PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

PREPARATORY SET-117

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

 

Question No : 1

Which of the following statements is valid?

(1) 1 KB = 1024 bits

(2) 1 MB=1000 kilobits

(3) 1 MB = 2048 bits

(4) 1 KB = 1000 bytes

(5) 1 MB = 1024 kilobytes

Question No : 2

ALU is

(1) Access Logic Unit

(2) Arithmetic Logic Unit

(3) Array Logic Unit 

(4) Application Logic Unit

(5) Artificial Logic Unit

Question No : 3

A storage device that stores the same data on several different disks so if one gets damaged, another one will have the same data is referred to as ______

(1) RAID

(2) magnetic tape

(3) magnetic disk

(4) floppy disk

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

Which of the following is not a term pertaining to WORD?

(1) Delete

(2) Edit

(3) Copy

(4) Slide show

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

Instructions or programs for controlling the computer are called

(1) Software

(2) Hardware

(3) Humanware

(4) Programmer

(5) Analysts

Question No : 6

A _____ typically identifies the type of file.

(1) folder

(2) path

(3) file extension

(4) filename

(5) None of these

Question No : 7

A device that copies or reproduces text and images is called a/an

(1) CPU

(2) reader

(3) memory

(4) obtainer

(5) scanner

Question No : 8

In a spreadsheet, the point at which a column and a row intersect is called a _____

(1) col-row

(2) container

(3) box

(4) grid

(5) cell

Question No : 9

_____ of the worksheet appear vertically and are identified by letters at the top of the work-sheet window.

(1) Rows

(2) Cells

(3) Columns

(4) Headings

(5) Range

Question No : 10

Which unit controls the movement of signals between CPU and I/O?

(1) ALU

(2) Control Unit

(3) Memory Unit

(4) Secondary Storage

(5) None of these

Question No : 11

You use a(n) ____, such as a mouse, to input information

(1) output device

(2) input device

(3) storage device

(4) processing device

(5) None of these

Question No : 12

A computer’s  RAM is _____

(1) CPU

(2) computer software

(3) operating system

(4) ALU

(5) computer hardware

Question No : 13

Which of the following is not an example of hardware?

(1) Mouse

(2) Printer

(3) Monitor

(4) Operating System

(5) Scanner

Question No : 14

The components that process data are located in the:

(1) input devices

(2) output devices

(3) system unit

(4) storage component

(5) None of these

Question No : 15

Excel documents are stored as files called _____

(1) workforce

(2) worksheets

(3) worktables

(4) workgroups

(5) workbooks