COMPUTER AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. Assembly language is?
a) Machine Language
b) High-level programming language
c) A low-level programming language
d) Language for assembling computers
e) A Middle-level language

2. Which of the following is not one of the syntax rules?
a) The order in which you list the function's arguments
b) The precedence of the arguments
c) Whether or not the function has arguments
d) Properly spelling the function's name
e) None of these

3. The binary system is a number to the base?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 8
d) 10
e) 16

4. Which of the following is not an example of hardware?
a) Scanner
b) Printer
c) Monitor
d) Mouse
e) Interprete

5. Which content is lost when the computer turn off?
a) Storage
b) Input
c) Output
d) Memory
e) None of these

6. Which of the following is hardware and not software?
a) Excel
b) Printer driver
c) Operating system
d) Power point
e) CPU

7. On a CD-RW you can
a) Read and write information
b) Only read information
c) Only write information
d) Read, write and rewrite information
e) None of these

8. To be able to 'boot' the computer must have a(n)?
a) Compiler
b) Loader
c) Operating system
d) Assembler
e) Application Software

9. This is not a function category in Excel?
a) Logical
b) Data Series
c) Financial
d) Text
e) Date/ Time

10. In Excel, this is a pre-recorded formula that provide a shortcut for complex calculations?
a) Value
 b) Data series
c) Function
d) Field
e) Formula

11.The following computer's memory is characterised by low cost per bit stored?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
c) Hard Disk
d) All of these
e) Virtual Memory

12. What happens when we try to delete the files on the floppy?
a) The files get moved to the Recycle Bin
b) Files on a floppy cannot be deleted
c) The files get deleted and can be restored again from recycle bin
d) The files get deleted and cannot be restored again
e) The files get copied on the Hard disk

13. In word, replace option is available on?
a) File menu
b) View menu
c) Edit menu
d) Format menu
e) Window

14. In word, you can change Page Margins by?
a) Dragging the scroll box on the scroll bars
b) Deleting the margin boundaries on the rulers
c) Dragging the margin boundaries on the rulers
d) Clicking the right mouse button on the Ruler
e) Clicking the middle mouse button on the Ruler

15. What type of keys are 'ctrl and shift'?
a) Adjustment
b) Function
c) Modifier
d) Alphanumeric
e) Special

16. A word gets selected by clicking it to select a word, in Word?
a) Once
 b) Twice
c) Three times
d) Four times
e) Just left click

17. To reverse the effect of your last action in word?
a) Use the cut command
b) Use the Undo command
c) Press the delete key
d) Use the Redo command
e) Use Redo/Undo at a time

18. Your position in the text is shown by a?
a) Blinker
b) Cursor
c) Causer
d) Pointer
e) Blinker

19. The time for the actual data transfer after receiving the request for data from secondary storage is referred to as the disk's?
a) Transfer time
b) Movement-time
c) Access time
d) Data input time
e) Accept time

20. Which of the following categories would include a keyboard?
a) Printing device
b) Output device
c) Pointing device
d) Storage device
e) Input device

21. Using output devices one can?
a) Input data
b) Store data
c) Scan data
d) View or print data
e) Send-in

22. Why is the Caps Lock key referred to as toggle key?
a) Because its function goes back and forth every time it is pressed
b) Because it cannot be used for entering numbers
c) Because it cannot be used to delete
d) Because it cannot be used to insert
e) Because it cannot be used to view

23. Using print preview is useful when you want to?
a) Colour the document
b) Save the document
c) Delete the document
d) Copy the document
e) View how the document will appear when printed

24. Which of the following can input graphical images and pictures for a computer?
a) Plotter
b) Scanner
c) Mouse
d) Printer
e) Keyboard

25. When a chart is placed on this, it is much larger and there is no other data on it?
a) Chart sheet
b) Exclusive sheet
c) Primary sheet
d) Reference sheet
e) Secondary sheet

26. The process of trading goods over the internet is known as?
a) e-selling-n-buying
b) e-trading
c) e-finance
d) e-salesmanship
e) e-commerce

27. Information that comes from an external source and fed into computer software is called?
a) Output
b) Input
c) Throughput
d) Reports
e) I/O

28. The main system board of a computer is called the?
a) Integrated circuit
b) Motherboard
c) Processor
d) Microchip
e) Daughterboard

29. Extension to motherboard is referred as?
a) Integrated circuit
b) ROM
c) Processor
d) Microchip
e) Daughterboard

30. If you change Windows 98 to Windows XP, you are actually performing ?
a) Upstart
b) Upgrade
c) Update
d) Patch
e) Upload

31. The operating system that is self-contained in a device and resident in the ROM is ?
a) Batch operating system
b) Real-time operating system
c) Embedded operating system
d) Multi operating
e) Imbedded operating oystem

32. To make a copy of the current document to disk?
a) Use the 'save' command
b) This cannot be done
c) Use the 'duplicate' command
d) Copy the document
e) Use the 'save as' command

33. ...... is the process of carrying out commands.
a) Fetching
b) Storing
c) Decoding
d) Executing
e) Inputting

34. In the formula, =B1/B2+B3, which of the following is the correct precedence?
a) Addition higher precedence than division
b) Equal precedence among the two operators; proceed right to left
c) Equal precedence among the two operators; proceed left to right
d) Division higher precedence than addition
e) Division high precedence than subtraction.

35. POST stands for?
a) Process On-self Test
b) Post On-self Test
c) Pre-boot On-self Test
d) Power On-self Test
e) Pre Output-self Test

ANSWERS:

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

Computer Knowledge Practice Questions

1. Soft copy of a document has the characteristics that it can be:
1) touched
2) viewed only
3) touched and viewed
4) All of the above
5) None of the above

2. What is the meaning of 'justified text'?
1) the text headings are all in the same style
2) all four margins on the page are the same size
3) the text is the maximum size that will fit on a page
4) the text aligns with both the right and left margins
5) None of these

3. To identify the document, it is helpful to include the file name on each page as a
1) bibliography
2) header/ footer
3) find/ search
4) macro
5) None of these

4. Which of the following allows wireless mobile devices to access the Internet and its services such as the Web and e-mail etc?
1) TCP/IP
2) WAP
3) Ethernet
4) WiFi
5) None of these

5. A passive threat to computer security is
1) Malicious Intent
2) Espionage Agents
3) Accident Errors
4) Sabotage
5) None of these

6. The browser's ________ keeps a list of web pages you have visited during the current session.
1) history
2) cache
3) favorites
4) trail
5) None of these

7. Which application is not typically included in an MS Office suite?
1) word processor
2) spreadsheet
3) antivirus
4) database
5) None of these

8. Which device cannot be shared in network?
1) Floppy
2) Computer
3) Mouse
4) Printer
5) None of these

9. Bold, italics and underline are features used in many programs. To which of the following items can these features be applied?
1) files
2) pictures
3) text
4) windows
5) None of these

10. A communication processor that connects dissimilar networks by providing the translation from one set of protocol to another is
1) Bridge
2) Modem
3) Router
4) Gateway
5) None of these

11. What is the purpose of providing a Drafts folder in an email system?
1) to save unsent emails
2) to store spam emails
3) to save a copy of sent emails
4) to store deleted emails
5) None of these

12. Voice mail
1) is the exchange of text messages and computer files transmitted via a communications network such as a local area network or the Internet.
2) functions much like an answering machine, allowing callers to leave a voice message for the called party.
3) involves using video and computer technology to conduct a meeting between participants at geographically separate locations.
4) permits users to converse in real time with each other via the computer while connected to the Internet.
5) None of these

13. Which of the following identifies a specific web page and its computer on the Web?
1) Website
2) Website address
3) URL
4) Domain Name
5) None of these

14. A(n) __________ allows network users to share a single copy of software, which resides on the network server.
1) single-user license agreement
2) end-user license agreement
3) network site license
4) business software license
5) None of these

15. Which port doesn't exist in computer?
1) Computer port
2) USB port
3) Printer port
4) Parallel port
5) None of these

16. All of the following are basic principles of networks, except
1) each computer must have a network card
2) each computer must have software that supports the movement of information
3) there must be at least one connecting device
4) there must be communications media connecting the network hardware devices
5) None of these

17. Workgroup means
1) Individual computer
2) Individual user
3) Computers in network
4) All of the above
5) None of the above

18. The type of software that can store, update, manipulate, and retrieve data is called
1) database management
2) spreadsheet
3) desktop publishing
4) graphics
5) None of these

19. Which command allows you to reduce fragments of file and optimize the performance of disk?
1) Scandisk
2) Defrag
3) Chkdsk
4) Diskcomp
5) None of these

20. What type of telecommunications hardware allows you to access the web?
1) Browser
2) IRC
3) FTP protocol
4) Modem
5) None of these

ANSWERS:
1-2, 2-4, 3-2, 4-2, 5-1, 6-1, 7-3, 8-3, 9-3, 10-4
11-1, 12-2, 13-2, 14-3, 15-1, 16-4, 17-3, 18-1, 19-2, 20-4