COMPUTER AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. Special effect used to introduce slides in a presentation are called .........
1) Effect 2) Custom animation
3) Transition 4) Animation
5) Preset animation

2. ...... are graphical objects used to represent commonly used application.
1) GUI 2) Drivers 3) Windows
4) Application 5) Icons

3. Computers send and receive data in the form of ................ signals.
1) Analog 2) Digital 3) Modulated
4) Demodulated 5) All of these

4. In any window, the maximize button, the minimize button and the close buttons appear on the .............
1) Title bar 2) Menu bar 3) Status bar
4) Ruler bar 5) Tool bar

5. Every component of your computer is either.............
1) software of CPU / RAM
2) hardware of software
3) application software or system software
4) input devices or output devices
5) None of these

6. Checking that a pin code number is valid before it is entered into the system is an example of ...............
1) error correction 2) backup and recovery
3) data preparation 4) data validation
5) None of these

7. A compiler translates higher level programs into a machine language program, which is called ................
1) source code 2) object code
3) compiled code 4) beta code
5) None of these

8. The ability to find an individual item in a file immediately .................
1) sequential access 2) file allocation table
3) direct access 4) directory
5) None of these

9. Computers connected to a LAN (Local Area
Network) can ...............
1) run faster 2) go online
3) share information and/ or share peripheral equipment
4) E-mail 5) None of these

10. Which is the slowest internet connection service?
1) Digital Subscriber Line 2) T1
3) Cable modem 4) Leased Line
5) Dial-up Service

11. A CD-RW disk ..............
1) has a faster access than an internal disk
2) is a form of optical disk, so it can only be
written once
3) holds less data than a floppy disk
4) can be erased and rewritten
5) None of these

12. A field that uniquely identifies which person,
thing, or event the record describes is a....
1) file 2) data 3) field
4) key 5) None of these

13. The two major categories of software include ..................
1) operating system and utility
2) personal productivity and system
3) system and application
4) system and utility 5) None of these

14. Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT
are known as ..................
1) processors 2) domain names
3) modems 4) operating systems
5) None of these

15. Most World Wide Web pages contain commands in the language ..................
1) NIH 2) URL 3) HTML 4) IRC 5) FTP

16. Information on a computer is stored as...
1) analog data 2) digital data
3) modem data 4) watts data
5) None of these

17. To take information from one source and
bring it to your computer is referred to as...
1) upload 2) download 3) transfer
4) de-link 5) None of these

18. Each box in a spreadsheet is called a .......
1) cell 2) empty space 3) record
4) field 5) None of these

19. Which of the following operating systems is
not owned and licensed by a company?
1) Unix 2) Linux 3) Windows 2000
4) Mac 5) Windows

20. To indent the first paragraph of your report,
you should use this key .................
1) space bar 2) return key 3) tab key
4) shift key 5) None of these

21. When you want to move some text from
one page to a different page, the best
method is ....................
1) drag and drop 2) cut and paste
3) delete and retype 4) find and replace
5) None of these

22. A program that works like a calculator for
keeping track of money and making budgets
................
1) calculator 2) scholastic 3) keyboard
4) spreadsheet 5) None of these

23. A Website address is a unique name that
identifies a specific .................. on the Web.
1) Web browser 2) PDA 3) Website
4) Link 5) None of these

24. Which is the best definition of a software
package?
1) An add-on for your computer such as
additional memory
2) A set of computer programs used for a
certain function such as word processing
3) A protection you can buy for a computer
4) The box, manual and license agreement
that accompany commercial software
5) None of these

25. You can start Microsoft Word by using ........
button.
1) New 2) Start 3) Program
4) Control Panel 5) None of these

26. A blinking symbol on the screen that shows
where the next character will appear is a/
an....
1) delete key 2) arrow key 3) cursor
4) return key 5) None of these

27. The ability of an OS to run more than one
application at a time is called ................
1) multitasking
2) object-oriented programming
3) multi-user computing
4) time-sharing 5) None of these

28. Which of the following could do to remove a
paragraph from a report you had written?
1) Delete and edit 2) Highlight and delete
3) Cut and paste 4) Undo typing
5) None of these

29. An example of a telecommunications
device is a ....................
1) keyboard 2) mouse 3) printer
4) modem 5) None of these

30. Date and Time are available on the desktop
at ..................
1) Taskbar 2) My Computer
3) Recycle Bin 4) Only (2) and (3)
5) None of these

31. You click at B to make the text ...................
1) Italics 2) Underlined
3) Italics and underlined 4) Bold
5) None of these

32. ................... is the process of finding errors
in software code.
1) Debugging 2) Compiling
3) Interpreting 4) Testing
5) None of these

33. A directory within a directory is called ..........
1) Mint Directory 2) Junior Directory
3) Part Directory 4) Sub Directory
5) None of these

34. In Excel, Charts are created using which
option?
1) Chart Wizard 2) Pivot Table
3) Pie Chart 4) Bar Chart
5) None of these

35. A ................. contains buttons and menus
that provide quick access to commonly
used commands.
1) Tool bar 2) menu bar 3) window
4) find 5) None of these

36. What is the equipment used to capture
information and commands?
1) Output device 2) Input device
3) Storage device
4) Telecommunication device
5) None of these

37. Which of the following is not a common feature
of software applications?
1) Menus 2) Windows 3) Help
4) Search 5) None of these

38. A .................. contains specific rules and
words that express the logical steps of an
algorithm.
1) programming language
2) programming structure
3) syntax 4) logic chart
5) None of these

39. Microcomputer hardware consists of three
basic categories of physical equipment .......
1) keyboard, monitor, hard drive
2) system unit, input/output, memory
3) system unit, input/ output, secondary
storage
4) system unit, primary storage, secondary
storage
5) None of these

40. For creating a document, you use ............
command at File Menu.
1) Open 2) Close 3) New
4) Save 5) None of these

41. Which type of software is similar to an
accountant's worksheet?
1) Word Processing 2) Database
3) Spreadsheets 4) Graphics
5) File Manager

42. The network connecting several computers
all over the world is .....................
1) Intranet 2) Internet 3) ARP net
4) Network 5) LAN

43. In Windows, by default the files when deleted
are sent to ....................
1) Dust Bin 2) Recycle Bin
3) Waste Bin 4) Recycle Waste Bin
5) None of these

44. Which of the following is an Operating
System?
1) MS Windows 2) Mac 3) MS DOS
4) Windows NT 5) All of the above

45. A terminal that cannot process any information
is called .....................
1) Direct access terminal
2) Intelligent terminal
3) Smart terminal
4) Blind terminal 5) Dumb terminal

46. A computer cannot "boot" if it does not have
the ....................
1) Compiler 2) Loader
3) Operating System 4) Assembler
5) None of these

47. Which key should be pressed to start a new
page in MS-Word?
1) Down Cursor Key 2) Enter Key
3) Shift + Enter 4) Ctrl + Enter
5) Shift+ Ctrl + Enter

48. The keys labelled 0-9 on the keyboard are
called ......................
1) Function Keys 2) Numeric keys
3) Typewriter keys 4) Special keys
5) Alpha keys

49. The most popular Internet activity is ..........
1) downloading music
2) watching movie trailers
3) shopping for books 4) e-mailing
5) None of these

50. In a spreadsheet, a cell is defined as the...
1) Intersection of a table and a tuplet
2) Intersection of a file and a database
3) Intersection of a row and column
4) Intersection of a field and a record
5) None of these

ANSWERS:
1-3, 2-5, 3-2, 4-1, 5-2, 6-4, 7-2, 8-3, 9-3, 10-5
11-4, 12-4, 13-3, 14-4, 15-3, 16-2, 17-2, 18-1, 19-2, 20-3
21-2, 22-4, 23-3, 24-2, 25-2, 26-3, 27-1, 28-2, 29-4, 30-1
31-4, 32-4, 33-4, 34-1, 35-1, 36-2, 37-2, 38-1, 39-2, 40-3
41-3, 42-2, 43-2, 44-5, 45-5, 46-3, 47-4, 48-2, 49-4, 50-3