PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-30

Direction (Qs.1-15): Study the following questions carefully and choose your answer from the given five options.

 

Question No : 1

Processing is used when a large mail-order company accumulates orders and processes them

together in one large set.

(1) Batch       

(2) Online       

(3) Real-time   

(4) Group        

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

______ allow you to input commands without typing long stripes of characters.

(1) Alphanumeric keys           

(2) Numeric keypad               

(3) Modifier keys

(4) Function keys      

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

Holding the mouse button down while moving an object or text is known as _______

(1) moving      

(2) dragging  

(3) dropping   

(4) highlighting           

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

A ________ is a collection of data that is stored electronically as a series of records in a table.

(1) Spreadsheet           

(2) presentation          

(3) database  

(4) web page   

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

The primarily take(s) care of the behind-the-scenes details and manage(s) the hardware.

(1) operating system 

(2) application software          

(3) peripheral devices 

(4) hard disk               

(5) None of these

Question No : 6

A ____ is a professionally designed “empty” document that can be adapted to the user’s needs

(1) file 

(2) guide         

(3) template  

(4) user guide file       

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

A group of 8 bits is knows as a ______

(1) byte         

(2) kilobyte     

(3) binary digit         

(4) megabit     

(5) None of these

Question No : 8

What is the intersection of a column and a row on a worksheet called?

(1) Column     

(2) Value         

(3) Address    

(4) Cell          

(5) None of these

Question No : 9

_____ are often delivered to a PC through an email attachment and are often designed to do

harm.

(1) Viruses    

(2) Spam         

(3) Portals       

(4) Email messages     

(5) None of these

Question No : 10

What is the storage area for email messages called?

(1) A folder    

(2) A directory           

(3) A mailbox            

(4) The hard disk        

(5) None of these

Question No : 11

When a file contains instructions that can be carried out by the computer, it is often called a(n)

_____ file.

(1) data           

(2) information           

(3) executable            

(4) application 

(5) None of these

Question No : 12

Documents converted to _______ can be published to the Web.

(1) a .doc file              

(2) machine language  

(3) http           

(4) HTML                 

(5) None of these

Question No : 13

To what temporary area can you store text and other data, and later paste them to anothe

location?

(1) The clipboard 

(2) ROM   

(3) CD-ROM   

(4) The hard disk        

(5) None of these

Question No : 14

In a spreadsheet, a _______ is a number you will use in a calculation.

(1) label          

(2) cell 

(3) field           

(4) value        

(5) None of these

Question No : 15

Click ______ check box of transition in a slide group of an animation tab if you want to move a

slide automatically after stipulated time.

(1) Transition timer    

(2) Automatically after         

(3) Transition after

(4) Automatic timer    

(5) None of these