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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.
| 1301. |
Another word for a daisy when printer is |
| A. | petal printer |
| B. | golf-ball printer |
| C. | lesser printer |
| D. | line printer |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. golf-ball printer | |
| 1302. |
IP address means |
| A. | Internet Protocol |
| B. | Internal Power |
| C. | Intranet Protocol |
| D. | Internal Protocol |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Internal Power | |
| 1303. |
The largest of the four conceptual areas of storage is likely to be the |
| A. | program area |
| B. | output area |
| C. | working area |
| D. | input area |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. output area | |
| 1304. |
Kind of serial dot-matrix printer that formscharacters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called: |
| A. | Laser Printer |
| B. | Ink-Jet Printer |
| C. | Drum Printer |
| D. | Chan Printer |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Drum Printer | |
| 1305. |
A way of checking the data have been moved or stored correctly is |
| A. | password |
| B. | prestel |
| C. | parity |
| D. | modem |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. modem | |
| 1306. |
…………is paperless document transfer between companies. |
| A. | EFT |
| B. | EDI |
| C. | ETS |
| D. | RTGS |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. ETS | |
| 1307. |
Which of the following is a computer hardware description language? |
| A. | ADA |
| B. | APL |
| C. | CHDL |
| D. | LOGO |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. LOGO | |
| 1308. |
Which of the following generation computers is referred to an expert system? |
| A. | 2nd |
| B. | 1st |
| C. | 4th |
| D. | 3rd |
| E. | 5th |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1309. |
The horizontal and vertical lines on a worksheet are called : |
| A. | cells |
| B. | sheets |
| C. | block lines |
| D. | gridlines |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 1310. |
Many experts are predicting that this revolution is expected to dramatically affect the way we communicate and use computer technology. |
| A. | graphics |
| B. | input |
| C. | memory |
| D. | wireless |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 1311. |
A lever used to control the movement of acursor on a video screen is |
| A. | keyboard |
| B. | Joy stick |
| C. | light pen |
| D. | plotter |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. light pen | |
| 1312. |
The operation of a digital computer is basedon principle. |
| A. | Counting |
| B. | Measuring |
| C. | Electronic |
| D. | Logical |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Measuring | |
| 1313. |
Which of the following is NOT the function of Clock in CPU? |
| A. | Timing pulses |
| B. | Interrupt |
| C. | Flow of operation |
| D. | Both (a) and (b) |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 1314. |
Which of the following is not a computerlanguage? |
| A. | BASIC |
| B. | C++ |
| C. | C# |
| D. | Java |
| E. | Microsoft |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1315. |
What is the primary difference between avirus and a worm? |
| A. | A worm has the ability to self-propagate from an infected user’s computer to other computers |
| B. | A worm is usually written by a cracker : Script bunnies do not have the skills to develop worm program |
| C. | A virus is very harmful to the computers it infects; a worm is not a serious a problem |
| D. | Anti-virus software is effective in fighting viruses but not worms |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Anti-virus software is effective in fighting viruses but not worms | |
| 1316. |
A pixel is a : |
| A. | picture element or dot on a screen |
| B. | point of ink on a laser printed page |
| C. | point of ink on an ink jet-printed page |
| D. | light beam used as an input device |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. point of ink on a laser printed page | |
| 1317. |
A single primary storage location in the processor unit |
| A. | can hold several different data items at the same time |
| B. | can hold data items but not program instructions |
| C. | is identified by a built-in and unique number called an address |
| D. | is identified by a number that varies with the contents in the location. |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. is identified by a number that varies with the contents in the location. | |
| 1318. |
The cassette that is primarily intended for recording sound which will note be ideal for the recording of digital data is |
| A. | card puncher |
| B. | tape puncher |
| C. | audio cassette |
| D. | optical mark reader |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. optical mark reader | |
| 1319. |
A personal compute is designed to meet the computing needs of a(n) : |
| A. | Individual |
| B. | department |
| C. | company |
| D. | city |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. department | |
| 1320. |
If you begin typing an entry into a cell andthen realize that you don’t want your entry placed into a cell, you : |
| A. | Press the Erase key |
| B. | Press Esc |
| C. | Press the Enter button |
| D. | Press the Edit Formula button |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Press the Enter button | |
| 1321. |
A device that is connected to the motherboard is : |
| A. | called an external device |
| B. | called an adjunct device |
| C. | called a peripheral device |
| D. | must connect using ribbon cable |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 1322. |
Which is standard interface made up of 100 parallel common communication lines? |
| A. | RS 232 |
| B. | S-100 bus |
| C. | RS 256 |
| D. | CP/100 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. RS 256 | |
| 1323. |
……………are bundles of related software packages that are sold together. |
| A. | Personal productivity tools |
| B. | Word and Power Point |
| C. | Screen savers |
| D. | Excel and Word Perfect |
| E. | Software suites |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1324. |
Which device cannot be shared in network? |
| A. | Floppy |
| B. | Keyword |
| C. | Computer |
| D. | Printer |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Computer | |
| 1325. |
Which of the following is NOT a type ofcomputer hard drive? |
| A. | IDE |
| B. | FDD |
| C. | SCSI |
| D. | EIDE |
| E. | SATA |
| Answer» C. SCSI | |
| 1326. |
Resistance is measured in? |
| A. | Volts |
| B. | Amps |
| C. | Watts |
| D. | Ohms |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 1327. |
Pop-ups are a form of…..on the World Wide Web? |
| A. | Instant Messaging |
| B. | Search Engines |
| C. | Browsers |
| D. | Mark-up Languages |
| E. | Online Advertising |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1328. |
A series of instruction that tells a computerwhat to do and how to do it called a……….. |
| A. | operating system |
| B. | system software |
| C. | application software |
| D. | management information system |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. system software | |
| 1329. |
The WWW standard allows programs on many different computer platforms to show the information on a server. Such programs are called : |
| A. | ISP |
| B. | Web Browsers |
| C. | Web Servers |
| D. | Web Modular |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Web Servers | |
| 1330. |
A disadvantage of the laser printer is : |
| A. | It is quieter than an impact printer |
| B. | It is very slow |
| C. | The output is of a lower quality |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1331. |
This software allows the user to move from page to page on the Web by clicking on or selecting a hyperlink, or by typing in the address of the destination page………. |
| A. | Web browser |
| B. | Web search engine |
| C. | Web home page |
| D. | Web service |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Web search engine | |
| 1332. |
The technique of temporarily delaying outgoing acknowledgments so that they can be hooked onto the next outgoing data frame is known as |
| A. | Correcting |
| B. | Piggybacking |
| C. | Sliding |
| D. | None of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Sliding | |
| 1333. |
Data on a floppy disk is recorded in rings called…………. |
| A. | sectors |
| B. | ringers |
| C. | roundels |
| D. | tracks |
| E. | segments |
| Answer» E. segments | |
| 1334. |
A self replicating program, similar to a virus which was taken from a 1970s science fiction novel by John Bruner entitled the Shockwave Rider is…………. |
| A. | Bug |
| B. | Vice |
| C. | Lice |
| D. | Worm |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 1335. |
According to ISO, HDLC means |
| A. | High-Level Data Link Control |
| B. | High-Level Data Language Control |
| C. | Hardware Data Link Control |
| D. | High Definition Link Control |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. High-Level Data Language Control | |
| 1336. |
‘DOS’ floppy disk does not have |
| A. | A Boot Record |
| B. | A File Allocation Table |
| C. | A Root Directory |
| D. | Virtual Memory |
| E. | BIOS |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1337. |
To publish a magazine a………application would be best. |
| A. | word processing |
| B. | desktop publishing |
| C. | spreadsheet |
| D. | presentation graphics |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. spreadsheet | |
| 1338. |
Data are………….in client/server computing. |
| A. | never sent to the client machine |
| B. | sent in very large sections to save processing time |
| C. | sent only upon the client’s request |
| D. | sent in complete copies for the client to filter and sort |
| E. | sent from the client to the server for processing |
| Answer» D. sent in complete copies for the client to filter and sort | |
| 1339. |
A round, floppy piece of plastic that you put into a computer to store information. It is in a hard square cover for protection, is called : |
| A. | Pixel |
| B. | Hard disk |
| C. | Floppy disk |
| D. | Icon |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Icon | |
| 1340. |
The name of the computer’s brain is………. |
| A. | monitor |
| B. | hardware |
| C. | CPU |
| D. | byte |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. byte | |
| 1341. |
With respect to a network interface card the term 10/100 refers to: |
| A. | protocol speed |
| B. | a fiber speed |
| C. | megabits per seconds |
| D. | minimum and maximum server speed |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. minimum and maximum server speed | |
| 1342. |
…………consists of volatile chips that temporarily store data or instructions. |
| A. | CPU |
| B. | ROM |
| C. | RMA |
| D. | RAM |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. ROM | |
| 1343. |
Computers manipulate data in many ways, and this manipulation is called………… |
| A. | upgrading |
| B. | processing |
| C. | batching |
| D. | utilizing |
| E. | downloading |
| Answer» C. batching | |
| 1344. |
The process of writing computer instructionsin a programming language is known as |
| A. | coding |
| B. | processing |
| C. | programming |
| D. | file |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. processing | |
| 1345. |
Microsoft Office is an example of a…………… |
| A. | closed-source software |
| B. | open-source software |
| C. | horizontal-market software |
| D. | vertical-market software |
| E. | compiler |
| Answer» C. horizontal-market software | |
| 1346. |
Which of the following is not one of the three ‘Mail Merge Helper’ steps? |
| A. | Merge the two files |
| B. | Create the main document |
| C. | Set the mailing list parameters |
| D. | Create the data source |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Create the data source | |
| 1347. |
A hardware interface that allows for the connection of several peripheral devices to a single PCI board. |
| A. | SCSI |
| B. | SATA |
| C. | ATA |
| D. | PCI |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. SATA | |
| 1348. |
When assigning a shortcut key to a symbol, you should always try to select a key or key combination that is : |
| A. | Unassigned |
| B. | Located on the ten-key pad section of your keyboard |
| C. | Assigned to another task |
| D. | From the same font family as the symbol. |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Located on the ten-key pad section of your keyboard | |
| 1349. |
Transformation of input into output is performed by : |
| A. | Peripherals |
| B. | Memory |
| C. | Storage |
| D. | Input-Output unit |
| E. | CPU |
| Answer» F. | |
| 1350. |
On-line real time systems become popular in………..generation |
| A. | First Generation |
| B. | Second Generation |
| C. | Third Generation |
| D. | Fourth Generation |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Fourth Generation | |