Computer Multiple Choice Questions SET-20

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Question 1

. Producing output involves:

A	(a) Communication with another computer.
B	(b) Accepting information from the outside world.
C	(c) Moving and storing information.
D	d) Communicating information to the outside world.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a computer programming language?

A	a) C++
B	(b) C
C	(c) Java
D	(d) COBOL
E	(e) Microsoft

Question 3

The quickest and easiest way in Word, to locate a particular word or phrase in a document is to use the ––––––– command.

A	(a) Find
B	(b) Replace
C	(c) Lookup
D	(d) Search

Question 4

What is the full form of USB as used in computer related activities ?

A	(a) Ultra Serial Block
B	(b) Universal Security Block
C	(c) United Service Block
D	(d) Universal Serial Bus

Question 5

. Most of the commonly used personal computers/laptops do not have a command key known as

A	(a) Shift
B	(b) Turnover
C	(c) Alter
D	(d) Delete

Question 6

. Which of the following is a Web browser ?

A	(a) Power Point
B	(b) Paint
C	(c) Fire fox
D	(d) Word

Question 7

. Whenever we have to give space between the two words while typing on a PC we have to press a key known as—

A	(a) Shift
B	(b) Back space
C	(c) Control
D	(d) Escape
E	(e) Space Bar

Question 8

Most of the commonly available personal computers/laptops have a keyboard popularly known as—

A	(a) QOLTY
B	(b) QWERTY
C	(c) ALTER
D	(d) UCLIF

Question 9

. A Program designed to destroy data on your computer which can travel to “infect” other computers is called a — COMPUTER 22 SET

A	(a) torpedo
B	(b) disease
C	(c) hurricane
D	(d) virus

Question 10

. Which of the following is NOT a hardware of a computer ?

A	(a) Key Board
B	(b) Monitor
C	(c) Windows
D	(d) Central Processing Unit

Question 11

To prepare a presentation/slide show which application is commonly used ?

A	(a) Powerpoint
B	(b) Photoshop
C	(c) Outlook Express
D	(d) Internet Explorer

Question 12

Text and graphics that have been cut or copied are stored in an area called the—

A	(a) Copyboard
B	(b) Pasteboard
C	(c) Clipboard
D	(d) Cuttingboard

Question 13

What kind of software would you most likely use to keep track of a billing account ?

A	(a) Electronic publishing
B	(b) Word processing
C	(c) Spreadsheet
D	(d) Web authoring

Question 14

The Internet allows you to —

A	(a) view Web pages
B	(b) send electronic mail
C	(c) connect to servers all around the world
D	(d) All of the above

Question 15

. Which is of the following is NOT a famous operating system ?

A	(a) Mac OS X
B	(b) Windows Vista
C	(c) Linux
D	(d) Sun OS
E	(e) Virtual Box

Question 16

. Editing a document consists of reading through the document you’ve created, then—

A	(a) Printing it
B	(b) Correcting your errors
C	(c) Saving it
D	(d) deleting it

Question 17

What are .bas, doc, and .htm examples of ?

A	(a) Extensions
B	(b) Databases
C	(c) Domains
D	(d) Protocols

Question 18

. What is the default file extension for all Word documents ?

A	(a) TXT
B	(b) WRD
C	(c) DOC
D	(d) FIL

Question 19

What is the most common way to get a virus in your computer’s hard disk ?

A	(a) By uploading pictures from mobile phones to the computer
B	(b) By installing games from their CDROMS
C	(c) By opening e-mails
D	(d) By sending e-mails

Question 20

. Junk e-mail is also called—

A	(a) spoof
B	(b) spam
C	(c) sniffer script
D	(d) spool

Question 21

A device that connects to a network without the use of cables is said to be—

A	(a) wireless
B	(b) distributed
C	(c) centralized
D	(d) open source

Question 22

. E-commerce allows companies to—

A	(a) conduct business over the Internet
B	(b) issue important business reports
C	(c) support decision making processes
D	(d) keep track of paper-based transactions

Question 23

. Which of the following are all considered advantages of e-mail ?

A	(a) Printable, global and expensive
B	(b) Convenience, speed of delivery, generality and reliabiltity
C	(c) Global, convenience and Microsoft owned
D	(d) Slow delivery, reliable, global and inexpensive

Question 24

What is an E-mail attachment?

A	(a) A separate document from another program sent along with an E-mail message
B	(b) A receipt sent by the recipient
C	(c) A malicious parasite that feeds off of your messages and destroys the contents &
D	(d) A list of CC: or BCC: recipients

Question 25

. A –––––– is a unique name that you give to a file of information

A	a) folder
B	(b) device letter
C	(c) filename
D	d) filename extension

Question 26

. Codes consisting of bars or lines of varying widths or lengths that are computer-readable are known as—

A	(a) a magnetic tape
B	(b) an ASCII code
C	(c) an OCR scanner
D	(d) a bar code

Question 27

A –––––– is a unique name that you give to a file of information

A	(a) folder
B	(b) device letter
C	(c) filename
D	(d) filename extension

Question 28

Codes consisting of bars or lines of varying widths or lengths that are computer-readable are known as—

A	(a) a magnetic tape
B	(b) an ASCII code
C	(c) an OCR scanner
D	(d) a bar code

Question 29

The environment provided to ASP is based on—

A	(a) Network
B	(b) Client/server
C	(c) Centralized system
D	(d) Operator

Question 30

Which of the following in an objective of multiprogrammes operating system ?

A	(a) To minimize turnaround time
B	(b) To maximise CPU utilization
C	(c) To minimize response time
D	(d) Both (b) and (a

Question 31

. Which one is not needed by server programme from an operating system ?

A	(a) Task priority
B	(b) Task pre-emption
C	(c) Semaphores
D	(d) All of the above

Question 32

. Favourites are accessible from the ____ menu

A	(a) title
B	(b) start
C	(c) stop
D	(d) menu

Question 33

. For optical fibre used in point to point transmission, the repeater spacing is

A	(a) 2 – 10 km
B	(b) 10 – 100 km
C	(c) 1 – 10 km
D	(d) 100 – 1000 km

Question 34

. Which encoding type always has a non-zero average amplitude ?

A	(a) multi-polar
B	(b) unipolar
C	(c) bipolar
D	(d) All of the above

Question 35

Frame Relay technique uses

A	(a) connection oriented
B	(b) circuit switching
C	(c) message switching
D	(d) hybrid switching

Question 36

. Which of the following technique is used in high speed modem ?

A	(a) FDM
B	(b) PCM
C	(c) TDM
D	(d) QAM

Question 37

The UNIX, which command is used to display the message or value of any variable on the screen ?

A	(a) echo
B	(b) cat
C	(c) display
D	(d) char

Question 38

. HUB is

A	(a) central device
B	(b) layer 1 device
C	(c) dumb device
D	(d) All of the above

Question 39

Web site is a collection of—

A	(a) Graphic files
B	(b) HTML documents
C	(c) Audio and video files
D	(d) All of the above

Question 40

. For multiple branching in “C” we use ____ statement.

A	(a) Go to
B	(b) Switch
C	(c) Cout
D	d) Case

Question 41

The server on the internet is also known as—

A	(a) Host
B	(b) Repeater
C	(c) Gateway
D	(d) AND Gate

Question 42

IBM stands for

A	(a) Interconnected Business Machine
B	(b) International Business Machine
C	(c) Internal Business Machine
D	(d) Interacting Business Machine

Question 43

In a SONET system, ____ can remove signals from a path.

A	(a) a regenerator
B	(b) An STS multiplier
C	(c) an add/drop multipliers
D	(d) a repeater

Question 44

. Computations and logical operations are performed by the____.

A	(a) ALU
B	(b) RAM
C	(c) Register
D	(d) Control unit

Question 45

. Permanent instructions that the computer uses when it is turned on and that cannot be changed by other instructions are contained in ______

A	(a) RAM
B	(b) ROM
C	(c) ALU
D	(d) REM

Question 46

The ability of an OS to run more than one application at a time is called_____.

A	(a) object-oriented programming
B	(b) multitasking
C	(c) multi-user computing
D	(d) time sharing

Question 47

. A CPU contains_____.

A	(a) an analytical engine and a control unit
B	(b) a card reader and a printing device
C	(c) a control unit and an arithmetic logic unit
D	(d) an arithmetic logic unit and a card reader