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| 201. |
Which of the following is a multi processing system? |
| A. | mvs |
| B. | unix |
| C. | os/2 |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 202. |
Which of the following operatiing system allows multi tasking? |
| A. | os/2 |
| B. | windows |
| C. | amiga |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 203. |
which of the following is not a real time operasting system? |
| A. | blmx |
| B. | ccp |
| C. | ctos |
| D. | dos |
| Answer» D. dos | |
| 204. |
_______is a program informing a program an event has occured |
| A. | virus |
| B. | compiler |
| C. | interrupt |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. interrupt | |
| 205. |
PCs support _____ types of software interrupts |
| A. | 128 |
| B. | 256 |
| C. | 32 |
| D. | none ofthe above |
| Answer» B. 256 | |
| 206. |
which of the following is an example of system software? |
| A. | word processors |
| B. | spread sheets |
| C. | games |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 207. |
which spread sheet package was later sold to LotusDevelopment Corp.? |
| A. | corel quattro pro |
| B. | open office calc |
| C. | visicalc |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. visicalc | |
| 208. |
Which one of the following is a characteristics of a spreadsheet application? |
| A. | data forms |
| B. | presentation |
| C. | data retrieval |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 209. |
____ includes the operating system and all the utilities that enable the computer to function |
| A. | application software |
| B. | presentation software |
| C. | system software |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. system software | |
| 210. |
.world wide web is made of documents created with language called |
| A. | html |
| B. | url |
| C. | httl |
| D. | htrl |
| Answer» A. html | |
| 211. |
To access and display documkents on the web you must have a communication standard called |
| A. | http |
| B. | url |
| C. | dns |
| D. | html |
| Answer» D. html | |
| 212. |
The standard that allows you to enter the name and location of informationand the method for transporting the information over the internet |
| A. | http |
| B. | url |
| C. | dns |
| D. | html |
| Answer» B. url | |
| 213. |
as you scroll through a webpageit is likely you will see some underlined text or text in different colour. These represent |
| A. | bookmark |
| B. | hypertext links |
| C. | ftp |
| D. | graphic images |
| Answer» B. hypertext links | |
| 214. |
The major categories for toplevel domain are |
| A. | com |
| B. | edu |
| C. | gov |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 215. |
what defines the different aspects of web page including heading levels, bold italics, images, paragraph |
| A. | html |
| B. | httl |
| C. | htrl |
| D. | htpl |
| Answer» A. html | |
| 216. |
the process of visiting websites on ikternethosted by various companies, organisations etc is called |
| A. | navigation |
| B. | browsing |
| C. | patrolling |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. browsing | |
| 217. |
which of the following is a search engine? |
| A. | alta vista |
| B. | excite |
| C. | lycos |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» A. alta vista | |
| 218. |
which is the tool that provides a single interface that enables users to search many different searc engines, indexes, databases simultaneously? |
| A. | web index |
| B. | search engines |
| C. | meta search engines |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. search engines | |
| 219. |
one way of protecting the email message is |
| A. | caching |
| B. | encryption |
| C. | mirroring |
| D. | shadowing |
| Answer» B. encryption | |
| 220. |
the feature of an email program which allows you to storethe information about the people with whom you correspond is? |
| A. | index |
| B. | folders |
| C. | address book |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. address book | |
| 221. |
The default priority of an e-mail message is |
| A. | high |
| B. | low |
| C. | normal |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. normal | |
| 222. |
which of the following is a telecommunication processor |
| A. | modem |
| B. | multiplexer |
| C. | concentrator |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 223. |
which of the following is a function a telecommunication software |
| A. | modulation |
| B. | demodulation |
| C. | access control |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. access control | |
| 224. |
WAN stands for |
| A. | wire and network |
| B. | wire accessible network |
| C. | widely accessible network |
| D. | wide area network |
| Answer» D. wide area network | |
| 225. |
LSI stans for |
| A. | light senitive instrument |
| B. | large scale integration |
| C. | logical sample integration |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. large scale integration | |
| 226. |
the first general purpose computer was |
| A. | mark1 |
| B. | eniac |
| C. | ibn 132 |
| D. | apple ii |
| Answer» B. eniac | |
| 227. |
the two types of RAM are |
| A. | volatile and non-volatile |
| B. | erasable and programmable |
| C. | static and dynamic |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. static and dynamic | |
| 228. |
which of the followinbg loses its contents when the computer is turned off? |
| A. | ram |
| B. | rom |
| C. | prom |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. ram | |
| 229. |
which is the memoery chip that is programmed during the manufacturing process |
| A. | rom |
| B. | ram |
| C. | prom |
| D. | eeprom |
| Answer» A. rom | |
| 230. |
the two types of auwillary storage devices are |
| A. | random and sequential access |
| B. | mdia and midi |
| C. | vga and svga |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. random and sequential access | |
| 231. |
which of the following is a sequential access drive? |
| A. | hard disk |
| B. | floppy disk |
| C. | magnetic tape |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. magnetic tape | |
| 232. |
WORM stands for |
| A. | write -on- reusable media |
| B. | write once read many |
| C. | write on random media |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. write once read many | |
| 233. |
which of thefollowing is the slowest in accessing data? |
| A. | zip disk |
| B. | hard disk |
| C. | magnetic tape |
| D. | floppy disk |
| Answer» C. magnetic tape | |
| 234. |
which is the reusable optical disk? |
| A. | cd-rom |
| B. | cd-r |
| C. | worm |
| D. | cd-rw |
| Answer» D. cd-rw | |
| 235. |
which of the following is not an sequential-access device? |
| A. | cd-rom |
| B. | dat |
| C. | 8-mm helical scan |
| D. | magnetic tape |
| Answer» A. cd-rom | |
| 236. |
the mouse which needs a special mouse pad is |
| A. | mechanical |
| B. | optical |
| C. | optomechanical |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. optical | |
| 237. |
which is the technology that is used as a direct entry method in banks? |
| A. | ocr |
| B. | omr |
| C. | micr |
| D. | mcr |
| Answer» C. micr | |
| 238. |
Which is the technology used in the evaluation of aptitude test |
| A. | ocr |
| B. | omr |
| C. | micr |
| D. | mcr |
| Answer» B. omr | |
| 239. |
an input device used widely on supermatkets |
| A. | keyboard |
| B. | mouse |
| C. | trackball |
| D. | bar code reader |
| Answer» D. bar code reader | |
| 240. |
Touch sensitive pad used as a pointing devicein poratbl computers? |
| A. | touch pad |
| B. | mouse pad |
| C. | touch screen |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. touch pad | |
| 241. |
Display technique that enables a monitor to provide more resolution inexpensively |
| A. | tuning |
| B. | refreshing |
| C. | interlacing |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. interlacing | |
| 242. |
_____ is a program created in human-readable format |
| A. | source code |
| B. | object code |
| C. | binary code |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. source code | |
| 243. |
Which of the following is a basic feature of a word processor? |
| A. | insert text |
| B. | |
| C. | wordwrap |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 244. |
which of the following is an advanced feature of word processor |
| A. | font specification |
| B. | search and replace |
| C. | |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. font specification | |
| 245. |
which of the following is represented by a series of 1s and 0s? |
| A. | machine level language |
| B. | high level language |
| C. | assembly language |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. machine level language | |
| 246. |
text based browser |
| A. | internet explorer |
| B. | safari |
| C. | lynx |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. lynx | |
| 247. |
www is the brain child of |
| A. | tim berners lee |
| B. | remington rand |
| C. | jack kilby |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. tim berners lee | |
| 248. |
requirements of dial up connection |
| A. | modem |
| B. | telephone connection |
| C. | account with internet access provider |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 249. |
equipment that allows single phone connection for both adsl and voice calls |
| A. | splitter |
| B. | modem |
| C. | multiplexer |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. splitter | |
| 250. |
which one of the following is not a internet protocol? |
| A. | tcp/ip |
| B. | ftp |
| C. | gopher |
| D. | isp |
| Answer» D. isp | |
| 251. |
SLIP is used in |
| A. | dsl |
| B. | isdn |
| C. | dialup |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. dialup | |
| 252. |
which one of the foloowing identifies a particular internet resource? |
| A. | dsl |
| B. | html |
| C. | url |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. url | |
| 253. |
which one of the following is the correct order of hierarchy for a URL |
| A. | protocol-server name-domain name-toplevel doman name |
| B. | server name-domain name-toplevel domain name-protocol |
| C. | protocol-servername-toplevel domain name-domain name |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. protocol-server name-domain name-toplevel doman name | |
| 254. |
which of the following is a interpreted language |
| A. | cobol |
| B. | c |
| C. | c++ |
| D. | basic |
| Answer» D. basic | |
| 255. |
which one of the following is not a modifier key |
| A. | shift |
| B. | alt |
| C. | insert |
| D. | ctrl |
| Answer» C. insert | |
| 256. |
which one of the following was included in modern IBM compatible keyboards? |
| A. | insert |
| B. | start |
| C. | delete |
| D. | print screen |
| Answer» B. start | |
| 257. |
mouse was pioneered by |
| A. | xerox |
| B. | hewlett-packard |
| C. | apple |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. xerox | |
| 258. |
mouse was invented by |
| A. | jack kilby |
| B. | thomas watson |
| C. | douglas engelbart |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. douglas engelbart | |
| 259. |
which is considered to be the next generation of OMR |
| A. | ocr |
| B. | icr |
| C. | micr |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. icr | |
| 260. |
which one of the following monitors has an electron gun |
| A. | plasma |
| B. | led |
| C. | crt |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. crt | |
| 261. |
which of the folowing are basic categories of mouse |
| A. | mechanical |
| B. | laser |
| C. | optical |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 262. |
which one of the following is a digital modulation technique |
| A. | frequency shift keying |
| B. | amplitude shift keying |
| C. | on-off keying |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 263. |
what are the components of a computer hardware |
| A. | hardware |
| B. | software |
| C. | data |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 264. |
which one of these consist of interconnected electronic devicesthat control everything that computer does? |
| A. | hardware |
| B. | software |
| C. | data |
| D. | users |
| Answer» A. hardware | |
| 265. |
which one of the following is the first spreadsheet application? |
| A. | visicalc |
| B. | corel quattro pro |
| C. | microsoft excel |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. visicalc | |
| 266. |
Computer is free from tiresome and boardroom. We call it |
| A. | Accuracy |
| B. | Reliability |
| C. | Diligence |
| D. | Versatility |
| Answer» C. Diligence | |
| 267. |
The output quality of a printer is measured by |
| A. | Dot per sq. inch |
| B. | Dot per inch |
| C. | Dots printed per unit time |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Dot per inch | |
| 268. |
The accuracy of the floating-point numbers representable in two 16-bit words of a computer is approximately |
| A. | 16 digits |
| B. | 6 digits |
| C. | 9 digits |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» A. 16 digits | |
| 269. |
Computers with 80286 microprocessor is |
| A. | XT computer |
| B. | AT computers |
| C. | PS/2 computer |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» B. AT computers | |
| 270. |
Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changes in 1924. What was that name? |
| A. | Tabulator Machine Co. |
| B. | Computing Tabulating Recording Co. |
| C. | The Tabulator L |
| Answer» B. Computing Tabulating Recording Co. | |
| 271. |
What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer? |
| A. | To produce result |
| B. | To compare numbers |
| C. | To control flow of information |
| D. | To do math’s works |
| Answer» B. To compare numbers | |
| 272. |
Which was the most popular first generation computer? |
| A. | IBM 650 |
| B. | IBM 360 |
| C. | IBM 1130 |
| D. | IBM 2700 |
| Answer» A. IBM 650 | |
| 273. |
Nepal brought a computer for census of 2028 BS. This computer was of |
| A. | first generation |
| B. | second generation |
| C. | third generation |
| D. | fourth generation |
| Answer» B. second generation | |
| 274. |
in which year was UK’s premier computing event started? |
| A. | 1980 |
| B. | 1985 |
| C. | 1986 |
| D. | 1987 |
| Answer» A. 1980 | |
| 275. |
What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan started FGCS? |
| A. | Operating Systems |
| B. | Parallel Processing |
| C. | ULSI |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» B. Parallel Processing | |
| 276. |
Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system? |
| A. | Magnetic core |
| B. | Semiconductor |
| C. | Magnetic tape |
| D. | Both semiconductor and magnetic tape |
| Answer» C. Magnetic tape | |
| 277. |
The storage subsystem in a microcomputer consists mainly of __ or __ media with varying capacities |
| A. | Memory or video |
| B. | Magnetic or optical |
| C. | Optical or memory |
| D. | Video or magnetic |
| Answer» B. Magnetic or optical | |
| 278. |
Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as |
| A. | system software |
| B. | application software |
| C. | utility programs |
| D. | operating system |
| Answer» B. application software | |
| 279. |
Computer operators |
| A. | writes computer programs for specific problems |
| B. | operate the device which input and output data from the computer |
| C. | normally require a college degree in computer science |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» B. operate the device which input and output data from the computer | |
| 280. |
Which of the following is not anti-viruses software? |
| A. | NAV |
| B. | F-Prot |
| C. | Oracle |
| D. | McAfee |
| Answer» C. Oracle | |
| 281. |
What is a compiler? |
| A. | A compiler does a conversion line by line as the program is run |
| B. | A compiler converts the whole of a higher level program code into machine code in one step |
| C. | A compiler is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. A compiler converts the whole of a higher level program code into machine code in one step | |
| 282. |
_______ computers are also called personal computers |
| A. | Mainframe Computer |
| B. | Mini Computers |
| C. | Micro Computers |
| D. | Super Computers |
| Answer» C. Micro Computers | |
| 283. |
Which of the following is not input unit device? |
| A. | scanner |
| B. | camera |
| C. | plotter |
| D. | digitizer |
| Answer» C. plotter | |
| 284. |
Identify the correct statement |
| A. | IBM PCs used RISC CPU designs |
| B. | Macintosh used CISC CPU design |
| C. | IBM used CISC CPU design |
| D. | None of above is true |
| Answer» C. IBM used CISC CPU design | |
| 285. |
Which of the following statement is false? |
| A. | Mechanical analog computers have existed for thousands of years |
| B. | There are mechanical analog computers and electronic analog computers. |
| C. | All electronic computers are digital computers |
| D. | All of above are false |
| Answer» C. All electronic computers are digital computers | |
| 286. |
Which of the following require large computers memory? |
| A. | Imaging |
| B. | Graphics |
| C. | Voice |
| D. | All of Above |
| Answer» D. All of Above | |
| 287. |
Which of the following is machine independence program? |
| A. | High level language |
| B. | Low level language |
| C. | Assembly language |
| D. | Machine language |
| Answer» A. High level language | |
| 288. |
When was the first electro-mechanical computer developed? |
| A. | 1880 |
| B. | 1990 |
| C. | 1944 |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» C. 1944 | |
| 289. |
The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was: |
| A. | ENIAC |
| B. | Mark-I |
| C. | Analytic Engine |
| D. | UNIVAC-1 |
| Answer» B. Mark-I | |
| 290. |
Which one is the largest space? |
| A. | kilobyte |
| B. | petabyte |
| C. | terabyte |
| D. | gigabyte |
| Answer» B. petabyte | |
| 291. |
FORTRAN programming language is more suitable for ____ |
| A. | Business Applications |
| B. | Marketing Applications |
| C. | Scientific Applications |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Scientific Applications | |
| 292. |
The brain of any computer system is |
| A. | Control Unit |
| B. | Arithmetic Logic Unit |
| C. | Central Processing Unit |
| D. | Storage Unit |
| Answer» C. Central Processing Unit | |
| 293. |
Analog computer works on the supply of |
| A. | Continuous electrical pulses |
| B. | Electrical pulses but not continuous |
| C. | Magnetic strength |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Continuous electrical pulses | |
| 294. |
An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it? |
| A. | Leech |
| B. | Squid |
| C. | Slug |
| D. | Glitch |
| Answer» D. Glitch | |
| 295. |
The advantage of COM are its __ and __ |
| A. | Compact size; speed readability |
| B. | Compact size, speed |
| C. | Readability; speed |
| D. | Low cost; readability |
| Answer» A. Compact size; speed readability | |
| 296. |
The BIOS is the abbreviation of ________. |
| A. | Basic Input Output System |
| B. | Best Input Output System |
| C. | Basic Input Output Symbol |
| D. | Base Input Output System |
| Answer» A. Basic Input Output System | |
| 297. |
Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing? |
| A. | Laser printer |
| B. | Inkjet printer |
| C. | Daisywheel printer |
| D. | Dot matrix printer |
| Answer» A. Laser printer | |
| 298. |
IBM 1401 is |
| A. | First Generation Computer |
| B. | Second Generation Computer |
| C. | Third Generation Computer |
| D. | Fourth Generation Computer |
| Answer» B. Second Generation Computer | |
| 299. |
Most of the first generation computers were |
| A. | Special purpose computers |
| B. | General purpose computers |
| C. | Both of above |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» A. Special purpose computers | |
| 300. |
Floppy disks typically in diameter |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 5.25 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» D. All of above | |
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