General Computer Test - 142

 

1. When you enter text in a cell in Excel, it also appears in which of the following?

(1) Status bar

(2) Formula bar

(3) Row heading

(4) Name box

(5) None of these

ANSWER:2

2. Which elements of a Word document can be displayed in colour?

(1) Only graphics

(2) Only text

(3) Only the first word of each line

(4) All elements, but only if you have a colour printer

(5) All elements

3. A workbook is a collection of

(1) Page Setup

(2) Buttons

(3) Diagrams

(4) Charts

(5) Worksheets

ANSWER:5

4. appear at the bottom of the Excel Window.

(1) Sheet tabs

(2) Name Box

(3) Formula bar

(4) Title bar

(5) None of these

5. EPROM stands for

(1) Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory

(2) Electronic Programmable Read-Only Memory

(3) Enterprise Programmable Read-Only Memory

(4) Extended Programmable Read-Only Memory

(5) Electrical Programmable Read-Only Memory

ANSWER: 1

6. The technology that stores only the essential instructions on a microprocessor chip and thus enhances its speed is referred to as

(1) CISC

(2) RISC

3) CD-ROM

(4) Wi-Fi

(5) MISC

ANSWER: 2

7. Which is not a basic function of a computer?

(1) Store data

(2)Accept input

(3)Process data

(4) Copy text

(5) Accept and process data

ANSWER: 4

8. ASCII is a coding system that provides

(1) 256 different characters

(2) 512 different characters

(3) 1024 different characters

(4) 128 different characters

(5) 1000 different characters

ANSWER: 4

9. Which part of the computer is directly invoked in executing the instructions of the computer program?

(1) The scanner

(2) The main storage

(3) The secondary storage

(4) The printer

(5) The processor

ANSWER: 5

10. In order to create column data in Word, you need to

(1) tab consecutively until your cursor reaches the desired place

(2) set tabs or use the Table menu

(3) use Excel

(4) press the space bar until your cursor reaches the desired place

(5) None of these

ANSWER: 5

11. Files are organised by storing them in

(1) tables

(2) databases

(3) folders

(4) graphs

(5) diagrams

ANSWER:3

12. When a computer is switched on, the booting process performs

(1) Integrity Test

(2) Power-On Self-Test

(3) Correct Functioning Test

(4) Reliability Test

(5) Shut-down

ANSWER: 2

13. In Word, the feature that automatically detects common errors is called

(1) Autocorrect

(2) Autograph

(3) Spelling and Grammar

(4) Go to

(5) Thesaurus

ANSWER:1

14. A computer system that is old and perhaps not satisfactory is referred to as a(n)

(1) Ancient system

(2) Historical system

(3) Age old system

(4) Legacy system

(5) Legal System

ANSWER: 4

15. Which of the following is not a binary number?

(1) 001

(2) 101

(3) 202

(4) 110

(5) 011

ANSWER:3

16. Which of the following does not store data permanently?

(1) ROM

(2) RAM

(3) Floppy Disk

(4) Hard Disk

(5) None of these

ANSWER:2

17. Which of the following is the smallest storage?

(1) Megabyte

(2) Gigabyte

(3) Kilobyte

(4) Terabyte

(5) None of these

ANSWER:5

18. Which menu enables the user to choose toolbars?

(1) View

(2) Format

(3) Insert

(4) Edit

(5) Help

ANSWER: 1

19. By viewing the properties of the local hard disk of a computer, the user can find out

(1) the amount of space that has been used up and the remaining free space on the disk.

(2) the name of the user viewing the properties of the disk.

(3) nothing useful to the user.

(4) the number of programs available in the computer,

(5) None of these

ANSWER: 1

20. Pre-defined and built-in formulas in Excel are known as

(1) Autosheets

(2) Diagrams

(3) Charts

(4) Tables

(5) Functions

ANSWER:5

21. Which of the following contains permanent data and gets updated during the processing of transactions?

(1) Operating System File

(2) Transaction file

(3) Software File

(4) Master file

(5) Any File

ANSWER:4

22. The keyboard shortcut to centralise the selected text in Word is

(1) Ctrl + Esc

(2) Ctrl + C

(3) Alt + C

(4) There is no keyboard shortcut for this operation

(5) Ctrl + E

ANSWER: 5

23. Which of the following helps to protect floppy disks from data getting accidentally erased?

(1) Access notch

(2) Write-protect notch

(3) Entry notch

(4) Input notch

(5) None of these

ANSWER:2

24. A modem is connected to

(1) a telephone line

(2) a keyboard

(3) a printer

(4) a monitor

(5) a scanner

ANSWER:1

25. Large transaction processing systems in automated organisations use

(1) Online processing

(2) Batch Processing

(3) Once-a-day Processing

(4) End-of-day processing

(5) Once-a-week processing

ANSWER:2