PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-113

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

 

Question No : 1

What is the easiest way to change the phrase, revenues, profits, gross margin, to read revenues, profits and gross margin?

(1) Use the insert mode, position the cursor before the g in gross, then type the word and followed by a space

(2) Use the insert mode, position the cursor after the g in gross, then type the word and followed by a space

(3) Use the overtype mode, position the cursor before the g in gross, then type the word and followed by a space

(4) Use the overtype mode, position the cursor after the g in gross, then type the word and followed by a space

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

In the absence of parentheses, the order of operation is ____

(1) Exponentiation, addition or subtraction, multiplication or division

(2) Addition or subtraction, multiplication or division, exponentiation

(3) Multiplication or division, exponentiation, addition or subtraction

(4) Exponentiation, multiplication or division, addition or subtraction

(5) Addition or subtraction, exponentiation, multiplication or division

Question No : 3

A document in portrait prints

(1) The same characters per line with the same document in landscape

(2) More characters per line than the same document in landscape

(3) Less characters per line than the same document in landscape

(4) Smaller fonts in order to fit the same amount of characters per line with landscape

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

Which of the following statements is correct about RAM?

(1) It retains data when PC is turned off

(2) It is a type of read and write memory

(3) It contains start-up instructions

(4) It is a peripheral

(5) It means Read Access Memory

Question No : 5

A computer programmer _______

(1) does all the thinking for a computer

(2) can enter input data quickly

(3) can operate all types of computer equipments

(4) can draw only flowchart

(5) is not a useful person

Question No : 6

A page break means ____

(1) breaking a page of the document into smaller parts

(2) starting the next part of the document on a new page

(3) breaking a page of the document into small sentences

(4) breaking a page of the document into small paragraphs

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

In word, when you indent a paragraph, you _______

(1) push the text in with respect to the margin

(2) change the margin on the page

(3) move the text up by one line

(4) move the text down by one line

(5) None of these

Question No : 8

In the formula, = B1/B2 + B3, which of the following is the correct precedence?

(1) Addition higher precedence than division

(2) Equal precedence among the two operators; proceed right to left

(3) Equal precedence among the two operators; proceed left to right

(4) Division higher precedence than addition

(5) None of these

Question No : 9

Why is the Caps Lock key referred to as a toggle key?

(1) Because its function goes back and forth every time it is pressed

(2) Because it cannot be used for entering numbers

(3) Because it cannot be used to delete

(4) Because it cannot be used to insert

(5) None of these

Question No : 10

What is e-commerce?

(1) Buying and selling international goods  

(2) Buying and selling products and services over the Internet

(3) Buying and selling products and services not found in stores

(4) Buying and selling products having to do with computers

(5) Buying and selling of electronic goods

Question No : 11

Computer systems are comprised of

(1) hardware, program, information, people and networks

(2) hardware, software, procedures, networks and people

(3) hardware, programs, information, people and procedures

(4) hardware, programs, processors, procedures, networks and people

(5) hardware, programs, processors, procedures and people

Question No : 12

Memory, also called random access memory, or RAM, _____

(1) contains the electronic circuits that cause processing to occur

(2) makes the information resulting from processing available for use

(3) allows data, programs, command, and user responses to be entered into a computer

(4) consists of electronic components that store data

(5) None of these

Question No : 13

Microcomputer hardware consists of three basic categories of physical equipment _________

(1) keyboard, monitor, hard drive   

(2) system unit, input/output, memory

(3) system unit, input/output, secondary storage

(4) system unit, primary storage, secondary storage

(5) None of these

Question No : 14

Which of the following statements best describes the batch method of input?

(1) Data is processed as soon as it is input

(2) Data is input at the time it is collected

(3) Data is collected in the form of source documents, placed into groups, and then input to the computer

(4) Source documents are not used

(5) None of these

Question No : 15

What is the full form of URL?

(1) Uniform Reverse Location

(2) Universal Resolution Locator

(3) Uniform Resource Locator

(4) Universal Re-engineering Location

(5) United Resources Locator