PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-41

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

 

Question No : 1

Which key is used in combination with another key to perform a specific task?

(1) function

(2) arrow

(3) space bar

(4) control

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

______ was one of the first peripherals to be used with computers.

(1) Keyboard

(2) Mouse

(3) CPU

(4) Monitor

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

Which of the following is not a storage medium?

(1) hard disk

(2) flash drive

(3) DVD

(4) CD

(5) monitor

Question No : 4

Something which has easily-understood instructions is said to be

(1) hyper

(2) icon

(3) information

(4) user friendly

(5) word processing

Question No : 5

What is the name of the package which helps to create, manipulate and analyse data arranged in rows and columns?

(1) Application package

(2) Word processing package

(3) Outlining package

(4) Outline processors

(5) Spreadsheet package

Question No : 6

The Internet is a system of ____________

(1) Software bundles

(2) Web page

(3) Web site

(4) Interconnected Networks

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

The first computers were programmed using

(1) assembly language

(2) machine language

(3) spaghetti code

(4) source code

(5) None of the above

Question No : 8

Storage that retains its data after the power is turned off is referred to as ______

(1) volatile storage

(2) sequential storage

(3) direct storage

(4) nonvolatile storage

(5) Mobile storage

Question No : 9

______ provides process and memory management services that allow two or more tasks, jobs, or programs to run simultaneously.

(1) Multitasking

(2) Multithreading

(3) Multiprocessing

(4) Multi-computing

(5) None of these

Question No : 10

______ is the process of using a mouse to move the pointer to a location on the screen.

(1) Moving

(2) Pointing

(3) Navigating

(4) Sliding

(5) None of these

Question No : 11

Computers that are portable and convenient for users who travel are known as

(1) supercomputers

(2) laptops

(3) minicomputers

(4) file servers

(5) None of these

Question No : 12

The copy command saves to

(1) the desktop

(2) the clipboard

(3) printer

(4) Microsoft Word

(5) paste

Question No : 13

Sending an E-mail is similar to ________

(1) writing a letter

(2) drawing a picture

(3) sending a package

(4) talking on the phone

(5) None of these

Question No : 14

Choose the odd one out ______

(1) Micro Computer

(2) Mini Computer

(3) Super Computer

(4) Notebook Computer

(5) Digital Computer

Question No : 15

First generation computer system used

(1) Transistors

(2) Vacuum tubes

(3) Magnetic cores

(4) Silicon chips

(5) None of these