Computer Knowledge #16 Multiple Choice Questions

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE #16

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. What is the name given to main computer equipment and its peripheral devices?

(a) Operating system

(b) Hardware

(c) Software

(d) All of the above

Answer: (b)

2. What does a compiler means in computer terminology?

(a) The same thing as a programmer

(b) A key puncher operator

(c) A person who computers source programs

(d) A program which translates high level language program to machine language

Answer: (d)

3. Operating system is like a ...............

(a) secretary

(b) parliament

(c) government

(d) All of the above

Answer: (c)

4. Cut operation can also be accomplished by using which of the following shortcut keys?

(a) Ctrl + X

(b) Ctrl + A

(c) Ctrl + Z

(d) Ctrl + Y

Answer: (a)

5. Total height of a line of text including extra spacing is known as which of the following?

(a) Line spacing

(b) Paragraph spacing

(c) Indentation

(d) Break spacing

Answer: (a)

6. The distance between text boundaries and page margins is known as which of the following?

(a) Indent

(b) Margin

(c) Spacing

(d) Tab

Answer: (a)

7. The operating system of a computer series as a software interface between the user and which of the following?

(a) Hardware

(b) Memory

(c) Screen

(d) Peripheral

Answer: (a)

8. Which of the following media is used for fault tolerant RAID arrays?

(a) Laptops

(b) CDR

(c) Hard drives

(d) Magnetic tape

Answer: (c)

9. Programmers use a variety of …………… to communicate instructions to the computer.

(a) programming languages

(b) high level languages

(c) low level languages

(d) system languages

Answer: (a)

10. Which of the following languages makes use of memories to interact with computer system?

(a) C++

(b) Assembly language

(c) Java

(d) Machine language

Answer: (b)

11. Which field allow to select items from drop down list?

(a) A memo field

(b) A hyperlink field

(c) A lookup field

(d) An OLE field

Answer: (c)

12. Pivot table reports are good for which of the following?

(a) Analysing large amounts of data

(b) Breaking spreadsheet data into multiple worksheet

(c) Turning tables upside down

(d) All of the above

Answer: (a)

13. A report form ……………

(a) appears on the computer monitor during data entry

(b) is used during report generation to format data

(c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

14. Book 1 is an example of how …………… are numbered and named during each work session.

(a) formula bar

(b) menu bar

(c) active cell

(d) name box

Answer: (d)

15. Graphics objects on a chart are used to ……………

(a) add interest to a chart

(b) help explain the chart data

(c) add emphasis to chart data

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

16. RESTORE command is used to ……………

(a) restore files from disks made using the BACKUP command

(b) restore files from recycle bin

(c) restore files which are deleted recently

(d) restore files which are deleted

Answer: (a)

17. Which of the following is not an option when printing handouts?

(a) Two slides per page

(b) Five slides per page

(c) Three slides per page

(d) Six slides per page

Answer: (b)

18. Which of the following media is one of the oldest media designed to store data, but should be carefully checked with anti-virus software before restoration?

(a) Magnetic tape

(b) Hard drives

(c) CDR

(d) Laptops

Answer: (a)

19. Most of the commonly available personal computers/laptops have a keyboard popularly known as ……………

(a) QWERTY

(b) ALTER

(c) UCLIF

(d) QOLTY

Answer: (a)

20. The background of any word document ……………

(a) is always the same for the entire document

(b) is the colour present under the option menu

(c) can have any colour you choose

(d) is always of white colour

Answer: (b)