Important Computer MCQs For Competitive Exams part-1 | Set 10
1. In a computer, how many bits does a nibble signify?
Correct : A. 4
2. Which of the following is not true about a
computer?
Correct : E. Is useful to run program
3. In Excel, the contents of the active cell are displayed in the ………….
Correct : E. formula bar
4. When machine instructions are being executed by a computer, the instruction phase followed by the execution phase is referred to as………
Correct : E. machine cycle
5. In Windows ME, what does ME stand for?
Correct : A. Millennium
6. Which of the following refers to the fastest, biggest and most expensive computers?
Correct : D. Super computers
7. Which is not a basic function of a computer?
Correct : E. Scan text
8. Which of the following is not a term pertaining to Email?
Correct : A. powerpoint
9. Which of the following is required to create an HTML document?
Correct : C. text editor
10. Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program?
Correct : E. Machine language
11. To insert a page break in a WORD document, the following options are used………
Correct : E. Insert and Break
12. Which of the following identifies a cell in Excel?
Correct : B. name
13. This is the part of the computer system that one cannot touch?
Correct : E. None of these
14. A computer’s ROM is………..
Correct : D. computer hardware
15. Which selecting multiple worksheets in Excel, the following key must also be used when clicking the sheet tab…………..
Correct : C. Ctrl
16. A word processor would be used best to……..
Correct : C. type a story
17. The file that is linked with an e-mail and sent to the receiver of the e-mail is referred to as………….
Correct : D. attachment
18. Which of the following refers to the process of a computer receiving information from a server on the Internet?
Correct : E. downloading
19. The term “host” with respect to the internet, means…………..
Correct : B. A computer that is connected to the internet
20. A set of instructions telling the computer what to do is called………….
Correct : D. program
21. The smallest unit of information a computer
can understand and process is known as a :
Correct : E. bit
22. A…………uses pressure as a user presses it with a stylus to send signals.
Correct : A. touchpad
23. The justification that aligns text on both margins of a document in Word is :
Correct : A. Justify
24. A partially completed workbook that contains formulas and formatting, but no data, is called a :
Correct : B. template
25. A byte c n represent any number between 0 and :
Correct : B. 255
26. Connectivity for a new computer means :
Correct : B. having a modern and/or network connection to communicate with other computers
27. A………..is used to read handwritten or printed text to make a digital image that is stored in memory.
Correct : C. scanner
28. The shortcut key Ctr+F in Word is used
Correct : D. To open the Find and Replace dialog box
29. The most widely used code that represents each character as a unique 8-bit code is :
Correct : A. ASCII
30. Operating systems and utility programs are in a class of software known as :
Correct : E. system software
31. OCR stands for :
Correct : E. Optical Character Recognition
32. The Open, Print, and Save buttons are all located on the :
Correct : C. Standard toolbar
33. To copy a cell, you would drag the cell border while simultaneously holding down the Ctrl key when :
Correct : A. You have one or more cells to copy
34. The permanently etched program in ROM
that automatically begins executing the computer’s instructions is the :
Correct : A. BIOS
35. Information stored in RAM is considered volatile, which means it is :
Correct : B. not held permanently, only temporarily.
36. The display size of a monitor is measured
Correct : B. horizontally
37. The name of a Microsoft Office Word document is displayed in Both the……….and the taskbar.
Correct : E. Title bar
38. Excel is designed to provide visual cues to the relationships between the cells that provide values to the formulas or the cell that depend on the formulas by :
Correct : B. Highlighting the cell references
39. A limitation of software that digitizes voice data is that it :
Correct : B. must be trained to recognize individual voices.
40. External devices such as printers, keyboards and modems are known as :
Correct : B. peripherals
41. The higher the resolution of a monitor, the ;
Correct : D. closer together the pixels
42. The Excel feature includes functions to
calculate an Average, Minimum, Maximum and Count.
Correct : D. Calculate
43. For a computer to recognize and understand analog data, it must first be:
Correct : A. sent to a mainframe for interpretation
44. Expansion cards are inserted into :
Correct : A. slots
45. Which type of software is distributed free but requires the users to pay some amount for further use?
Correct : B. shareware
46. A pixel is a :
Correct : A. picture element or dot on a screen
47. The most common pointing input device is the :
Correct : D. document file
48. Web pages are saved in ………….format.
Correct : B. HTML
49. If employees reside in different parts of the country and need to meet monthly, useful computer technology would be :
Correct : C. video conferencing
50. The wheel located between the two standard buttons on a mouse is used to :
Correct : D. jump to different Web pages
51. Which type of software is used in the design of products, structures, civil, engineering, drawings and maps?
Correct : A. CAD programs
52. Advanced word processing features include all except creation of :
Correct : A. alternate headers and footers
53. The computer that hosts your e-mail account is known as a(n):
Correct : B. E-mail client
54. A touchpad responds to :
Correct : B. pressure
55. What is the term for calculations used within spreadsheets?
Correct : C. formulas
56. This is a set of values that you want to chart in Excel.
Correct : E. Data series
57. Before you can begin using e-mail, you must have a(n) :
Correct : E. Account
58. Until a computer can recognize handwriting, an input device must :
Correct : B. optimise the information
59. The pointing device that comes built into a laptop computer can be any except a :
Correct : A. mouse
60. The button that displays the window over the entire screen is :
Correct : E. Maximize
61. The .xls extension is used for…..files.
Correct : E. Excel
62. Which of the following are tasks that may be completed when configuring your e-mail client?
Correct : A. Provide the IP address of your ISP’s mail server
63. Which of the following is a transaction?
Correct : A. A group of SQL statements consisting of one read and one write operation
64. In order for computers to communicate across a network, they must be connected through a(n)………
Correct : B. Topology
65. “Buy Now – Pay Now” is commonly used for :
Correct : A. Debit cards
66. The………….,stored on a ROM chip, is responsible for loading the operating system from its permanent location on the hard drive into RAM.
Correct : A. BIOS
67. Choices in computers are referred to as :
Correct : A. options
68. What are the four basis connecting hardware devices?
Correct : A. Repeater, bridge, router and gateway
69. The………..lists the location of files on the disk
Correct : A. FAT
70. A device operating at the physical layer is called a :
Correct : C. Repeater
71. Numbers of bits per symbol used in Baudot code is
Correct : A. 5
72. To get to the ‘Symbol’ dialog box, click on the……….menu and choose ‘Symbol’.
Correct : A. Insert
73. Which is not a data source component?
Correct : A. mail merge toolbar
74. Use this when you want to make all letters capital without having to use the shift key for each character………..
Correct : C. caps lock key
75. Which of the following is not a type of hub?
Correct : B. Inactive hub
76. ………allows you to pr t.
Correct : D. Ctrl + P
77. In a synchronous modem, the receive equalizer is known as
Correct : A. adaptive equilizer
78. Which of the following is not the part of standard office suite?
Correct : D. File manager
79. In a document what is the maximum number of columns that can be inserted in MS Word Table?
Correct : C. 63
80. Machine language sometimes also referred as:
Correct : A. Binary language
81. Which is an another name for functional language
Correct : B. Application
82. ……….translates the semantic instructions developed by programmers into the machine language
Correct : A. Assembler
83. ………is an artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a computer :
Correct : A. Programming language
84. This is a standard way for a Web server to pass a Web user’s request to an application program and to receive data back to forward to the user –
Correct : E. Common gateway interface
85. This type of software is designed for users who want to customize the programs they use.
Correct : A. Shareware
86. The effect of the ROLLBACK command in a transaction is the following _
Correct : A. Undo all changes to the data-base resulting from the execution of the transaction
87. All of the following are TRUE of Safe Mode EXCEPT :
Correct : B. Safe Mode loads all nonessential icons
88. Changing the appearance of a document is called
Correct : C. Formatting
89. You can detect spelling and grammar errors by :
Correct : D. Press F7
90. A(n) -----system is a small, wireless handheld computer that scans an item’s tag and pulls up the current price (and any special offers) as you shop.
Correct : A. PSS
91. Single party disk relying on the disk controller for finding out which disk has failed is used by :
Correct : D. RAID level 3
92. What happens when you click on insert>Picture>Clip Art
Correct : C. It opens Clip Art taskbar
93. Which of the following does NOT occur during the power-on self-test (POST)?
Correct : A. The ScanDisk utility begins to run
94. OLE stands for :
Correct : C. Object Linking and Embedding
95. The purpose of a swap (or page) file is to :
Correct : B. hold a program’s data or instructions in virtual memory when it can’t fit in RAM.
96. Software programs that allow you to legally copy files and give them away at no cost are called which of the following :
Correct : B. Public domain
97. Which of the following is NOT a goal of Transaction processing system?
Correct : B. Produce a variety of documents related to Routine business activities
98. The degree of detail that should be incorporated into a database depends on what?
Correct : B. The type of database
99. Superscript refers to
Correct : B. Characters displayed above the line of the normal text
100. How will you remove all formatting added to your documents (such as bold, italics, and underline etc.)