PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-61

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

 

Question No : 1

E-commerce allows companies to _____

(1) issue important business reports

(2) conduct business over the Internet

(3) keep track of paper-based transactions

(4) support decision making processes

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

What is output?

(1) What the processor takes from the user

(2) What the user gives to the processor

(3) What the processor gets from the user

(4) What the processor gives to the user

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

In order to create column data in Word you need to

(1) Tab consecutively until your cursor reaches the desired place

(2) Set tabs or use the Table menu

(3) You need to use Excel

(4) Press the space bar until your cursor reaches the desired place

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

By viewing the properties of the local hard disk of a computer, the user can find out

(1) the amount of space that has been used up and the remaining free space on the disk

(2) the name of the user viewing the properties of the disk

(3) Nothing useful to the user

(4) The number of programs available in the computer

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

To force a page break in Word

(1) Position the cursor at the appropriate place and press F1

(2) Use the Insert/Section Break

(3) Position the cursor at the appropriate place and press Ctrl + Enter

(4) Change the font size and colour of the document

(5) None of these

Question No : 6

The octal system

(1) needs less digits to represent a number than in the binary system

(2) needs more digits to represent a number than in the binary system

(3) needs the same number of digits to represent a number as in the binary system

(4) needs the same number of digits to represent a number as in the decimal system

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

Smart Card is _________

(1) Special purpose Cards

(2) Microprocessor Cards

(3) Processing unit contains memory for storing data

(4) Processing unit for software handling

(5) None of these

Question No : 8

To change the name of an Excel worksheet

(1) Click on the worksheet tab by holding CTRL key and type a new name

(2) Choose Save AS option from file menu

(3) Add a (?) at the end of file name while saving the workbook

(4) Press CTRL+SHIFT keys and new name

(5) Double click at the worksheet tab and type a new name

Question No : 9

Video controller

(1) Controls the resolution of images on screen

(2) Controls the signals to be sent and received from processor for display

(3) Handles the entire electronic work behind the formation of images on the screen

(4) Is responsible for allocating pixels for formation of images

(5) Is responsible for the refresh rate of the screen/monitor

Question No : 10

Which of the following commercial software products are examples of operating system software and application software, respectively?

(1) Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Word

(2) Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Windows XP

(3) MS DOS and Microsoft Windows XP

(4) UNIX and LINUX

(5) UNIX and Java

Question No : 11

Which of the following is not necessary to be considered computer literate?

(1) The ability to write the instructions that direct a computer

(2) An awareness of the computer’s importance, versatility, and pervasiveness in society

(3) Knowledge of what computers are and how they work

(4) The ability to interact with computers using simple applications

(5) None of these

Question No : 12

Viruses, Trojan horses and Worms are ____

(1) able to harm computer system

(2) unable to detect if present on computer

(3) user-friendly applications

(4) harmless applications resident on computer

(5) None of these

Question No : 13

Compiler is the

(1) name given to the computer operator

(2) part of the digital machine to store the information

(3) operator of Boolean Algebra

(4) part of arithmetic logic unit

(5) translator of source program to object code

Question No : 14

____is used by public and private enterprises to publish and share financial information with each other and industry analysts across all computer platforms and the Internet.'

(1) Extensible Markup Language (EML)

(2) Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)

(3) Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)

(4) Sales Force Automation (SFA) software

(5) None of these

Question No : 15

Which of the following is the first step in sizing a window?

(1) Point to the title bar

(2) Pull down the View menu to display the toolbar

(3) Point to any corner or border

(4) Pull down the View menu and change to large icons

(5) None of these