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This section includes 61 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Computer knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
To go to the beginning of a text line, press |
| A. | Home |
| B. | Page up |
| C. | Enter |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Page up | |
| 2. |
Which of the following groups have only input devices ? |
| A. | Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor |
| B. | Mouse, Keyboard, Printer |
| C. | Mouse, Keyboard, Plotter |
| D. | Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 3. |
A scanner scans |
| A. | Pictures |
| B. | Text |
| C. | Both picture and text |
| D. | Neither picture nor text |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Neither picture nor text | |
| 4. |
.............provides the means to move the pointer on the screen and give information to the computer by clicking its buttons. |
| A. | Scanner |
| B. | Mouse |
| C. | Keyboard |
| D. | Program |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Keyboard | |
| 5. |
A key that will erase information from the computer's memory and characters on the screen....... |
| A. | Edit |
| B. | Delete key |
| C. | Dummy out |
| D. | Trust key |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Dummy out | |
| 6. |
Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment ? |
| A. | Keyboard |
| B. | Mouse |
| C. | Joystick |
| D. | Track ball |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Joystick | |
| 7. |
Printed information called.......exists physically and is a more permanent form of output than that presented on a display device. |
| A. | Soft copy |
| B. | Carbon copy |
| C. | Hard copy |
| D. | Desk copy |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Desk copy | |
| 8. |
Devices that allow you to put information into the computer..... |
| A. | Input |
| B. | Output |
| C. | Type |
| D. | |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Output | |
| 9. |
Digital photos and scanned images are typically stored as .....graphics with extensions such as bmp, .png, .jpg, .tif, or .gif. |
| A. | Vector |
| B. | Bitmap |
| C. | Either victor or bitmap |
| D. | Neither vector not bitmap |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Either victor or bitmap | |
| 10. |
Mr. X has non printer to print his report, He wants to take it to Mr. Y's computer because Mr. Y has printer Mr. X could save his report on a |
| A. | Hard drive |
| B. | Piece of paper |
| C. | Scanner |
| D. | Monitor |
| E. | Floppy disk |
| Answer» F. | |
| 11. |
Which of the following is an output device ? |
| A. | Printer |
| B. | Monitor |
| C. | Mouse |
| D. | a and b both |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 12. |
Why is the Caps Lock Key referred to as a toggle key ? |
| A. | Because its function goes back and forth every time it is pressed |
| B. | Because it cannot be used for entering numbers |
| C. | Because it cannot be used to delete |
| D. | Because it cannot be used to insert |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Because it cannot be used for entering numbers | |
| 13. |
What would you do to highlight a word ? you position the cursor next to the word, and then ............ |
| A. | drag mouse while holding button down |
| B. | click mouse once |
| C. | roll moose around |
| D. | roll and then click mouse |
| E. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. click mouse once | |
| 14. |
The pattern of printed lines on most products are called ............ |
| A. | Prices |
| B. | OCR |
| C. | scanners |
| D. | barcodes |
| E. | none of these |
| Answer» E. none of these | |
| 15. |
A sales clerk at checkout counter scanning a tag on an item rather than keying it into the system is using .......... |
| A. | Input automation |
| B. | Item data automation |
| C. | Scanning automation |
| D. | Source data automation |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 16. |
A piece of hardware that 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 | |
| 17. |
Soft copy is an intangible output, so then what is a hard copy ? |
| A. | The physical parts of the computer |
| B. | The printed parts of the computer |
| C. | The printed output |
| D. | The physical output device |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. The physical output device | |
| 18. |
Powerful keys that let you exit a program when pushed ..... |
| A. | Arrow key |
| B. | Spacebar |
| C. | Escape key |
| D. | Return key |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Return key | |
| 19. |
What is keyboard used for ? |
| A. | Input text and numbers and send commands to the computer |
| B. | To create new keys to use with your computer |
| C. | To open the computer up |
| D. | To create pictures and images and send them to your computer |
| E. | none of these |
| Answer» B. To create new keys to use with your computer | |
| 20. |
The arrow keys can be used to ............ |
| A. | delete text |
| B. | move the cursor in the text that has already been entered |
| C. | save the document |
| D. | move the cursor while deleting text |
| E. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. save the document | |
| 21. |
What tern is used to describe using the mouse to move an item on the screen to a new location ? |
| A. | Click |
| B. | Double-click |
| C. | Drag and drop |
| D. | Point |
| E. | Right-click |
| Answer» D. Point | |
| 22. |
Hard copy of a document is ......... |
| A. | Printed on printer |
| B. | Stored in floppy |
| C. | Store in CD |
| D. | Store in hard disk |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Stored in floppy | |
| 23. |
Ctrl, Shift and Alt are called.......keys. |
| A. | Modifier |
| B. | Function |
| C. | Alphanumeric |
| D. | Adjustment |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Function | |
| 24. |
The ...........Key and the .......key can be used in combination with other keys to perform shortcuts and special tasks. |
| A. | Ctrl, Alt |
| B. | Function, toggle |
| C. | Delete, insert |
| D. | Caps lock, num lock |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Function, toggle | |
| 25. |
Moves the cursor one space to the right or puts spaces in between words |
| A. | Control key |
| B. | Spacebar |
| C. | Printer |
| D. | Mouse |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Printer | |
| 26. |
The.........takes on different shapes depending on the task you are performing |
| A. | Active tab |
| B. | Insertion point |
| C. | Mouse pointer |
| D. | Ribbon |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Ribbon | |
| 27. |
The most common input devices are |
| A. | Microphone, printer |
| B. | Scanner, monitor |
| C. | Digital camera, speaker |
| D. | Keyboard, mouse |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 28. |
Which is consideved a direct entry input device ? |
| A. | Optical Secnner |
| B. | Mouse and digitizer |
| C. | Light Pen |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Mouse and digitizer | |
| 29. |
The .......may also be called the screen or monitor |
| A. | Printer |
| B. | Scanner |
| C. | Hard disk |
| D. | Software |
| E. | Display |
| Answer» F. | |
| 30. |
The computer monitor is ......device. |
| A. | Scanning |
| B. | Input |
| C. | Processor |
| D. | Software |
| E. | Output |
| Answer» F. | |
| 31. |
A(n).....camera is a peripheral device used to capture still images in a digital format that can be easily transferred into a computer and manipulated using graphics software. |
| A. | Digital |
| B. | Analog |
| C. | Classic |
| D. | Film |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Analog | |
| 32. |
A keyboard is this kind of device. |
| A. | Black |
| B. | Input |
| C. | Output |
| D. | Word processing |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Output | |
| 33. |
In MICR, C stands for ......... |
| A. | Code |
| B. | Colour |
| C. | Computer |
| D. | Character |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 34. |
To select text by shading as you drag the mouse arrow over the text is referred to as.......... |
| A. | Clip art |
| B. | Highlight |
| C. | Fetch |
| D. | Decode |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Fetch | |
| 35. |
A button that makes characters either upper of lower case and numbers to symbols |
| A. | Monitor |
| B. | Shift key |
| C. | Icon |
| D. | Mouse |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Icon | |
| 36. |
Soft copy refers to ........ |
| A. | Printed output |
| B. | Music sounds |
| C. | Screen output |
| D. | Digitizing |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Digitizing | |
| 37. |
Which output device is used to see all information > |
| A. | Monitor |
| B. | Keyboard |
| C. | ALU |
| D. | CPU |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Keyboard | |
| 38. |
You can use the tab key to ............ |
| A. | Move a cursor across the screen |
| B. | indent a paragraph |
| C. | move the cursor down the screen |
| D. | only (a) and (b) |
| E. | none of the |
| Answer» E. none of the | |
| 39. |
What is a function of a keyboard in computer ? |
| A. | |
| B. | Input |
| C. | Type |
| D. | In between input and output |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Type | |
| 40. |
Which of following is not an input device ? |
| A. | Keyboard |
| B. | Monitor |
| C. | Joystick |
| D. | Microphone |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Joystick | |
| 41. |
What type of device is a computer printer ? |
| A. | Input |
| B. | Output |
| C. | Software |
| D. | Storage |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Software | |
| 42. |
If you open a menu and then decide you don't want to select an option after all, click the menu 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 | |
| 43. |
The general method for to input the text and numerical data in computer is by ......... |
| A. | Keyboard |
| B. | Scanner |
| C. | Printer |
| D. | Platter |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Scanner | |
| 44. |
Output devices make it possible to .............. |
| A. | View and print a data |
| B. | Scan a data |
| C. | Input a data |
| D. | Sending a data |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Scan a data | |
| 45. |
To make the number pad act as a directional arrow, we press ...... |
| A. | Num lock |
| B. | Caps lock |
| C. | Arrow lock |
| D. | Shift |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 46. |
A............ can make it easier to play games. |
| A. | Mouse |
| B. | Joystick |
| C. | Keyboard |
| D. | Pen |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Keyboard | |
| 47. |
Letters numbers, and symbols found on a keyboard are ..... |
| A. | Icons |
| B. | Screens |
| C. | Keys |
| D. | Menu |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Menu | |
| 48. |
The primary output device for computers is a .............. |
| A. | Video monitor |
| B. | Printer |
| C. | Keyboard |
| D. | Mouse |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Printer | |
| 49. |
Which of following groups have only Out Put devices ? |
| A. | Scanner, Printer, Monitor |
| B. | Keyboard, Printer, Monitor |
| C. | Mouse, Printer, Monitor |
| D. | Platter, Printer, Monitor |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 50. |
Any data and instruction entered in the memory of a computer is |
| A. | Storage |
| B. | Output |
| C. | Input |
| D. | Information |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Information | |