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201.

UNIVAC is___________?

A. Universal Automatic Computer
B. Universal Array Computer
C. Unique Automatic Computer
D. Unvalued Automatic Computer
Answer» B. Universal Array Computer
202.

Types of e-commerce____________?

A. Business-to-Business (B2B)
B. Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C)
C. Business-to-Consumer (B2C)
D. All of above
Answer» E.
203.

____________translates and executes program at run time line by line?

A. Compiler
B. Interpreter
C. Linker
D. Loader
Answer» C. Linker
204.

Touch Screen is___________?

A. Input device
B. Output device
C. Both A & B above
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
205.

to view headers and footers in Ms Word, you must switch to____________?

A. Normal view
B. Print layout view
C. Print preview mode
D. Both B and C
Answer» E.
206.

To use your keyboard instead of the mouse to select tools on the ribbon, you display the Key Tips by pressing the _____________key?

A. Alt
B. Ctrl
C. Shift+Enter
D. Alt+Enter
Answer» B. Ctrl
207.

To verify that the note text is positioned correctly on the page, switch to ________ view or display the document in print preview

A. normal
B. print layout
C. page layout
D. page edit
Answer» C. page layout
208.

To set an exception to an AutoCorrect rule, click _______ on the menu bar and then click AutoCorrect Options to display the AutoCorrect dialog box.

A. Format
B. Edit
C. Tools
D. View
Answer» D. View
209.

To select multiple cells, rows, or columns in a table that are not adjacent to one another, select the first cell and then hold down the ________ key while selecting the next cell, row, or column.

A. alt
B. shift
C. enter
D. ctrl
Answer» E.
210.

To select all of the boxes of an organization chart in Ms PowerPoint?

A. Clicking and edit and select all
B. Right click the chart background and then click select all
C. Press and hgold the SHIFT key and click each box
D. All of above
Answer» E.
211.

To select a block of text, click at the beginning of the selection, scroll to the end of the selection, position the mouse pointer at the end of the selection, hold down the _________ key, and then click (or drag through the text) in Word Document.

A. Ctrl
B. Alt
C. Shift
D. Tab
Answer» D. Tab
212.

To save an existing document with a different file name, click __________.

A. the Save button on the Standard toolbar
B. Save on the File menu
C. the Save As button on the Standard toolbar
D. Save As on the File menu
Answer» E.
213.

To read through a document you may:

A. Use the arrow key
B. Dragging the scroll box on the scroll bar
C. Use your ENTER key to go down line by line
D. Only A & B
Answer» E.
214.

to preview a motion path effect using the custom animation task pane, you should____________?

A. click the play button
B. click the show effect button
C. double click the motion path
D. all of above
Answer» B. click the show effect button
215.

To prevent the loss of data during power failures, use a(n)_____________?

A. Encryption program
B. Surge protector
C. Firewall
D. UPS
Answer» E.
216.

To Open Columns dialog box quickly in Microsoft Word:

A. double click the space between area on ruler
B. double click the right margin in ruler
C. double click on the left margin area of ruler
D. All of above
Answer» B. double click the right margin in ruler
217.

To instruct Word to stop bulleting paragraphs, do any of the following except ___________.

A. press the enter key twice
B. click the Undo button on the Standard toolbar
C. press the backspace key to remove the bullet
D. click the Bullets button on the Formatting toolbar
Answer» C. press the backspace key to remove the bullet
218.

To insert a drop cap in one of the paragraph you should access_____________?

A. Format
B. Tools
C. Insert Menu
D. None of above
Answer» B. Tools
219.

To give a PowerPoint presentation to a large audience, you:_________________?

A. Set up your computer in a large auditorium, and click large, auditorium, OK
B. Click the slide you wish the audience to see in normal view, then click the next slide, and so on.
C. Choose either view, slide show or slide show, view show
D. Slick slide show, OK
Answer» D. Slick slide show, OK
220.

To exit the PowerPoint?

A. click the application minimize button
B. click the document close button
C. double click the applications control menu icon
D. double click the document control menu icon
Answer» D. double click the document control menu icon
221.

To exit from the Resume Wizard and return to the document window without creating a resume, click the __________ button in any panel in the Resume Wizard dialog box.

A. Cancel
B. Back
C. Next
D. Finish
Answer» E.
222.

To display more of the document on the screen in print layout view, the _________ can be hidden

A. white space at the top of the pages
B. white space at the bottom of the pages
C. gray space between pages
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
223.

To display the contents of a folder in Windows Explorer you should:

A. click on it
B. collapse it
C. name it
D. give it a password
E. None of these
Answer» B. collapse it
224.

To create Web Pages we use a term, called _________ ?

A. TCP/IP
B. WWW
C. HTML
D. FTP
Answer» D. FTP
225.

To change margin settings in Word 2016, click ________ on the menu bar and then point to the Page Margins.

A. File
B. Layout
C. Format
D. Tools
Answer» C. Format
226.

To AutoFit the width of column?

A. Double click the left border of column
B. Double click the right border of column
C. Double click the column header
D. All of above
Answer» C. Double click the column header
227.

To advance rightward from one cell to the next in a table, press the ________ key.

A. tab
B. backspace
C. home
D. enter
Answer» B. backspace
228.

To access properties of an object, the mouse technique to use is_____________?

A. Dragging
B. dropping
C. right-clicking
D. shift-clicking
Answer» D. shift-clicking
229.

Title bar in MS-Excel displays name of the __________ ?

A. Worksheet
B. Workbook
C. Formula
D. Location
Answer» C. Formula
230.

Time during which a job processed by the Computer is__________?

A. Real Time
B. Required Time
C. Execution Time
D. None of above
Answer» D. None of above
231.

Thesaurus tool in MS Word is used for____________?

A. Grammar options
B. Spelling suggestions
C. Synonyms and Antonyms words
D. All of above
Answer» D. All of above
232.

There can be many ways to insert page number in a document. Which of the following lets you insert page number in Ms Word?

A. Page number from Insert menu
B. Footnote from Insert menu
C. Page Setup from file menu
D. Both a & c
Answer» B. Footnote from Insert menu
233.

The______________is the amount of data that a storage device can move from the storage medium to the Computer per second?

A. data migration rate
B. data digitizing rate
C. data transfer rate
D. data access rate
Answer» D. data access rate
234.

The________is firmware that contain a computer’s startup instruction.

A. POST
B. BIOS
C. CMOS
D. DIOS
Answer» C. CMOS
235.

The_____________data mining technique derives rules from real-world case examples?

A. Rule discover
B. Signal processing
C. Neural nets
D. Case-based reasoning
Answer» D. Case-based reasoning
236.

The World Wide Web was invented by____________?

A. Tim Berners-Lee
B. Bob Kahn
C. Steve Jobs
D. Bill Gates
Answer» B. Bob Kahn
237.

The Word Count command on the Tools menu displays the number of words as well as the number of _________ in the current document.

A. lines
B. characters
C. paragraphs
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
238.

The word Computer used for the first time in____________?

A. 1613
B. 1614
C. 1615
D. 1616
Answer» B. 1614
239.

The typical computer criminal is a(n)____________?

A. Young hacker
B. Trusted employee with no criminal record
C. Trusted employee with a long, but unknown criminal record
D. Overseas young cracker
Answer» C. Trusted employee with a long, but unknown criminal record
240.

The term___________designates equipment that might be added to a computer system to enhance its functionality.

A. digital device
B. system add-on
C. disk pack
D. peripheral device
Answer» E.
241.

The term ‘Computer’ is derived from__________?

A. Latin
B. German
C. French
D. Arabic
Answer» B. German
242.

The term chart wizard data in MS is refer to_________?

A. Vertical axis
B. Horizontal axis
C. Bar data
D. None of these
Answer» C. Bar data
243.

The task of performing operations like arithmetic and logical operations is called____________?

A. Processing
B. Storing
C. Editing
D. Sorting
Answer» B. Storing
244.

The Speed of CPU is measured in_______?

A. megahertz
B. gigahertz
C. Both A & B
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
245.

The speed of communications between any two devices on the Ethernet LAN is __________?

A. 10 Mbps
B. 100 Mbps
C. 10000 Mbps
D. Both A and B
Answer» E.
246.

The software that is used to create text-based documents are referred to as_________________?

A. DBMS
B. Suites
C. Spreadsheets
D. Word processors
Answer» E.
247.

The smallest unit of data in a computer is__________?

A. Bit
B. Kilobit
C. Terabyte
D. Byte
Answer» B. Kilobit
248.

The size of the organization chart object is _____________?

A. Is determined by the presentation design and can not be changed
B. Is determined by the presentation design but can be changed in PowerPoint
C. Is dependent on the amount of text within the organization chart
D. b and c
Answer» E.
249.

The shortcut keys for the _________ character formatting are Ctrl+ Shift+ Plus sign

A. case of letters
B. underline words, not spaces
C. superscript
D. all capital letters
Answer» D. all capital letters
250.

The scrambling of code is known as___________?

A. Encryption
B. a firewall
C. Scrambling
D. Password proofing
Answer» B. a firewall