Page 1

Current Affairs
MCQs
Computer Science MCQs Topics:
 Introduction of Computer
 Components of Computer
 Input / Output And Storage Devices
 Software And Programming Languages
 Microsoft Windows
 Internet And Emails
 Microsoft Word
 Microsoft Excel
 Microsoft PowerPoint
 Number Systems And Computer Codes

Page 2
1. All physical components and other attached I/O devices of computer are called ------- ?

A. Software

B. Hardware (Answer)

C. Firmware

D. Liveware

2. Which of the following is the major innovation of Third Generation ?

A. Integrated Circuits (IC’s) (Answer)

B. LSIC

C. Vacuum Tube

D. Transistors

3. Which computer deals with continuously varying physical quantities ?

A. Digital compute (Answer)

B. Analog computer

C. Marco computer

D. Mini computer

4. -------- are close to human languages ?

A. High Level Languages (Answer)

B. Low Level Languages

C. Assembly language

D. None Of These

Page 3
5. --------- translates one instruction at a time ?

A. Compiler

B. Interpreter (Answer)

C. Assembler

D. None Of These

6. The Main memory used in 1st Generation is ?

A. PROM

B. ROM and RAM

C. EPROM

D. Magnetic Drums (Answer)

7. Punched car was invented By ?

A. Herman Hollerith (Answer)

B. Charles Babbage

C. Blake Pascal

D. John Mauchley

8. Computer can transmit all the information to transmission media as series of binary bits ?

A. 1’s and 0’s (Answer)

B. O’s and 3’s

C. 2’s and 2’s

D. 0’s and 2’s

Page 4
9. Computer Means ?

A. To Operate

B. To Produce

C. To Calculate (Answer)

D. To Generate

10. Computer ear is divided into --------- ages ?

A. Two ages

B. Three ages (Answer)

C. Only one ages

D. Four ages

11. Bus is a set of --------- that is used as a communication path ?

A. Wires (Answer)

B.B. Processor

C. Register

D. None of These

12. 1K Byte = ---------- Bytes.

A. 1024 Bytes (Answer)

B. 8 Bytes

C. 1G Bytes

D. 1M Bytes

Page 5
13. There are basically register ?

A. Fourteen (Answer)

B. Eight

C. Sixty Five

D. None of These

14. A port or interface that can be used for communication , in which only 1 bit it transmitted at a time is called ?

A. Serial Port (Answer)

B. Parallel Port

C. Serial and parallel both transmit 1 bit

D. None of These

15. Which port is reliable ?

A.Serial (Answer)

B.Parallel

C.Both are equal reliable

D.None of These

16. Arithmetic, logic unit of a computer system perform ?

A. Logical decision

B. Atithmetic and Logical Functions (Answer)

C. Simple Mathematical Calculation

D.Arithmetic Calculations

17. The Type of memory, which is permanent and ratains data even the compute is turned off.

Page 6
A.RAM

B. Primary Memory

C. ROM (Answer)

D. External Memory

18. CPU stands for ?

A. Controlling Power Unit

B. Central Processing Unit (Answer)

C. Central Processor Unit

D. None OF These

19. There are --------- typical component of CPU, namely -------- ?

A. Two, Arithmetic and logical unit and control unit (Answer)

B. Three, ALU, CU and External Storage

C. Two, Arithmetic and logical unit and memory.

D. None of These

20. There are --------- buses, namely ----------- ?

A. Two , Control bus, connecting bus

B. Three, address bus, data bus a and control but

C. Three, Address bus, data bus and communication bus (Answer)

D. None of These

21. Printer resolution is usually measured in ?

Page 7
A. Data par inch

B. Character par inch

C. Dots per inch (Answer)

D. None Of These

22. Standard keyboard has function keys ?

A. 10

B. 11

C. 12 (Answer)

D. 14

23. The Following are the input devices ?

A. Keyboard, Mouse, Scanner, Flatbed Scanner (Answer)

B. Keyboard, Mouse, Scanner, Flatbed Plotter

C. Han-Held Scanner, Drum Plotter, Mouse , Joystick

D. None Of These

24. Laser Printer and ink-jet printers are example of ?

A. Impact Printer

B. Line Printer

C. Drum Printer

D. None Of These (Answer)

25. Plotters can be generally divided into --------- categories namely -------- ?

A. Two, Pen Plotters and Electrostatic Plotters (Answer)

Page 8
B. Two , Drum Plotters and Flatbed Plotters

C. Four , Pen , Electrostatic , Drum and Flatbed plotters

D. Three , Pen , Electrostatic and Flatbed Plotters

26. The purpose of input device is ?

A.Pass Information (Answer)

B.Filtraintion of information

C.Pass information directly to CPU

D.None of These

27. Where engineering applications ar used and precision is mandatory, we use -------- for printing ?

A. Laser

B. Electrostatic Plotter

C. Pen Plotter (Answer)

D. None Of these

28. The Mouse is a primary input device but lack the ability to easily transmit ?

A. Graphical

B. Numerical

C. Alpha Numerical

D. Textual (Answer)

29. The CD-Writer performance is measured in ---------- unit ?

A. DPI

B. Y

Page 9
C. Bytes

D. None Of These (Answer)

30. Screen Output is known as ?

A. Software

B. Livewire

C. Soft Copy (Answer)

D. Hard Copy

31. Ram is ------ Memory

A. Volatile (Answer)

B. Non Volatile

C. Permanent

D. None Of These

32. --------- Is a pre-programmed memory.

A. Static RAM

B. Dynamic RAM

C. SISS and DIMM both

D. None of These (Answer)

33. Irregular data can accessed on magnetictap

A. Randomly

B. Serially (Answer)

Page 10
C. Use Dieting

D. None Of These

34. LBA Stands for --------- ?

A. Logical Block Adress

B. Logical Buffer area

C. None Of These

35. Auxiliary Storage are --------- Memory ?

A. Primary

B. Non-Volatile (Answer)

C. Temporary

D. None Of These

36. The read/write heads of hard disk drive, floppy disk drive and tape drive contain electromagnets.

A. The statement is true.

B. The above statement needs little correction

C. the above statements is a false statements

D. Information’s is not sufficient (Answer)

37. Each byte is the combination of -------- small unit called bits ?

A. 16

B. 10

C. 8 (Answer)

D. 18

Page 11
38. Smallest unit of the memoray is --------.

A. Nibble

B. Bit (Answer)

C. 0 or 1

D. Byte

39. Each box of memory has ------- address.

A. Alterable

B. Unique (Answer)

C. Two

D. None Of These

40. A Large Memory Can Further be installed , Known as ---------- ?

A.Conventional

B. Primary Memory

C.Expanded Memory (Answer)

D. ROM

41. The main unit of computer is

A. CPU

B. Input Unit

C. Memory Unit

D. Output Unit

Page 12
42. The device which provides display to users, is

A. CPU

B. TV

C. Memory Unit

D. Monitor (Answer)

43. Which one of the following is not a valid memory unit

A. MB

B. KB

C. Byte

D. XB (Answer)

44. The most common type of printer is

A. Scanner

B. Drum Printer

C. Dot-Matrix Printer

D. Inkjet Printer

45. The extension .exe represents

A. Examination File

B. Extra File

C. Executable File

D. Extension File

Page 13
46. There are -------- different ways for creating a table in Microsoft access.

A. 2

B. 4

C. 3

D. 5

47. We can create multi column document in Ms Word

A. True

B. False

C. Situation Dependent

D. None Of These

48. WAN stands For

A. Wide Area Network

B. Wired Area Network

C. While Area Network

D. Whole Area Network

49. There are ------------- method(s) of Linux installation

A. 6

B. 2

C. 1

D. 7

50. MS Excel is a(an)

Page 14
A. Application Software

B. Operating System

D. Editor

D. Package (Answer)

51. Which one is not a web browser ?

A. Google chrome

B. Mozilla fire fox

C. Adobe Photo Shop (Answer)

D. Internet Explorer

52. Which one is the brain of computer ?

A. CPU (Answer)

B. ALU

C. Memory Unit

D. None of thme

53. Which one Short key used to find in Ms Word ?

A. CTRL + G

B. CTRL + F3

C. CTRL + F (Answer)

D. None of Them

54. Windows is a ?

A. Software

Page 15
B. Application Software

C. System Software (Answer)

D. None of Theme

55. Which one is the output device ?

A. Joy Stick

B. Cd Writer

C. Printer (Answer)

D. None of them

56. Plator is a ?

A. Output Device (Answer)

B. Inpute Device

C. A & B

D. None of them

57. Hard Disk is a ?

A. Storage Device (Answer)

B. Input Device

C. Output Device

D. None of them

58. Which one short key is used to Close program ?

A. CRTL + F3

B. Windows + U

Page 16
C. CTRL + Z

D. CTRL + F4 (Answer)

59. Ms Word is a ?

A. Application Software (Answer)

B. SystemSoftware

C. A & B

D. None of Them

60. MS Power Used For ?

A. Latter

B. Slide Presentations (Answer)

C. Database

D. None of them

61. The main unit of computer is

A. CPU

B. Input Unit

C. Memory Unit

D. Output Unit

62. The device which provides display to users, is (Answer)

A. CPU

B. TV

Page 17
C. Memory Unit

D. Monitor (Answer)

63. Which one of the following is not a valid memory unit

A. MB

B. KB

C. Byte

D. XB (Answer)

64. The most common type of printer is

A. Scanner

B. Drum Printer

C. Dot-Matrix Printer

D. Inkjet Printer

65. The extension .exe represents

A. Examination File

B. Extra File

C. Executable File

D. Extension File

66. There are -------- different ways for creating a table in Microsoft access.

A. 2

B. 4

C. 3

Page 18
D. 5

67. We can create multi column document in Ms Word

A. True

B. False

C. Situation Dependent

D. None OfThem

68. WAN stands For (Answer)

A. Wide Area Network

B. Wired Area Network

C. While Area Network

D. Whole Area Network

69. There are ------------- method(s) of Linux installation

A. 6

B. 2

C. 1

D. 7

70. MS Excel is a(an) (Answer)

A. Application Software

B. Operating System

C. Editor

D. Package (Answer)

Page 19
71. Which of the following is a visual display unit ?

A. Television

B. Monitor

C. VCD Player

D. None of these

72. There are ---------basic parts of CPU:

A. Four

B. Five

C. Three

D. Two (Answer)

73. Which of the following is Read Only Memory of Computer ?

A. Hard Disc

B. RAM

C. ROM (Answer)

D. Processor

74. Which of the following are the parts of CPU ?

A. ALU

B. Control Unit

C. Processing Unit

D. ALU and Control Unit

Page 20
75. Which unit of CPU is capable of performing arithmetic and logical operation ?

A. ALU

B. Control Unit

C. Processing Unit

D. None of theme

76. Which of the following is a primary memory ?

A. Hard Disc

B. Floppy Disc

C. ROM (Answer)

D. RAM

77. Which of the following devices are used to print a document ?

A. Monitor

B. Plotter

C. Printer

D. None of these

78. Which of the following devices is used to draw a map, building designs, and other big drawings ?

A. Printer

B. Scanner

C. Plotter

D. None of these

79. Which of the following is also called Cathode Ray Tube ?

Page 21
A. Tube light

B. Vacuum Tube

C. Monitor

D. LCD

80. When you enter a data into a computer where does it go ?

A. Hard Disk

B. Ram (Answer)

C. Floppy Disk

D. None of theme

81. Which one is not a web browser ?

A. Google chrome

B. Mozilla fire fox

C. Adobe Photo Shop (Answer)

D. Internet Explorer

82. Which one is the brain of computer ?

A. CPU (Answer)

B. ALU

C. Memory Unit

D. None of thme

83. Which one Short key used to find in Ms Word ?

A. CTRL + G

Page 22
B. CTRL + F3

C. CTRL + F (Answer)

D. None of Them

84. Windows is a ?

A. Software

B. Application Software

C. System Software (Answer)

D. None of Theme

85. Which one is the output device ?

A. Joy Stick

B. Cd Writer

C. Printer (Answer)

D. None of them

86. Plator is a ?

A. Output Device (Answer)

B. Inpute Device

C. A & B

D. None of them

87. Hard Disk is a ?

A. Storage Device (Answer)

B. Input Device

Page 23
C. Output Device

D. None of them

88. Which one short key is used to Close program ?

A. CRTL + F3

B. Windows + U

C. CTRL + Z

D. CTRL + F4 (Answer)

89. Ms Word is a ?

A. Application Software (Answer)

B. SystemSoftware

C. A & B

D. None of Them

90. MS Power Used For ?

A. Latter

B. Slide Presentations (Answer)

C. Database

D. None of them

91. Which one used for internet browsing ?

A. Skype

B. Out look

C. Internet Explorer (Answer)

Page 24
D. None of these

92. How many ways to create table in MS Word 2007 ?

A. 4 ways

B. 2 ways

C. 3 wasy (Answer)

D. 5 ways

93. Which shortcut key used to Close Document ?

A. Ctrl + F3

B. Ctrl + F4 (Answer)

C. Ctrl + S

D. None of These

94. Which one is the not a input device ?

A. Mouse

B. Keyboard

C. CD-Rom (Answer)

D. None of These

95. Ms Excel used for ?

A. Spreadsheet (Answer)

B. Slid Presentation

C. For Database

D. None of These

Page 25
96. Which one is a Hardware ?

A. Adobe Photoshop

B. Mouse (Answer)

C. Notepad

D. Windows

97. Which one is Storage device ?

A. DSL

B. Hard Disk (Answer)

C. Camera

D. None of These

98. Which short key is used to help in Windows ?

A. F12

B. F4

C. F1 (Answer)

D. None of these

99. Which one is smallest memory unit ?

A. Byte

B. Mega Byte

C. Bit (Answer)

D. Gega Byte

Page 26
100. Monitor is a ?

A. Output (Answer)

B. Input

C. A &B

D. None of these

101. Hard disk is a -----------device (Answer)

A. Backing Storage

B. Storage

C. Temporary

D. Hardware

102. Compact Disk (CD) is a --------------device

A. Storage

B. Backing

C. Hardware

D. None Of Theme

103. Maximum storage capacity of a floppy disk is

A. 720 KB

B. 1.2 MB

C. 2 MB

D. 1.44 MB

Page 27
104. A floppy disk is available in---------------sizes

A. One

B. Two

C. Three

D. Four

105. You can store maximum--------------amount of data in 5.25'' floppy disk

A. 720KB

B. 1.2KB

C. 2 MB

D. 1.44 MB

106. Which of the following is called unit of Computer memory

A. Bit

B. Nibble

C. Byte

D. Word

107. Sequence of 4 bits is called

A. Bit

B. Nibble

C. Byte

D. Word

108. Combination of 8 bits is called-------------

Page 28
A. Bit

B. Nibble

C. Byte

D. Word

109. Abbreviation of Binary Digit is

A. Bit

B. Nibble

C. Byte

D. Word

110. 1024 Bytes is equal to

A. 1024KB

B. 1 Mega Bytes

C. 1 Gega Bytes

D. 1 Kilo Bytes

111. The center processing unit of a computer consist 3 units namely ?

A. Arithmetic Logic Unit , Control Unit, Memory Unit (Answer)

B. High level unit, control unit, body unit

C. Arithmetic logic unit, body unit, memory unit

D. None of these

112. How many bits is a byte ?

Page 29
A. 4

B. 8 (Answer)

C. 12

D. 16

113. Computers calculate number in what mode ?

A. Decimal

B. Octal

C. Binary (Answer)

D. None of these

114. What is the White book ?

A. Specifications for CD-R, CD-RW Disks

B. Specifications for digital Audio CD

C. Specifications for computer data cd

D. Specifications for VCD and photo CD (Answer)

115. In which year was ASCII formed ?

A. 1963 (Answer)

B. 1973

C. 1983

D. 193

116. 1 KB is equal to ?

A. 1024 Bytes (Answer)

Page 30
B. 1000 Bytes

C. 1256 Bytes

D. 1064 Bytes

117. Where is the headquarters of intel located ?

A. Santa Clara, California (Answer)

B. Redmond, Washington

C. Tucson, Arizona

D. Richmond, Virginia

118. Second largest search engine of the internet ?

A. Google

B. MSN

C. Yahoo (Answer)

D. Bing

119. What type of devices are computer speaker or headphones ?

A. Input

B. Output (Answer)

C. Both A & B

D. None of these

120. “INI” Extension refers usually to what kind of file ?

A. Image file

B. System file (Answer)

Page 31
C. Both A and B

D. None of these

121. Where does most data go first within a computer memory hierarchy ?

A. Ram (Answer)

B. Rom

C. Both a and b

D. CPU

122. What is the capacity of a standard pc floppy ?

A. 2 MB

B. 1.44 MB (Answer)

C. Both a & B

D. None of these

123. Which of the following is not a Unix or Linux variant ?

A. Debain

B. Dos (Answer)

C. Both a & b

D. None of thes

124. What is clock cycle ?

A. CPU processing speed (Answer)

B. The accuracy of a computer

Page 32
C. A and b

D. None of the above

125. Which media holds more information ?

A. DVD (Answer)

B. CD Rom

C. Floppy Disk

D. None of these

126. All computer must have ?

A. Operating system (Answer)

B. Word processing software

C. A and b

D. None of These

127. MPG extension refers usually to what kind of file ?

A. Image

B. Animation / Movi File (Answer)

C. A & B

D. None of these

128. Which part is the “brain” of the computer ?

A. Keyboard

B. Mouse

C. CPU (Answer)

Page 33
D. Ram

129. ROM is composed of ?

A. Micro processors (Answer)

B. Micro chromium

C. Micro chromium

D. None of these

130. Which of the following term is used to describe the starting point, or main page of a web site ?

A. First page

B. Links page

C. Initial page

D. Home page (Answer)

131. Which computer acts as a server for other computer on the network ?

A. Mainframe

B. Host (Answer)

C. Main server

C. Master

132. Who is known as father of computer ?

A. Charles Babbage (Answer)

B. Alan turing

C. Bill gates

D. Tim burners-lee

Page 34
133. Internet mostly uses for purpose of ?

A. Entertainment

B. Business

C. E-mail (Answer)

D. Chat

134. What type of devices are cds or dvds ?

A. Output

B. Input

C. Electric

D. Storage (Answer)

135. Who created pretty good privacy ( pgp ) ?

A. Paul Zimmerman(Answer)

B. Ken thompson

C. Bill gates

D. Tim burners

136. What kind of computer memory is both static and nonvolatile ?

A. Rom (Answer)

B. Ram

C. Ran

D. Nam

Page 35
137. What type of device is a digital camera ?

A. Output

B. Input (Answer)

C. Electric

D. Mechanic

138. Which of the following is nont a network command ?

A. Ping

B. Netcfg (Answer)

C. Bill tim

D. Bmw

139. Which of the following is not an internet browser ?

A. Internet explorer

B. Google chrome

C. U torrent (Answer)

D. Mozilla

140. What is a cookie ?

A. Internet information file (Answer)

B. Hacker file

C. Customary file

D. None of these

141. The bar displayed at the bottom of the desktop is known as ?

Page 36
A. Title bar

B. Menu bar

C. Tool bar

D. Task bar (Answer)

142. You can shut down, standby, restart the computer by using ?

A. Desktop

B. Start button (Answer)

C. Menu bar

D. Task bar

143. The software that removes viruses form disk are known as ?

A. Virus killer

B. Remover

C. Destroyer

D. Anti virus (Answer)

144. Which component makes it easy to delete and un-delete files and folders ?

A. Windows explorer

B. My documents

C. Control pannel

D. Recycle bin (Answer)

145. The option that makes it easier for people with disabilities to operate a compute is ?

A. Accessibility (Answer)

Page 37
B. Display

C. Settings

D. Fonts

146. The image or color set to the background of the desktop is ?

A. Screen sever

B. Picture

C. Monogram

D. Wallpaper (Answer)

147. The device that enables the computer to make a dial-up networking is ?

A. Mouse

B. Monitor

C. Keyboard

D. Modem (Answer)

148. Which component provides a tree like view of disks its files and folder ?

A. My computer

B. Control panel

C. Start menu

D. Windows explorer (Answer)

149. Which of the following lets you browser the contents of you computer ?

A. My documents

B. Windows explorer

Page 38
C. My network places

D. My computer (Answer)

150. A convenient place to store documents, graphics, or other files that you want to access quickly is ?

A. My documents (Answer)

B. Folder

C. My computer

D. My networks places

151. Which of the example of operating system ?

A. Windows

B. Mac OS

C. Unix

D. All of these (Answer)

152. Which of the following is not example of operating system ?

A. DOS

B, OS/2

C. Oracle (Answer)

D. XENIX

153. Which one is the first operating system that introduced the GUI ?

A. DOS

B. Mac OS (Answer)

C. Windows

Page 39
D. All of These

154. MS-DOS was introduced by ?

A. Apple Corporation

B. IBM

C. Microsoft (Answer)

D. Sun Microsystems

155. The XP in Windows XP stand for ?

A. Extended processer

B. Xenix Processor

C. Experience (Answer)

D. Exceptional

156. MS-DOS is an --------Operating system ?

A. Command line interface (Answer)

B. GUI

C. Network

D. Embedded

157. Which of the following is not an example of network operating systems ?

A. Windows NT Server

B. UNIX

C. Solaris

D. DOS (Answer)

Page 40
158. ------ is a process that starts operating system when a user turns on the system ?

A. Booting (Answer)

B. Running

C. Starting

D. None of these

159. Windows XP is developed by ?

A. Sun Micro-systems

B. AT & T Lab

D. Soft Tech

D. Microsoft (Answer)

160. The term icon used in ?

A. Command-line interface

B. GUI (Answer)

C. Unix

D. None of these

161. System Tray is also known as ?

A. Notification tray

B. Status area

C. Notification area (Answer)

D. Active area

Page 41
162. Which one Consists of Group of related commands ?

A. Icons

B. Dialog boxes

C. Windows

D. Menus (Answer)

163. Which one isused to collects information from user before processing command ?

A. Dialog boxes (Answer)

B. Icons

C. Menus

D. Windows

164. Pressing and releasing the left mouse button is called ?

A. Right click

B. Center click

C. Left click (Answer)

D. Drag

165. Which of the following is not a mouse event ?

A. Center click (Answer)

B. Left click

C. Right click

D. Drag

166. Which of the following event of mouse is normally used to sect an object ?

Page 42
A. Right click

B. Center click

C. Left click (Answer)

D. Drag

167. Which of the following events of mouse is used to select multiple items at a time or to move an items form one
location to another ?

A. Left click

B. Drag (Answer)

C. Right click

D. Center click

168. To open a document ?

A. Double click its icon (Answer)

B. Click its icon

C. Tight click its icon

D. Point its icon

169. The bar the bottom of Windows desktop is called ?

A. Title bar

B. Status bar

C. Task bar (Answer)

D. Scroll bar

170. Which option of Start menu contain “Control Panel” command ?

A. Programs

Page 43
B. Settings (Answer)

C. Run

D. None of these

171. Which one is used for switching between running programs ?

A. Desktop

B. Task bar (Answer)

C. Start menu

D. None of above

172. Which one does not exist on task bar ?

A. Desktop (Answer)

B. Quick Launch

C. Start button

D. Notification

173. Which one can be used to see computers connected to a network ?

A. My computer

B. Control Panel

C. My Document

D. My Network Places (Answer)

174. Which option of start menu can be used to see recently opened documents ?

A. Programs

B. Settings

Page 44
C. My Recent Documents (Answer)

D. Search

175. Which one is not the option for Shut Down dialog box of Windows Xp ?

A. Turn Off

B. Log Off (Answer)

C. Restart

D. Stand by

176. A Shortcut on desktop can be created for ?

A. Application program

B. Document

C. Folder or Drive

D. All of these (Answer)

177. Which of the following is the entering point in Windows ?

A. My computer

B. Desktop (Answer)

C. My document

D. Windows Explorer

178. When a document is sent to printer for printing the printer icon appears in ?

A. System Tray

B. Notification Area

C. Start Menu

Page 45
D. Both A & B (Answer)

179. System time is displayed on ?

A. System Tray (Answer)

B. Application Tray

C. Clock Tray

D. Desktop Tray

180. Which shortcut key is used for switching between opened application programs ?

A. Ctrl + Tab

B. Alt + Tab (Answer)

C. Shift+ Tab

D. Ctrl + Alt

181. Which shortcut is used to paste items form clipboard (copied using Ctrl+C ) to a specified location ?

A. Ctrl + C

B. Ctrl + X

C. Shift + V

D. Ctrl + V (Answer)

182. You can restore files/folders that deleted from ?

A. USB drive

B. CD-ROM

C. Floppy Disk

D. Hard Disk (Answer)

Page 46
183. In windows, which sign in designated to floppy disk ?

A. A: (Answer)

B. C:

C. D:

D. E:

184. To Show “Display Properties” dialog box ?

A. Right click on desktop empty area and select Properties Option

B. Select “Display” icon from control panel

C. Both A & B (Answer)

D. None of above

185. What is default name given to the frit new folder ?

A. New Folder (Answer)

B. New Folder (1)

C. New Folder (2)

D. New Folder (3)

186. Which one is considered as the main system software ?

A. Operating system (Answer)

B. Utility program

C. Language translator

D. Word processing software

Page 47
187. Which one is the main part of operating systems ?

A. File System

B. Kernel (Answer)

C. Drivers

D. Utility Program

188. --------- is a process that starts operating system when a user turns on the system.?

A. Starting

B. Booting (Answer)

C. Running

D. None of these

189. The process to restart the computer that is already powered on is called ?

A. Soft Boot

B. Cold Boot

C. Ward Boot (Answer)

D. Hot Boot

190. Which of the following services provided by the operating system ?

A. Memory Management

B. User-Interface

C. File Management

D. All of these (Answer)

Page 48
191. A set on instructions in a computer language is called ?

A. Software

B. Computer program

C. Hardware

D. Both a & b (Answer)

192. A program or set of programs that is specially designed to control the computer system is called ?

A. Application software

B. System software (Answer)

C. Freeware

D. Shareware

193. Which of the following in an example of system software ?

A. Utility program Driver

B. Operating system

C. All of above (Answer)

D. None of above

194. Which of the following is not an example of system software ?

A. Word processor

B. Spreadsheet program

C. Game program

D. All of these (Answer)

195. The software that is developed for a particular organization or customer is called ?

Page 49
A. Custom-bulit software

B. Customized software

C. Game program

D. All of these (Answer)

196. Which of the following is application software ?

A. Ms-Excel (Answer)

B. Language processors

C. Ms-DOS

D. Unix

197. Which of the following is an example of packaged software ?

A. Oracle

B. Internet Explorer

C. Ms-Access

D. All of these (Answer)

198. Which of the following is not an example of packaged software ?

A. Ms-Word

B. Ms-Power Point

C. MS-Access

D. Ms-Windows (Answer)

199. Which of the following is not an application software ?

A. Scientific software

Page 50
B. Games

C. Device driver (Answer)

D. Multimedia software

200. Microsoft Excel is a ?

A. Word processing

B. Database Management Software

C. Spreadsheet software (Answer)

D. Presentations graphics software

201. PowerPoint is an example of ?

A. Word processing

B. Database Management Software

C. Spreadsheet software

D. Presentations graphics software (Answer)

202. Spreadsheet includes a -------- which is a sequence of keystrokes and instructions that are recorded and saved

A. Micro

B. Macro (Answer)

C. Key

D. None of above

203. Which performs maintenance type task usually related to computer, its device or its program ?

A. Utility program (Answer)

B. Communication software

Page 51
C. Application software

D. None of above

204. Software enables professional designer to design and produce sophisticated documents that contain text, graphics
and brilliant colors ?

A. Paint

B. World processing

C. Spreadsheet

D. Desktop Publishing (Answer)

205. Which utility program is used to make a duplicate copy of selected files/folders ?

A. Disk Defragmenter

B. Copy

C. Backup (Answer)

D. File compression

206. Which utility programs is used for file compression ?

A. WinZIp

B. PkZIP

C. Backup

D. Both A &B (Answer)

207. Which utility program is used to detect and to remove the physical as well as logical problems on the disk ?

A. Disk Scanner (Answer)

B. Disk Defragmenter

C. Diagnostic Utility Program

Page 52
D. Anti Virus

208. Which one is the main part of Operating System ?

A. File System

B. Kernel (Answer)

C. Drivers

D. Utility programs

209. Which one is considered as the main system software ?

A. Operating system (Answer)

B. Utility programs

C. Language Translator

D. World Processing Software

210. Which one is the process the starts operating system when a user turns on the system ?

A. Booting (Answer)

B. Running

C. Starting

D. None of these

211. A small, silicon object which contains microscopic circuitry is termed as ?

A. Processor

B. Microchip (Answer)

C. Transistor

D. Clipboard

Page 53
212. What is cache memory ?

A. Faster than the main memory

B. Smaller than the main memory

C. Slower than the main memory

D. Both a and b (Answer)

213. The pictorial representation of the procedure proposed to solve a problem by a program ?

A. Interpreter

B. Binary coded

C. Decimal interchange

D. Flow Chare (Answer)

214. What is called a hardware item that can be attached to a computer to increase its functionality, such as a printer or
monitor ?

A. Additional devices

B. Accessory

C. Peripheral (Answer)

D. Devices

215. Name the term which is used for the connection on an IBM PC or compatible computer usually named LPT1, where
is plugged in a c able for a parallel printer ?

A. Common port

B. Com port

C. Serial port

D. Parallel port (Answer)

Page 54
216. A program, document, utility that isn’t hardware on a computer is termed as ?

A. Software

B. Data

C. Extension

D. File (Answer)

217. Which is the biggest company of computer software in the world ?

A. Google

B. Yahoo

C. Microsoft (Answer)

D. Oracle

218. Do you know about ALGOL, BASIC, COBAL, 4GL, 3GL, Java, PASCAL, C, C and VB ?

A. Computer companies

B. Computer websites

C. Computer language (Answer)

D. None of above

219. ROM is the acronym for ?

A. Read only memory (Answer)

B. Read over memory

C. Read of memory

D. None of above

Page 55
220. RAM is the acronym for ?

A. Read after memory

B. Random access memory (Answer)

C. Read all memory

D. None of above

221. What is a URL ?

A. The address of a page on the world wide web.

B. The title of a web site

C. The title memory card

D. None of these

222. What is used in a computer to protect a networked server from damge by those who log in to it ?

A. Antivirus

B. Firewall (Answer)

C. Gateway

D. Flow control

223. A cathode ray tube is found in what ?

A. Monitor (Answer)

B. CPU

C. Printer

D. None of Them

224. Which of the following is not an image file ?

Page 56
A. Tmp (Answer)

B. Jpeg

B. Tif

D. None of above

225. Which on is not an output device ?

A. Keyboard (Answer)

B. Printer

C. Platter

D. None of Them

226. Which is the fastest type of computer memory ?

A. Cache (Answer)

B. Flash

C. Micro

D. Rom

227. What is the name of the professor who coined the name virus for self replicating programs ?

A. Tim burners-lee

B. Ken Thompson

C. Alan truing

D. Fred Cohen (Answer)

228. The capacity of computer bus depends upon ?

A. Capacity of CPU

Page 57
B. Capacity of the microprocessor

C. The number of data lines it contains (Answer)

D. The system software

229. The interface between user and computer is ?

A. Programming (Answer)

B. Hardware

C. Memory

D. Processing

230. What type of device is a computer mouse ?

A. Output

B. Input (Answer)

C. Storage Device

D. None of them

231. How do we call the part of the screen you can click on which displays a list of commands:

A. A Menu (Answer)

B. The Computer

C. Some Documents

D. None Of These

232. What do you call the space where the computer does its processing:

A. CPU

Page 58
B. RAM (Answer)

C. OS

D. ROM

233. KB, MB, GB, is respectively:

A. Kilo Bytes, Mega Bytes, Giga Bytes (Answer)

B. Kilo Bits, Mega Bits, Giga Bits

C. Kelvin Bytes, Medium Bytes, Giga Bytes

D. None Of These

234. A set of 8 bits is called:

A. Byte (Answer)

B. Giga Byte

C. Mega Bytes

D. Birney

235. What is termed the portion of RAM set aside for temporarily holding information read from a disk:

A. Rom

B. Cache Memory

C. Bus

D. Disk Cache (Answer)

236. There is a modem which can handle FAX protocols and transmit data. What this data is called:

A. Fax Modem

B. Data Modem

Page 59
C. Both A And B (Answer)

D. None Of These

237. The capacity of a hard disk depends upon the:

A. High Speed Motor

B. Movement Of Read

C. Number Of Disk Platter Stacked (Answer)

D. None Of These

238. Which software controls basic I/O device:

A. Device Driver

B. Ant-Virus Tool Kit

C. Business Software

D. Operating System (Answer)

239. The medium is used by input dives light pen for graphical input is:

A. Interpreter

B. Binary Coded

C. CRT Screen (Answer)

D. Flow Chart

240. The translator program that translates each line of the source program as it run is called:

A. Interpreter (Answer)

B. Binary Coded

C. Decimal Interchange

Page 60
D. Flow Chart

241. RAM stands for-----------?

A. Random origin money

B. Random only memory

C. Read only memory

D. Random access memory (Answer)

242. 1 Byte =-----------?

A. 8 bits (Answer)

B. 4 bits

C. 2 bits

D. 9 bits

243. The device used to carry digital data on analogue lines is called as---------?

A. Modem (Answer)

B. Multiplexer

C. Modulator

D. Demodulator

244. BIOS stands for----------?

A. Basic Input Output system (Answer)

B. Binary Input output system

C. Basic Input Off system

D. all the above

Page 61
245. Father of “C‘ programming language?

A. Dennis Ritchie (Answer)

B. Prof John Keenly

C. Thomas Kurtz

D. Bill Gates

246. The instructions that tell a computer how to carry out the processing tasks are referred to as computer-----------?

A. programs (Answer)

B. processors

C. input devices

D. memory modules

247. An area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed is-----------?

A. CPU

B. Memory (Answer)

C. Storage

D. File

248. ----------- is the key to close a selected drop -down list; cancel a command and close a dialog box.

A. TAB

B. SHIFT

C. ESC (Answer)

D. F10

Page 62
249. -----------is the key we use to run the selected command?

A. SHIFT

B. TAB

C. ENTER (Answer)

D. CTRL

250. Which one of the following is not a valid memory unit

A. MB

B. KB

C. Byte

D. XB (Answer)

Page 63
Page 64
Page 65