Q1. Which among the following term is used for those hardware devices that are not part of the main computer system and are often added later to the system?
(a) clip art
(b) highlight
(c) execute
(d) peripheral
(e) None of these
Q2. A device that provides emergency power to your computer, conditions the voltage, and protects against power surges is called a __________.
(a) Power Supply Unit
(b) Universal Surge Protector
(c) Universal Power Protection and Supply
(d) Uninterruptible Power Supply
(e) None of the above
Q3. A joystick is primarily used to/for ___________.
(a) Control sound on the screen
(b) Computer gaming
(c) Enter text
(d) Draw pictures
(e) Print text
Q4. Which of the following is true regarding Dumb Terminal in computer terminology?
(a) It is a computer terminal that consists mostly of just a display monitor and a keyboard
(b) It has no hard disk drive (HDD)
(c) It has no internal CPU and thus has little or no processing power
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
Q5. Which among the following is a software design technique that emphasizes separating the functionality of a program into independent, interchangeable modules?
(a) Programming language
(b) Programming structure
(c) Modular programming
(d) Logic chart
(e) None of the above
Q6. Each box in a spreadsheet is called a ________.
(a) Cell
(b) Block
(c) Field
(d) Table
(e) Empty space
Q7. ________key is the example of Toggle key
(a) Alt
(b) Shift
(c) Control
(d) Escape
(e) Caps Lock
Q8. Which among the following is one of the category of the programs of system software?
(a) Utility Programs
(b) Operating System
(c) Language Translator
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
Q9. Why is it unethical to share copyrighted files with your friends?
(a) It is not unethical, because it is legal.
(b) It is unethical because the files are being given for free.
(c) Sharing copyrighted files without permission breaks copyright laws.
(d) It is not unethical because the files are being given for free.
(e) It is not unethical – anyone can access a computer
Q10. Some viruses have delayed payload, which is sometimes called a ____.
(a) time
(b) anti-virus
(c) bomb
(d) action
(e) call
Q11. In Windows, ME, what does ME stand for?
(a) Millennium Edition
(b) Micro-Expert
(c) Macro-Expert
(d) Multi-Expert
(e) My-Expert
Q12. The first computer mouse is built by –
(a) Douglas Engelbart
(b) Willian English
(c) Daniel Cougher
(d) Robert Zawaski
(e) None of the above
Q13. What is Direct X?
(a) Operating system
(b) Software that drives graphics hardware
(c) Web browser
(d) Word processing software
(e) None of these
Q14. The barcode which is used on all types of items, is read by a scanning device directly into the computer. What is the name of this scanning device?
(a) Laser scanner
(b) Wand
(c) OCR
(d) MICR
(e) Dot Matrix
Q15. A key that will erase information from the computer’s memory and characters on the screen.
(a) Edit
(b) Delete key
(c) Dummy out
(d) Trust key
(e) None of these
