PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-85

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

 

Question No : 1

Data or information used to run the computer is called _____

(1) Software

(2) Hardware

(3) Peripheral

(4) CPU

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

The cost of a given amount of computing power has ____dramatically with the progress of computer technology.

(1) stayed the same   

(2) fluctuated

(3) decreased

(4) increased

(5) changed proportionally with the economy

Question No : 3

Which of the following memory chip is faster?

(1) There is no certainty

(2) DRAM is faster for larger chips  

(3) DRAM

(4) SRAM

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

The device which helps you to communicate with computer is called:

(1) Input device

(2) Output device

(3) Software device

(4) Storage device

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

In order to avoid memorising e-mail address you should use

(1) Browser

(2) Search engine

(3) List of Birth date

(4) Phonebook

(5) Address book

Question No : 6

The devices which store information and that are used by computer for its functioning are called:

(1) Input devices

(2) Output devices

(3) Software devices

(4) Storage devices

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

Which among the following is not such an operation which can be carried out on objects in graphic programme?

(1) Spell check

(2) Change size

(3) Move

(4) Delete

(5) None of these

Question No : 8

Which of the following can hold data of at least one GB?

(1) Hard disk

(2) CD-ROM

(3) Floppy disk

(4) Floppy disk and CD-ROM

(5) None of these

Question No : 9

A hardware device which converts data into meaningful information is called

(1) Protector

(2) Output device

(3) Input device

(4) Program

(5) Processor

Question No : 10

Which of the following is the smallest measure of storage?

(1) Terrabyte

(2) Gigabyte

(3) Kilobyte

(4) Megabyte

(5) Byte

Question No : 11

Which of the following is related with persons associated with computing process?

(1) Hardware

(2) Humanware

(3) Software

(4) Firmware 

(5) Peripherals

Question No : 12

Which of the following is both output and input devices?

(1) Printer

(2) Speaker

(3) Modem

(4) Monitor

(5) Scanner

Question No : 13

Which of the following is not an example of storage device?

(1) CD

(2) Floppy

(3) Hard disk 

(4) RAM

(5) DVD

Question No : 14

What is the name of the program that controls the computer?

(1) The Operating System

(2) An Application Program

(3) A Browser

(4) The File Manager 

(5) The Compiler

Question No : 15

Today, the common form of RAM is built with

(1) Transistors

(2) Super conductors  ICs

(3) Vacuum Tubes

(4) Semi-conductors ICs

(5) None of these