COMPUTER AWARENESS
PRACTICE MCQs
1. The main reason to encrypt a
file is?
a) Reduce its size
b) Secure it for transmission
c) Prepare it for backup
d) Include it in the start-up
sequence
e) None of the above
2. Which of the following is used
to communicate between two
computers?
a) Communication software
b) Protocol
c) Communication hardware
d) All the above including access
to Transmission medium
e) None of the above
3. The lowest form of computer
language is called?
a) BASIC
b) FORTRAN
c) Machine language
d) COBOL
e) None
4. Which of the following is not a
Operating system for mobile
phones?
a) Android
b) Symbian
c) iOS
d) Bada
e) All of these are OS for mobile
phones
5. This type of file is created by
word processors?
a) worksheet
b)document
c) database
d)presentation
e) none of the these
6. _____allows users to upload files
to an online site so they can be
viewed and edited from another
location?
a) General-purpose application
b) Microsoft Outlook
c) Web-hosted technology
d) Office Live
e) None of these
7. Which of these is not a means of
personal communication on the
internet?
a) Chat
b) Instant messaging
c) Insta notes
d) Electronic mail
e) None of these
8. When entering text within a
document, the enter key is
normally pressed at the end of
every?
a) Line
b) Sentence
c) Paragraph
d) Word
e) File
9. Which of the following software
could assist someone who cannot
use their hands for computer input?
a) Video conferencing
b) speech recognition
c) Audio digitizer
d) Synthesizer
e) None of these
10. ___ software creates a mirror
image of the entire hard disk,
including the operating system,
applications, files, and data?
a) Operating system
b) Backup software
c) Utility programs
d) Driver imaging
e) None of these
11. If you are going to a site you
use often, instead of having to type
in the address every time, you
should?
a) Save it as a file
b) Make a copy of it
c) Bookmark it
d) Delete it
e) None of the above
12. Outlook Express is a(n)?
a) Word Processor
b) Spread Sheet
c) Email client
d) Presentation
e) None of these
13. A device that provides
emergency power to your
computer, conditions the voltage,
and protects against power out is
called a?
a) PSU = Power Supply Unit
b) USP = Universal Surge Protector
c) UPPS = Universal Power
Protection and Supply
d) UPS = Uninterruptible Power
Supply
e) None of the above
14. Which is a graphical represe-
ntation of an application?
a) Windows 95
b) Windows Explorer
c) Icon
d) Taskbar
e) None of the above
15. A program that enables you to
perform calculations involving rows
and columns of numbers is called?
a) Spreadsheet program
b) Word processor
c) Graphics package
d) Window
e) None of these
16. In a network, the most
reliable communication is provided
by ____ protocol?
a) FTP
b) HTTP
c) TCP
d) IP
e) UDP
17. ____ terminals are often
connected to complex inven-tory
and sales computer systems?
a) Data
b) Information
c) Credit Cards
d) Query
e) Point-of-Sale (POS)
18. VOIP is the acronym for?
a) Voice Oriented Internet
Protocol
b) Virtual Object Internet Protocol
c) Voice Over Internet Protocol
d) Virtual Object Intranet
Protocol
e) None of these
19. What type of program controls
various computer parts and allows
the user to interact with the
computer ?
a) Utility software
b) Operating system
c) Word processing software
d) Database program
e) None of the above
20. What is the full form of EPROM?
a) Erasable Program Read Only
Memory
b) Electrically Programmable
Read Only Memory
c) Erasable Programmable Read
Only Memory
d) Erasable Progressive Read Only
Memory
e) Erasable Periodic Read Only
Memory
21. In MS-Word, a menu item in dim
color (gray) indicates that the item
is?
a) Toggle menu
b) Unavailable for current context
c) Not much required menu
d) Over-used menu
e) None of these
22. _____ is a technique that is used
to send more than one call over a
single line?
a) Digitizing
b) Duplexing
c) Infrared Transmission
d) Streaming
e) Multiplexing
23. Which of the following term is
not associated with Display Device
of the computer?
a) LCD
b) LED
c) CRT
d) WAT
e) TFT
24. The fifth generation computer
is also known as?
a) Knowledge information
processing system
b) Very Large Scale Integration
(VLSI)
c) Superfast computer
d) Both a and b
e) None of the these
25. Universal Product Code (UPC) is
a?
a) Scanner
b) Hardware Equipment
c) Antivirus
d) Graphics Adapter
e) Barcode system
26. Microsoft office is?
a) Shareware
b) Public - domain software
c) Open - source software
d) A vertical market application
e) An application suite
27. The scrambling of code is also
known as?
a) Encryption
b) Firewall
c) Encoding
d) Password - proofing
e) None of these
28. A hard drive consists of
spinning ____ made up of aluminum
or ceramic that is coated with
magnetic media?
a) plates
b) disks
c) relays
d) memories
e) platters
29. Which of the following is the
advantage if using a spread-sheet ?
a) Calculations can be done
automatically
b) Changing data automatically
updates calculations
c) More flexibility
d) All the above
e) None of the above
30. Which of the following
memories can be read directly by
the computer processor?
a) Hard Disk
b) Main Memory
c) CD
d) DVD
e) None of these
31. The _______, also called the
Web, contains billions of
documents?
a) Word Wide Web
b) HTTP
c) Web portal
d) Domain
e) None of these
32. Ctrl, Shift, Alt are called ____
Keys?
a) Modifier
b) Function
c) Alphanumeric
d) adjustment
e) Specifier
33. A mistake in an algorithm that
causes incorrect results is called?
a) Logical error
b) Syntax error
c) Machine Error
d) Compiler error
e) None
34. Magnetic Disk medium uses
___ method for accessing data?
a) Direct
b) Serial
c) Sequential
d) Rotational
e) None
35. CGI Stands for?
a) Common Gateway Imaging
b) Computer Gateway Imaging
c) Computer Generated Imagery
d) All the above
e) None of the above
36. Firewalls are used to protect
against?
a) Unauthorised attacks
b) Virus attacks
c) Data - driven attacks
d) Fire attacks
e) None of these
37. The Software that allows users
to surf the internet is called?
a) Search engine
b) Internet Service Provider(ISP)
c) Multimedia d) Browser
e) None of these
38. Following is true for
Bandwidth?
a) The narrow the bandwidth of a
communications system the less
data it can transmit in a given
period of time.
b) The narrow the bandwidth of a
communications system the more
data it can transmit in a given
period of time.
c) The wider the bandwidth of a
communications system the less
data it can transmit in a given
period of time.
d) All of the above
e) None is true
39. The following is a communica-
tion device (modem) which allows
an ordinary telephone to be used
with a computer device for data
transmission?
a) Keyboard
b) Acoustic coupler
c) Mobile phone
d) All of the above
e) None
40. For Creating a document, you
use __command from the file
menu?
a) Open
b) Close
c) New
d) Save
e) None of the above
Answers
1) b 2) d 3) c 4) e 5) b
6) c 7) c 8) c 9) b 10) b
11) c 12) c 13) d 14) c 15) a 16)
c 17) e 18) c 19) b 20) c
21) b 22) e 23) d 24) a 25) e
26) e 27) a 28) e 29) d 30) b
31) a 32) a 33) a 34) a 35) c 36)
a 37) d 38) a 39) b 40) c
PRACTICE MCQs
1. The main reason to encrypt a
file is?
a) Reduce its size
b) Secure it for transmission
c) Prepare it for backup
d) Include it in the start-up
sequence
e) None of the above
2. Which of the following is used
to communicate between two
computers?
a) Communication software
b) Protocol
c) Communication hardware
d) All the above including access
to Transmission medium
e) None of the above
3. The lowest form of computer
language is called?
a) BASIC
b) FORTRAN
c) Machine language
d) COBOL
e) None
4. Which of the following is not a
Operating system for mobile
phones?
a) Android
b) Symbian
c) iOS
d) Bada
e) All of these are OS for mobile
phones
5. This type of file is created by
word processors?
a) worksheet
b)document
c) database
d)presentation
e) none of the these
6. _____allows users to upload files
to an online site so they can be
viewed and edited from another
location?
a) General-purpose application
b) Microsoft Outlook
c) Web-hosted technology
d) Office Live
e) None of these
7. Which of these is not a means of
personal communication on the
internet?
a) Chat
b) Instant messaging
c) Insta notes
d) Electronic mail
e) None of these
8. When entering text within a
document, the enter key is
normally pressed at the end of
every?
a) Line
b) Sentence
c) Paragraph
d) Word
e) File
9. Which of the following software
could assist someone who cannot
use their hands for computer input?
a) Video conferencing
b) speech recognition
c) Audio digitizer
d) Synthesizer
e) None of these
10. ___ software creates a mirror
image of the entire hard disk,
including the operating system,
applications, files, and data?
a) Operating system
b) Backup software
c) Utility programs
d) Driver imaging
e) None of these
11. If you are going to a site you
use often, instead of having to type
in the address every time, you
should?
a) Save it as a file
b) Make a copy of it
c) Bookmark it
d) Delete it
e) None of the above
12. Outlook Express is a(n)?
a) Word Processor
b) Spread Sheet
c) Email client
d) Presentation
e) None of these
13. A device that provides
emergency power to your
computer, conditions the voltage,
and protects against power out is
called a?
a) PSU = Power Supply Unit
b) USP = Universal Surge Protector
c) UPPS = Universal Power
Protection and Supply
d) UPS = Uninterruptible Power
Supply
e) None of the above
14. Which is a graphical represe-
ntation of an application?
a) Windows 95
b) Windows Explorer
c) Icon
d) Taskbar
e) None of the above
15. A program that enables you to
perform calculations involving rows
and columns of numbers is called?
a) Spreadsheet program
b) Word processor
c) Graphics package
d) Window
e) None of these
16. In a network, the most
reliable communication is provided
by ____ protocol?
a) FTP
b) HTTP
c) TCP
d) IP
e) UDP
17. ____ terminals are often
connected to complex inven-tory
and sales computer systems?
a) Data
b) Information
c) Credit Cards
d) Query
e) Point-of-Sale (POS)
18. VOIP is the acronym for?
a) Voice Oriented Internet
Protocol
b) Virtual Object Internet Protocol
c) Voice Over Internet Protocol
d) Virtual Object Intranet
Protocol
e) None of these
19. What type of program controls
various computer parts and allows
the user to interact with the
computer ?
a) Utility software
b) Operating system
c) Word processing software
d) Database program
e) None of the above
20. What is the full form of EPROM?
a) Erasable Program Read Only
Memory
b) Electrically Programmable
Read Only Memory
c) Erasable Programmable Read
Only Memory
d) Erasable Progressive Read Only
Memory
e) Erasable Periodic Read Only
Memory
21. In MS-Word, a menu item in dim
color (gray) indicates that the item
is?
a) Toggle menu
b) Unavailable for current context
c) Not much required menu
d) Over-used menu
e) None of these
22. _____ is a technique that is used
to send more than one call over a
single line?
a) Digitizing
b) Duplexing
c) Infrared Transmission
d) Streaming
e) Multiplexing
23. Which of the following term is
not associated with Display Device
of the computer?
a) LCD
b) LED
c) CRT
d) WAT
e) TFT
24. The fifth generation computer
is also known as?
a) Knowledge information
processing system
b) Very Large Scale Integration
(VLSI)
c) Superfast computer
d) Both a and b
e) None of the these
25. Universal Product Code (UPC) is
a?
a) Scanner
b) Hardware Equipment
c) Antivirus
d) Graphics Adapter
e) Barcode system
26. Microsoft office is?
a) Shareware
b) Public - domain software
c) Open - source software
d) A vertical market application
e) An application suite
27. The scrambling of code is also
known as?
a) Encryption
b) Firewall
c) Encoding
d) Password - proofing
e) None of these
28. A hard drive consists of
spinning ____ made up of aluminum
or ceramic that is coated with
magnetic media?
a) plates
b) disks
c) relays
d) memories
e) platters
29. Which of the following is the
advantage if using a spread-sheet ?
a) Calculations can be done
automatically
b) Changing data automatically
updates calculations
c) More flexibility
d) All the above
e) None of the above
30. Which of the following
memories can be read directly by
the computer processor?
a) Hard Disk
b) Main Memory
c) CD
d) DVD
e) None of these
31. The _______, also called the
Web, contains billions of
documents?
a) Word Wide Web
b) HTTP
c) Web portal
d) Domain
e) None of these
32. Ctrl, Shift, Alt are called ____
Keys?
a) Modifier
b) Function
c) Alphanumeric
d) adjustment
e) Specifier
33. A mistake in an algorithm that
causes incorrect results is called?
a) Logical error
b) Syntax error
c) Machine Error
d) Compiler error
e) None
34. Magnetic Disk medium uses
___ method for accessing data?
a) Direct
b) Serial
c) Sequential
d) Rotational
e) None
35. CGI Stands for?
a) Common Gateway Imaging
b) Computer Gateway Imaging
c) Computer Generated Imagery
d) All the above
e) None of the above
36. Firewalls are used to protect
against?
a) Unauthorised attacks
b) Virus attacks
c) Data - driven attacks
d) Fire attacks
e) None of these
37. The Software that allows users
to surf the internet is called?
a) Search engine
b) Internet Service Provider(ISP)
c) Multimedia d) Browser
e) None of these
38. Following is true for
Bandwidth?
a) The narrow the bandwidth of a
communications system the less
data it can transmit in a given
period of time.
b) The narrow the bandwidth of a
communications system the more
data it can transmit in a given
period of time.
c) The wider the bandwidth of a
communications system the less
data it can transmit in a given
period of time.
d) All of the above
e) None is true
39. The following is a communica-
tion device (modem) which allows
an ordinary telephone to be used
with a computer device for data
transmission?
a) Keyboard
b) Acoustic coupler
c) Mobile phone
d) All of the above
e) None
40. For Creating a document, you
use __command from the file
menu?
a) Open
b) Close
c) New
d) Save
e) None of the above
Answers
1) b 2) d 3) c 4) e 5) b
6) c 7) c 8) c 9) b 10) b
11) c 12) c 13) d 14) c 15) a 16)
c 17) e 18) c 19) b 20) c
21) b 22) e 23) d 24) a 25) e
26) e 27) a 28) e 29) d 30) b
31) a 32) a 33) a 34) a 35) c 36)
a 37) d 38) a 39) b 40) c
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