1. 2^20 (10^6) bytes is called: 7.

What is the technical basis of the first-

A) gigabit generation computers?
B) gigabyte A) Large-scale integrated circuits
C) kilobyte B) Vacuum tubes
D) terabyte C) Transistors
E) megabyte D) Integrated circuits
E) Very large-scale integrated circuits

2. 2^30 (10^9) bytes is called:

A) megabit 8. Which type of computer is optimal in terms
B) kilobit of cost/performance ratio to be used both in
C) gigabyte business and at home?
D) megabyte A) Mainframe
E) terabit B) Server
C) Supercomputer
D) Personal computer (PC)
E) Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
3. What is EBSIDIC?
A) A standard of read-only memory
B) A standard of processors
C) A standard of representing characters with 9. Which type of computer has the smallest
bits size?
D) A standard of secondary memory A) Mainframe
E) A communication standard B) Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
C) Supercomputer
D) Personal computer (PC)
E) Workstation
4. What would be an output device?
A) keyboard
B) touch screen
C) printer 10. Simplified desktop computer that does not
D) scanner store software programs or data permanently,
E) mouse and on which users download whatever
software and data they need from central
computer is called:
A) Network computer
5. What would be an input device? B) Supercomputer
A) plotter C) Mainframe
B) scanner D) Personal computer
C) Catode Ray Tube (CRT) monitor E) Workstation
D) printer
E) LCD projector

11. Touch screen is an example of:

A) input device
6. What would be an example of secondary B) output device
storage? C) primary storage
A) RAM D) secondary storage
B) modem E) communication device
C) monitor
D) USB Flash Drive
E) mouse
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E) Autodesk 3D Studio MAX 2008
12. Modem is an example of:
A) input device
B) output device 18. Which of the following is an example of
C) primary storage system software?
D) secondary storage A) Adobe Flash Professional CS3
E) communication device B) Microsoft Office Accounting 2007
C) Microsoft Windows Vista Business
D) 1C: Enterprise 8.1 – Accounting for
13. RAM is an example of: Kazakhstan 1.5
A) input device E) ABBYY Lingvo 12
B) output device
C) primary storage
D) secondary storage
E) communication device
19. Which of the following is an example of
system software?
14. Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is an example of: A) Autodesk AutoCAD 2008
A) input device B) Mac OS X Leopard
B) output device C) Peachtree Accounting Quantum 2008
C) primary storage D) Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
D) secondary storage E) 1C: Enterprise 8.1 – Production Enterprise
E) communication device Management for Kazakhstan 1.5

15. An object-oriented programming language

used to create miniature programs called
"applets" designed to reside on network 20. Which of the following applications
servers is: allows creation of freely scalable images (that
A) COBOL does not lose their quality while scaled up)?
B) FORTRAN A) Adobe Photoshop CS3
C) Java B) Corel DRAW! Graphics Suite X3
D) HTML C) Adobe Premiere CS3
E) SQL D) Microsoft Paint
E) Microsoft Project 2007

16. Which of the following is an example of

application software?
A) Mandriva Linux 2008
B) 1C: Enterprise 8.1 – Payroll and HR
Accounting for Kazakhstan 1.5
C) Norton Disk Doctor utility
D) Driver for HP LaserJet 1300 printer
E) Microsoft Windows Vista Business
17. Which of the following is an example of
application software?
A) Driver for LG Flatron 19’’ LCD monitor
B) Mac OS X Tiger
C) Files backup utility
21. Source code:
A) is the language the computer executes.
B) is a set of programs written for specific
functions performed by end users.
C) is special system software that translates a
high-level language into machine language
for execution by the computer.
D) is written in a high-level language that
must be translated into machine language to
be executed by the computer.
E) is a set of generalized programs that
manage the computers resources.

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 A) Integrated software
B) CD-ROM software
C) Application software
D) Network software
E) System software

22. Machine language:

A) is the language the computer executes. 26. Linux:
B) is a set of programs written for specific A) is an earlier version of the Windows
functions performed by end-users. operating system for home users
C) is special system software that translates a B) can be modified by software developers
high-level language into machine language C) is used on 95 percent of all business
for execution by the computer. computers
D) is written in a high-level language that D) is a 16-bit operating system
must be translated into machine language to E) is developed by Microsoft corporation
be executed by the computer.
E) is a set of generalized programs that
manage the computers resources.
27. Internet protocol mainly used for
downloading big files with high speed is
called:
23. System software: A) URL
A) is the language the computer executes. B) HTTP
B) is a set of programs written for specific C) FTP
functions performed by end users. D) HTML
C) is special system software that translates a E) XML
high-level language into machine language
for execution by the computer.
D) is written in a high-level language that
must be translated into machine language to 28. Which protocol is necessary to send a file
be executed by the computer. to remote site?
E) is a set of generalized programs that A) DHTML
manage the computer’s resources. B) FTP
C) XML
D) URL
E) HTTP
24. Application software:
A) is the language the computer executes.
B) is a set of programs written for specific
functions performed by end users. 29. Google, Yahoo, and Rambler are
C) is special system software that translates a examples of:
high-level language into machine language A) URL addresses
for execution by the computer. B) Boolean operations
D) is written in a high-level language that C) Web browsers
must be translated into machine language to D) Search engines
be executed by the computer. E) Java applets
E) is a set of generalized programs that
manage the computers resources.
30. Which of the following is an example of
search engine?
A) Internet Explorer
25. An operating system is:
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B) Google B) almaty@internet.com
C) Opera C) www.almaty.kz
D) Firefox D) www.almaty.edu
E) Safari E) www.almaty.ru

31. Which of the following is an example of

web browser? 36. Which of the following is generally the
A) Yahoo first document displayed at a Web site?
B) AltaVista A) home page
C) Google B) root
D) Internet Explorer C) search form
E) Lycos D) gopher server
E) proxy server

32. The process of transferring files from a 37. Web documents are created in:
remote computer or server to local computer A) HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
is called: B) HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
A) Receiving C) Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
B) Downgrading D) Internet Protocol (IP)
C) Acquiring E) File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
D) Downloading
E) Uploading
38. Which of the following applications is not
capable of editing HTML codes?
A) Microsoft FrontPage 2003
33. The process of transferring files from B) Notepad
local computer to a remote computer or server C) Adobe Photoshop CS3
is called: D) Adobe (ex Macromedia) Dreamweaver
A) Sending CS3
B) Upgrading E) Microsoft Expression Web 2007
C) Uploading
D) Updating
E) Downloading 39. Which tag causes the page title to be
displayed in the title bar?
A) <BODY>...</BODY>
B) <UL>...</UL>
34. What is the likeliest address of IBM's C) <TITLE>...</TITLE>
home page? D) <HTML>...</HTML>
A) ibm@internet.com E) <PRE>...</PRE>
B) www.ibm.com
C) www.ibm.edu
D) internet.ibm.com 40. Which HTML tag causes web browser to
E) ibm@narod.ru display results of executing other tags on a
web page?
A) <HEAD>...</HEAD>
B) <TITLE>...</TITLE>
35. What is the likeliest address of a web site C) <BODY>...</BODY>
located in Kazakhstan? D) <HTML>...</HTML>
A) www.almaty.com E) <META>...</META>
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41. Which tag is used for starting a new

paragraph? 47. Which tag denotes the structure that
A) <S>...</S> describes the collection of frames in a given
B) <I>...</I> page?
C) <B>...</B> A) <COL>
D) <P>...</P> B) <FRAMESET>
E) <U>...</U> C) <FORM>
D) <FR>
42. Which HTML tag is used to display E) <STRUCTURE>
strikeout text?
A) <EXACT> 48. How a horizontal ruler (line) is coded in a
B) <FORMAT> HTML document?
C) <EM> A) <HORIZONTAL_LINE>
D) <S> B) <LINE>
E) <PRE> C) <HR>
D) <RULER>
E) <H_LINE>
43. Which HTML tag is used to apply
typewriter effect to text?
A) <S>
B) <TT> 49. Which tag is used to display the biggest
C) <EFFECT> heading possible?
D) <EM> A) <H1>
E) <TYPEWRITER> B) <H2>
C) <H5>
D) <H6>
44. Which of the following HTML tag is not E) <HEADING SIZE=BIG>
used for creating tables?
A) <TABLE>
B) <TH>
C) <TD> 50. Which tag is used to display the smallest
D) <FRAMESET> heading possible?
E) <CAPTION> A) <H1>
B) <H2>
C) <H5>
45. Which tag is used in HTML to make a D) <H6>
piece of text italic? E) <HEADING SIZE=SMALL>
A) <I>...</I>
B) <U>...</U>
C) <B>...</B>
D) <ITALIC>...</ITALIC> 51. Which tag is used to display the medium-
E) <FONT=italic>...</FONT> sized heading?
A) <MEDIUM>
B) <H1>
46. Which tag is used in HTML to make a C) <H3>
piece of text underlined? D) <H6>
A) <I>...</I> E) <HEADING SIZE=MEDIUM>
B) <U>...</U>
C) <B>...</B>
D) <UNDERLINED>...</UNDERLINED>

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52. Which tag attribute is used to change A) I, II, III, IV, V…
default presentation of list items in the B) A, B, C, D, E…
ordered list from Arabic numbers to C) i, ii, iii, iv, v…
Romanian numbers? D) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...
A) <OL TYPE=A> E) A, A, A, A, A…
B) <UL TYPE=circle>
C) <UL TYPE=square>
D) <OL TYPE=I>
E) <UL TYPE=disk> 57. Which attribute is not supported by
<IMG> tag?
A) WIDTH
B) HEIGHT
C) PRINT
D) SRC
53. Which tag attribute is used to change E) ALIGN
default presentation of list items in the
ordered list from Arabic numbers to capital 58. Which is the required attribute for <A>
letters? tag (hyperlink tag)?
A) <OL TYPE=A> A) WIDTH
B) <UL TYPE=circle> B) HREF
C) <UL TYPE=square> C) TARGET
D) <OL TYPE=I> D) TITLE
E) <UL TYPE=disk> E) HEIGHT

59. Which tag is used to center text or object

54. Which tag attribute is used to change on a web page?
default presentation of list items in the A) <LEFT>…</LEFT>
ordered list from Arabic numbers to B) <CENTER>…</CENTER>
lowercase letters? C) <RIGHT>…</RIGHT>
A) <UL TYPE=circle> D) <PRE>…</PRE>
B) <OL TYPE=a> E) <MARQUEE>…</MARQUEE>
C) <UL TYPE=square>
D) <OL TYPE=i>
E) <UL TYPE=disk> 60. How unordered lists are coded in HTML?
A) <ULIST>…</ULIST>
B) <UL>…</UL>
C) <BR>…</BR>
55. Attribute TYPE=i used inside of <OL> D) <LIST>…</LIST>
tag will produce list with which of the E) <OL>…</OL>
following sequences?
A) i, j, k, l, m…
B) i, i, i, i, i…
C) i, ii, iii, iv, v… 61. Which graphic file format supports
D) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... transparency?
E) I, J, K, L, M… A) RAW
B) GIF
C) JPG
D) BMP
56. Attribute TYPE=A used inside of <OL> E) PNG
tag will produce list with which of the
following sequences?

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62. Which of the following graphic file copied to a cell one column to the right and
formats is not popular in web design due to two rows down. How will the entry appear in
the very big file sizes? its new location?
A) JPG A) =$B3
B) JPEG B) =B3
C) RAW C) =$C5
D) GIF D) =$B5
E) PNG E) =$B4

63. Which tag does not affect size of the font? 68. A formula containing the entry =$C5 is
A) <BIG>…</BIG> copied to a cell located one column to the
B) <FONT SIZE=”2”>…</FONT> right and three rows above. How will the
C) <HEAD>…</HEAD> entry appear in its new location?
D) <FONT SIZE=”+1”>…</FONT> A) =$C5
E) <SMALL>…</SMALL> B) =C3
C) =$D5
64. To make borders of a table in HTML D) =$C2
document invisible you should use the E) =$B2
following attribute for tag <TABLE>:
A) ALT="INVISIBLE" 69. Cell E5 contains the formula
B) BORDER=1 =AVERAGE(B8:F8). What will be the
C) BORDER=0 contents of cell E6 if the entry in cell E5 is
D) TABLE=HIDE moved to cell E6?
E) BORDER=HIDE A) =AVERAGE(B9:F9)
B) =AVERAGE($B$8:$F$8)
C) =AVERAGE(B8:F8)
65. Which of the following attributes should D) =AVERAGE($B$9:$F$9)
be used for tag <TABLE> to make borders of E) =AVERAGE(C8:G8)
a table in HTML document visible?
A) BORDERS=SHOW
B) ALT="VISIBLE"
C) BORDER=0 70. In cell A2 the following formula is
D) BORDER=1 entered: =B3+$G4. If cell A2 is extended to
E) TABLE=SHOW cell C2, what will be inside C2?
A) =B5+$G6
B) =D3+$G4
66. What is the effect of typing F5+F6 into a C) =D3+$I4
cell without a beginning equal sign? D) =B5+$I6
A) The entry is equivalent to the formula E) =D3+$I4
=F5+F6
B) The cell will display the contents of cell F5
plus cell F6
C) The entry will be treated as a text entry 71. If the formula is =$A27+B$27 and it will
and display F5+F6 in the cell be copied one cell right and one cell down it
D) The entry will be rejected by Excel, which will become:
will signal an error message A) =$A28+B$27
B) =$A28+C$27
C) =$A27+C$27
D) =$A$28+$C$27
E) =$A$28+$B$27
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B) 40
72. If in the range A1:A235 there are numbers C) 45
and you want to count negative numbers the D) 60
formula for that will look like: E) 80
A) =COUNT(A1:A235)
B) =SUM(A1:A235,"<0")
C) =COUNTIF(A1:A235,"<0")
D) =SUMIF(A1:A235,"<0")
E) =SUMPRODUCT(A1,A235) 77. Given cell C5 contains value 20, and cell
D10 contains value 30, which result will be
produced by formula
=IF(AND(C5=20,D10<>30),50,300)?
73. Suppose D4:D9 contain 32, 54, 55, 0, 77, A) 20
6, respectively. Result returned by function B) 30
=COUNTIF(D4:D9,"<55") will be equal to: C) 50
A) 0 D) 300
B) 1 E) 1500
C) 2
D) 3
E) 4

74. Which of the following is/are required as

an argument(s) in the =VLOOKUP() 78. Given cell B4 contains value 100, and cell
function? E7 contains value 70, which result will be
A) The value to look up produced by formula
B) The range of cells containing the table =IF(OR(B4<100,E7=70),500,0)?
C) The offset within the table A) 0
D) The three conditions to =VLOOKUP() are B) 70
the value to look up, the ranges of cells C) 100
containing the table, and the offset within the D) 500
table. E) 2000

79. Given that each of cells B1 and C1

75. Given that cells B5, C5 and D5 contain contain 3, B2 contains 5, C2 contains 4 the
the numbers 5, 10, and 20 respectively, what value of =SUMPRODUCT(B1:C1,B2:C2) is:
value will be returned by the function A) 12
=IF(B5<>10,C5*2,D5*5)? B) 15
A) 10 C) 27
B) 20 D) 29
C) 40 E) 4
D) 50
E) 100
80. Given that each of cells A5 and B5
contain 4, A6 contains 5, B6 contains 10 the
76. Given that cells A7, B7 and C7 contain value of =SUMPRODUCT(A5:B5,A6:B6) is:
the numbers 20, 10, and 15 respectively, what A) 23
value will be returned by the function B) 49
=IF(A7>10,B7*3,C7*4)? C) 58

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D) 60 D) Variant
E) 66 E) Boolean

81. To calculate only amount of interest 86. Variable Z which is supposed to store
payment on a loan, you would use: high precision fractional numbers should be
A) =PV() declared as:
B) =FV() A) Boolean
C) =PPMT() B) Integer
D) =IPMT() C) Currency
E) =PMT() D) Double
E) String

82. To calculate only amount of principal

payment on a loan, you would use: 87. Variables supposed to store fractional
A) =IPMT() numbers with standard precision should be
B) =PPMT() declared as:
C) =PMT() A) Long
D) =PV() B) Integer
E) =FV() C) Single
D) Date
E) Currency

83. Pure transshipment nodes are different

from supply points and demand points, in that
A) the total flow into the node is greater than 88. Variable EXCHANGE_RATE which is
the total flow out supposed to store data in national currency
B) the net flow is not equal to zero should be declared as:
C) the total flow out of the node is greater A) Boolean
than the total flow in B) Integer
D) the total flow in equals the total flow out C) Currency
D) Date
E) Long

84. LP model which determines a path

through network that connects all points, with 89. Which of the following predefined VBA
objective to minimize the total distance of all functions allows converting a string of
arcs used in the path is a: characters (e.g. “Business School”) into
A) transshipment model lowercase (small) letters?
B) minimal spanning tree model A) LCase() function
C) maximal flow model B) UCase() function
D) assignment model C) ConvertToLowerCase() function
E) transportation model D) ConvertToSmalls() function
E) SmallLetters() function

85. Variable INFO which is supposed to store

any type of data should be declared as: 90. Variable A = "Business". Operator Len(s)
A) Long will return which of the following?
B) Integer A) ssenisuB
C) Currency B) BUSINESS
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C) business B) Extracts the middle three characters
D) 8 starting from the second character
E) 1 C) Extracts three characters starting from the
second character and two characters starting
from the third character
D) Extracts three characters starting from the
91. Variable N = "ERP". Operator Len(s) will first character and two characters starting
return which of the following? from the last character
A) erp
B) PRE 96. Variable MyMajor = "Information
C) 3 Systems". Operator mid(MyMajor, 4, 3) will
D) 2 return:
E) 1 A) Majo
B) orm
92. Variable Z = "Finance". Operator Len(s) C) form
will return which of the following? D) Inf
A) 7 E) ajo
B) 0
C) ecnaniF 97. Variable MySpecialization = "Accounting
D) FINANCE & Finance". Operator mid(MySpecialization,
E) finance 5, 4) will return:
A) ance
93. What does the following VBA function B) ounti
do: mid (s, 4, 7)? C) unti
A) Extracts the middle four characters starting D) ecia
from the seventh character E) Accou
B) Extracts the middle seven characters
starting from the fourth character 98. Variable MyMinor = "Operations
C) Extracts four characters starting from the Management". Operator mid(MyMinor, 7, 3)
first character and seven characters starting will return:
from the fourth character A) Operati
D) Extracts seven characters starting from the B) MyMinor
first character and four characters starting C) MyM
from the last character D) ion
E) eration
94. What does the following VBA function
do: mid (a, 2, 8)? 99. IF ... THEN ... ELSE…END IF is an
A) Extracts two characters starting from the example of which of the following:
first character and eight characters starting A) event-driven loop
from the second character B) indeterminate loop
B) Extracts eight characters starting from the C) determinate loop
first character and two characters starting D) conditional loop
from the last character E) conditional branching construct
C) Extracts the middle two characters starting
from the eighth character 100. SELECT ... CASE ... END SELECT is
D) Extracts the middle eight characters an example of:
starting from the second character A) Determinate loop
B) Indeterminate loop
95. What does the following function do: mid C) Conditional branching construct
(s, 3, 2)? D) Conditional loop
A) Extracts the middle two characters starting E) Event-driven loop
from the third character
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