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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.
| 1251. |
A real time communication session involving video and audio data for the participants over a network spanning long distance? |
| A. | Broadcasting |
| B. | Routing |
| C. | Video conferencing |
| D. | Chatting |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Chatting | |
| 1252. |
A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as : |
| A. | Pulse code modulation |
| B. | Pulse stretcher |
| C. | Query processing |
| D. | Queue management |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Pulse stretcher | |
| 1253. |
Which technology is used in a CDROMDrive? |
| A. | Mechanical |
| B. | Electromechanical |
| C. | Optical |
| D. | Fiber Optical |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Fiber Optical | |
| 1254. |
A………..is a unique name that you give to a file of information. |
| A. | folder |
| B. | filename |
| C. | filename extension |
| D. | device letter |
| E. | username |
| Answer» C. filename extension | |
| 1255. |
A device which uses magnetic tape cartridges to read or record information at 340,000 alphanumeric characters per second is |
| A. | magnetic tape |
| B. | hypertape drive |
| C. | card punch |
| D. | magnetic disk |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. card punch | |
| 1256. |
The button that displays the window over the entire screen is : |
| A. | Scroll box |
| B. | Downsize |
| C. | Restore Down |
| D. | Minimize |
| E. | Maximize |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1257. |
The ability to combine name and addresses with a standard document is called……. |
| A. | document formatting |
| B. | database management |
| C. | mail merge |
| D. | form letters |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. form letters | |
| 1258. |
The Name box : |
| A. | Shows the location of the previously active cell |
| B. | Appears the left of the formula bar |
| C. | Appears below the status bar |
| D. | Appears below the menu bar |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Appears below the status bar | |
| 1259. |
This device allow you to transfer pictures from the paper onto the computer. |
| A. | Printer |
| B. | Mouse |
| C. | Keyboard |
| D. | Scanner |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 1260. |
Which elements of a Word document can be displayed in colour? |
| A. | Only graphics |
| B. | Only text |
| C. | Only the first word of each line |
| D. | All elements, but only if you have a colour printer |
| E. | All elements |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1261. |
………is the most popular internet activity. |
| A. | Art |
| B. | Shopping |
| C. | Searching |
| D. | Entertainment |
| E. | Communicator |
| Answer» D. Entertainment | |
| 1262. |
A document in a portrait prints…….. |
| A. | The same characters per line with the same document in landscape |
| B. | More characters per line than the same document in landscape |
| C. | Less characters per line than the same document in landscape. |
| D. | Smaller fonts in order to fit the same amount of characters per line with landscape |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Smaller fonts in order to fit the same amount of characters per line with landscape | |
| 1263. |
Name the branch of science which tries to make computer work like human beings? |
| A. | Forensic Science |
| B. | Encryptology |
| C. | Virtual reality |
| D. | Artificial Intelligence |
| E. | Biometrics |
| Answer» E. Biometrics | |
| 1264. |
In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed : |
| A. | Parallel only |
| B. | Sequentially only |
| C. | Both sequentially and parallel |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 1265. |
Portrait and Landscape are : |
| A. | Page Orientation |
| B. | Paper Size |
| C. | Page Layout |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Paper Size | |
| 1266. |
BIOS stands for : |
| A. | Basic Input Output system |
| B. | Binary Input Output system |
| C. | Basic Input Off system |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Binary Input Output system | |
| 1267. |
The place where the data or information is stored for a short time is |
| A. | buffer |
| B. | memory |
| C. | control unit |
| D. | ALU |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. memory | |
| 1268. |
Different components, on the motherboard of a PC processor unit are linked together by sets or parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called? |
| A. | Conductors |
| B. | Buses |
| C. | Connectors |
| D. | Connectively |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Connectors | |
| 1269. |
The metal disks, which are permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free containers are called : |
| A. | Hard disks |
| B. | Floppy disk |
| C. | Winchester disk |
| D. | Flexible disk |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Flexible disk | |
| 1270. |
A device that is moved by hand to indicate a precise position on a digital data tablet is |
| A. | light pen |
| B. | mouse |
| C. | joystick |
| D. | plotter |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. joystick | |
| 1271. |
A parity bit |
| A. | is a check bit added to each 7 to 8-bit characters represented in-storage |
| B. | is what farmers use to get grain prices |
| C. | always produces an odd number of 1 bits in a stored character |
| D. | is used to detect human keying errors |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. is what farmers use to get grain prices | |
| 1272. |
What happens when we try to delete the fries on the floppy? |
| A. | The files get moved to the Recycle Bin |
| B. | Files on a floppy cannot be deleted |
| C. | The files get deleted and can be restored again from Recycle Bin |
| D. | The files get deleted and cannot be restored again |
| E. | The file gets copied on the Hard disk |
| Answer» E. The file gets copied on the Hard disk | |
| 1273. |
The acronym DBMS stands for what? |
| A. | double-blind management setup |
| B. | document binder management system |
| C. | data binding and marketing structure |
| D. | database management system |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 1274. |
A computer’s ROM is……….. |
| A. | ALU |
| B. | computer software |
| C. | operating system |
| D. | computer hardware |
| E. | CPU |
| Answer» E. CPU | |
| 1275. |
………..are lists of commands that appear on the screen. |
| A. | GUIs |
| B. | Icons |
| C. | Menus |
| D. | Windows |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Windows | |
| 1276. |
A round, shiny and portable disk that can store software and information in large quantity is…………. |
| A. | CD-ROM |
| B. | Floppy disk |
| C. | Scanner |
| D. | Monitor |
| E. | Laptop |
| Answer» B. Floppy disk | |
| 1277. |
In network terminology, MAN stands for |
| A. | Multi-Area Network |
| B. | Main Area Network |
| C. | Multi Application Network |
| D. | Metropolitan Area Network |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 1278. |
Any set of data that must be preserved over a long period is known as |
| A. | memory |
| B. | archive |
| C. | buffer |
| D. | accumulator |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. buffer | |
| 1279. |
Most application software today comes with an interface called a(n)……….. |
| A. | graphical user interface |
| B. | character user interface |
| C. | icon user interface |
| D. | button user interface |
| E. | voice instruction system |
| Answer» B. character user interface | |
| 1280. |
A mass storage device on which information is stored and read by a laser is |
| A. | ROM |
| B. | PROM |
| C. | EROM |
| D. | laser memory |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. laser memory | |
| 1281. |
The primary device that a computer uses to store information………… |
| A. | monitor |
| B. | memory |
| C. | disk |
| D. | hard drive |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 1282. |
A……….contains buttons and menus that provide quick access to commonly used commands. |
| A. | menu bar |
| B. | toolbar |
| C. | wind |
| D. | find |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. wind | |
| 1283. |
Full form of LSI is : |
| A. | Low-Scale Internet |
| B. | Large-Scale Internet |
| C. | Low-Scale Integration |
| D. | Large-Scale Integration |
| E. | Local-Scale Integration |
| Answer» E. Local-Scale Integration | |
| 1284. |
Which of the following is a device for collecting data recorded as holes in prepunched cards? |
| A. | Mouse |
| B. | Plotter |
| C. | Badge reader |
| D. | Light pen |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Light pen | |
| 1285. |
The barcode which is used on all types of items, is ready by a scanning device directly into the computer. What is the name of this scanning device? |
| A. | Laser Scanner |
| B. | Wand |
| C. | OCR |
| D. | MICR |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Wand | |
| 1286. |
The operating system called UNIX is typically used for………. |
| A. | desktop computers |
| B. | laptop computers |
| C. | supercomputers |
| D. | Web servers |
| E. | All of these |
| Answer» E. All of these | |
| 1287. |
Two new types of semiconductor memoriesare |
| A. | magnetic disks |
| B. | charge-coupled devices |
| C. | magnetic bubble memory |
| D. | both (b) and (c) |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 1288. |
The permanently etched program in ROMthat automatically begins executing the computer’s instructions is the : |
| A. | BIOS |
| B. | ROM |
| C. | CMOS |
| D. | RAM |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. ROM | |
| 1289. |
……….runs on computer hardware and serve as platform for other software to run on: |
| A. | Operating system |
| B. | Application software |
| C. | System software |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Application software | |
| 1290. |
Housing all hardware, software, storage, and processing in one site location is called : |
| A. | time-sharing |
| B. | a distributed system |
| C. | centralized processing |
| D. | a host computer |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. a host computer | |
| 1291. |
Special category of Number tab in Format cells dialog box can be used to apply formats like : |
| A. | Zip Code |
| B. | Phone Number |
| C. | Postal Address |
| D. | Both (a) and (b) |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 1292. |
The cell reference for cell range of G2 to M12 is………. |
| A. | G2.M12 |
| B. | G2;M12 |
| C. | G2:M12 |
| D. | G2-M12 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. G2-M12 | |
| 1293. |
To find a saved document in the computer’s memory and bring it up on the screen to view…….. |
| A. | reverse |
| B. | rerun |
| C. | retrieve |
| D. | return |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. return | |
| 1294. |
An example of a telecommunication device is a : |
| A. | Keyboard |
| B. | Mouse |
| C. | Modem |
| D. | Printer |
| E. | Scanner |
| Answer» D. Printer | |
| 1295. |
What is the name of excel files? |
| A. | Workbook |
| B. | Worksheet |
| C. | Spreadsheet |
| D. | Spread book |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Worksheet | |
| 1296. |
………..provides process and memory management services that allow two or more tasks, jobs, or programs to run simultaneously. |
| A. | Multitasking |
| B. | Multithreading |
| C. | Multiprocessing |
| D. | Multicomputing |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Multithreading | |
| 1297. |
……….Store data or informationtemporarily and pass it on as directed by the control unit |
| A. | Address |
| B. | Register |
| C. | Number |
| D. | Memory |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Number | |
| 1298. |
Letters, memos, term papers, reports, and contracts are all examples of |
| A. | models |
| B. | spreadsheets |
| C. | documents |
| D. | menus |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. menus | |
| 1299. |
………is a process of creating a duplicate set of programs or data files for safekeeping. |
| A. | booting |
| B. | initializing |
| C. | backing up |
| D. | restoring |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. restoring | |
| 1300. |
Which of the following referes to a small, single-site network? |
| A. | LAN |
| B. | DSL |
| C. | RAM |
| D. | USB |
| E. | CPU |
| Answer» B. DSL | |