WWW.EXAMVEDA.

COM
Computer Fundamental Part
355 MCQ Question…..

।
Computer Fundamental
!! " option & answer # $#
% & #&।

Collected
By
420jobseekers@gmail.com

1.Which storage device cannot be
erased?
A. A floppy disk
B. Magnetic tape storage
C. A CD-ROM
D. All of the above
Answer: Option C
2.Which storage device has the
largest capacity in MB's?
A. A floppy disk
B. A CD-ROM
C. Magnetic tape storage
D. Equal Capacity
Answer: Option B
3.Magnetic tape is a?
A. Random access medium
B. A parallel access medium
C. Universal Access medium
D. Serial access medium
Answer: Option D
4. Magnetic storage devices can
represent binary 0 by the
absence of ?
A. A magnetic field
B. Magnetic tape
C. Static electricity
D. It cannot possible.
Answer: Option B
5. Information on a hard disk is
usually backed-up using
a?
A. CD-ROM
B. Magnetic tape
C. Floppy disk
D. All of the above
Answer: Option A
6. You can protect a floppy disk.
A. Read
B. Write
C. Read and Write
D. All of the above
Answer: Option B
7. The amount of data that a disk
may contains known as
the disk's?
A. Volume
B. Size
C. Tracking Unit
D. Storage capacity
Answer: Option D
8. A laser printer does NOT use?
A. A photo-conductive drum
B. A print head
C. A laser beam
D. None of these
Answer: Option A
9. What do you need for an ink jet
printer?
A. A drum
B. A cartridge
C. A ribbon
D. All of the above
Answer: Option B
10. What would you not use with a
flatbed plotter?
A. A pen
B. Eraser
C. Paper
D. None of these
Answer: Option C
11. An impact printer creates
characters by using?
Page 1 of 41

A. An inked ribbon and print
head
B. Electrically charged ink
C. An ink pen
D. All of the above
Answer: Option A
16. Hard copy is a term used to
describe?
A. Printed output
B. Writing on a hard board
C. Storing information on the
hard disk
D. All of the above

12. Factory production lines can be Answer: Option A

automated using?
17. Where would you find a
A. Machine tools magnetic strip?
B. VDUs
C. Plotters A. Speakers
D. None of these B. Credit card
C. Smart card
Answer: Option B D. All of the above

13. A daisy wheel is a type of? Answer: Option B

A. Storage device 18. What would be the best way to

B. Pointing device move around a 3D
C. Scaning Device environment?
D. Printer A. Use a tracker ball
B. Use a keyboard
Answer: Option D C. Use a space mouse
D. Use Joystick
14. What are the individual dots
which make up a picture on the Answer: Option A
monitor screen called?
19. What does a light pen contain?
A. Colored spots
B. Pixies A. Refillable ink
C. Pixels B. Light sensitive elements
D. None of these C. Pencil lead
D. Blue Ink
Answer: Option C
15. What do the abbreviations VAB Answer: Option B
stand for?
20. Which of the following is a
A. Voice activated pointing device?
broadcasting
B. Visual audio board A. Hard disk
C. Voice answer back B. CD-ROM drive
D. None of these C. Touch screen used for
computer input.
Answer: Option C D. RAM

Page 2 of 41
 Answer: Option C C. Which uses one kind of
software
D. Which is meant for
21. A digitizing tablet can be used application software
for?
A. Tracing diagrams Answer: Option B
B. Printing letters
C. Reading bar-codes 26. Personal computers use a
D. Playing number of chips mounted on a
main circuit board. What is the
Answer: Option A common name for such boards?
A. Daughter board
22. How did the computer mouse B. Motherboard
get its name? C. Father board
A. Its cable looks like a tail. D. Breadboard
B. Because it squeaks when
moved Answer: Option B
C. It has ears.
D. Teeth outside mouth. 27. A byte represents a group of
A. 10 bits
Answer: Option A B. 40 bits
C. 8 bits
23. Where would you find the D. 22 bits
letters QWERTY?
A. Mouse Answer: Option C
B. Screen
C. Numeric Keypad
D. Keyboard
28. Resolution of laser printer is
Answer: Option D specified in terms of
A. DPI
24. Which key on keyboard of a B. LPM
computer does not have its name C. CPM
printed on the key? D. PPM
A. ESC
B. SHIFT Answer: Option A
C. F1
D. SPACE 29. The vast network of computers
that connects millions of people all
Answer: Option D over the world is called.
A. LAN
25. What is meant by a dedicated B. Web
computer? C. Hypertext
D. Internet
A. Which is used by one
person only Answer: Option D
B. Which is assigned one and
only one task 30. An error in software or
hardware is called a bug. What is
Page 3 of 41
the alternative computer jargon for
it?
A. Leech
B. Squid
C. Slug
D. Glitch
Answer: Option D
31. The ALU of a computer
responds to the commands coming
from
A. Primary memory
B. Control section
C. External memory
D. Cache memory
Answer: Option B
32. Which of the following will
happen when data is entered into a
memory location?
A. It will add to the content
of the location.
B. It will change the address
of the memory location.
C. It will erase the previous
content.
D. It will not be fruitful if
there is already some data at
the location.
Answer: Option C
33. A storage area used to store
data to a compensate for the
difference in speed at which the
different units can handle data is
A. Memory
B. Buffer
C. Accumulator
D. Address
Answer: Option B
34. Instructions and memory
address are represented by
A. Character code
B. Binary codes
C. Binary word
D. Parity bit
Answer: Option B
35.If you want to secure a
message, use a(n):
A. Cryptology source
B. Encryption key
C. Encryption software
package
D. Cryptosystem
Answer: Option D
36. The scrambling of code is
known as:
A. Encryption
B. A firewall
C. Scrambling
D. Password-proofing
Answer: Option A
37. Hardware or software designed
to guard against unauthorized
access to a computer network is
known as a(n):
A. Hacker-proof program
B. Firewall
C. Hacker-resistant server
D. Encryption safe wall
Answer: Option B
38. What is the most common tool
used to restrict access to a
computer system?
A. User log in
B. Passwords
C. Computer keys
D. Access-control software
Answer: Option B
39. __________ is the
measurement of things such as
fingerprints and retinal scans used
for security access.
A. Biometrics
Page 4 of 41
 B. Biomeasurement
C. Computer security
D. Smart weapon machinery
Answer: Option A
44. What is the name of an
application program that gathers
user information and sends it to
someone through the Internet?

40. When customers of a Web site A. A virus

are unable to access it due to a
bombardment of fake traffic, it is
known as:
A. A virus
B. A Trojan Horse
C. Cracking
D. A denial of service attack.
Answer: Option D
B. Spybot
C. Logic bomb
D. Security patch
Answer: Option B
45. A logic bomb that was created
to erupt on Michelangelo's birthday
is an example of a:

41. Software programs that close A. Time-related bomb

potential security breaches in an sequence
operating system are known as: B. Virus
A. Security breach fixes C. Time bomb
B. Refresh patches D. Trojan horse
C. Security repairs
D. Security patches Answer: Option C

Answer: Option D 46. When a logic bomb is activated

by a time-related event, it is known
42. HTML viruses infect: as a:

A. Your computer A. Time-related bomb

B. A Web page in the HTML sequence
code B. Virus
C. Both a Web page and the C. Time bomb
computer that is viewing it. D. Trojan horse
D. None of these
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option B
47. The thing that eventually
43. Standardization of Microsoft terminates a worm virus is a lack
programs and the Windows of:
operating system has made the
spread of viruses: A. Memory or disk space
B. Time
A. More complicated C. CD drive space
B. More difficult D. CD-RW
C. Easier
D. Slower Answer: Option A

Answer: Option C
Page 5 of 41
48. The majority of computer
crimes are committed by: 53. In 1999, the Melissa virus was
a widely publicized:
A. Hackers A. e-mail Virus
B. Insiders B. Macro virus
C. Overseas criminals C. Trojan Horse
D. Young teenage computer D. Time Bomb
geniuses
Answer: Option A
Answer: Option B
54. A program that performs a
49. The common name for the useful task while simultaneously
crime of stealing passwords is: allowing destructive acts is:
A. Spooling A. Worm
B. Identity theft B. Trojan Horse
C. Spoofing C. Virus
D. Hacking D. Macro Virus

Answer: Option C Answer: Option B

50. Collecting personal information 55. Process of Combining strings is

and effectively posing as another known as:
individual is known as the crime of: A. Compiling
A. Spooling B. Combining
B. Identity Theft C. Attaching
C. Spoofing D. Concatenation
D. Hacking
Answer: Option D
Answer: Option B
56. Surgeons can perform delicate
51. Malicious software is known as: operation by manipulating devices
A. Badware through computers instead of
B. Malware manually. this technology is known
C. Maliciousware as-
D. Illegalware A. Robotics
B. Computer forensics
Answer: Option B C. Simulation
D. Forecasting
52. An intentionally disruptive
program that spreads from Answer: Option A
program to program or from disk to
disk is known as 57. USB is a type of-
A. Trojan horse A. Processor
B. Virus B. Port
C. Time bomb C. Monitor
D. Time related bomb D. Program
sequence
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B
Page 6 of 41
58. IDE (ATE) or SATA interface permanent location on the hard
connect Mother board with- drive in to RAM.
A. Mother board A. BIOS
B. RAM B. API
C. Processor C. Device driver
D. Hard disk D. Supervisor program

Answer: Option D Answer: Option A

59. Intel and AMD are leaders in- 64. All of the following are steps
A. Processor involved in the boot process
B. RAM except-
C. Mother board
D. Hard Disk A. Load the operating system
in to RAM.
Answer: Option A B. The power on self test.
C. Activate the basic input/
60. Hyper-threading (HT) is related output system (BIOS).
to- D. Load application
A. Processor programs.
B. RAM
C. Mother board Answer: Option D
D. Hard Disk
65. The operating system does all
Answer: Option A of the following except-
A. Provide a way for the user
61. Ensuring that the essential to interact with the
peripheral devices are attached computer.
and operational is the ____ B. Manage the central
Process. processing unit (CPU).
A. Configuration C. Manage memory and
B. CMOS storage.
C. POST D. Enable users to perform a
D. ROM specific task as document
editing.
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option D
62. The basic input/output system
(BIOS) is storage in- 66. To delete an incorrect character
in a document, ______ to erase to
A. RAM
the right of the insertion point.
B. ROM
A. Press the left mouse key
C. The CPU
B. Double click the right
D. The hard drive
mouse
C. Press the BACKSPACE key
Answer: Option B
D. Press the delete key
63. The ______ storage on ROM
Answer: Option D
chip, is responsible for loading the
operating system from its
Page 7 of 41
67. The horizontal and vertical
lines on a spreadsheet are called: 72. A collection of interrelated file
A. Cells in computer is a-
B. Sheets A. File manager
C. Block lines B. Field
D. Grid-lines C. Record
D. Database
Answer: Option D
Answer: Option D
68. _______ software allows users
to perform calculation on rows and 73. When installing ______ The
columns of data. user must copy usually decompress
A. Word processing program file from CDROM or
B. Presentation graphics medium to the hard disk.
C. Database management A. Programming software
system B. System hardware
D. Electronic spreadsheet C. Application hardware
D. Application software
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option A
69. Memory in which any location
can be reached in a fixed and short 74. A websites main page is called
amount of time after specifying its its-
address is called - A. Home page
A. Sequential access memory B. Browser page
B. Random access memory C. Bookmark page
C. Secondary memory D. Search page
D. Mass storage
Answer: Option A
Answer: Option B
75. ALU is termed as-
70. General purpose computer are
those that can be adopted to A. Arithmetic logical unit
countless uses simply by changing B. Array Logical Unit
its- C. Application logic unit
A. Output device D. Application logic universal
B. Input device
C. Processor Answer: Option A
D. Program
76. The real business and
Answer: Option D competitive value of information
technology lies in:
71. A collection of 8 bit is called - A. The software application
A. Byte that are used by many
B. Record companies.
C. Word B. The capabilities of
D. Nibble software and the value of the
information a business
Answer: Option A acquires and used.

Page 8 of 41
 C. The infrastructure of D. G Newton
hardware, networks, and
other it facilities that are Answer: Option B
commonly used by many
companies. 81. Protocols are
D. The capabilities of the A. Sets of rules
hardware and the speed at B. Sets of maps
which it processes C. Sets of computers
information. D. Sets of product
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option A
77. What is usually used for
displaying information at public
places?
82. The operating system is the
A. Monitors
most common type of ______
B. Overhead software.
C. Monitor and overhead A. Communication
projection
B. System
D. Touch screen kiosks
C. Word processing
D. None of these
Answer: Option D
Answer: Option B
78. In an information system,
alphanumeric data normally takes
83. The ______ cells involve
the form of-
creating a single cell by combining
A. Sentence and paragraph
two or more selected cells.
B. Numbers and alphabetical
A. Formatting
characters
B. Merging
C. Human voice and other
C. Embedding
sound
D. Splitting
D. None of these
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B
84. A ______ represent
79. A disk's content that is
approximately one billion memory
recorded at the time of
locations.
manufacture and cannot be
changed or erased by user is -
A. Kilobyte
A. Read-only
B. Megabyte
B. Memory-only
C. Gigabyte
C. Run-only
D. Terabyte
D. Write-only

Answer: Option C
Answer: Option A

85. Which Indian IT expert started

80. Measuring unit of capacity of
web-based email service HOTMAIL
hard drive is-
in 1996?
A. GHz
A. Sabeer Bhatia
B. GB
B. Vinod Dham
C. Gwatts
Page 9 of 41
 C. Ajim Premji D. Duck Duck Go
D. Narayan Murthy
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option A
91. Virtual memory is-
86. What is the first Indigenously A. Related to virtual reality
developed Super Computer of B. A form of ROM
India? C. A form of RAM
A. Tejas D. None of these
B. Anupam
C. Aryabhatt Answer: Option C
D. Param
92. Which of the following has the
Answer: Option D most capacity?
A. CD-R
87. The length of a word in B. CD-RW
computer is measured in: C. DVD
A. bits D. VCD
B. byte E. Floppy Disk
C. millimeters
D. metre Answer: Option C

Answer: Option A 93. The term USER INTERFACE

refers to-
88. Who amongst the following had
called Rabindranath Tagore as THE
GREAT SENTINEL?
A. Abul Kalam Azad
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D. Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer: Option B
A. What the user sees on the
screen and how they interact
with it.
B. How the operating system
responds to user commands
C. The means by which the
user interacts with peripheral
devices on the computer.
D. All of these

89. Gmail, a free web-based email Answer: Option A

service operated by which
company 94. The term 'memory' applies to
A. Apple which one of the following:
B. Google A. Logic
C. Microsoft B. Storage
D. Yahoo C. Input Device
D. Output Device
Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

90. Which of the followings is not a 95. A URL is:

search engine? A. A computer program
A. Google B. A type of web server
B. Yahoo
C. Examveda
Page 10 of 41
 C. The address of a document E. None of these
or page on the world wide
web Answer: Option C
D. An acronym for unlimited
resources for learning 101. What was the first general-
Answer: Option C purpose electronic computer?
A. IBM 405
B. Zuse Z3
96. ROM tells the computer to- C. ENIAC
A. disconnect the computer D. CSIRAC
B. start up the operating E. None of these
system
C. connect to the hardware Answer: Option C
D. turn on
E. pass on data to the RAM 102. Which of these is the first
web-based e-mail service?
Answer: Option B A. GMail
B. Yahoo Mail
97. Which of the following is not a C. Hotmail
Search engine? D. Rediff Mail
A. Google E. None of these
B. Bing
C. Yahoo Answer: Option C
D. Orkut
103.Which of the following is not a
Answer: Option D storage device?
A. DVD
98. What is the full form of e-mail? B. Hard Disk
A. Electric mail C. Floppy Disk
B. Electromagnetic mail D. Mouse
C. Electronic mail
D. None of these Answer: Option D

Answer: Option C 104. What Does BIOS Stand For?

99. Word BLOG is combination of A. Better Integrated

two words- Operating System
A. Web-log B. Basic Input Output System
B. Wave-log C. Battery Integrated
C. Web-blog Operating Setup
D. Wed-lock D. Backup Input Output
Answer: Option A System
E. None of these
100. The term 'Pentium' is related
to what? Answer: Option B
A. Mouse
B. Hard Disk 105. In computers, '.TMP'
C. Microprocessor extension refers usually to what
D. DVD kind of file?
Page 11 of 41

A. Temporary file
B. Image file
C. Video file
D. Text file
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
106. What is the shortcut key of
printing a document for computer
having windows?
A. Ctrl + P
B. Shift + P
C. Alt + P
D. Ctrl + Alt + P
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
107.What does BCC means in
EMail?
A. Black Carbon Copy
B. Blind Carbon Copy
C. Business Computer Center
D. Business Computer Card
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
108. What does FTP stand for?
A. File Transfer Protocol
B. File Transfer Program
C. File Thread Protocol
D. File Thread Program
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
109. WAV file format is associated
with what type of files?
A. Video
B. Sound
C. Image
D. Word Document
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
110. Which of the following is
responsible for the management
and coordination of activities and
the sharing of the resources of the
computer?
A. Application Software
B. Motherboard
C. Operating System
D. RAM
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
111. What is Windows XP?
A. Operating System
B. Storage Device
C. Processor
D. Output Device
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
112. Which company is nicknamed
"Big Blue"?
A. TCS
B. IBM
C. Microsoft
D. Apple
E. Satyam
Answer: Option B
113. In computers ,what is the
smallest and basic unit of
information storage?
A. Bit
B. Byte
C. Newton
D. Mega Byte
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
114. What does HTTP stands for?
Page 12 of 41
 A. Hypertext Transfer
Protocol
B. Hypertext Transfer Plotter
C. Head Tail Transfer Plot
D. Head Tail Transfer
Protocol
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
115. Which of these is a correct
format of Email address?
A. contact.website.info
B. contactwebsite.info
C. contact@website.info
D. contact@website@info
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
116. It is a small piece of text
stored on a user's computer by a
web browser for maintaining the
state. What we are talking about?
A. Application
B. Session
C. Cookie
D. QueryString
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
117. Which was the first web
browser?
A. WorldWideWeb
B. Netscape Navigator
C. Internet Explorer
D. Safari
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
118. .......... Is known as
unauthorized access into others
system.
A. Hacking
B. Encryption
C. Decryption
D. None of these
Answer: Option A
119. VIRUS stands for
A. Vital Information Recourse
Under Siege
B. Vital Information Reason
Under Siege
C. Vital Information Recourse
Under System
D. Virus Information
Recourse Under Siege
Answer: Option A
120. How are data organized in a
spreadsheet?
A. Rows and Columns
B. Boxes
C. Tables
D. None of these
Answer: Option A
121. The term that we use to
describe physical components of
the system
A. Hardware
B. Inout
C. Software
D. None of these
Answer: Option A
122. The computer code for
interchange of information
between
terminals is:
A. BCDIC
B. BCD
C. ASCII
D. None of these
Answer: Option C
123. Which of the following is
different from other
A. Internet
B. Windows
C. Unix
Page 13 of 41
 D. Linux B. MICR (Magnetic Ink
Character Recognition)
Answer: Option A C. Barcode
D. VRT (Volume Rendering
124. Integrated Circuits (IC) chips Technique)
used in computers are made with E. None of these
A. Gold
B. Silver Answer: Option B
C. Silicon
D. Copper 129. LAN speeds are measured in
E. None of these A. BPS (Bits Per Second)
B. KBPS (Kilo Bits Per
Answer: Option C Second)
C. MBPS (Mega Bits Per
125. "Zipping" a file means: Second)
A. Encrypting the message D. MIPS (Million Instructions
B. Compressing the message Per Second)
C. Transfer the message
D. All of the above Answer: Option C
E. None of these
130. What is the Super Computer
Answer: Option B developed in India
A. CRAY
126. QWERTY is used with B. PARAM
reference to C. Both A and B
A. Monitor D. None of these
B. Printer
C. Keyboard Answer: Option B
D. Mouse
E. None of these 131. MIPS stands for
A. Million Instructions Per
Answer: Option C Second
B. Million Instructions Per
127.What is object of UPS? Season
A. Using for storage C. Monthly Instructions Per
B. To increase the speed of a Second
computer D. Million Inputs Per Second
C. Provides backup power E. None of these
D. All of the above
E. None of these Answer: Option A

Answer: Option C 132. Which of the following can't

spread virus
128. In processing cheques which A. An e-mail with attachment
of the following I/O techniques B. A plain text mail
have banks traditionally followed? C. Downloading files over the
A. OCR (Optical Character web
Recognition) D. None of these

Page 14 of 41
 Answer: Option B
133. Viruses are called that
because
A. They are viruses
B. They can copy themselves
and spread.
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
Answer: Option B
134. In a network, the computer
that stores the files and process
the data is named as:
A. Server
B. Terminal
C. Modem
D. All of these
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
135. A computer assisted method
for the recording and analyzing of
existing hypothetical systems is
known as
A. Distributed processing
B. Data transmission
C. Data link
D. Data flow
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
136. The ability of an operating
system to control the activities of
multiple programs at the same
time is called .........
A. multitasking
B. multi-processing
C. multi-operating
D. multi-paging
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
137. The main purpose of the
offline device is.......
A. To reduce the no.of
operator errors in recording
data.
B. To save computer time.
C. To save floor space in the
computer center
D. All of the above
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
138. Use of icons and windows are
characteristic of a .......... interface.
A. command-driven
B. windows-oriented
C. graphical-user
D. menu-driven
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
139. Which of the following is NOT
an advantage of open-source
operating systems over
proprietary versions?
A. Free use and distribution
B. Availability of technical
support
C. Availability of source code
D. Ability to modify code
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
140. The essential difference
between an operating system like
Linux and one like Windows is that
A. Windows can run with an
Intel processor, whereas
Linux cannot.
B. Linux is proprietary,
whereas Windows is not.
C. any programmer can
modify Linux code, which is
not permitted with Windows.
D. there are multiple versions
of Linux, but only one version
of Windows.
E. None of these
Page 15 of 41
 C. command-driven interface,
Answer: Option C single-tasking operating
system
D. command-driven interface,
141. The ............ operating system multi-tasking operating
was initially created in the early system
1970s at AT&T's Bell Labs. E. None of these
A. Linux
B. DOS Answer: Option C
C. Unix
D. GNU 145. A family of polynomial block
E. None of these codes designed to correct burst
errors is known as
Answer: Option C A. Bar Codes
B. Gray Codes
142. The most recent version of the C. Fire Codes
Mac OS is based on the D. Mnemonics Codes
......... operating system. E. None of these
A. Windows
B. Linux Answer: Option C
C. Unix
D. CMOS 146. A set of information that
E. None of these defines the status of resources
allocated to a process is...
Answer: Option C A. Process control
B. ALU
143.Which of the following was an C. Register Unit
early desktop operating system D. Process description
that included an integrated graphic E. None of these
user interface with point-and-click
features? Answer: Option D
A. MS-DOS
B. Mac OS 147. An essential difference
C. Unix between the operating system that
D. Gnome runs a typical desktop computer
E. None of these and the operating system that runs
a typical PDA is that .......
Answer: Option B A. the desktop OS has a
graphical user interface
144. The MS-DOS operating system whereas the PDA OS does
is a ..... not.
A. graphical user interface, B. the desktop OS can run
single-tasking operating several programs
system simultaneously whereas the
PDA OS cannot.
B. graphical user interface,
multi-tasking operating C. the desktop OS manages
system hardware resources whereas
the PDA OS does not.

Page 16 of 41
 D. the desktop computer has Answer: Option A
an OS whereas a PDA does
not. 152. What is the main difference
E. None of these between a mainframe and a super
computer?
Answer: Option B
A. Super computer is much
148. The bar code which is used on larger than mainframe
all types of items, is read by a computers.
scanning device directly into the B. Super computers are much
computer. smaller than mainframe
What is the name of this computers.
scanning device? C. Supercomputers are
A. Laser scanner focused to execute few
B. Wand programs as fast as possible
C. OCR while mainframe uses its
D. MICR power to execute as many
E. None of these programs concurrently.
D. Supercomputers are
Answer: Option A focused to execute as many
programs as possible while
mainframe uses its power to
149. Which device can not be
execute few programs as fast
shared in network?
as possible.
A. Projector
E. None of these
B. Keyboard
C. Scanner
Answer: Option C
D. Printer
E. None of these
153. Programs such as Mozilla
Firefox that serve as navigable
Answer: Option B
windows into the Web are
called ........?
150. Which is the latest version of
A. Hypertext
MS Office?
B. Network
A. Office XP
C. Internet
B. Windows XP
D. Web Browsers
C. Office 2007
E. None of these
D. Office 2010
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
Answer: Option D
154. Which one of the following
would be considered as a way that
151. What is the function of a computer virus can enter a
Recycle Bin? computer system?
A. Store deleted file
B. Store temporary file A. Opening an application
C. Store corrupted file previously installed on the
D. Store Document file computer
E. None of these B. Borrowed an illegal copy of
software
Page 17 of 41
 C. Viewing a website without
causing any additional
transactions
D. Running antivirus
programs
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
155. The background of any Word
document ......
A. Is always white colour.
B. Is the colour you preset
under the Options menu.
C. Is always the same for the
entire document.
D. Can have any colour you
choose.
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
156. For creating a document, you
select ........ option at File Menu.
A. Open
B. Close
C. New
D. Save
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
157. The term 'user interface'
refers to ........
A. What the user sees on the
screen and how they can
interact with it.
B. How the operating system
responds to user commands.
C. the means by which the
user interacts with the
peripheral devices on the
computer.
D. the monitor that is
available for the computer.
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
158. The quickest and easiest way
in Word, to locate a particular word
or phrase in a document is to use
the ....... command.
A. Replace
B. Find
C. Lookup
D. Search
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
159. Hardware includes ..........?
A. all devices used to input
data into a computer.
B. sets of instructions that a
computer runs or executes.
C. the computer and all the
devices connected to it that
are used to input and output
data.
D. all devices involved in
processing information
including the central
processing unit, memory and
storage.
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
160. In word processing, an
efficient way to move the 3rd
paragraph to place it after the 5th
paragraph is .......
A. copy and paste
B. copy, cut and paste
C. cut, copy and paste
D. cut and paste
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
161. What is output ?
A. What the processor takes
from the user
B. What the user gives to the
processor
C. What the processor gets
from the user
Page 18 of 41
 D. What the processor gives 166. What is the purpose of
to the user keeping electronic devices such as
E. None of these computers, televisions, and
remote controlled devices on
Answer: Option D Sleep mode?
A. Reduce Power
162. The software tools that enable consumption
a user to interact with a computer B. Back UP
for specific purposes are known as C. To write contents of RAM
....... to hard disk
A. Hardware D. To improve download
B. Network Software speed
C. Shareware E. None of these
D. Applications
E. None of these Answer: Option A

Answer: Option D 167. Which of the following is not a

computer language?
163. Which of the following A. BASIC
extensions suggest that the file is a B. C++
backup copy? C. C#
A. .bak D. Java
B. .bas E. Microsoft
C. .com
D. .txt Answer: Option E
E. None of these
168. What kind of software would
Answer: Option A you most likely use to keep track of
billing account?
164. Firewalls are used to protect A. Word Processing
against _____________? B. Electronic Publishing
A. Unauthorized Access C. Spreadsheet
B. Virus Attacks D. Web authoring
C. Data Driven Attacks E. None of these
D. Fire Attacks
E. None of these Answer: Option C

Answer: Option A 169. VDU is also called .......

A. Screen
165. A result of a computer virus B. Monitor
can not lead to ...... C. Both A and B
A. Disk Crash D. Printer
B. Mother Board Crash E. None of these
C. Corruption of program
D. Deletion of files Answer: Option C
E. None of these
170. A self replicating program,
Answer: Option B similar to a virus which was taken
from a 1970s science fiction novel

Page 19 of 41
by John Bruner entitled the A. Font Styles
Shockwave Rider is ........ B. Font Effects
A. Bug C. Word Art
B. Vice D. Text Effects
C. Lice E. None of these
D. Worm
E. None of these Answer: Option A

Answer: Option D 175. In case of MS-WORD, which of

the following is not available in
171. Computer connected to a LAN Font Spacing?
(Local Area Network) can ....... A. Normal
A. run faster B. Loosely
B. go on line C. Condensed
C. share information and/or D. Expanded
share peripheral equipment E. None of these
D. E-mail
E. None of these Answer: Option B

Answer: Option C 176. Shimmer, Sparkle text,

Blinking Background etc. are
172. Which of the following will not known as ......
cut information? A. Font Styles
A. Pressing Ctrl + C B. Font Effects
B. Selecting Edit > Cut from C. Word Art
the menu D. Text Effects
C. Clicking on the standard E. None of these
cut button
D. Pressing Ctrl + X Answer: Option D
E. None of these
177. Superscript, subscript,
Answer: Option A outline, emboss, engrave are
known as .......
173. In case of MS-EXCEL, If you A. Font Styles
begin typing an entry into a cell B. Font Effects
and then realize that you don't C. Word Art
want your entry placed into that D. Text Effects
cell, you: E. None of these
A. Press the Erase key
B. Press Esc Answer: Option B
C. Press the Enter button
D. Press the Edit formula 178. In MS-WORD 2007, to get to
button the 'Symbol' dialog box, click on
E. None of these the ......... menu and choose
'Symbol'.
Answer: Option B A. Insert
B. View
174. Bold, Italic, Regular are C. Page Layout
known as ...... D. Mailings
Page 20 of 41
 E. None of these
Answer: Option A
179. Which file starts MS Word?
A. Winword.exe
B. Word.exe
C. Msword.exe
D. Word2003.exe
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
180. 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: Option C
181. 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. None of these
Answer: Option B
182. Which company is the biggest
player in the microprocessor
industry?
A. Motorola
B. IBM
C. Intel
D. AMD
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
183. The secondary storage
devices can only store data but
they cannot perform
A. Arithmetic Operation
B. Logic operation
C. Fetch operations
D. Either of the above
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
184. As compared to diskettes, the
hard disks are
A. More expensive
B. More portable
C. Less rigid
D. Slowly accessed
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
185. Instructions and memory
address are represented by
A. Character code
B. Binary codes
C. Binary word
D. Partiy bit
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
186. What is meant by a dedicated
computer?
A. Which is used by one
person only.
B. Which is assigned one and
only one task.
C. Which uses one kind of
software.
D. Which is meant for
application software.
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
187. Different components on the
motherboard of a PC processor unit
are linked together by sets or
parallel electrical conducting lines.
What are these lines called?
A. Conductors
B. Busses
Page 21 of 41
 C. Connectors
D. Connectivity 192. Which of the following is the
E. None of these largest manufacturer of Hard Disk
Drives?
Answer: Option B A. IBM
B. Seagate
188. A disadvantage of the laser C. Microsoft
printer is: D. 3M
A. It is quieter than an E. None of these
impact printer.
B. It is very slow Answer: Option B
C. The output is of a lower
quality 193. Which of the following devices
D. All of the above have a limitation that we can only
E. None of these store information to it but cannot
erase or modify it?
Answer: Option E A. Floppy Disk
B. Hard Disk
189. Which of the following is not C. Tape Drive
an manufacturer of Hard Disk D. CD-ROM
drives? E. None of these
A. Samsung
B. Intel Answer: Option D
C. Seagate
D. Western Digital 194. A normal CD-ROM usually can
E. None of these store up to ........
A. 680 KB
Answer: Option B B. 680 Bytes
C. 680 MB
190. To save a document in D. 680 GB
different location use: E. None of these
A. Save
B. Save As Answer: Option C
C. Save as web page
D. All of the above 195. Programs such as Internet
E. None of these Explorer that serve as navigable
windows into the Web are called
Answer: Option B ........?
A. Hypertext
191. The programs which are as B. Networks
permanent as hardware and stored C. Internet
in ROM is known as D. Web Browsers
A. Hardware E. None of these
B. Software
C. Firmware Answer: Option D
D. ROM ware
E. None of these 196. Chip is a common nickname
for a(n)?
Answer: Option C A. Transistor
Page 22 of 41
 B. Resistor
C. Integrated Cicuit
D. Smiconductor
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
197. What is the shortcut key to
"Undo" the last action in a
document?
A. Ctrl + X
B. Ctrl + Z
C. Ctrl + Y
D. Ctrl + U
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
198. URL stands for?
A. Universal Research List
B. Universal Resource List
C. Uniform Resource Locator
D. Uniform Research Locator
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
199. The bar at the top of a window
that bears the name of the
window is known as?
A. Control Panel
B. Taskbar
C. Menu bar
D. Status bar
E. Title bar
Answer: Option E
200. The following are all
computing devices, except ......
A. Notebook computers
B. Cellular telephones
C. Digital scanners
D. Personal digital
assistants(PDA)
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
201. Loading Operating System
onto RAM is called?
A. Printing
B. Saving
C. Booting
D. Starting
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
202. Which input device cannot be
used to work in MS Office?
A. Scanner
B. Mouse
C. Keyboard
D. Joy Stick
E. Lightpen
Answer: Option D
203. Who designed the first
electronic computer - ENIAC?
A. Von Neuman
B. Joseph M Jacquard
C. J presper Eckert and John
W Mauchly
D. Both A and B
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
204. Which of the following is Not a
characteristic of E-mail?
A. Low cost
B. Record maintenance in
database
C. High speed
D. Waste reduction
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
205. Which of the following is Not a
characteristic of a compluter?
A. Intelligence
B. Speed
C. Versatility
D. Automation
E. None of these
Page 23 of 41
 210. What does the SMTP in an
Answer: Option A SMTP server stand for?
A. Simple Mail Transfer
206. What device includes an Protocol
adapter that decodes data sent in B. Serve Message Text
radio signals? Process
A. Modem C. Short Messaging Text
B. Digital Translator Process
C. Router D. Short Messaging Transfer
D. Switch Protocol
E. None of these E. None of these

Answer: Option C Answer: Option A

207. A wireless network uses 211. By default, your documents

.......... waves to transmit signals. print in ..... mode
A. Mechanical A. Page setup
B. Radio B. Portrait
C. Sound C. Landscape
D. Magnetic D. Print preview
E. None of these E. None of these

Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

208. We access the World Wide 212. For move to the bottom of a
Web using: document, press ........
A. Browsers A. Auto summarize
B. Instant messaging B. Home key
applications C. Ctrl + Home key
C. High bandwidth D. End key
D. Search engine E. Ctrl + End key
E. None of these
Answer: Option E
Answer: Option A
213. What is the correct
209. What's considered the association between a hardware
'backbone' of the World Wide Web? component and a computer
A. Uniform resource locator function?
(URL) A. Monitor > input
B. Hypertext mark-up B. Mouse > input
language (HTML) C. CPU > storage
C. Hypertext transfer protocol D. Hard disk > processing
(HTTP) E. None of these
D. File transfer protocol
(FTP) Answer: Option B
E. None of these
214. Which of the following would
Answer: Option C most likely NOT be a symptom of a
virus ?

Page 24 of 41
 A. Existing program files and B. Microsoft
icons disappear. C. Windows
B. The CD-ROM stops D. Mac
functioning. E. None of these
C. THe Web browser opens to
an unusual home page. Answer: Option A
D. Odd messages or images
are displayed on the screen. 218. Which of the following is NOT
E. None of these a type of broad band internet
connection?
Answer: Option B A. Cable
B. DSL
215. Which of the following C. Dial-up
statements is FALSE concerning D. Satellite
file? E. None of these
A. Files may share the same
name or the same extension Answer: Option C
but not both
B. Every file in the same foldr 219.Personal logs or journal
must have a unique name entries posted on the Web are
C. File extension is another known as :
name for file type A. Listservs
D. The file extension comes B. Webcasts
before the dot (.) followed by C. Blogs
the file name
D. Subject Directories
E. None of these
E. None of these

Answer: Option D
Answer: Option C

216. Which of the following places

220. The most frequently used
the common data elements in
instructions of a computer program
order from smallest to are likely to be fetched from:
largest?
A. the hard disk
B. cache memory
A. character, file, record,
C. RAM
field, database
D. registers
B. character, record, field,
E. None of these
database, file
C. character, field, record,
Answer: Option B
file, database
D. Bit, byte, character,
record, field, file, database 221. The code for a Web page is
written using _____ .
E. None of these
A. A fifth generation
language
Answer: Option C
B. Win Zip
C. Peripherals
217. Linux is a(n) ........ operating
D. Hypertext Markup
system
Language
E. URL
A. Open-source
Page 25 of 41

Answer: Option D
222. Office LANs that are spread
geographically apart on a large
scale can be connected using a
corporate _____ .
A. CAN
B. LAN
C. DAN
D. WAN
E. TAN
Answer: Option D
223. Computers that are portable
and convenient for users who
travel are known as _____
A. Super computers
B. Laptops
C. Mini computers
D. File servers
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
224. Two or more computers
connected to each other of sharing
information form a _____ ?
A. Server
B. Router
C. Network
D. Tunnel
E. Pipeline
Answer: Option C
225. What is the term used for
unsolicited e-mail?
A. News group
B. Use net
C. Backbone
D. Flaming
E. Spam
Answer: Option E
226. One advantage of dial-up-
internet access is ___
A. It utilizes broadband
technology
B. It utilizes existing
telephone service
C. It uses a router for
security
D. Modem speeds are very
fast
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
227. What is backup?
A. Adding more components
to your network
B. Protecting data by copying
it from the original source to
a different destination
C. Filtering old data from the
new data
D. Accessing data on tape
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
228. The _____ tells the computer
how to use its components.
A. Utility
B. Network
C. Operating system
D. Application program
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
229. When sending an e-mail, the
_____ line describes the contents
of the message.
A. To
B. Subject
C. Contents
D. CC
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
230. To move to the beginning of a
line of text, press the _____ key.
A. Home
Page 26 of 41
 B. A
C. PageUp
D. Enter
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
231. _____is the process of finding
errors in software code.
A. Compiling
B. Testing
C. Running
D. Debugging
Answer: Option D
232. The _____ key will launch the
start buttons.
A. Esc
B. Shift
C. Windows
D. Shortcut
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
233. Which of the following is the
largest unit of storage?
A. Gigabyte (GB
B. Kilobyte (KB)
C. Megabyte (MB)
D. Terabyte (TB
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
234. Computers use the _____
number system to store data and
perform calculations.
A. Decimal
B. Hexadecimal
C. Octal
D. Binary
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
235. Changing an existing
document is called _____ the
document.
A. Creating
B. Editing
C. Modifying
D. Adjusting
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
236. _____is the science that
attempts to produce machines that
display the same type of
intelligence that humans do.
A. Nano science
B. Nanotechnology
C. Simulation
D. Artificial intelligence (AI)
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
237. To what temporary area can
you store text and other data, and
later paste them to another
location?
A. The clipboard
B. ROM
C. CD-ROM
D. The hard disk
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
238. The primary purpose of
software is to turn data into
_____?
A. Web sites
B. Information
C. Programs
D. Objects
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
239. Which of the following is an
example of connectivity?
A. Internet
Page 27 of 41
 B. Floppy disk
C. Power cord
D. Data
E. None of these
Answer: Option A
240. The most important or
powerful computer in a typical
network is _____?
A. Desktop
B. Network client
C. Network server
D. Network station
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
241. You can use the tab key to…
A. Move a cursor across the
screen
B. Indent a paragraph
C. Move the cursor down the
screen
D. Only A and B
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
242. What menu is selected to cut,
copy, and paste?
A. File
B. Tools
C. Special
D. Edit
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
243. 'www' stands for _____?
A. World Word Web
B. World Wide Web
C. World White Web
D. World Work Web
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
244. The _____ of a system
includes the programs or
instructions.
A. Hardware
B. Icon
C. Information
D. Software
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
245. When the pointer is positioned
on a _____ it is shaped like a hand.
A. Grammar error
B. Hyperlink
C. Screen tip
D. Spelling error
E. Formatting error
Answer: Option B
246. ...... is collection of web pages
and ...... is the very first page that
we see on opening of a web-site
A. Home-page, Web-page
B. Web-site, Home-page
C. Web-page, Home-page
D. Web-page, Web-site
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
247. How many options does a
binary choice offer?
A. None
B. One
C. Two
D. It depends on the amount
of memory in the computer
E. It depends on the speed of
the computer's processor
Answer: Option C
248. Transformation of input into
output is performed by?
A. Peripherals
B. Memory
C. Storage
D. The Input-Output unit
Page 28 of 41
 E. The CPU
253. Which of the following refers
Answer: Option E to the memory in your computer?
A. RAM
249. Which of the following is true? B. DSL
A. Byte is a single digit in a C. USB
binary number D. LAN
B. Bit represents a grouping E. CPU
of digital numbers
C. Eight-digit binary number Answer: Option A
is called a byte
D. Eight-digit binary number 254. The first computer mouse was
is called a bit built by
E. None of these A. Douglas Engelbart
B. William English
Answer: Option C C. Oaniel Coogher
D. Robert Zawacki
250. How are data organized in a
spreadsheet? Answer: Option A
A. Lines and spaces
B. Layers and planes 255. _________ computers are
C. Height and width used in Banking, Railways, and
D. Rows and columns Airlines.
E. None of these A. Mini computer
B. Micro Computer
Answer: Option D C. Super Computer
D. Mainframe Computer
251. Information travels between E. None of these
components on the mother board
through- Answer: Option D
A. Flash memory
B. CMOS 256. ________ keys are present on
C. Bays the top row of the keyboard.
D. Buses
E. Peripherals A. Function
B. Type writer
Answer: Option D C. Numeric
D. Navigation
252. When you are working on a E. None of these
document on PC, where is the
document temporarily Answer: Option A
stored?
A. RAM 257. Basic Building Blocks for a
B. ROM Digital Circuit is ______
C. CPU A. CMOS
D. Flash Memory B. Logic Gate
E. CD-ROM C. BIOS
D. DMOS
Answer: Option A E. None of these
Page 29 of 41
 A. Last Affordable Network
Answer: Option B B. Leased Area Network
C. Latency Around Netwok
258. What are the two types of D. Local Area Network
monitors? E. None of these
A. CRT and DVD
B. CRT and LCD Answer: Option D
C. DVD and VCD
D. LCD and DVD 263. Which company is not a PC
E. None of these manufacturer?
A. Intel
Answer: Option B B. Gateway
C. Dell
259. Buying and selling the D. Compaq
products over electronic systems E. None of these
like internet is called _______
A. Online Shopping Answer: Option A
B. Net Banking
C. E-Commerce 264. What does a system bus do?
D. Dgital Marketing A. allows the user to
E. None of these communicate with the
computer
Answer: Option C B. carries out instructions
C. connects various
260. A wireless technology built in components within the
electronic gadgets used for computer
exchanging data over short D. stores data and
distances is ______? instructions
A. USB E. None of these
B. Bluetooth
C. Modem Answer: Option C
D. Wifi
E. None of these 265. Which company is not a
microprocessor manufacturer?
Answer: Option B A. IBM
B. AMD(Advanced Micro
261. What language does a Devices)
browser typically interpret to C. Microsoft
display information from the World D. Intel
Wide Web? E. None of these
A. Machine Code
B. Assembly Language Answer: Option C
C. HTML
D. C++ 266. What is PCI(Peripheral
E. None of these Component Interconnect)?
A. A type of monitor
Answer: Option C B. A type of system bus
C. A kind of graphics
262. LAN stands for? D. A modem standard
Page 30 of 41
 E. None of these
Answer: Option B
267. Where does your PC store
your programs when the power is
off?
A. DRAM
B. Cache
C. ROM
D. Hard Disk Drive
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
268. Where is computer's BIOS
stored?
A. DRAM
B. Flash
C. SRAM
D. EEPROM
E. Hard Disk
Answer: Option B
269. What technology of memory is
Cache RAM usually?
A. DRAM
B. Flash
C. SRAM
D. EEPROM
E. PROM
Answer: Option C
270. What is Cache RAM?
A. Extra memory used for
overflow from your Hard Disk
B. A place to store secret
information like passwords
C. Its the same as your Hard
Disk Drive
D. Fast memory used for data
that is accessed often
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
271. What does DRAM stand for?
A. Data Random Access
Memory
B. Data Random Active
Memory
C. Dynamic Random Access
Memory
D. Double Random Access
Memory
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
272. A program that converts
computer data into some code
system other than the normal one
is known as
A. Emulator
B. Encoder
C. Decoder
D. Trigger
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
273. An optical input device that
interprets pencil marks on paper
media is
A. Magnetic tape
B. Optical scanners
C. Punch card reader
D. O.M.R
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
274. A technique used by codes to
convert an analog signal into a
digital bit stream is known as
A. Digital Signal Generator
B. Pulse Code Modulation
C. Pulse Signal Modulation
D. None of these
Answer: Option B
275. Which of the following holds
the ROM, RAM, CPU?
A. Hard Disk
B. ALU
Page 31 of 41
 C. Mother Board
D. None of the above
Answer: Option C
276. CPU stands for ______ ?
A. Central Performance Unit
B. Control Processing Unit
C. Common Processing Unit
D. Central Processing Unit
Answer: Option D
277. ALU stands for ________?
A. Arithmetic Legal Unit
B. Arithmetic Logic Unit
C. Arithmetic Local Unit
D. Arithmetic Logic Utility
Answer: Option B
278. USB stands for ________?
A. Universal Serial Bus
B. Universal Sequential Bus
C. Unique Serial Bus
D. Unique Sequential Bus
Answer: Option A
279. CPU controls _________.
A. All Input, Output and
processing.
B. Controls Memory
C. Controlled by the input
data
D. None of the above
Answer: Option A
280. Memories which can be read
only are called __________.
A. RAM
B. ROM
C. DRAM
D. Vertual Memory
E. Secondary Memory
Answer: Option B
281. Portable program means?
A. Independent from its
authors
B. Independent of platform
C. Program with wheels
D. None of the above
Answer: Option B
282. DNS in internet technology
stands for
A. Distributed Name System
B. Data Name System
C. Dynamic Name System
D. Domain Name System
E. None of the above
Answer: Option D
283. Which one is not an input
device?
A. Keyboard
B. Mouse
C. Speaker
D. Scanner
E. None of the above
Answer: Option C
284. Which of the following is the
product of data processing?
A. Information
B. Data
C. Software Program
D. System
Answer: Option A
285. The process of putting data
into a storage location is called
A. Reading
B. Writing
C. Controlling
D. Hand Shaking
Answer: Option B
Page 32 of 41
286. The process of copying data 291. The term 'memory' applies to
from a memory location is called which one of the following
A. Writing A. Logic
B. Controlling B. Storage
C. Booting C. Input Device
D. Reading D. Output Device
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
Answer: Option B
287. A list of instructions used by a
computer is called ? 292. A typical modern computer
A. Text uses.?
B. CPU A. Magnetic cores for
C. Program secondary storage
D. Output B. LSI chips
C. Magnetic tape for primary
Answer: Option C memory
288. Which of the following is true D. More than 10,000 vaccum
about primary storage? tubes
A. It is a part of the CPU E. None of these
B. It allows very fast access
to data Answer: Option B
C. It is relatively more
expensive 293. A collection of 8 bits is called
D. All of the above ?
A. Byte
Answer: Option D B. Record
C. Word
289. Which of the following is the D. Nibble
most powerful type of the
computer? Answer: Option A
A. Mainframe
B. Super conductor 294. General purpose computers
C. Micro computer are those that can be adopted to
D. Super computer countless uses simply by changing
E. None of these its
A. Output Device
Answer: Option D B. Input Device
C. Program
290. The device primarily used to D. Processor
provide hardcopy is the E. None of these
A. CRT
B. Computer Console Answer: Option C
C. Printer
D. Card Reader 295. Which of the following is not
E. None of these used as secondary storage?
A. Semiconductor memory
Answer: Option C B. Magnetic Disks
Page 33 of 41
 C. magnetic Drums B. Browser
D. Magnetic Tapes C. IP address
D. Compiler
Answer: Option A
Answer: Option B
296. Which one of the following is 301. Dot-matrix, Deskjet, Inkjet
an example of Operating System? and Laser are all types of which
A. Microsoft Word computer peripherals?
B. Microsoft Excel
C. Microsoft Access A. Printers
D. Microsoft Windows B. Software
C. Monitors
Answer: Option D D. Keyboards

297. In a client/server model, a Answer: Option A

client program _______.
A. Asks for information 302. One MB is equal to?
B. Provides information and
files A. 1024 Byte
C. Serves software files to B. 1024 KB
other computers C. 1000 KB
D. Distributes data files to D. 1024 GB
other computers
Answer: Option A Answer: Option B

298. ______ is the high speed 303. A computer port is used to?
memory used in the computer.
A. Communicate with hard
A. RAM disks
B. Hard Disk B. Donwload files
C. Cache C. Communicate with other
D. BIOS computer peripherals
D. None of the above
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option C
299. AVI(Audio Video Interleave)
format was developed by? 304. The file extension of MS-Word
document in Office 2007 is
A. IBM _______?
B. Apple
C. Microsoft A. .doc
D. Macromedia B. .docx
E. Adobe C. .pdf
D. .txt
Answer: Option C E. .xls

300. Internet Explorer is a type of Answer: Option B

A. Operating System
Page 34 of 41
305. Another term for Main
Memory is.?
A. Hard Disk
B. ROM
C. Floppy Disk
D. RAM
Answer: Option D
306. The most advanced form of
ROM is?
A. PROM
B. RAM
C. EEPROM
D. Cache Memory
Answer: Option C
307. EEPROM stands for ?
A. Electronically Erasable
Programmable Read-Only
Memory
B. Electrically Erasable
Programmable Read-Only
Memory
C. Electrically Enabled
Programmable Read Only
Memory
D. Electronically Enabled
Programmable Read Only
Memory
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
308. Computer Virus is a _______?
A. Hardware
B. Software
C. Bacteria
D. Freeware
Answer: Option B
309. ROM is needed for storing an
initial program called _______.
A. Computer Startup Loader
B. OS Version
C. Kernel
D. Bootstrap Loader
E. None of the above
Answer: Option D
310. Which of the following items
is not used in LAN?
A. Computers
B. Modem
C. Printer
D. Cable
Answer: Option B
311. Which is the device that
converts computer output into a
form that can be transmitted over a
telephone line?
A. Teleport
B. Multiplexer
C. Concentrator
D. Modem
Answer: Option D
312. A kilobyte also referred to as
KB, is equal to:
A. 1000 bytes
B. 1024 bytes
C. 2048 bytes
D. 512 bytes
Answer: Option B
313. Which of the following is the
fastest
A. CPU
B. Magnetic Tapes and Disks
C. Video Terminal
D. Sensors, Mechanical
Controllers
Answer: Option A
314. Which of the following
memory is volatile
A. RAM
B. ROM
C. EPROM
D. PROM
Page 35 of 41

Answer: Option A
315. The memory which is
programmed at the time it is
manufactured is
A. RAM
B. ROM
C. PROM
D. EPROM
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
316. Which memory is non volatile
and may be written only once?
A. RAM
B. EEPROM
C. EPROM
D. PROM
Answer: Option D
317. The operating system
manages
A. Memory
B. Processor
C. Disk and I/O Devices
D. All of the above
Answer: Option D
318. Super computers are mainly
useful for
A. Mathematical intensive
scientific applications
B. Data-retrieval operations
C. Input-output intensive
processing
D. All of the above
Answer: Option A
319. RAM chips
A. allow the computer to
store data electronically
B. store data indefinitely
unless you delete it
C. are secondary memory
D. All of the above
Answer: Option A
320. Arithmetic logic unit
I. perform arithmetic
operations
II. store data
III. perform comparison
IV. communicate with input
devices
from above the correct one is
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. I and III only
Answer: Option D
321. Operating System is the most
common type of _________
software.
A. Communication
B. Application
C. System
D. Word Processing Software
Answer: Option C
322. When was the first e-mail
sent?
A. 1963
B. 1969
C. 1971
D. 1974
Answer: Option C
323. Which network protocol is
used to send e-mail?
A. FTP
B. SSH
C. POP3
D. SMTP
E. None of these
Answer: Option D
Page 36 of 41
 329. Which of the following
324. Window's settings are operating systems is produced by
recorded in IBM?
A. OS-2
A. WINDOWS.INI B. Windows
B. WIN.INI C. DOS
C. SYSTEM.INI D. UNIX
D. GROUP.INI
Answer: Option A
Answer: Option B
330. The 'IC' chip, used in
325. Which of the following was computers, is made of
the first Intel processor A. Chomium
introduced? B. Iron Oxide
A. 3080 C. Silica
B. 4004 D. Silicon
C. 8080 E. None of these
D. 8086
Answer: Option D
Answer: Option B
331. The size of commonly used
326. Where is the headquarters of floppy disk is
Intel located? A. 4.5"
A. Redmond, Washington B. 3.5"
B. Tucson, Arizona C. 3.25"
C. Santa Clara, California D. 5.5"
D. Richmond, Virginia E. None of these

Answer: Option C Answer: Option B

327. Which was an early 332. The 0 and 1 in the binary

mainframe computer? numbering system are called
A. UNIC Binary Digits or
B. FUNTRIA A. Bytes
C. BRAINIA B. Kilobytes
D. ENIAC C. Decimal bytes
D. Bits
Answer: Option D E. None of these

328. The processor which performs Answer: Option D

arithmetical and logical operations
is called 333. Which of the following is not
A. Control an advantage of magnetic disk
B. ALU storage?
C. Register A. The access time of
D. Cache Memory magnetic disk is much less
than that of magnetic tape
Answer: Option B B. Disk storage is less
expensive than tape storage

Page 37 of 41
 C. Disk storage is longer B. Linux is free and open
lasting than magnetic tape source software
D. None of the above C. Linux is owned and sold by
Microsoft
Answer: Option D D. Windows XP is an
334. Graphical pictures that operating system
represent an object like file, folder E. None of the above
etc are:
A. Task bar Answer: Option C
B. Windows 339. Which one of the following is
C. Icons not an application software
D. Desktop package?
E. None of these A. Redhat Linux
B. Microsoft Office
Answer: Option C C. Adobe Pagemaker
D. Open Office
335.Who invented the super E. None of these
computer?
A. Seymour Cray Answer: Option A
B. JH Van Tassell
C. Charles Ginsberg 340. The memory sizes in
D. Charles Babbage mainframe computers and
E. None of these advanced technology micro
computer are expressed as
Answer: Option A
A. Bytes
336. Microsoft Word is an example B. Kilobytes
of C. Bits
A. an operating system D. Megabytes
B. Processing device E. None of these
C. Application software
D. an input device Answer: Option D
E. System Software
341. Which of the following circuit
Answer: Option C is used as a 'Memory device' in
computers?
337. An error is also known as: A. Rectifier
A. Bug B. Flip Flop
B. Debug C. Comparator
C. Cursor D. Attenuator
D. Icon E. None of these
E. None of these
Answer: Option B
Answer: Option A
342. Time during which a job is
338. Which of the following processed by the computer is:
statement is wrong? A. Execution Time
A. Photoshop is a graphical B. Delay Time
design tool by Adobe C. Real Time

Page 38 of 41
 D. Waiting Time A. Second Generation
E. None of these B. Fourth Generation
C. Both (A) and (B)
Answer: Option A D. Third Generation
E. Allof these
343. Any data or instruction
entered into the memory of a Answer: Option B
computer is considered as
A. Storage 348. First generation of computer
B. Output was based on which technology?
C. Input A. Transistor
D. Information B. LSI
E. None of these C. VLSI
D. Vaccum Tube
Answer: Option C E. None of these

344. GUI stands for Answer: Option D

A. Graph Use Interface
B. Graphical Universal
Interface
C. Graphical User Interface
D. Graphical Unique Interface
E. None of these
Answer: Option C
349. Fifth generation computers
are based on
A. Artificial Intelligence
B. Programming Intelligence
C. System Knowledge
D. VVLSI
E. None of these

345. Which of the following Answer: Option A

memory is non-volatile?
A. SRAM 350. In how many generations a
B. DRAM computer can be classified?
C. ROM A. 3
D. All of the above B. 4
E. None of these C. 5
D. 6
Answer: Option C E. None of these

346. Second generation computers Answer: Option C

are made of
A. Vaccum Tubes 351. In order to tell Excel that we
B. Transistors are entering a formula in cell, we
C. LSI must begin with an operator such
D. VLSI as
E. None of these A. $
B. @
Answer: Option B C. +
D. =
347. Microprocessor was E. #
introduced in which generation of
computer? Answer: Option D
Page 39 of 41
352. The basic architecture of
computer was developed by
A. John Von Neumann
B. Charles Babbage
C. Blaise Pascal
D. Garden Moore
E. None of these

Answer: Option A

353. Which protocol provides e-

mail facility among different hosts?
A. FTP
B. SMTP
C. TELNET
D. SNMP
E. None of these

Answer: Option B

354. A light sensitive device that

converts drawing, printed text or
other images into digital form is
A. Keyboard
B. Plotter
C. Scanner
D. OMR
E. None of these

Answer: Option C

355. When you quickly press and

release the left mouse button
twice, you are :
A. Primary-clicking
B. Pointing
C. Double-clicking
D. Secondary-clicking

Answer: Option C

Page 40 of 41