1. Which of the following companies developed MS Office 2000?

Microsoft Novell Corel Lotus

Ans : 1

2. Which of the following is not a part of a standard office suite?

Word Processor Data base Image Editor File Manager

Ans : 4

3. Which of the following is the Word Processor in MS Office?

Word Star Word Pad Word Word Perfect

Ans : 3

4. MS Word allows creation of ___ type of documents by default?

.DOC .WPF .TXT .DOT

Ans : 1

5. Which of the following is not a special program in MS Office?

Office Art Clip Art Word Art Paint Art

Ans : 4

6. Outlook Express is a ___

E-Mail Client Scheduler Address Book All of the above

Ans : 4

7. ____ is an animated character that gives help in MSOffice?

Office Worker Comic Assistant Office Assistant None of these

Ans : 3

8. MS Office provides help in many ways. Which of these are more closer to the answer?

What’s This Office Assistant Help Menu All of the above

Ans : 4

9. Which input device cannot be used to work in MSOffice?

Scanner Light Pen Mouse Joy Stick

Ans : 4

10. Which menu in MSWord can be used to change page size & typeface?
 View Tools Format Data
Ans : 3

11. Which of the following is not a standard MSOffice Edition?

CE Advanced Standard Professional

Ans : 2

12. MSOffice 2000 included a full-fledged Web designing software called ___

Front Page
MS Word FrontPage 2000 None of these
Express
Ans : 3

13. Which key should be pressed to start a new paragraph in MSWord?

Down Cursor Key Enter Key Shift + Enter Control + Enter

Ans : 2

14. Which of these toolbars allows changing of Fonts and their sizes?

Standard Formatting Print Preview None of these

Ans : 2

15. Which bar is usually located below that Title Bar that provides categorized options?

Menu bar Status Bar Tool bar Scroll bar

Ans : 1

16. Which of the following are valid Min. & Max. zoom sizes in MSOffice

10, 100 20, 250 10, 500 10, 1000

Ans : 3

17. Which type of files cannot be navigated using ClipArt browser?

AVI BMP WAV MP3

Ans : 4

18. Which of the following is the latest version of Microsoft Word?

Word 97 Word 98 Word ME Word XP

Ans : 4

19. Which of the following is not a valid version of MS Office?

 Office 4 Office 97 Office 98 Office 2000
Ans : 3

20. Which option in File pull-down menu is used to close a file in MSWord?

New Quit Close Exit

Ans : 3

1. Which of the following is the latest version of Excel?

Excel 2000 Excel 2002 Excel ME Excel XP

Ans : 4

2. Excel files have a default extension of

XLS XLW WK1 123

Ans : 1

3. Which of the following is a popular DOS based spreadsheet package?

Word Smart Cell Excel Lotus 1-2-3

Ans : 4

4. Which of the following is the oldest spread sheet package?

VisiCalc Lotus 1-2-3 Excel StarCalc

Ans : 1

5. Files created with Lotus 1-2-3 have an extension

DOC XLS 123 WK1

Ans : 3

6. How many characters can be typed in a single cell in Excel?

256 1024 32,000 65,535

Ans : 4

7. A Worksheet can have a maximum of ___ number of rows

256 1024 32,000 65,536

Ans : 4

8. A typical worksheet has ___ number of columns

 128 256 512 1024
Ans : 2

9. Comments put in cells are called

Smart Tip Cell Tip Web Tip Soft Tip

Ans : 2

10. Comments can be added to cells using

Insert -> View ->

Edit -> Comments File -> Comments
Comment Comments
Ans : 2

11. Which menu option can be used to split windows into two

View -> Window

Format -> Window Window -> Split View -> Split
-> Split
Ans : 3

12. Getting data from a cell located in a different sheet is called ___

Accessing Referencing Updating Functioning

Ans : 2

13. Which of the following is not a valid data type in Excel

Number Character Label Date/Time

Ans : 2

14. Which elements of a worksheet can be protected from accidental modification

Contents Objects Scenarios All of the above

Ans : 4

15. A numeric value can be treated as a label value if it precedes with

Apostrophe (‘) Exclamation (!) Hash (#) Tilde (~)

Ans : 1

16. Concatenation of text can be done using

Apostrophe (‘) Exclamation (!) Hash (#) Ampersand (&)

Ans : 4
17. Data can be arranged in a worksheet in an easy to understand manner using

Auto Formatting Applying Styles Changing fonts All of these

Ans : 4

18. Which area in an Excel window allows entering values and formulas

Title Bar Menu Bar Formula Bar Standard Tool Bar

Ans : 3

19. Multiple calculations can be made in a single formula using

Standard
Array Formula Complex Formulas Smart Formula
Formulas
Ans : 2 20. An Excel Workbook is a collection of

Worksheets and
Workbooks Worksheets Charts
Charts
Ans : 4

1. The arrangement of elements such as Title and subtitle text, pictures, tables etc. is called

Layout Presentation Design Scheme

Ans : 1

2. A File which contains readymade styles that can be used for a presentation is called

AutoStyle Template Wizard Pre formatting

Ans : 2

3. Power Point 2000 has ___ number of views

3 4 5 6
Ans : 1

4. The maximum Zoom percentage in Microsoft PowerPoint is

100% 200% 400% 500%

Ans : 3

5. After choosing a predefine template, ___ option has to be chosen to change the
background color

Design Template Color Scheme Animation Scheme Color Effects

Ans : 2
6. Ellipse Motion is a predefined ____

Design Template Color Scheme Animation Scheme None of these

Ans : 3

7. Animation Schemes can be applied to ____ in the presentation

All slides Select slides Current Slide All of the above

Ans : 4

8. To insert a new slide in the current Presentation, we can choose

CTRL+M CTRL+N CTRL+O CTRL+F

Ans : 1

9. A Chart can be put as a part of the presentation using

Insert -> Pictures

Insert -> Chart Edit -> Chart View -> Chart
-> Chart
Ans : 2

10. We can replace a font on all slides with another font using the ___ option

Tools -> Replace Format -> Replace

Edit -> Fonts Tools -> Fonts
Fonts Fonts
Ans : 4

11. Which key on the keyboard can be used to view Slide show

F1 F2 F5 F10
Ans : 3

12. Which option in PowerPoint allows to carry slides from one computer to another

Save As Save and Go Pack and Go Web and Go

Ans : 3

13. Which view in Power Point can be used to enter Speaker Comments?

Normal Slide Show Slide Sorter Notes Page view

Ans : 4

14. Which option can be used to set custom timings for slides in a presentation?

Slider Timings Slider Timer Rehearsal Slide Show Setup

Ans : 3
15. Which option can be used to create a new slide show with the current slides but
presented in a different order

Custom Slide
Rehearsal Slide Show Setup Slide Show View
show
Ans : 2

16. The boxes that are displayed to indicate that the text, pictures or objects are placed in
it is called ____

Placeholder AutoText Text box Word Art

Ans : 1

17. Which of the following is an example for Automatic Text formatting

Underlining Adjusting extra Replacing two –‘s

All of the above
Hyperlink space with an em hyphen
Ans : 4

18. Which type of fonts are best suite for titles and headlines

Serif Fonts Sans Serif Fonts Text Fonts Picture Fonts

Ans : 2

19. Which type of fonts are best suite to display large amount of text

Serif Fonts Sans Serif Fonts Text Fonts Picture Fonts

Ans : 1

20. Power Point can display data from which of the following add-in software of MS Office?

Equation Editor Organization Chart Photo Album All of these

Ans : 4

1. What is the name of the series of Laptop computers manufactured by IBM called?

LapPad ThinkPad Aptiva Notepaq

Ans : 2

2. What is the name of the 64-bit Microprocessor developed by AMD?

Opteron RISC-9000 iMac Athlon

Ans : 1

3. Which computer periperal manufacturer quotes - Empowering your PC

 Canon Epson Mercury Samsung
Ans : 3

4. Nortel is a company into manufactures

Network
Software Processors Cables
equiptment
Ans : 4

5. Who among the following is a Personal Computer manufacturer from Taiwan

Sony IBM Samsung Acer

Ans : 4

6. SCSI is a term related with

Network Data
Storage Keystroke Rate Picture resolution
Transfer
Ans : 1

7. Which company did SCO sue for using code UNIX in its Operating System?

RedHat SuSE IBM Microsoft

Ans : 4

8. What are the units used to count the speed of a printer?

CPM DPI PPM BIT

Ans : 4

9. Which of the following organizations looks at standards for representation of data on the
Internet ?

ISOC W3C IEEE IETE

Ans : 2

10. What is the other name for a LAN Card?

Network
NIC MODEM Internet Card
Connector
Ans : 1

11. Which of the following cables can transmit data at high speeds

Coaxial Cable Optic Fibre Cable Twistedpair Cable UTP Cable

Ans : 2
12. What is the name of the latest Server Operating System developed by Microsoft?

Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003

Ans : 4

13. Which of the following is a term related with scanners?

Laser TWAIN Catridge Media

Ans : 2

14. Who is the founder of BSD Unix?

Bill Gates Dennis Ritche Bill Joy Linux Torvalds

Ans : 3

15. Who is the founder of Oracle Corporation?

Bill Gates Lars Ellison Andrew S Grove Marc Andreeson

Ans : 2

16. What is the name of the software that allows us to browse through web pages called?

Browser Mail Client FTP Client Messenger

Ans : 1

17. Macromedia is a name of a company related with

Hardware Software Periperals Services

Ans : 2

18. What is the address given to a computer connected to a network called?

System Address SYSID Process ID IP Address

Ans : 4

19. Direct X is a _____

Software that
Computer Part drives Graphic A User Interface None of these
hardware
Ans : 2

20. When you purchase a product over a Mobile Phone, the transaction is called ___

Web Commerce e-Commerce m-Commerce Mobile Purchases

Ans : 3
1. Which of the following is not a database application?

dBase

Edit

FoxPro

Access
Ans : 2

2. Which of the following is a database management tool developed by Microsoft?

dBase

Access

Personal Oracle

Sybase
Ans : 2

3. HSAM stands for ____

Hierarchic Sequential Access Method

Hierarchic Standard Access Method

Hierarchic Sequential and Method

Hierarchic Standard and Method

Ans : 1

4. Threats to data security may be ____ threats to the database.

Direct

Indirect

Both Direct and Indirect

None of these
Ans : 1

5. Which of the following is not a logical database structure?

 Chain

Network

Tree

Relational
Ans : 1

6. An organized collection of logically related data is known as

Data

Meta data

Database

Data versus Information

Ans : 3

7. The processing of an application between a client and a ____ processor.

Front end

Back end

Both

None of these
Ans : 3

8. The____ is not formal enough to be implemented directly in a programming language.

Analysis model

E R model

Object oriented model

Object oriented data mode

Ans : 1

9. Size of a database are usually measured in terms of

 Terabytes

Megabytes

Data bytes

Giga bytes
Ans : 4

10. In databases, Locking level is also called as

Gramulority

S lock

X lock

Dead lock
Ans : 1

1. The basic operations performed by a computers are

Arithmetic operation

Logical operation

Storage and relative

All the above

4

2. The earliest calculating devices are

Abacus

Clock

Difference Engine

None of these
 1

3. The man who built the first Mechanical Calculator was

Joseph Marie Jacquard

John Mauchly

Blaise Pascal

Harward Ailken
3

4. Punched cards were first introduced by

Powers

Pascal

Jacquard

Herman Hollerith
4

5. Computers built before the First Generation of computers were

Mechanical

Electro-mechanical

Electrical

None of these
2

6. Word length of a Personal Computer is ___

 4 bits

8 bits

16 bits

64 bits
1

7. Size of the primary memory of a PC ranges between

2KB to 8KB

64KB & 256KB

256KB & 640KB

None of these
3

8. CPU speed of a personal computer is

32 KIPS

100 KIPS

1 MIPS

None of these
2

9. Programs are executed on the basis of a priority number in a

Batch processing system

Multiprogramming
 Time sharing

None of these
2

10. Cursor is a ____

Pixel

Thin blinking line

Pointing device

None of these
2

11. In a high resolution mode, the number of dots in a line will usually be

320

640

760

900
2

12. Programs stored in ROM are called ___

Hardware

Firmware

Software

None of these
 2

13. The unit KIPS is used to measure the speed of ___

Processor

Disk drive

Printer

Tape drive
1

14. IC are classified on the basis of ___

Manufacturing company

Type of computer

Number of transistors

None of these
3

15. MDR (Memory Data Register) holds the

Segment number

Address of a memory location

Number of transistors

None of these
3

16. A Compiler ____

 is a computer program

translates a high level language into machine language

is a part of software

None of these
2

17. Computer software includes ____

Application programs

Operating system programs

Packaged programs

All of these
4

18. Machine language ___

is the language in which programs were first written

is the only language understood by the computer

differs from one type of computer to another

All of these
4

19. Assembly language

uses alphabetic codes in place of binary numbers used in machine language

is the easiest language to write programs

 need not be translated into machine language

None of these
1

20. A source program is

a program written in a machine language

a program to be translated into machine language

a machine language translation of a program written in a

None of these
. A Compiler is ____

a program which a program which

a combination of translates from one translates from one
None of these
computer hardware high-level language to high-level to a
another machine level
Ans : 3

2. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the
keystroke into the corresponding bits

ANSI ASCII EBCDIC ISO

Ans : 1

3. A Pixel is

A computer The smallest

A picture stored in
program that draws resolvable part of a None of these
secondary memory
picture picture
Ans : 3

4. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment

Keyboard Mouse Joystick Track ball

Ans : 2

5. Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer?

 2 10 16 32
Ans : 1

6. Which of the following is not an output device?

Scanner Printer Flat Screen Touch Screen

Ans : 4

7. Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only information to it but
cannot erase or modify it

Floppy Disk Hard Disk Tape Drive CDROM

Ans : 4

8. Which technology is used in Compact disks?

Mechanical Electrical Electro Magnetic Laser

Ans : 4

9. Which of the following storage devices can store maximum amount of data?

Magneto Optic
Floppy Disk Hard Disk Compact Disk
Disk
Ans : 2

10. Which of the following is the largest manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives?

IBM Segate Microsoft 3M

Ans : 2

11. The memory location address are limited to

00000 to 9ffff(16) 00001 to 9ffff(16) 00010 to 9ffff(16) 10000 to 9ffff(16)

Ans : 1

12. The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as

Hardware Software Firmware ROMware

Ans : 3

13. Memory is made up of

Large number of
Set of wires Set of circuits All of these
cells
Ans : 3
14. Primary memory stores

Data alone Programs alone Results alone All of these

Ans : 4

15. EPROM can be used for

Erasing and
Erasing the Reconstructing the
reconstructing the Duplicating ROM
contents of ROM contents of ROM
contents of ROM
Ans : 3

16. Which device can understand difference between data & programs?

Input device Output device Memory Microprocessor

Ans : 4

17. The contents of information are stored in

Memory data Memory address Memory access Memory arithmetic

register register register register
Ans : 1

18. Memory unit is one part of

Central Processing
Input device Control unit Output device
Unit
Ans : 4

19. Algorithm and Flow chart help us to

Specify the
Know the memory Identify the base Direct the output
problem completely
capacity of a number system to a printer
and clearly
Ans : 4

20. Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk?

8" 5 1/4" 3 1/2" 5 1/2"

Ans : 2
1. Which was the last version of MSDOS that was released separately?

5.0 6.0 6.11 6.22

Ans : 4

2. Which file in MSDOS contains internal commands that are loaded during booting process?
 IO.SYS MSDOS.SYS COMMAND.COM CONFIG.SYS
Ans : 3

3. What is the name of the batch file that is automatically run when MSDOS is booted?

RUN.BAT CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.BAT AUTORUN.BAT

Ans : 4

4. Which type of commands in DOS needs additional files for their execution?

Internal External
Batch Commands Redirectors
Commands Commands
Ans : 2

5. The TIME command is used to display _____ time.

Greenwich Mean
US Time Julian Time System Time
Time
Ans : 1

6. Which switch should be used in the DIR command to view files in all directories?

/P /W /S /L
Ans : 3

7. Which among the following are the best tools for fixing errors on disks?

FDISK SCANDISK CHKDSK FIXDSK

Ans : 2

8. What is the switch that is used to make sure that the COPY command copied files
correctly.

/A /C /S /V
Ans : 4

9. What will be the output of the command PROMPT $L$P$G?

<> C:\> C:\>

Ans : 1

10. Which of the following statements in regard to Directories is false?

The root directory

Directories can Directories with Directories cannot
is always at the
exist inside directories files can be deleted be renamed
highest level
Ans : 4

11. Which command can be used to recreate the disk’s tracks and sectors?

FDISK FORMAT CHKDSK ATTRIB

Ans : 2

12. Which of the following statements is true in regard to DISKCOPY.

DISKCOPY is a DISKCOPY can be

COPY and DISKCOPY can be
built in command in used with a floppy and
DISKCOPY are same used on hard disks
DOS a hard disk
Ans : 3

13. FAT stands for

File File Allocation

File Access Tape File Activity Table
Accommodation Table Table
Ans : 3

14. Which command in DOS is used to display the version of MSDOS?

VERSION VERIFY VER VERSN

Ans : 3

15. Which of the following file names are invalid in MSDOS?

MYFILE.DOS CHECK$.(1) VERIFIED.### QWERTY.1?3

Ans : 4

16. VIRUS stands for

Very Important Virtual

Verify Interchange Very Important
Resource Under Information Resource
Result Until Source Record User Searched
Search Under Seize
Ans : 2

17. Which command in DOS can be used to recover accidentally deleted files?

UNDELETE DELETE /CANCEL RESTORE RECOVER

Ans : 1

18. Which command in DOS is used to set a name to a disk?

VOLUME VOL LABEL DISKLABEL

Ans : 3
19. Which of the following commands displays names of files in sorted order?

DIR/N DIR/SO DIR/AN DIR/AH

Ans : 3

20. Which command displays the list of all previous commands entered by the used?

COMMANDS/ALL KEYDOS DOSKEY DIR/ALL

Ans : 3
1. Which of the following language is predecessor to C Programming Language?

A B BCPL C++
Ans : 2

2. C programming language was developed by

Dennis Ritchie Ken Thompson Bill Gates Peter Norton

Ans : 1

3. C was developed in the year ___

1970 1972 1976 1980

Ans : 2

4. C is a ___ language

High Level Low Level Middle Level Machine Level

Ans : 3

5. C language is available for which of the following Operating Systems?

DOS Windows Unix All of these

Ans : 4

6. Which of the following symbol is used to denote a pre-processor statement?

! # ~ ;
Ans : 2

7. Which of the following is a Scalar Data type

Float Union Array Pointer

Ans : 1

8. Which of the following are tokens in C?

 Keywords Variables Constants All of the above
Ans : 4

9. What is the valid range of numbers for int type of data?

0 to 256 -32768 to +32767 -65536 to +65536 No specific range

Ans : 1

10. Which symbol is used as a statement terminator in C?

! # ~ ;
Ans : 4

11. Which escape character can be used to begin a new line in C?

\a \b \m \n
Ans : 4

12. Which escape character can be used to beep from speaker in C?

\a \b \m \n
Ans : 2

13. Character constants should be enclosed between ___

Single quotes Double quotes Both a and b None of these

Ans : 2

14. String constants should be enclosed between ___

Single quotes Double quotes Both a and b None of these

Ans : 1

15. Which of the following is invalid?

‘’ ““ ‘a’ ‘abc’
Ans : 4

16. The maximum length of a variable in C is ___

8 16 32 64
Ans : 1

17. What will be the maximum size of a float variable?

 1 byte 2 bytes 4 bytes 8 bytes
Ans : 2

18. What will be the maximum size of a double variable?

1 byte 4 bytes 8 bytes 16 bytes

Ans : 4

19. A declaration float a,b; occupies ___ of memory

1 byte 4 bytes 8 bytes 16 bytes

Ans : 2

20. The size of a String variable is

1 byte 8 bytes 16 bytes None of these

Ans : 4