Computer Awareness MCQ's Practice Set - 9
1. What characteristic of Read Only Memory makes it useful?
1) ROM information can be easily updated
2) ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive data
storage
3) Data in ROM is
nonvolatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power.
4) ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of
computers.
1) Word
2) Excel
3) Power point
4) Windows
5) Unix
3. Which of the following organizations is a popular name in
the filed of computer & Software’s?
1) Rotman
2) Henley
3) Microsoft
4) Louis Vuitton
5) DLA Piper
4. A_______ is a named set of characters that have the same
characteristics.
1) Type face
2) Type Style
3) Font
4) Pico
5. A _______ pre-designed document that already has
coordinating fonts, a layout, and a background.
1) Guide
2) Model
3) Ruler
4) Template
6. Which elements of a word document can be displayed in
colour?
1) Only graphics
2) Only text
3) All elements
4) All elements, but only if you have a colour Printer
7. A complete electronic circuit with transistors and other
electronic components on a small silicon chip is called an_________
1) Workstation
2) CPU
3) Magnetic disk
4) Integrated Circuit
8. Which of the following will translate images of text,
drawings, and photos into digital form?
1) Digitizer
2) Modem
3) Scanner
4) Keyboard
9. By default, your documents print in _________Mode.
1) Landscape
2) Portrait
3) Page Setup
4) Print view
10. Which of the following refers to a small, single – site
network?
1) LAN
2) DSL
3) RAM
4) USB
11. The communications device that allows the computer to
access a network is called a _________ Card
1) Modem
2) Video
3) Sound
4) Network
12. A screen list of options in a program that tells you what
is in that program__________
1) Screen
2) Icon
3) Menu
4) Backup
13. Computers 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
14. WWW stands for ___________
1) World work web
2) Wide work web
3) Wide world web
4) World wide web
15. The first computers were programmed using_______
1) Assembly language
2) Machine language
3) Source code
4) Object code
5) Spaghetti Code
16. When the pointer is positioned on a _________ , it is
shaped like a hand.
1) Grammar error
2) Hyperlink
3) Screen tip
4) Spelling Error
5) Formatting Error
17. Choices are referred to as_________
1) Options
2) Exit
3) Boot
4) Folder
18. To make the number pad act as directional arrow, you press
the _______key
1) Numlock
2) Caps lock
3) Arrow lock
4) Shift
19. When creating a word processed document, this step
involves the user changing how words on the page appear, both on the screen and
in printed form.
1) Editing Text
2) Inserting tables and indexes
3) Formatting Text
4) Proofing documents
20. Software applies__________, also called algorithms, to
process data.
1) Arithmetic
2) Procedures
3) Objects
4) Rules
21. Networks are monitored by security personnel and
supervised by_________ who set(s) up accounts and passwords for authorized
network users.
1) IT managers
2) The government
3) Network
Administrators
4) Password Administrators
22. In Oracle, Which statement is true about segments?
1) Each table has its own segment
2) A segment is created
every time an extent is created, extended, or altered
3) An index segment is created every time a table is created
4) A segment is deleted whenever a table is truncated
23. A desktop computer is also known as a________
1) Palm pilot
2) PC
3) Labtop
4) Main frame
24. When a file contains instructions that can be carried out
by the computer, it is often called an______
1) Data
2) Information
3) Executable
4) Application
25. A directory within a directory Is called
1) Mini Directory
2) Junior Directory
3) Part Directory
4) Sub Directory
26. Editing a document consists of reading through this
document you’ve created, then________
1) Correcting your
errors
2) Printing it
3) Saving it
4) Deleting it
27. The internet allows you to_________
1) Sending electronic mail
2) View web pages
3) Connect to servers all around the world
4) All of these
28. Most mail programs automatically complete the following
two parts in an e-mail_______
1) From: and Body
2) From: and Date
3) From: and To
4) From : and Subject
29. Where is the disk put in a computer?
1) In the modem
2) In the hard drive
3) Into the CPU
4) In the disk drive
30. The name a user assigns to a document is called an
________
1) File name
2) Program
3) Record
4) Data
31. A disk’s content that is recorded at the time of
manufacture and that cannot be changed or erased by user is
1) Read only
2) Memory Only
3) Run only
4) Write only
32. In an information system, alphanumeric data normally takes
the form of
1) Sentences and paragraphs
2) Numbers and
alphabetical characters
3) Graphic shapes and figures
4) Human voice and other sounds
33. A web site’s main page is called its___________
1) Home page
2) Browser Page
3) Search page
4) book mark
34. When Installing________, the user must copy and usually
decompress program files from a CD – ROM or other medium to the hard disk
1) Programming software
2) System software
3) Application Hardware
4) Application Software
35. A collection of interrelated files in a computer is
a________.
1) File manager
2) Field
3) Record
4) Database
36. To insert a copy the Clipboard contents, whatever was last
cut or copied at the insertion point,
1) Paste
2) Stick in
3) Fit in
4) Push in
37. The command used to remove text or graphics from a
document, The information is then stored on a clipboard so you past it.
1) Chop
2) Cut
3) Clip
4) Cart away
38. To exit the program without leaving the application.
1) File
2) Edit
3) Copy
4) Close
39. A removable magnetic disc that holds information.
1) Floppy disk
2) Hard drive
3) Monitor
4) Portable
40. A command that saves what you are working on into the hard
drive, or onto a disk.
1) View
2) Hold
3) Save
4) Go
41. What are bas, doc, and html examples of ?
1) Extensions
2) Domains
3) Protocols
4) Databases
42. Ctrl, Shift and alt are called _______keys
1) Adjustment
2) Function
3) Modifier
4) Alphanumeric
43. Which type of file is created by word processing programs?
1) Database file
2) Storage file
3) Worksheet file
4) Document file
5) Graphical file
44. Personal computers can be connected together to form a
________.
1) Server
2) Super Computer
3) Network
4) Enterprise
45. A modem
1) Translates analog signals from a computer into digital
signals that can travel along conventional telephone lines.
2) Translates digital
signals from a computer into analog signals that, can travel along conventional
telephone lines
3) Demodulates digital signals from a computer
4) Modulates signals from an analog telephone line
46. A CD – ROM disk
1) Can not be erased
and rewritten
2) Has more storage capacity than a CD – R
3) Holds less data than a floppy disk
4) Can be written to only once
47. What is the main folder on a storage device called?
1) Platform
2) Interface
3) Root Directory
4) Home page
48. Storage device found inside the computer.
1) CD – ROM
2) Zip Disk
3) Super Disk
4) Hard Disk
49. Which of these keys Is not on the number keypad?
1) Ctrl
2) Del
3) Enter
4) Num lock
50. If you are going to a site you use often, instead of having
to type in the address every time, you should.
1) Save it as a file
2) Make a copy of it
3) Bookmark it
4) Delete it
