A computer quiz for testing your general awareness about computer. Answers are given below each question.

A repair for a known software bug, usually available t no charge on the internet, is called a(n)_________

  1. Version
  2. Patch
  3. Tutorial
  4. FAQ

Option B
The file is linked with an email and sent to the receiver of the email is referred to as _______

  1. Annexure
  2. Appendage
  3. Add-on
  4. Attachment

Option D
Identify the correct statement

  1. IBM PCs used RISC CPU designs
  2. Macintosh used CISC CPU design
  3. IBM used CISC CPU design
  4. None of above is true
  5. All A, B and C

Option C
An impact printer creates characters by using…?

  1. An inked ribbon and print head
  2. Electrically charged ink
  3. An ink pen
  4. All of the above
  5. None of these

Option A
Which is the first program run on a computer when the computer boots up?

  1. Operating system
  2. System software
  3. System operations
  4. All the above .
  5. none of the above

Option A
A(n) _________ is a private corporate network, used exclusively by company employees.

  1. Internet
  2. Local area network
  3. Peer to peer
  4. Intranet

Option D
Who designed the first electronic computer – ENIAC?

  1. Van Neuman
  2. Joseph M Jacquard
  3. J presper Eckert
  4. Both A and B
  5. None of these

Option A
Magnetic tapes are good storage media for

  1. backup and low volume data
  2. None of these
  3. storing original but low volume data
  4. storing original but high volume data
  5. backup and high volume data

Option E
The bar below the desktop is called?

  1. Status bar
  2. Title bar
  3. Tool bar
  4. Menu bar
  5. Taskbar

Option E
The 16-bit micro processor means that it has

  1. 16 address lines
  2. 16 buses
  3. 16 data lines
  4. 16 routes

Option C
By default, your documents print in _________Mode.

  1. Landscape
  2. Portrait
  3. Page Setup
  4. Print view

Option B
The piece of hardware that converts your computer’s digital signal to an analog signal that can travel over telephone lines is called a

  1. red wire
  2. blue cord
  3. tower
  4. modem
  5. None of these

Option D
We often use () for World Wide Web

  1. network
  2. server
  3. web
  4. e-resources
  5. None of these

Option C
A website address is a unique name that identifies a specific _________ on the web.

  1. Web browser
  2. PDA
  3. Website
  4. Link

Option D
A device operating at the physical layer is called a :

  1. Bridge
  2. Router
  3. Repeater
  4. All of the above
  5. None of these

Option C
The two kinds of main memory are

  1. Primary and secondary
  2. Random and sequential
  3. ROM and RAM
  4. All the above

Option C
Which of the following is not an example of hardware?

  1. Mouse
  2. Printer
  3. Monitor
  4. EXCEL

Option D
What is the full form of W3C?

  1. World wide web Consortium
  2. World wide web Company
  3. World Wide Web Centre
  4. World wide web command
  5. None of these

Option A
The __ is a device that connects n inputstom outputs,

  1. Crosspoint
  2. Crossbar
  3. None of these
  4. RAM
  5. Modem

Option E
________ is an invalid type of database key.

  1. Structured primary key
  2. Atomic primary key
  3. Primary key
  4. Composite primary key
  5. None of these

Option A