PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-50

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

 

Question No : 1

The _____ performs simple mathematics for the CPU.

(1) ALU

(2) DIMM

(3) BUS

(4) Register

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

______ is processed by the computer into information.

(1) numbers

(2) processor

(3) input

(4) data

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

Personal computers can be connected together to form a ______

(1) server

(2) enterprise

(3) network

(4) computer

(5) super computer

Question No : 4

A word in a web page that, when clicked, opens another document is called ___

(1) anchor

(2) hyperlink

(3) reference

(4) URL

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

The _____ of software contains lists of commands and options.

(1) title bar

(2) menu bar

(3) formula bar

(4) tool bar

(5) None of these

Question No : 6

Computer and communication technologies, such as communication links to the Internet that provide help and understanding to the end user is known as ______

(1) presentation file

(2) information technology

(3) FTP

(4) program

(5) worksheet file

Question No : 7

The _____ shows all the Web sites and pages that you have visited over a period of time.

(1) status bar

(2) task bar

(3) history list

(4) tool bar

(5) None of these

Question No : 8

In database, a field is a _______

(1) group of related records

(2) table of information

(3) label

(4) category of information

(5) None of these

Question No : 9

The number of pixels displayed on a screen is known as the screen ________

(1) resolution

(2) colour depth

(3) refresh rate

(4) viewing size

(5) None of these

Question No : 10

Word processing, spreadsheet, and photo-editing are examples of _______

(1) application software

(2) platform software

(3) system software

(4) operating system software

(5) None of these

Question No : 11

The time it takes a device to locate data and instructions and make them available to the CPU is known as _____

(1) clock speed

(2) a processing cycle

(3) CPU speed

(4) access time

(5) None of these

Question No : 12

A _____ is approximately a million bytes.

(1) gigabyte

(2) kilobyte

(3) megabyte

(4) terabyte

(5) None of these

Question No : 13

______ means that the data contained in a database is accurate and reliable.

(1) Data redundancy

(2) Data integrity

(3) Data reliability

(4) Data consistency

(5) None of these

Question No : 14

In MS-Access, a table can have ______ primary key/keys.

(1) One

(2) Two

(3) Three

(4) Four

(5) Non of these

Question No : 15

_____ controls the way in which the computer system functions and provides a means by which users can interact with the computer.

(1) The operating system

(2) The motherboard

(3) The platform

(4) Application software

(5) None of these