Basic Computer MCQs-5

Basic Computer MCQs-5

1. Technology no longer protected by copyright, available to everyone, is considered to be

  • (A) Proprietary.
  • (B) Open
  • (C) Experimental
  • (D) In the public domain
  • (E) None of the above

ANSWER: (A)

2. Input, output and processing devices grouped together represent a/an……

  • (A) Mobile device
  • (B) Information processing cycle
  • (C) Circuit boards
  • (D) Computer system
  • (E) None of the above

ANSWER: (D)

3. The term gigabyte refers to

  • (A) 1024 bytes
  • (B) 1024 kilobytes
  • (C) 1024 megabytes
  • (D) 1024 gigabytes
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (C)

4. Off-line operation is the operation of devices without the control of

  • (A) Memory
  • (B) CPU
  • (C) ALU
  • (D) Control unit
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (B)

5. Name the first general purpose electronic computer

  • (A) ADVAC
  • (B) ADSAC
  • (C) UNIVAC
  • (D) EDVAC
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (C)

6. Which of the following statement is wrong?

  • (A) Windows XP is an operating system
  • (B) Linux is owned and sold by Microsoft
  • (C) Photoshop is a graphical design tool by Adobe
  • (D) Linux is free and open source software
  • (E) None of the above

ANSWER: (B)

7.  A software used to convert source program instructions to object instruction is known as

  • (A) Compiler
  • (B) Assembler
  • (C) Interpreter
  • (D) Language processor
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (D)

8. The term ‘Operating System’ means

  • (A) A set of programs which control computer working
  • (B) The way a user operates the computer system
  • (C) Conversion of high level language to machine language
  • (D) The way computer operator works
  • (E) None of the above

ANSWER: (A)

9. What digits are representative of all binary Numbers?

  • (A) 0
  • (B) 1
  • (C) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
  • (D) 3
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (C)

10. The …… is the box that houses the most Important parts of a computer system.

  • (A) Software
  • (B) Hardware
  • (C) Input device
  • (D) System unit
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (D)

11. The physical arrangement of elements on a page is referred to as a document’s ……

  • (A) Features
  • (B) Format
  • (C) Pagination
  • (D) Grid
  • (D) None of these

ANSWER: (B)

12. All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT

  • (A) Hackers
  • (B) Spam
  • (C) Viruses
  • (D) Identity theft
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (B)

13. The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a Criminals computer is an example of a law enforcement specialty called

  • (A) Robotics
  • (B) Simulation
  • (C) Computer forensics
  • (D) Animation
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (C)

14. This tags, when placed on an animal, can be used to record and track in a database all of the
Animal’s movements

  • (A) POS C
  • (B) RFID
  • (C) PPS
  • (D) GPS
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (B)

15. Which of the following is not as language for computer programming?

  • (A) WINDOWS
  • (B) PASCAL
  • (C) BASIC
  • (D) COBOL
  • (E) All of these

ANSWER: (A)

16. Computers use which language to process data?

  • (A) Processing
  • (B) Kilobyte
  • (C) Binary
  • (D) Representational
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (C)

17. It is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of Intelligence that humans do

  • (A) Nano science
  • (B) Nanotechnology
  • (C) Simulation
  • (D) Artificial intelligence (AI)
  • (E) None of the above

ANSWER: (D)

18. The name for the way that computers manipulate data into information is Called

  • (A) Programming
  • (B) Processing
  • (C) Storing
  • (D) Organizing
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (B)

19.Computers gather data, which means that they allow users to

  • (A) Present data
  • (B) input data
  • (C) Output data
  • (D) Store data
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (B)

20. Which type of data has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion?

  • (A) A process
  • (B) Software
  • (C) Storage
  • (D) Information
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (D)

21. After a picture has been taken with a digital camera and processed appropriately, the actual print of the picture is considered –

  • (A) Data
  • (B) Output
  • (C) Input
  • (D) The process
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (B)

22. Computers process data into information by working exclusively with

  • (A) Multimedia
  • (B) Words
  • (C) Characters
  • (D) Numbers
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (D)

23. The term bit is short for

  • (A) Megabyte
  • (B) Binary language
  • (C) Binary digit
  • (D) Binary number
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (C)

24. In the binary language each letter of the alphabet, each number and each special character is made up of a unique combination of

  • (A) eight bytes
  • (B) eight kilobytes
  • (C) Eight characters
  • (D) eight bits
  • (E) None of these

ANSWER: (D)

25. These terminals (formerly known as cash Registers) are often connected to complex inventory and sales computer systems

  • (A) Data
  • (B) Point-of-sale (POS)
  • (C) Sales
  • (D) Query
  • (E) None of the above

ANSWER: (B)