1) What type of devices are CDs or DVDs? b) Storage 2) Who created Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)?

a) Paul Zimmerman 3) What kind of computer memory is both static and nonvolatile? a) ROM 4) What type of device is a digital camera? b) Input 5) Which of the following is not a network command? b) Netcfg 6) What is a URL? a) The address of a page on the World Wide Web 7) MIME stands for? a) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions 8) Which of the following is not an Internet browser? b) .AOL 9) What is a cookie? a) Internet information file 10) ".BAT" extension refers usually to what kind of file? a) System file 11) What was the first ARPANET message? b) "lo" 12) A Cathode Ray Tube is found in what? a) Monitor

13) Which of the following is not an image file? b) TMP 14) Which one is not an output device? a) Keyboard 15) What type of device is a computer mouse? b) Input 16) How does virtual memory free up RAM? a)It looks for data in RAM that hasn 17) Where is the headquarters of Microsoft located? b) Santa Clara, California 18) ".BAK" extension refers usually to what kind of file? a) Backup file 19) One MB is equal to b) 1024 KB 20) Which one works as an output and input device? b) Modem 21) The windows registry consists of which two files? b) user.dat and system.dat 22) Why was the first Intel Celeron processor not as popular as expected? a) No level 2 23) A computer tower is NOT: b) A peripheral 24) What does BIOS stand for? a) Binary i/p and o/p system

25) Compact discs, (according to the original CD specifications) hold how many minutes of music? a) 74 mins 26) Which one is an email address a) joesmart@billme.com 27) Which hard disk will be able to store more information? a) 24Gig 28) Which file extensions indicate only graphics files b) BMP and GIF 29) In the world of computers, what is bus width? b) The number of bits that can be sent to a CPU simultaneously 30) What does the term IRQ stand for? a) Interrupt Request 31) What type of device is a 3 1/2 inch floppy drive? a) Storage 32) Unix is short for what? a) It is not a acronym 33) Which Windows program do you use to manage folders and files? a) Windows Explorer 34) A Computer Virus cannot be contracted by a) Computer Scanner 35) A computer port is used to a) Communicate with other computer peripherals 36) What type of device is a computer keyboard? a) Input

37) Which computer is the fastest? b) PIII 600MHz 38) In order for your computer to play music you need b) A sound card and speakers 39) What is latency? a) The number of clock cycles needed to read a particular bit of information 40) Which of the following is a PC video file extension? b) .AVI 41) Which kind of computer memory is the first to activate when you turn on your computer? a) BIOS 42) What is a memory cache? b) A temporary memory storage device that keeps certain data available for quick reference 43) When your computer speed begins to drop, which element of memory is likely overtaxed? a) RAM 44) Which of the following is not an operating system? b) OSD 45) What type of device is a computer monitor? b) Output 46) In order to access the World Wide Web you need a) An Internet connection, an Internet Service Provider and browser software 47) The sampling rate, (how many samples per second are stored) for a CD is...? a) 44.1 kHz

48) Software is a) Set of instructions 49) What is degauss? b) Erasing magnetic media 50) The brain of the computer is called b) CPU 51) Which of the following file extensions is not an audio file format? a) COM 52) The resolution of a printer is measured in a) Dots per inch 53) ".TMP" extension refers usually to what kind of file? a) Temporary file 54) The Intel Pentium bug/flaw was an issue with the: a) FPU 55) Typically, hard disk drives employ what technology as a storage mechanism? a) Magnetic 56) Which command lists files in MS-DOS? b) dir 57) What type of device is a computer printer? b) Output 58) Who co-founded Hotmail in 1996 and then sold the company to Microsoft? a) Sabeer Bhatia 59) What type of devices are computer speakers or headphones? b) Output

60) "INI" extension refers usually to what kind of file? b) System file 61) Where does most data go first within a computers memory hierarchy a) RAM 62) What is the capacity of a standard PC floppy? b) 1.44MB 63) Which of the following is not a Unix or Linux variant ? b) DOS 64) What is a clock cycle? a) CPU Processing Speed 65) Which media holds more information? a) DVD 66) All computers must have a) Operating System 67) "MPG" extension refers usually to what kind of file? b) Animation/movie file 68) A CPU stands for what? b) Central Processing Unit

Basic Computer Knowledge Quiz

1) What type of device is a computer monitor?
a) Input b) Output c) Software d) Storage

2) What type of device is a computer keyboard?

a) Input b) Output c) Software d) Storage

3) What type of devices are computer speakers or headphones?

a) Input b) Output c) Software d) Storage

4) A computer tower is NOT:

a) A CPU b) Hardware c) the "Heart" of the computer d) A peripheral

5) Of the 4 words listed below, which one does NOT belong?

a) Applications b) Peripherals c) Programs d) Software

6) What type of device is a computer printer?

a) Input b) Output c) Software d) Storage

7) What type of device is a 3 1/2 inch floppy drive?

a) Input b) Output c) Software d) Storage

8) What type of device is a computer mouse?

a) Input b) Output c) Software d) Storage

9) What type of devices are CDs or DVDs?

a) Input b) Output c) Software d) Storage

10) What type of device is a digital camera?

a) Input b) Output c) Software d) Storage

1. Q: What does DRAM stand for? B: Dynamic Random Access Memory ------------------------------------2. Q: What is Cache RAM? D: Fast memory used for data that is accessed often ------------------------------------3. Q: What technology of memory is Cache RAM usually? B: SRAM ------------------------------------4. Q: Which is usually faster in a PC system: DRAM or SDRAM? A: SDRAM ------------------------------------5. Q: Where is your BIOS stored? C: Flash ------------------------------------6. Q: Which one of the following is not an Operating System? C: Word Perfect ------------------------------------7. Q: Where does your PC store your programs when the power is off? C: Hard Disk Drive ------------------------------------8. Q: What is Non-volitile Memory? A: Memory that stores data when the power is off ------------------------------------9. Q: What is PCI? B: A type of system bus ------------------------------------10. Q: What does a modem do? C: Changes digital signals to signals that work on the telephone lines ------------------------------------11. Q: Which is usually faster in a PC system: RDRAM or SDRAM? B: RDRAM ------------------------------------12. Q: How many cycles per second is 1GHz? D: 1,000,000,000 ------------------------------------13. Q: How many bits is 1K Byte? B: 1024 ------------------------------------14. Q: Firewire is the same as: A: IEEE 1394 ------------------------------------15. Q: Firewire is usually used for: D: Interfacing to a Digital Camcorder ------------------------------------16. Q: What is USB? C: A high-speed serial connection ------------------------------------17. Q: Which company is not a microprocessor manufacturer? B: Microsoft ------------------------------------18. Q: Which company is not a PC manufacturer?

C: Intel ------------------------------------19. Q: Is it better to have a lower or higher dot pitch (dp) monitor? A: lower ------------------------------------20. Q: What does DDR stand for? C: Double Data Rate ------------------------------------21. Q: "How much data can a double sided High Density 3.5"" Floppy Disk Drive store?" B: 1.44 MB ------------------------------------22. Q: How many bits are in a byte? A: 8 ------------------------------------23. Q: What does GUI stand for? B: Graphical User Interface ------------------------------------24. Q: Which of the following is not a typical peripheral port? A: DVD ------------------------------------25. Q: Which microprocessor is used in Apple computers? D: Power PC ------------------------------------26. Q: Which is the fastest? C: RDRAM ------------------------------------27. Q: What does a system bus do? D: connects various compents within the computer ------------------------------------28. Q: What does memory do? B: stores data and instructions ------------------------------------29. Q: What does the CPU do? A: carries out instructions ------------------------------------30. Q: What do input devices do? C: allows the user to communicate with the computer ------------------------------------31. Q: What does CPU stand for? B: Central Processing Unit ------------------------------------32. Q: Which is not an input device? D: monitor ------------------------------------33. Q: Which is not an output device? C: Mouse ------------------------------------34. Q: Which is not considered software? A: Hard Disk Drive ------------------------------------35. Q: What does ROM stand for? B: Read Only Memory -------------------------------------

36. Q: Which of the following is not a programming language? D: Windows ------------------------------------37. Q: What does LAN stand for? D: Local Area Network ------------------------------------38. Q: The internet would be considered a WAN or a LAN? B: WAN ------------------------------------39. Q: What language does a browser typically interpret to display information from the World Wide Web? B: HTML ------------------------------------40. Q: Additional DRAM may speed up the performance of your PC? A: TRUE

1) How many pins does a SIMM have? c) 30 or 72 2) The various cards in a PC requires _______ voltage to function b) DC 3) What type of hard disk formatting creates FAT (File Allocation Table) ? a) High Level 4) What is the name of the printed circuit board? b) Mother Board 5) Which Component of pc maintains data and time a) CMOS RAM 6) IRQ 1 is commonly assigned to: d) keyboard 7) LCD monitor is also known as___________ a) TFT 8) How can you tell that a particular ribbon cable should only be used to connect a floppy drive? d) it has a twist in it 9) Data stored in a ROM cannot be changed by user of a computer? a) TRUE 10) Is the data in a RAM stored on a permanent or temporary basis a) Temporary 11) Winchester drive is also called: a) Hard Disk Drive 12) TO write, erase, rewrite data on a CD RAM what type of CD ROM you should use? a) CD-RW 13) A byte is equivalent to...? a) 8 bits 14) SMPS stands for: a) Switch Mode Power Supply 15) Which of the following is NOT a type of motherboard expansion slot?

d) ATX 16) Which IRQ does LPT1 commonly use? d) 7 17) How much data will a high density (HD) floppy disk hold? c) 1.44 MB 18) What is the name of the spec for the holes in a monitor's aperture grill? a) dot pitch 19) Which is the best hard disk seek time?a) 3msb) 5ms 20) Fragmentation of data on computer hard disk causes it to work faster than before?a) FALSEb) TRUE 21) What is the name of the card that controls read,write head and motor in the hard diska) Network Cardb) Disc Controller Card 22) Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the power to the system is turned off?a) CPUb) ROMc) DRAMd) DIMM 23) Acronym of HDD?a) Hard Disk Driveb) Hard Drive Disk 24)A program written using binary codes is called:a) Software languageb) Machine language 25) How many bytes a sector of hard disk holds?a) 512 Bytesb) 1024 Bytes 26) To be bootable a DOS partition must be:a) activeb) copied 27) What does FDISK do?a) performs low-level formatting of the hard driveb) fixes bad sectors on the hard drivec) recovers lost clusters on the hard drived) creates partitions on the hard drive 28) hat kind of connectors are used to connect a PC power supply to a hard drive?a) ATb) molexc) minimolexd) P9 29) Acronym of FDD?a) Floppy Drive Diskb) Floppy Disk Drive 30) Which of the following is NOT a type of computer hard drive?a) IDEb) FDDc) SCSId) EIDE 31) What type of memory is a PEN drive...?a) FLASH Memoryb) Catch Memory 32) What type of connector is used to plug a telephone line into a modem?a) COM1b) RJ-11c) RJ-45d) RJ-10 33) What is BIOS an acronym for?a) bootstrap initial operating systemb) basic input output startupc) boot initial operating startupd) basic input output system 34) What does the acronym bits stand for?a) Binart Digitb) 1 bits 35) What is the data transfer rate for USB 2.0?a) 480Mbsb) 512Mbs 36) Which IRQ does the system timer commonly use?a) 0b) 1c) 2d) 5

37) What piece of hardware do EIDE cables connect to?a) hard diskb) cpu 38) How many pins does a DIMM have?a) 72b) 32c) 32 to 72d) 71 39) Which IRQ does COM1 commonly use?a) 3b) 4c) 6d) 7 40) Which frequency is a SDRAM clock speed?a) 122Mhzb) 133Mhz 41) Which component in a pc maintains color depth and screen resolution of a monitor?a) VRAMb) CMOS RAM 42) Today's PC use what type of RAM..?a) DDR SDRAMb) DDR2 43) When plugging the P8 and P9 power connectors into the system board, which of the following is true?a) the black wires of both connectors should NOT be next to each otherb) P8 and P9 don't plug into the system boardc) the black wires of both connectors should be next to each otherd) it doesn't matter which way you plug them in, the voltages are the same 44) Which IRQ does the hard disk controller commonly use?a) 14b) 1c) 2d) 11 45) IRQ 6 is commonly assigned to:a) sound cardb) Com1c) floppy drive controllerd) LPT1 46) Which of the following is NOT a type of RAM?a) SIMMb) DIMMc) ROMd) SLIPP 47) Which do you use to comment out a line in the autoexec.bat file?a) remb) ram 48) Which device you should use to prevent the effect of power fluctuation in the power supply on your computer and works for a specific period of time even there is no power?a) SMPSb) UPS 49) Portable Pen Drive connects to the________port of computera) USP2,0b) USP 50) What does the term "wave table synthesis" relate to?a) videob) sound 51) What is different between AT and ATX power supplies?a) They are identical except for their shape.b) AT supplies use a single P1 power connector while ATX uses P8 and P9.c) AT supplies use P8 and P9 power connectors while ATX uses a single P1 connector.d) AT power supplies run on 120V AC current while ATX uses 220V AC 52) Which has more storage capacity CD or DVDa) DVDb) CD 53) With reference to a CPU, What MIPS means?a) Million Instructions Per Secondb) Million Per Sccond Instruction 54) Hard Disk, DVD, CD-ROM are the examples What type of Memory?a) Primaryb) Secondary 55) Which of the following conditions most increases the likelihood that ESD will occur?a) hot, dry conditionsb) cool, damp conditionsc) cool, dry conditionsd) hot, damp conditions 56) Parity is:a) a byte stored in the FAT to indicated remaining slotsb) the optimal transmission speed of data over a CAT 5 cablec) an extra bit stored with data in RAM that is used to check for errors when the data is read backd) the optimal transmission speed of data over a CAT 5 cable 57) What are the four key functions of a computer system?a) input, processing, output, and storageb) keyboard, display, memory, and disk drivec) word processing, spreadsheets, databased) bits, bytes, words, and OSI

58) UPS stands for:a) Universal Power Supplyb) Uninterrupted Power Supply 59) Which is a PCI bus speed?a) 22Mhzb) 33Mhz 60) Which is the best choice for a specification for a video card?a) AGPb) SCSI 61) The Concentric circles on the platter of hard disk are known as______a) Tracksb) Circles Answers (1) c (2) b (3) a (4) b (5) a (6) d (7) a (8) d (9) a (10) a (11) a (12) a (13) a (14) a (15) d (16) d (17) c (18) a (19) b (20) a (21) b (22) b (23) a (24) b (25) a (26) a (27) d (28) b (29) b (30) b (31) a (32) b (33) d (34) a (35) a (36) a (37) a (38) a (39) b (40) b (41) a (42) a (43) c (44) a (45) c (46) c (47) a (48) b (49) b (50) b ( 51) c (52) a (53) a (54) b (55) c (56) c (57) a (58) b (59) b (60) a (61) a