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This section includes 182 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Common Topics in Competitive and Entrance exams knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
What is the ultimate purpose of Defragmentation? |
| A. | Make the PC faster |
| B. | Create More Free Space |
| C. | Delete temporary files |
| D. | Reduce Power consumption |
| E. | All of these |
| Answer» C. Delete temporary files | |
| 2. |
Firewalls are used to protect against .. |
| A. | Unauthorized Attacks |
| B. | Virus Attacks |
| C. | Data Driven Attacks |
| D. | Fire Attacks |
| E. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Virus Attacks | |
| 3. |
For viewing video CDs, you would use |
| A. | CD Player |
| B. | Windows Media Player |
| C. | Windows Video Player |
| D. | Windows Movie Player |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Windows Video Player | |
| 4. |
An example of processing device would be .. |
| A. | a magnetic ink reader |
| B. | a tablet PC |
| C. | special function cards |
| D. | scanners |
| E. | keyboards |
| Answer» E. keyboards | |
| 5. |
Main memory works in conjunction with . |
| A. | special function cards |
| B. | RAM |
| C. | CPU |
| D. | Intel |
| E. | All of these |
| Answer» D. Intel | |
| 6. |
The benefits of using computers is that .. |
| A. | Computers are very fast and can store huge amounts of data |
| B. | Computers provide accurate output even when input is incorrect |
| C. | Computers are designed to be inflexible |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Computers provide accurate output even when input is incorrect | |
| 7. |
Which of the following does not affect the resolution of a video display image? |
| A. | Bandwidth |
| B. | Raster scan rage |
| C. | Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution |
| D. | Screen Size |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Raster scan rage | |
| 8. |
Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips? |
| A. | Control bus |
| B. | Control unit |
| C. | Parity unit |
| D. | Semiconductor |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 9. |
Which of the following is not a transmission medium? |
| A. | telephone lines |
| B. | coaxial cables |
| C. | modem |
| D. | microwave systems |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. microwave systems | |
| 10. |
Which of the following objects is passed to a JavaBean when one of its properties is set via a JSP action? |
| A. | Servlet Request |
| B. | Http Servlet Request |
| C. | Servlet Response |
| D. | Http Servlet Response |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Http Servlet Response | |
| 11. |
In the right setting a thief will steal your information by simply watching what you type. |
| A. | snagging |
| B. | spying |
| C. | social engineering |
| D. | shoulder surfing |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 12. |
The ..of a threat measures its potential impact on a system. |
| A. | vulnerabilities |
| B. | countermeasures |
| C. | degree of harm |
| D. | susceptibility |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. susceptibility | |
| 13. |
The OSI model is divided into processes called layers. |
| A. | five |
| B. | six |
| C. | seven |
| D. | eight |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. eight | |
| 14. |
What is the primary difference between a virus 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 | |
| 15. |
A computer program that instructs other programs to perform a particular type of operation is |
| A. | System software |
| B. | Application program |
| C. | Compiler |
| D. | Interpreter |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Application program | |
| 16. |
The code that relational database management systems use to perform their database task is referred to as : |
| A. | QBE |
| B. | SQL |
| C. | OLAP |
| D. | Sequel Server |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. OLAP | |
| 17. |
Rules for exchanging data between computers are called |
| A. | programs |
| B. | procedures |
| C. | protocols |
| D. | hyperlinks |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. hyperlinks | |
| 18. |
Data Encryption Techniques are particularly used for |
| A. | protecting data in Data Communication System. |
| B. | reduce Storage Space Requirement |
| C. | enhances Data Integrity. |
| D. | decreases Data Integrity |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. reduce Storage Space Requirement | |
| 19. |
Input devices are used to provide the steps and tasks the computer needs to process data, and these steps and tasks are called |
| A. | instructions |
| B. | programs |
| C. | commands |
| D. | application |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. programs | |
| 20. |
In Excel, this is a prerecorded formula that provides a shortcut for complex calculations .. |
| A. | Value |
| B. | Data Series |
| C. | Function |
| D. | Field |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Field | |
| 21. |
..is the part of the computer that does the arithmetical calculations. |
| A. | Memory |
| B. | OS |
| C. | CPU |
| D. | ALU |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 22. |
What is the transfer rate of a standard USB 2.0 Device? |
| A. | 100 Mbit/s |
| B. | 480 Mbit/s |
| C. | 1 Gbit/s |
| D. | 250 Mbit/s |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 1 Gbit/s | |
| 23. |
The barcode which is used on all types of items is read 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 | |
| 24. |
A ..is a device that not only provides surge protection, but also furnishes your computer with battery backup power during a power outage. |
| A. | surge strip |
| B. | USB |
| C. | UPS |
| D. | battery strip |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. battery strip | |
| 25. |
An input device used to read text and bar codes or a device to input pictures into a computer. |
| A. | printer |
| B. | scanner |
| C. | reader |
| D. | hardware |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. reader | |
| 26. |
A piece of hardware that is used to enter information into the computer by using keys .. |
| A. | keyboard |
| B. | monitor |
| C. | hard disk |
| D. | icon |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. monitor | |
| 27. |
Any hardware component that allows you to enter data or instructions into a computer is called a(n) .. |
| A. | printer |
| B. | storage device |
| C. | output device |
| D. | system unit |
| E. | input device |
| Answer» F. | |
| 28. |
What does an electronic spreadsheet consist of?(Choose the best answer) |
| A. | Rows |
| B. | Columns |
| C. | Cells |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 29. |
This part of the operating system manages the essential peripherals, such as the keyboard, screen, disk drives, and parallel and serial posts |
| A. | Basic input/output system |
| B. | Secondary input/output system |
| C. | Peripheral input/output system |
| D. | Marginal input/output system |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Secondary input/output system | |
| 30. |
A file name has two parts ie; Primary name and Extension name, which are separated by a: |
| A. | space |
| B. | comma |
| C. | dot |
| D. | colon |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. colon | |
| 31. |
Letters, numbers and symbols found on a keyboards are . |
| A. | Icon |
| B. | Screen |
| C. | Keys |
| D. | Menu |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Menu | |
| 32. |
Video processors consists of and ..which store and process images. |
| A. | CPU and VGA |
| B. | CPU and memory |
| C. | VGA and memory |
| D. | VGI and DVI |
| E. | VGA and VGI |
| Answer» E. VGA and VGI | |
| 33. |
Processors contain a control unit and a(n) . . |
| A. | adapter card |
| B. | arithmetic logic unit (ALU) |
| C. | expansion slot |
| D. | port |
| E. | CD drive |
| Answer» C. expansion slot | |
| 34. |
A memory that does not change its contents without external causes is known as |
| A. | dynamic memory |
| B. | static memory |
| C. | RAM |
| D. | EEPROM |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. RAM | |
| 35. |
A lever used to control the movement of a cursor on a video screen is |
| A. | keyboard |
| B. | Joy stick |
| C. | light pen |
| D. | plotter |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. light pen | |
| 36. |
When you insert a picture and adjust the height, Word automatically adjusts the .to maintain the correct proportion. |
| A. | pixel size |
| B. | resolution |
| C. | screen size |
| D. | width |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 37. |
When creating a computer program, the designs the structure of the program |
| A. | End user |
| B. | System Analyst |
| C. | Programmer |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Programmer | |
| 38. |
The piece of hardware that converts your computer s digital signal to an analog signal that can travel over telephone lines is called a . |
| A. | red wire |
| B. | blue cord |
| C. | tower |
| D. | modem |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 39. |
Which of the following is (are) secondary memory(ies)? |
| A. | Magnetic tape |
| B. | Floppy disk |
| C. | Cassette tape |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 40. |
A computer system that is old and perhaps not satisfactory is referred to as a(n) _ |
| A. | Ancient system |
| B. | Historical system |
| C. | Age-old system |
| D. | Legacy system |
| E. | Legal system |
| Answer» E. Legal system | |
| 41. |
Restarting a computer which is already running is referred to as |
| A. | booting |
| B. | starting |
| C. | rebooting |
| D. | second-starting |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. second-starting | |
| 42. |
The facility to reduce the Taskbar to thin line when the taskbar or Start button is not in use is called as : |
| A. | Hide |
| B. | Disable |
| C. | Auto Hide |
| D. | Disappear |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Disappear | |
| 43. |
Each cell in Microsoft Office Excel documents is referred to by its cell address, which is the .. |
| A. | cell s column label |
| B. | cell s column label and worksheet tab name |
| C. | cell s row and column labels |
| D. | cell s row label |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. cell s row label | |
| 44. |
System software is the set of programs that enables your computer hardware devices and ..software to work together. |
| A. | management |
| B. | processing |
| C. | utility |
| D. | application |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 45. |
There are several security devices used to stop individuals from exploiting your system. Which of the following is used in conjunction with a firewall? |
| A. | Proxy server |
| B. | Intrusion-detection system |
| C. | Terminal Server |
| D. | Web server |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Intrusion-detection system | |
| 46. |
Several computers linked to a server to share programs and storage space |
| A. | Network |
| B. | Grouping |
| C. | library |
| D. | integrated system |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Grouping | |
| 47. |
The ..button on the quick access Toolbar allows you to cancel your recent commands or actions. |
| A. | Search |
| B. | Cut |
| C. | Document |
| D. | Undo |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 48. |
The permanently etched program in ROM that automatically begins executing the computer s instructions is the : |
| A. | BIOS |
| B. | ROM |
| C. | CMOS |
| D. | RAM |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. ROM | |
| 49. |
If you open a menu and then decide you don t want to select an option after all, click the many title again or press the key to close the menu. |
| A. | Shift |
| B. | Tab |
| C. | F1 |
| D. | Esc |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 50. |
You would use .software to create spreadsheets, type documents, and edit photos. |
| A. | application |
| B. | system |
| C. | windows |
| D. | designing |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. system | |