International Standard Cyber Olympiad

PRACTICE PAPER
CLASS-9
Logical Reasoning

01. If the following words are arranged alphabetically, which comes 2nd from the last?
1) APPROVAL 2) APPLICATION 3) APPLET 4) APPLY
02. How many triangles are there in the figure?

1) 12 2) 18 3) 16 4) 8
03. How many triangles are formed in the given figure?

1) 5 2) 6 3) 7 4) 8
04. Find the missing number :

1) 32 2) 10 3) 100 4) 76

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05. A boy stood 7th in a row from the front and 10th from the back. How many people
are there in total?
1) 14 2) 16 3) 17 4) 18
06. While typing in the Word file manually, what must you press to insert the code’s
braces?
1) Ctrl + F6 2) Ctrl + F9 3) Alt + F11 4) Shift + F12
07. What is the name of the following symbols and what does it do?

1) Terminator which is used to indicate the start or end of the process.

2) Process which is used to indicate a normal process flow step.
3) Connecter which is used to indicate a jump in the process flow.
4) Document which is used to indicate a document or report.
08. What is the name of the following symbol and what does it do?

1) Input/Output, which represents data that is available for input or out put resulting
from processing.
2) Flow, execution flows along the arrows.
3) Decision, a diamond shape which indicates a branch in the process flow.
4) Document, which indicates a document or report.

09. What is the name of the following symbol?

1) Two-way branch 2) Three-way branch

3) Multiple-way branch 4) Not defined.

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10. Which is true when you insert an excel
1) Word is the destination document
2) Excel is the destination document
3) The worksheet is the destination document
4) The document is the source document.
11. The networking topology shown in this figure is known as _____

1) Partial Mesh 2) Star

3) Bus 4) Token Ring
12. HDD stands for
1) Hard Disk Drive 2) Hard Drive Disk
3) High Disk Drive 4) Hardware Disk Drive
13. In MS-PowerPoint 2010, When the insertion point is flashing in a textbox, what
should be pressed to select the text box itself?

1) 2)

3) 4) +
14. CD-ROM stands for
1) Compatable Read Only Memory
2) Compact Data Read Only Memory
3) Compactabale Disk Read Only Memory
4) Compact Disk Read Only Memory

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15. ASCII stands for
1) American Stable Code for International Interchange
2) American Standard Code for Institutional Interchange
3) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
4) American Standard Code for Interchange Information.
16. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
1) Printer resolution is measured in dpi (dots per inch)
2) Printer output is often called hard copy.
3) Memory within a printer is used to store printing instructions and documents
waiting to be printed.
4) Printer speed is measured in the number of words printed per minute.
17. Three ways to improve the performance of a hard disk include
1) Disk caching, RAID, and file expansion
2) File compression, disk caching, and file decompression
3) Disk caching, RAID, and file compression
4) RAD, file compression and disk expansion.
18. Two well-known special compression programs that scan files to reduce the required
storage are
1) Sony and Panasonic Compression
2) Iomega JAZ and SyQuest SPARQ
3) Imation SuperDisk and Fixed disk
4) WinZip and WinRAQ.
19. An emerging disk technology that makes disks about the same size as CDs but withf
faster access and much greater storage capacity is called
1) RAM disk technology
2) CDX-ROM disk
3) Mega-disk drive or MDD
4) Digital versatile disk
20. A DVD device can store
1) As much data as a CD-ROM
2) As much data as 100 3 1 ” floppy disks
2

3) Over two hours of high quality sound and video

4) Digital data such as sound and video in an expanded format

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Hots (Computers & IT)
21. When you copy a file, Windows places a duplicate copy of the file in temporary
store. The contents of that memory are lost when you shout down the computer. The
temporary store used while copying is called _______.
1) Program 2) Accessibility 3) Notepad 4) Clipboard
22. Identify the Windows start mode:
-In this mode, Windows starts with a limited set of files and drivers.
-This mode is useful for troubleshooting problems with programs and drivers.
-These programs or drivers might not start correctly.
They may also prevent Windows from starting correctly.
1) Safe mode 2) Start mode
3) Error free mode 4) Troubleshoot mode.
23. Read the following statements and find out if they are true or false:
A) Pseudocode is an artificial and informal language that helps programmers
develop algorithms.
B) Pseudocode is very similar to everyday English.
1) Both are true.
2) Statement A is true and the other is false.
3) Statement B is true and the other is false.
4) Both are false.
24. Match the following.

Column I Column II

A. What do you mean by a I. Ctrl + Space bar

Workspace?

B. MS EXCEL is based on _____ . II. Group of work books

C. In EXCEL, you can sum a large III. Auto sum

range of data by simply selecting
a tool button called ______ .

D. To select an entire column in MS IV. WINDOWS

EXCEL, press

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 1) A  II, B  I, C  IV, D  III 2) A  I, B  IV, C  II, D  III

3) A  I, B  III, C  IV, D  II 4) A  II, B  IV, C  III, D  I

25. Read the following statements and find out if they are true or false:
Statement 1: Pseudocode is one of the tools which can be used to write a
preliminary plan that can be developed into a computer program.
Statement 2: Pseudocode is a generic way of describing an algorithm without the
use of any specific programming language syntax.
1) Both are true.
2) Statement 1 is true and the other is false.
3) Statement 2 is true and the other is false.

4) Both are false.

International Standard Cyber Olympiad

PRACTICE PAPER
CLASS-9
Answers
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 2 5) 2 6) 2 7) 3 8) 3 9) 1 10) 2
11) 1 12) 1 13) 2 14) 4 15) 3 16) 4 17) 3 18) 4 19) 4 20) 3
21) 4 22) 1 23) 1 24) 4 25) 1

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