Computer Awareness MCQs - Quiz 2

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1) Name the first cricketer to score 1000 runs in an innings in any competitive match
A) Prithvi Shaw
B) Pranav Dhanawade
C) Virat Kohli
D) Shikhar Dhawan
Answer: B) Pranav Dhanawade

2) An example of an input device is ______.
A) Headphones
B) Projector
C) Soundcard
D) Webcam
Answer: D) Webcam

3) Word processing, Spreadsheet and Photo editing are examples of
A) System Software
B) Application Software
C) Operating Systems
D) Platform Software
Answer: B) Application Software

4) Syntax Errors are determined by
A) Interpreter
B) ALU
C) Logic Unit
D) Control Unit
Answer: D) Control Unit

5) Delayed payload of some viruses is also called as _____
A) Bomb
B) Late - Virus
C) Time
D) Anti-virus
Answer: A) Bomb

6) Which of the following symbols must be used before a formula in a Microsoft Excel sheet?
A) &
B) =
C) $
D) @
Answer: B) =

7) Which of the following is an operating system?
A) Windows NT
B) UNIX
C) DOS
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above

8) Who is known as the father of computing?
A) Charles Faraday
B) Michael Jonathan
C) Charles Babbage
D) Douglas Well
Answer: C) Charles Babbage

9) HTTP in computer science stands for?
A) HyperText Transmission Protocol
B) HyperText Transfer Protocol
C) HyperText Technology Protocol
D) HyperText Total Protocol
Answer: B) HyperText Transfer Protocol

10) Font size is measured in
A) pixels
B) points
C) didos
D) percents
Answer: B) points

11) DSL is an example of what type of internet access?
A) Wireless
B) Network
C) Broadband
D) Slow
Answer: C) Broadband

12) ______ is the fastest to read from and write to than the other kinds of storage in a computer.
A) CD-ROM
B) Floppy disk
C) Hard disk
D) RAM
Answer: D) RAM

13) Which datatype in c language has least storage?
A) char
B) double
C) int
D) float
Answer: A) char

14) What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM ) makes it useful?
A) ROM informationcan be easily updated
B) Data in ROM is non volatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power
C) ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive data storage
D) ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers
Answer: B) Data in ROM is non volatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power

15) Excel displays the current cell address in the
A) Title Bar
B) Name Box
C) Status Bar
D) Formula bar
Answer: B) Name Box

16) The objective of ____________ is to make India a global information technology superpower.
A) NIC
B) NASSCOM
C) Department of Information Technology
D) State Bank of India
Answer: C) Department of Information Technology

17) Which of the following stores data permanently in a computer?
A) ALU
B) Cache Memory
C) RAM
D) ROM
Answer: D) ROM

18) Every set in the dotted decimal format of
A) Subnet
B) Octet
C) Subset
D) IP set
Answer: B) Octet

19) The memory unit is one part of
A) Input Device
B) Central Processing Unit
C) Control Unit
D) Output device
Answer: B) Central Processing Unit

20) The Internet of Things refers to
21) Online functional learning portals are accessed through the
A) Web portal
B) Interactive Multimedia Instruction
C) Instructor Facilitated New Equipment
D) All the above
Answer: A) Web portal

22) In Microsoft Word, font, font style, size, font color etc. are options of _____________
A) Character formatting
B) Paragraph formatting
C) Sentence formatting
D) Font formatting
Answer: A) Character formatting

23) Transformation of input into output is performed by
A) CPU
B) The input-output unit
C) Memory unit
D) Peripherals
Answer: A) CPU

24) Which of the following does not belong to the group?
A) UNIX
B) MS-DOS
C) WINDOWS
D) FIREWALL
Answer: D) FIREWALL

25) In Microsoft Excel, Ctrl+ right arrow key leads to _______ cell movement on spreadsheet.
A) End of column
B) End of row
C) One cell Left
D) One cell right
Answer: B) End of row

26) The silicon chips used for data processing are called
A) ROM chips
B) PROM chips
C) RAM chips
D) Micro processor
Answer: D) Micro processor

27) In Excel, a data series is defined as what?
A) A collection of related data
B) Chart
C) Cell reference
D) A division of results
Answer: A) A collection of related data

28) Verification of log-in name and password is for
A) Authenticating the user.
B) Re-confirming the user.
C) Providing formal access to the user
D) Completing the formality of login-in.
Answer: A) Authenticating the user.

29) What is the full form of 'LAN'?
A) Line Area Network
B) Linear Area Network
C) Local Area Network
D) Land Area Network
Answer: C) Local Area Network

30) The attribute ___________ specifies (in pixels) the distance between two adjacent cells.
A) Width
B) Height
C) Cellpadding
D) Cellspacing
Answer: D) Cellspacing

31) What is the full form of PROM?
A) Programmable read-only memory
B) Program read-output memory
C) Program read-only memory
D) Primary read-only memory
Answer: A) Programmable read-only memory

32) A/an ______ is a central server on a computer network that enables connected clients to access the server’s storage capacities.
A) file server
B) print server
C) web server
D) application server
Answer: A) file server

33) A single packet on a data link is known as
A) Frame
B) Group
C) Block
D) Path
Answer: B) Group

34) Which one of the following does not belong to the group?
A) Monitor
B) Keyboard
C) Webcam
D) Mouse
Answer: A) Monitor

35) System Study involves
A) documenting the existing system
B) identifying current deficiencies and establishing new goals
C) study of an existing system
D) All the above
Answer: D) All the above

36) In a Windows-based computer, two files cannot be in the same folder if
A) they have different names, but same creation date
B) they have different names, but are of same file type
C) they have same name, and are of same file type
D) they have same name, but are of different file type
Answer: C) they have same name, and are of same file type

37) Android is a mobile operating system designed primarilyfor touch screen mobile devices such as smartphones andtablets. Which among the following was the first Android Operating System?
A) Cupcake
B) Alpha
C) Gingerbread
D) Doughnut
Answer: B) Alpha

38) Storage media such as a CD read and write information using _________
A) a laser beam of red light
B) magnetic dots
C) magnetic strips
D) All of these
Answer: A) a laser beam of red light

39) The operating system UNIX is the trademark of
A) Microsoft
B) Bell Laboratories
C) Apple
D) Motorola
Answer: B) Bell Laboratories

40) Which is not a search engine?
A) GOOGLE
B) Myntra
C) Bing
D) Yahoo
Answer: B) Myntra

41) Magnetic Tape can serve as
A) Input device
B) Secondary storage device
C) Output device
D) None of the above
Answer: B) Secondary storage device

42) Which of the following was the first super computer developed in 1976?
A) Acom Atom
B) Cray-1
C) PCW
D) PET
Answer: B) Cray-1

43) In computer processing, __________ selects processes from the pool and loads them into memory for execution.
A) Job Scheduler
B) Resource Scheduler
C) CPU Scheduler
D) Process Scheduler
Answer: A) Job Scheduler

44) Which of the following is not a softcopy devices?
A) Plotter
B) Projector
C) Monitor
D) Speaker
Answer: A) Plotter  

45) A template stores
A) Auto text entries
B) Graphics, text, styles, macros
C) Customized word command setting
D) All of above
Answer: D) All of above

46) Moving from one website to another is called
A) Browsing
B) Attaching
C) Downloading
D) Uploading
Answer: A) Browsing

47) As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
A) More portable
B) Slowly accessed
C) More expensive
D) Less rigid
Answer: C) More expensive

48) Which of the following requires one byte of storage?
A) Character
B) Sentence
C) Page
D) Paragraph
Answer: A) Character

49) Ravi, Rohan and Rajesh alone can complete a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. In how many days can the work be completed, if all three work together?
A) 4 days
B) 5 days
C) 3 days
D) 8 days
Answer: A) 4 days

50) The flow of information through MIS is
A) organization dependent
B) information dependent
C) management dependent
D) need dependent
Answer: D) need dependent

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