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101.

Kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called:

A. Laser Printer
B. Ink-Jet Printer
C. Drum Printer
D. Chan Printer
E. None of these
Answer» C. Drum Printer
102.

The .folder retains copies of messages that you have started but are not yet ready to send.

A. Inbox
B. Outbox
C. Drafts
D. Sent Items
E. Address Book
Answer» D. Sent Items
103.

The ..becomes different shapes depending on the task you are performing.

A. Active tab
B. Insertion point
C. Mouse pointer
D. Ribbon
E. None of these
Answer» D. Ribbon
104.

The first high level language used for the IBM PC compatible is

A. FORTRAN
B. COBOL
C. PILOT
D. BASIC
E. None of these
Answer» E. None of these
105.

Computers observe some limitations as they have no

A. intelligence and feeling
B. flexibility and emotions
C. easy portability and ethics
D. All of these
E. None of these
Answer» E. None of these
106.

Which of the following is not an operating system for mobile phones?

A. Android
B. Symbian
C. iOS
D. Bada
E. All of these are OS for mobile phones
Answer» F.
107.

Before a disk can be used to store data. It must be

A. Formatted
B. Reformatted
C. Addressed
D. Partitioned
E. None of these
Answer» B. Reformatted
108.

Group of computers connected to share resources within Local Area environment constitute a :

A. Workstation
B. Workgroup
C. Network
D. Server
E. None of these
Answer» D. Server
109.

When we run program in HTML coding, ..is used as backend and .works as frontend.

A. Notepad, Internet Explorer
B. Notepad, MSN messenger
C. MS Word, Internet Explorer
D. Both (a) and (c)
E. None of these
Answer» B. Notepad, MSN messenger
110.

The most expensive component in a computer system is its

A. hardware
B. peripherals
C. software
D. All of these
E. None of these
Answer» F.
111.

What type of devices are computer speakers or headphones?

A. Input
B. Input/Output
C. Software
D. Storage
E. Output
Answer» F.
112.

A Computer that is on the Network is a .

A. Node
B. Terminal
C. Client
D. Online
E. None of these
Answer» B. Terminal
113.

Which keystroke will take you at the beginning or the end of a long document?

A. Ctrl + Page UP and Ctrl + PageDown
B. Shift + Home and Shift + End
C. Ctrl + Home and Ctrl + End
D. The only way is by using the right scroll ball
E. None of these
Answer» D. The only way is by using the right scroll ball
114.

The spacing between character pairs is called :

A. Kerning
B. x-height
C. intercap
D. serif
E. None of these
Answer» B. x-height
115.

Which of the following computer language is used for artificial intelligence?

A. FORTRAN
B. PROLOG
C. C
D. COBOL
E. None of these
Answer» C. C
116.

In Word you can force a page break ..

A. By positioning your cursor or at he appropriate place and pressing the F1 Key
B. By using the Insert/Section Break
C. By positioning your cursor at the appropriate place and pressing Ctrl + Enter
D. By changing the font size of your document
E. None of these
Answer» D. By changing the font size of your document
117.

Which of the following is not a computer language?

A. BASIC
B. C++
C. C#
D. Java
E. Microsoft
Answer» F.
118.

A standard tape recorder used to save or load computer information is known as

A. magnetic tape
B. cassette drive
C. punched paper tape
D. card punch
E. None of these
Answer» C. punched paper tape
119.

Artificial Intelligence is associated with which generation?

A. First Generation
B. Second Generation
C. Fifth Generation
D. Sixth Generation
E. None of these
Answer» C. Fifth Generation
120.

Which of the following is not true about computer files?

A. They are collections of data saved to a storage medium.
B. Every file has a file name
C. A file extension is established by the user to indicate the computer on which it was created.
D. All files contain data
E. None of these
Answer» D. All files contain data
121.

Which of the following is not true about a computer?

A. Translates instruction of a high level language into machine language
B. Translates entire source program into machine language program
C. It is involved in program s execution
D. Is a translating program
E. Is useful to run program
Answer» F.
122.

A website address is a unique name that identifies a specific .

A. Web browser
B. PDA
C. Website
D. link
E. user
Answer» D. link
123.

Network operating systems from Novell is . ..

A. NOS
B. UNIX
C. NetWare
D. Solaris
E. None of these
Answer» D. Solaris
124.

Which of the following terms is used for the form in which the word will appear on the page?

A. Text formatting
B. Character formatting
C. Point size
D. Type face
E. Layout
Answer» B. Character formatting
125.

The Excel feature includes functions to calculate an Average, Minimum, Maximum and Count.

A. Format
B. Number
C. Auto Sum
D. Calculate
E. MIN
Answer» E. MIN
126.

A process known as .is used by large retailers to study trends.

A. data mining
B. data selection
C. POS
D. data conversion
E. None of these
Answer» B. data selection
127.

The process of fetching and executing instructions, one at a time, in the order of increasing addresses is known as

A. instruction execution
B. straight line sequencing
C. instruction fetch
D. random sequencing
E. None of these
Answer» C. instruction fetch
128.

The memory address of the first element of an array is called

A. floor address
B. foundation address
C. first address
D. base address
E. None of these
Answer» E. None of these
129.

The combination of the operating system 1101.Leaves of which of the following trees are at the same level?

A. Binary tree
B. B-tree
C. AVL-tree
D. Expression tree
E. None of these
Answer» C. AVL-tree
130.

The operation of a digital computer is based on principle.

A. Counting
B. Measuring
C. Electronic
D. Logical
E. None of these
Answer» B. Measuring
131.

Computers use the .system to process data.

A. processing
B. kilobyte
C. binary
D. representational
E. None of these
Answer» D. representational
132.

Which unit decodes information and present to the user?

A. ALU
B. Storage unit
C. Output unit
D. Control unit
E. None of these
Answer» D. Control unit
133.

A is a collection of information saved as a unit.

A. folder
B. print-out
C. path
D. file extension
E. file
Answer» F.
134.

What type of software is most useful for the creation of brochures, posters, and newsletters?

A. Spreadsheet software
B. Web authoring software
C. Multimedia authoring software
D. Desktop publishing software
E. None of these
Answer» E. None of these
135.

All of the following are basic principles of net works, except

A. each computer must have a network card
B. there must be communications media connecting the network hardware devices
C. there must be at least one connecting device
D. each computer must have software that supports the movement of information
E. None of these
Answer» C. there must be at least one connecting device
136.

A saved document is referred to as a .

A. file
B. word
C. folde
D. project
E. None of these
Answer» B. word
137.

Which of the following parts is of an operator console?

A. Keyboard
B. Control panel
C. Printer
D. CPU
E. None of these
Answer» C. Printer
138.

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

A. Superscript
B. Lowered
C. Subscript
D. Laid down
E. None
Answer» D. Laid down
139.

A(n) .uses laser technology to store large amounts of information

A. floppy disk
B. compact disk read-only memory (CD- ROM)
C. hard disk
D. extended disc read-only memory (ED- ROM)
E. None of these
Answer» C. hard disk
140.

Information that comes from an external source and fed into compute software is called .

A. Output
B. Input
C. Throughput
D. Reports
E. None of these
Answer» C. Throughput
141.

Pre-mde sheet formats like Simple, Classic, Accounting, Colorful etc. can be applied from:

A. from Format > Cells
B. from Format > Auto format
C. from Table > Auto format
D. All of these
E. None of these
Answer» C. from Table > Auto format
142.

Which of the following is Not a characteristic of E-mail?

A. Low cost
B. Record maintenance in database
C. High speed
D. Waste reduction
E. None of these
Answer» C. High speed
143.

By default, your documents print in .. mode.

A. Landscape
B. Portrait
C. Page setup
D. Print preview
E. None of these
Answer» C. Page setup
144.

Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as :

A. PC
B. Memory address registers
C. General purpose register
D. Flags
E. None of these
Answer» D. Flags
145.

Data divisions the third division of a program.

A. COBOL
B. BASIC
C. PASCAL
D. FORTH
E. None of these
Answer» B. BASIC
146.

How much data can be stored in one CD .

A. 100t mb
B. 2.5 mb
C. 700 mb
D. 500 mb
E. None of these
Answer» D. 500 mb
147.

Unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail is known as

A. Spam
B. Trash
C. Calibri
D. Courier
E. None of these
Answer» B. Trash
148.

Why should you delete unknown e-mail attachments?

A. You could go to jail
B. the person cold track you down and hurt you
C. it is bad manners
D. it mights contains a virus that could hurt your computer
E. None of these
Answer» E. None of these
149.

A series of statements explaining how the data is to be processed is called .

A. Instruction
B. compiler
C. program
D. interpreter
E. None of these
Answer» E. None of these
150.

An area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed is .

A. CPU
B. Memory
C. Storage
D. File
E. None of these
Answer» C. Storage