Question bank on computer literacy test.III to IV and IV to V Promotion EXAM

1. All Computers Must Have:
1) Word processing software
2) An operating system
3) A printer attached
4) A virus checking program

2. Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network?
1] LAN 2] DSL 3] RAM 4] USB 5] CPU


3. A set of instructions telling the computer what to do is called
1] mentor 2] instructor 3] compiler 4] program 5] debugger


4. Microsoft office is
1] shareware 2] public domain software 3] open-source software 4] A vertical market application 5] an application suite


5. Computer connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) can
1] run faster  2] go on line   3] share information and/or share peripheral equipment   4] E-mail   5] none of these


6. Which of the following refers to the memory in your computer?
1] RAM 2] DSL 3] USB 4] LAN 5] CPU


7. Information travels between components on the motherboard through
1] flash memory 2] CMOS 3] Bays 4] Buses 5] Peripheral


8. One megabyte equals approximately
1] 1,000bites 2] 1,000 bytes 3] 1 million bytes 4] 1 million bits
5] 2,000 bytes


9. When you are working on a document on PC where the document temporarily stored is
1] RAM 2] ROM 3] The CPU 4] flash memory 5] The CD-ROM


10. Hot key is
1] fire wire port  2] alternate key  3] key board shortcut  4] primary key  5] none

11. The blinking symbol on the computer screen is called the 1] mouse 2] logo 3] hand 4] palm 5] cursor


12. Application software
1] is used to control the operating system    2] is designed to help programmers   3] performs specific task for computer users           4] is used for making design only 5] All of the above


13. Find the odd term
1] internet 2] linux 3] unix 4] windows


14. BIOS stands for
1] basic input output service 2] basic inner outer service
3] better input output service 4] better inner and outer service
5] none of these


15. A set of rules that computer on a network use to communicate with each other are called
1] Rules 2] Regulations 3] Protocol 4] Netiquettes 5] none of these


16. The process of connecting to the internet account is
1] LOG IN 2] LOG OUT 3] SIGN IN 4] SIGN OUT 5] none of these


17. An image editing software in which we can draw and edit image is
1] page maker 2] MS paint 3] photo image 4] front page 5] Corel Draw


18. Which out of the following is not a DBMS software
1] d BASE 2] FOXPRO 3] ORACLE 4] SyBase 5] Data base 2000


19. ---------- is when the more power hungry components such as the monitor and the hard drive, are put in idle
1] Hibernation 2] Power down 3] Standby mode 4] The shutdown procedure 5] none of these


20. Hard disk drives are considered ----------- storage
1] flash 2] non-volatile 3] temporary 4] nonpermanent 5] none of these


21. To save an existing file with a new name or to a new location, you should use the -------- command.
1] Save 2] Save and Replace 3] Save As 4] New File 5] none of these


22. The most common input devices are the ----- and the -----1] microphone, printer 2] scanner, monitor 3] digital camera, speakers 4] keyboard, mouse 5] none of these


23. The term bit is short for
1] megabyte 2] binary language 3] binary digit 4] binary number 5]none of these


24. All of the following terms are associated with spreadsheet software except---------
1] worksheet 2] cell 3] formula 4] virus detection 5] none of these



25. ----are devices used to transmit data over telecommunication lines
1] Drives 2] Drive bays 3] Modems 4] Platforms 5] none of these


26. A temporary storage area attached to CPU for input out operations is
1] channel 2] buffer 3] register 4] core



27. Which is not a computer language
1] basic 2] Cobol 3] lotus 4] Fortran


28. The code for a web page is written using ------
1] fifth generation language 2] win zip 3] hypertext markup language 4] perl 5] URL


29. Office LAN that are spread geographical apart on a large scale can be connected using a corporate
1] CAN 2] LAN 3] DAN 4] WAN 5] TAN



30. What is the term for unsolicited e-mail?
1] newsgroup 2] usenet 3] backbone 4] flaming 5]spam


31. The first computers were programmed using --------
1] assembly language 2] machine language 3] source code
4] object code 5] spaghetti code


32. How can the user determine what programme are available on a computer?
1] checking the hard disk properties
2] viewing the installed programs during the booting process
3] checking the operating system for a list of installed programs
4]checking the existing files saved on the disk
5] none of these



33. COBOL is widely used in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ applications1) Commercial 2) Scientific 3) Space 4) Mathematical 5) None


34. A collection of related files is called a -------
1] character 2] field 3] database 4] record 5] none of these



35. Storage that retain its data after the power is turned of is referred to as
1] volatile storage 2] non volatile storage 3] sequential storage
4] direct storage 5] none of these



36. What menu is selected to print?
1] Edit 2] Special 3] File 4] Tools 5] none of these


37. The name a user assigns to a document called a(n)
1] Filename 2] program 3] record 4] data 5] none of these


38. What are the two types of output devices?
1] Monitor and printer 2] storage disks (floppy, CD)
3] Keyboard and mouse 4] windows 2000, windows NT
5] None of these


39. To access properties of an object the mouse technique to use is
1] dragging 2] dropping 3] right clicking 4] shift clicking 5] none of these


40. Connections to the internet using a phone line and a modem are called ---- connections
1] digital 2] dial-up 3] broadband 4] dish 5] none of these



41. A flaw in a program that causes it to produce incorrect or inappropriate results is called a
1] Bug 2] byte 3] attribute 4] unit problem 5] none of these



42. To make the number pad act as directional arrows, you press the ----- key.
1] Num lock 2] caps lock 3] arrow lock 4] shift 5] none of these


43. Every component of your computer is either --------
1] Hardware or software 2] software or CPU/RAM \
3] Application software or system software
4] Input devices or output devices
5] None of these


44. The ----------performs single mathematic for the CPU 1] ALU 2] DIMM 3] BUS 4] Register 5] none of these


45. Which of the following groups consist of only output devices?
1] scanner, printer, monitor 2] keyboard, printer. Monitor
3] mouse, printer, monitor 4] plotter, printer, monitor
5] none of these


46. Sending an e-mail is similar to --------
1] picturing an event 2] narrating a story 3] writing a letter
4] creating a drawing 5] none of these


47. Find the odd man
1] face book 2] Google 3] yahoo search 4] bing



48. FTP is used for
1] playing music 2] Chatting 3] Broadcasting movies
4] Transferring data


49. In an Excel sheet for creating formula, you start with
1] bracket 2] plus sign 3] equal to sign 4] division sign


50. A spread sheet is related to
1] power point 2] office 3] excel 4] graphs


51. The brain of any computer system is
1] electricity 2] monitor 3] CPU 4] ALU


52. All the deleted files go to
1] Tool bar 2] My documents 3] recycle bus 4] recycle Bin


53. WAN stands for
1] wide access network 2] wide area net work 3] we3ak area network 4] wind area network

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