PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-23

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

 

Question No : 1

All the information collected during database development is stored in a_____.

(1) Repository

(2) Data warehouse

(3) RAD

(4) CASE

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

If you change Windows 98 operating system to Windows XP, you _____.

(1) Shortlist

(2) Push up

(3) Patch

(4) Upgrade

(5) Pull down

Question No : 3

Computers gather data, which means they allow users to _____ data

(1) Present

(2) Store

(3) Output

(4) Input

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

The process of writing computer instructions in a programming language is known as_____.

(1) Coding

(2) Algorithming

(3) Processing 

(4) File

(5) Instructioning

Question No : 5

Specialised programs that assist users in locating information on the Web are called _____.

(1) Information engines

(2) Search engines

(3) Web browsers

(4) Resource locators

(5) None of these   

Question No : 6

An error in a computer program _____.

(1) Crash

(2) Power Failure

(3) Bug

(4) Virus

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

A complete electronic circuit with transistors and other electronic components on a small silicon chip is called a (n) _____.

(1) Workstation

(2) CPU

(3) Magnetic disk

(4) Integrated circuit  

(5) None of these

Question No : 8

Communication circuits that transmit data in both directions but not at the same time are operating in _____.

(1) Simplex mode

(2) Half-duplex mode

(3) Full-duplex mode

(4) Asynchronous mode

(5) None of these

Question No : 9

The keyboard shortcut to centralise the selected text in Word is _____.

(1) Ctrl + Esc

(2) Ctrl + C

(3) Alt + C

(4) There is no keyboard shortcut for this operation

(5) Ctrl + E

Question No : 10

To allow someone else schedule your meetings and appointments, _____ feature of Outlook is used

(1) Monthly calendar

(2) Event manager

(3) Appointments

(4) Delegate Access

(5) None of these   

Question No : 11

Which part of the computer helps to store information?

(1) Monitor

(2) Keyboard

(3) Disk drive 

(4) Printer

(5) Plotter

Question No : 12

Which key is used to delete one character to the left of the current position of the cursor?

(1) Backspace  

(2) Ctrl

(3) Insert

(4) Esc 

(5) None of these

Question No : 13

Web pages are saved in _____ format.

(1) http://

(2) HTML

(3) DOC

(4) URL

(5) None of these   

Question No : 14

Which one of the following Gates is called Universal gate?

(1) OR gate

(2) AND gate

(3) NOT gate

(4) NAND gate

(5) None of these

Question No : 15

A handheld computer known as PDA stands for _____.

(1) Personalised Digital Associate

(2) Personalised Digital Assistance

(3) Personal Digital Assistant

(4) Planned Digital Associate

(5) Practical Digitalised Associate