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ComputerDevices&ProgrammingLanaguageOperatingSystems
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Class9
Q.1. PushingtheResetbuttononthefrontofacomputerwill___.
(a) coldbootthecomputer
(b) warmbootthecomputer
(c) resetthecomputertotheoriginalsettings
(d) nothingasthisfeatureisoutmoded
Q.2. Aparallelportismostoftenusedbya______.
(a) printer
(b) mouse
(c) monitor
(d) externalstoragedevices
Q.3. Toremovestaticbeforetouchingtheinsideofacomputer,
youshould_____.
(a) touchsomethingmetal
(b) touchsomethingwooden
(c) washyourhands
(c) unplugthecomputer
Q.4. Adevicethatprovidesemergencypowertoyourcomputer,
conditionsthevoltage,andprotectsagainstpowerssurges
iscalleda_____.
(a) PSU=PowerSupplyUnit
(b) USP=UniversalSurgeProtector
(c) UPPS=UniversalPowerProtectionandSupply
(d) UPS=UninterruptiblePowerSupply
Q.5. Thedrivethatreceivesadisketteisthe_____drive.
(a) floppy
(b) CDROM
(c) zip
(d) hard
Q.6. Thecomputermustbeofftoconnectordisconnecta_____
port.
(a) parallel
(b) serial
(c) USB
(d) PS/2
Q.7. Aperiodoflowvoltageonyourelectricpowerlinesisa_____.
(a) powersurge
(b) powerspike
(c) blackout
(d) brownout
Q.8. Adevicethatisconnectedtothemotherboardis_____.
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
calledanexternaldevice
calledanadjunctdevice
mustconnectusingribboncable
calledaperipheraldevice
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Q.18. Devicesthatstoreinformation,andthecomputerusesthe
informationtoperformtasks:
(a) Input
(b) Output
(c) Software
(d) Storage
Q.9. Thedevicethatconvertspowerfromawalloutlettothetype
thatthecomputerneedsisthe_____
(a) powersource
(b) powerconverter
(c) powersupply
(d) UPS
Q.10. Ofthe4wordslistedbelow,whichonedoesnotbelong?
(a) Applications
(b) Peripherals
(c) Programs
(d) Software
Q.20. Whichofthefollowingmemoriesallowssimultaneousread
andwriteoperations?
(a) ROM
(b) RAM
(c) EPROM
(d) noneofthese
Q.11. Anycomponentofthecomputeryoucanseeandtouch:
(a) Software
(b) Periperal
(c) Hardware
(d) CPU
Q.12. Devicesthat enterinformation andlets youcommunicate
withthecomputer:
(a) Software
(b) Outputdevices
(c) Hardware
(d) Inputdevices
Q.13. An electronic dev ice, operating under the control of
information,thatcanacceptdata,processthedata,produce
outputandstoretheresultsforfutureuse:
(a) Input
(b) Computer
(c) Software
(d) Hardware
Q.14. Dataorinformationusedtorunthecomputer:
(a) Peripheral
(b) Hardware
(c) Software
(d) CPU
Q.15. Locatedinthetower,itcommunicateswithotherdevicesto
performtasks.Itstheheartofthecomputer.
(a) CPU
(b) Peripherals
(c) Programs
(d) Software
Q.16. Anyhardwareattachedtothetower:
(a) CPU
(b) Software
(c) Peripherals
(d) Storage
Q.17. Devicesthatletsthecomputercommunicatewithyou:
(a) Input
(b) Output
(c) Software
(d) Storage
Q.21. Tosetaregisterorcountertotheallzerostateis:
(a) rerun
(b) reset
(c) remote
(d) release
Q.22. A set of information that defines the status of resources
allocatedtoaprocessis:
(a) processcontrol
(b) ALU
(c) registerunit
(d) processdescription
Q.23. Whichofthefollowingisaprogramminglanguagewhichis
usedforthedevelopmentofPASCAL?
(a) C
(b) FORTRAN
(c) CORAL
(d) MODULA
Q.24. Communication using a modulatedcarrier to apply a data
signaltoatransmissionmediuminanalogformis:
(a) localareanetwork
(b) modem
(c) basebandnetworking(d) broadbandnetworking
Q.25. A program that is used to help solve a data processing
problemis:
(a) utilities
(b) systemsoftware
(c) applicationprograms (d) softwaretool
Q.26. An input device used with interactive graphics to locate a
placeonthescreenis:
(a) touchpanel
(b) tablet
(c) modem
(d) mouse
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Q.37. Asizeablegeographicalareawithcommunicationbasedon
thetelephonesystemis
(a) localareanetwork
(b) wideareanetwork
(c) modulatordemodulator
(d) allofthethese
(b) 10seconds
(d) machinelanguage
Q.38. Onemegabyteis:
(a) 1048576bytes
(c) 102756bytes
(b) 211000bytes
(d) 81100bytes
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Q.45. Dataprocessingcomputerbuilttoconventionalarchitecture
isknownas:
(a) supercomputer
(b) mainframe
(c) microcomputer
(d) minicomputer
Q.46. Astandalonesystemwhichproduces onepageofprinted
outputatatimeis:
(a) pageprinter
(b) lineprinter
(c) laserprinter
(d) dotmatrixprinter
Q.47. Thememorycapacityofaminicomputeris:
(a) 640KB
(b) 256KB
(c) 250KB
(d) 1024KB
Q.48. Acommonuseofcomputerinofficeisfor:
(a) distributed
(b) wordprocessing
(c) data
(d) allofthethese
Q.49. Astoragesystemforsmallamountsofdatais:
(a) magneticcard
(b) magnetictape
(c) punchedcard
(d) opticalmarkreader
Q.50. Adevicethatconvertsonetypeofsignalintoanotheriscalled:
(a) modem
(b) transducer
(c) punchedpapertape (d) punchedcard
Q.51. Whichmemorystoresthevaluesofvariables.
(a) SAM
(b) ROM
(c) RAM
(d) PROM
Q.52. A network topology in which the outer nodes connectto a
singlenaturalnodeisknownas:
(a) activestar
(b) localareanetwork
(c) actigram
(d) allofthese
Q.53. Whichpartinterpretsprograminstructionsandinitiatecontrol
operations?
(a) input
(b) storageunit
(c) logicunit
(d) controlunit
Q.54. Whichnetworkisapacketswitchingnetwork?
(a) ringnetwork
(b) LAN
(c) starnetwork
(d) euronet
Q.55. Apopularwordprocessingprogramformicrocomputersis:
(a) LOTUS
(b) dBASE
(c) WORDSTAR
(d) BASIC
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Q.56. Homecomputershaveamemoryrangeof:
(a) 640KB
(b) 864KB
(c) 16250KB
(d) 32640KB
Q.57. Whichisaninputdevice?
(a) tapepuncher
(b) teleprocessingterminal
(c) cardpuncher
(d) opticalprinter
Q.58. Compressionofdigitaldataforefficientstorageis:
(a) buffer
(b) CPU
(c) packing
(d) field
Q.59. The name of the language which consists of strings of 1s
and0siscalled:
(a) assemblinglanguage (b) highlevellanguage
(c) machinelanguage
(d) 4GL
Q.60. AbybitswordlengthcomputerwithveryhighspeedCPU&
64MBmainmemoryis:
(a) minicomputer
(b) supercomputer
(c) mainframecomputer (d) microcomputer
Q.61. Whichmethodisofreadingthecharactersandprovidinginput
toacomputer?
(a) opticalcharacterreader
(b) punchedpapertape
(c) cardpunch
(d) magneticinkcharacter
Q.62. Whichisafastmainmemoryandslowperipheralmemory
handledbysystemsoftware.
(a) Corememory
(b) Virtualmemory
(c) RAM
(d) Dynamicmemory
Q.63. Amemoryspaceusedforthetemporarystorageofdatais:
(a) PROM
(b) SAM
(c) Scratchpadstorage (d) Buffer
Q.64. Thethreemainmicrocomputertypesusedtodayinclude:
(1) IBMPCcompatible (2) servers
(3) applemacintosh
(4) workstationcomputers
Choosethecorrectoption
(a) only1iscorrect
(b) only2iscorrect
(c) 1,3&4arecorrect (d) noneofthese
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Q.65. WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutROMaretrue?
(1) onceinformationisplacedinROMitispermanent
(2) onceinformationisplacedinROMitisnotpermanent(it
willbeerasedeachtimepowerislosttothecomputer)
(3) ROMissometimescalledfirmware
(4) ROMisnotusedfordatathatchangesconstantly
Choosethecorrectoption
(a) only1iscorrect
(b) only3iscorrect
(c) 1,3&4arecorrect (d) noneofthese
Q.66. Whichcompanyisthebiggestplayerinthemicroprocessor
industry?
(a) Motorola
(b) IBM
(c) Intel
(d) AMD
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ANSWERS
1. (b)
9. (c)
17.(b)
25.(d)
33.(c)
41.(c)
49.(a)
57.(b)
65.(c)
2. (a)
10.(b)
18.(d)
26.(b)
34.(b)
42.(a)
50.(b)
58.(c)
66.(c)
3. (a)
11. (c)
19. (c)
27. (b)
35. (b)
43. (b)
51. (c)
59. (c)
4.
12.
20.
28.
36.
44.
52.
60.
(d)
(d)
(d)
(a)
(a)
(c)
(a)
(d)
5. (a)
13. (b)
21. (b)
29. (c)
37. (b)
45. (b)
53. (d)
61. (a)
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6. (d)
14. (c)
22. (d)
30. (a)
38. (a)
46. (a)
54. (d)
62. (b)
7. (d)
15.(a)
23.(d)
31.(a)
39.(b)
47.(b)
55.(c)
63.(c)
8. (d)
16. (c)
24. (d)
32. (b)
40. (b)
48. (b)
56. (b)
64. (c)
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Q.1. ______runsoncomputerhardwareandserveasplatform
forothersoftwarestorunon
(a) OperatingSystem
(b) ApplicationSoftware
(c) SystemSoftware
(d) Noneofthese
Q.2. _______ is the layer of a computer system between the
hardwareandtheuserprogram
(a) Operatingenvironment
(b) Operatingsystem
(c) Systemenvironment
(d) Noneofthese
Q.3. Theprimarypurposeofanoperatingsystemis_____
(a) Tomakethemostefficientuseofthecomputerhardware
(b) Toallowpeopletousethecomputer
(c) Tokeepsystemsprogrammersemployed
(d) Tomakecomputerseasiertouse
Q.4. _______transformsoneinterfaceintoanotherinterface
(a) Program
(b) Software
(c) Data
(d) Noneofthese
Q.5. ________systemisbuiltdirectlyonthehardware
(a) Environment
(b) System
(c) Operating
(d) Noneofthese
Q.6. Multiprogrammingsystems
(a) Areeasiertodevelopthansingleprogrammingsystems
(b) Executeeachjobfaster
(c) Executemorejobsinthesametimeperiod
(d) Areusedforonlyonelargemainframecomputers.
Q.7. ______ is the first program run on a computer when the
computerbootsup
(a) Systemsoftware
(b) Operatingsystem
(c) Systemoperations
(d) Noneofthese
Q.8. _______interfaceconsistsofthingslikeprogramcounter,
registers,interruptsandterminals.
(a) Hardware
(b) Software
(c) Data
(d) Noneofthese
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Q.9. _____sharescharacteristicswithbothhardwareandsoftware
(a) Operatingsystem
(b) Software
(c) Data
(d) Noneofthese
Q.10. _______isusedinoperatingsystemtoseparatemechanism
frompolicy
(a) Singlelevelimplementation
(b) Twolevelimplementation
(c) Multilevelimplementation
(d) Noneofthese
Q.11. Theoperatingsystemcreates___fromthephysicalcomputer
(a) Virtualspace
(b) Virtualcomputers
(c) Virtualdevice
(d) Noneofthese
Q.12. Swapping
(a) Worksbestwithmanysmallpartitions
(b) Allowsmanyprogramstousememorysimultaneously
(c) Alloweachprograminturntousethememory
(d) Doesnotworkwithoverlaying
Q.13. W hich of the f ollowing operating does not implement
multitaskingtruly
(a) Windows98
(b) WindowsNT
(c) WindowsXP
(d) MSDOS
Q.14. When acomputer is firstturned on or restarted,a special
typeofabsoluteloadercalled_____isexecuted.
(a) CompileandGoloader
(b) Bootloader
(c) Bootstraploader
(d) Relatingloader
Q.15. Poorresponsetimesareusuallycausedby
(a) Processbusy
(b) HighI/Orates
(c) Highpagingrates
(d) Anyoftheabove
Q.16. Whichofthefollowingprogramisnotautility?
(a) Debugger
(b) Editor
(c) Spooler
(d) Alloftheabove
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1. (a) 2. (b)
9. (a) 10. (b)
3. (a) 4. (b)
11. (b) 12. (c)
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8. Shownbeloware3differentviewsofathreedimensionalfiguremade
fromcubes.
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SECTION-A
GENERALIQ.
1. Theaverageageof24studentsinaclassis15years.Iftheteachersage
isincluded,theaverageincreasesbyone.Whatistheageoftheteacher?
(a) 60years
(b) 45years
(c) 40years
(d) Noneofthese
2. Astudentwasaskedtoadd16andsubstract10fromanumber.Bymistake
hesubtracted16andadded10andfoundtheanswer14.Whatistheright
answer?
(a) 20
(b) 26
(c) 30
(d) Noneofthese
3. IfXstandsforaddition+standsforsubstraction standsfor
multiplication,andstandsfordivision,then(206 64)isequalto
(a) 5
(b) 24
(c) 25
(d) Noneofthese
4. Pointingouttoa girlamansaidMyuncleisthe uncleofthisgirls
uncle.Howisthemanrelatedwiththatgirl?
(a) Brother
(b) Father
(c) Fatherinlaw
(d) Noneofthese
5. A,B,CandDareonthefourcornersofasquare.A,BandCmoves
anticlockwiseandDmovesclockwise.Aftercrossing2sides,theystop.
Which of the following statements regarding their present position is
correct?
(a) CistotheWestofB (b) BandDmeetatapoint
(c) AisSouthEasttoC (d) Noneofthese
6. If x and y arenegative,thenwhichofthefollowingstatementsarealways
true?
I. x +y ispositive
II. xyispositive
III. x y ispositive
(a) Ionly
(b) IIonly
(c) IIIonly
(d) IandIIIonly
7. IfTOURiswrittenas1234,CLEARiswrittenas56784andSPAREis
writtenas90847,findthecodeforCARE.
(a) 5874
(b) 5847
(c) 5247
(d) Noneofthese
Whichcouldbethedrawingofthefigure?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) Noneofthese
9. Selecttheanswerfigureinwhichquestionfigureishidden.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) Noneofthese
11. WhichofthefollowingisincludedinSystemSoftware?
(a) PayrollProcessingSoftware
(b) ResultProcessingSoftware
(c) OperatingSystem
(d) Noneofthese
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12. Acomputerunderstands
(a) Onlymachinelanguage (b) Onlyhighlevellanguage
(c) Onlyenglish
(d) Anylanguage
22. Microcomputerarealsoknownas
(a) Minicomputers
(b) Personalcomputers
(c) Supercomputer
(d) Laptopcomputer
23. Whichoneofthefollowingdeviceisusedforconnectingtelephone
linewithcomputer?
(a) Hub
(b) Browser
(c) Modem
(d) Noneofthese
14. Whichoneofthefollowingisusedforaccessingawebsite?
(a) URL
(b) Email
(c) ISP
(d) Noneofthese
24. Whichofthefollowingdevicecanbeusedtoinputprintedtext?
(a) OCR
(b) OMR
(c) MICR
(d) Allofthese
25. Whichoneofthefollowingiscalledmultitaskingoperatingsystem?
(a) Window2000
(b) UNIX
(c) LINUX
(d) Allthethese
26. Adityawantstocollectinformationregarding.MahatmaGandhi.
Whichofthefollowingisusefultocollecttheinformation?
(a) SearchEngine
(b) Compiler
(c) Interpeter
(d) Noneofthese
27. Acompileris...........
(a) Acombinationofcomputerhardware
(b) Aprogramwhichtranslatesfromhighlevellanguagetoanother
(c) Aprogramwhichtranslatesfromonehighlevellanguagetoa
machinelevel
(d) Noneofthese
28. Whichofthefollowingstoragedevicescanstoremaximumamount
ofdata?
(a) Floppydisk
(b) Harddisk
(c) Compactdisk
(d) Magnetoopticdisk.
29. WhichkeyonthekeyboardcanbeusedtoViewSlideShow?
(a) F1
(b) F2
(c) F3
(d) F5
30. Whenyoupurchaseaproductoverinternet,thetransactioniscalled
................
(a) WebCommerce
(b) ecommerce
(c) mcommerce
(d) Mobilepurchases
31. JonycanchangethemarginofanMSWorddocument
(a) Usingtheruler
(b) Usingthepagesetup
(c) Both(a)and(b)
(d) Noneofthese
32. Manishcanquicklyandeasilyturnhis
(a) Dataintochart
(b) Chartintodata
(c) Both(a)and(b)
(d) Noneofthese
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SECTION-C
INTERACTIVESECTION
Usethefollowinginformationtoanswerquestions33to36:
TanveeristypinganarticleinMSWord.
E J
F D
E
B
I
L
G
H
A
B
C
33. Hewantstochangeallthematterinthecapitalletters.Whichoption
shouldheclick?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) Noneofthese
34. Heopensthedocumentinprintpreviewandwantstoedit?Which
iconshouldheclick?
(a) D
(b) E
(c) F
(d) Noneofthese
35. Hewantstodecreasethelinespacingoftheabovedocument.How
itwillbedone?
(a) ThroughI
(b) ThroughJ
(c) ThroughK
(d) Noneofthese
36. Afterthe heading,he wantstogive thebullets inthe text.Which
toolbarshouldheselectfordesiredresult?
(a) L
(b) G
(c) H
(d) Noneofthese
Usethefollowinginformationtoanswerquestions37to43:
Himanshumadeapresentationabouthisschool.
37. Whichoneofthefollowingdropdownmenuhehasopened?
(a) Slideshow
(b) Slidelayout
(c) View show
(d) Noneofthese
38. Whichfontsizehetookforselectedtext?
(a) 40
(b) 32
(c) 50
(d) Noneofthese
39. Inwhichslideheiscurrentlyworking?
(a) Slide1
(b) Slide2
(c) Slide3
(d) Slide4
40. He wants to make different effects in the slide. Which one of the
followingshouldhechoose?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) Noneofthese
41. He also wants to insert picture through a file. Which one of the
followingshouldheselect?
(a) D
(b) E
(c) F
(d) Noneofthese
42. Hesavestheabovefilenameasschool.Whatiscompletenameof
thefile?
(a) School.ppt
(b) School.doc
(c) School.xls
(d) Noneofthese
43. Aftercompletingpresentation,hewantstoruntheSlideshow.Which
ofthefollowingkeyisusedtoviewshow?
(a) F1
(b) F3
(c) F5
(d) F10
Usethefollowinginformationtoanswerquestions44to47:
ShyamisworkinginMSExcelfile.
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48. Hewantstopastesamematterinsheet2withsamecolumnwidth.In
whichshouldheclick?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
E
F
C
44. Whichofthefollowingisusedtowritetextintheformatasshownin
cellB10?
(a) ClickonA (b) ClickonB (c) ClickonC (d) Noneofthese
49. Beforetheuseofpastespecialyouneedto
(a) Firstselectthetext,copyitandthenusepastespecial
(b) Directlyusepastespecial
(c) Copyanduse
(d) Noneofthese
50. Transposeisusedto:
(a) Copythedata
(c) Todeletethetext
45. Which of the following is used to write the text in the format as
shownincellB11?
(a) D
(b) E
(c) F
(d) Noneofthese
46. Theabovedialogboxcomesfromthe
(a) Editmenu
(b) Formatmenu
(c) Toolmenu
(d) Insertmenu
47. Whichcellshehasselected?
(a) C9
(b) C8
(c) B8
(d) C11
Usethefollowinginformationtoanswerquestions48to50:
Santoshismakingthelistofhisfriendsaddress.HeisworkinginSheet1.
(b) Tochangedatalayout
(d) Noneofthese
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1.
9.
17.
25.
33.
41.
49.
(c)
(c)
(b)
(d)
(c)
(a)
(a)
2.
10.
18.
26.
34.
42.
50.
(b)
(c)
(c)
(a)
(d)
(a)
(b)
3.
11.
19.
27.
35.
43.
(b)
(c)
(b)
(c)
(c)
(c)
4.
12.
20.
28.
36.
44.
(b) 5.
(a) 13.
(b) 21.
(b) 29.
(b) 37.
(a) 45.
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(a)
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22.
30.
38.
46.
(b)
(a)
(b)
(b)
(b)
(b)
7.
15.
23.
31.
39.
47.
(b)
(a)
(c)
(c)
(a)
(d)
8.
16.
24.
32.
40.
48.
(a)
(c)
(d)
(a)
(c)
(d)