Computer Awareness MCQ's Practice Set - 11
1. An error is also known as_____
A) Bug
B) Debug
C) Cursor
D) Icon
2. A keyboard is this kind of device_____
A) Black
B) Input
C) Output
D) Word processing
3. Arithmetic operations______
A) Involve matching one data item to another to determine if
the first item i9s greater then, Equal
to or less than the other item.
B) Sort data items according to standard, predefined criteria
in ascending order or Descending order
C) Use conditions with operators such as AND, OR, and NOT
D) Include addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division.
4. Which part of the computer helps to store information?
A) Disk drive
B) Keyboard
C) Monitor
D) Printer
5. Which of the following is the default mask of a class AIP
address?
A) 255.0.0.255
B) 255.255.0.0
C) 255.0.0.0
D) 255.255.255.0
6. What is internet 2?
A) A new type of cabling system for wide area networks
B) A second local area network that can connect with another
online LAN To share access
C) A new standard for internet browsers
D) An association to
develop advanced Internet technology
7. To drop a column that is used as a foreign key, first
A) Drop the primary key
B) Drop the table
C) Drop the foreign key
constrain
D) All of these
8. The name given to a document by user is called
A) Filename
B) Program
C) Data
D) Record
9. _____ is a procedure that requires users to enter as
identification code and a matching passworD)
A) Paging
B) Logging on
C) Time sharing
D) Multitasking
10. Which device is used as the standard pointing device is a
graphical user environment?
A) Keyboard
B) Mouse
C) Joystick
D) Trackball
11. The assistant is_____
A) An application that allows you to take notes and save them
in a file
B) An animated
character that provides help and suggestions
C) A button on the standard toolbar that executes the print
command
D) A collection of frequently misspelled words in a
dictionary file
12. A CPU contains_____
A) A card reader and a printing device
B) An analytical engine and a control unit
C) A control unit and
an arithmetic logic unit
D) An arithmetic logic unit and a card reader
13. The ability of an OS to run more than one application at a
time is called_____
A) Multitasking
B) Object oriented programming
C) Multi user computing
D) Time sharing
14. Permanent instructions that the computer uses when it is
turned on and that cannot be Changed by
other instructions are contained in____
A) ROM
B) RAM
C) ALU
D) REM
15. What are .bas, .doc, and .htm examples of?
A) Databases
B) Extensions
C) Domains
D) Protocols
16. Which type of software manages the computer processes,
functioning as an interface, connecting user, the application software and the
hardware?
A) System software
B) Utility program
C) Translator program
D) Operating program
17. The portion of the CPU that coordinates the activities of
all the other computer components is the
A) Motherboard
B) Coordination board
C) Control unit
D) Arithmetic logic unit
18. Something which has easily understood instructions is said
to be________
A) User friendly
B) Information
C) Word processing
D) Icon
19. The primary device that a computer uses to store
information is
A) TV
B) Storehouse
C) Desk
D) Hard drive
20. A program that works like a calculator for keeping track
of money and making budgets.
A) Calculator
B) Spreadsheet
C) Budgeter
D) Financier
21. What menu is selected to print?
A) File
B) Tools
C) Social
D) Edit
22. Programs or a set of electronic instructions that tell a
computer what to do_____
A) Menu
B) Monitor
C) Hardware
D) Software
23. ______are symbols that represent any character or
combination of characters.
A) Playing cards
B) Wildcards
C) Private keys
D) Public keys
24. A word in a web page that, when clicked, opens another
document.
A) Anchor
B) Hyperlink
C) Reference
D) URL
25. The ______also called the WEB contains billons of
documents.
A) World Wide Web
B) HTTP
C) Webportal
D) Domain
26. Windows 95, windows 98 and Windows NT are known as
A) Processors
B) domain names
C) modems
D) operating systems
27. Information on a computer is stored as
A) analog data
B) digital data
C) modem data
D) watts data
28. A program that works like a calculator for keeping track
of money and making budgets____
A) calculator
B) scholastic
C) keyboard
D) spreadsheet
29. ________ is processed by the computer into information
A) numbers
B) processor
C) input
D) data
30. To find and load a file that has been saved______
A) select the close command
B) select the new command
C) select the save command
D) select the open
command
31. = SUM(B1:B8) is an example of a ________
A) function
B) formula
C) cell address
D) value
32. Which of the following storage media provides sequential
access only?
A) floppy disk
B) magnetic disk
C) magnetic tape
D) optical disk
33. In a spreadsheet, a _______ is a number you will use in a
calculation.
A) label
B) cell
C) field
D) value
34. Click _____ check box of transition in a slide group of an
animation tab if you want to move a Slide automatically alters stipulated timE)
A) Transition timer
B) Automatically after
C) Transition after
D) Automatic timer
35. All of the following are included in removable media
except-
A) CD ROMs
B) Diskette
C) DVDs
D) Hard disk drive
36. _____ cells involve creating a single cell by combining
two or more selected cells.
A) formatting
B) merging
C) embedding
D) splitting
37. The operating system is the most common type of _____
softwarE)
A) communication
B) application
C) systems
D) word processing
38. Which of the following is true?
A) byte is a single digit in a binary number
B) bit represents a grouping of digital numbers
C) eight digit binary
number is called a byte
D) eight digit binary number is called a bit
39. If 20 people need to communicate using symmetric key cryptography,
symmetric keys are needed.
A) 190
B) 200
C) 20
D) 19
40. What should you do as soon as you have successfully
created the database and the data dictionary?
A) Open the database for users to start adding data
B) Start adding a bunch
of table spaces to allow users to use
C) Leave it running for a few days to make sure that nothing
bad is going to happen
D) shut it down and take a cold backup
41. The process of preparing a floppy diskette for use is
called_______
A) assembling
B) translating
C) parsing
D) formatting
42. Which is the slowest internet connection service?
A) digital subscriber line
B) TI
C) Cable modem
D) Leased line
E) Dial up servicE)
43. Every component of your computer is either
A) software or CPU/RAM
B) hardware or software
C) application software or system software
D) input devices or output devices
44. Checking that a pin code number is valid before it is
entered into the system is an Example of
A) Error correction
B) Backup and recovery
C) Data preparation
D) Data validation
45. How many different documents can you have open at any one
time?
A) not more than three
B) only one
C) as many as your
computer memory will hold
D) no more than your taskbar can display
46. What happens when you press Ctrl + V key?
A) A capital V letter is typed into your document at the
cursor point
B) The selected item is
pasted from the clipboard
C) The selected item is pasted to the clipboard
D) the selected drawing objects are distributed vertically on
the pagE)
47. What do you press to enter the current date in a cell?
A) CTRL +; (semicolon)
B) CTRL + SHIFT +: (colon)
C) CTRL +F10
D) CTRL + F11
48. IT stands for______
A) Information
technology
B) Integrated technology
C) Intelligent Technology
D) Interesting Technology
49. Something which has easily understood instructions is said
to be____
A) user friendly
B) information
C) word processing
D) icon
50. Micro computer hardware consists of three basic categories
of physical equipment_____
A) keyboard, monitor, hard drive
B) system unit,
input/output, memory
C) system unit, input/output, secondary storage
D) system unit, primary storage, secondary storage
