PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-96

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

 

Question No : 1

A blinking indicator that shows you where you next action will happen ______

(1) CPU

(2) cursor

(3) tool bar

(4) boot

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

To change written work already done ______

(1) file 

(2) edit

(3) cut

(4) close

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

A place in the computer system where data and programs are temporarily stored ______

(1) paste

(2) open

(3) memory

(4) pocket

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

A key that will erase information from the computer’s memory and characters on the screen ___

(1) edit

(2) delete key

(3) dummy out

(4) trust key

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

The operating system determines the manner in which all of the following occurs except

(1) user creation of a document

(2) user interaction with processor

(3) printer output

(4) data displayed on the monitor

(5) None of these

Question No : 6

_____ is a Windows utility program that located and eliminated unnecessary fragments and rearranges files and unused disk space to optimize operations.

(1) Backup

(2) Disk Cleanup

(3) Restore

(4) Disk Restorer

(5) Disk Defragmenter

Question No : 7

A ______ contains specific rules and words that express the logical steps of an algorithm

(1) Programming language

(2) Syntax

(3) Logical Chart

(4) Programming structure

(5) None of these

Question No : 8

Which device uses a handheld operating system?

(1) A PDA

(2) A personal computer

(3) A laptop

(4) A mainframe

(5) None of these

Question No : 9

_____ are specially designed computer chips that reside inside other devices, such as your car or your electronic thermostat

(1) Servers

(2) Embedded computers

(3) Mainframes

(4) Robotic computers

(5) None of these

Question No : 10

Which of the following is a program that uses a variety of different approaches to identify and eliminate spam?

(1) Directory search

(2) Anti-spam program

(3) Virus

(4) Web server

(5) Web storefront creation package

Question No : 11

Example of non-numeric data is

(1) Employee address

(2) Examination score

(3) Bank balance

(4) All of these

(5) None of these

Question No : 12

Capital letters on a keyboard are referred to as ___________

(1) caps lock key

(2) grownups

(3) big guys

(4) upper case letters

(5) None of these

Question No : 13

An output device that lets you see what the computer is doing_________

(1) a disk drive

(2) monitor-screen

(3) shift key

(4) printer

(5) None of these

Question No : 14

The ability of an OS to run more than one application at a time is called _________

(1) multitasking

(2) multi-user computing

(3) time-sharing

(4) object-oriented programming

(5) None of these

Question No : 15

A ___________ is an example of an input device.

(1) keyboard

(2) monitor

(3) Mouse

(4) central processing unit

(5) None of these