Computer Awareness Questions and Answers


1. Which type of computers use the 8-bit code called EBCDIC?
1) Minicomputers
2) Microcomputers
3) Mainframe computers
4) Super computer
5) None of the above

2. The first UNIX operating system was written in which of the following language?
1) Assembly Language
2) C Language
3) JAVA
4) B Language
5) None of these

3. Which of the following is not a feature of first generation computers?
1) They used vacuum tubes or valves as main electronic component
2) They consumed lots of electricity and produced excessive heat
3) They used assembly language to program the machine
4) All of the above
5) None of above

4. Where would you find a magnetic strip?
1) Speakers
2) Credit card
3) Smart card
4) All of the above
5) None of these

5. Apple II computer belongs to _____ generation.
1) First
2) Second
3) Third
4) Fourth
5) Fifth

6. What is e-commerce?
1) Buying and selling of international goods
2) Buying and selling of products and services over the Internet
3) Buying and selling of products and services not found in stores
4) Buying and selling of products having to do with computers
5) Buying and selling of electronic goods

7. Which of the following displays the contents of an active cell?
1) Toolbar
2) Menu bar
3) Name box
4) Formula bar
5) None of these

8. Which key is used to send a digital signature?
1) Public key
2) Private Key
3) Digital key
4) Keypad
5) None of these

9. What is the default paper size of a word document?
1) A4
2) Letter
3) A3
4) Both 2 and 3
5) None of these

10. Robots used in automobile plants are classified as:
1) Perception systems
2) Industrial robots
3) Mobile robots
4) Knowledge robots
5) None of these

11. To save an existing file to a new location, you should use the ____ command.
1) Save
2) Save and Replace
3) New File
4) Save As
5) None of these

12. This can be another word for program______.
1) Peripheral
2) Disk
3) Floppy
4) Hardware
5) Software

13. ‘MICR’ technology used for clearance of cheques by banks refers to as:
1) Magnetic Intelligence Character Recognition
2) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
3) Magnetic Information Cable Recognition
4) Magnetic Insurance Cases Recognition
5) None of these

14. Which of the following is NOT associated with Computers?
1) Binary
2) Light Pencil
3) Light gun
4) Stylus pen
5) Mouse

15. Modern Computers represent characters and numbers internally using which of the following number systems?
1) Hexa
2) Septa
3) Decimal
4) Octal
5) Binary

16. Which type of resource has greater probability to become shared resource in a computer network?
1) Keyboards
2) Printers
3) Speakers
4) Floppy Disc Drivers
5) None of these

17. If you wish to extend the length of the network without having the signal degrade, you would use a
1) Switch
2) Router
3) Gateway
4) Repeater
5) None of these

18. Which of the following is used to move down a page in a document?
1) Wriggle
2) Scroll
3) Fly
4) Jump
5) None of these

19. A ________ is approximately a trillion bytes.
1) Terabyte
2) Megabyte
3) Gigabyte
4) None of these
5) Kilobyte

20. Date and Time are available on the desktop at:
1) My Computer
2) Recycle Bin
3) Taskbar
4) Only 2 and 3
5) None of these

21. Which of the following terms is used to describe the movement of an item with the help of mouse to a new position on screen?
1) Click
2) Double-click
` 3) Drag and drop
4) Right-click
5) Point

22. Example of Alpha – numeric data is:
1) Employee name
2) Test score
3) Bank Account No.
4) All of these
5) Employee address

23. The process of finding and correcting errors in a program is a process called as:
1) Debugging
2) Compiling
3) Executing
4) Run
5) None of these

24. QuarkXPress and Adobe in Design are examples of ____ software.
1) Image-editing
2) Word processing
3) Video-editing
4) Desktop publishing
5) None of these

25. Copy righted software that can be used for free is:
1) Shareware
2) Freeware
3) Groupware
4) E-mail
5) None of these

26. To resolve problems with Microsoft products, check the ____, an online collection of more than 2,50,000 articles written by Microsoft support professionals.
1) FAQs
2) Knowledge Base
3) Integrated help
4) Manual
5) None of these

27. Map Quest and Yahoo! Maps are examples of ____ software.
1) Entertainment
2) Educational
3) Multimedia
4) Web-based application
5) None of these

28. Storage and memory differ with respect to which of the following characteristics?
1) Price
2) Reliability
3) Speed
4) All of the above
5) None of these

29. A (n) ________ system is a small, wireless handheld computer that scans items, tags and pulls up the current price (and any special offer) as you shop.
1) PSS
2) POS
3) Inventory
4) Data mining
5) None of these

30. A hard copy of a file created on a computer refers to data:
1) Saved on a floppy disk
2) Printed on a printer
3) Backed up on a tape drive
4) Sent as an e-mail
5) None of these

31. What is Internet 2?
1) A new type of cabling system for Wide Area Networks
2) A second local area network that can connect with another online LAN to share access
3) A new standard for Internet browsers
4) Advanced network applications and technologies for research and higher education
5) None of these

32. The ability of an OS to run more than one application at a time is called:
1) Multitasking
2) Object-oriented programming
3) Multi user computing
4) Time-sharing
5) None of these

33. Microsoft PowerPoint and Corel are examples of _____ software.
1) Spreadsheet
2) Presentation
3) Design
4) Database
5) None of these

34. Virtual memory is_____
1) Memory on the hard disk that the CPU uses as extended RAM
2) In RAM
3) Only necessary if you do not have any RAM in your computer
4) A backup device for floppy disks
5) None of these

35. The ____ is the box that houses the most important parts of a computer system.
1) Software
2) Hardware
3) Input device
4) System unit
5) None of these

36. A _____ is a collection of information saved as a unit.
1) Folder
2) File
3) Path
4) File extension
5) None of these

37. Where are programs and data kept while the processor is using them?
1) Main memory
2) Secondary memory
3) Disk memory
4) Program memory
5) None of these

38. _____ hard drives are permanently located inside the system unit and are not designed to be removed, unless they need to be repaired or replaced.
1) Static
2) Internal
3) External
4) Remove
5) None of these

39. A complete electronic circuit with transistors and other electronic components on a small silicon chip is called an_________
1) Workstation
2) Magnetic strip
3) Magnetic disk
4) Integrated Circuit
5) None of these

40. A(n) ____ gate is the physical realization of logical addition operation.
1) AND
2) OR
3) NOT
4) NOR
5) NAND

41. Properly arranged data is called
1) Field
2) Word
3) File
4) Information
5) Item

42. DNS stands for
1) Domain Name Service
2) Domain Name System
3) Direct Network Service
4) Direct Network System
5) None of these

43. The most popular network protocol whose routing capability provide maximum flexibility in an enterprise wide network is known as:
1) TCP
2) FTP
3) IP
4) TCP/IP
5) None of these

44. Changing the existing document is called ___ the document.
1) Creating
2) Editing
3) Modifying
4) Adjusting
5) None of these

45. Which of the following is the largest unit of storage?
1) EXA BYTE
2) ZETTA BYTE
3) MEGA BYTE
4) TERA BYTE
5) All are equal

46. A unit of data storage that equals 270 is called:
1) Zebi Byte
2) Yotta bit
3) Yobi bit
4) All the above
5) None of these

47. COBOL is widely used in ____ applications.
1) Commercial
2) Scientific
3) Space
4) Mathematical
5) None

48. ___ is the process of carrying out commands.
1) Fetching
2) Storing
3) Executing
4) Decoding
5) None of these


Computer Awareness Questions and Answers