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Friday, September 20, 2013

COMPUTER AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1.    The operating system does all of the following EXCEPT?
1)    provide a way for the user to interact with the computer.
2)    manage the central processing unit (CPU).
3)    manage memory and storage.
4)    enable users to perform a specific task such as document editing.
5) None of these

2.    The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminals computer is an example of a law enforcement specialty called?
    1) simulation     
    2) animation
    3) robotics 
    4) computer forensics
    5) None of these

3.    Allocation of a resources in a time dependent manner to several program simultaneo-usly called?
    1) multi user     
    2) multi tasking
    3) time sharing     
    4) multi sharing
    5) None of these

4.    Which of the following is an example of a binary number?
    1) A1BCD1     
    2) 23456
    3) 005     
    4) 100101
    5) None of these

5.    _____ controls the way in which the computer system functions and provides a means by which users can interact with the computer?
    1) the operating system
    2) the motherboard
    3) the platform
    4) application software
    5) None of these

6.    All of the following statements concerning windows are true EXCEPT?
    1)    windows are an example of a command-driven environment.
    2)    windows can be resized and repositioned on the desktop.
    3)    more than one window can be open at a time.
    4)    toolbars and scrollbars are features of windows.
    5) None of these

7.    In the binary language each letter of the alphabet, each number and each special character is made up of a unique combination of?
    1) eight bytes.
    2) eight characters.
    3) eight bits.
    4) eight kilobytes.
   5) None of these

8.    Verification of a login name and password is known as?
    1) configuration     
   2) accessibility
    3) authentication 
   4) logging in
   5) None of these

9.    This type of memory is commonly called temporary or volatile storage?
    1) ROM    
    2) RAM
    3) Flash Memory
    4) Virtual Memory
    5) None of these

10.    Which of the following can be used to select the entire document?
    1) CTRL+A    
    2) ALT+F5
    3) SHIFT+A    
    4) CTRL+K
    5) CTRL+H

11.    The simultaneous processing of two or more programs by multiple processors is?
    1) Multiprogramming
    2) Multitasking 
    3) Time-sharing
    4) Multiprocessing
    5) None of these

12.    The default view in Excel is view?
    1) Work    
    2) Auto
    3) Normal    
    4) Roman
    5) None of these

13.    In Word, you can force a page break?
    1)    By positioning your cursor at the appropriate place and pressing the Fl key
    2)    By positioning your cursor at the appropriate place and pressing Ctrl+Enter
    3)    By using the Insert/ Section Break
    4)    By changing the font size of your document
    5)    None of these

14.    Help Menu is available at which button?
    1) End    
    2) Start
    3) Turn off    
    4) Restart
    5) Reboot

15.    The micro processor was introduced in?
    1) First generation computers
    2) Second generation computers
    3) Third generation computers
    4) Fourth generation computers
    5) None of these

16.    Computers use the__ language to process data?
    1) Processing     
    2) Kilobyte
    3) Binary    
    4) Representational
    5) None of these

17.    Computer process data into information by working exclusively with?
    1) Multimedia     
    2) Words
    3) Characters    
    4) Numbers
    5) None of these

18.    In the binary language each letter of the alphabet, each number and each special character is made up of a unique combination of?
    1) Eight bytes 
    2) Eight kilobytes
    3) Eight characters 
    4) Eight bits
    5) Eight terabytes

19.    The term bit is short for?
    1) Megabyte    
    2) Binary language
    3) Binary digit    
    4) Binary number
    5) None of these

20.    A string of eight 0s and 1s is called a?
    1) Megabyte    
    2) Byte
    3) Kilobyte    
    4) Gigabyte
    5) Numbers

21.    A__ is approximately one billion bytes?
    1) Kilobyte     
    2) Bit
    3) Gigabyte    
    4) Megabyte
    5) Terabyte

22.    A__ is approximately a million bytes?
    1) Gigabyte     
    2) Kilobyte
    3) Megabyte    
    4) Terabyte
    5) None of these

23.    __ is any part of the computer that you can physically touch?
    1) Hardware     
   2) Program
    3) An application 
   4) Software
    5) None of these

24.    The components that process data are located in the?
    1) Input devices
    2) Output devices 
    3) System unit
    4) Storage component
    5) None of these

25.    All of the following are exampl es of input devices EXCEPT a?
    1) Scanner     
    2) Mouse
    3) Keyboard    
    4) Printer
    5) None of these

26.    A unit of data storage which is equal to 2 to the 70th power is known as:?
    1) Yottabite    
    2) Zebibyte
    3) Yobibyte    
    4) Petabyte
    5) Terabyte

27.    Which of the following langu-ages were used in the first generation computers?
    1) Machine Language
    2) Assembly language
    3) C-language
    4) High level language
    5) None of these

28. Which of the following options are used to provide guidance to users while they use application in computer?
    1) Software    
    2) Wizard
    3) Wiki    
   4) None of these
    5) All of the above

29.    V-RAM is used for which of the following?
    1) Video and graphics
    2) Text and images
    3) Softwares    
    4) Only text
    5) None of these

30.    SQL (Structured Query Lang-uage) is used for___?
    1) Creating databases and tables
    2)    Creating, Modifying and Querying databases
    3) Modifying databases
    4) None of these
    5) All of the above

31.    __is not a payment card techn-ology?
    1) Magnetic stripe card
    2) Smart card
    3) fleet card
    4)    All of them are payment card technologies.
    5) None of these

32.    ____is also known as electronic check?
    1) Debit card    
    2) Smart card
    3) Credit card    
   4) DD
    5) None of these

33.    Which of the following printer cannot print graphics?
    1) Ink-jet    
    2) Daisy Wheel
    3) Laser    
    4) Dot-matrix
    5) None of these

34.    Best Quality graphics is produced by?  
    1) Dot Matrix    
    2) Laser Printer
    3) Inkjet Printer 
    4) Plotter
    5) All of the above

35.    A___is a bi-stable electronic circuit that has two stable states?
    1) Multivibrator 
    2) Flip-flop
    3) Logic gates    
   4) laten
    5) None of these

36.    DOS stands for?
    1) Disk Operating System
    2) Disk Operating Session
    3) Digital Operating System
    4) Digital Open system
    5) None of these

37.    Which of the following are input devices?
    1) Keyboard    
   2) Mouse
    3) Card reader    
   4) Scanner
    5) All of these

38.    Who is the chief of Miocrosoft?
    1) Babbage    
    2) Bill Gates
    3) Bill Clinton    
    4) Bush
    5) None of these

39.    Examples of output devices are?
    1) Screen    
    2) Printer
    3) Speaker    
    4) All of these
    5) None of these

40. Which of the following is also known as brain of computer?
    1) Control unit
    2) Central Processing unit
    3) Arithmetic and language unit
    4) Monitor    
    5) None of these


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

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