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Computer Awareness Quiz (1-195) (b) COBOL

(c) BASIC
1. An electronic device, operating under the (d) FORTRAN
control of information, that can accept data, (e) None of these
process the data, produce output & store the
results for future use is _______________ 6. Which language is CPU dependent ?
(a) Input (a) Assembly
(b) Computer (b) C
(c) Software (c) JAVA
(d) Hardware (d) Both 1 & 2
(e) None of these (e) None of these
2. The term "host" with respect to the internet, 7. This part of operating system manages the
means ___________________. essential peripherals, such as the key board,
(a) A computer that is a stand alone computer Screen, disk drives and parallel and serial ports
(b) A computer reserved for use by the host _______________.
(c) A computer that is connected to the (a) Basic input/output
internet (b)Secondary System
(d) A large collection of computers (c) Peripheral System
(e) None of these (d) Marignal System
(e) None of these
3. The piece of hardware that converts
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computer's digital signal to an analog signal that 8. Which command allows you to reduce
can travel over telephone lines is called a fragments of file and optimize the performance
_______________. of disk ?
(a) Tower (a) Scandisk
(b) Red wire (b) Diskcomp
(c) Modem (c) Chkdsk
(d) Bridge (d) Derfrag
4. CPU can directly understand this language. 9. The most recent version of the Mac OS is based
(a) C on the __________ operating system.
(b) C++ (a) Windows
(c) Assembly (b) Linux
(d) Java (c) Unix
(e) None of these (d) CMOS
(e) None of these
5. A computer program used for business
applications is _____________. 10. Features of windows XP professional includes
(a) LOGO __________ ?
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(a) remote desktop support extensively by the internet ?

(b) System restore (a) peer-to-peer network system
(c) advanced networking features (b) Stand -alone network system
(d) All of the above (c) Local Area network system
(e) None of these (d) Client /server network system
(e)None of these
11. Data can be arranged in a worksheet in an
easy to understand manner using.
(a) Auto formatting 16. Which of the following can't spread Virus ?
(b) Applying Styles (a) An e-mail with attachment
(c) Changing fonts (b) A plain text mail
(d) Synchronisation
(e) None of these (c) Downloading files over the web
(d) A per drive use
12. Which of the following should be used if all (e) None of these
the slides in the presentation to have the same
'look'? 17. Which of the following is not a virus ?
(a) The slide layout option (a) Blaster
(b) Add a slide option (b) Creeper
(c) Outline view (c) Mellisa
(d) A Presentation design template (d) Kaspersky
(e) None of these
(e) none of these
13. How is it to create a uniform appearance by 18. Unwanted repetitious messages, such as
adding a background image to all slides ? unsolicited bulk e-mails is known as.
(a) Create a template (a) Spam
(b) Edit the slide master (b) Trash
(c) Use the auto correct wizard (c) Calibri
(d) All of the above (d) Courier
14. An inter-company network which used to 19. Le-Hard virus is effect of a

distribute information, documents, files and ________________.
databases, is _____________. (a) Command.com
(a) LAN (b) Hardware
(b) WAN (c) Software
(c) MAN (d) Application
(d) Extranet (e) None of these
(e) None of these
20. Which of the following is not a popular Anti-
15. Which is the network strategy used Virus software ?
(a) Kaspersky (c) Mailbox

(b) Symantec (d) IP address
(c) Trend Micro (e) None of these
(d) Blaster
(e) None of these 26. What is the name of the software that allows
us to browse through web pages called ?
21. A result of a computer Virus can not lead to. (a) Browser
(a) Disk Crash (b) Mail client
(b) Mother Board crash (c) FTP client
(c) Corruption (d) Messenger
(d) Deletion of files (e) None of these
(e) None of these
27. Most world wide web pages contain
22. All of the following are example of real commands in the language ______________.
security and privacy risks except. (a) NIH
(a) Hackers (b) URL
(b) Spam (c) HTML
(c) Viruses (d) IRC
(d) Identify theft (e) None of these
(e) None of these
28. Fire walls are used to protect against
23. Which of the following is a popular Dos based (a) Unauthorised Attacks
spread Sheet ? (b) Virus Attacks
(a) Excel (c) Data Driver Attacks
(b) Word (d) Fire Attacks
(c) Smart cell (e) None of these
(d) Lotus 1-2-3
(e) None of these 29. "Trend Micro" is a ______________?
(a) Virus program
24. Eithernet, LAN, Token Ring, and token Bus are (b) Anti virus program
types of _______________. (c) Application
(a) WAN (d) All of the above
(b) Communication channels (e) None of these
(c) LAN
(d) Physical Medium 30. The most important powerful computer in a
(e) None of these typical network is ______________.
(a) Desktop
25. An e-mail account includes a storage area, (b) Network Client
often called a ____________________. (c) Network Server
(a) Attachment (d) Network Station
(b) Hyperlink
31. Invention of the integrated circuit led to the 36. Which of the following manages computer
invention of _____________. resources?
(a) INTEL 486 processor (a) ALU
(b) Pentium -4 processor (b) BUS
(c) Micro processor (c) Control Unit
(d) Fortran language (d) I/O unit
32. Language used in a computer that is similar 37. In addition to the basic typing keys, desktop
to the languages of humans and is easy to and notebook computer key boards include a
understand is refered to as _______________. _____________.
(a) Source code (a) Editing
(b) High level language (b) Navigation
(c) Machine language (c) Locked
(d) Object code (d) docked
33. ALU works on the instructions and data held 38. MICR Technology used for clearance of
in the _______________. cheques by banks refers to ____________.
(a) Note book
(a) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
(b) Registers (b) Magnetic Intelligence Character Recognition
(c) Copy pad (c) Magnetic information cable Recognition
(d) I/o devices (d) Magnetic Insurance cases Recognition
34. The _________ Key and the ___________ key 39. A modem that cannot be moved from its
can be used in combination with other keys to position is called ______________.
perform Short Cuts and Special tasks. (a) Intelligent Modem
(a) Control, Alt (b) Acoustic Coupler
(b) Function, toggle (c) Direct connect
(c) Delete, insert (d) Fixed modem
(d) Caps lock, Num lock (e) None of these
(e) None of these
40. A bridge recognizes addresses of
35. A computer tower is not ___________. _____________.
(a) A CPU (a) Layer 1
(b) Hardware (b) Layer 2
(c) The Heart of the computer (c) Layer 3
(d) Peripheral (d) Layer 4
41. Programming language built into user

46. Computer’s basic architecture was
programs such as word and Excel are known as.
developed by _________________.
(a) 4 GLS
a) Blaise Pascal
(b) Macrio languages
b) Jordan Murn
(c) Object Oriented languages
c) Charles Babbage
(d) Visual programming languages
d) John Van Neumann
(e) None of these
e) None of these
42. A convolutional code that is prone to
47. In production of I.C. chip of computer what is
mastrophic error propagation is.
needed in the following ________________.
(a) Mnemonics
a) Platinum
(b) Gray code
b) Gold
(c) Machine code
c) Silicon
(d) Catastrophic code
d) Iron
(e) None of these
e) Silver
43. When a language has the capability to
48. Analog computer is
produce new data types, it is said to be.
a) Communicate at low level
(a) Reprehensible
(b) Encapsulated
b) A machine which works on data which is
always changeable
(c) Overloaded
c) Communicate at high level
(d) Extensible
d) All of these
(e) None of these
e) None of these
44.Computer language used for scientific
49. Father of computer is
calculations _____________.
a) John Von Neumann
(a) LOGO
b) Lady Ada Lovelae
(b) FORTRAN
c) Charles Babbage
(c) C++
d) J.P. Eckert & J.W. Mauchly
(d) BASIC
e) Blaise Pascal
(e) None of these
50. Abacus was developed in ______________.

45. Which of the following is a programming
a) India
language for creating special programs like
b) China
applets ?
c) USA
(a) JAVA
d) Japan
(b) Cable
e) Sri Lanka
(c) Net
(d) Domain name
51. In which generation of computer was a) label

‘Transistor’ introduced? b) table of information
a) 1st Generation c) group of related records
b) 3rd Generation d) category of information
c) 4th Generation e) None of these
d) 2nd Generation
e) 5th Generation 57. What is Gigabyte?
a) Flash Memory
52. Who developed ‘Integrated Chip’? b) An optical storage medium capable of storing
a) Charles Babbage vast amount of information
b) J S Kilbi c) Roughly a trillion bytes
c) Blaise Pascal d) Roughly a million bytes
d) John Mauchlay e) Roughly a billion bytes
e) None of these
58. Find the correct setoff three types of data
53. Main electronic part of in first generation found in a spreadsheet.
computer was _____________. a) Data, words, numbers
a) Transistor b) Equations, data, numbers
b) Micro Processor. c) Words, numbers, labels
c) Vacuum Tubes d) Numbers, formulas, labels
d) Large Scale Integrated Circuits e) None of these
e) None of these
59. For creating a document, you use
54. What is the full form of ‘ENIAC’? ____________ command at file menu.
a) Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator a) open
b) Electronically Numerical Integrator and b) close
Computer c) new
c) Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer d) save
d) Electronically Numerical Integrator and e) None of these
Calculator
e) None of these 60. The quickest and easiest way in Word, to
locate a particular word or phrase in a document
55. In which generation did multiprogramming is to use the _____________ command.
start? a) Replace
a) 5th Generation b) Find
b) 2nd Generation c) Lookup
c) 1st Generation d) Search
d) 3rd Generation e) None of these
e) 4th Generation
61. A computer hard disk is a/an
56. In database, a field is a a) arithmetic and logical unit
b) computer software
c) operating system 66. KDE and GNOME are two main
d) computer hardware a) Operating System
e) None of the these b) System Board
c) Graphical User Interface
62. Which of the following represents the d) Both (a) and (b)
instructions that tell the computer what to do? e) None of these
It can also be taken as another name for
software. 67. _______________ controls the way in which
a) programs a computer system functions and provides name
b) CPU by which can interact with the computer?
c) options a) The platform
d) folder b) Application software
e) None of these c) Operating system
d) The motherboard
63. Which of the following lets you leave a e) None of these
screen or program?
a) Boot 68. The technique that extends storage
b) Programs capacities of main memory beyond the actual
c) Exit size of the main memory is called
d) Text a) multitasking
e) None of these
b) virtual memory
c) multiprocessing
64. A clerk in a bank has to access data in d) multiprogramming
customer account. Logical access control for e) switching
these users would be
a) use of individual passwords 69. A program that embedded you to perform
b) use of an Account Receivable Section password calculations involving rows and columns of
c) use of individual passwords plus separate numbers is called a
access a) spreadsheet program
d) Can’t say b) word processor
e) None of these c) graphics package
d) window
65. The first line of the “C” program contains e) None of these
a/an ___________________, indicating by
“#include”. 70. What is the purpose of Software
a) preprocessing directive Documenting?
b) processing directive a) Use and maintenance of software
c) main directive b) To sell software at a handsome price
d) new line character c) To sell software to many customers
e) None of these d) To show its importance
e) None of these d) Message Switching

e) None of these
71. To insert copy of the clipboard contents,
whatever was last cut or copied at the insertion 76. The ___________ button on the Quick Access
point, you have to Toolbar allows you to cancel your recent
a) paste commands or actions.
b) stick in a) search
c) fit in b) cut
d) push in c) document
e) None of these d) undo
e)none of these
72. This command is used to remove text or
graphics from a document. The information is 77. Which of the following files plays an
then stored on a clipboard so you can paste it important role in booting DOS?
a) chop a) DOSKEY.EXE
b) cut b) MSCDEX.EXE
c) clip c) CONFIG.SYS
d) cart away d) DRIVER.SYS
e) None of these e) None of these
73. SMTP is responsible (for) 78. _____________ allows wireless mobile

a) sending e-mail
devices to access the Internet and its services
b) accessing any e-mail such as the Web and e-mail.
c) where e-mails are ready to be sent a) TCP/IP
d) where e-mails come b) Ethernet
e) None of these c) WAP
d) Token ring
74. ______________ are words that a e)none of these
programming language has set aside for its own
use. 79. which of the following does 'DOS' floppy disk
a) Control words not have?
b) Reserved words a) A Boot Record
c) Reserved keys b) A File Allocation Table
d) Control structures c) A Root Directory
e) None of these d) Virtual Memory
e) BIOS
75. Which type of switching uses the entire
capacity of a dedicated link? 80. In ____________, each user uses a local
a) Circuit Switching input/output device.
b) Virtual Circuit Packet Switching a) time sharing mode
c) Datagram Packet Switching b) interactive mode
c) batch processing mode

d) all the above modes
86. Which of the following is graphics solution
e) none of these
for word processors?
a) Clipart
81. Operation code is also known as
b) Wordart
____________ code.
c) Dropcap
a) bar
d) All the above
b) object
e) None of these
c) order
d) source
87. Unix operating system was developed by
e) target
a) Walter Baatain
b) John Burdeen
82. Properly arranged data is called
c) Ken Thompson
a) field
d) All the above
b) word
e) None of these
c) file
d) information
88. Which of the following is represented by
e) item
cluster in a hard disk?
a) Group of sectors
83. A device operating at network layer is called
b) Total number of sectors in a disk
a) bridge
b) router
c) Total number of tracks
d) All the above
c) gateway
e) None of these
d) hub
e) repeater
89. Airlines reservation system is a typical
example of
84. CRAYX-MP belongs to ____________
a) Batch processing
generation.
b) On-line processing
a) first
c) Real-time processing
b) second
d) All the above
c) third
e) None of these
d) fourth
e) fifth
90. Which of the following memories is often
used in a typical computer operation?
85. The data on the tracks of a magnetic disk is
a) RAM
written as
b) ROM
a) zero or one
c) FDD
b) up or down
d) HDD
c) high or low voltage
e) None of these
d) high or low data rate
e) tiny magnetic spots
91. To detect, locate and remove errors in a a) Banking

program and/or malfunctions in equipment is to b) Online banking
a) Compile c) Offline banking
b) Debug d) Transactions
c) Interpret e) None of these
d) DSS
e) None of these
97. Two basic types of OS are
92. A program written in a high-level language is a) batch and interactive
a b) sequential and real-time
a) Compiled program c) batch and time-sharing
b) Source program d) sequential and direct
c) Objective program e) batch and sequential
d) All the above
e) None of these 98. To prepare a presentation/slide show which
application is commonly used?
93. ____________ punctuation ends most lines a) photoshop
of C code. b) PowerPoint
a) ' (single quote) c) outlook Express
b) ; (semi-colon) d) internet Explorer
c) . (dot) e) All of these
d) : (colon)
e)" (double quote) 99. RATS stands for
a) Regression Analysis Time Sharing
94. ____________ register holds the contents of b) Regression Analysis of Time Series
accessed memory ward. c) Read Analysis Time Sharing
a) I/O d) Read Analysis Time Series
b) Instruction e) None of these
c) Memory buffer
d) Memory address 100. EBCDIC can code up to how many different
e) Accumulation characters?
a) 8
95. Taskbar does not have b) 16
a) Start button c) 32
b) System tray d) 64
c) Quick launch bar e) 256
d) Open program
e) None of these 101. What is a Firmware?
a) A program started in RAM
b) A program started in a file
96. You can do transactions on internet using
c) A program started in boot sector
your bank account. This is called
d) A program started in ROM d) include addition, subtraction, multiplication

e) None of these and division
e) None of these
102. Magnetic tape is not practical for
applications where data must be quickly 106. The __________ key and the ___________
recalled, because tape is key can be used in combination with other keys
a) a random-access medium to perform shortcuts and special tasks.
b) a sequential access medium a) Control, Alt
c) a read-only medium b) Function, Toggle
d) fragile and easily damaged c) Delete, Insert
e) an expensive storage medium d) Caps Lock, Num Lock
e) None of these
103. Computer systems comprise
a) hardware, programs, information, people and 107. To move to the previous worksheet, we
networks press
b) hardware, software, procedures, networks and a) Alt + PgUp
people b) Ctrl + PgUP
c) hardware, programs, information, people and c) Ctrl + PgDn
procedures d) Shift + Tab
d) hardware, programs, processors, procedures, e)None of these
networks and people
e) hardware, programs, processors, procedures
108. Changing cardinalities in a database is
and people a) a common database design task
b) a rare database design task, but does occur
104. Computers use the ___________ number c) a database design task that never occurs
system to store data and perform calculations. d) is impossible to do, so a new database must be
a) Decimal constructed and the data may be moved into it
b) Hexadecimal e) None of these
c) Octal
d) Binary 109. Which of the following is not the major
e) None of these function of a computer?
a) Processing data into information
105. Arithmetic operations b) Storing data or information
a) involve matching one data item to another to c) Gathering data
determine if the first item is greater than, equal d) Analysing data or information
to or less than the other item e) None of these
b) sort data items according to standard,
predefined criteria in ascending or descending 110. What does SNMP stand for?
order a) Simple Network Mail Protocol
c) use conditions with operations such as AND, b) Single Network Mail Protocol
OR and NOT c) Single Network Message Protocol
d) Simple Network Management Protocol c) Death

e) None of these d) Penalty
e) None of these
111. Which of the following is NOT a computer
programming language? 116 .Which of the following cables can transmit
a) C data at high speeds?
b) C++ a) Flat cables
c) Java b) Coaxial cable
d) COBOL c) Optic fiber cable
e) Microsoft d) Twisted pair cable
e) UTP cable
112. When determining the overall objective of
the project, the resources required, and the 117. MySQL is_____?
persons or team who work on the project, you a) a hierarchical model
are in the ____________ stop of developing a b) a RDBMS
multimedia presentation. c) a relational model
a) Planning d) a database scheme
b) Designing e) None of these
c) Creating
d) Supporting 118. Verification of a Login name and
e) None of these password is known as________.
a) Configuration
113. Copyrighted software that can be used for b) Accessibility
free is c) Authentication
a) Shareware d) Logging in
b) Freeware e) None of these
c) Groupware
d) Email 119. Which of the following will you
e) None of these require to hear music on your computer?
a) Video Card
114. 255.255.0.0 is default mask of b) Sound Card
a) Class A networks c) Mouse
b) Class B networks d) Joy Stick
c) Class C networks e) None of these
d) Class D networks
e) None of these 120. Which of the following computer
language is a mathematically oriented
115. When your computer stops working languages used for scientific problems?
suddenly, it is referred to as a a) FORTRAN
a) Crash b) COBOL
b) Die c) LISP
d) PROLOG c) Hours
e) APPLE d) seconds
e) None of these
121. Father of 'C' programming
language_________.
126. A Web site address is a unique name that
a) Dennis Ritchie
identifies a specific ____________ on the Web.
b) Prof JhonKemeny
a) Web browser
c) Thomas Kurtz
b) Web site
d) Bill Gates
c) PDA
e) None of these
d) Link
e) None of these
122. Bank Exams Today
(www.bankexamstoday.com) is a
127. A character if information is represented by
_________.
a(n) ___________.
a) Blog
a) Byte
b) Portal
b) Bit
c) Organization that allocates web
c) Field
addresses
d) Attribute
d) Apps
e) None of these
e) None of these
123. Time during which a job is processed
128. An example of a telecommunications
device is a
by the computer is_________.
a) Keyboard
a) Execution Time
b) Mouse
b) Delay Time
c) Printer
c) Real Time
d) Modem
d) Waiting Time
e) None of these
e) None of these
129. ____________ is a procedure that requires

124. Which mouse uses laser rays for the
users to enter an identification code and a
movement of curser.
matching password.
a) Mechanical mouse
a) Paging
b) Optical mouse
b) Logging on
c) Magnetic mouse
c) Time-sharing
d) Normal mouse
d) Multitasking
e) None of these
e) None of these
125. Disk access times are measured in
130. Which device is used as the standard
________ ?
pointing device in a Graphical User
a) Minute
Environment?
b) Milliseconds
a) Keyboard
b) Mouse b) Printer
c) Joystick c) Monitor
d) Track ball d) Touch screen
131. The simultaneous execution of two or more

instructions is called
136. Which of the following is the smallest
a) Sequential access
storage ?
b) Reduced instruction set computing
a) Megabyte
c) Multiprocessing
b) Gigabyte
d) Disk mirroring
c) Kilobyte
e) None of these
d) Terabyte
132. Multiprogramming systems:
e) None of these
a) are easier to develop than single programming
systems.
137. A computer's clock speed is measured in
b) execute each job faster.
______:
c) execute more jobs in the same time period.
a) Gigabytes
d) use only one large mainframe computer.
b) Bits
e) None of these
c) Bytes
133. Which device can understand
the
d) Megahertz
e) None of these
difference between data and programs?
a) Input device
138. The term gigabyte refers to :
b) Output device
a) 1024 bytes
c) Memory
b) 128 kilobytes
d) Microprocessor
c) 1024 megabytes
e) None of these
d) 1024 bits
e) None of these
134. Which of the following devices has a
limitation that we can only read it but cannot
139.Computer use_____number system to store
erase or modify it?
data and perform calculations.
a) Tape drive
a) Binary
b) Hard disk
b) Octal
c) Compact disk
c) Decimal
d) Floppy disk
d) Hexadecimal
e) None of these
e) None of these
135. Which of the following is not an output
140. A string of eight '0' & 1 s is called as_____:
device?
a) Megabyte
a) Plotter
b) Bit
c) Kilobyte e) None of these

d) Byte
e) None of these 146. One megabyte equal
approximately_______?
141. How many megabytes make gigabyte ? a) 1000 bits
a) 1024 b) 100 bytes
b) 128 c) 1 million bytes
c) 532 d) 1 million bits
d) 256 e) None of these
e) None of these
147. How many bits, does a nibble signify ?
a) 4
142. Bit refers to a ________?
b) 8
a) Computer language
c) 16
b) CPU instruction
d) 32
c) 0 or 1 value
e) None of these
d) Digital representation of an alphabetic
character ?
148. What digits are representative of all binary
e) None of these
numbers ?
a) 0
b) 1
number _____:
143. An octal number 237 is equal to the binary
c) 5
a) 010011111 d) Both 0 & 1
b) 010111011 e) None of these
c) 011101101
d) 011000001 149. An example of a telecommunication device
e) None of these is a ________:
a) Keyboard
144. BPS stands for ______: b) Mouse
a) BIts per second c) Modem
b) Bytes per second d) Printer
c) BIts per system e) None of these
d) BIts per season
e) None of these 150. Ethernet is the example of ______?
a) LAN
145. DIgital computers use a _______system to b) WAN
encode data and programs.: c) MAN
a) Semiconductor d) Wi-Fi
b) Decimal e) None of these
c) Binary
d) Hexa decimal
151. Computers connected to a LAN can ______: a) Star

a) run faster b) Ring
b) go on line c) Bus
c) share information and/or share peripheral d) Mesh
equipment e) None of these
d) E-mail
e) None of these 157. Pathway that support communication
among the various electronic components on
152. What is 'M' stands for in MAN ? the system board are called ?
a) MAGNETIC a) Bus Lines
b) Metropolitan b) Network line
c) Mega c) Logic paths
d) Mass d) Gateways
153. Which of the following is not a type of 158. The linkage of computers with a
WAN? communication system is called ?
a) VAN a) Networking
b) PSDN b) Pairing
c) PSTN c) Interlocking
d) ISDN d) Assembling
f) DAN
e) None of these
154. DSL is an example of a 159. A web site address is a unique name that
__________connection: identifies a specific _____on the web .
a) Network a) Web brower
b) Wireless b) Web site
c) Broad band c) PDA
d) Slow d) Link
155. A wireless network uses _________waves 160. The free abvailable known repair of
to transmit signals ? software bug on internet is called :
a) Mecharical a) Version
b) radio b) Add on
c) Sound c) Tutorial
d) Magnehe d) FAQ
e) None of these e) Patch
156. Network components are connected to the 161. Which type of network would use phone
same cable in the _______topology ?' lines ?
a) WAN e) None of these

b) LAN
c) WWAN 167. Ctrl, shift and alt are called _________ keys.
d) Wireless a) Modifier
e) None of these b) Function
c) Adjustment
162. What is included in an e-mail address ? d) Alphanumeric
a) Domain Name followed by user's Name e) None of these
b) User's Name followed by Domain Name
c) User's Name followed by postal Address 168. Which type of file is created by word
d) User's Name followed by street Address processing programs ?
e) None of these a) Worksheet file
b) Storage file
163. When the network serves a small area of a c) Database file
building or group of building, it is known as. d) Document file
a) WAN e) Graphical file
b) LAN
c) WWW 169. Personal computers can be connected
d) MAN together to form a __________.
e) None of these a) Server
b) Network
164. What is back up?
c) Super computer
a) Adding more components to your network . d) Enterprise
b) Protecting data by copying it from the original e) None of these
source to a different distination
c) Filtering old data from the new data 170. A modem
d) Accessing dat on tape a) Translates analog signals from a computer into
e) None of these digital signals that can travel along conventional
telephone lines.
165. Sending an e-mail is similar to:a) Writing a b) Translates digital signals from a computer into
letter analog signals that, can travel along conventional
b) drawing a picture telephone lines.
c) talking on the phone c) Demodulates digital signals from a computer.
d) sending a package d) Modulates signals from an analog telephone
e) None of these line.
e) None of these
166. What are bas, doc, and htm examples of?

171. Which of the following menu types is also
a) Protocols
called a drop-down menu?
b) Domains
a) Fly-but
c) Extensions
b) Cascading
d) Databases
c) Pop-up
d) Pull-down 177. Every component of your computer is
e) None of these either ________________.
a) Software or CPU/RAM
172. Data (information) is stored in computer as b) Input devices or output devices
a) Files c) Application software or System Software
b) Floppies d) Hardware or Software
c) Directories e) None of these
d) Matter
e) None of these 178. A collection of interrelated records is called
a
173. The central processing unit contains which a) Management information system
of the following as a component? b) Spreadsheet
a) Instruction Manipulation Unit c) Database
b) Arithmetic Logic Unit d) Text file
c) Memory Regulation Unit e) None of these
d) Flow Control Unit
e) None of these 179. Which of the following is the storage area
within the computer itself which holds data only
174. Memory unit is one part of __________. temporarily as the computer processes
a) Input device instructions?
b) Output device
a) Hard disk
c) Control unit b) Main Memory
d) Central processing unit c) Control unit
e) None of these d) ROM
e) None of these
175. The process of writing out computer
instructions is known as 180. Codes consisting of bars or lines of varying
a) Assembling widths or lengths that are computer-readable
b) Executing are known as ______________.
c) Coding a) A bar code
d) Compiling b) An ASCII code
e) None of these c) A magnetic tape
d) A light pen
176. Data that is copied from an application is e) None of these
stored in the ______________.
a) Driver 181. A _______________ contains specific rules
b) Clipboard and words that express the logical steps of an
c) Terminal algorithm.
d) Prompt a) Programming language
e) None of these b) Programming structure
c) Syntax 186. A word in a web page that, when clicked,

d) Logic chart opens another document.
e) None of these a) Anchor
b) URL
182. ______________ is a set of keywords, c) Hyperlink
symbol, and a system of rules for constructing d) Reference
statements by which humans can communicate e) None of these
the instructions to be executed by a computer.
a) Computer program 187. The ____________ manual tells you how to
b) Programming language use a software program.
c) Assembler a) Documentation
d) Syntax b) Programming
e) None of these c) Technical
d) User
183. The general term “peripheral equipment” is e) None of these
used for _______________.
a) Any device that is attached to a computer 188. What disk is used to cold-boot a PC?
system a) Setup disk
b) Large-scale computer system b) System disk
c) A program collection c) Diagnostic disk
d) Other office equipment not associated with a d) Program disk
desktop computer
e) None of these
e) None of these
189. The __________ tells the computer how to
184. If a memory chip is volatile, it will use its components.
________________. a) Utility
a) Explode if exposed to high temperatures b) Network
b) Lose it contents if current is turned off c) Operating system
c) Be used for data storage only d) Application program
d) Be used to both read and write data e) None of these
e) None of these
190. A ___________ contains buttons and
185. _____________ is the process of finding menus that provide quick access to commonly
errors in software code. used commands.
a) Compiling a) Menu bar
b) Assembling b) Tool bar
c) Interpreting c) Window
d) Debugging d) Action bar
191. Numbers in table columns are usually -
a) Right-aligned Answers
b) Left-aligned
c) Justified 1. Computer
d) Centered 2. A computer that is connected to the internet
e) None of these 3. Modem
4. Assembly
192. The __________ of software contains lists 5. COBOL
of commands and options. 6. Both 1 & 2
a) Menu bar 7. Basic input/output
b) Title bar 8. Derfrag
c) Formula bar 9. Unix
d) Toolbar 10. All of the above
e) None of these 11. Auto formatting
12. A Presentation design template
193. To access a mainframe or supercomputer, 13. Edit the slide master
users often use a ___________. 14. WAN
a) Terminal 15. Client /server network system
b) Node 16. A plain text mail
c) Desktop 17. Kaspersky
d) Handheld 18. Spam
e) None of these 19. Command.com
20. Blaster
194. By default, your documents print in 21. Mother Board crash
___________ mode. 22. Spam
a) Landscape 23. Lotus 1-2-3
b) Portrait 24. LAN
c) Page setup 25. Mailbox
d) Print view 26. Browser
e) None of these 27. HTML
28. Virus Attacks
195. What characteristic of read-only memory( 29. Anti virus program
ROM) makes it useful? 30. Network Server
a) ROM information can be easily updated. 31. Micro processor
b) ROM provides very large amounts of 32. High level language
inexpensive data storage. 33. Registers
c) Data in ROM is nonvolatile, that is, it remains 34. Control, Alt
there even without electrical power. 35. Peripheral
d) ROM chips are easily swapped between 36. Control Unit
different brands of computers. 37. Navigation
e) None of these. 38. Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
39. Fixed modem
40. Layer 3 79.Virtual Memory

41. Visual programming languages 80.time sharing mode
42. Catastrophic code 81. order
43. Extensible 82. information
44. FORTRAN 83. router
45. JAVA 84. fourth
46. John Van Neumann 85.tiny magnetic spots
47. c) Silicon 86. Clipart
48. A machine which works on data which is 87. Ken Thompson
always changeable 88. Total number of sectors in a disk
49. Charles Babbage 89.All the above
50. China 90.RAM
51. 2nd Generation 91. Debug
52.J S Kilbi 92. Source program
53.Vacuum Tubes 93. ; (semi-colon)
54.Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer 94. Memory buffer
55. 3rd Generation 95. None of these
56. group of related records 96. Online banking
57. Roughly a billion bytes 97. batch and interactive
58. Numbers, formulas, labels 98. PowerPoint
59. new 99.Regression Analysis of Time Series
60. Find
100.256
61. computer hardware 101. A program started in ROM
62. programs 102. a sequential access medium
63. Exit 103. hardware, software, procedures, networks
64.use of individual passwords and people
65. preprocessing directive 104. Binary
66. Graphical User Interface 105.include addition, subtraction, multiplication
67. Operating system and division
68.virtual memory
106. Control, Alt
69. spreadsheet program
107. Ctrl + PgDn
70. Use and maintenance of software
108.a common database design task
71.paste
109. Analysing data or information
72. cut
110.Simple Network Management Protocol
73. sending e-mail
111.Microsoft
74. Reserved words
112. Planning
75. Datagram Packet Switching
113. Freeware
114. Class B networks
76. undo
115. Crash
77. CONFIG.SYS
116. Optic fiber cable
78.WAP
117. a RDBMS
118. Authentication 157.Bus Lines

119. Sound Card 158.Networking
120. FORTRAN 159.Web site
121. Dennis Ritchie 160. Patch
122. Portal 161. WAN
123. Execution Time 162. User's Name followed by Domain Name
124. Optical mouse 163. LAN
125. Milliseconds 164.Protecting data by copying it from the
126. Link original source to a different distination
127. Bit 165. Writing a letter
128.Modem 166. Extensions
129.Logging on 167. Modifier
130.Mouse 168.Document file
131.Multiprocessing 169.Network
132.execute more jobs in the same time period 170. Translates digital signals from a computer
133. Microprocessor into analog signals that, can travel along
134.Tape drive conventional telephone lines.
135. None of these 171. Pull-down
136. Kilobyte 172. Files
137. Megahertz 173.Arithmetic Logic Unit
138.1024 megabytes 174.Central processing unit
139.Binary
175. Coding
140.Byte
176. Clipboard
141.1024
177. Hardware or Software
142. Digital representation of an alphabetic
178. Database
character ?
179. Main Memory
143. 011101101
180. A bar code
144. BIts per second
181. Syntax
145.Binary
182. Syntax
146.1 million bytes
183. Any device that is attached to a computer
147.4
system
148.Both 0 & 1
184. Lose it contents if current is turned off
149.Modem
185. Debugging
150. LAN
186. Hyperlink
151. share information and/or share peripheral 187. User
equipment 188. System disk
152. Metropolitan 189. Operating system
153. DAN 190. Tool bar
154. Network 191. Right-aligned
155.radio 192. Menu bar
156. Ring 193. Terminal
194. Portrait
195. Data in ROM is nonvolatile, that is, it
remains there even without electrical power.

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Computer Awareness Question Bank : v4

Computer Awareness Quiz (1-195) (b) COBOL

(a) remote desktop support extensively by the internet ?

14. An inter-company network which used to 19. Le-Hard virus is effect of a

(a) Kaspersky (c) Mailbox

(e) None of these (e) None of these

(e) None of these (e) None of these

41. Programming language built into user

50. Abacus was developed in ______________.

51. In which generation of computer was a) label

e) None of these d) Message Switching

73. SMTP is responsible (for) 78. _____________ allows wireless mobile

c) batch processing mode

91. To detect, locate and remove errors in a a) Banking

d) A program started in ROM d) include addition, subtraction, multiplication

d) Simple Network Management Protocol c) Death

129. ____________ is a procedure that requires

131. The simultaneous execution of two or more

c) Kilobyte e) None of these

151. Computers connected to a LAN can ______: a) Star

a) WAN e) None of these

166. What are bas, doc, and htm examples of?

c) Syntax 186. A word in a web page that, when clicked,

191. Numbers in table columns are usually -

40. Layer 3 79.Virtual Memory

118. Authentication 157.Bus Lines

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