PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-87

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

 

Question No : 1

This type of memory improves processing by acting as a temporary high speed holding area between the memory and the CPU

(1) RAM

(2) ROM

(3) cache memory

(4) flash memory

(5) EPROM

Question No : 2

Digital photos and scanned images are typically stored as _________ graphics with extension such as .bmp, .png, .jpg, .tif or .gif

(1) vector

(2) either vector or bitmap

(3) bitmap

(4) neither vector nor bitmap

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

The main system board of a computer is called the _________

(1) integrated circuit

(2) motherboard

(3) processor

(4) microchip

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

Which of the following uses a handheld operating system?

(1) A super computer

(2) A personal computer

(3) A laptop

(4) A mainframe

(5) A PDA

Question No : 5

Of the 5 words listed below, which one is the odd out?

(1) Applications

(2) Peripherals

(3) Programs

(4) Software

(5) Operating System

Question No : 6

Excel would evaluate the formula, =20*10/4*8, and return the answer ______

(1) 400

(2) 40

(3) 6.25

(4) 232

(5) 600

Question No : 7

What is the biggest number you can get with 8 bits?

(1) 256

(2) 128

(3) 1000

(4) 255

(5) 1024

Question No : 8

What type of device is a digital camera?

(1) Input

(2) Output

(3) Software

(4) Storage

(5) Input/Output

Question No : 9

Any hardware connected to tower is called

(1) CPU

(2) Software

(3) Peripheral

(4) Storage

(5) None of these

Question No : 10

An example of standard file format for text files is

(1) JPEG (.jpg)

(2) Word (.doc)

(3) Text (.txt)

(4) .xls

(5) Bitmap (.bmp)

Question No : 11

Which part of hardware compensates the difference between the speeds of CPU and peripheral?

(1) Scanner

(2) Printer

(3) Video Card

(4) Motherboard

(5) Interface

Question No : 12

What is mailing list?

(1) Collection of e-mail address

(2) Collection of files

(3) Collection of dates

(4) Collection of folders

(5) Collection of events

Question No : 13

Which of the following computers has been devised to perform specified work as directed?

(1) Mainframe Computer

(2) Special purpose Computer

(3) Portable Computer

(4) Super Computer  

(5) None of these

Question No : 14

Which of the following can be considered as portable computer?

(1) Mini Computer

(2) Mainframe Computer

(3) Desktop

(4) Workstation

(5) PDA

Question No : 15

Which of the following manages computer resources?

(1) ALU

(2) BUS

(3) Control Unit

(4) I/O Unit

(5) Secondary Memory