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This section includes 58 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Computer knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
A barcode reader is and example of |
| A. | processing device |
| B. | storage device |
| C. | input device |
| D. | output device |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. output device | |
| 2. |
What type of device is a digital camera ? |
| A. | Input |
| B. | Output |
| C. | Software |
| D. | Storage |
| E. | I/O |
| Answer» B. Output | |
| 3. |
Which of the following produces high quality output ? |
| A. | Impact printer |
| B. | Non-impact printer |
| C. | Plotter |
| D. | Both '1' and '2' |
| E. | Non-plotter |
| Answer» C. Plotter | |
| 4. |
In laser printers, printing is achieved by deflecting laser beam on to ....... surface of a drum. |
| A. | magnetised |
| B. | photosensitive |
| C. | magnetic |
| D. | Either '1' or '2' |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. magnetic | |
| 5. |
The higher the resolution of a monitor, the |
| A. | larger the pixels |
| B. | less clear the screen is |
| C. | further apart the pixels |
| D. | closer together the pixels |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 6. |
Trackball is an example of a/an |
| A. | programming device |
| B. | pointing device |
| C. | output device |
| D. | software device |
| E. | printing device |
| Answer» C. output device | |
| 7. |
Which is the best position for operating the mouse ? |
| A. | Tail away from the user |
| B. | Tail towards the user |
| C. | Tail facing the right |
| D. | Tail facing the left |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Tail facing the right | |
| 8. |
The rate at which scanning is repeated in a CRT is called |
| A. | refresh rate |
| B. | resolution |
| C. | pitch |
| D. | bandwidth |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. resolution | |
| 9. |
The OCR recognises the ........ of the characters with the help of light source. |
| A. | size |
| B. | shape |
| C. | colour |
| D. | used ink |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. colour | |
| 10. |
Which of the following groups consists of only input devices ? |
| A. | Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor |
| B. | Mouse, Keyboard, Printer |
| C. | Mouse, Keyboard, Plotter |
| D. | Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 11. |
........ ports provide slow speed data transmission. |
| A. | Serial |
| B. | Parallel |
| C. | Firewire |
| D. | USB |
| E. | External |
| Answer» B. Parallel | |
| 12. |
You can use the Tab key to the |
| A. | move a cursor across the screen |
| B. | indent a paragraph |
| C. | move the cursor down the screen |
| D. | Both '1' and '2' |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. move the cursor down the screen | |
| 13. |
Which of the following is an input device that, when moved by the user on a flat surface, causes a pointer on the screen to move accordingly ? |
| A. | Wand reader |
| B. | Mouse |
| C. | Keyboard |
| D. | Barcode reader |
| E. | Scanner |
| Answer» C. Keyboard | |
| 14. |
A......... can make it eaiser to play games. |
| A. | mouse |
| B. | hoystick |
| C. | keyboard |
| D. | pen |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. keyboard | |
| 15. |
Which of these is a pointing and draw device ? |
| A. | Mouse |
| B. | Scanner |
| C. | Printer |
| D. | CD-ROM |
| E. | Keyboard |
| Answer» B. Scanner | |
| 16. |
An example of peripheral equipment is |
| A. | printer |
| B. | CPU |
| C. | spreadsheet |
| D. | microcomputer |
| E. | ALU |
| Answer» B. CPU | |
| 17. |
Which of the following is not a hardware ? |
| A. | Processor chip |
| B. | Printer |
| C. | Mouse |
| D. | Java |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
It is a video capturing device |
| A. | webcam |
| B. | microphone |
| C. | monitor |
| D. | mouse |
| E. | scanner |
| Answer» B. microphone | |
| 19. |
The transfer of data from a CPU to peripheral devices of computer is achieved through |
| A. | interfaces |
| B. | buffer memory |
| C. | modems |
| D. | I/O ports |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
The ......... key will launch the Start button. |
| A. | Esc |
| B. | Shift |
| C. | Window |
| D. | Shortcut |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Shortcut | |
| 21. |
Which of the following printers, are you sure, will not to use if your objective is to print on multi carbon forms ? |
| A. | Daisy wheel |
| B. | Dot matrix |
| C. | Laser |
| D. | Thermal |
| E. | All of these |
| Answer» D. Thermal | |
| 22. |
Which statement is true about memory card ? |
| A. | This card contains volatile memory |
| B. | This card contains non-volatile memory |
| C. | This can be used for video conferencing |
| D. | This device used for reading printed barcodes |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. This can be used for video conferencing | |
| 23. |
Computer gets ......... with the help of mouse, joystick or keyboard. |
| A. | insert |
| B. | delete |
| C. | input |
| D. | output |
| E. | instructions |
| Answer» D. output | |
| 24. |
A ....... is used to read handwritten or printed text to make a digital image that is stored in memory. |
| A. | printer |
| B. | laser beam |
| C. | scanner |
| D. | touchpad |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. touchpad | |
| 25. |
What type of devices are computer speakers or headphones ? |
| A. | Input |
| B. | Input / Output |
| C. | Software |
| D. | Storage |
| E. | Output |
| Answer» F. | |
| 26. |
The .......... may also be called the screen or monitor. |
| A. | printer |
| B. | scanner |
| C. | hard disk |
| D. | display |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
What are the units used to count the speed of a printer ? |
| A. | CPM |
| B. | DPI |
| C. | PPM |
| D. | BIT |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. PPM | |
| 28. |
A hard copy would prepared on a |
| A. | line printer |
| B. | dot matrix printer |
| C. | plotter |
| D. | type writer terminal |
| E. | All of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 29. |
First computer mouse was built by |
| A. | Douglas Engelbart |
| B. | William English |
| C. | Oaniel Coogher |
| D. | Robert Zawaxki |
| Answer» B. William English | |
| 30. |
........printer cannot print more than one character at a time. |
| A. | Line |
| B. | Daisy wheel |
| C. | Laser |
| D. | Dot matrix |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Peripheral devices such as printers and monitors are considered to be ......... |
| A. | hardware |
| B. | software |
| C. | data |
| D. | information |
| E. | source code |
| Answer» B. software | |
| 32. |
Soft copy refers to ........... |
| A. | printed output |
| B. | digitizing |
| C. | music sounds |
| D. | screen output |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 33. |
What refers to a set of characters of a particular design ? |
| A. | Keyboard |
| B. | Calligraphy |
| C. | Stensil |
| D. | Type base |
| E. | Formation |
| Answer» B. Calligraphy | |
| 34. |
The devices which store information and that are used by computer for its functioning are called |
| A. | input devices |
| B. | output devices |
| C. | software devices |
| D. | storage device |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 35. |
Which among the following is the smallest unit in an image in a computer screen ? |
| A. | Unit |
| B. | Pixel |
| C. | Array |
| D. | Resolution |
| E. | Clip |
| Answer» C. Array | |
| 36. |
Any component of the computer you can see and touch is |
| A. | software |
| B. | peripheral |
| C. | storage |
| D. | CPU |
| E. | hardware |
| Answer» F. | |
| 37. |
The input device to be used to get a printed diagram into a computer is the |
| A. | printer |
| B. | mouse |
| C. | keyboard |
| D. | touchpad |
| E. | scanner |
| Answer» F. | |
| 38. |
Input devices are used to provide the steps and tasks the computer needs to process data and these steps and tasks are called |
| A. | program |
| B. | design |
| C. | information |
| D. | instructions |
| E. | flow chart |
| Answer» E. flow chart | |
| 39. |
Which one of the following input device is user-programmable ? |
| A. | Dumb terminal |
| B. | Smart terminal |
| C. | VDT |
| D. | Intelligent terminal |
| E. | All of these |
| Answer» E. All of these | |
| 40. |
.......Provides hard copy output on paper. |
| A. | Mouse |
| B. | Keyboard |
| C. | LCD monitor |
| D. | Scanner |
| E. | Printer |
| Answer» F. | |
| 41. |
Keyboard and ....... are the examples of input device. |
| A. | monitor |
| B. | modem |
| C. | printer |
| D. | mouse |
| E. | CPU |
| Answer» E. CPU | |
| 42. |
The .......... format reduces and audio file to about one-tenth of its original size, while preserving much of the original quality of the sound. |
| A. | DOC |
| B. | PNG |
| C. | GIF |
| D. | MP3 |
| E. | VMEG |
| Answer» E. VMEG | |
| 43. |
USB in data cables stands for |
| A. | Unicode Smart Bus |
| B. | Universal Structural Bus |
| C. | Unicode Serial Bus |
| D. | Universal Smart Bus |
| E. | Universal Serial Bus |
| Answer» F. | |
| 44. |
...... can interpret voice data into words that can be understood by the computer. |
| A. | Speech input hardware |
| B. | Speech recognition software |
| C. | Word recognition software |
| D. | Talking software |
| E. | Other than those given as options |
| Answer» C. Word recognition software | |
| 45. |
A (n) ........ device is any hardware component that allows you to enter data and instructions into a computer ? |
| A. | interaction |
| B. | input |
| C. | communications |
| D. | output |
| E. | terminal |
| Answer» C. communications | |
| 46. |
The CRT is ......... in shape. |
| A. | circular |
| B. | rectangular |
| C. | eclipse |
| D. | conical |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. eclipse | |
| 47. |
..........devices convert human - under standable data and programs into a form that the computer can process. |
| A. | Printing |
| B. | Output |
| C. | Solid state |
| D. | Monitor |
| E. | Input |
| Answer» F. | |
| 48. |
A joystick is primarily used to / for ......... |
| A. | control sound on the screen |
| B. | computer gaming |
| C. | enter text |
| D. | draw pictures |
| E. | print text |
| Answer» C. enter text | |
| 49. |
Printer is an example of |
| A. | output device |
| B. | input device |
| C. | processing device |
| D. | storage device |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. input device | |
| 50. |
Which of the following is hardware ? |
| A. | Assembler |
| B. | Server |
| C. | Compiler |
| D. | Interpreter |
| E. | Operating System |
| Answer» C. Compiler | |