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1. Hardware is a program which consists of a set of instructions that tells the computer how to perform
an operation.
A. True
B. False
4. Application software is a type of software that enable a computer and its peripheral devices to
function smoothly.
A. True
B. False
5. The two categories of software are system software and utility software.
A. True
B. False
8. Database program, spreadsheet and graphics software are example of utility software.
A. True
B. False
11. Which of the following statements explains how the operating system provides user interface
correctly?
A. Controlling how user collect data
B. Controlling how information is displayed
C. There are two types of user interface
D. Command-driven is a type of user interface
12. A user is using the operating system facilities to restart a computer. The user is performing a _______
A. Cold boot
B. Hot boot
C. Driver boot
D. Warm boot
13. A user is turning on a computer that has been completely power off. The user is performing a
_____________
A. Reboot
B. Cold boot
C. Hot boot
D. Warm boot
14. A small program that tells the operating system how to communicate with a specific device is called
_________
A. system driver
B. device driver
C. device system
D. operating driver
15. When we start an application, the CPU loads the application from _________________ ,
A. the CPU to the RAM
B. the storage to the memory
C. the memory to the storage
D. the RAM to the hard disk
16. Program that protects a computer against viruses by identifying and removing any computer virus
A. Diagnostic Utility
B. Antivirus
C. File Manager
D. Screen Saver
19. Utility program that performs function related to files and disk management.
A. Antivirus
B. File Manager
C. Diagnostic Utility
D. Screen saver
20. Utility program that enable a display device's screen to show a moving image if no activity
A. Antivirus
B. Screen saver
C. File Manager
D. Diagnostic Utility
24. An application software that allows user to edit digital representation or non-text information
A. Macromedia Freehand
B. Corel Quattro Pro
C. Microsoft Powerpoint
D. Google Doc
26. A challenge question that can only easily be answered by a human, used to prevent access to a
system by an automated program; typically a distorted image of letters and numbers that the user has
to identify.
A. Username and password
B. CAPTCHA
C. Biometric
D. Access Control
27. Which of the following is the telephone based shared Service Centre?
A. ATM
B. Call centre
C. Phone centre
D. None of these
28. A facility that allows the user to speak into a special device while typing a letter using computer is
called ______
A. Speaker
B. Dictaphone
C. Telephone
D. Cell phone
35. A channel for communicating across a boundary between two or more subsystem is known as
A. Data path
B. Interface
C. Act gram
D. Walk through
38. The term used to refer to the checking of outputs of a computers, with the corresponding input
documents, is called
A. Auditing through the computer
B. Auditing around the computer
C. Process control
D. Beta-test
39. Which of the following is not true of the conversion phase of the development life cycle?
A. The non-machine components of the system should be considered
B. Documentation should be emphasized
C. Steps must be taken to phase out the old system
D. The user and systems personnel must work closely together
40. Which was the first phone to integrate iTunes?
A. Motorola ROKR E1
B. Apple iPhone
C. Motorola RAZR V3
D. LG VX 8300
41. Before smartphones became mass-market devices, which two feature-phone platforms dominated the
U.S. market?
A. BlackBerry and Ubuntu
B. Symbian and iMode
C. Firefox OS and Preminet
D. Java and Brew
42. Regulatory pushback prevented which two major carriers from joining forces in 2011?
A. Verizon and Sprint
B. Sprint and U.S. Cellular
C. AT&T and T-Mobile
D. T-Mobile and Sprint
44. Which company once planned to build a dedicated network to deliver mobile video to U.S.
consumers?
A. HiWire
B. Qualcomm
C. Crown Castle
D. All of the above
45. Mobile and tablet devices accounted for which percentage of worldwide internet usage,
according to a study released in November by StatCounter?
A. 44%
B. 66.6%
C. 59.8%
D. 51.3%
46. Who is widely credited as inventing the first handheld cellular mobile phone?
A. Martin Shkreli
B. Cooper Martin
C. Martin Cooper
D. Aston Martin
50. Which company produced seven of the top ten best-selling mobile phones of all time, according to
Wikipedia?
A. Nokia
B. Apple
C. Samsung
D. Motorola
51. Which carrier became the world’s first to launch public LTE service in 2009?
A. DoCoMo
B. Verizon
C. TeliaSonera
D. SK Telecom
52. Which was the most popular free title in Apple’s App Store last year?
A. Pokémon Go
B. Facebook
C. Snapchat
D. Messenger
53. Which carrier claims the world’s largest number of wireless subscribers?
A. América Movíl
B. Vodafone
C. Airtel
D. China Mobile
54. Which company launched the first generation of mobile phone service in the U.S. in 1983?
A. Ameritech
B. Nextel
C. VoiceStream
D. U.S. Cellular
55. The instructions that tell the computer what to do and how to do it:
A. Hardware
B. Software
C. Mouse
D. Printer
E.. Monitor
57. When keyboarding, all of the following are examples of good posture, EXCEPT:
A. Eyes on the monitor
B. Elbows on the table
C. Feet on the floor
D. Back straight
E. Fingers on "home row."
65. Where is the disk put to enable the computer to read it?
A. ALU
B .Disk drive
C. Memory
D. CPU
66. Which facilitates data processing capabilities at the location of the end-user
A. FAX
B. DDP
C. EDT
D. DTP
67. What is the number of read write heads in the drive for a 9 track magnetic tape
A. 9
B. 16
C. 18
D. 27
69. Permanent instructions that the computer uses when it is turned on and that cannot be changed by
other instructions are contained in ___
A. ALU
B .ROM
C. REM
D. RAM
70. A device for changing the connection on a connector to a different configuration is ___
A. A converter
B. An adapter
C. An attachment
D. A component
71. A ___ is used to read handwritten or printed text to make a digital image that is stored in memory.
A. Touch pad
B. Scanner
C. Printer
D. Laser beam
72. When a bank teller uses a computer terminal to know the balance in a customer’s accounts it is an
example of?
A. Online updating
B. Online query
C. Online processing
D. Offline processing
73. The hardware device commonly referred to as the “brain” of the computer
A. Secondary storage
B. CPU
C. Data input
D. RAM chip
75. Which of the following printer is typically used in large computer system?
A) Inkjet printers
(B) Line printers
(C) Daisy wheel printers
(D) Dot matrix printers
76. What is the most popular hardware for multimedia creations?
A. WANs
B. PCs
C. Mainframe computers
D. Minicomputers
90. Saving a file from the internet unto your desktop is called
A. Transferring
B. Downloading
C. Storing
D. Storing
96. The output printed by a computer through a printer on the paper is called?
A. Virtual copy
B. Hard copy
C. Soft copy
D. None of the above
97. Which of the following operations is not performed by a computer?
A. Control
B. Understand
C. Output
D. Input
99. An OS that controls a single desktop computer and normally stored on the computer’s hard disk.
A. Embedded
B. Stand Alone
C. NOS
D. PC-DOS