a) Mechanical mouse
b) Optical mouse
c) Magnetic mouse
d) Normal mouse
e) None of these
125. Disk access times are measured in
________ ?
a) Minute
b) Milliseconds
c) Hours
d) seconds
e) None of these
126. A Web site address is a unique name that
identifies a specific ____________ on the Web.
a) Web browser
b) Web site
c) PDA
d) Link
e) None of these
127. A character if information is represented by
a(n) ___________.
a) Byte
b) Bit
c) Field
d) Attribute
e) None of these
128. An example of a telecommunications
device is a
a) Keyboard
b) Mouse
c) Printer
d) Modem
e) None of these
129. ____________ is a procedure that requires
users to enter an identification code and a
matching password.
a) Paging
b) Logging on
c) Time-sharing
d) Multitasking
e) None of these
130. Which device is used as the standard
pointing device in a Graphical User
Environment?
a) Keyboard

b) Mouse
c) Joystick
d) Track ball
e) None of these
131. The simultaneous execution of two or more
instructions is called
a) Sequential access
b) Reduced instruction set computing
c) Multiprocessing
d) Disk mirroring
e) None of these
132. Multiprogramming systems:
a) are easier to develop than single programming
systems.
b) execute each job faster.
c) execute more jobs in the same time period.
d) use only one large mainframe computer.
e) None of these
133. Which device can understand the
difference between data and programs?
a) Input device
b) Output device
c) Memory
d) Microprocessor
e) None of these
134. Which of the following devices has a
limitation that we can only read it but cannot
erase or modify it?
a) Tape drive
b) Hard disk
c) Compact disk
d) Floppy disk
e) None of these
135. Which of the following is not an output
device?
a) Plotter
b) Printer
c) Monitor
d) Touch screen
e) None of these
136. Which of the following is the smallest
storage ?
a) Megabyte
b) Gigabyte
c) Kilobyte
d) Terabyte
e) None of these
137. A computer's clock speed is measured in
______:
a) Gigabytes
b) Bits
c) Bytes
d) Megahertz
e) None of these
138. The term gigabyte refers to :
a) 1024 bytes
b) 128 kilobytes
c) 1024 megabytes
d) 1024 bits
e) None of these
139.Computer use_____number system to store
data and perform calculations.
a) Binary
b) Octal
c) Decimal
d) Hexadecimal
e) None of these
140. A string of eight '0' & 1 s is called as_____:
a) Megabyte
b) Bit

c) Kilobyte
d) Byte
e) None of these
141. How many megabytes make gigabyte ?
a) 1024
b) 128
c) 532
d) 256
e) None of these
142. Bit refers to a ________?
a) Computer language
b) CPU instruction
c) 0 or 1 value
d) Digital representation of an alphabetic
character ?
e) None of these
143. An octal number 237 is equal to the binary
number _____:
a) 010011111
b) 010111011
c) 011101101
d) 011000001
e) None of these
144. BPS stands for ______:
a) BIts per second
b) Bytes per second
c) BIts per system
d) BIts per season
e) None of these
145. DIgital computers use a _______system to
encode data and programs.:
a) Semiconductor
b) Decimal
c) Binary
d) Hexa decimal
e) None of these
146. One megabyte equal
approximately_______?
a) 1000 bits
b) 100 bytes
c) 1 million bytes
d) 1 million bits
e) None of these
147. How many bits, does a nibble signify ?
a) 4
b) 8
c) 16
d) 32
e) None of these
148. What digits are representative of all binary
numbers ?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 5
d) Both 0 & 1
e) None of these
149. An example of a telecommunication device
is a ________:
a) Keyboard
b) Mouse
c) Modem
d) Printer
e) None of these
150. Ethernet is the example of ______?
a) LAN
b) WAN
c) MAN
d) Wi-Fi
e) None of these

151. Computers connected to a LAN can ______:
a) run faster
b) go on line
c) share information and/or share peripheral
equipment
d) E-mail
e) None of these
152. What is 'M' stands for in MAN ?
a) MAGNETIC
b) Metropolitan
c) Mega
d) Mass
e) None of these
153. Which of the following is not a type of
WAN?
a) VAN
b) PSDN
c) PSTN
d) ISDN
f) DAN
154. DSL is an example of a
__________connection:
a) Network
b) Wireless
c) Broad band
d) Slow
e) None of these
155. A wireless network uses _________waves
to transmit signals ?
a) Mecharical
b) radio
c) Sound
d) Magnehe
e) None of these
156. Network components are connected to the
same cable in the _______topology ?'
a) Star
b) Ring
c) Bus
d) Mesh
e) None of these
157. Pathway that support communication
among the various electronic components on
the system board are called ?
a) Bus Lines
b) Network line
c) Logic paths
d) Gateways
e) None of these
158. The linkage of computers with a
communication system is called ?
a) Networking
b) Pairing
c) Interlocking
d) Assembling
e) None of these
159. A web site address is a unique name that
identifies a specific _____on the web .
a) Web brower
b) Web site
c) PDA
d) Link
e) None of these
160. The free abvailable known repair of
software bug on internet is called :
a) Version
b) Add on
c) Tutorial
d) FAQ
e) Patch
161. Which type of network would use phone
lines ?

a) WAN
b) LAN
c) WWAN
d) Wireless
e) None of these
162. What is included in an e-mail address ?
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
163. When the network serves a small area of a
building or group of building, it is known as.
a) WAN
b) LAN
c) WWW
d) MAN
e) None of these
164. What is back up?
a) Adding more components to your network .
b) Protecting data by copying it from the original
source to a different distination
c) Filtering old data from the new data
d) Accessing dat on tape
e) None of these
165. Sending an e-mail is similar to:a) Writing a
letter
b) drawing a picture
c) talking on the phone
d) sending a package
e) None of these
166. What are bas, doc, and htm examples of?
a) Protocols
b) Domains
c) Extensions
d) Databases
e) None of these
167. Ctrl, shift and alt are called _________ keys.
a) Modifier
b) Function
c) Adjustment
d) Alphanumeric
e) None of these
168. Which type of file is created by word
processing programs ?
a) Worksheet file
b) Storage file
c) Database file
d) Document file
e) Graphical file
169. Personal computers can be connected
together to form a __________.
a) Server
b) Network
c) Super computer
d) Enterprise
e) None of these
170. A modem
a) Translates analog signals from a computer into
digital signals that can travel along conventional
telephone lines.
b) Translates digital signals from a computer into
analog signals that, can travel along conventional
telephone lines.
c) Demodulates digital signals from a computer.
d) Modulates signals from an analog telephone
line.
e) None of these
171. Which of the following menu types is also
called a drop-down menu?
a) Fly-but
b) Cascading

c) Pop-up
d) Pull-down
e) None of these
172. Data (information) is stored in computer as
a) Files
b) Floppies
c) Directories
d) Matter
e) None of these
173. The central processing unit contains which
of the following as a component?
a) Instruction Manipulation Unit
b) Arithmetic Logic Unit
c) Memory Regulation Unit
d) Flow Control Unit
e) None of these
174. Memory unit is one part of __________.
a) Input device
b) Output device
c) Control unit
d) Central processing unit
e) None of these
175. The process of writing out computer
instructions is known as
a) Assembling
b) Executing
c) Coding
d) Compiling
e) None of these
176. Data that is copied from an application is
stored in the ______________.
a) Driver
b) Clipboard
c) Terminal
d) Prompt
e) None of these
177. Every component of your computer is
either ________________.
a) Software or CPU/RAM
b) Input devices or output devices
c) Application software or System Software
d) Hardware or Software
e) None of these
178. A collection of interrelated records is called
a
a) Management information system
b) Spreadsheet
c) Database
d) Text file
e) None of these
179. 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
b) Main Memory
c) Control unit
d) ROM
e) None of these
180. Codes consisting of bars or lines of varying
widths or lengths that are computer-readable
are known as ______________.
a) A bar code
b) An ASCII code
c) A magnetic tape
d) A light pen
e) None of these
181. A _______________ contains specific rules
and words that express the logical steps of an
algorithm.
a) Programming language
b) Programming structure

c) Syntax
d) Logic chart
e) None of these
182. ______________ is a set of keywords,
symbol, and a system of rules for constructing
statements by which humans can communicate
the instructions to be executed by a computer.
a) Computer program
b) Programming language
c) Assembler
d) Syntax
e) None of these
183. The general term “peripheral equipment” is
used for _______________.
a) Any device that is attached to a computer
system
b) Large-scale computer system
c) A program collection
d) Other office equipment not associated with a
desktop computer
e) None of these
184. If a memory chip is volatile, it will
________________.
a) Explode if exposed to high temperatures
b) Lose it contents if current is turned off
c) Be used for data storage only
d) Be used to both read and write data
e) None of these
185. _____________ is the process of finding
errors in software code.
a) Compiling
b) Assembling
c) Interpreting
d) Debugging
e) None of these
186. A word in a web page that, when clicked,
opens another document.
a) Anchor
b) URL
c) Hyperlink
d) Reference
e) None of these
187. The ____________ manual tells you how to
use a software program.
a) Documentation
b) Programming
c) Technical
d) User
e) None of these
188. What disk is used to cold-boot a PC?
a) Setup disk
b) System disk
c) Diagnostic disk
d) Program disk
e) None of these
189. The __________ tells the computer how to
use its components.
a) Utility
b) Network
c) Operating system
d) Application program
e) None of these
190. A ___________ contains buttons and
menus that provide quick access to commonly
used commands.
a) Menu bar
b) Tool bar
c) Window
d) Action bar
e) None of these
191. Numbers in table columns are usually -

a) Right-aligned
b) Left-aligned
c) Justified
d) Centered
e) None of these
192. The __________ of software contains lists
of commands and options.
a) Menu bar
b) Title bar
c) Formula bar
d) Toolbar
e) None of these
193. To access a mainframe or supercomputer,
users often use a ___________.
a) Terminal
b) Node
c) Desktop
d) Handheld
e) None of these
194. By default, your documents print in
___________ mode.
a) Landscape
b) Portrait
c) Page setup
d) Print view
e) None of these
195. What characteristic of read-only memory(
ROM) makes it useful?
a) ROM information can be easily updated.
b) ROM provides very large amounts of
inexpensive data storage.
c) Data in ROM is nonvolatile, that is, it remains
there even without electrical power.
d) ROM chips are easily swapped between
different brands of computers.
e) None of these.
Answers
1. Computer
2. A computer that is connected to the internet
3. Modem
4. Assembly
5. COBOL
6. Both 1 & 2
7. Basic input/output
8. Derfrag
9. Unix
10. All of the above
11. Auto formatting
12. A Presentation design template
13. Edit the slide master
14. WAN
15. Client /server network system
16. A plain text mail
17. Kaspersky
18. Spam
19. Command.com
20. Blaster
21. Mother Board crash
22. Spam
23. Lotus 1-2-3
24. LAN
25. Mailbox
26. Browser
27. HTML
28. Virus Attacks
29. Anti virus program
30. Network Server
31. Micro processor
32. High level language
33. Registers
34. Control, Alt
35. Peripheral
36. Control Unit
37. Navigation
38. Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
39. Fixed modem

40. Layer 3
41. Visual programming languages
42. Catastrophic code
43. Extensible
44. FORTRAN
45. JAVA
46. John Van Neumann
47. c) Silicon
48. A machine which works on data which is
always changeable
49. Charles Babbage
50. China
51. 2nd Generation
52.J S Kilbi
53.Vacuum Tubes
54.Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
55. 3rd Generation
56. group of related records
57. Roughly a billion bytes
58. Numbers, formulas, labels
59. new
60. Find
61. computer hardware
62. programs
63. Exit
64.use of individual passwords
65. preprocessing directive
66. Graphical User Interface
67. Operating system
68.virtual memory
69. spreadsheet program
70. Use and maintenance of software
71.paste
72. cut
73. sending e-mail
74. Reserved words
75. Datagram Packet Switching
76. undo
77. CONFIG.SYS
78.WAP
79.Virtual Memory
80.time sharing mode
81. order
82. information
83. router
84. fourth
85.tiny magnetic spots
86. Clipart
87. Ken Thompson
88. Total number of sectors in a disk
89.All the above
90.RAM
91. Debug
92. Source program
93. ; (semi-colon)
94. Memory buffer
95. None of these
96. Online banking
97. batch and interactive
98. PowerPoint
99.Regression Analysis of Time Series
100.256
101. A program started in ROM
102. a sequential access medium
103. hardware, software, procedures, networks
and people
104. Binary
105.include addition, subtraction, multiplication
and division
106. Control, Alt
107. Ctrl + PgDn
108.a common database design task
109. Analysing data or information
110.Simple Network Management Protocol
111.Microsoft
112. Planning
113. Freeware
114. Class B networks
115. Crash
116. Optic fiber cable
117. a RDBMS

118. Authentication
119. Sound Card
120. FORTRAN
121. Dennis Ritchie
122. Portal
123. Execution Time
124. Optical mouse
125. Milliseconds
126. Link
127. Bit
128.Modem
129.Logging on
130.Mouse
131.Multiprocessing
132.execute more jobs in the same time period
133. Microprocessor
134.Tape drive
135. None of these
136. Kilobyte
137. Megahertz
138.1024 megabytes
139.Binary
140.Byte
141.1024
142. Digital representation of an alphabetic
character ?
143. 011101101
144. BIts per second
145.Binary
146.1 million bytes
147.4
148.Both 0 & 1
149.Modem
150. LAN
151. share information and/or share peripheral
equipment
152. Metropolitan
153. DAN
154. Network
155.radio
156. Ring
157.Bus Lines
158.Networking
159.Web site
160. Patch
161. WAN
162. User's Name followed by Domain Name
163. LAN
164.Protecting data by copying it from the
original source to a different distination
165. Writing a letter
166. Extensions
167. Modifier
168.Document file
169.Network
170. Translates digital signals from a computer
into analog signals that, can travel along
conventional telephone lines.
171. Pull-down
172. Files
173.Arithmetic Logic Unit
174.Central processing unit
175. Coding
176. Clipboard
177. Hardware or Software
178. Database
179. Main Memory
180. A bar code
181. Syntax
182. Syntax
183. Any device that is attached to a computer
system
184. Lose it contents if current is turned off
185. Debugging
186. Hyperlink
187. User
188. System disk
189. Operating system
190. Tool bar
191. Right-aligned
192. Menu bar
193. Terminal

194. Portrait
195. Data in ROM is nonvolatile, that is, it
remains there even without electrical power.

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