PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-45

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

 

Question No : 1

The result of a formula in a cell is the

(1) label

(2) value

(3) range

(4) rank

(5) displayed value

Question No : 2

A collection of programs that controls how your computer system runs and processes information is called

(1) computer

(2) office

(3) compiler

(4) interpreter

(5) operating system

Question No : 3

Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network?

(1) LAN

(2) DSL

(3) RAM

(4) USB

(5) CPU

Question No : 4

A set of instructions telling the computer what to do is called

(1) mentor

(2) instructor

(3) compiler

(4) program

(5) debugger

Question No : 5

Which of the following can handle most system functions that aren’t handled directly by the operating system?

(1) Utilities

(2) Algorithms

(3) Compilers

(4) Integrated software

(5) Vertical market applications

Question No : 6

Microsoft Office is

(1) Public-domain software

(2) A vertical market application

(3) Shareware

(4) Open-source software

(5) An application suite

Question No : 7

ALU works on the instructions and data held in the ____

(1) Note book

(2) Registers

(3) Copy Pad

(4) I/O devices

(5) None of these

Question No : 8

Which of the following refers to the memory in your computer?

(1) RAM

(2) DSL

(3) USB

(4) LAN

(5) CPU

Question No : 9

Information travels between components on the motherboard through

(1) Peripherals

(2) CMOS

(3) Bays

(4) Buses

(5) Flash memory

Question No : 10

When you are working on a document on PC, where is the document temporarily stored?

(1) RAM

(2) ROM

(3) The CPU

(4) Flash memory

(5) The CD-ROM

Question No : 11

How are data organised in a spread sheet?

(1) Lines and spaces

(2) Layers and planes

(3) Height and width

(4) Rows and columns

(5) None of these

Question No : 12

____ is the study of the physical relationship between people and their tools such as computers.

(1) Stress study

(2) Strain study

(3) Ergonomics

(4) Posture study

(5) None of these

Question No : 13

The device that assembles groups of characters into complete messages prior to their entering the CPU is called

(1) An Interpreter

(2) A Compiler

(3) An Editor

(4) A Communication processor

(5) A Translator

Question No : 14

When cutting and pasting, the item cut is temporarily stored in

(1) ROM

(2) Hard drive

(3) Diskette

(4) Dashboard

(5) Clipboard

Question No : 15

The hardware device that acts as both a switching and connecting unit is called a(n)

(1) RS-232 C Port

(2) Concentrator

(3) Multiplexer

(4) Communication processor

(5) None of these