Basic Computer MCQs-2
1. When you save to this, your data will remain intact even when the computer is turned off–
- (A) RAM
- (B) Motherboard
- (C) Secondary storage device
- (D) Primary storage device
- (E) None of these
Ans : (C)
2. A central computer that holds collections of data and programs for many PCs, workstations, and other computers is a (n) –
- (A) Supercomputer
- (B) Minicomputer
- (C) Laptop
- (D) Server
- (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
3. The……….folder retains copies of messages that you have started but are not yet ready to send.
- (A) Drafts
- (B) Outbox
- (C) Address Book
- (D) Sent Items
- (E) Inbox
Ans : (B)
4. Grouping and processing all of a firm's transactions at one time are called–
- (A) A database management system
- (B) Batch processing
- (C) A real-time system
- (D) An on-line system
- (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
5. The……….enables you to simultaneously keep multiple Web pages open in one browser window.
- (A) Tab box
- (B) Pop-up helper
- (C) Tab row
- (D) Address bar
- (E) Esc key
Ans : (C)
6. Which ports connect special types of music instruments to sound cards?
- (A) BUS
- (B) CPU
- (C) USB
- (D) MIDI
- (E) MINI
Ans : (C)
7. You can……….a search by providing more information the search engine can use to select a smaller, more useful set of results.
- (A) Refine
- (B) Expand
- (C) Load
- (D) Query
- (E) Slowdown
Ans : (A)
8. What is the permanent memory built into your computer called?
- (A) RAM
- (B) Floppy
- (C) CPU
- (D) CO-ROM
- (E) ROM
Ans : (E)
9. What displays the contents of the active cell in Excel?
- (A) Name box
- (B) Row Headings
- (C) Formula bar
- (D) Task pane
- (E) None of these
Ans : (A)
10. The piece of hardware that converts your computer's digital signal to an analog signal that can travel over telephone lines is called
- (A) Red wire
- (B) Blue cord
- (C) Tower
- (D) Modem
- (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
11. Video processors consist of……….and………., which store and process images.
- (A) CPU and VGA
- (B) CPU and memory
- (C) VGA and memory
- (D) VGI and DVI
- (E) None of these
Ans : (C)
12. If you want to connect to your own computer through the Internet from another location, you can use–
- (A) E-mail
- (B) FTP
- (C) Instant message
- (D) Telnet
- (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
13. To reload a Web page, press the……….button.
- (A) Redo
- (B) Reload
- (C) Restore
- (D) Ctrl
- (E) Refresh
Ans : (E)
14. This first step in the transaction processing cycle captures business data through various modes such as optical scanning or at an electronic commerce website–
- (A) Document and report generation
- (B) Database maintenance
- (C) Transaction processing start-up
- (D) Data Entry
- (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
15. In Excel……….allows users to bring together copies of work-books that other users have worked on independently.
- (A) Copying
- (B) Merging
- (C) Pasting
- (D) Compiling
- (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
16. Which of the following are advantages of CD-ROM as a storage media?
- (A) CD-ROM is an inexpensive way to store large, amount of data and information
- (B) CD-ROM disks retrieve data and information more quickly than magnetic disks do
- (C) CD-ROMs make less error than magnetic media
- (D) An of the above
- (E) None of these
Ans : (D)
17. Personal computers can be connected together to form a–
- (A) Server
- (B) Supercomputer
- (C) Network
- (D) Enterprise
- (E) None of these
Ans : (C)
18. A……….is the term used when a search engine returns a Web page that matches the search criteria.
- (A) Blog
- (B) Hit
- (C) Link
- (D) View
- (E) Success
Ans : (E)
19. ……….are words that a programming language has set aside for its own use.
- (A) Control words
- (B) Control structures
- (C) Reserved words
- (D) Reserved keys
- (E) None of these
Ans : (C)
20. Mobile Commerce is best described as–
- (A) The use of Kiosks in marketing
- (B) Transporting products
- (C) Buying and selling goods/services through wireless handheld devices
- (D) Using notebook PC's in marketing
- (E) None of the above
Ans : (C)
21. Which of, the following is a storage device that uses rigid, permanently installed magnetic disks to store data/information–
- (A) Floppy diskette
- (B) Hard disk
- (C) Permanent disk
- (D) Optical disk
- (E) None of these
Ans : (B)
22. The computer abbreviation KB usually means–
- (A) Key Block
- (B) Kernel Boot
- (C) Key Byte
- (D) Kit Bit
- (E) Kilo Byte
Ans : (E)
23. What is the process of copying software programs from secondary storage media to the hard disk called?
- (A) Configuration
- (B) Download
- (C) Storage
- (D) Upload
- (E) Installation
Ans : (D)
24. When the pointer is positioned on a……….it is shaped like a hand.
- (A) Grammar error
- (B) Formatting error
- (C) Screen Tip
- (D) Spelling error
- (E) Hyperlink
Ans : (E)
25. Which of the following can be used to select the entire document?
- (A) CTRL+A
- (B) ALT+F5
- (C) SHIFT+A
- (D) CTRL+K
- (E) CTRL+H
Ans : (A)