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161.     Different applications and documents of windows desktop are represented by

a) Symbols      b) Labels         c) Graph          d) Icon             e) None of these

162.     Scanner scans

a) Picture                                b) Text                        c) Both Picture and Text       

d) Neither Picture nor Text    e) None of these

163.     A Website address is a unique name that identifies a specific _____ on the Web.

a) Web browser          b) PDA            c) Website      d) link                         e) user

164.     Which of the following is considered an input de-vice?

a) Keyboard    b) Monitor      c) Floppy disk             d) Printer        e) CD

165.     A hard disk drive is considered as a _____ storage.

a) flash            b) non-volatile            c) temporary               d) non-permanent

e) None of these

166.     Name of the round shining portable disk which can store large amount of information and softwares.

a) CD-ROM    b) Floppy disk            c) Scanner       d) Monitor      e) Laptop

167.     Files are organised by storing them in

a) tables          b) databases    c) folders        d) graphs         e) None of these

168.     What menu is selected to change font and style?

a) Tools           b) File                         c) Format        d) Edit                         e) None of these

169.     Text and graphics that have been copied are stored in an area called the

a) Pasteboard              b) Copy board             c) Clipboard    d) Cutting board

e) None of these

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

a) By installing games from CDROMS

b) By uploading pictures from mobile phones to the computer

c) By opening emails

d) By sending emails

e) None of these

171.     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

e) None of these

172.     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

e) None of these

173.     A limitation of software that digitises voice data is that it

a) is prohibitively expensive.                        

b) must be trained to recognise individual voices.

c) can only be used on high-end computers.

d) cannot be used on laptop computers.

e) cannot be used on desktop computers.

174.     External devices such as printers, keyboards and modems are known as

a) add-on devices                   b) peripherals             c) extra hardware devices

d) PC expansion slot add-ons                         e) special-buys

175.     A document in portrait prints

a) the same characters per line with the same document in landscape.

b) more characters per line than the same document in landscape.

c) less characters per line than the same document in landscape.

d) smaller fonts in order to fit the same amount of characters per line with landscape.

e) None of these

176.     When the mouse is moved, it causes a picture to move on the screen which is referred to as a

a) menu           b) icon             c) pointer        d) tab               e) None of these

177.     What is the full form of PROM?

a) Programmable Read Only Memory

b) Progressive Read Only Memory

c) Periodic Read Only Memory

d) Perfect Read Only Memory

e) Program Read-Only Memory

178.     Which of the following will be used if the sender of an e-mail wants to bold, italicise the text message?

a) Reach Signature                 b) Reach Text                                     c) Reach Format

d) Plain Format                      e) Plain Text

179.     In a computer, how many bits does a nibble signify?

a) 4                  b) 8                  c) 16                d) 32                e) 64

180.     Which of the following is not true about a compiler?

a) It translates instruction of a high-level language into machine language.

b) It translates entire source program into machine language program.

c) It is involved in program's execution.

d) It is a translating program.

e) It is useful to run programs.

181.     In Word, you can change Page Margins by

a) dragging the scroll box on the scroll bars

b) deleting the margin boundaries on the Ruler

c) dragging the margin boundaries on the Ruler

d) clicking the right mouse button on the Ruler

e) None of these

182.     Using output devices one can

a) input data                b) store data                c) scan data     d) view or print data

e) None of these

183.     Computer programs are written in a high-level programming language; however, the human-readable version of a program is called

a) cache                       b) instruction set        c) source code             d) word size

e) None of these

184.     In word processing, an efficient way to move the 3rd paragraph to place it after the 5th paragraph is

a) copy and paste        b) copy, cut and paste                         c) cut, copy and paste

d) cut and paste          e) None of these

185.   _____ is the ability of a device to "jump" directly to the requested data.

a) Sequential access               b) Random access                   c) Quick access

d) All of the above                 e) None of these

186.     The _____ is the amount of data that a storage device can move from the storage medium to the computer per second.

a) data migration rate                         b) data digitising rate                         c) data transfer rate

d) data access rate                  e) None of these

187.     _____ terminals (formerly known as cash registers) are often connected to complex inventory and sales computer systems.

a) Data            b) Point-of-sale (POS)           c) Sales           d) Query

e) None of these

188.   _____ is a cross between a human language and a programming language.

a) Pseudocode             b) Java            c) The Java Virtual Machine

d) The compiler          e) None of these

189.     Viruses, Trojan horses and Worms are

a) able to harm computer system

b) unable to be detected if present on computer

c) user-friendly applications

d) harmless applications resident on computer

e) None of these

190.     Which of the following is not one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?

a) gathering data        

b) processing data into information

c) analysing the data or information

d) storing the data or information

e) None of these

191.     The amount of the data, the CPU can transmit at a time to main memory and to input and output devices is called

a) Data width              b) Bus width               c) Memory width

d) Capacity                 e) None of these

192.     The daily processing of corrections to customer ac-counts can be simplified into a processing mode of

a) Time-sharing                      b) Centralised processing       c) Batch processing

d) Real-time processing         e) None of these

193.     ERP is an acronym for

a) Enterprise Retirement Planning                b) Enterprise Relationship Planning

c) Enterprise Resource Planning                    d) Enterprise Reorder Planning

e) Enterprise Retention Planning

194.     Origin of internet can be tracked from

a) ARPAnet                            b) Radio networks                  c) Satellite networks

d) Indian army networks        e) Air Force networks

195.     Pressing CTRL + 9 in Excel

a) Prints 9                              

b) Prints                     

c) Prints 9 followed by spaces

d) Inserts 9 cells at the current location

e) Hides the current row

196.     To change the name of an Excel worksheet

a) Click on the worksheet tab by holding CTRL key and type a new name

b) Choose Save As option from file menu

c) Add a (?) at the end of filename while saving the workbook

d) Press CTRL+SHIFT keys and new name

e) Double click at the worksheet tab and type a new name

197.     A cookie

a) stores information about the user's web activity

b) stores software developed by the user

c) stores the password of the user

d) stores the commands used by the user

e) None of these

198.     Which of the following is not true about an assembler?

a) It translates instructions of assembly language into machine language

b) It does not translate a C program.

c) It is involved in program execution.

d) It is a translating program

e) It does not translate a BASIC program.

199.     Removing and replacing devices without turning off your computer is referred to as

a) Hot swapping         b) Plug-n-Play            c) Bay swap    d) USB swapping

e) None of these

200.     A complete electronic circuit with transistors and other electronic components on a small silicon chip is called a(n)

a) workstation                         b) CPU            c) magnetic disk         d) integrated circuit

e) complex circuit

ANSWERS

161. d              162. c              163. d              164. a              165. b 

166. a              167. c              168.c               169. c              170. c

171. b              172. d              173. b              174. b              175. c 

176. c              177. a              178. c              179. a              180. e

181. c              182. d              183. c              184. d              185. b 

186. c              187. b              188. a              189. a              190. c

191. b              192. c              193. c              194. a              195. e 

196. e              197. a              198. b              199. b              200. d