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COMPUTER AWARENESS M.C.Q

1. Which of the following is a part of the Central Processing Unit?

a. Printer

b. Key board

c. Mouse

d. Arithmetic & Logic unit

e. None

2. CAD stands for

a. Computer aided design

b. Computer algorithm for design

c. Computer application in design

d. All of the above

e. None

3. Which of the following printer cannot print graphics?

a. Ink-jet

b. Daisy Wheel

c. Laser

d. Dot-matrix

e. None

4. A program written in machine language is called?

a. Assembler

b. Object

c. Computer

d. Machine

e. None

5. The father of Modern Computer is

a. Charles Babbage

b. Von-nuumann

c. Danies Ritchel

d. Blaise Pascal

e. None

6. The Word FTP stands for

a. File Translate Protocol

b. File Transit Protocol

c. File Transfer protocol

d. file typing protocol

e. None

7. The lowest form of Computer language is called

a. BASIC

b. FORTRAN

c. Machine Language

d. COBOL

e. None

8. Best Quality graphics is produced by

a. Dot Matix

b. Laser Printer

c. Inkjet Printer

d. Plotter

e. None

9. Memory which forgets every thing when you switch off the power is known as

a. Corrupted

b. Volatile

c. Non-Volatile

d. Non-Corrupted

e. None

10. The linking of computers with a communication system is called

a. Networking

b. Pairing

c. Interlocking

d. Assembling

e. Sharing

11. The 16 bit Microprocessor means that it has

a. 16 address lines

b. 16 Buses

c. 16 Data lines

d. 16 routes

e. None

12. Data going into the computer is called

a. Output

b. algorithm

c. Input

d. Calculations

e. flow chart

13. Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network?

a. LAN

b. DSL

c. RAM

d. USB

e. CPU

14. Microsoft Office is

a. Shareware

b.Public domain software

c. Open-sourse software

d. A vertical market application

e. An application suite

15. How many options does a BINARY choice offer

a. None

b. One

c. Two

d. it depends on the amount of memory on the computer

e. It depends on the speed of the computer's processor

16. A collection of program that controls how your computer system runs and processes information is called

a. Operating System

b. Computer

c. Office

d. Compiler

e. Interpreter

17. Computer connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) can

a. run faster

b. go on line

c. share information and /or share peripheral equipment

d. E-mail

e. None

18. Information travels between components on the mother board through

a. Flash memory

b. CMOS

c. Bays

d. Buses

e. Peripherals

19. How are data organized in a spreadsheet?

a. Lines & spaces

b. Layers & Planes

c. Height & Width

d. Rows & Columns

e. None

20. The blinking symbol on the computer screen is called the

a. mouse

b. logo

c. hand

d. palm

e. cursor

21. A fault in a computer program which prevents it from working correctly is known as

a. Boot

b. Bug

c. Biff

d. Strap

e. None

22. A self replicating program, similar to a virus which was taken from a 1970s science fiction novel by John Bruner entitled the Shockwave Rider is _________

a. Bug

b. Vice

c. Lice

d. Worm

e. None

23. A _______ is a bi-stable electronic circuit that has two stable states.

a. Multivibrator

b. Flip-flop

c. Logic gates

d. laten

e. None

24. Unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail is known as

a. Spam

b. Trash

c. Calibri

d. Courier

e. None

25. DOS stands for

a. Disk Operating System

b. Disk operating session

c. Digital Operating System

d. Digital Open system

e. None

26. Who is the chief of Miocrosoft

a. Babbage

b. Bill Gates

c. Bill Clinton

d. Bush

e. None

27. Which of the following are input devices.

a. Keyboard

b. Mouse

c. Card reader

d. Scanner

e. All of these

28. Examples of output devices are

a. Screen

b. Printer

c. Speaker

d. All of these

e. None

29. Which of the following is also known as brain of computer

a. Control unit

b. Central Processing unit

c. Arithmatic and language unit

d. Monitor

e. None

30. IBM stands for

a. Internal Business Management

b. International Business Management

c. International Business Machines

d. Internal Business Machines

e. None

31.___________ translates and executes program at run time line by line

a. Compiler

b. Interpreter

c. Linker

d. Loader

e. None

32. ___________ is an OOP principle

a. Structured programming

b. Procedural programming

c. Inheritance

d. Linking

e. None

33. COBOL is widely used in _________ applications

a. Commercial

b. Scientific

c. Space

d. Mathematical

e. None

34. RAM stands for

a. Random origin money

b. Random only memory

c. Read only memory

d. Random access memory

e. None

35. 1 Byte = ?

a. 8 bits

b. 4 bits

c. 2 bits

d. 9 bits

e. None

36. SMPS stands for

a. Switched mode power supply

b. Start mode power supply

c. Store mode power supply

d. Single mode power supply

e. None

37. The device used to carry digital data on analog lines is called as

a. Modem

b. Multiplexer

c. Modulator

d. Demodulator

e. None

38. VDU is also called

a. Screen

b. Monitor

c. Both 1 & 2

d. printer

e. None

39. BIOS stands for

a. Basic Input Output system

b. Binary Input output system

c. Basic Input Off system

d. all the above

e. None

40. Father of 'C' programming language

a. Dennis Ritchie

b. Prof Jhon Kemeny

c. Thomas Kurtz

d. Bill Gates

e. None

ANSWERS
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1. For the purposes of defining data needs, a responsibility area is
a) Marketing b) Personnel c) Administration d) Finance e) None
2. The problem statement should include all of the following except:
a) Input. b) Output. c) Processing d) Storage e) None
3. Hotmail, a free web-based email service operated by which company
a) Apple b) Rediff c) Microsoft d) Yahoo e) Google
4. A collection of 4 binary digits is known as
a) Half Bit b)1/2 KB c) Byte d) Nibble e) None
5. How many types of arithmetic operations does the ALU of all computers perform?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8 e) 5
6. Which of the following is not a part of the CPU?
a) Arithmetic and Logic Unit
b) Storage Unit
c) Program Unit
d) Control Unit
e) None
7. Which of the following is not a unit of measurement in computer systems?
a)DPI b)PPI c)API d)Bd e)MB
8. In Windows XP, which shortcut is used to cycle through opened items in taskbar?
a) Ctrl + Tab
b) Alt + Tab
c) Ctrl + Esc
d) Alt + Esc
e) None
9. A digital computer compute the value of expression 2 * 5 - 2 >2 inside
a) RAM b) CPU Chip c) Hard Disk d) Floppy Disk e) MS-Excel
10. To produce a high-quality graphics (hardcopy) in color, you would want to use a
a)Virtual Printer b)Laser Printer c)Ink-jet Printer d)Plotter e)RGB Monitor
11. Which of the following is fastest memory ?
a) DDR RAM b) DDR2 RAM c) DDR3 RAM d) Swap Memory e) Buffer Memory
12. Which protocol is used by operating system to generate error message like
‘Host Unreachable’ over a TCP/IP network?
a) HTTP/1.1 b) ICMP c) PPP d) ICGM e) TCP/IP
13. What does SNMP stands for?
a) Simple Network Mail Protocol
b) Single Network Mail Protocol
c) Single Network Message Protocol
d) Simple Network Management Protocol
e) None
14. On a school computer, Tina learned how to copy programs. A classmate asked her to copy a program for his home use. Her most ethical response would be which of the following?
a) I'll copy it, but you have to promise not to tell anyone.
b) I don't know how to copy disks.
c) I can't copy it because it will break copyright laws.
d) I'll copy it for you, but you can't copy it for anyone else.
e) None
15. Which of the following is not true?
a)LOGO stands for Live On Google’s Orkut
b)BIOS is a system software
c)GRUB is a Linux bootloader
d)Ruby is a web scripting language
e) LILO is a Linux bootloader
16. What is the function of Drop Cap?
a) It does not allow capital letters to be used in the documents.
b) It makes first letter of each word capital letter in the documents
c) It lets you begin a paragraph with a large dropped initial capital letter.
d) It automatically starts all paragraphs and sentences with capital letters.
e) None
17. What is Mail-Merge?
a) a web based e-mail service with no spam
b) a name of Yahoo! MINDSET search feature
c) a new virus-hoax which can delete data from mail-inbox
d) a feature of MS-Word used to create multiple documents like letters,
mailing labels, name tags etc.
e) None
18. In MS-Excel 2003, the default workbook sheet contain maximum……
a) 65535 Rows b) 65536 Rows e) 1048576 Rows e) 65537 Rows c) None
19. In MS-Word, a menu item in dim color (gray) indicate that the menu is ?
a) Toggle Menu
b) Unavailable for current context
c) Not much required menu
d) Over Used Menu
e) None
20. Hot-Key is a
a) FireWire port
b) Alternate Key
c) Keyboard Shortcut
d) Primary Key
e) None

1. The earlier computers, which were massive in size, were based on vacuum tubes.

2. Early computing machines, like the ENIAC, were actually meant to assist the armed forces
.
3. The printers in pre-1950s were punch cards.

4. An improvement on the ENIAC, which pioneered 'stored program', was made possible with the help of the mathematician John von Neumann.

5. Before the 1950s, computers were mostly owned by universities and research labs.

6. The B-programming language was developed by Ken Thompson.

7. Famous people, associated with the ENIAC, EDVAC, UNIVAC computers are Eckert & Mauchly.

8. The 1st commercially produced and sold computer (1951) was UNIVAC.

9. IBM was provided software for PCs by Microsoft.

10. Time-sharing, teletyping, were associated with mainframe computers.

11. The transformation from heavy computers to PCs was made possible using microprocessors.

12. The first microprocessor was developed in 1971 by Intel.

13. The term 'micro' (extremely small) denotes 10-6 m.

14. The Harvard student, who chose to write computer programs and dropped studies was Bill Gates.

15. A pentium 4 (P-4) employs roughly 40 million transistors.

16. Mark-1, Apple-1, and collossus were initial desktop computers.

17. Binary digits are briefed as bit.

18. A collection of bits is called byte.

19. C++, is a computer language.

20. The process of eliminating programming faults is called debugging.

21. Starting up on operating system is called booting.

22. A program used to browse the web is called browser.

23. An error in software designing which can even cause a computer to crash is called bug.

24. Click and double-click are achieved using the mouse.

25. Java, C, ForTran, Pascal and BASIC are computer programming languages.

26. The device which sends computer data using a phone line is called MODEM.

27. 'Worm' and 'virus' are actually programs.

28. A 'file' is a unit of information.

29. A megabyte has 106 (million) bytes.

30. A small, single-site network is called LAN.

31. A processor that collects several data and sends them over a single line is called bridge.

32. 'Nano' stands for one billionth part.

33. The number of bit patterns using an n-bit code is 2n.

34. The part of a computer that works with the data/programs is called CPU.

35. To convert a binary number to a decimal, we have to express it in power of 2.

36. www stands for world wide web.

37. Mathematics employed in computers is called Boolean algebra.

38. A collection of 8 bits is called byte.

39. The first home computer (1977), which was sold in millions of units was Apple II.

40. 'PARAM' is a supercomputer.

41. A website containing periodic posts is called blog.

42. While cutting and pasting, the cutitem is temporarily stored in the clipboard.

43. http stands for hyper text transfer protocol.

44. The unwanted or non-requested emails are called "spam".

45. A computer framed to give various network services is called server.

1. CAD stands for
a. Computer aided design
b. Computer algorithm for design
c. Computer application in design
d. All of the above
e. None

Ans: a. Computer aided design

2. The lowest form of Computer language is called
a. BASIC
b. FORTRAN
c. Machine Language
d. COBOL
e. None

Ans: c. Machine Language

3. The 16 bit Microprocessor means that it has
a. 16 address lines
b. 16 Buses
c. 16 Data lines
d. 16 routes
e. None

Ans: c. 16 Data lines

4. A fault in a computer program which prevents it from working correctly is known as
a. Boot
b. Bug
c. Biff
d. Strap
e. None

Ans: b. Bug

5. Unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail is known as
a. Spam
b. Trash
c. Calibri
d. Courier
e. None

Ans: a. Spam

6. Which of the following printer cannot print graphics?
a. Ink-jet
b. Daisy Wheel
c. Laser
d. Dot-matrix
e. None

Ans: b. Daisy Wheel

7. Best Quality graphics is produced by
a. Dot Matix
b. Laser Printer
c. Inkjet Printer
d. Plotter
e. None

Ans: d. Plotter

8. How many options does a BINARY choice offer
a. None
b. One
c. Two
d. it depends on the amount of memory on the computer
e. It depends on the speed of the computer’s processor

Ans: c. Two

9. A self replicating program, similar to a virus which was taken from a 1970s science fiction novel by John Bruner entitled the Shockwave Rider is _________
a. Bug
b. Vice
c. Lice
d. Worm
e. None

Ans: d. Worm

10. A _______ is a bi-stable electronic circuit that has two stable states.
a. Multivibrator
b. Flip-flop
c. Logic gates
d. laten
e. None

Ans: b. Flip-flop

11. Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network?
a. LAN
b. DSL
c. RAM
d. USB
e. CPU

Ans: a. LAN

12. How are data organized in a spreadsheet?
a. Lines & spaces
b. Layers & Planes
c. Height & Width
d. Rows & Columns
e. None

Ans: d. Rows & Columns

13. A process known as ____________ is used by large retailers to study trends.
a. data mining
b. data selection
c. POS
d. data conversion

Ans: a. data mining

14. An intentionally disruptive program that spreads from program to program or from disk to disk is known as a:
a. Trojan horse
b. virus
c. time bomb
d. time-related bomb sequence

Ans: b. virus

15. HTML viruses infect:
a. your computer
b. a Web page in the HTML code
c. both a Web page and the computer that is viewing it
d. None

Ans: b. a Web page in the HTML code

1. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ translates and executes program at run time line by line
1) Compiler 2) Interpreter 3) Linker 4) Loader 5) None

2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is an OOP principle
1) Structured programming 2) Procedural programming 3) Inheritance
4) Linking 5) None

3. COBOL is widely used in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ applications
1) Commercial 2) Scientific 3) Space 4) Mathematical
5) None

4. RAM stands for
1) Random origin money 2) Random only memory 3) Read only memory
4) Random access memory 5) None

5. 1 Byte = ?
1) 8 bits 2) 4 bits 3) 2 bits 4) 9 bits 5) None

6. SMPS stands for
1) Switched mode power supply 2) Start mode power supply
3) Store mode power supply 4) Single mode power supply
5) None

7. The device used to carry digital data on analog lines is called as
1) Modem 2) Multiplexer 3) Modulator 4) Demodulator 5) None

8. VDU is also called
1) Screen 2) Monitor 3) Both 1 & 2 4) printer 5) None

9. BIOS stands for
1) Basic Input Output system 2) Binary Input output system
3) Basic Input Off system 4) all the above
5) None

10. Father of ‘C’ programming language
1) Dennis Ritchie 2) Prof Jhon Kemeny 3) Thomas Kurtz 4) Bill Gates
5) None

11. The 16 bit Microprocessor means that it has
1) 16 address lines 2) 16 Buses 3) 16 Data lines 4) 16 routes 5) None

12. Data going into the computer is called
1) Output 2) algorithm 3) Input 4) Calculations 5) flow chart

13. Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network?
1) LAN 2) DSL 3) RAM 4) USB 5) CPU

14. Microsoft Office is
1) Shareware 2)Public domain software 3) Open-sourse software
4) A vertical market application 5) An application suite

15. How many options does a BINARY choice offer
1) None 2) One 3) Two
4) it depends on the amount of memory on the computer
5) It depends on the speed of the computer’s processor

16. A collection of program that controls how your computer system runs and processes information is called
1) Operating System 2) Computer 3) Office 4) Compiler 5) Interpreter

17. Computer connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) can
1) run faster 2) go on line
3) share information and /or share peripheral equipment
4) E-mail 5) None

18. Information travels between components on the mother board through
1) Flash memory 2) CMOS 3) Bays 4) Buses 5) Peripherals

19. How are data organized in a spreadsheet?
1) Lines & spaces 2) Layers & Planes 3) Height & Width
4) Rows & Columns 5) None

20. The blinking symbol on the computer screen is called the
1) mouse 2) logo 3) hand 4) palm 5) cursor


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