PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-69

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

 

Question No : 1

Which elements of a Word document can be displayed in colour?

(1) Only graphics

(2) All elements, but only if you have a colour printer

(3) Only text

(4) All elements

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

______ is a very handy tool where you can drag text from one location to another in a document.

(1) Dragging

(2) Copying

(3) Pasting

(4) Dropping

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

What is the term for unsolicited e-mail?

(1) newsgroup

(2) usenet

(3) backbone

(4) flaming

(5) spam

Question No : 4

A _____ can make it easier to play games.

(1) mouse

(2) Joystick

(3) keyboard

(4) pen

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

The instructions that tell a computer how to carry out the processing tasks are referred to as computer _______

(1) programs

(2) processors

(3) input devices

(4) memory modules

(5) None of these

Question No : 6

RAM can be thought of as the _______ for the computer’s processor.

(1) factory

(2) operating room

(3) waiting room

(4) planning room

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

C, BASIC, COBOL, and Java are examples of _______ languages.

(1) Low-level

(2) System programming

(3) Computer

(4) High-level

(5) None of these

Question No : 8

An email account includes a storage area, often called a (n) _____

(1) attachment

(2) hyperlink

(3) mailbox

(4) IP address

(5) None of these

Question No : 9

An area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed is ________

(1) CPU

(2) Memory

(3) Storage

(4) File

(5) None of these

Question No : 10

A _____ is a microprocessor based computing device.

(1) personal computer

(2) mainframe

(3) workstation

(4) server

(5) None of these

Question No : 11

You use a(n) ______, such as a keyboard or mouse, to input information.

(1) Output device

(2) input device

(3) storage device

(4) processing device

(5) None of these

Question No : 12

The term _______ designates equipment that might be added to a computer system to enhance its functionality.

(1) digital device

(2) system add-on

(3) disk pack

(4) peripheral device

(5) None of these

Question No : 13

Data becomes _______ when it is presented in a format that people can understand and use.

(1) processed

(2) graphs

(3) information

(4) presentation

(5) None of these

Question No : 14

A set of computer programs that helps a computer monitor itself and function more efficiently is a/an _______

(1) Windows

(2) System Software

(3) DBMS

(4) Application Software

(5) None of these

Question No : 15

______ is the ability of a device to “jump” directly to the requested data.

(1) Sequential access

(2) Random access

(3) Quick access

(4) All of the above

(5) None of these