Computer Awareness Quiz 2010 - III

1.      After a program has shown that it runs and produces results, the next step is to…...?

a) Save   b) Load   c) Exit   d) Test   e) List

2.      A computer that works with discrete quantities is

a) Hybrid  . b) Optical.   c) Digital   d) Analog   e) None

3.      A 32 bit computer word consists of………?

a) 4 bytes   b) 8 bytes   c) 16 bytes   d) 32 bytes   e) None

4.      The process of checking the validity of information held in a transaction file is

a) Verification   b) Test data   c) Validation   d) Updating   e) None

5.      What is a ‘tuple’?

a) Another name for a table in an RDBMS.

b) Another name for the key linking different tables in a database.

c) Initial seed value of a field

d) A row or record in a database table.

e) An attribute attached to a record.

6.      Which of the following is not a web scripting language?

a) ASP   b) DSP   c) JSP    d) PHP   e) HTML

7.      Which one of the following work as both an input and output device?

a) Keyboard   b) QWERTY Keyboard   c) Mouse    d) Scanner   e) Modem

8.      Which of the following companies is also known as ‘Big Blue’

a) Intel   b) IBM   c) Microsoft   d) Adobe System   e) Google

9.      Which of the following is not an operating system for personal computers?

a) Windows XP   b)Windows 7   c) Red Hat Linux   d) Google’s Nexus One   e)Unix

10. A network where all systems have equal status is called:

a) Peer-to-Peer.

b) A Star Network.

c) The Internet.

d) Client-Server.

e) None

11. What is the communications protocol that allows you to connect your computer

to the Internet using a standard telephone line ?

a) HTTP   b) ISDN   c) SLIP   d) TCP/IP   e) None

12. What is the name given to the standard or set of rules that two computers use

to communicate with each other ?

a) Access Control   b) Domain   c) Link   d) Protocol   e) TCP/IP

13. What does SMPS stands for?

a) Switched Mode Power Supply

b) Single Mode Power Supply

c) Simple Mode Power Supply

d) Synchronous Mode Power Supply

e) None

14. When a user turns on a Windows XP system, which program will activate first?

a) Exhaust fan of SMPS will start rotating

b) Windows XP logo screen appear with progress bar

c) Operating System start to load its file in RAM.

d) Desktop screen appear with mouse pointer

e) BIOS the in-charge of system start executing

15. In Windows Explorer, when a user press Alt key and Double-click a file/folder

simultaneously, what will happen?

a) Selected file/folder will open in new window

b) Selected file/folder will open in same window

c) Selected file/folder will move to recycle bin

d) Properties dialog box of Selected file/folder will open

e) None

16. Which of the following is not true?

a) TCP is a connection-oriented protocol

b) 48 is an Octal Number

c) FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol

d) A file having extension PNG is a graphic file

e) C++ is a computer programming language

17. In MS-Excel, what is the keyboard shortcut to complete a cell entry and move up in the selection?

a) Ctrl + TAB

b) Shift + TAB

c) Alt + ENTER

d) Shift + ENTER

e) None

18. What is the file extension used for Microsoft Word document templates?

a) .dot   b) .wdt   c) .txt   d) .exe   e) .doc

19. Which Access component is best for data presentation?

a) Table    b) Form    c) Report    d) Query    e) None

20. What would you see while spell checking the phrase “My father was write”?

a) The word “write” is misspelled.

b) A red line appears under “write”

c) A green line appears under “write”

d) The word “father” is misspelled.

e) No errors.

Note: Submitted by Narendra.