Test your computer knowledge with this basic computer awareness test with answers. Each answer is provided after the question.

Which part of the computer displays the work done ?

  1. RAM
  2. Printer
  3. Monitor
  4. ROM
  5. None of these

Option C
What do you use to create a chart?

  1. Pie Wizard
  2. Excel Wizard
  3. Data Wizard
  4. Chart Wizard
  5. None of these

Option D
Each cell in a Micro soft Office Excel document is referred to by its cell address, which is the

  1. Cell’s column label
  2. Cell’s column label and worksheet tab name
  3. Cell’s row label
  4. Cell’s row and column labels.

Option D
The errors that can be pointed out by the compiler are

  1. Logical errors
  2. Semantic errors
  3. Syntax errors
  4. All of the above
  5. None of these

Option C
To access a mainframe or supercomputer, users often use a ________

  1. Terminal
  2. Node
  3. Desktop
  4. Handheld

Option A
COBOL is widely used in _________ applications.

  1. Business
  2. Scientific
  3. Mathematical
  4. All of these
  5. None of these

Option A
First generation computer system used ______

  1. Transistors
  2. Vacuum tubes
  3. Magnetic cores
  4. Silicon chips

Option B
Firewall is used for _________

  1. Hacking
  2. Spoofing
  3. Network security
  4. All

Option C
…………..is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion.

  1. A process
  2. Software
  3. Storage
  4. Information
  5. None of these.

Option D
What type of web technology allows its community members to continuously change the contents on a website?

  1. Intelligent bots
  2. Social networks
  3. Wiki
  4. Blog
  5. None of these

Option C
To access a mainframe or supercomputer, users often use a?

  1. Terminal
  2. Node
  3. Desktop
  4. Handheld
  5. None of these

Option A
Which of the following terms is just the connection of networks that can be joined together?

  1. Virtual private network
  2. Internet
  3. Intranet
  4. Extranet

Option B
Condensing output data to exhibit specific information is called

  1. Calculating
  2. Recording
  3. Merging
  4. Summarizing

Option D
Regarding a VDU, which statement is more correct?

  1. It is an output device
  2. It is an input device
  3. It is a peripheral device
  4. It is a hardware item
  5. None of the above

Option C
_________ are often delivered to a PC through an email attachment and are often designed to do harm.

  1. Viruses
  2. Spam
  3. Portals
  4. Email messages

Option A
What menu is selected to cut, copy, and paste?

  1. File
  2. Tools
  3. Special
  4. Edit
  5. None

Option D
Who invented the high level language C?

  1. Dennis M. Ritchie
  2. Niklaus Writh
  3. Seymour Papert
  4. Donald Kunth
  5. Larry Page

Option A
You can use the ______ bar to types a URL and display a web page type a keyword to display a list related web pages

  1. Menu
  2. Title
  3. Search
  4. Address

Option D
On-line real time systems become popular in……….Generation.

  1. First Generation
  2. Second Generation
  3. Third Generation
  4. Fourth Generation
  5. None of these

Option C
Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computer?

  1. First Generation
  2. Second Generation
  3. Third Generation
  4. Fourth Generation

Option D