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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

COMPUTER AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1.    The main reason to encrypt a file is?
    a) Reduce its size
    b) Secure it for transmission
    c) Prepare it for backup
    d) Include it in the start-up sequence
    e) None of the above

2.     Which of the following is used to communicate between two computers?
    a) Communication software
    b) Protocol
    c) Communication hardware
    d) All the above including access to Transmission medium
    e) None of the above

3.    The lowest form of computer language is called?
    a) BASIC    
b) FORTRAN
    c) Machine language
    d) COBOL    
e) None

4.    Which of the following is not a Operating system for mobile phones?
    a) Android    
b) Symbian    
c) iOS    
d) Bada
e) All of these are OS for mobile phones

5.    This type of file is created by word processors?
    a) worksheet    
b)document    
c) database    
d)presentation    
e) none of the these

6.    _____allows users to upload files to an online site so they can be viewed and edited from another location?
    a) General-purpose application
    b) Microsoft Outlook
    c) Web-hosted technology    
   d) Office Live  
   e) None of these

7.    Which of these is not a means of personal communication on the internet?
    a) Chat     
   b) Instant messaging
    c) Insta notes
    d) Electronic mail
    e) None of these

8.    When entering text within a document, the enter key is normally pressed at the end of every?
    a) Line    
b) Sentence    
c) Paragraph    
d) Word    
e) File

9.    Which of the following software could assist someone who cannot use their hands for computer input?
    a) Video conferencing
    b) speech recognition
    c) Audio digitizer
    d) Synthesizer
    e) None of these

10. ___ software creates a mirror image of the entire hard disk, including the operating system, applications, files, and data?
    a) Operating system
    b) Backup software
    c) Utility programs
    d) Driver imaging
    e) None of these

11.    If you are going to a site you use often, instead of having to type in the address every time, you should?
    a) Save it as a file
    b) Make a copy of it
    c) Bookmark it        
d) Delete it
    e) None of the above

12.     Outlook Express is a(n)?
    a) Word Processor
    b) Spread Sheet      
c) Email client
    d) Presentation   
e) None of these

13.    A device that provides emergency power to your computer, conditions the voltage, and protects against power out is called a?
    a) PSU = Power Supply Unit
b) USP = Universal Surge Protector    
c) UPPS = Universal Power Protection and Supply     
d) UPS = Uninterruptible Power Supply
    e) None of the above

14.    Which is a graphical represe-ntation of an application?
    a) Windows 95    
    b) Windows Explorer
    c) Icon    
d) Taskbar    
e) None of the above

15. A program that enables you to perform calculations involving rows and columns of numbers is called?
    a) Spreadsheet program
    b) Word processor
    c) Graphics package
    d) Window    
e) None of these

16.     In a network, the most reliable communication is provided by ____ protocol?
    a) FTP     
b) HTTP     
c) TCP
    d) IP          
e) UDP

17.    ____ terminals are often connected to  complex inven-tory and sales computer systems?
    a) Data    
b) Information    
c) Credit Cards      
d) Query
    e) Point-of-Sale (POS)

18.    VOIP is the acronym for?
a)    Voice Oriented Internet Protocol    
b)    Virtual Object Internet Protocol
c)    Voice Over Internet Protocol
d)    Virtual Object Intranet Protocol    
    e) None of these

19.    What type of program controls various computer parts and allows the user to interact with the computer ?
    a) Utility software
    b) Operating system
    c) Word processing software
    d) Database program
    e) None of the above

20.    What is the full form of EPROM?
a)    Erasable Program Read Only Memory
b)    Electrically Programmable  Read Only Memory
c) Erasable Programmable Read  Only Memory
d)    Erasable Progressive  Read Only Memory
e) Erasable Periodic Read Only Memory

21. In MS-Word, a menu item in dim color (gray) indicates that the item is?
    a) Toggle menu
b)    Unavailable for current context
    c) Not much required menu    
d) Over-used menu
    e) None of these

22. _____ is a technique that is used to send more than one call over a single line?
    a) Digitizing    
b) Duplexing    
c) Infrared Transmission    
    d) Streaming    
e) Multiplexing

23.    Which of the following term is not associated with Display Device of the computer?
    a) LCD    
b) LED    
    c) CRT    
d) WAT    
e) TFT    

24.    The fifth generation computer is also known as?
a) Knowledge information processing system
b)    Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI)
    c) Superfast computer    
    d) Both a and b        
    e) None of the these

25.    Universal Product Code (UPC) is a?
    a) Scanner
    b) Hardware Equipment    
    c) Antivirus
    d) Graphics Adapter
    e) Barcode system

26.    Microsoft office is?
    a) Shareware
    b) Public - domain software
    c) Open - source software
    d) A vertical market application
    e) An application suite

27.    The scrambling of code is also known as?
    a) Encryption    
b) Firewall    
c) Encoding
    d) Password - proofing
    e) None of these

28.    A hard drive consists of spinning ____ made up of aluminum or ceramic that is coated with magnetic media?
    a) plates     
b) disks
    c) relays    
d) memories
    e) platters

29.    Which of the following is the advantage if using a spread-sheet ?
    a)    Calculations can be done automatically     
    b)    Changing data automatically updates calculations
    c) More flexibility
    d) All the above
    e) None of the above

30.    Which of the following memories can be read directly by the computer processor?
    a) Hard Disk    
    b) Main Memory   
c) CD
    d) DVD    
e) None of these

31.    The _______, also called the Web, contains billions of documents?
    a) Word Wide Web
    b) HTTP    
c) Web portal    
d) Domain    
e) None of these

32.    Ctrl, Shift, Alt are called ____ Keys?
    a) Modifier    
b) Function    
c) Alphanumeric
    d) adjustment    
e) Specifier

33.    A mistake in an algorithm that causes incorrect results is called?
    a) Logical error        
b) Syntax error    
c) Machine Error    
    d) Compiler error 
e) None

34.    Magnetic Disk medium uses ___ method for accessing data?
    a) Direct    
b) Serial    
    c) Sequential    
d) Rotational    
e) None

35.    CGI Stands for?
    a) Common Gateway Imaging    
b) Computer Gateway Imaging            
c) Computer Generated Imagery    
d) All the above
    e) None of the above

36.    Firewalls are used to protect against?
    a) Unauthorised attacks
    b) Virus attacks
    c) Data - driven attacks
    d) Fire attacks
    e) None of these

37.    The Software that allows users to surf the internet is called?
    a) Search engine
    b) Internet Service Provider(ISP)
    c) Multimedia    d) Browser
    e) None of these

38.    Following is true for Bandwidth?
a)    The narrow the bandwidth of a communications system the less data it can transmit in a given period of time.
b)    The narrow the bandwidth of a communications system the more data it can transmit in a given period of time.
c)    The wider the bandwidth of a communications system the less data it can transmit in a given period of time.
    d) All of the above
    e) None is true

39.    The following is a communica-tion device (modem) which allows an ordinary telephone to be used with a computer device for data transmission?
    a) Keyboard  
b) Acoustic coupler
    c) Mobile phone
    d) All of the above 
e) None

40. For Creating a document, you use __command from the  file menu?
    a) Open    
b) Close   
c) New    
d) Save     
e) None of the above

Answers
1)  b    2)  d    3)  c    4)  e    5)  b          6)  c    7)  c    8)  c    9)  b    10) b
11) c    12) c    13) d    14) c    15) a   16) c    17) e    18) c    19) b    20) c
21) b    22) e    23) d    24) a    25) e   26) e    27) a    28) e    29) d    30) b
31) a    32) a    33) a    34) a    35) c   36) a    37) d    38) a    39) b    40) c

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