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Sunday, August 24, 2014

COMPUTER AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following translate back from machine code something resembling the source language?
1) Interpreter
2) Compiler
3) Assembler
4) Decompiler
5) None of the above

2. When you are working on a document on Computer, which location the document temporarily stored?
1) RAM
2) ROM
3) The CPU
4) Flash memory
5) The CD-Rom

3. The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that senses the movement by the change in its capacitance.
What are these keyboards called?
1) Mechanical keyboards
2) Capacitance keyboards
3) Qwerty keyboards
4) Dvorak keyboards
5) None of these

4. Transformation of data into information is performed by which of the following....
1) Peripherals
2) Memory
3) Storage
4) The Input-Output unit
5) The CPU

5. ....... is collection of web pages and ....... is the very first page that we see on opening of a web-site.
1) Home-page, Web-page
2) Web-site, Home-page
3) Web-page, Home-page
4) Web-page, Web-site
5) None of these

6. Which of the following registers is used to keep track of address of the memory location where the next instruction is located?
1) Memory Data Register
2) Memory Address Register
3) Instruction Register
4) Program Counter
5) None of these

7. What tab is selected to cut, copy, and paste?
1) Insert
2) Tools
3) Special
4) Home
5) None of these

8. The most important or powerful computer in a typical network is .......
1) Network Desktop
2) Network client
3) Network server
4) Network Station
5) None of these

9. Which kind of devices allows the user to add components and capabilities to a computer system?
1) System boards
2) Expansion slots
3) Input devices
4) Output devices
5) Storage devices

10. To what temporary area can you store text and other data, and later paste them to another location?
1) The clipboard
2) ROM
3) CD-ROM
4) The hard disk
5) None of these

11. ....... is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of intelligence that humans do.
1) Nanoscience
2) Nanotechnology
3) Simulation
4) Artificial intelligence (AI)
5) None of these

12. Computers use the ........ number system to store data and perform calculations.
1) Decimal
2) Hexadecimal
3) Octal
4) Binary
5) None of these

13. A device mounted on a communication satellite which receives, amplifies and re-transmits signals from earth station is ....
1) Transponder
2) Track
3) Transistor
4) Terminal
5) None of these

14.To move to the ending of a page of text, press the ...... key.
1) End
2) A
3) Page-up
4) Enter
5) None of these

15. A ...... contains specific rules and words that express the logical steps of an algorithm.
1) Syntax
2) Programming structure
3) Programming language
4) Logic chart
5) None of these

16. ........ tells the computer how to use its components.
1) Utility
2) Network
3) Operating system
4) Application program
5) None of these

17. What is data backup?
1) Adding more components to your network
2) Protecting data by copying it from the original source to a different destination
3) Filtering old data from the new data
4) Accessing data on tape
5) None of these

18. This component is required to process data into information and consists of integrated circuitry.
1) Hard disk
2) RAM
3) CPU
4) ROM
5) None of these

19. Who was the father of Punched Card Processing?
1) Dr. Herman Hollerith
2) J Presper Eckert
3) Charles Babbage
4) Blaise Pascal
5) None of these

20. Computers that are portable and convenient for users who travel are known as....
1) Super computers
2) Laptops
3) Mini computers
4) File servers
5) None of these

21. Office LANs that are spread geographically apart on a large scale can be connected using a corporate .......
1) CAN
2) LAN
3) DAN
4) WAN
5) TAN

22. What is the process of copying software programs from secondary storage media to the hard disk called?
1) Configuration
2) Download
3) Storage
4) Upload
5) Installation

ANSWERS:
1-4, 2-1, 3-2, 4-5, 5-2, 6-4, 7-4, 8-3, 9-2, 10-1
11-4, 12-4, 13-1, 14-1, 15-3, 16-3, 17-2, 18-3, 19-1, 20-2, 21-4, 22-5

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