PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-60

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

 

Question No : 1

File _____ shrinks the size of a file so it requires less storage space.

(1) scanning

(2) synthesizing

(3) defragmenting

(4) compression

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

Bit in short for ________

(1) binary system

(2) digital byte

(3) binary digit

(4) binary unit

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

A computer falls into the _____ category if it is, at the time of construction, one of fastest computer in the world

(1) minicomputer

(2) supercomputer

(3) mainframe

(4) microcomputer

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

In a computer file system which among the following is top or first in hierarchy?

(1) root directory

(2) parent directory

(3) home directory

(4) working directory

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

A computer message is “Do you really want to delete the selected files (s)?” The user click ‘Yes’ key it is called

(1) Program Response

(2) User output

(3) User Response

(4) Program output

(5) None of these

Question No : 6

The person who writes computer program and test is known as ____

(1) Software engineer

(2) Computer scientist

(3) Programmer

(4) Project developer

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

To display the contents of a folder in Windows Explorer you should _____

(1) click on it

(2) collapse it

(3) name it

(4) give if a password

(5) rename it

Question No : 8

The CPU comprises of Control, Memory, and _____ Units.

(1) Microprocessor

(2) Arithmetic/Logic

(3) Output

(4) ROM

(5) Input

Question No : 9

A ___________ is a computer attached to the Internet that runs a special Web server software and can send Web pages out to other computers over the Internet

(1) web client

(2) web system

(3) web page

(4) web server

(5) None of these

Question No : 10

After a user has saved and deleted many files, many scattered areas of stored data remain that are too small to be used efficiency, causing _______

(1) disorder

(2) turmoil

(3) disarray

(4) fragmentation

(5) None of these

Question No : 11

A kiosk

(1) is data organized and presented in a manner that has additional value beyond the value of the data itself.

(2) combines microscopic electronic components on a single integrated circuit that processes bits according to software instructions.

(3) is a computer station that provides the public with specific and useful information and service.

(4) describes a computer’s type, processor, and operating system.

(5) None of these

Question No : 12

Which of the following places the common data elements in order from smallest to largest?

(1) Character, file, record, field, database

(2) Character, record, field, file, database

(3) Character, field, record, file, database

(4) Bit, byte, character, record, field, file, database

(5) None of these

Question No : 13

Which of the following statements is false concerning file names?

(1) Files may share the same name or the same extension but not both

(2) Every file in the same folder must have a unique name

(3) File extension is another name for file type

(4) The file extension comes before the dot (.) followed by the file name

(5) None of these

Question No : 14

Distributed processing involves

(1) solving computer component problems from a different computer

(2) solving computing problems by breaking them into smaller parts that are separately processed by different computers

(3) allowing users to share files on a network

(4) allowing users to access network resources away from the office

(5) None of these

Question No : 15

A data warehouse is which of the following?

(1) Can be updated by end users

(2) Contains numerous naming conventions and formats

(3) Organised around important subject areas

(4) Contains only current data

(5) None of these