Computer Knowledge (Held on 16-5-2010)
1. OCR stands for
a)Optical Character Recognition
b) Optical CPU Recognition
c) Optimal Character Rendering
d) Other Character Restoration
e) None of these
2. If a new device is attend to a computer, such as a printer or scanner, its …….. must be installed before the device
can be used.
a) Buffer
b) Driver
c) Pager
d) Server
e) None of these
3. The software that allows users to surf the Internet is called a/an –
a) Search engine
b) Internet Service Provider (ISP)
c) Multimedia Application
d) Browser
e) None of these
4. A tuple is a –
a) Column of a temple
b) Two dimensional table
c) Row of a table
d) Key of a table
e) None of these
5. 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 thea)
Direct access method
b) Queuing method
c) Predetermined Method
d) Sequential access method
e) None of these
6. IN Excel,…….Contains one or more worksheets.
a) Template
b) Workbook
c) Active Cell
d) Label
e) None of these
7. Which of the following is a popular programming language for developing multimedia web pages, websites, and
web based applications?
a) COBOL
b) JAVA
c) BASIC
d) Assembler
e) None of these
8. Compelling creates a (n) —
a) Program Specification
b) Algorithm
c) Executable program
d) Subroutine
e) None of these
9. A CD-RW disk
a) Has a faster access than an Internal Disk
b) Is a form 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
10. The first Page of a Web site is called the……
a) Homepage
b) Index
c) Jave Script
d) Book mark
e) None of these
11. A word in web page that, when clicked, opened, opens another document –
a) Anchor
b) URL
c) Hyperlink
d) Reference
e) None of these
12. The ……… manual tells you how to use a software program.
a) Documentation
b) Programming
c) Technical
d) User
e) None of these
13. 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
14. The…….. tells the computer how to use its components.
a) Utility
b) Network
c) Operating system
d) Application program
e) None of these
15. A………. contains button and menus that provide quick access to commonly used commands.
a) Menu bar
b) Toolbar
c) Window
d) Acton Bar
e) None of these
16. Numbers in table columns are usually –
a) Right-Aligned
b) Left-Aligned
c) Justified
d) Centered
e) None of these
17. The……… of software ontains lists of commands and options.
a) Menu-bar
b) Title- bar
c) Formula- bar
d) Tool-bar
e) None of these
18. To access a mainframe or supercomputer, users often use a –
a) Terminal
b) Node
c) Desktop
d) Handheld
e) None of these
19. By default, your documents print in ………….mode.
a) Landscape
b) Portrait
c) Page Setup
d) Print View
e) None of these
20. 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 in 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
21. What are bas, .doc, and .html examples of ?
a) Extensions
b) Domains
c) Protocols
d) Databases
e) None of these
22. Ctrl, Shift and alt are called …….. keys.
a) Adjustment
b) Function
c) Modifier
d) Alphanumeric
e) None of these
23. Which type of file is created by world processing programs?
a) Database file
b) Storage file
c) Worksheet file
d) Document file
e) Graphical file
24. Personal computers can be connected together to form a –
a) Server
b) Supercomputer
c) Network
d) Enterprise
e) None of these
25. A modem
a)Translate analog signals from a computer into digital signals that can travel along conventional telephone lines
b) Transaltes digital signals from a computer into analog signal 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
26. Which of the following menu types is also called a drop-down menu?
a) Fly-out
b) Cascading
c) Pop-up
d) Pull-down
e) None of these
27. Data (Information) is stored in computers as
a) Files
b) Directories
c) Floppies
d) Matter
e) None of these
28. The central processing unit contains which of the following as a component?
a) Memory Regulation Unit
b) Flow Control Unit
c) Arithmetic Logic Unit
d) Instruction Manipulation Unit
e) None of these
29. Memory unit is one part of –
a) Control Unit
b) Central Processing Unit
c) Input device
d) Output device
e) None of these
30. The process of writing out computer instruction is known as
a)Assembling
b) Compiling
c) Executing
d) Coding
e) None of these
31. A Web site address is a unique name that identifies a specific ….. on the web.
a) Web browser
b) PDA
c) Web site
d) Link
e) None of these
32. A character of information is represented by a (n)-
a) Byte
b) Bit
c) Field
d) Attribute
e) None of these
33. An example of telecommunication device is a
a)Keyboard
b) Mouse
c) Printer
d) Modem
e) None of these
34. ……………. 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
35. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in Graphical User User Environment?
a) Keyboard
b) Mouse
c) Joystick
d) Track Ball
e) None of these
36. The simultaneous execution of two or more instruction is called?
a) Sequential access
b) Reduced instruction set computing
c) Multiprocessing
d) Disk mirroring
e) None of these
37. 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
38. Which device can understand difference between data and programs?
a) Input device
b) Output device
c) Memory
d) Microprocessor
e) None of these
39. Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only read it but cannot erase or modify it?
a) Type Drive
b) Hard Drive
c) Compact Disk
d) Floppy Disk
e) None of these
40. Which of the following is not an output device?
a) Plotter
b) Printer
c) Monitor
d) Touch Screens
e) None of these
41. Data that is copied from an application is stored in the –
a) Driver
b) Chipboard
c) Terminal Prompt
d) None of these
42. Every component of your computer is either
a)Software of CPU/RAM
b) Input devices or output devices
c) Application software or system software
d) Hardware or software
e) None of these
43. A Collection of interrelated records us called a –
a) Management information system
b) Spread sheet
c) Database
d) Text file
e) None of these
44. Which of the following is the storage area whit in the computer itself which holds data only temporarily as the computer processes instructions?
a) The Hard Disk
b) Main Memory
c) The Control Unit
d) Read-only memory
e) None of these
45. Codes consisting or bars or lines or 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
46. 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
47. …………. Is a set of keywords, symbols, and a system of rules for constructing statements by which humans can communicate the instruction to be executed by a computer.
a) A computer program
b) A programming Language
c) An assembler
d) Syntax
e) None of these
48. The general term’peropheral equipment’ is used for –
a) Any device that is attached to a computer system
b) Large –scale computer systems
c) A program collection
d) Other office equipment not associated with a desktop computer
e) None of these
49. If a memory chip is volatile, it will –
a) Explode if exposed to high temperatures
b) Lose its contents if current is turned off
c) Be used for data storage only
d) Be used to both read and write data
50. …………. Is the process of finding errors in software code.
a) Compiling
b) Assembling
c) Interpreting
d) Debugging
e) None of these
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