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1. The hardware device commonly

referred to as the brain of the computer is the ..........? 1. RAM chip 2. Data input
3. CPU 4. Secondary storage Ans- 3
2. When the computer is working on given instructions, it is called .......? 1. output
2. storage 3. processing 4. input Ans- 3
3. An input device that is used widely in supermarkets is ..........? 1. keyboard 2.
Mouse 3. Trackball 4. Bar code reader Ans-4
4. Java is an example of a .........? 1. machine language 2. assembly language 3.
High level language 4. 4th-generation-language Ans- 3
5. A byte is a collection of ..........? 1. four bits 2. six bits 3. Eight bits 4. Ten bits
Ans- 3
6. CD-ROM is an example of .........? 1. Input device 2. Output device 3. Both input
& output device 4. Pointing device Ans- 3
7. Computers gather data, which means that they allow users to....... data? 1.
present
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2. input 3. output 4. display Ans- 2
8. The components that process data are located in the .........? 1. input devices 2.
output devices 3. system unit 4. storage component Ans- 3
9. .......... is a cross between human language and a programming language? 1.
Pseudocode 2. Java 3. The Java Virtual Machine 4. The compiler Ans- 1
10. Volatility is a property of ........? 1. computer networks 2. ROM 3. RAM 4.
software Ans- 3
11. A process known as ........ is used by large retailers to study trends? 1. Data
mining 2. data selection 3. POS 4. data conversion Ans- 1
12. Which of the following devices typically attaches to a parallel port? 1. keyboard
2. Mouse 3. Moniter 4. Printer Ans- 4
13. What is the top level domain name of the following URL
http://www.yahoo.com/mail? 1. http 2. www 3. yahoo 4. .com Ans-4
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14. MS-Dos is a ........... operating system? 1. point and click 2. user- friendly 3.
command-driven 4. Mac Ans- 3
15. The geometric arrangement of devices on the network is called...........? 1.
Topology 2. Media 3. URL 4. Protocol Ans- 1
16. The vast network of computers that connects millions of people all over the
world is called.......? 1. Web 2. LAN 3. Internet 4. Workgroup Ans- 3

17. What is the other name of LAN card? 1. Modem 2. Network connector 3.
Internet card 4. NIC Ans- 4
18. The...... button on the quick access Toolbar allows you to cancel your recent
commands or actions? 1. Search 2. Undo 3. Cut 4. Document Ans- 2
19. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write
operations? 1. ROM 2. RAM 3. EPROM 4. All of these Ans- 2
20. Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?
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1. Laser printer 2. Ink jet printers 3. Plotter 4.Dot-matrix printer Ans- 3
21. The standard protocol of the internet is ? 1. TCP/IP 2. Java 3. HTML 4.
Flash Ans- 1
22. Which of the following is a key function of a firewall? 1. Monitoring 2. Deleting
3. Copying 4. Moving 5. None of these Ans- 1
23. A program that generally has more user- friendly interface than a DBMS is called
a ? 1. Front end 2. Repository 3. Back end 4. Form 5. None of these Ans- 1
24. Computers connected to a LAN can.? 1. Run faster 2. Share information
and / or share peripheral equipment 3. Email 4. Go online 5. None of these Ans-2
25. The acronym HTML stand for? 1. High Transfer Machine Language 2.
High Trasmission Markup language 3. Hypertext Markup Language 4. Hypermedia
markup language 5. None of these Ans-3
26. Which of the following is the communications protocol that sets the standard
used by every computer that accesses Web pages information?
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1. XML 2. DML 3. HTTP 4. HTML 5. None of these Ans-3
27. A .......... is a computer attached to the internet that runs a special Web server
software and can send Web pages out to other computers over the internet? 1. Web
client 2. Web system 3. Web page 4. Web server 5. None of these Ans-1
28. To reverse the effect of your last action in word ------------? (1) Use the cut
command (2) Use the Undo command (3) Press the delete key (4) Use the Redo
command (5) None of these Ans- 2
29. Several views are available in MS Front Page. Which one of the following is NOT
a valid view ? (1) Design View (2) Folders View (3) Navigation View (4) Web
Server View (5) None of these Ans- 4
30. Selects the entire Row press------- (1) Shift + Space (2) Shift + ctrl (3) Shift +
alt (4) Space + enter (5) None of these Ans- 1

31. A DVD is an example of a .........? 1. Hard disk 2. Optical disk 3. Output device
4. Solid state storage device
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Ans-2
32. This type of file is created by word processors? 1. worksheet 2. document 3.
database 4. presentation Ans-2
33. Windows 10 is an example of a ..........? 1. Application software 2. browser 3.
operating system 4. shareware Ans- 3
34. Which of the following is an example of connectivity? 1. data 2. hard disk 3.
Internet 4.Power cord Ans-3
35. Procedures are typically documented in manuals is written by-? 1. Computer
specialists 2. end users 3. Microsoft 4.service providers Ans-1
36. Which step is taken-first in designing a program? 1. Data validation 2. Task
analysis 3. input design 4. Problem identification Ans-4
37. Transformation of input into output is performed by? 1. Peripherals 2. memory
3. Storage 4. CPU Ans- 4
38. Computers gather data, which means that they allow users to........ data?