General Computer Test - 40

 

1. What are the four basis connecting hardware devices?

(a)    Repeater, bridge, router and gateway

(b)    Repeater, bridge, router and dell

(c)     Repeater, connector, router and gateway

(d)    Amplifier, bridge, router and gateway

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

2. The………..lists the location of files on the disk

(a)    FAT

(b)    boot sector

(c)     root folder

(d)    data area

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

3. A device operating at the physical layer is called a :

(a)    Bridge

(b)    Router

(c)     Repeater

(d)    All of these

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

4. Numbers of bits per symbol used in Baudot code is

(a)    5

(b)    6

(c)     7

(d)    8

(e)    9

Ans : (a)

5. To get to the ‘Symbol’ dialog box, click on the menu and choose ‘Symbol’.

(a)    Insert

(b)    Format

(c)     Tools

(d)    Table

(e)    Help

Ans : (a)

6. Which is not a data source component?

(a)    mail merge toolbar

(b)    header row

(c)     data fields

(d)    data records

(e)    All of these

Ans : (a)

7. Use this when you want to make all letters capital without having to use the shift key for each character………..

(a)    shifter

(b)    upper case

(c)     caps lock key

(d)    icon

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

8. Which of the following is not a type of hub?

(a)    Passive hub

(b)    Inactive hub

(c)     Switching hub

(d)    Intelligent hub

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

9. Allows you to print.

(a)    ribbon

(b)    monitor

(c)     go now

(d)    Ctrl + P

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

10. In a synchronous modem, the receive equalizer is known as

(a)    adaptive equilizer

(b)    impairment equilizer

(c)     statistical equalizer

(d)    compromise equilizer

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

11. Which of the following is not the part of standard office suite?

(a)    Word Processor

(b)    Database

(c)     Image Editor

(d)    File manager

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

12. In a document what is the maximum number of columns that can be inserted in MS Word Table?

(a)    35

(b)    15

(c)     63

(d)    65

(e)    70

Ans : (c)

13. Machine language sometimes also referred as:

(a)    Binary language

(b)    High level language

(c)     Middle level language

(d)    Low level language

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

14. Which is an another name for functional language

(a)    Machine

(b)    Application

(c)     Low-level language

(d)    High-level language

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

15.  ……….translates the semantic instructions developed by programmers into the machine language

(a)    Assembler 

(b)    Interpreter

(c)     Loader        

(d)    Compiler

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

16.  ………is an artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a computer :

(a)    Programming language

(b)    Machine Language

(c)     Software Language

(d)    Assembly Language

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

17.  This is a standard way for a Web server to pass a Web user’s request to an application program and to receive data back to forward to the user –

(a)    Interrupt request

(b)    Forward DNS lookup

(c)     Data-Link layer

(d)    File Transfer Protocol

(e)    Common gateway interface

Ans : (e)

18. This type of software is designed for users who want to customize the programs they use.

(a)    Shareware

(b)    Open-source software

(c)     Freeware

(d)    Macros

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

19. The effect of the ROLLBACK command in a transaction is the following         _

(a)    Undo all changes to the data-base resulting from the execution of the transaction

(b)    Undo the effects of the last UPDATE command

(c)     Restore the content of the database to its state at the end of the previous day

(d)    Make sure that all changes to the database are in effect

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

20. All of the following are TRUE of Safe Mode EXCEPT :

(a)    Safe Mode is a special diagnostic mode

(b)    Safe Mode loads all nonessential icons

(c)     Safe Mode allows users to troubleshoot errors.

(d)    Safe Mode loads only the most essential devices

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

21. Changing the appearance of a document is called

(a)    Proofing

(b)    Editing

(c)     Formatting

(d)    Correcting

(e)    All of the above

Ans : (c)

22. You can detect spelling and grammar errors by :

(a)    Press Shit + F7

(b)    Press Ctrl + F7

(c)     Press Alt + F7

(d)    Press F7

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

23 . A(n) -----system is a small, wireless handheld computer that scans an item’s tag and pulls up the current price (and any special offers) as you shop.

(a)    PSS

(b)    POS

(c)     Inventory

(d)    data mining

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

24. Single party disk relying on the disk controller for finding out which disk has failed is used by :

(a)    RAID level 5

(b)    RAID level 2

(c)     RAID level 4

(d)    RAID level 3

(e)    RAID level 1

Ans : (d)

25. What happens when you click on insert>Picture>Clip Art

(a)    It inserts a clipart picture into document

(b)    It lets you choose clipart to insert into document

(c)     It opens Clip Art taskbar

(d)    It insets symbols

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

General Computer Test - 39

 

1. Which type of software is distributed free but requires the users to pay some amount for further use?

(a)    freeware

(b)    shareware

(c)     rentalware

(d)    public-domain software

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

2.  A pixel is a :

(a)    picture element or dot on a screen

(b)    point of ink on a laser printed page

(c)     point of ink on an ink jet-printed page

(d)    light beam used as an input device

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

3. The most common pointing input device is the :

(a)    trackball

(b)    touchpad

(c)     touchscreen

(d)    mouse

(e)    scanner

Ans : (d)

4. The file that is created through word processing is a :

(a)    database file

(b)    storage file

(c)     worksheet file

(d)    document file

(e)    graphical file

Ans : (d)

5. Web pages are saved in format.

(a)    http.//

(b)    HTML

(c)     DOC

(d)    URL

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

6. If employees reside in different parts of the country and need to meet monthly, useful computer technology would be :

(a)    video-display software

(b)    video digitzing

(c)     video conferencing

(d)    video scanning

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

7. The wheel located between the two standard buttons on a mouse is used to :

(a)    click on Web pages

(b)    shutdown

(c)     click and select items

(d)    jump to different Web pages

(e)    scroll

Ans : (d)

8. Which type of software is used in the design of products, structures, civil, engineering, drawings and maps?

(a)    CAD programs

(b)    desktop programs

(c)     drawing programs

(d)    painting programs

(e)    video/audio programs

Ans : (a)

9. Advanced word processing features include all except creation of :

(a)    alternate headers and footers

(b)    columns

(c)     detailed architectural drawings

(d)    stylesheets

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

10. The computer that hosts your e-mail account is known as a(n):

(a)    Host

(b)    E-mail client

(c)     E-mail server

(d)    Listserv

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

11. can interpret voice data into words that can be understood by the computer:

(a)    Speech input hardware

(b)    Talking software

(c)     Word recognition software

(d)    Speed recognition software

(e)    Adobe reader

Ans : (d)

12. A touchpad responds to :

(a)    light

(b)    pressure

(c)     clicking

(d)    the sense of heat from fingertips

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

13. What is the term for calculations used within spreadsheets?

(a)    analysis

(b)    ranges

(c)     formulas

(d)    recalculations

(e)    values

Ans : (c)

14. This is a set of values that you want to chart in Excel.

(a)    Object

(b)    Numbers

(c)     Date Mart

(d)    Formulas

(e)    Data series

Ans : (e)

15. Before you can begin using e-mail, you must have a(n) :

(a)    Browser

(b)    Modem

(c)     Server

(d)    Scanner

(e)    Account

Ans : (e)

16. Until a computer can recognize handwriting, an input device must :

(a)    store the information in secondary storage

(b)    optimise the information

(c)     digitise the information

(d)    show the information on a screen

(e)    become an output device also

Ans : (b)

17. The pointing device that comes built into a laptop computer can be any except a :

(a)    mouse

(b)    trackball

(c)     touchpad

(d)    pointing stick

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

18. The button that displays the window over the entire screen is :

(a)    Scroll box

(b)    Downsize

(c)     Restore Down

(d)    Minimize

(e)    Maximize

Ans : (e)

19. The .xls extension is used for…..files.

(a)    Windows

(b)    Access

(c)     Power Point

(d)    Word

(e)    Excel

Ans : (e)

20. Which of the following are tasks that may be completed when configuring your e-mail client?

(a)    Provide the IP address of your ISP’s mail server

(b)    Provide the name of your e-mail account

(c)     Specify that mail is to be deleted from the host computer after it is downloaded to your computer.

(d)    All of these

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

21. Which of the following is a transaction?

(a)    A group of SQL statements consisting of one read and one write operation

(b)    A group of SQL statements consisting only of ready operations.

(c)     A group of SQL statements defining a user-oriented task

(d)    A group of SQL statements consisting only of write operations

(e) None of these

Ans : (a)

22. In order for computers to communicate across a network, they must be connected through a(n)………

(a)    TCP/IP

(b)    Topology

(c)     Ethernet

(d)    Thin client

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

23. “Buy Now – Pay Now” is commonly used for :

(a)    Debit cards

(b)    Vault Cards

(c)     Credit Cards

(d)    E-purse

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

24. The………….,stored on a ROM chip, is responsible for loading the operating system from its permanent location on the hard drive into RAM.

(a)    BIOS

(b)    API

(c)     device driver

(d)    Supervisor program

(e)    display

Ans : (a)

25. Choices in computers are referred to as :

(a)    options

(b)    exit

(c)     boot

(d)    folder

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)