PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-56

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

 

Question No : 1

Permanent instruction that the computer uses when it is turned on and that cannot be changed by other instructions are contained in ______

(1) ROM

(2) RAM

(3) ALU

(4) REM

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

The most widely used input device is the ______

(1) mouse

(2) keyboard

(3) modem

(4) monitor

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

Computations and logical operations are performed by the ______

(1) RAM

(2) ALU

(3) Register

(4) Control unit

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

The term ____ refers to data storage system that makes it possible for a computer or electronic device to store and retrieve data.

(1) Retrieval technology

(2) Output Technology

(3) Input technology

(4) Storage Technology

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

The vast network of computers that connects millions of people all over the world is called____

(1) LAN

(2) Web

(3) Hypertext

(4) Internet

(5) None of these

Question No : 6

To shrink a window to an icon ______

(1) open a group window

(2) minimise a window

(3) maximise a window

(4) restore a window

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

The portion that shows all the choices you can make while working in a window is called the__

(1) options

(2) table

(3) menu bar

(4) executing

(5) None of these

Question No : 8

Which of the following is a common extension used in the file names for application programs?

(1) EXE

(2) DIR

(3) TXT

(4) DOC

(5) None of these

Question No : 9

_____ is a set of computer programs that runs or controls computer hardware and acts as an interface with application programs and users.

(1) Object code

(2) An operating system

(3) A compiler

(4) The CPU

(5) None of these

Question No : 10

Another word for the CPU is _______

(1) microprocessor

(2) execute

(3) micro chip

(4) decode

(5) None of these

Question No : 11

In the URL http://www.prehall.com, the portion labeled http is the

(1) host

(2) domain name

(3) protocol

(4) top-level domain

(5) None of these

Question No : 12

To ______ a document means to make changes to its existing content.

(1) format

(2) save

(3) edit

(4) print

(5) None of these

Question No : 13

If you want to move an icon on your desktop, this is called _______

(1) double clicking

(2) highlighting

(3) dragging

(4) pointing

(5) None of these

Question No : 14

Personal computers are connected to form _______

(1) Server

(2) Super Computer

(3) Network

(4) Enterprise

(5) None of these

Question No : 15

What does happen ______ in RAM when computer is turned off?

(1) Operating System

(2) Software Application

(3) BIOS

(4) Nothing

(5) None of these