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This section includes 2995 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Current Affairs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 951. |
A………..is a microprocessor-based com- puting device. |
| A. | personal computer |
| B. | mainframe |
| C. | workstation |
| D. | server |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. mainframe | |
| 952. |
Computers use the………..language to process data. |
| A. | processing |
| B. | code |
| C. | binary |
| D. | representational |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. representational | |
| 953. |
Straight and Uniform margins on both the sides indicate that there is……..in the document. |
| A. | full justification |
| B. | full alignment |
| C. | left justification |
| D. | right justification |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. full alignment | |
| 954. |
Which type of memory is for information that DOES CHANGE on your computer? |
| A. | RAM |
| B. | ROM |
| C. | ERAM |
| D. | RW/RAM |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. ROM | |
| 955. |
Which of the following professions has been affected by personal computers? |
| A. | Medical |
| B. | Clerical and law |
| C. | Accounting |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 956. |
To put information in a file on a magnetic disk, or in a computer’s memory, so it can be used later : |
| A. | store |
| B. | ship |
| C. | shift |
| D. | center |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. ship | |
| 957. |
The internet is a system of……….. |
| A. | Software bundles |
| B. | Web page |
| C. | Web site |
| D. | Interconnected Networks |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 958. |
A factor which would strongly influence a business person to adopt a computer is its : |
| A. | Accuracy |
| B. | Reliability |
| C. | Speed |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 959. |
Many individuals create their own personal sites called Web logs, or…………. |
| A. | social networks |
| B. | blogs |
| C. | wikis |
| D. | search engines |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. wikis | |
| 960. |
Microwave transmission is used in environments where installing physical transmission media is _ |
| A. | difficult or impossible and where line-of- sight transmission is unavailable |
| B. | easy or promising and where line-of-sight transmission is unavailable |
| C. | difficult or impossible and where line-of- sight transmission is available |
| D. | easy or promising and where line-of-sight transmission is available |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 961. |
What does SDLC mean in Networking protocol? |
| A. | Software Data Link Control |
| B. | Synchronous Data Link Control |
| C. | Software Development Life Cycle |
| D. | Synchronous Data Development Cycle |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Software Development Life Cycle | |
| 962. |
A file extension is separated from the main file name with a(n)……….but no spaces. |
| A. | question mark |
| B. | exclamation mark |
| C. | underscore |
| D. | period |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 963. |
Excel is designed to provide visual cues to the relationships between the cells that provide values to the formulas or the cell that depend on the formulas by : |
| A. | Bolding the cell references to match the colour coding of the borders around the referenced worksheets cells |
| B. | Highlighting the cell references |
| C. | Colour coding the cell references in the formula to match the borders around the referenced worksheet cells |
| D. | Bolding the cell references |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Colour coding the cell references in the formula to match the borders around the referenced worksheet cells | |
| 964. |
The Internet allows you to…………. |
| A. | send electronic mail |
| B. | view Web pages |
| C. | connect to servers all around the world |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 965. |
To check the presence of a computer in the network, use the command : |
| A. | ping |
| B. | cmd |
| C. | check |
| D. | ipconfig |
| E. | connect |
| Answer» B. cmd | |
| 966. |
Which function calculates your monthly mortgage payment? |
| A. | PMT (payments) |
| B. | NPER (number of periods) |
| C. | PV (present value) |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. NPER (number of periods) | |
| 967. |
A third and last component of CPU is |
| A. | ALU |
| B. | supervisory-control unit |
| C. | input device |
| D. | register unit |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. input device | |
| 968. |
Which of the following categories wouldinclude a keyboard? |
| A. | Printing Device |
| B. | Output Device |
| C. | Pointing Device |
| D. | Storage Device |
| E. | Input Device |
| Answer» F. | |
| 969. |
A wireless network uses……….waves to transmit signals. |
| A. | mechanical |
| B. | radio |
| C. | sound |
| D. | magnetic |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. sound | |
| 970. |
Output which is made up of pictures, sounds, and video is called : |
| A. | COM |
| B. | hard copy |
| C. | graphics |
| D. | multimedia |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 971. |
A…………’s main purpose is to prohibit unauthorized access to your computer via the Internet. |
| A. | popup blocker |
| B. | firewall |
| C. | spyware blocker |
| D. | spam assassin |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. spyware blocker | |
| 972. |
Most important advantage of an IC is its : |
| A. | Easy replacement in case of circuit failure |
| B. | Extremely high reliability |
| C. | Reduced cost |
| D. | Lower power consumption |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Reduced cost | |
| 973. |
The progressing of two or more programs in parallel is |
| A. | concatenation |
| B. | data module |
| C. | concurrency |
| D. | colossus |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. colossus | |
| 974. |
When you scroll through a document, the………….does not move. |
| A. | I-beam |
| B. | scroll bar |
| C. | page |
| D. | insertion point |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. scroll bar | |
| 975. |
Microcomputer hardware consists of three basic categories of physical equipments…….. |
| A. | keyboards, monitor, hard drive |
| B. | system unit, input/output, memory |
| C. | system unit, input/output, secondary storage |
| D. | system unit, primary storage, secondary storage |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. system unit, input/output, secondary storage | |
| 976. |
A framework in which circuit boards can be mounted is |
| A. | card cage |
| B. | motherboard |
| C. | cache |
| D. | RAM |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. motherboard | |
| 977. |
A person who used his or her expertise to gain access to other people’s computers to get information illegally or do damage is a………. |
| A. | spammer |
| B. | hacker |
| C. | instant messenger |
| D. | programmer |
| E. | analyst |
| Answer» C. instant messenger | |
| 978. |
Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on : |
| A. | tracks per inch of surface |
| B. | bits per inch of tracks |
| C. | disk pack in disk surface |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 979. |
Which of the following is the smallest computer? |
| A. | Mini computer |
| B. | Super computer |
| C. | Micro computer |
| D. | Mainframe computer |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Mainframe computer | |
| 980. |
Which of the following is the term for a request for specific data contained in a database? |
| A. | question |
| B. | query |
| C. | inquiry |
| D. | quiz |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. inquiry | |
| 981. |
The…………..settings are automatic and standard. |
| A. | default |
| B. | CPU |
| C. | peripheral |
| D. | user friendly |
| E. | defaulter |
| Answer» B. CPU | |
| 982. |
Linux is an example of |
| A. | Operating System |
| B. | Input Device |
| C. | Output Device |
| D. | Terminal |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Input Device | |
| 983. |
Which of the following is an abbreviation for a hardware programming language? |
| A. | AHPL |
| B. | AFL |
| C. | ACM |
| D. | APL |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. AFL | |
| 984. |
……….is a method in which multiple communication devices are connected to one another efficiently. |
| A. | Switching |
| B. | Redundancy |
| C. | Capacity |
| D. | Detecting |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Redundancy | |
| 985. |
A rig t click on the desktop itself will…………….. |
| A. | open the Display Properties dialog box |
| B. | show a context-sensitive menu |
| C. | open the Control Panel |
| D. | minimize all open applications |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. show a context-sensitive menu | |
| 986. |
A local storage register which contains the address of the next instruction to be executed is |
| A. | accumulator |
| B. | address register |
| C. | buffer |
| D. | memory |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. buffer | |
| 987. |
The devices are connected in motherboard via : |
| A. | ports |
| B. | hubs |
| C. | switches |
| D. | bus |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. hubs | |
| 988. |
Software for organizing storage and retrieval of information is a(n)……… |
| A. | operating system |
| B. | database |
| C. | database program |
| D. | data warehouse |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. data warehouse | |
| 989. |
If you wanted to locate the hardware address of a local device, which protocol would you use? |
| A. | ARP |
| B. | RARP |
| C. | ICMP |
| D. | PING |
| E. | PONG |
| Answer» B. RARP | |
| 990. |
Capital letters on a keyboard are referred to as ……… |
| A. | caps lock key |
| B. | grownups |
| C. | big guys |
| D. | upper case letters |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 991. |
Circuits that provide a communication path between two or more devices of a digital computer system is : |
| A. | Car |
| B. | Bus |
| C. | Track |
| D. | Cable |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Track | |
| 992. |
The purpose of a swap (or page) file is to : |
| A. | maintain pages of documents that are being spooled to the printer |
| B. | hold a program’s data or instructions in virtual memory when it can’t fit in RAM. |
| C. | prevent thrashing in a multitasking environment |
| D. | allow multiple print jobs to print their pages out simultaneously |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. prevent thrashing in a multitasking environment | |
| 993. |
Coded entries which are used to gain access to a computer system are called………… |
| A. | Entry codes |
| B. | Passwords |
| C. | Security commands |
| D. | Codewords |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Security commands | |
| 994. |
The processor speed for top-end personal computers is measured in : |
| A. | kilohertz (kHz) |
| B. | megahertz (MHz) |
| C. | gigahertz (GHz) |
| D. | terahertz (THz) |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. terahertz (THz) | |
| 995. |
When sending an e-mail the………the describes the contents of the message. |
| A. | to |
| B. | subject |
| C. | contents |
| D. | CC |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. contents | |
| 996. |
Which type of storage is hard disk? |
| A. | Non-permanent |
| B. | Volatile |
| C. | Temporary |
| D. | Non-volatile |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 997. |
A data item which is not broken down into smaller units is |
| A. | data element |
| B. | elementary data item |
| C. | data entry |
| D. | database management |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. data entry | |
| 998. |
Windows 7 is an example of a(n) |
| A. | application software |
| B. | browser |
| C. | Operating system |
| D. | shareware |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. shareware | |
| 999. |
One or more defects or problems that prevent the software from working as intended or working at all is a(n)………… |
| A. | bug |
| B. | bot |
| C. | programming language |
| D. | fuzzy logic |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. bot | |
| 1000. |
This dialog box specifies or modifies the worksheet cell range containing data to be charted…………. |
| A. | Chart Location |
| B. | Chart Style |
| C. | Chart Options |
| D. | Chart Source Data |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Chart Style | |