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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Common Topics in Competitive and Entrance exams , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) , Indian Administrative Service (IAS) .
| 2001. |
The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform |
| A. | Arithmetic Operation |
| B. | Logic operation |
| C. | Fetch operations |
| D. | Either of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Either of these | |
| 2002. |
A physical connection between the microprocessor memory and other parts of the microcomputer is known as : |
| A. | Path |
| B. | Address bus |
| C. | Route |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Address bus | |
| 2003. |
A group of magnetic tapes, videos or terminals usually under the control of one master is : |
| A. | Cylinder |
| B. | Surface |
| C. | Track |
| D. | Cluster |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Cluster | |
| 2004. |
Each model of a computer has a unique : |
| A. | Assembly of a computer |
| B. | Machine language |
| C. | High level language |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Machine language | |
| 2005. |
Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry? |
| A. | Motorola |
| B. | IBM |
| C. | Intel |
| D. | AMD |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Intel | |
| 2006. |
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. | Flash memory |
| Answer» B. Internal memory | |
| 2007. |
Microprocessors can be used to make |
| A. | Computer |
| B. | Digital systems |
| C. | Calculators |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 2008. |
The subject of cybernetics deals with the science of |
| A. | Genetics |
| B. | Control and communications |
| C. | Molecular biology |
| D. | Biochemistry |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Control and communications | |
| 2009. |
Which command is used to set a name to a disk in DOS? |
| A. | VOLUME |
| B. | VOL |
| C. | LABEL |
| D. | DISKLABEL |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. LABEL | |
| 2010. |
Superscript, subscript, outline, emboss, engrave are known as |
| A. | font styles |
| B. | font effects |
| C. | word art |
| D. | text effects |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. font effects | |
| 2011. |
Shimmer, Sparkle text, Blinking Background etc. are known as |
| A. | font styles |
| B. | font effects |
| C. | word art |
| D. | text effects |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. text effects | |
| 2012. |
Which of the following is not available in Font Spacing? |
| A. | Normal |
| B. | Loosely |
| C. | Condensed |
| D. | Expanded |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Loosely | |
| 2013. |
Bold, Italic, Regular are known as |
| A. | font styles |
| B. | font effects |
| C. | word art |
| D. | text effects |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» A. font styles | |
| 2014. |
If you begin typing an entry into a cell and then realize that you don’t want your entry placed into a cell, you : |
| A. | Press the Erase key |
| B. | Press Esc |
| C. | Press the Enter button |
| D. | Press the Edit Formula button |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Press Esc | |
| 2015. |
Which of the following will not cut information? |
| A. | Pressing Ctrl + C |
| B. | Selecting Edit > Cut from the menu |
| C. | Clicking the Cut button on the standard |
| D. | Pressing Ctrl + X |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Pressing Ctrl + C | |
| 2016. |
Computer connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) can |
| A. | run faster |
| B. | go on line |
| C. | share information and /or share peripheral equipment |
| D. | |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. share information and /or share peripheral equipment | |
| 2017. |
A self replicating program, similar to a virus which was taken from a 1970s science fiction novel by John Bruner entitled the Shockwave Rider is…………. |
| A. | Bug |
| B. | Vice |
| C. | Lice |
| D. | Worm |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Worm | |
| 2018. |
Unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail is known as |
| A. | Spam |
| B. | Trash |
| C. | Calibri |
| D. | Courier |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Spam | |
| 2019. |
COBOL is widely used in………. applications |
| A. | Commercial |
| B. | Scientific |
| C. | Space |
| D. | Mathematical |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Commercial | |
| 2020. |
VDU is also called |
| A. | Screen |
| B. | Monitor |
| C. | Both (a) & (b) |
| D. | Printer |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Both (a) & (b) | |
| 2021. |
What kind of software would you most likely use to keep track of billing account? |
| A. | Word Processing |
| B. | Electronic Publishing |
| C. | Spreadsheet |
| D. | Web authoring |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Spreadsheet | |
| 2022. |
Test the validity of the statements? |
| A. | 1 KB = 1024 BYTES |
| B. | 1 MB = 2048 BYTES |
| C. | 1 MB = 1000 KILOBYTES |
| D. | 1 KB = 1000 BYTES |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» A. 1 KB = 1024 BYTES | |
| 2023. |
Which of the following is not a computer language? |
| A. | BASIC |
| B. | C++ |
| C. | C# |
| D. | Java |
| E. | Microsoft |
| Answer» E. Microsoft | |
| 2024. |
Now a days Vishing has become a criminal practice of using social engineering over which of the following? |
| A. | Social networking sites |
| B. | Mobile Phones |
| C. | E-mails |
| D. | Cyber cafes |
| E. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Mobile Phones | |
| 2025. |
What is the fullform of W3C? |
| A. | World Wide Web Consortium |
| B. | World Wide Web Company |
| C. | World Wide Web Center |
| D. | World Wide Web Command |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» A. World Wide Web Consortium | |
| 2026. |
In the MICR Code Line Structure what do represent the first three digits of Sort field number consisting of nine digits? |
| A. | City |
| B. | Bank |
| C. | Branch |
| D. | Account Type |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» A. City | |
| 2027. |
Most of the internet banking sites provide which of the following feature to reduce the risk of keystroke logging for the password entry? |
| A. | Virtual keyboard |
| B. | Finger Touching |
| C. | Touchscreen |
| D. | ShapeWriter |
| E. | Dasher |
| Answer» A. Virtual keyboard | |
| 2028. |
ADSL data communications technology uses which of the following for faster data transmission? |
| A. | Voiceband modem |
| B. | Wireless Modem |
| C. | Copper telephone Lines |
| D. | Sockets |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Copper telephone Lines | |
| 2029. |
What is the purpose of keeping electronic devices such as computers, televisions, and remote controlled devices on Sleep mode? |
| A. | Reduce Power consumption |
| B. | Back up |
| C. | To write contents of RAM to hard disc |
| D. | To improve download speed |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Reduce Power consumption | |
| 2030. |
What is the ultimate purpose of Defragmentation? |
| A. | Make the PC faster |
| B. | Create More Free Space |
| C. | Delete temporary files |
| D. | Reduce Power consumption |
| E. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Create More Free Space | |
| 2031. |
The purpose of the primary key in a database is to : |
| A. | unlock the database |
| B. | provide a map of the data |
| C. | uniquely identify a record |
| D. | establish constraints on database operations |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. provide a map of the data | |
| 2032. |
The design of the network is called the network : |
| A. | architecture |
| B. | server |
| C. | transmission |
| D. | type |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» A. architecture | |
| 2033. |
The most frequently used instructions of a computer program are likely to be fetched from : |
| A. | the hard disk |
| B. | cache memory |
| C. | RAM |
| D. | registers |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. cache memory | |
| 2034. |
Personal logs or journal entries posted on the Web are known as : |
| A. | listservs |
| B. | Webcasts |
| C. | blogs |
| D. | subject directories |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. blogs | |
| 2035. |
Linux is a(n)………..operating system. |
| A. | open-source |
| B. | Microsoft |
| C. | Windows |
| D. | Mac |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» A. open-source | |
| 2036. |
Which of the following places the common data elements in order from smallest to largest |
| A. | character, file, record, field, database |
| B. | character, record, field, database, file |
| C. | character, field, record, file, database |
| D. | Bit, byte, character, record, field, file, database |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. character, field, record, file, database | |
| 2037. |
Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning file names? |
| A. | Files may share the same name or the same extension but not both |
| B. | Every file in the same folder must have a unique name |
| C. | File extension is another name for file type |
| D. | The file extension comes before the dot (.) followed by the name |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. The file extension comes before the dot (.) followed by the name | |
| 2038. |
Which of the following would most likely NOT be a symptom of a virus? |
| A. | Existing program files and icons disappear. |
| B. | The CD-ROM stops functioning. |
| C. | The Web browser opens to an unusual home page. |
| D. | Odd messages or images are displayed on the screen. |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. The CD-ROM stops functioning. | |
| 2039. |
………..are lists of commands that appear on the screen. |
| A. | GUIs |
| B. | Icons |
| C. | Menus |
| D. | Windows |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Menus | |
| 2040. |
What is the correct association between a hardware component and a computer function? |
| A. | Monitor > input |
| B. | Mouse > input |
| C. | CPU > storage |
| D. | Hard disk > processing |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Mouse > input | |
| 2041. |
What is the function of Drop Cap? |
| A. | It does not allow capital letters to be used in the documents. |
| B. | It makes first letter of each word capital letter in the documents. |
| C. | It lets you begin a paragraph with a large dropped initial capital letter. |
| D. | It automatically starts all paragraphs and sentences with capital letters. |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. It lets you begin a paragraph with a large dropped initial capital letter. | |
| 2042. |
The errors that can be pointed out by the compiler are : |
| A. | Syntax error |
| B. | Symantic error |
| C. | Logical error |
| D. | Internal error |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Syntax error | |
| 2043. |
To move to the bottom of a document, press………. |
| A. | Auto summarize |
| B. | Home key |
| C. | Ctrl + Home key |
| D. | End key |
| E. | Ctrl + End key |
| Answer» E. Ctrl + End key | |
| 2044. |
By default, your documents print in ……..……mode. |
| A. | Landscape |
| B. | Portrait |
| C. | Page setup |
| D. | Print preview |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Portrait | |
| 2045. |
What’s the name for the program or service that lets you view e-mail messages? |
| A. | Web browser |
| B. | E-mail clients |
| C. | E-mail ID |
| D. | Internet |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. E-mail clients | |
| 2046. |
What does the SMTP in an SMTP server stand for? |
| A. | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| B. | Server Message Test Phase |
| C. | Short Messaging Text Process |
| D. | Short Messaging Transfer Protocol |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Short Messaging Text Process | |
| 2047. |
What’s considered the “backbone” of the World Wide Web? |
| A. | Uniform resource locator (URL) |
| B. | Hypertext mark-up language (HTML) |
| C. | Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) |
| D. | File transfer protocol (FTP) |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) | |
| 2048. |
We access the World Wide Web using : |
| A. | Browsers |
| B. | Instant messaging applications |
| C. | High bandwidth |
| D. | Search engine |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Browsers | |
| 2049. |
The internet began with the development of: |
| A. | USENET |
| B. | ARPANET |
| C. | Ethernet |
| D. | Intranet |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. ARPANET | |
| 2050. |
A wireless network uses……….waves to transmit signals. |
| A. | mechanical |
| B. | radio |
| C. | sound |
| D. | magnetic |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. radio | |
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