COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following is most essential for effective multimedia presentations incorporates user participation or ....
1) Links
2) Buttons
3) Interactivity
4) Integration
5) None

2. Most of the websites have moving graphics, which are called as:
1) animations
2) vectors
3) links
4) morphs
5) None

3. Which of the following is the term used to enlarge a window to its maximum area so that it fills the entire desktop?
1) Maximize
2) Zoom
3) Enlarge
4) Extend
5) None of these

4. Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac are widely used Operating systems in today's world. Which of the following feature makes them so popular?
1) Multitasking Capacity
2) Calligraphy
3) User-friendly GUI
4) Being Inexpensive
5) None of these

5. Physical components of a computer are called:
1) Hardware
2) Software
3) Viruses
4) Internet
5) None of these

6. Which of the following is an object oriented feature:
1) Structured Programming
2) Multi-Tasking
3) Linking
4) Inheritance
5) None of these

7. In Windows XP, which of the following views is the best to see the file size and modified dates of all files in a folder.
1) List
2) Icon
3) Thumbnails
4) Details
5) None of these

8. Which of the following keys is used to remove a character on the right of the cursor
in a word document?
1) Home
2) End
3) Delete
4) Backspace
5) None of these




9. During the boot process, which of the following looks for the system files?
1) CD
2) BIOS
3) CPU
4) DVD
5) None of these

10. DNS is the abbreviation of:
1) Domain Name Service
2) Domain Name System
3) Direct Network Service
4) Direct Network System
5) None of these

11. File transfer protocol is used for:
1) Transferring email
2) Uploading files
3) Downloading files
4) Both 1 and 2
5) Both 2 and 3

12. Which of the following keys is used in combination with another key to perform a specific task?
1) Function
2) Space Bar
3) Del
4) Alt
5) Arrow

13. Which of the following command is used to start MS Word from the Run command
in the Start Menu?
1) Msword
2) Winword
3) Winms
4) Worddoc
5) None of these

14. Windows Explorer is a .........
1) Personal Computer
2) Drive
3) Browser
4) Network
5) File manager

15. Which of the following shows all the websites and pages that are already visited
over a period of time?
1) Status Bar
2) Task Bar
3) History List
4) Tool Bar
5) None

16. A Web browser is an example of:
1) Open Source Software
2) Horizontal Market Software
3) Vertical Market Software
4) Firmware
5) None of these

17. Hyperlink in a web document usually appears:
1) Bold and Coloured
2) Bold and Italicized
3) Underlined and coloured
4) Bold and underlined
5) Italicized and underlined

18. Which of the following allows users to upload files to an online site so that they can be viewed and edited from another location?
1) Office Live
2) Microsoft Outlook
3) Common-Purpose applications
4) Web-hosted Technology
5) None of these

19. The letter and the number of the intersecting column and row is the ........
1) Cell location
2) Cell position
3) Cell address
4) Cell coordinates
5) Cell contents

20. In Power-point, the Footer and Header button can be found on the Insert tab in which of the following groups?
1) Illustrations Group
2) Object Group
3) Text Group
4) Tables Group
5) None of these

21. In the basic computer processing cycle which of the following are present?
1) Input processing and output
2) System and application
3) Data information and application
4) Hardware, software and storage
5) None of these

22. Which of the following defines a Firmware?
1) The physical Component used in a computer system.
2) A set of instructions through which a computer does one or more work.
3) People involved in the computing process.
4) A set of programs that are pre-installed in read-only memory of computer during manufacturing.
5) None of these

23. Which of the following can be used instead of remembering e-mail addresses?
1) Phone book
2) Address Book
3) Search Engine
4) Browser software
5) None of these

24. Which of the following is considered as both input and output device?
1) Printer
2) Scanner
3) Monitor
4) Speaker
5) Modem

25. '.exe', '.html', '.mp3', '.doc' etc, are examples of which of the following?
1) Databases
2) Extensions
3) Domains
4) Protocols
5) Websites

26. Computers that are portable and convenient for users who travel are known as:
1) Super Computers
2) Laptops
3) Mini Computers
4) Mainframe Computers
5) None of these

27. Which of the following menu is selected to go to print preview?
1) Edit
2) File
3) Insert
4) View
5) None of these

28. Which of the following is a popular programming language for developing multimedia web pages, websites and web-based applications?
1) COBOL
2) Java
3) BASIC
4) FORTRAN
5) None of these

29. Which of the following will be the common file extension for an installation file?
1) .mpeg
2) .doc
3) .ppt
4) .pdf
5) .exe

30. Windows XP, Mac, Linux are examples of:
1) Processors
2) Domain names
3) Modems
4) Operating systems
5) None of these

31. Any letter, number or symbol found on the keyboard that you can type into the computer is called:
1) Output
2) Character
3) Type
4) Print
5) None of these

32. A technology for using the Internet or another intermediate network to connect computers to isolated remote computer networks that would otherwise be inaccessible is known as:
1) Local Area Network (LAN)
2) File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
3) Campus Area Network (CAN)
4) Virtual Private Network (VPN)
5) None of these

33. Pick the odd one out.
1) Mouse
2) Keyboard
3) Printer
4) Windows
5) Speaker

34. When sending an e-mail, the ..... line describes the contents of the message.
1) To
2) Subject
3) Contents
4) CC
5) None of these

35. Which of the following is not a graphic file format that allows animation to be viewed on a computer?
1) GIF
2) MNG
3) MP8
4) SVG
5) SWF

ANSWERS:

1-3; 2-1; 3-1; 4-3; 5-1; 6-4; 7-4; 8-3; 9-2; 10-2; 11-5; 12-4; 13-2; 14-5; 15-3;
16-2; 17-3; 18-4; 19-3; 20-3; 21-1; 22-4; 23-2; 24-5; 25-2; 26-2; 27-2; 28-2; 29-5;
30-4; 31-2; 32-4; 33-4; 34-2; 35-3;