50 Computer Awareness MCQs - Quiz 15

 50 Computer Awareness MCQs - Quiz 15

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1) An Excel Workbook is a collection of
A) Charts
B) Worksheets
C) Both A & B
D) None of the above
Answer: C) Both A & B

2) A memory that holds micro programs is
A) RAM
B) Control memory
C) Core memory
D) ROM
Answer: D) ROM

3) Which mechanism is used by the computer virus 'worm' to duplicate itself?
A) Swap
B) Increment
C) Spawn
D) Swarm
Answer: C) Spawn

4) Computers cannot work without
A) Scanner
B) Internet
C) Mouse
D) CPU
Answer: D) CPU

5) A report generator is used to
A) print files on paper
B) data entry
C) update files
D) All the above
Answer: A) print files on paper

6) During Processing data, programs, and processed information are held temporarily in _________
A) Secodary stoage
B) ROM
C) RAM
D) None of these
Answer: C) RAM

7) In HTML, _______________ attribute is used for merging of two or more adjacent rows.
A) CELLPADDING
B) CELLSPACING
C) ROWSPAN
D) COLSPAN
Answer: C) ROWSPAN

8) Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network ?
A) LAN
B) DSL
C) RAM
D) USB
Answer: A) LAN

9) The process of encoding refers to
A) getting information into memory.
B) the recall of information previously learned.
C) a clear memory of an emotionally significant event.
D) the persistence of learning over time.
Answer: A) getting information into memory.

10) Sending a frame to a group of stations is known as __________
A) Single casting
B) Spreading
C) Multicasting
D) Casting
Answer: C) Multicasting

11) C Programming language was developed by ___________.
A) Charles Babbage
B) Larry Wall
C) James Gosling
D) Dennis Ritchie
Answer: D) Dennis Ritchie

12) Which part of a computer performs calculations?
A) Control unit
B) Arithmetic and logical unit
C) Both A & B
D) Logic bus
Answer: B) Arithmetic and logical unit

13) __________ cookies are also known as transient cookies.
A) Persistent
B) Second party
C) Session
D) Third party
Answer: C) Session

14) Which of the following menu types is also called a drop down menu?
A) fly-out
B) cascading
C) pop-up
D) pull-down
Answer: D) pull-down

15) Microcomputer 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
Answer: C) system unit, input/output, secondary storage

16) _________ hard drives are permanently located inside the system unit and are not designed to be removed, unless they need to be repaired or replaced
A) Static
B) Internal
C) External
D) Remove
Answer: B) Internal

17) Who is the father of Computers?

A) James Paul

B) Charles Babbage

C) Dennis Ritchie

Answer: B) Charles Babbage

18) Convert decimal number 106 to binary.
A) 1101000
B) 1101010
C) 1100110
D) 1110000
Answer: B) 1101010

19) Which algorithm is used to decide the path to transfer the packets from source to destination?
A) Routing
B) Pathing
C) Selecting
D) Directing
Answer: A) Routing

20) Which among the following is not an input device?
A) Plotter
B) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)
C) Optical Mark Recognition (OMR)
D) Barcode Reader
Answer: A) Plotter

21) Software you can use to create a budget is called _______
A) word processing software
B) graphics software
C) utility software
D) spreadsheet software
Answer: D) spreadsheet software

22) The CPU consists of which two parts?
A) ALU
B) Control unit
C) Both A & B
D) None of the above
Answer: C) Both A & B

23) A CD-ROM disk  _______
A) cannot be erased and rewritten
B) has more storage capacity than a CD-R
C) holds less data than a floppy disk
D) Can be written only once
Answer: A) cannot be erased and rewritten

24) Which of the following is a true statement about Intranet and Internet ?
A) Encryption is necessary
B) They use similar protocol
C) Speed is slow
D) They use the same protocol
Answer: D) They use the same protocol

25) Python is a _______.
A) low level language
B) high level language
C) machine language
D) assembly language
Answer: B) high level language  

26) The transfer of data from one application to another in a computer system is known as
A) Dynamic Data Exchange
B) Dodgy Data Exchange
C) Dogmatic Data Exchange
D) Dynamic Disk Exchange
Answer: A) Dynamic Data Exchange

27) An electronic path, that sends signals from one part of computer to another is;
A) Logic Gate
B) Modem
C) Bus
D) Serial Port
Answer: C) Bus

28) ASP in computer science stands for?
A) Abstract Service Provider
B) Application Service Provider
C) Application Signal Provider
D) Abstract Syntax Provider
Answer: B) Application Service Provider

29) Who invented JavaScript the programming language?
A) Brendan Eich
B) Willem Einthoven
C) George Eastman
D) Emil Erlenmeyer
Answer: A) Brendan Eich

30) Select the odd term out of the following?
A) Internet
B) Macintosh OSX
C) Linux Mint
D) Windows 8.1
Answer: A) Internet

31) Markup tags tell the web browser
A) How to display the file
B) How to organise the page
C) How to display message box on page
D) None of the above
Answer: A) How to display the file

32) Which device is required for the internet connection?
A) cd drive
B) modem
C) nic card
D) joystick
Answer: B) modem

33) What is the full form of ISDN?
A) International Service Digital network
B) Indian Service Digital Network
C) Integrated Service Digital Network
D) Internal Service Digital Network
Answer: C) Integrated Service Digital Network

34) The quickest and easiest way in word, to locate a particular word or phase in a document is to use the command
A) Replace
B) Find
C) Lookup
D) Search
Answer: B) Find

35) _________ performs tasks such as inserting, updating, or deleting data occurrences.
A) Data definition language
B) Data manipulation language
C) Query language
D) OQL
Answer: B) Data manipulation language

36) Which one of the following is NOT an operating system ?
A) Unix
B) Linux
C) Windows
D) Intel
Answer: D) Intel

37) Computers and communication technologies affect our lives in ways that include: __________, in the way we learn and shape the course of our learning  according to our own interests.
A) Societal
B) Technological
C) Educational
D) Personal
Answer: C) Educational

38) Which of the following is the lightest computer?
A) Desktop
B) Tablet
C) Laptop
D) Ultrabook
Answer: B) Tablet

39) Which one of the following is a search engine?
A) Bing
B) Reddit
C) Pinterest
D) Twitter
Answer: A) Bing

40) Two devices are in network if
A) a process is running on both devices
B) PIDs of the processes running of different devices are same
C) a process in one device is able to exchange information with a process in another device
D) All of the above
Answer: C) a process in one device is able to exchange information with a process in another device

41) In Microsoft Excel, the _______() function returns the smallest value among the values passed as arguments.
A) LEAST
B) LESS
C) MIN
D) LOW
Answer: C) MIN

42) Function key ___ in a Windows keyboard can perform several functions, and does not have an assigned Windows default.
A) F1
B) F6
C) F8
D) F9
Answer: C) F8

43) A router is a networking device that forwards data packetsand is connected to two or more data lines from differentnetworks. Which among the following was the earliestdevice which had almost the same functionality as that of a router?
A) Interface Delay Device
B) Interface Traffic Manager
C) Interface Routing Processor
D) Interface Message Processor
Answer: D) Interface Message Processor

44) Transistors belong to which of the following generation of the computers?
A) Fourth
B) Third
C) First
D) Second
Answer: D) Second  

45) A Computer works on a _______ number system
A) binary
B) octal
C) decimal
D) hexadecimal
Answer: A) binary

46) Hub works on which layer?
A) Network layer
B) Physical layer
C) Data link layer
D) All of the above
Answer: B) Physical layer

47)  What is the name of the virus that fool a user into downloading and executing them by pretending to be useful applications  ?
A) Trojan horses
B) Keylogger
C) Worm
D) File virus
Answer: A) Trojan horses

48) In a worksheet, you can select
A) Only rows
B) Only columns
C) Entire worksheet
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above

49) Artificial Intelligence is associated with which generation?
A) Sixth generation
B) Fifth generation
C) Third generation
D) Fourth generation
Answer: B) Fifth generation

50) Most application software today comes with an interface called
A) Graphical user interface
B) Character user interface
C) Icon user interface
D) Button user interface
Answer: A) Graphical user interface

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