PPTO - Computer Awareness paper-1

1.Which of the following is not a component of a Computer Hardware

a) Input Device
b) Storage Device
c) Processor
d) Output device
e) None of the above

2. Which of the following is not an output device for computer?

a) Monitor
b) Printers and plotters
c) Computer Output Microfilm (COM)
d) Speaker head phone sound card and video card
e) None of the above

3. Which of the following termed as processing device in computer?

a) CPU and Mother board 
b) Keyboard and Mouse
c) Sound card and video card
d) Touchpad and Touch screen
e) All the above

4. CPU consists of –
a) Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU)
b) Control Unit
c) Memory (primary storage)
d) All the above
e) a and c only

5. What is software in computer?

a) A set of instructions that directs a computer’s hardware to perform a task
b) It consists of System software and application software which runs the computer
c) It is a lightweight chip installed in computer
d) a and b only
e) all the above

6. The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminal computer is an
example of a law enforcement specialty called:
a) Robotics
b) Simulation
c) Computer forensics
d) Animation
e) None of the above

7. Task bar can be placed at_____

a) Bottom of the screen only
b) Right side of the screen only
c) Any side of the screen
d) Bottom and top side of screen only
e) None of these
8. Connection or link to other documents or Web Pages that contain related information is
called-
a) Dial – up
b) Electronic Commerce
c) Hyperlink
d) e link
e) Domain name

9. Which of the following is contained on chips connected to the system board and is a
holding area for data instructions and information ? ( Processed data waiting to be output to
secondary storage)
a) Program
b) Mouse
c) Internet
d) Memory
e) Modem

10. The main circuit – board of the system unit is the –

a) Computer program
b) Control unit
c) Motherboard
d) RAM
e) None of these

11. The ____________ also called the brain of the computer is responsible for processing
data.
a) Motherboard
b) Memory
c) RAM
d) Central processing unit (CPU)
e) None of the above

12. Word processing spreadsheet and photo-editing are examples of-

a) application software.
b) system software
c) operating system software
d) platform software.
e) None of the above

13. ____________ is the science revolving around the use of nanostructures to build
devices on an extremely small scale
a) Nanotechnology
b) Micro-technology
c) Computer forensics
d) Artificial intelligence
e) None of the above

14. A compiler means –

a) A person who compiles source program
b) The same thing as a programmer
c) Keypunch operator
d) A program which translates source program into object program
e) None of the above
15. A modern digital computer has-
a) Extremely high speed
b) Large memory
c) Almost unlimited array
d) All of these
e) a and b

16. ‘MPG’ extension refers usually to what kind of file?

a) Word Perfect Document File
b) MS Office Document
c) Animation/movie file
d) Image File
e) None of above

17.Recently used menus will appear on ________ as shortcut keys:
a) Task Bar
b) Menu Bar
c) Standard tool bar
d) Address bar
e) None of the above

18. What is the extension of a shortcut for an executable file?

a) .Ink
b) .short
c) .sc
d) .se
e .file

19.A byte can represent any number between 0 and which of the following mentioned
options?
a) 4
b) 255
c) 256
d) 1024
e) 999

20. Who is considered as the father of computers?

a) John Bardeen
b) Charles Babbage
c) John Backus
d) William Shockley
e) None of the above

21.Back space key on the keyboard is used for____

a) Deleting text towards right side of cursor
b) Deleting text towards left side of cursor
c) Inserting text towards right side of cursor
d) Inserting text towards left side of cursor
e) None of these

22. Right click of mouse is used to get _______

a) Open the icon
b) Shortcut menu options
c) Close the icon
d) Close the folder
e) None of the above

23. A file which consists of permanent data is known as ________.

a) Random File
b) Transaction File
c) Master File
d) Sequential File
e) None of these

24. By Default The taskbar is located ________.

a) On the start menu
b) At the bottom of the screen
c) on the quick launch toolbar
d) At them top of the screen
e) None of these

25. Which of the following is the correct order of the four major functions of a computer?
a) Process ⇒ Output ⇒ Input ⇒ Storage
b) Input ⇒ Output ⇒ Process ⇒ Storage
c) Process ⇒ Storage ⇒ Input ⇒ Output
d) Input ⇒ Process ⇒ Output ⇒ Storage
e) None of these

26. Which of the following is not valid version of MS Office?

a) Office 2000
b) Office Vista
c) Office 2007
d) Office 2010
e) None of above

27. Where is that particular feature of MS Word located which saves the documents
automatically after a certain interval of time?
a) Save tab on Options dialog box
b) Save As - dialog box
c) Both of above
d) No such feature exists
e) None of above

28. When the user puts in the data in word from excel the data is ________.
a) Hyperlinked
b) Indexed
c) Transposed
d) Get into rows
e) None of these

29. __ is used to display information such as title page number of the document?
a) Insert Table
b) Autocorrect
c) Thesaurus
d) Spelling and Grammar
e) Header and Footer
30. If the user wants to create only a horizontal page break what is needed to be selected
first?
a) A row below the row where you want the page break to occur
b) A cell in row 1
c) A cell in column A
d) A and C
e) None of these

31. A collection of detailed information is known as?

a) Data
b) File
c) Format
d) CD
e) Pendrive

32. Which among the following is not a font style?

a) Bold
b) Italic
c) Superscript
d) Regular
e) All the above

33. What among the following is Landscape?

a) Paper size
b) Paper Layout
c) Backround
d) font
e) fontstyle

34. If the user has used the format painter button multiple times how can he/she turn if off
now?
a) You can use the format painter button only one time when you click it
b) Single clicking the format painter button
c) Pressing the Ctrl key and clicking the format painter button
d) Pressing the Alt key and clicking the format painter button
e) None of the office

35. Which menu is used to run/execute macros in excel?

a) Insert
b) Format
c) Developer
d) Data
e) None of these

36. Why is an excel file known as a workbook?

a) It can contain text and data
b) It can be modified
c) It can contain many sheets including worksheets and chart sheets
d) it is prepared like book sheets
e) None of these
37. When the user needs to delete a character which is present to the right of the cursor
which key is to be used?
a) left mouse-key
b) double click the right key of mouse
c) Backspace key
d) Delete Key
e) None of the above

38. While using the formatting option  the user needs to work with which grouping ?
a) Tables paragraphs and Indexes
b) Sections paragraphs and Indexes
c) characters sections and paragraphs
d) Indexes characters and tables
e) None of these

39. If a word document is to be saved as a web based page it can be done by the following:
a) Put the appropriate graphics and links on the document
b) Save the document in simple text format
c) Use your web browser as an editor and save as URL
d) Save as HTML
e) None of these

40. Which toolbar is needed to be accessed for changing the text styles size type etc.?
a) Standard tool bar
b) status bar
c) Drawing tool bar
d) Formatting tool bar
e) None of these

41. If the user wants to save the file with a different name and different format which of the
following will be done?
a) Retype the document and give different name
b) Use the Save As command
c) copy and paste the original document and save
d)Through windows explorer to copy the document and give new name
e) None of these

42. If the user presses “Ctrl+I” in MS word what will happen to the text?
a) It converts selected text into the next larger size of the same font
b) It adds a line break to the document
c) It makes the selected part as bold
d) It applies the Italic Style to the selected text
e) None of these

43. The AutoSummarize feature in word 2000 is used as ___________.

a) It creates a 250 word 500 word or 1000 word summary of the document.
b)It adds Automatic headders bold and italic characters as well as automatic formatting of
the document to give the look of a well summarized document
c)It summarizes the statistics of the document into a report such as total words total
characters total pages total paragraphs file sizes
d)It identifies the key points in a document for your to share with others or quickly scan
e) None of the above
44. When the user is writing a formula or a text where a character is lowered e.g. 2 in H2O
what is this effect known as?
a)Superscript
b)Lowered
c)Subscript
d)Laid down
e)None of these

45. If the user wants to see which programs are stored on the computer he can do so
by________.
a)Checking the hard disk properties
b)Viewing the installed programs during the booting process
c)Checking the operating system for a list of installed programs (Programmes)
d)Checking the exiting files saved on the disk
e)None of these

46. Which of the following Excel charts represents only one value for each variable?
a)Function
b)Line
c)Pie
d)Bar
e)None of these

47. Which option is required to be used in order to get the sum of a series of numbers?
a)The autosum button
b)The Formulas button
c)The quicktotal button
d)The total button
e)None of these

48. What is the purpose of “VLOOKUP”?

a) Looks up text that contain “v”
b) Checks whether text is the same in one cell as in the next
c) Finds related records
d) All of above
e) None of these

49. Which popular type of application software is used for creating documents?
a) Database
b) Word processor
c) Spreadsheet
d) Operating program
e) None of these

50. The justification that aligns text on both margins of a document in word is
a)Justify
b) Bold
c) Center
d) Right
e) Balanced
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