PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-52

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

 

Question No : 1

Be default, Excel positions text in a cell __________

(1) Left – aligned

(2) right – aligned

(3) centered

(4) justified

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

To centre a paragraph using shortcut keys, press______

(1) CTRL+C

(2) CTRL+E

(3) CTRL+ L

(4) CTRL+R

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

To print a document, press_____________, then press ENTER.

(1) SHIFT + P

(2) CTRL+P

(3) ALT+P

(4) ESC+P

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

Multiplexing involves ______ path and ________ channel.

(1) one, one

(2) one, multiple

(3) multiple, one

(4) multiple, multiple

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

The code which identifies the merchandise in a retail showroom is called _____

(1) Gray code

(2) Bar code

(3) Machine code

(4) Universal product code

(5) None of these

Question No : 6

_______ processes data which is also called brain of the computer.

(1) Motherboard

(2) Central Processing Unit (CPU)

(3) Memory

(4) RAM

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

Which area in an Excel window allows entering values and formulas

(1) Title Bar

(2) Menu Bar

(3) Formula Bar

(4) Standard Tool bar

(5) None of these

Question No : 8

For opening and closing of the file in Excel, you can use which bar?

(1) Formatting

(2) Standard

(3) Title

(4) Formatting or Title

(5) None of these

Question No : 9

The CPU, also called the ____ when talking about PCs, does the vast majority of the processing for a computer.

(1) macroprocessor

(2) RAM

(3) Memory System

(4) microprocessor

(5) None of these

Question No : 10

What is the main folder on a storage device called?

(1) Platform

(2) Interface

(3) Root directory

(4) device driver

(5) None of these

Question No : 11

Manipulating data to create information is known as

(1) feedback

(2) programming

(3) processing

(4) analysis

(5) None of these

Question No : 12

The type of software that controls the internal operations in the computer, and controls how the computer works with all its parts is which of the following?

(1) application software

(2) operating system software

(3) Shareware

(4) public domain software

(5) None of these

Question No : 13

In addition to keying data directly into a database, data entry can be done from a(an)

(1) input form

(2) table

(3) field

(4) data dictionary

(5) None of these

Question No : 14

The algorithm used to calculate memory addresses is widely known as _____

(1) Searching

(2) Sorting

(3) Hashing

(4) Flickering

(5) None of these

Question No : 15

A word processor would most likely be used to do which of the following?

(1) keep an account to money spent

(2) do a computer search in the media centre

(3) type a biography

(4) maintain an inventory

(5) None of these