Computer Awareness-32

    1.     A right click on the desktop itself will ........

a.      open the Display Properties dialog box

b.     show a context - sensitive menu

c.      open the Control Panel

d.     minimize all open applications

    2.     The window which shows icons for things like the mouse, sound, and display is

a.      My Computer

b.     Explorer

c.      Control Panel   

d.     Taskbar

    3.      ........... refers to a computer's ability to configure and use a device without human interaction

a.      CPU   

b.     Plug and Play

c.      Cache   

d.     ALU

    4.     This type of memory improves processing by acting as a temporary high - speed holding area between the memory and the CPU.

a.      RAM   

b.     ROM

c.      Cache memory   

d.     Flash memory

    5.     These provide expansion capability for a computer system

a.      sockets   

b.     slot

c.      ports   

d.     both 2 and 3

    6.     When was the first Windows operating system launched?

a.      1984   

b.     1985

c.      1988   

d.     1989

    7.     Today's computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changes in 1924. What was that name?

a.      Tabulator Machine Co.

b.     Computing Tabulating Recording Co.

c.      The Tabulator Ltd.

d.     International Computer Ltd.

    8.      The process of starting a or restarting a compute system by loading instructions from a secondary storage device into the computer memory is called

a.      Duping   

b.     Booting

c.      Padding   

d.     CPS

    9.     What does the disk drive of a computer do?

a.      Rotate the disk   

b.     Read the disk

c.      Load a program from the disk into the memory

d.     Both 2 and 3   

    10. IBM launched its first personal computer called IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips from Intel, disk drives from Tandon, Operatng system from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and the application software from everywhere. Can you name the country which contributed the video display?

a.      India   

b.     China

c.      Germany    

d.     Taiwan

    11. In H₂O the figure 2 appeared lowered. Which effect has been applied?

a.      Superscript   

b.     Lowered

c.      Subscript   

d.     Laid down

    12. A laptop or Notebook marked 802.11n in its feature, it means device support

a.      Bluetooth   

b.     WiMAX

c.      USB   

d.     Wi-Fi LAN

    13. You Tube service for streaming videos online is provided by

a.      Google   

b.     Mirosoft

c.      IBM   

d.     Apple

    14. When using charaters in Windows, what code does Windows use?

a.      ASCII   

b.     UNICODE

c.       MORSE   

d.     IDBC

    15. .Which is the latest type of printer interface?

a.      Serial   

b.     DVI

c.      Parallel   

d.     USB

    16. To produce a high - quality graphics (hardcopy) in color, you would want to use a

a.      Virtual Printer   

b.     Laser Printer

c.      Ink - jet Printer   

d.     Plotter

    17. What is Mail-Merge?

a.      a web based e-mail service with no spam

b.     a name of Yahoo! MINDSET search feature

c.      a new virus-hoax which can delete data fro mail-inbox

d.     a feature of MS-Word used to create multiple documents like letters, mailing labels, name tags etc.

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

a.      Verification   

b.     Test data

c.      Validation   

d.     Updating

    19. A .......... shares hardware, software, and data among authorized users.

a.      network   

b.     protocol

c.      hyperlink   

d.     transmitter

    20. Which of the following is not a function of the control unit ?

a.      Read instructions   

b.     Execute instructions

c.      Interpret instructions   

d.     Direct operations