Computer MCQs with Answer (part 2) by General knowledge Solutions

Computer MCQs with Answer (part 2) by General knowledge Solutions

                                                                           

1. ………processing is used when a large mail-order company accumulates orders and processes them together in one large set.

(A) Batch

(B) Online

(C) Real-time

(D) Group

(E) None of these Ans : (A)

2. What is the difference between a CDROM and a CD-RW ?

(A) They are the same—just two different terms used by different manufacturers

(B) A CD-ROM can be written to and a CDRW cannot

(C) A CD-RW can be written to, but a CDROM can only be read from

(D) A CD-ROM holds more information than a CD-RW

(E) None of these Ans : (C)

3. Holding the mouse button down while moving an object or text is known as—

(A) Moving

(B) Dragging

(C) Dropping

(D) Highlighting

(E) None of these Ans : (B)

4. A………is a collection of data that is stored electronically as a series of records in a table.

 (A) spreadsheet

(B) presentation

(C) database

(D) web page

(E) None of these Ans : (C)

5. The………primarily take(s) care of the behind-the-scenes details and manage(s) the hardware.

 (A) operating system

(B) application software

(C) peripheral devices

(D) hard disk

(E) None of these Ans : (A)

6. A……is a professionally designed ‘empty’ document that can be adapted to the user’s needs.

(A) file

(B) guide

(C) template

(D) user guide file

(E) None of these Ans : (C)

7. A group of 8 bits is known as a—

(A) Byte

(B) Kilobyte

(C) Binary digit

(D) Megabit

(E) None of these Ans : (A)

 8. The hardware device commonly referred to as the ‘brain’ of the computer is the—

 (A) RAM chip

(B) Data input

(C) CPU

(D) Secondary storage

(E) None of these Ans : (C)

9. What is the intersection of a column and a row on a worksheet called ?

(A) Column

(B) Value

(C) Address

(D) Cell

(E) None of these Ans : (D)

10. ………are often delivered to a PC through an e-mail attachment and are often designed to do harm. (A) Viruses

(B) Spam

 (C) Portals

(D) Email messages

(E) None of these Ans : (A)

 11. What is the storage area for e-mail messages called ?

(A) A folder

(B) A directory

(C) A mailbox

(D) The hard disk

(E) None of these Ans : (C)

 12. A desktop computer is also known as a—

(A) Palm Pilot

(B) PC

(C) Laptop

(D) Mainframe

(E) None of these Ans : (B)

 13. When a file contains instructions that can be carried out by the computer, it is often called a(n) ……file.

(A) data

(B) information

(C) executable

(D) application

(E) None of these Ans : (C)

14. Documents converted to……can be published to the Web.

 (A) a.doc file

(B) http

(C) machine language

(D) HTML

(E) None of these Ans : (D)

 15. If a user needs information instantly available to the CPU, it should be stored—

(A) on a CD

(B) in secondary storage

(C) in the CPU

 (D) in RAM

(E) None of these Ans : (B)

 16. To what temporary area can you store text and other data, and later paste them to another location ?

(A) The clipboard

(B) ROM

(C) CD-ROM

(D) The hard disk

(E) None of these Ans : (A)

 17. In a spreadsheet, a………is a number you will use in a calculation.

 (A) label

(B) cell

(C) field

(D) value

 (E) None of these Ans : (D)

18. After slide-directed time, if you want to move ahead automatically, click in……check box in transition of this slide group in tab of animations—

(A) Transition timer

(B) Automatically opter

(C) Transition opter

(D) Automatic timer

(E) None of these Ans : (B)

19. All are included in removable media except the following—

(A) CD-ROMs

(B) Diskette

(C) DVDs

(D) High disk drive

(E) None of these Ans : (D)

20. If you open some menu and then decide that you do not want to select some option, then click the menu title again or press the…… key to layout the menu.

(A) shift

(B) tab

(C) escape

(D) F1

(E) None of these Ans : (C)

 21. Using the……process, it is easy to change the name of the file.

(A) transforming

(B) crash

(C) renaming

(D) retagging

(E) None of these Ans : (C)

22. ………view shows that how will content on printed page, alongwith footer and margin header, appear.

(A) Draft

(B) Full screen reading

(C) Outline

(D) Page layout

(E) None of these Ans : (D)

23. Using………, the text can be entered and edited very efficiently.

 (A) spreadsheet

(B) typewriter

(C) word processing programme

(D) desktop publishing programme

(E) None of these Ans : (D)

24. Other folders, named subfolders, can remain in the folders while creating hierarchical structure—

(A) Mini folder

(B) Teard folder

(C) Subfolders

(D) Object

(E) None of these Ans : (C)

 25. By using slide………, the characteristics of the fonts of all the slides in

presentation, can be changed.

(A) theme

(B) icon

(C) master

(D) style

(E) None of these Ans : (B)

 26. Though several programmers can be opened simultaneously yet only…………programmed can be active.

(A) four

(B) three

(C) two

(D) one

(E) None of these Ans : (B)

27. Straight and Uniform margins on both the sides indicate that there is …………in the document.

(A) full justification

(B) full alignment

(C) left justification

(D) right justification

(E) None of these Ans : (A)

28. Among the typical computer programming languages used today, the following is not included in—

 (A) C++

(B) JAVA

(C)Visual Basic.NET

(D) Machine language

(E) None of these Ans : (D)

 29. In table in excel, there are typical labels alongwith……

(A) Letters

(B) Numbers

(C) Names

(D) Formulae

(E) None of these Ans : (B)

30. ………….makes available the commands to righten the software. Instructions are translated step-by-step and executed by the processor so that some objective can be achieved or some problem can be solved.

(A) Software patch

(B) Al language

(C) Presentation language

(D) Programming language

(E) None of these Ans : (C)

31. As you create documents, graphs and pictures your computer holds the data in—

(A) Restore file

(B) Backup drive

(C) Clip board

(D) Memory

(E) None of these Ans : (D)