Sunday, 6 December 2020

General Computer Test - 32

 

1.  ………appear at the bottom of the Excel Window.

(a)    Sheet tabs

(b)    Name box

(c)     Formula bar             

(d)    Title bar

(e)    None of these

Ans : (e)

2.  EPROM stands for………..

(a)    Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory

(b)    Electronic Programmable Read-Only Memory

(c)     Enterprise Programmable Read-Only Memory

(d)    Extended Programmable Read-Only Memory

(e)    Electrical Programmable Read-Only Memory

Ans : (a)

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

(a)    CISC

(b)    RISC

(c)     CD-ROM

(d)    Wi-Fi

(e)    MISC           

Ans : (e)

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

(a)    Store data

(b)    Accept data

(c)     Process data

(d)    Copy text

(e)    Accept and Process data

Ans : (d)

5. ASCII is a coding system that provides…….

(a)    256 different characters

(b)    512 different characters

(c)     1024 different characters

(d)    128 different characters

(e)    1000 different characters

Ans : (d)

6. Which part of the computer is directly involved in executing the instructions of the computer program?

(a)    The scanner

(b)    The main storage

(c)     The secondary storage

(d)    The printer

(e)    The processor

Ans : (e)

7. When the computer is switched on, the booting process performs the………..

(a)    Integrity Test

(b)    Power-On Self-Test

(c)     Correct Functioning Test

(d)    Reliability Test

(e)    Shut-down

Ans : (b)

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

(a)    Autocorrect

(b)    Autograph

(c)     Spelling and Grammar

(d)    Goto

(e)    Thesaurus

Ans : (a)

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

(a)    Ancient system

(b)    Historical system

(c)     Age-old system

(d)    Legacy system

(e)    Legal system

Ans : (d)

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

(a)    001

(b)    101

(c)     202

(d)    110

(e)    011

Ans : (c)

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

(a)    ROM           

(b)    RAM

(c)     Floppy Disk

(d)    Hard Disk

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

12. Which of the following is the smallest storage?

(a)    Megabyte

(b)    Gigabyte

(c)     Kilobyte

(d)    Terabyte

(e)    Nano Mbyte

Ans : (c)

13. Which menu enables the user to choose toolbars?

(a)    View

(b)    Format

(c)     Insert

(d)    Edit

(e)    Help

Ans : (a)

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

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

(b)    the name of the user viewing the properties of the disk

(c)     Nothing useful to the user

(d)    The number of programs available in the computer

(e)    None of these

An s : (a)

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

(a)    Autosheets

(b)    Diagrams

(c)     Charts

(d)    Tables

(e)    Functions

Ans : (e)

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

(a)    Operating System File

(b)    Transaction File

(c)     Software File

(d)    Master File

(e)    Any File

Ans : (b)

17. The keyboard shortcut to center selected text in Word is

(a)    Ctrl + Esc

(b)    Ctrl + C        

(c)     Alt + C

(d)    There is no keyboard shortcut for this operation

(e)    Ctrl + E

Ans : (e)

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

(a)    access notch

(b)    Write-protect notch

(c)     entry notch

(d)    input notch

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

19. A modem is connected to……….

(a)    a telephone line

(b)    a keyboard

(c)     a printer

(d)    a monitor

(e)    a scanner

Ans : (a)

20. Large transaction processing systems in automated organizations use………….

(a)    Online Processing

(b)    Batch Processing

(c)     Once-a-Day  Processing

(d)    End-of-a Day Processing

(e)    Once-a-week Processing

Ans : (b)

21. Which Excel feature enables predefined layouts to selected tables in the worksheet?

(a)    Autoformat

(b)    Header and Footers

(c)     Undo and Redo

(d)    Spelling and Grammar

(e)    Autograph

Ans : (a)

22. Which of the following is hardware and not software?

(a)    Power Point

(b)    Printer Driver

(c)     ALU

(d)    Excel

(e)    Operating System

Ans : (c)

23. What is the default file extension for all word documents?

(a)    TXT

(b)    WRD

(c)     FIL 

(d)    DOC

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

24. The octal system…………

(a)    needs less digits to represent a number than in the binary-system

(b)    needs more digits to represent a number than in the binary system

(c)     needs the same number of digits to represent a number as in the binary system

(d)    needs the same number of digits to represent a number as in the decimal system

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

25. When you scroll through a document, the………….does not move.

(a)    I-beam

(b)    scroll bar

(c)     page

(d)    insertion point

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

General Computer Test - 31

 

1. Which is a swapping device used to hold the images of pages in main memory?

(a)    Plex

(b)    Paging drum

(c)     Card punch

(d)    Optical mark reader

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

2. The examination and changing of single bits or small groups of these within a word is called

(a)    bit

(b)    byte

(c)     bit manipulation

(d)    bit slice

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

3. A language used for expressing program designs is known as

(a)    APL

(b)    PDL

(c)     PL/1

(d)    SNOBOL

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

4. An input device that transfers information from the punched card to the computer’s memory is

(a)    cassette tape

(b)    card

(c)     card reader

(d)    magnetic disk

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

5. One million bytes of information is abbreviated as

(a)    Bit

(b)    MB

(c)     KB

(d)    GB

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

6. Which is the part of a computer system that enables human operators to communicate with the computer?

(a)    Console

(b)    Keyboard

(c)     Printer

(d)    CPU                       

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

7.  High-level languages are not concerned with computer but with

(a)    assembler

(b)    machine code

(c)     compiler

(d)    All of these

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

8. An instruction that transfers program control to one or more possible paths is known as

(a)    utility program

(b)    system software

(c)     broadband channel

(d)    application program

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

 9. The process of writing computer instructions in a programming language is known as

(a)    coding

(b)    processing

(c)     programming

(d)    file

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

10. Which input device is able to scan and interpret an entire page that is typed in a special font?

(a)    Floppy disk

(b)    Page reader

(c)     Paper tape punch

(d)    Optical card readers

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

11. An input device that is able to interpret combinations of marks that represent data is known as

(a)    optical mark reader

(b)    mouse

(c)     card punch

(d)    punch bar-code reader

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

12. A memory in which the information is stored last is on top and is retrieved first is known as

(a)    PROM

(b)    Buffer

(c)     Stack

(d)    RAM

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

13. The memory stees in mainframe computers and advanced technology micro computers are expressed as

(a)    bytes

(b)    kilo-bytes

(c)     bits

(d)    megabytes

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

14. The invention of the slide rule is attributed to

(a)    Babbage

(b)    Oughtred

(c)     Pascal

(d)    Napier

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

15. Pick out the wrong statement

(a)    information stored in RAM can be changed by over writing it

(b)    information stored in ROM cannot be changed by over-writing

(c)     information can be stored in any location of RAM

(d)    computer main memory can be accessed only sequentially

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

16. The purpose of an application program is to

(a)    convert program written in high level language to machine language

(b)    meet specific user needs

(c)     allow the operating system to control resources better

(d)    make off-line equipment run better

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

17.A medium for transferring data between two locations is called

(a)    network

(b)    communication channel

(c)     modem

(d)    bus

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

 18. A place in a computer memory which stores a unit of information is

(a)    buffer

(b)    accumulator

(c)     memory

(d)    location

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

19. A by-bits word length computer with very high speed CPU and 64 MB main memory is

(a)    minicomputer

(b)    super computer

(c)     mainframe computer

(d)    micro computer

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

20. A two-or-three character code used in teletypewriter systems to activate a particular machine is known as

(a)    gray code

(b)    bar code

(c)     call-directing code

(d)    mnemonics

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

21. Which is a high level computer language that is often used by children?

(a)    SNOBOL

(b)    A PL

(c)     LOGO

(d)    PL/1

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

22. Which of the following methods is of reading the characters and providing input to a computer?

(a)    Optical character reader

(b)    Punched paper tape

(c)     Card punch

(d)    Magnetic ink character

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

23. When you enter text in a cell in Excel, it also appears in the………..

(a)    status bar

(b)    formula bar

(c)     row heading

(d)    name box

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

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

(a)    Only graphics

(b)    Only text

(c)     Only the first word of each line

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

(e)    All elements

Ans : (e)

25. Workbook is a collection of………

(a)    Page Setup

(b)    Buttons

(c)     Diagrams

(d)    Charts

(e)    Worksheets

Ans : (e)