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51.

The IBM PC-XT was the first to include a hard drive. What was the capacity of this disk?

A. 20 MB
B. 1.44 MB
C. 10 MB
D. 750 KB
Answer» D. 750 KB
52.

Which of the following is not a part of the Internet?

A. World Wide Web
B. Email
C. CD-ROM
D. HTTP
Answer» D. HTTP
53.

The abbreviation URL stands for:

A. User Regulation Law
B. Unknown RAM Load
C. Uniform Resource Locator
D. Ultimate RAM Locator
Answer» D. Ultimate RAM Locator
54.

Another word for 'Graphics for a word processor'?

A. Peripheral
B. Clip art
C. Highlight
D. Execute
Answer» C. Highlight
55.

What is the full form of SSL in Technology?

A. Secure Socket Layer
B. System Socket Layer
C. Superuser System Login
D. Secure System Login
Answer» B. System Socket Layer
56.

Which of these is a valid e-mail address?

A. professor.at.learnthenet
B. www.learnthenet.com
C. professor@learnthenet.com
D. professor@learnthenet
Answer» D. professor@learnthenet
57.

What was the clock speed of the original IBM PC?

A. Less than 5 MHz
B. 10 MHz
C. 8 MHz
D. Just over 16 MHz
Answer» B. 10 MHz
58.

What is LCP?

A. Local Connection Protocol
B. Lost Connection Problem
C. Link Control Protocol
D. Laggy Connection Problem
Answer» D. Laggy Connection Problem
59.

In what year did the Symantec Corporation first release Norton Antivirus?

A. 1990
B. 1995
C. 1988
D. 1997
Answer» B. 1995
60.

A program that neither replicates or copies itself, but does damage or compromises the security of the computer. Which 'Computer Virus' it is?

A. Joke Program
B. Worm
C. Trojan
D. Hoax
Answer» D. Hoax
61.

"What does the abbreviation ""http"" stand for?"

A. Hypertext Transfer Protocol
B. High Task Termination Procedure
C. Harvard Teletext Proof
D. Hindustan Times Technical Proffesionals
Answer» B. High Task Termination Procedure
62.

In a Digital circuit, what is 1 'AND' 1?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 4
Answer» C. 2
63.

What is the World Wide Web?

A. A computer game
B. A software program
C. The part of the Internet that enables information-sharing via interconnected pages
D. Another name for the Internet
Answer» D. Another name for the Internet
64.

What is the full form of VVVF in Technology?

A. Variant Voltage Vile Frequency
B. Variable Velocity Variable Fun
C. Very Very Vicious Frequency
D. Variable Voltage Variable Frequency
Answer» E.
65.

"The letters, ""DOS"" stand for..."

A. Data Out System
B. Disk Out System
C. Disk Operating System
D. Data Operating System
Answer» D. Data Operating System
66.

www stands for...

A. World Wide Web
B. World Wide Wares
C. World Wide Wait
D. World Wide War
Answer» B. World Wide Wares
67.

What is the Websites code for the country Spain?

A. SI
B. SP
C. ES
D. SN
Answer» D. SN
68.

In 1983, which person was the first to offer a definition of the term 'computer virus'?

A. McAfee
B. Smith
C. Cohen
D. Norton
Answer» D. Norton
69.

'OS' computer abbreviation usually means ?

A. Order of Significance
B. Open Software
C. Operating System
D. Optical Sensor
Answer» D. Optical Sensor
70.

The main computer that stores the files that can be sent to computers that are networked together is...

A. Clip art
B. Mother board
C. Peripheral
D. File server
Answer» E.
71.

"The ""desktop"" of a computer refers to:"

A. The visible screen
B. The area around the monitor
C. The top of the mouse pad
D. The inside of a folder
Answer» B. The area around the monitor
72.

"The ""home page"" of a web site is..."

A. The largest page
B. The last page
C. The first page
D. The most colorful page
Answer» D. The most colorful page
73.

A DV camcorder is...

A. Capable of creating video in HDTV
B. Used to create digital video
C. Limited to the Direct Video format
D. A Denon Video brand product
Answer» C. Limited to the Direct Video format
74.

Name the terminals of a BJT.

A. Drain[comma] Gate[comma] Source
B. Positive[comma] Negative[comma] Neutral
C. Anode[comma] Cathode[comma] Triode
D. Emitter[comma] Base[comma] Collector
Answer» E.
75.

What is RISC?

A. Remodeled Interface System Computer
B. Remote Intranet Secured Connection
C. Runtime Instruction Set Compiler
D. Reduced Instruction Set Computer
Answer» E.
76.

Which company created the most used networking software in the 1980's

A. Microsoft
B. Sun
C. IBM
D. Novell
Answer» E.
77.

How many terminals does a BJT have?

A. 1
B. 5
C. 4
D. 3
Answer» E.
78.

Your computer has gradually slowed down. What's the most likely cause?

A. Overheating
B. Your processor chip is just getting old
C. Adware/spyware is infecting your PC
D. You dropped a sandwich in your computer
Answer» D. You dropped a sandwich in your computer
79.

Where are the contents of your computer's hard drive indexed?

A. Yahoo!
B. Google
C. MSN
D. None of the above
Answer» E.
80.

Changing computer language of 1's and 0's to characters that a person can understand is...

A. Highlight
B. Clip art
C. Decode
D. Execute
Answer» D. Execute
81.

What are the three main search expressions, or operators, recognized by Boolean logic?

A. FROM[comma] TO[comma] WHOM
B. AND[comma] OR[comma] NOT
C. SEARCH[comma] KEYWORD[comma] TEXT
D. AND[comma] OR[comma] BUT
Answer» C. SEARCH[comma] KEYWORD[comma] TEXT
82.

The Central Processing Unit is an embeded chip that acts as the 'brains' of a computer. What Intel chip was used in the Altair (the first real personal computer)?

A. 6502
B. 8080
C. 6400
D. 8286
Answer» C. 6400
83.

How do you subscribe to an Internet mailing list?

A. Contact your Internet service provider
B. Send e-mail to the list manager
C. Telephone the mailing list webmaster
D. Send a letter to the list
Answer» C. Telephone the mailing list webmaster
84.

Another word for the CPU is...

A. Execute
B. Microprocessor
C. Micro chip
D. Decode
Answer» C. Micro chip
85.

The principal electronic payment system for electronic Commerce is-~!

A. credit
B. Digital wallet
C. Electronic Cheque
D. All of above
Answer» E.
86.

Which is the most commonly used input device?~!

A. Key board
B. Mouse
C. Joystick
D. Scanner
Answer» B. Mouse
87.

What is FMD?%!

A. FastEthernet Measuring Device
B. Flashing Media Diode
C. Fluorescent Multi-Layer Disc
D. Flash Media Driver
Answer» D. Flash Media Driver
88.

Which Intel chip was the first to support a 32-bit bus architecture?%!

A. 486SI
B. Pentium
C. 286
D. 386DX
Answer» E.
89.

What is the Websites code for the country United Kingdom?%!

A. GB
B. UK
C. EN
D. EG
Answer» C. EN
90.

What is the Websites code for the country Bulgaria?%!

A. BU
B. BR
C. BL
D. BG
Answer» E.
91.

What is a NIC?%!

A. Netware Intranet Controller
B. No Internet Connection
C. Network Interface Card
D. Network Interference Control
Answer» D. Network Interference Control
92.

The IBM PC-XT was the first to include a hard drive. What was the capacity of this disk?%!

A. 20 MB
B. 1.44 MB
C. 10 MB
D. 750 KB
Answer» D. 750 KB
93.

On what date was the debut of the first IBM Personal Computer?%!

A. August 12, 1981
B. January 21 1979
C. August 21, 1980
D. January 12, 1982
Answer» B. January 21 1979
94.

The abbreviation URL stands for:%!

A. User Regulation Law
B. Unknown RAM Load
C. Uniform Resource Locator
D. Ultimate RAM Locator
Answer» D. Ultimate RAM Locator
95.

Select the smallest memory size:%!

A. Terabyte
B. Kilobyte
C. Megabyte
D. Gigabyte
Answer» C. Megabyte
96.

The electromagnetic coils on the neck of the picture tube or tubes which pull the electron beam from side to side and up and down are called a...?%!

A. Transformer
B. Yoke
C. Capacitor
D. Diode
Answer» C. Capacitor
97.

What do we call a collection of two or more computers that are located within a limited distance of each other and that are connected to each other directly or indirectly?%!

A. Inernet
B. Interanet
C. Local Area Network
D. Wide Area Network
Answer» D. Wide Area Network
98.

What was the first ARPANET message?%!

A. lo
B. Hello World
C. cyberspace, the final frontier
D. Marry had a little lamb.
Answer» B. Hello World
99.

What does VVVF stand for?%!

A. Variant Voltage Vile Frequency
B. Variable Velocity Variable Fun
C. Very Very Vicious Frequency
D. Variable Voltage Variable Frequency
Answer» E.
100.

A given signal's second harmonic is twice the given signal's __________ frequency?%!

A. Fourier
B. Foundation
C. Fundamental
D. Field
Answer» D. Field