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Junk e-mail is also called ____ - Spam (Sending irrelevant messages or the same message
to a large number of users over the internet for the purpose of advertisement or
malicious intent is called as spamming)
______ is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors – Formatting
A computer cannot "boot" if it does not have the ___ - Operating system
An operating system is the system software that handles the software and hardware
resources and provides services for the computer programs.
Modifier keys - include Alt, Ctrl, Shift and the Windows key
What is the Full Form of INTERNET - 'Internet' is the shortened form of 'INTERnational-
NETwork' which is the interconnected network of all the Web Servers worldwide. It is
often called the 'World Wide Web
Binary digits are known by another name called: - Bits (which utilizes just two symbols,
commonly 0 (zero) and 1. A bit is used to describe each digit.)
The standard floppy disk has the following size: - 3.5”. (The dimensions of the floppy
disk are 8.9 cm in width and 9.3 cm in height)
The term for the processor that executes mathematical and logical operations is- ALU
Which mainframe computer was the first – ENIAC ((Electronic Numerical Integrator and
Computer))
When an Email is sent it is transferred over the internet from one server to another
using - SMTP.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is known as SMTP. To relay outgoing mail between the
sender and the receiver is SMTP network protocol.
Mini computers and micro computers are from which generation of computers - fourth
Ray Tomlinson was the first Engineer who had sent the first Email.
Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on - disk pack in disk surface, bits per inch of
tracks, tracks per inch of surface
The computer's processor consists of the following parts - Control Unit and ALU
What was the name of the first commercially available microprocessor chip - Intel 4004
Where is RAM located - Mother Board (RAM is located in The central processing unit
(CPU), also called a processor, is located inside the computer case on the motherboard.)
Several computers linked to a server to share programs and storage space___ - Network
RAM chips are used to - temporary storage for the data in the computer system itself
The box that contains the central electronic components of the computer is the .....
System Unit
The First Mechanical Computer Designed by Charles Babbage was called - Analytical
Engine which resembles today's modern machines between 1833 and 1871.
Which key is used in combination with another key to perform a specific task – Control
Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network – LAN (Local Area Network)
The development of the basic architecture of the computer was done by - John Von
Neumann
Excel requires an operator to indicate that a formula is being entered in a cell, such as:
- start with the equal sign (=).
The Initial Generation of computers was produced between 1946 – 1959. based on
vacuum tubes
The second generation of computers was produced between 1959 and 1965. based on
transistors
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The third generation of computers was produced between 1965–1971. based on
integrated circuits
Computers in their fifth generation began to appear about 1980. Based on a ULSI
microprocessor
Read-only memory (ROM) is a type of non-volatile memory that includes flash memory,
ferroelectric memory, and the majority of magnetic computer storage systems
The period of time that a computer spends processing a job is: - Execution Time
Another name for an error is – Bug (debugging must be done if we receive any bug in
the system.)
Seymour Cray unveiled the CRAY-1 in 1976, considered the first supercomputer
In Microsoft Excel, which one of the following tools allows extracting the significance
from a large detailed data set - Pivot Table
In a computer with Windows operating systems, files are stored in locations called –
Directories
In MS-Word, what is the smallest font size generally that we can use to text in Word – 8
In Microsoft PowerPoint, the best way to insert a new slide in a presentation is to use
____ - Slide Sorter View
In MS Word, Thesaurus tool has made for the Purpose of ___ - Synonyms and Antonyms
words
The virus attacks on the computer can be stopped or prevented with the help of -
Antivirus Software
The term HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Who has developed this protocol
to transfer information over the internet - Tim Berners Lee
DOS offered a mechanism called Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) that allowed
programs to continue running in memory
Which of the following displays the name of the user on the computer - Welcome
screen
The type of software that is best suited for managing the layout and design of intricate
documents like newsletters and brochures is - Word processing
The term _____ designates equipment that might be added to a computer system to
enhance its functionality - peripheral device
Merge cells option can be applied from - Format Cells dialog box Alignment Tab
Which of the following software applications would be the most appropriate for
performing numerical and statistical calculations - Spread Sheet
The ______ operating system serves as the foundation for the most recent iteration of
the MAC OS. – Unix
The drive storing the files to be duplicated is known as the____ - Source drive
Storage which stores or retains data after power off is called__ - Non-volatile storage
USB is a plug-and-play portable storage device that uses flash memory and is lightweight
enough to attach to a keychain
Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT are known as what - operating systems
Which code is used in Cheque – MICR stands for Magnetic ink character recognition
In MS Word, you can move and copy text : - Within a word document, Between word
document, Between office application
The secondary storage device is needed to - Store large volumes of data that exceed the
capacity of the main memory.
What is the language used by most of the DBMSs for helping their users to access data -
Query Language
If you need to duplicate the entire disk , which command will you use – Diskcopy
______ Systems use a light beam to scan input data and convert it into electrical signals,
which are sent to the computer for processing - Optical recognition
This case converts first character of first word of selected sentence to capital – sentence
Name the device used to connect computers for communication via telephone lines.. –
MODEM
In Microsoft Word, _______ provides options to switch between Normal, Web Layout,
Print Layout, Outline and Reading Views - View Buttons
A serial port can - transfer information both to and from a hard drive
On the basis of memory size & performance, which type of computer is known as "Big
Iron" - Main Frame
Which among the following is the brain of the computer – CPU (Central processing Unit)
In HTML, _______________ attribute is used for merging of two or more adjacent rows –
ROWSPAN
In Microsoft Word, ____________ can be used to decide on the spacing between lines of
a paragraph. - Line spacing
______ is a collection of data values of same types having a common name. – Array
Who designed the first electronic computer – ENIAC - J presper Eckert and John W
Mauchly
The process when the computer is switched on and the operating system gets loaded
from hard disk to main memory is called – Booting
A personal computer’s primary memory, commonly known as its main memory, consists
of - Both RAM and ROM
Which computer’s memory contains the system’s Boot sector files – ROM
RAM is volatile, when a device is shut off, its data are gone. It is temporary memory
Where is the buffer between the CPU and main memory located – RAM
Buffers are the disk block representation of the data that is located in the cache
memory.
What is the process of mapping a virtual address of a variable length onto a physical
memory – Segmentation
The Name box on to the left of formula bar - shows the name of cell address or range
currently working on
When a customer makes an online hotel booking, the data base is update in - Pseudo
real- time
Special set of characters that computer associates with specific user identification is
classified as – password
It run on computer hardware and serve as platform for the others software to run on -
Operating system
The primary purpose of the operating system is - to make the most efficient use of
computer hardware
Which command can be used to create the disk track and sectors – FORMAT
To select one hyperlink after another during a slide presentation, what do you press –
Tab
in the context of animations, what is a trigger - An item on the slide that performs an
action when clicked
How many bits are there in ExASCII and EBCDIC codes respectively – 8, 8
Which of the following device was developed by Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce - IC chip
What term is used to describe software that monitors your online computer activities –
Spyware
The two major components of system software are - The operating system and system
utilities
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The _______ layer links the network support layers and the user support layers –
transport
The _______ layer coordinates the functions required to transmit a bit stream over a
physical medium – physical
The physical, data link, and network layers are the ______ support layers. – network
Which of the following may be necessary for you to do after you install new application
software - Do a warm boot
The session, presentation, and application layers are the ____ support layers. – user
In Excel, this is a prerecorded formula that provides a shortcut for complex calculations –
Function
Which of the following is a circuit that issue signals at regular intervals.. – Clock
This printer places an image on a page without physically touching the page. - Non-
impact printer
Which one of the following was world’s first commercial compute – UNIVAC
Which of the following displays the contents of the active cell - Formula bar
The data kept in dynamic RAM must be: - Refreshed periodically dynamic RAM functions
like a capacitor
What kind of ROM is just used for erasing - EPROM (electrically erasable programmable
read-only memory)
You can group noncontiguous worksheets with - The ctrl key and mouse
National Internet Service Provider (ISP) networks are connected to one another by
private switching network is called - Network Access Points
LAN covers small site areas such as a single building or campus of up to a few km range
GUI Stands for - A Graphical User Interface is a computer interface that allows users to
interact with a device through graphical elements such as pictures and animations
A connection that provides a dedicated link between two devices is called - Point-to-
Point
A topology in which every node has a dedicated point to point link to all nodes (devices)
within the network is called – Mesh
A topology that consists of multiple devices connected by connectors or the main cable is
called – Bus
A communication pathway that sends data from one point to another is called – Link
Which layer of OSI model is responsible for the delivery of individual packets from the
source host to the destination host – Network
Which layer of OSI model is responsible for detection and correction of transmission
errors using error correction method - Data Link
Any physical components of a computer system that we can see and touch is – hardware
The system unit that contains the most vital part of the personal computer is called –
Motherboard
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Motherboard is the main printed circuit board that is also known as main board or system
board
Which of the following is primarily responsible for converting input (data) into
meaningful output (information) - Central Processing Unit
CPU in a computer consists of the control unit, arithmetic logic unit, and memory unit.
ALU and CU together are known as CPU.
Data moves in and out of the CPU through embedded wires called – Bus
Bus is the communication line between CPU, memory, and peripheral devices
The most common buses inside the microcomputer are - Address bus, Data bus, and
Control bus
Which register holds the address of the current instruction being executed - Program
counter
Which register holds the address of a memory location - Memory address register
A uniform interval of CPU time allocated for performing a task is called – real time
Which of the following refers to too much electricity and may cause a voltage surge –
Spike
Language lies between high-level language and machine language - Assembly language
Languages which can easily interact with the hardware are - low level language
Grouping and processing all of a firm's transactions at one time is called– batch
processing
Which of the following memories can be read directly by the computer processor – main
Memory
What is the difference between a check box and Radio button - In check boxes multiple
options can be selected whereas in radio buttons only single option can be selected
Technique of using fixed words for machine code functions is classified as – mnemonics
A __________ card connects each computer to the wiring in the network. - network
interface
The _________ layer enables the users to access the network – application
When you insert an Excel file into a Word document, the data are - Placed in a word
table
When data changes in multiple lists and all lists are not updated, this causes - data
inconsistency
The technique where digital signals are converted to its analog form for transmission
over an analog facility is called– Modulation
What happens if you press Ctrl + Shift + F8 - It activates the rectangular selection
What is the correct syntax for typing a function into a cell - Equal sign, Function Name,
Matching brackets
What is the keyboard shortcut for creating a chart from the selected cells - F11
Which of the following device provides surge protection and battery backup power
during a power outage – UPS
Which key is used to indent a paragraph - Tab key is used to move the cursor over to the
right to a pre-set point.
Which keys are also known as toggle keys - Caps lock, Num lock
In Microsoft Word, to alter the page set up, page set up is clicked under _____ - File
menu
In Microsoft Word, _______ contains tools for standard tasks like saving, printing,
cutting, copying, pasting etc - Standard tool bar
_____ (HHDD) is a technology where the conventional disk drive is combined with non-
volatile flash memory, of typically 128 MB or more to cache data during normal use -
Hybrid Hard Disk Drive
Raymond Samuel Tomilson is famous for developing which of the following - E-Mail
In networks, a small message used to pass between one station to another is known as
_____ Token
Computer system which do not not require any storage device – Analog
The web uses the __________ to request and serve web pages and programs. - Hyper
Text Markup Language
In the following list of devices, which device is used in datalink layer – Bridge
Two versions of the Internet Protocol (IP) are in use - IP Version 4 & IP Version 6
_____ software are freely available and can be edited and customized by anyone - Open
Source
The command that merges the contents of one file to another is – APPEND
The __________ uses an addressing scheme known as URL to indicate the location of
files on the web - World Wide Web
Gutter margin: What is it - Margin that is added to the binding side of the page when
printing
Which of the following options is absent from the MS Word Ruler screen - Center Indent
Which of the following positions can be set in the Gutter position - Left & Top
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What shortcut key is used for line breaks- Shift + Enter
F1 It displays help.
The full form of VIRUS will be: - Vital Information Resource Under Seize
The full form of the abbreviation ODBC will be: - Open Database Connectivity,
EBCDIC full form is:- Extended binary coded decimal Interchange code
Microcomputers are small, inexpensive computer for personal use. They are popularly
used at homes for playing games and surfing the Internet
Workstation (WS) is faster than Personal Computer. It is designed for a user or group of
users with better multitasking capability
Data – It is a set of facts, which the computer stores and reads in the form of numbers.
A device driver or hardware driver is a group of files that enable one or more hardware
devices to communicate with the computer's operating system
Zip disks are available in 100 and 250-MB and 750 MB capacities and they are used to
store, share and back up large amounts of data.
Magnetic Memory are - Hard Disk Drive (HDD), Floppy Disk Drive (FDD)
Scanner – It captures images from printed material and converts it into a digital format
that can be stored within the PC
Non-Impact Printers - Non-impact printers print the characters on the paper without
using ribbon. These printers print a complete page at a time
Inkjet Printers - Inkjet printers work by spraying ink on a sheet of paper. The type of ink
used in an inkjet printer is wet.
A plotter is an output device used to produce hard copies of large graphs and designs on
paper, such as construction drawings, architectural plans, and business charts
Which among the following options specifies this action: Holding the mouse button down
while moving an object of text – Dragging
Daisy-wheel printers cannot print graphics, and in general they are noisy and slow,
printing from 10 to about 75 characters per second
Single User Operating System – This type of operating system supports a single user at
any given time. Single keyboard and Single monitor are used for interaction
Warm Boot - A computer system starts up/reset from a complete powerless state is called
Warm Booting
The feature that opens a window on your desktop where you can browse for file stored
on your computer is called as __ - File Explorer
Examples of utility programs are antivirus software, backup software, disk defragment,
backup, disk clean etc.
Compiler – It converts the program in a high-level language into low-level language and
reports all the errors of the program along with the line numbers. C, C++ use compilers
PHP - PHP stands for Hypertext Pre-processor. It is a scripting language used for the
development of web applications
Nibble 4 Bits
Byte 8 Bits
KB (Kilobyte) 1024 Bits
MB (Megabyte) 1024 KB
GB (Gigabyte) 1024 MB
TB (Terabyte) 1024 GB
PB (Petabyte) 1024 TB
EB (Exabyte) 1024 PB
Foreign key points to the primary key of another table. It acts as a reference between
tables. It can accept the null and duplicate value
Which of the following application software suite will be best suited for basic data
calculation and analysis - DTP Software
When an Intranet can be accessed by outside users for the purpose of information
exchange then It is known as – Extranet
When a computer is booted, BIOS retrieves its information from - CMOS chip
The principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and
applications equally regardless of the source is known as - Net Neutrality
The device used to connect two networks having different architecture and model is –
Gateway
__________ is the file system used by the operating system to identify the physical
locations of files on the hard drive – FAT
A situation when a computer software stops working and encounters an error is known
as – Crash
A connection from one HTML document to another HTML document is called __ - Hyper
Link
The ___________ records the name and exact location of every file on a disk - file
allocation table
A computer on the network that utilizes the service of server computer is known as –
Client
In respect to display technology what does “F” stands for in TFT – Film
The process of encoding an information in such a way that it cannot be read without
proper authorization is known as _ - Encryption
website for discussion or an informational site published on the world wide web is known
as __ - Blog