1) The physical parts of a computer are known as

a) Software
b) Hardware
c) Shareware
d) Fixedware
e) Digitalware

2) Which cannot be treated as Computer Hardware?

a) Motherboard
b) Cards
c) Memory
d) Ports
e) Power Supply

3) The software that consists of all the programs, languages and

documents supplied by the manufacturer of the computers is called
a) Application Software
b) System Software
c) Utility Software
d) a and c
e) b and c

4) Which type of the following software is used by a person for

preparation of documents?
a) Data Processor
b) Word Processor
c) Compiler
d) Multimedia
e) b and c

5) A process known as ____________ is used by large retailers to

study trends
a) data mining
b) data selection
c) POS
d) data conversion
e) None of the above

6) MICR stands for

a) Magnetic Ink Code Reader
b) Magnetic Ink Character Reader
c) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
d) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
e) None of the above

7) A computer consists of
a) Central Processing Unit
b) Memory
c) Input and Output Unit
d) All the above
e) None of the above
8) Properly arranged data is called
a) Field
b) Words
c) Information
d) File
e) None of the above

9) What type of device is Computer Keyboard?

a) Memory
b) Output
c) Storage
d) Input
e) None of the above

10) Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?

a) Floppy / Hard Disks
b) CD-ROMs
c) Tape devices
d) Pen drives
e) All the above

11) __________ are used to identify a user who returns to a Website.

a) Cookies
b) Plug-ins
c) Scripts
d) ASPs
e) None of these

12) The device that is used for transmission of digitised images of

data, drawings or picture from one point to another
a) email
b) Fax
c) Dotmatrix printer
d) Laser printer
e) All the above

13) The term OCR stands for

a) Open Character Recognition
b) Optical Character Recognition
c) Optical Mark Reader
d) Optical Micro Reader
e) None of the above

14) The resolution of the computer screen is determined by which of

the following?
a) Colour
b) Memory
c) Pixels
d) Processor speed
e) b and c
15) The printing device that is designed to produce large drawing /
image by using robotics arm to draw with coloured pens on a sheet of
paper is called:
a) Laser Printer
b) Plotter
c) Inkjet Printer
d) Scanner
e) Dotmatrix Printer

16) Which of the following is a part of Binary Number System?

a) ABC
b) A1034
c) 160
d) 1010
e) 11401

17) Email systems work on the principle of providing each user with a
____________ located in a computer in which messages are stored and
can be accessed:
a) Password
b) Personal ID
c) Mail Box
d) Pass Phrase
e) Mail Server

18) The term ecommerce represents which of the following?

a) Economical Commerce
b) Electrical Commerce
c) Electronic Commerce
d) Elementary Commerce
e) Any of the above

19) Under Computer security, where the entry to the system is allowed
with features like fingerprint or eye-retina pattern is called
a) Physical security
b) Logical security
c) Network security
d) Biometric security
e) None of the above

20) The frauds and other kinds of crimes that happen on the internet
network are called:
a) Internet frauds
b) Internet crimes
c) Cyber crimes
d) Electronic frauds
e) None of the above

21) __________ tags, when placed on an animal, can be used to track

in a database all of the animal's movements:
 a) POS
b) RFID
c) PPS
d) GPS
e) None of the above

22) Surgeons can perform delicate operations by manipulating devices

through computers instead of manually. This technology is known as:
a) Robotics
b) Computer forensics
c) Simulation
d) Forecasting
e) None of the above

23) Computers gather data, which means that they allow users to
____________ data
a) present
b) input
c) output
d) store
e) None of the above

24) Computers use the ____________ language to process data

a) processing
b) kilobyte
c) binary
d) representational
e) None of the above

25) The term bit is short for

a) Megabyte
b) Binary language
c) Binary digit
d) Binary number
e) None of the above

26) A string of eight 0s and 1s is called a

a) megabyte
b) byte
c) kilobyte
d) gigabyte
e) None of the above

27) All of the following are examples of input devices EXCEPT

a) Scanner
b) Mouse
c) Keyboard
d) Printer
e) None of the above

28) The CPU and memory are located on the

 a) expansion board
b) motherboard
c) storage device
d) output device
e) None of the above

29) Word processing, spreadsheet and photo-editing are examples of

a) application software
b) system software
c) operating system software
d) platform software
e) None of the above

30) System software is the set of programs that enables your

computer's hardware devices and ___________ software to work together
a) management
b) processing
c) utility
d) application
e) None of the above

31) Servers are computers that provide resources to other computers

connected to a
a) network
b) mainframe
c) supercomputer
d) client
e) None of the above

32) The difference between people with access to computers and the
Internet and those without this access is known as the
a) digital divide
b) Internet divide
c) Web divide
d) broadband divide
e) None of the above

33) One byte consists of ________ bits

a) 8
b) 2
c) 4
d) 16
e) None of the above

34) The binary language consists of ____________ digit(s).

a) 8
b) 2
c) 1,000
d) 1
e) None of the above
35) All of these are suggestions for safe computing EXCEPT
a) don’t borrow disks from other people
b) open all e-mail messages but open them slowly
c) download shareware and freeware with caution
d) disinfect your system
e) None of the above

36) What is the most common tool used to restrict access to a

computer system?
a) User logins
b) Passwords
c) Computer keys
d) Access-control software
e) None of the above

37) First generation computer systems used

a) Transistors
b) Vacuum tubes
c) Magnetic cores
d) Silicon chips
e) None of the above

38) Transistors are associated with which computer system?

a) First generation
b) Fifth generation
c) Second generation
d) Third generation
e) Fourth generation

39) 18. Charles Babbage invented

a) ENIAC
b) Difference Engine
c) Electronic Computer
d) Punched Card
e) None of the above

40) A terabyte comprises of

a) 1024 GB
b) 1024 KB
c) 1024 MB
d) 1024 Bytes
e) None of the above

41) Select the smallest memory size

a) Terabyte
b) Gigabyte
c) Kilobyte
d) Megabyte
e) Petabyte

42) Ctrl, Shift and Alt are called _________________ Keys

 a) Modifier
b) Function
c) Alphanumeric
d) Adjustment
e) Hot

43) If a word typed is not in MS Word’s dictionary, a ____________

wavy underline appears below the word
a) red
b) green
c) blue
d) black
e) None of these

44) ____________Software allows users to perform calculations on rows

and columns of data
a) Word processing
b) Presentation graphics
c) Database Management Systems
d) Electronic Spreadsheet
e) None of these

45) The horizontal and vertical lines on a worksheet are called

a) cells
b) sheets
c) block lines
d) gridlines
e) None of these

46) To delete an incorrect character in a document, ____________ to

erase to the right of the insertion point (cursor)
a) press the left mouse key
b) double-click the right mouse key
c) press the BACKSPACE key
d) press the delete key
e) None of these

47) The operating system does all of the following EXCEPT

a) provide a way for the user to interact with the computer
b) manage the central processing unit (CPU)
c) manage memory and storage
d) enable users to perform a specific task such as document
editing
e) None of the above

48) ____________ are lists of commands that appear on the screen

a) GUIs
b) Icons
c) Menus
d) Windows
e) None of the above
49) Verification of a login name and password is known as
a) configuration
b) accessibility
c) authentication
d) logging in
e) None of the above

50) The computer's contents are organised in a hierarchical structure

of directories that include all of the following EXCEPT
a) files
b) folders
c) drives
d) systems
e) None of the above