1). A central computer that holds collections of
data and programs for many PCs, workstations,
and other computer is a ____________.
a) Supercomputer
b) minicomputer
c) laptop
d) server
e) None of these
2). To insert a copy of the clipboard contents,
_____________ whatever was last cut or copied at
the insertion point.
a) paste
b) stick in
c) fit in
d) push in
e) None of these
3). Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code
called EBCDIC?
a) Minicomputers
b) Microcomputers
c) Mainframe computers
d) Super computer
e) None of the above
4). A special, high-speed storage area within the
CPU in which all data must be represented
before it can be processed is called?
a) BIOS
b) Cache
c) RAM
d) Register
e) None of these
5). To send another station a message, the main
thing a user has to know is ______.
a) Whether this is a voice or data network
b) The other station’s address
c) How the network works
d) Whether the network is packet-switched or
circuit-switched
e) None of these
6). The method of Internet access that requires
a phone line, but offers faster access speeds
than dial-up is the _______ connection
a) fibre-optic service
b) satellite access
c) cable access
d) digital subscriber line (DSL)
e) modem
7). Name the software which creates a mirror
image of the entire hard disk, including the
operating system, applications, files, and data?
a) Utility programs
b) Operating system
c) Backup software
d) Driver imagining
e) None of these
8). The first UNIX operating system was written
in the which of the following language?
a) Assembly Language
b) C Language
c) JAVA
d) B Language
e) None of these
9). Graphical devices which are widely used to
represent the graphic on screen are
a) CRT
b) Flat panel
c) Touch Screen
d) All of the above
e) None of these
10). The ATTRIB command will
a) set or remove the Read-Only, Archive, System
and Hidden attributes
b) define the data files search path that DOS will
use each time it fails to locate in the current
directory.
c) instruct DOS to route disk drive references
from one disk to another
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
11). Which among the following are the best
tools for the fixing errors on disks?
a) CHKDSK
b) FIXDSK
c) FDISK
d) SCANDISK
e) None of the above
12). Which computer memory is used for storing
programs and data currently being processed by
the CPU?
a) Mass memory
b) Internal memory
c) Non-volatile memory
d) PROM
e) None of the above
13). In a punched card system, data is processed
by a
a) Keypunch machine, sorter and posting
machine
b) Accounting machine, posting machine, and
billing machine
c) Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine
d) Accounting machine, keypunch machine and
sorter
e) None of the above
14). CAD stands for
a) Computer aided design
b) Computer algorithm for design
c) Computer application in design
d) Computer aided for design
e) All of the above
15). Which of the following is not a feature of
first generation computers
a) They used vacuum tubes or valves as main
electronic component
b) They consumed lots of electricity and
produced excessive heat
c) They used machine language and assembly
language to program the machine
d) All of the above
e) None of above
Answers..
1 – d
2 – a
3 – c
4 – d
5 – b
6 – d
7 – d
8 – a
9 – d
10 – a
11 – d
12 – b
13 – d
14 – a
15 – c