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All of the following statements concerning windows are true EXCEPT—

1. windows are an example of a command-driven environment.
2. windows can be resized and repositioned on the desktop
3. more than one window can be open at a time
4. toolbars and scrollbars are features of windows

✅ Correct Answer: 1

All of the following statements concerning files are true EXCEPT—

1. A file is a collection of related pieces of information stored together for easy reference.
2. Files can be generated from an application
3. Files are stored in RAM
4. Files should be organized in folders

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Using Windows Explorer; a plus (+) sign in front of a folder indicates—

1. an open folder
2. the folder contains subfolders
3. a text file
4. a graphics file

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In Windows XP; if you want to see the file size and modified dates of all files in a folder; the best viewing option is the __________ view.

1. List
2. Thumbnails
3. Details
4. Icon

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The term ‘Computer’ is derived from........

1. Latin
2. German
3. French
4. Arabic

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who is the inventor of “Difference Engine”?

1. Allen Turing
2. Charles Babbage
3. Simur Cray
4. Augusta Adaming

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who is the father of Computer?

1. Allen Turing
2. Charles Babbage
3. Simur Cray
4. Augusta Adaming

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who is the father of Computer science?

1. Allen Turing
2. Charles Babbage
3. Simur Cray
4. Augusta Adaming

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who is the father of personal computer?

1. Edward Robert
2. Allen Turing
3. Charles Babbage
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

A CPU contains

1. a card reader and a printing device
2. an analytical engine and a control unit
3. a control unit and an arithmetic logic unit
4. an arithmetic logic unit and a card reader

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following controls the process of interaction between the user and the operating system?

1. User interface
2. Language translator
3. Platform
4. Screen saver

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The first computers were programmed using

1. assembly language
2. machine language
3. source code
4. Platform

✅ Correct Answer: 2

is a combination of hardware and software that facilitates the sharing of information between computing devices

1. network
2. peripheral
3. expansion board
4. digital device

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Coded entries which are used to gain access to a computer system are called

1. Entry codes
2. Passwords
3. Security commands
4. Code words

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which of the following statements is true?

1. Minicomputer works faster than Microcomputer
2. Microcomputer works faster than Minicomputer
3. Speed of both the computers is the same
4. The speeds of both these computers cannot be compared with the speed of advanced

✅ Correct Answer: 1

You organize files by storing them in

1. archives
2. folders
3. indexes
4. lists

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What type of resource is most likely to be a shared common resource in a computer Network?

1. Printers
2. Speakers
3. Floppy disk drives
4. Keyboards

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which device is required for the Internet connection?

1. Joystick
2. Modem
3. CD Drive
4. NIC Card

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is a light pen?

1. A Mechanical Input device
2. Optical input device
3. Electronic input device
4. Optical output device

✅ Correct Answer: 2

UNIVAC is

1. Universal Automatic Computer
2. Universal Array Computer
3. Unique Automatic Computer
4. Unvalued Automatic Computer

✅ Correct Answer: 1

CD-ROM stands for

1. Compactable Read Only Memory
2. Compact Data Read Only Memory
3. Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
4. Compact Disk Read Only Memory

✅ Correct Answer: 1

ALU is

1. Arithmetic Logic Unit
2. Array Logic Unit
3. Application Logic Unit
4. None of above

✅ Correct Answer: 1

VGA is

1. Video Graphics Array
2. Visual Graphics Array
3. Volatile Graphics Array
4. Video Graphics Adapter

✅ Correct Answer: 1

IBM 1401 is

1. First Generation Computer
2. Second Generation Computer
3. Third Generation Computer
4. Fourth Generation Computer

✅ Correct Answer: 2

MSI stands for

1. Medium Scale Integrated Circuits
2. Medium System Integrated Circuits
3. Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit
4. Medium System Intelligent Circuit

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is

1. 1.40 MB
2. 1.44 GB
3. 1.40 GB
4. 1.44 MB

✅ Correct Answer: 4

WAN stands for

1. Wap Area Network
2. Wide Area Network
3. Wide Array Net
4. Wireless Area Network

✅ Correct Answer: 2

MICR stands for

1. Magnetic Ink Character Reader
2. Magnetic Ink Code Reader
3. Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
4. None

✅ Correct Answer: 1

EBCDIC stands for

1. Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
2. Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code
3. Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code
4. Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following is a part of the Central Processing Unit?

1. Printer
2. Key board
3. Mouse
4. Arithmetic & Logic unit

✅ Correct Answer: 4

CAD stands for

1. Computer aided design
2. Computer algorithm for design
3. Computer application in design
4. Computer analogue design

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Junk e-mail is also called

1. spam
2. spoof
3. sniffer script
4. spool

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Hackers

1. all have the same motive
2. break into other people's computers
3. may legally break into computers as long as they do not do any damage
4. are people who are allergic to computers

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What type of computers are client computers (most of the time) in a client-server system?

1. Mainframe
2. Mini-computer
3. Microcomputer
4. PDA

✅ Correct Answer: 3

A computer cannot 'boot' if it does not have the

1. Compiler
2. Loader
3. Operating System
4. Assembler

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The amount of vertical space between lines of text in a document is called

1. double-space
2. line spacing
3. single space
4. vertical spacing

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Example of non-numeric data is

1. Employee address
2. Examination score
3. Bank balance
4. All of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

What is embedded system?

1. The programme which arrives by being wrapped in box.
2. The programme which is the permanent part of the computer
3. The computer which is the part of a big computer
4. . The computer and software system that control the machine

✅ Correct Answer: 4

First page of Website is termed as

1. Homepage
2. Index
3. JAVA script
4. Bookmark

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Is the appearance of typed characters?

1. Size
2. Format
3. Point
4. Colour

✅ Correct Answer: 2

When a file is saved for the first time

1. a copy is automatically printed
2. it must be given a name to identify it
3. it does not need a name
4. it only needs a name if it is not going to be printed

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Office LANS; which are scattered geographically on large scale; can be connected by the use of corporate

1. CAN
2. LAN
3. DAN
4. WAN

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Where are data and programme stored when the processor uses them?

1. Main memory
2. Secondary memory
3. Disk memory
4. Programme memory

✅ Correct Answer: 1

represents raw facts; where-as is data made meaningful

1. Information; reporting
2. Data; information
3. Information; bits
4. Records; bytes

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM) makes it useful?

1. ROM information can be easily updated
2. Data in ROM is non-volatile; that is; it remains there even without electrical power
3. ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive data storage
4. ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What do you call the programs that are used to find out possible faults and their causes?

1. operating system extensions
2. cookies
3. diagnostic software
4. boot diskettes

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which programming languages are classified as low level languages?

1. BASIC; COBOL; Fortran
2. Prolog
3. C; C++
4. Assembly languages

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the following is not anti- viruses’ software?

1. NAV
2. F-Prot
3. Oracle
4. McAfee

✅ Correct Answer: 3

What does DMA stand for?

1. Distinct Memory Access
2. Direct Memory Access
3. Direct Module Access
4. Direct Memory Allocation

✅ Correct Answer: 2

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