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COMPUTER
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 Topic Section Page
Computer Fundamental Miscellaneous 01 03
02 07
03 12
04 17
05 22
06 26
07 31
08 36
09 41
10 46
Operating System 01 51
02 55
03 59
04 63
Ms Word 01 67
02 72
03 77
Ms Excel 01 80
02 85
03 90
PowerPoint 01 94
02 99
03 104

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Computer Fundamentals Miscellaneous 9. Second generation computers are made of
Section- 1 A. Vacuum Tubes B. Transistors
C. LSI D. VLSI
1. A light sensitive device that converts drawing, E. None of these
printed text or other images into digital form is Answer: Option B
A. Keyboard B. Plotter
C. Scanner D. OMR 10. Which of the following memory is nonvolatile?
E. None of these A. SRAM
Answer: Option C B. DRAM
C. ROM
2. Which protocol provides e-mail facility among D. All of the above
different hosts? E. None of these
A. FTP B. SMTP Answer: Option C
C. TELNET D. SNMP
E. None of these 11. GUI stands for
Answer: Option B A. Graph Use Interface
B. Graphical Universal Interface
3. The basic architecture of computer was developed C. Graphical User Interface
by D. Graphical Unique Interface
A. John Von Neumann B. Charles Babbage E. None of these
C. Blaise Pascal D. Garden Moore Answer: Option C
E. None of these
Answer: Option A 12. Any data or instruction entered into the memory of
a computer is considered as
4. In order to tell Excel that we are entering a A. Storage B. Output
formula in cell, we must begin with an operator C. Input D. Information
such as E. None of these
A. $ B. @ Answer: Option C
B. + D. =
E. # 13. Time during which a job is processed by the
Answer: Option D computer is:
A. Execution Time B. Delay Time
5. In how many generations a computer can be C. Real Time D. Waiting Time
classified? E. None of these
A. 3 B. 4 Answer: Option A
C. 5 D. 6
E. None of these 14. Which of the following circuit is used as a
Answer: Option C 'Memory device' in computers?
A. Rectifier B. Flip Flop
6. Fifth generation computers are based on C. Comparator D. Attenuator
A. Artificial Intelligence E. None of these
B. Programming Intelligence Answer: Option B
C. System Knowledge
D. VVLSI 15. The memory sizes in mainframe computers and
E. None of these advanced technology microcomputer are expressed
Answer: Option A as
A. Bytes B. Kilobytes
7. First generation of computer was based on which C. Bits D. Megabytes
technology? E. None of these
A. Transistor B. LSI Answer: Option D
C. VLSI D. Vacuum Tube
E. None of these 16. Which one of the following is not an application
Answer: Option D software package?
A. Red hat Linux
8. Microprocessor was introduced in which B. Microsoft Office
generation of computer? C. Adobe PageMaker
A. Second Generation B. Fourth Generation D. Open Office
C. Both (A) and (B) D. Third Generation E. None of these
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Answer: Option B
17. Which of the following statement is wrong? 26. Which of the following operating systems is
A. Photoshop is a graphical design tool by Adobe produced by IBM?
B. Linux is free and open source software A. OS-2 B. Windows
C. Linux is owned and sold by Microsoft C. DOS D. UNIX
D. Windows XP is an operating system Answer: Option A
E. None of the above
Answer: Option C 27. The processor which performs arithmetical and
logical operations is called
18. An error is also known as: A. Control B. ALU
A. Bug B. Debug C. Register D. Cache Memory
C. Cursor D. Icon Answer: Option B
E. None of these
Answer: Option A 28. Which was an early mainframe computer?
A. UNIC B. FUNTRIA
19. Microsoft Word is an example of C. BRAINIA D. ENIAC
A. An operating system B. Processing device Answer: Option D
C. Application software D. an input device
E. System Software 29. Where is the headquarters of Intel located?
Answer: Option C A. Redmond, Washington B. Tucson, Arizona
C. Santa Clara, California
20. Who invented the super computer? D. Richmond, Virginia
A. Seymour Cray B. JH Van Tassell Answer: Option C
C. Charles Ginsberg D. Charles Babbage
E. None of these 30. Which of the following was the first Intel
Answer: Option A processor introduced?
A. 3080 B. 4004
21. 21. Graphical pictures that represent an object like C. 8080 D. 8086
file, folder etc are: Answer: Option B
A. Task bar B. Windows
B. Icons D. Desktop 31. Window's settings are recorded in
E. None of these A. WINDOWS.INI B. WIN.INI
Answer: Option C B. SYSTEM.INI D. GROUP.INI
Answer: Option B
22. Which of the following is not an advantage of
magnetic disk storage? 32. Which network protocol is used to send email?
A. The access time of magnetic disk is much less A. FTP B. SSH
than that of magnetic tape C. POP3 D. SMTP
B. Disk storage is less expensive than tape storage E. None of these
C. Disk storage is longer lasting than magnetic tape Answer: Option D
D. None of the above
Answer: Option D 33. When was the first e-mail sent?
A. 1963 B. 1969
23. The 0 and 1 in the binary numbering system are C. 1971 D. 1974
called Binary Digits or Answer: Option C
A. Bytes B. Kilobytes
C. Decimal bytes D. Bits 34. Operating System is the most common type of
E. None of these _________ software.
Answer: Option D A. Communication B. Application
C. System D. Word Processing
24. The size of commonly used floppy disk is Software
A. 4.5" B. 3.5" Answer: Option C
C. 3.25" D. 5.5"
E. None of these 35. Arithmetic logic unit
Answer: Option B (i) perform arithmetic operations
(ii)store data perform comparison
25. The 'IC' chip, used in computers, is made of (iii) communicate with input devices from above
A. Chromium B. Iron Oxide the correct one is
C. Silica D. Silicon A. I only B. II only
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E. None of these C. I and II only D. I and III only

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Answer: Option D Answer: Option D

36. RAM chips 46. ROM is needed for storing an initial program
A. allow the computer to store data electronically called _______.
B. store data indefinitely unless you delete it A. Computer Startup Loader
C. are secondary memory B. OS Version
D. All of the above C. Kernel
Answer: Option A D. Bootstrap Loader
E. None of the above
37. Super computers are mainly useful for Answer: Option D
A. Mathematical intensive scientific applications
B. Data-retrieval operations 47. Computer Virus is a _______.
C. Input-output intensive processing A. Hardware B. Software
D. All of the above C. Bacteria D. Freeware
Answer: Option A Answer: Option B

38. The operating system manages 48. EEPROM stands for

A. Memory B. Processor A. Electronically Erasable Programmable
C. Disk and I/O Devices D. All of the above ReadOnly Memory
Answer: Option D B. Electrically Erasable Programmable ReadOnly
Memory
39. Which memory is non-volatile and may be written C. Electrically Enabled Programmable Read Only
only once? Memory
A. RAM B. EEPROM D. Electronically Enabled Programmable Read
C. EPROM D. PROM Only Memory
Answer: Option D E. None of these
Answer: Option B
40. The memory which is programmed at the time it is
manufactured is 49. The most advanced form of ROM is?
A. RAM B. ROM A. PROM B. RAM
C. PROM D. EPROM C. EEPROM D. Cache Memory
E. None of these Answer: Option C
Answer: Option B
50. Another term for Main Memory is
41. Which of the following memory is volatile A. Hard Disk B. ROM
A. RAM B. ROM C. Floppy Disk D. RAM
C. EPROM D. PROM Answer: Option D
Answer: Option A
51. The file extension of MS-Word document in
42. Which of the following is the fastest Office 2007 is _______.
A. CPU A. .doc B. .docx
B. Magnetic Tapes and Disks C. .pdf D. .txt
C. Video Terminal E. .xls
D. Sensors, Mechanical Controllers Answer: Option B
Answer: Option A
52. A computer port is used to?
43. A kilobyte also referred to as KB, is equal to: A. Communicate with hard disks
A. 1000 bytes B. 1024 bytes B. Download files
C. 2048 bytes D. 512 bytes C. Communicate with other computer peripherals
Answer: Option B D. None of the above
Answer: Option C
44. Which is the device that converts computer output
into a form that can be transmitted over a 53. One MB is equal to?
telephone line? A. 1024 Byte B. 1024 KB
A. Teleport B. Multiplexer C. 1000 KB D. 1024 GB
C. Concentrator D. Modem Answer: Option B
Answer: Option D
54. Dot-matrix, Deskjet, Inkjet and Laser are all types
45. Which of the following items is not used in LAN? of which computer peripherals?
A. Computers B. Modem A. Printers B. Software
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Answer: Option B Answer: Option A

55. Internet Explorer is a type of 64. The term 'memory' applies to which one of the
A. Operating System B. Browser following
C. IP address D. Compiler A. Logic B. Storage
Answer: Option B C. Input Device D. Output Device
E. None of these
56. AVI (Audio Video Interleave) format was Answer: Option B
developed by?
A. IBM B. Apple 65. The device primarily used to provide hardcopy is
C. Microsoft D. Macromedia the
E. Adobe A. CRT B. Computer Console
Answer: Option C C. Printer D. Card Reader
E. None of these
57. ______ is the high speed memory used in the Answer: Option C
computer.
A. RAM B. Hard Disk 66. Which of the following is the most powerful type
C. Cache D. BIOS of the computer?
Answer: Option C A. Mainframe B. Super conductor
C. Microcomputer D. Super computer
58. In a client/server model, a client program E. None of these
_______. Answer: Option D
A. Asks for information
B. Provides information and files 67. Which of the following is true about primary
C. Serves software files to other computers storage?
D. Distributes data files to other computers A. It is a part of the CPU
Answer: Option A B. It allows very fast access to data
C. It is relatively more expensive
59. Which one of the following is an example of D. All of the above
Operating System? Answer: Option D
A. Microsoft Word B. Microsoft Excel
C. Microsoft Access D. Microsoft 68. A list of instructions used by a computer is called
Windows A. Text B. CPU
Answer: Option D C. Program D. Output
Answer: Option C
60. Which of the following is not used as secondary
storage? 69. The process of copying data from a memory
A. Semiconductor memory location is called
B .Magnetic Disks A. Writing B. Controlling
C. magnetic Drums C. Booting D. Reading
D. Magnetic Tapes Answer: Option D
Answer: Option A
70. The process of putting data into a storage location
61. General purpose computers are those that can be is called
adopted to countless uses simply by changing its A. Reading B. Writing
A. Output Device B. Input Device C. Controlling D. Hand Shaking
C. Program D. Processor Answer: Option B
E. None of these
Answer: Option C

62. A collection of 8 bits is called

A. Byte B. Record
C. Word D. Nibble
Answer: Option A

63. A typical modern computer uses

A. Magnetic cores for secondary storage
B. LSI chips
C. Magnetic tape for primary memory
D. More than 10,000 vacuum tubes
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Answer: Option B
 Computer Fundamentals Miscellaneous 9. CPU stands for ______ ?
Section- 2 A. Central Performance Unit
B. Control Processing Unit
1. Which of the following is the product of data C. Common Processing Unit
processing? D. Central Processing Unit
A. Information B. Data Answer: Option D
C. Software Program D. System
Answer: Option A 10. Which of the following holds the ROM, RAM,
CPU?
2. Which one is not an input device? A. Hard Disk B. ALU
A. Keyboard C. Mother Board D. None of the
B. Mouse Answer: Option C
C. Speaker
D. Scanner 11. A technique used by codes to convert an analog
E. None of the above signal into a digital bit stream is known as
Answer: Option C A. Digital Signal Generator
B. Pulse Code Modulation
3. DNS in internet technology stands for C. Pulse Signal Modulation
A. Distributed Name System D. None of these
B. Data Name System Answer: Option B
C. Dynamic Name System
D. Domain Name System 12. An optical input device that interprets pencil
E. None of the above marks on paper media is
Answer: Option D A. Magnetic tape B. Optical scanners
C. Punch card reader D. O.M.R
4. Portable program means? E. None of these
A. Independent from its authors Answer: Option D
B. Independent of platform
C. Program with wheels 13. A program that converts computer data into some
D. None of the above code system other than the normal one is known as
Answer: Option B A. Emulator B. Encoder
C. Decoder D. Trigger
5. Memories which can be read only are called ____. E. None of these
A. RAM Answer: Option B
B. ROM
C. DRAM 14. What does DRAM stand for?
D. Virtual Memory A. Data Random Access Memory
E. Secondary Memory B. Data Random Active Memory
Answer: Option B C. Dynamic Random Access Memory
D. Double Random Access Memory
6. CPU controls _________. E. None of these
A. All Input, Output and processing. Answer: Option C
B. Controls Memory
C. Controlled by the input data 15. What is Cache RAM?
D. None of the above A. Extra memory used for overflow from your
Answer: Option A Hard Disk
B. A place to store secret information like
7. USB stands for ________? passwords
A. Universal Serial Bus C. Its the same as your Hard Disk Drive
B. Universal Sequential Bus D. Fast memory used for data that is accessed often
C. Unique Serial Bus E. None of these
D. Unique Sequential Bus Answer: Option D
Answer: Option A
16. What technology of memory is Cache RAM
8. ALU stands for ________? usually?
A. Arithmetic Legal Unit A. DRAM B. Flash
B. Arithmetic Logic Unit C. SRAM D. EEPROM
C. Arithmetic Local Unit E. PROM
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Answer: Option B
17. Where is computer's BIOS stored? 25. A wireless technology built in electronic gadgets
A. DRAM B. Flash used for exchanging data over short distances is __
C. SRAM D. EEPROM A. USB B. Bluetooth
E. Hard Disk C. Modem D. Wi-Fi
Answer: Option B E. None of these
Answer: Option B
18. Where does your PC store your programs when the
power is off? 26. Buying and selling the products over electronic
A. DRAM B. Cache systems like internet is called _______
C. ROM D. Hard Disk Drive A. Online Shopping B. Net Banking
E. None of these C. E-Commerce D. Digital Marketing
Answer: Option D E. None of these
Answer: Option C
19. What is PCI (Peripheral Component
Interconnect)? 27. What are the two types of monitors?
A. A type of monitors A. CRT and DVD B. CRT and LCD
B. A type of system bus C. DVD and VCD D. LCD and DVD
C. A kind of graphics E. None of these
D. A modem standard Answer: Option B
E. None of these
Answer: Option B 28. Basic Building Blocks for a Digital Circuit is ____
A. CMOS B. Logic Gate
20. Which company is not a microprocessor B. BIOS D. DMOS
manufacturer? E. None of these
A. IBM B. AMD Answer: Option B
C. Microsoft D. Intel
E. None of these 29. _______ keys are present on the top row of the
Answer: Option C keyboard.
A. Function B. Type writer
21. What does a system bus do? C. Numeric D. Navigation
A. allows the user to communicate with the E. None of these
computer Answer: Option A
B. carries out instructions
C. connects various components within the 30. _________ Computers are used in Banking,
computer Railways, and Airlines.
D. stores data and instructions A. Mini computer
E. None of these B. Micro Computer
Answer: Option C C. Super Computer
D. Mainframe Computer
22. Which company is not a PC manufacturer? E. None of these
A. Intel B. Gateway Answer: Option D
C. Dell D. Compaq
E. None of these 31. The first computer mouse was built by
Answer: Option A A. Douglas Engelbart B. William English
C. Oaniel Coogher D. Robert Zawacki
23. LAN stands for? Answer: Option A
A. Last Affordable Network
B. Leased Area Network 32. Which of the following refers to the memory in
C. Latency around Network your computer?
D. Local Area Network A. RAM B. DSL
E. None of these C. USB D. LAN
Answer: Option D E. CPU
Answer: Option A
24. What language does a browser typically interpret
to display information from the World Wide Web? 33. When you are working on a document on PC,
A. Machine Code B. Assembly Language where is the document temporarily stored?
C. HTML D. C++ A. RAM B. ROM
E. None of these C. CPU D. Flash Memory
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Answer: Option A
34. Information travels between components on the 42. 'www' stands for _____
mother board through A. World Word Web B. World Wide Web
A. Flash memory B. CMOS C. World White Web D. World Work Web
C. Bays D. Buses E. None of these
E. Peripherals Answer: Option B
Answer: Option D
43. What menu is selected to cut, copy, and paste?
35. How are data organized in a spreadsheet? A. File B. Tools
A. Lines and spaces B. Layers and planes C. Special D. Edit
C. Height and width D. Rows and columns E. None of these
E. None of these Answer: Option D
Answer: Option D
44. You can use the tab key to
36. Which of the following is true? A. Move a cursor across the screen
A. Byte is a single digit in a binary number B. Indent a paragraph
B. Bit represents a grouping of digital numbers C. Move the cursor down the screen
C. Eight-digit binary number is called a byte D. Only A and B
D. Eight-digit binary number is called a bit E. None of these
E. None of these Answer: Option B
Answer: Option C
45. The most important or powerful computer in a
37. Transformation of input into output is performed typical network is _____
by? A. Desktop B. Network client
A. Peripherals B. Memory C. Network server D. Network station
C. Storage E. None of these
D. The Input-Output unit E. The CPU Answer: Option C
Answer: Option E
46. Which of the following is an example of
38. How many options does a binary choice offer? connectivity?
A. None A. Internet B. Floppy disk
B. One C. Power cord D. Data
C. Two E. None of these
D. It depends on the amount of memory in the Answer: Option A
computer
E. It depends on the speed of the computer's 47. The primary purpose of software is to turn data
processor into _____
Answer: Option C A. Web sites B. Information
C. Programs D. Objects
39. ...... is collection of web pages and ...... is the very E. None of these
first page that we see on opening of a website Answer: Option B
A. Home-page, Web-page
B. Web-site, Home-page 48. To what temporary area can you store text and
C. Web-page, Home-page other data, and later paste them to another
D. Web-page, Web-site location?
E. None of these A. The clipboard B. ROM
Answer: Option B B. CD-ROM D. The hard disk
E. None of these
40. When the pointer is positioned on a _____ it is Answer: Option A
shaped like a hand.
A. Grammar error B. Hyperlink 49. _____is the science that attempts to produce
C. Screen tip D. Spelling error machines that display the same type of intelligence
E. Formatting error that humans do.
Answer: Option B A. Nano science
B. Nanotechnology
41. The _____ of a system includes the programs or C. Simulation
instructions. D. Artificial intelligence (AI)
A. Hardware B. Icon E. None of these
C. Information D. Software Answer: Option D
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E. None of these
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Answer: Option D
50. Changing an existing document is called _____ the 58. What is back up?
document. A. Adding more components to your network
A. Creating B. Protecting data by copying it from the original
B. Editing source to a different destination
C. Modifying C. Filtering old data from the new data
D. Adjusting D. Accessing data on tape
E. None of these E. None of these
Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

51. Computers use the _____ number system to store 59. One advantage of dial-up-internet access is
data and perform calculations. A. It utilizes broadband technology
A. Decimal B. Hexadecimal B. It utilizes existing telephone service
C. Octal D. Binary C. It uses a router for security
E. None of these D. Modem speeds are very fast
Answer: Option D E. None of these
Answer: Option B
52. Which of the following is the largest unit of
storage? 60. What is the term used for unsolicited e-mail?
A. Gigabyte (GB) A. News group B. Use net
B. Kilobyte (KB) C. Backbone D. Flaming
C. Megabyte (MB) E. Spam
D. Terabyte (TB Answer: Option E
E. None of these
Answer: Option D 61. Two or more computers connected to each other of
sharing information form a _____ .
53. The _____ key will launch the start buttons. A. Server B. Router
A. Esc B. Shift C. Network D. Tunnel
C. Windows D. Shortcut E. Pipeline
E. None of these Answer: Option C
Answer: Option C
62. Computers that are portable and convenient for
54. _____is the process of finding errors in software users who travel are known as _____
code. A. Super computers B. Laptops
A. Compiling B. Testing C. Mini computers D. File servers
C. Running D. Debugging E. None of these
Answer: Option D Answer: Option B

55. To move to the beginning of a line of text, press 63. Office LANs that are spread geographically apart
the _____ key. on a large scale can be connected using a corporate
A. Home B. A _____ .
C. Page Up D. Enter A. CAN B. LAN
E. None of these C. DAN D. WAN
Answer: Option A E. TAN
Answer: Option D
56. When sending an e-mail, the _____ line describes
the contents of the message. 64. The code for a Web page is written using _____ .
A. To B. Subject A. A fifth generation language
C. Contents D. CC B. Win Zip
E. None of these C. Peripherals
Answer: Option B D. Hypertext Markup Language
E. URL
57. The _____ tells the computer how to use its Answer: Option D
components.
A. Utility 65. 65.The most frequently used instructions of a
B. Network computer program are likely to be fetched from:
C. Operating system A. the hard disk B. cache memory
D. Application program B. RAM D. registers
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E. None of these E. None of these

Answer: Option C Answer: Option B
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66. Personal logs or journal entries posted on the Web
are known as:
A. Listservs B. Webcasts
C. Blogs D. Subject Directories
E. None of these
Answer: Option C

67. Which of the following is NOT a type of broad

band internet connection?
A. Cable B. DSL
C. Dial-up D. Satellite
E. None of these
Answer: Option C

68. Linux is a (n)........ Operating system

A. Open-source B. Microsoft
C. Windows D. Mac
E. None of these
Answer: Option A

69. Which of the following places the common data

elements in order from smallest to largest?
A. character, file, record, field, database
B. character, record, field, database, file
C. character, field, record, file, database
D. Bit, byte, character, record, field, file, database
E. None of these
Answer: Option C

70. Which of the following statements is FALSE

concerning file?
A. Files may share the same name or the same
extension but not both
B. Every file in the same folder must have a
unique name
C. File extension is another name for file type
D. The file extension comes before the dot (.)
followed by the file name
E. None of these
Answer: Option D

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 Computer Fundamentals Miscellaneous 8. A wireless network uses .......... waves to transmit
Section- 3 signals.
A. Mechanical B. Radio
1. Which of the following would most likely NOT be C. Sound D. Magnetic
a symptom of a virus? E. None of these
A. Existing program files and icons disappear. Answer: Option B
B. The CD-ROM stops functioning.
C. The Web browser opens to an unusual home 9. What device includes an adapter that decodes data
page. sent in radio signals?
D. Odd messages or images are displayed on the A. Modem B. Digital Translator
screen. C. Router D. Switch
E. None of these E. None of these
Answer: Option B Answer: Option C

2. What is the correct association between a 10. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a
hardware component and a computer function? computer?
A. Monitor > input A. Intelligence B. Speed
B. Mouse > input C. Versatility D. Automation
C. CPU > storage E. None of these
D. Hard disk > processing Answer: Option A
E. None of these
Answer: Option B 11. Which of the following is not a characteristic of E-
mail?
3. For move to the bottom of a document, press ........ A. Low cost
A. Auto summarize B. Home key B. Record maintenance in database
C. Ctrl + Home key D. End key C. High speed
E. Ctrl + End key D. Waste reduction
Answer: Option E E. None of these
Answer: Option B
4. By default, your documents print in ..... mode
A. Page setup B. Portrait 12. Who designed the first electronic computer-
C. Landscape D. Print preview ENIAC?
E. None of these A. Von Neuman
Answer: Option B B. Joseph M Jacquard
C. J Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly
5. What does the SMTP in an SMTP server stand D. Both A and B
for? E. None of these
A. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Answer: Option C
B. Serve Message Text Process
C. Short Messaging Text Process 13. Which input device cannot be used to work in MS
D. Short Messaging Transfer Protocol Office?
E. None of these A. Scanner B. Mouse
Answer: Option A C. Keyboard D. Joy Stick
E. Light pen
6. What's considered the 'backbone' of the World Answer: Option D
Wide Web?
A. Uniform resource locator (URL) 14. Loading Operating System onto RAM is called?
B. Hypertext mark-up language (HTML) A. Printing B. Saving
C. Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) C. Booting D. Starting
D. File transfer protocol (FTP) E. None of these
E. None of these Answer: Option C
Answer: Option C
15. The following are all computing devices, except
7. We access the World Wide Web using: ......
A. Browsers A. Notebook computers
B. Instant messaging applications B. Cellular telephones
C. High bandwidth C. Digital scanners
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D. Search engine D. Personal digital assistants (PDA)

E. None of these E. None of these
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Answer: Option A Answer: Option C

16. The bar at the top of a window that bears the name 24. The programs which are as permanent as hardware
of the window is known as? and stored in ROM is known as
A. Control Panel B. Taskbar A. Hardware B. Software
C. Menu bar D. Status bar C. Firmware D. ROM ware
E. Title bar E. None of these
Answer: Option E Answer: Option C

17. URL stands for? 25. To save a document in different location use:
A. Universal Research List A. Save
B. Universal Resource List B. Save As
C. Uniform Resource Locator C. Save as web page
D. Uniform Research Locator D. All of the above
E. None of these E. None of these
Answer: Option C Answer: Option B

18. What is the shortcut key to "Undo" the last action 26. Which of the following is not an manufacturer of
in a document? Hard Disk drives?
A. Ctrl + X B. Ctrl + Z A. Samsung B. Intel
C. Ctrl + Y D. Ctrl + U C. Seagate D. Western Digital
E. None of these E. None of these
Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

19. Chip is a common nickname for a (n)? 27. A disadvantage of the laser printer is:
A. Transistor A. It is quieter than an impact printer.
B. Resistor B. It is very slow
C. Integrated Circuit C. The output is of a lower quality
D. Semiconductor D. All of the above
E. None of these E. None of these
Answer: Option C Answer: Option E

20. Programs such as Internet Explorer that serve as 28. Different components on the motherboard of a PC
navigable windows into the Web are called........ processor unit are linked together by sets or
A. Hypertext B. Networks parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these
C. Internet D. Web Browsers lines called?
E. None of these A. Conductors B. Busses
Answer: Option D C. Connectors D. Connectivity
E. None of these
21. A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to........ Answer: Option B
A. 680 KB B. 680 Bytes
C. 680 MB D. 680 GB 29. What is meant by a dedicated computer?
E. None of these A. Which is used by one person only.
Answer: Option C B. Which is assigned one and only one task.
C. Which uses one kind of software.
22. Which of the following devices have a limitation D. Which is meant for application software.
that we can only store information to it but cannot E. None of these
erase or modify it? Answer: Option B
A. Floppy Disk
B. Hard Disk 30. Instructions and memory address are represented
C. Tape Drive by
D. CD-ROM A. Character code B. Binary codes
E. None of these C. Binary word D. Parity bit
Answer: Option D E. None of these
Answer: Option B
23. Which of the following is the largest manufacturer
of Hard Disk Drives? 31. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
A. IBM B. Seagate A. More expensive B. More portable
C. Microsoft D. 3M C. Less rigid D. Slowly accessed
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E. None of these E. None of these

Answer: Option B Answer: Option A
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32. The secondary storage devices can only store data 40. In case of MS-WORD, which of the following is
but they cannot perform not available in Font Spacing?
A. Arithmetic Operation B. Logic operation A. Normal
C. Fetch operations D. either of the above B. Loosely
E. None of these C. Condensed
Answer: Option D D. Expanded
E. None of these
33. Which company is the biggest player in the Answer: Option B
microprocessor industry?
A. Motorola B. IBM 41. Bold, Italic, Regular are known as ......
C. Intel D. AMD A. Font Styles B. Font Effects
E. None of these C. Word Art D. Text Effects
Answer: Option C E. None of these
Answer: Option A
34. Which computer memory is used for storing
programs and data currently being processed by 42. In case of MS-EXCEL, If you begin typing an
the CPU? entry into a cell and then realize that you don't
A. Mass memory B. Internal memory want your entry placed into that cell, you:
C. Non-volatile memory D. PROM A. Press the Erase key
E. None of these B. Press Esc
Answer: Option B C. Press the Enter button
D. Press the Edit formula button
35. Which command is used to set a name to a disk in E. None of these
DOS? Answer: Option B
A. VOLUME B. VOL
C. LABEL D. DISKLABEL 43. Which of the following will not cut information?
E. None of these A. Pressing Ctrl + C
Answer: Option C B. Selecting Edit > Cut from the menu
C. Clicking on the standard cut button
36. Which file starts MS Word? D. Pressing Ctrl + X
A. Winword.exe E. None of these
B. Word.exe Answer: Option A
C. Msword.exe
D.Word2003.exe 44. Computer connected to a LAN (Local Area
E. None of these Network) can .......
Answer: Option A A. run faster
B. go on line share information and/or share
37. In MS-WORD 2007, to get to the 'Symbol' dialog peripheral
box, click on the ......... menu and choose 'Symbol'. C. equipment
A. Insert B. View D. E-mail
C. Page Layout D. Mailings E. None of these
E. None of these Answer: Option C
Answer: Option A
45. A self-replicating program, similar to a virus
38. Superscript, subscript, outline, emboss, engrave which was taken from a 1970s science fiction
are known as ....... novel by John Bruner entitled the Shockwave
A. Font Styles Rider is ........
B. Font Effects A. Bug B. Vice
C. Word Art C. Lice D. Worm
D. Text Effects E. None of these
E. None of these Answer: Option D
Answer: Option B
46. VDU is also called .......
39. Shimmer, Sparkle text, Blinking Background etc. A. Screen
are known as ...... B. Monitor
A. Font Styles B. Font Effects C. Both A and B
C. Word Art D. Text Effects D. Printer
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E. None of these E. None of these

Answer: Option D Answer: Option C
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47. What kind of software would you most likely use 55. In word processing, an efficient way to move the
to keep track of billing account? 3rd paragraph to place it after the 5th paragraph
A. Word Processing is….
B. Electronic Publishing A. copy and paste
C. Spreadsheet B. copy, cut and paste
D. Web authoring E. None of these C. cut, copy and paste
Answer: Option C D. cut and paste
E. None of these
48. Which of the following is not a computer Answer: Option D
language?
A. BASIC B. C++ 56. Hardware includes ..........
C. C# D. Java A. all devices used to input data into a computer.
E. Microsoft B. sets of instructions that a computer runs or
Answer: Option E executes.
C. the computer and all the devices connected to it
49. What is the purpose of keeping electronic devices such that are used to input and output data.
as computers, televisions, and remote controlled devices D. all devices involved in processing information
on Sleep mode? including the central processing unit, memory and
A. Reduce Power consumption storage.
B. Back UP E. None of these
C. To write contents of RAM to hard disk Answer: Option D
D. To improve download speed
E. None of these 57. The quickest and easiest way in Word, to locate a
Answer: Option A particular word or phrase in a document is to use
the ....... command.
50. A result of a computer virus can not lead to ...... A. Replace
A. Disk Crash B. Find
B. Mother Board Crash C. Lookup
C. Corruption of program D. Search
D. Deletion of files E. None of these
E. None of these Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B
58. The term 'user interface' refers to ........
51. Firewalls are used to protect against ....... A. What the user sees on the screen and how they
A. Unauthorized Access B. Virus Attacks can interact with it.
C. Data Driven Attacks D. Fire Attacks B. How the operating system responds to user
E. None of these commands.
Answer: Option A C. the means by which the user interacts with the
peripheral devices on the computer.
52. Which of the following extensions suggest that the D. the monitor that is available for the computer.
file is a backup copy? E. None of these
A. .bak B. .bas Answer: Option A
C. .com D. .txt
E. None of these 59. For creating a document, you select ........ option at
Answer: Option A File Menu.
A. Open B. Close
53. The software tools that enable a user to interact with a C. New D. Save
computer for specific purposes are known as.. E. None of these
A. Hardware B. Network Software Answer: Option C
C. Shareware D. Applications
E. None of these 60. The background of any Word document ......
Answer: Option D A. Is always white colour.
B. Is the colour you preset under the Options
54. What is output? menu?
A. What the processor takes from the user C. Is always the same for the entire document?
B. What the user gives to the processor D. Can have any colour you choose.
C. What the processor gets from the user E. None of these
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D. What the processor gives to the user Answer: Option D

E. None of these
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Answer: Option D
61. Which one of the following would be considered 67. The bar code which is used on all types of items is
as a way that a computer virus can enter a read by a scanning device directly into the
computer system? computer. What is the name of this scanning
A. Opening an application previously installed on device?
the computer A. Laser scanner B. Wand
B. Borrowed an illegal copy of software C. OCR D. MICR
C. Viewing a website without causing any E. None of these
additional transactions Answer: Option A
D. Running antivirus programs
E. None of these 68. An essential difference between the operating
Answer: Option B system that runs a typical desktop computer and
the operating system that runs a typical PDA is
62. Programs such as Mozilla Firefox that serve as that .......
navigable windows into the Web are called ........ A. the desktop OS has a graphical user interface
A. Hypertext whereas the PDA OS does not.
B. Network B. the desktop OS can run several programs
C. Internet simultaneously whereas the PDA OS cannot.
D. Web Browsers C. the desktop OS manages hardware resources
E. None of these whereas the PDA OS does not.
Answer: Option D D. the desktop computer has an OS whereas a
PDA does not.
63. What is the main difference between a mainframe E. None of these
and a super computer? Answer: Option B
A. Super computer is much larger than mainframe
computers. 69. A set of information that defines the status of
B. Super computers are much smaller than resources allocated to a process is...
mainframe computers. A. Process control B. ALU
C. Supercomputers are focused to execute few C. Register Unit D. Process description
programs as fast as possible while mainframe uses E. None of these
its power to execute as many programs Answer: Option D
concurrently.
D. Supercomputers are focused to execute as many 70. A family of polynomial block codes designed to
programs as possible while mainframe uses its correct burst errors is known as
power to execute few programs as fast as possible. A. Bar Codes B. Gray Codes
E. None of these C. Fire Codes D. Mnemonics Codes
Answer: Option C E. None of these
Answer: Option C
64. What is the function of Recycle Bin?
A. Store deleted file
B. Store temporary file
C. Store corrupted file
D. Store Document file
E. None of these
Answer: Option A

65. Which is the latest version of MS Office?

A. Office XP
B. Windows XP
C. Office 2007
D. Office 2010
E. None of these
Answer: Option D

66. Which device cannot be shared in network?

A. Projector B. Keyboard
C. Scanner D. Printer
E. None of these
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Answer: Option B
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 Computer Fundamentals Miscellaneous 7. Use of icons and windows are characteristic of a
Section- 4 .......... interface.
A. command-driven B. windows-oriented
1. The MS-DOS operating system is a ..... C. graphical-user D. menu-driven
A. graphical user interface, single-taskin operating E. None of these
system Answer: Option C
B. graphical user interface, multi-tasking operating
system 8. The main purpose of the offline device is.......
C. command-driven interface, single-tasking A. To reduce the number of operator errors in
operating system recording data.
D. command-driven interface, multi-tasking B. To save computer time.
operating system C. To save floor space in the computer center
E. None of these D. All of the above
Answer: Option C E. None of these
Answer: Option B
2. Which of the following was an early desktop
operating system that included an integrated 9. The ability of an operating system to control the
graphic user interface with point-and-click activities of multiple programs at the same time is
features? called ........
A. MS-DOS B. Mac OS A. multitasking B. multi-processing
C. Unix D. Gnome C. multi-operating D. multi-paging
E. None of these E. None of these
Answer: Option B Answer: Option A

3. The most recent version of the Mac OS is based on 10. A computer assisted method for the recording and
the ......... operating system. analyzing of existing hypothetical systems is
A. Windows B. Linux known as
C. Unix D. CMOS A. Distributed processing B. Data transmission
E. None of these C. Data link D. Data flow
Answer: Option C E. None of these
Answer: Option D
4. The ............ operating system was initially created
in the early 1970s at AT&T's Bell Labs. 11. In a network, the computer that stores the files and
A. Linux B. DOS process the data is named as
C. Unix D. GNU A. Server B. Terminal
E. None of these C. Modem D. All of these
Answer: Option C E. None of these
Answer: Option A
5. The essential difference between an operating
system like Linux and one like Windows is that 12. Viruses are called that because
A. Windows can run with an Intel processor, A. They are viruses
whereas Linux cannot. B. They can copy themselves and spread.
B. Linux is proprietary, whereas Windows is not. C. Both A and B
C. any programmer can modify Linux code, which D. None of these
is not permitted with Windows. Answer: Option B
D. there is multiple versions of Linux, but only
one version of Windows. 13. Which of the following can't spread virus
E. None of these A. An e-mail with attachment
Answer: Option C B. A plain text mail
C. Downloading files over the web
6. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of D. None of these
open-source operating systems over proprietary Answer: Option B
versions?
A. Free use and distribution 14. MIPS stands for
B. Availability of technical support A. Million Instructions per Second
C. Availability of source code B. Million Instructions per Season
D. Ability to modify code C. Monthly Instructions per Second
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E. None of these D. Million Inputs per Second

Answer: Option B E. None of these
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Answer: Option A
15. What is the Super Computer developed in India 24. The term that we use to describe physical
A. CRAY B. PARAM components of the system
C. Both A and B D. None of these A. Hardware B. Inout
Answer: Option B C. Software D. None of these
Answer: Option A
16. LAN speeds are measured in
A. BPS (Bits per Second) 25. How are data organized in a spreadsheet?
B. KBPS (Kilo Bits per Second) A. Rows and Columns B. Boxes
C. MBPS (Mega Bits per Second) C. Tables D. None of these
D. MIPS (Million Instructions per Second) Answer: Option A
Answer: Option C
26. VIRUS stands for
17. In processing cheques which of the following I/O A. Vital Information Recourse Under Siege
techniques have banks traditionally followed? B. Vital Information Reason Under Siege
A. OCR (Optical Character Recognition) C. Vital Information Recourse Under System
B. MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) D. Virus Information Recourse Under Siege
C. Barcode Answer: Option A
D. VRT (Volume Rendering Technique)
E. None of these 27. .......... Is known as unauthorized access into others
Answer: Option B system.
A. Hacking B. Encryption
18. What is object of UPS? C. Decryption D. None of these
A. Using for storage Answer: Option A
B. To increase the speed of a computer
C. Provides backup power 28. Which was the first web browser?
D. All of the above A. World Wide Web
E. None of these B. Netscape Navigator
Answer: Option C C. Internet Explorer
D. Safari
19. QWERTY is used with reference to E. None of these
A. Monitor B. Printer Answer: Option A
C. Keyboard D. Mouse
E. None of these 29. It is a small piece of text stored on a user's
Answer: Option C computer by a web browser for maintaining the
state. What we are talking about?
20. "Zipping" a file means A. Application
A. Encrypting the message B. Session
B. Compressing the message C. Cookie
C. Transfer the message D. Query String
D. All of the above E. None of these
E. None of these Answer: Option C
Answer: Option B
30. Which of these is a correct format of Email
21. Integrated Circuits (IC) chips used in computers address?
are made with A. contact.website.info
A. Gold B. Silver B. contactwebsite.info
C. Silicon D. Copper C. [email protected]
E. None of these D. contact@website@info
Answer: Option C E. None of these
Answer: Option C
22. Which of the following is different from other
A. Internet B. Windows 31. What does HTTP stands for?
C. Unix D. Linux A. Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Answer: Option A B. Hypertext Transfer Plotter
C. Head Tail Transfer Plot
23. The computer code for interchange of information D. Head Tail Transfer Protocol
between terminals is E. None of these
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A. BCDIC B. BCD Answer: Option A

C. ASCII D. None of these
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Answer: Option C
32. In computers, what is the smallest and basic unit of 40. In computers, '.TMP' extension refers usually to
information storage? what kind of file?
A. Bit B. Byte A. Temporary file B. Image file
C. Newton D. Mega Byte C. Video file D. Text file
E. None of these E. None of these
Answer: Option A Answer: Option A

33. Which company is nicknamed "Big Blue"? 41. What Does BIOS Stand For?
A. TCS B. IBM A. Better Integrated Operating System
C. Microsoft D. Apple B. Basic Input Output System
E. Satyam C. Battery Integrated Operating Setup
Answer: Option B D. Backup Input Output System
E. None of these
34. What is Windows XP? Answer: Option B
A. Operating System
B. Storage Device 42. Which of the following is not a storage device?
C. Processor A. DVD
D. Output Device B. Hard Disk
E. None of these C. Floppy Disk
Answer: Option A D. Mouse
Answer: Option D
35. Which of the following is responsible for the
management and coordination of activities and the 43. Which of these is the first web-based e-mail
sharing of the resources of the computer? service?
A. Application Software B. Motherboard A. Gmail
C. Operating System D. RAM B. Yahoo Mail
E. None of these C. Hotmail
Answer: Option C D. Rediff Mail
E. None of these
36. WAV file format is associated with what type of Answer: Option C
files?
A. Video B. Sound 44. What was the first general-purpose electronic
C. Image D. Word Document computer?
E. None of these A. IBM 405 B. Zuse Z3
Answer: Option B C. ENIAC D. CSIRAC
E. None of these
37. What does FTP stand for? Answer: Option C
A. File Transfer Protocol
B. File Transfer Program 45. The term 'Pentium' is related to what?
C. File Thread Protocol A. Mouse B. Hard Disk
D. File Thread Program C. Microprocessor D. DVD
E. None of these E. None of these
Answer: Option A Answer: Option C

38. What does BCC means in Email? 46. Word BLOG is combination of two words
A. Black Carbon Copy A. Web-log B. Wave-log
B. Blind Carbon Copy C. Web-blog D. Wed-lock
C. Business Computer Center Answer: Option A
D. Business Computer Card
E. None of these 47. What is the full form of e-mail?
Answer: Option B A. Electric mail
B. Electromagnetic mail
39. What is the shortcut key of printing a document C. Electronic mail
for computer having windows? D. None of these
A. Ctrl + P B. Shift + P Answer: Option C
C. Alt + P D. Ctrl + Alt + P
E. None of these 48. Which of the following is not a Search engine?
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Answer: Option A A. Google B. Bing

C. Yahoo D. Orkut
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Answer: Option D
49. ROM tells the computer to 57. Who amongst the following had called
A. disconnect the computer Rabindranath Tagore as THE GREAT
B. start up the operating system SENTINEL?
C. connect to the hardware A. Abul Kalam Azad
D. turn on B. Mahatma Gandhi
E. passes on data to the RAM C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: Option B D. Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer: Option B
50. A URL is:
A. A computer program 58. The length of a word in computer is measured in:
B. A type of web server A. bits B. byte
C. The address of a document or page on the C. millimeters D. metre
World Wide Web Answer: Option A
D. An acronym for unlimited resources for
learning 59. What is the first indigenously developed Super
Answer: Option C Computer of India?
A. Tejas B. Anupam
51. The term 'memory' applies to which one of the C. Aryabhatt D. Param
following: Answer: Option D
A. Logic
B. Storage 60. Which Indian IT expert started web-based email
C. Input Device service HOTMAIL in 1996?
D. Output Device A. Sabeer Bhatia B. Vinod Dham
Answer: Option B C. Ajim Premji D. Narayan Murthy
Answer: Option A
52. The term USER INTERFACE refers to
A. What the user sees on the screen and how they 61. A ______ represent approximately one billion
interact with it. memory locations.
B. How the operating system responds to user A. Kilobyte B. Megabyte
commands C. Gigabyte D. Terabyte
C. The means by which the user interacts with Answer: Option C
peripheral devices on the computer.
D. All of these 62. The ______ cells involve creating a single cell by
Answer: Option A combining two or more selected cells.
A. Formatting B. Merging
53. Which of the following has the most capacity? C. Embedding D. Splitting
A. CD-R Answer: Option B
B. CD-RW
C. DVD 63. The operating system is the most common type of
D. VCD ______ software.
E. Floppy Disk A. Communication B. System
Answer: Option C C. Word processing D. None of these
Answer: Option B
54. Virtual memory is
A. Related to virtual reality 64. When you quickly press and release the left mouse
B. A form of ROM button twice, you are:
C. A form of RAM A. Primary-clicking B Pointing
D. None of these C. Double-clicking D. Secondary-clicking
Answer: Option C Answer: Option C

55. Which of the followings is not a search engine? 65. Protocols are
A. Google B. Yahoo A. Sets of rules B. Sets of maps
C. Examveda D. Duck Duck Go C. Sets of computers D. Sets of product
Answer: Option C Answer: Option A

56. Gmail, a free web-based email service operated by 66. Measuring unit of capacity of hard drive is
which company - A. GHz B. GB
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A. Apple B. Google C. Gwatts D. G Newton

C. Microsoft D. Yahoo Answer: Option B
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Answer: Option B
67. A disk's content that is recorded at the time of
manufacture and cannot be changed or erased by
user is -
A. Read-only B. Memory-only
C. Run-only D. Write-only
Answer: Option A

68. In an information system, alphanumeric data

normally takes the form of
A. Sentence and paragraph
B. Numbers and alphabetical characters
C. Human voice and other sound
D. None of these
Answer: Option B

69. What is usually used for displaying information at

public places?
A. Monitors
B. Overhead
C. Monitor and overhead projection
D. Touch screen kiosks
Answer: Option D

70. The real business and competitive value of

information technology lies in:
A. The software application that are used by many
companies.
B. The capabilities of software and the value of the
information a business acquires and used.
C. The infrastructure of hardware, networks, and
other it facilities that are commonly used by many
companies.
D. The capabilities of the hardware and the speed
at which it processes information.
Answer: Option B

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 Computer Fundamentals Miscellaneous 9. The horizontal and vertical lines on a spreadsheet
Section- 5 are called:
A. Cells B. Sheets
1. ALU is termed as C. Block lines D. Grid-lines
A. Arithmetic logical unit Answer: Option D
B. Array Logical Unit
C. Application logic unit 10. To delete an incorrect character in a document,
D. Application logic universal ______ to erase to the right of the insertion point.
Answer: Option A A. Press the left mouse key
B. Double click the right mouse
2. A websites main page is called its C. Press the BACKSPACE key
A. Home page D. Press the delete key
B. Browser page Answer: Option D
C. Bookmark page
D. Search page 11. The operating system does all of the following
Answer: Option A except
A. Provide a way for the user to interact with the
3. When installing ______ the user must copy computer.
usually decompress program file from CDROM or B. Manage the central processing unit (CPU).
medium to the hard disk. C. Manage memory and storage.
A. Programming software D. Enable users to perform a specific task as
B. System hardware document editing.
C. Application hardware Answer: Option D
D. Application software
Answer: Option A 12. All of the following are steps involved in the boot
process except
4. A collection of interrelated file in computer is a A. Load the operating system in to RAM.
A. File manager B. Field B. The power on self-test.
C. Record D. Database C. Activate the basic input/ output system (BIOS).
Answer: Option D D. Load application programs.
Answer: Option D
5. A collection of 8 bit is called -
A. Byte B. Record 13. The ______ storage on ROM chip is responsible
C. Word D. Nibble for loading the operating system from its
Answer: Option A permanent location on the hard drive in to RAM.
A. BIOS B. API
6. General purpose computer are those that can be C. Device driver
adopted to countless uses simply by changing its D. Supervisor program
A. Output device Answer: Option A
B. Input device
C. Processor 14. The basic input/output system (BIOS) is stored in
D. Program A. RAM B. ROM
Answer: Option D C. The CPU D. The hard drive
Answer: Option B
7. Memory in which any location can be reached in a
fixed and short amount of time after specifying its 15. Ensuring that the essential peripheral devices are
address is called - attached and operational is the ____ Process.
A. Sequential access memory A. Configuration B. CMOS
B. Random access memory C. POST D. ROM
C. Secondary memory Answer: Option C
D. Mass storage
Answer: Option B 16. Hyper-threading (HT) is related to
A. Processor B. RAM
8. _______ software allows users to perform C. Mother board D. Hard Disk
calculation on rows and columns of data. Answer: Option A
A. Word processing
B. Presentation graphics 17. Intel and AMD are leaders in
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C. Database management system A. Processor B. RAM

D. Electronic spreadsheet C. Mother board D. Hard Disk
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Answer: Option C Answer: Option A

18. IDE (ATE) or SATA interface connect Mother 28. The majority of computer crimes are committed
board with by:
A. Mother board B. RAM A. Hackers
C. Processor D. Hard disk B. Insiders
Answer: Option D C. Overseas criminals
D. Young teenage computer geniuses
19. USB is a type of Answer: Option B
A. Processor B. Port
C. Monitor D. Program 29. The thing that eventually terminates a worm virus
Answer: Option B is a lack of:
A. Memory or disk space
20. Surgeons can perform delicate operation by B. Time
manipulating devices through computers instead of C. CD drive space
manually. This technology is known as D. CD-RW
A. Robotics B. Computer forensics Answer: Option A
C. Simulation D. Forecasting
Answer: Option A 30. When a logic bomb is activated by a timerelated
event, it is known as a:
21. Process of combining strings is known as A. Time-related bomb sequence
A. Compiling B. Combining B. Virus
C. Attaching D. Concatenation C. Time bomb
Answer: Option D D. Trojan horse
Answer: Option C
22. A program that performs a useful task while
simultaneously allowing destructive acts is: 31. A logic bomb that was created to erupt on
A. Worm B. Trojan Horse Michelangelo's birthday is an example of a:
C. Virus D. Macro Virus A. Time-related bomb sequence
Answer: Option B B. Virus
C. Time bomb
23. In 1999, the Melissa virus was a widely D. Trojan horse
publicized: Answer: Option C
A. E-mail Virus B. Macro virus
C. Trojan Horse D. Time Bomb 32. What is the name of an application program that
Answer: Option A gathers user information and sends it to someone
through the Internet?
24. An intentionally disruptive program that spreads A. virus B. Spybot
from program to program or from disk to disk is C. Logic bomb D. Security patch
known as Answer: Option B
A. Trojan horse B. Virus
C. Time bomb 33. Standardization of Microsoft programs and the
D. Time related bomb sequence Windows operating system has made the spread of
Answer: Option B viruses:
A. More complicated B. More difficult
25. Malicious software is known as: C. Easier D. Slower
A. Badware B. Malware Answer: Option C
C. Maliciousware D. Illegalware
Answer: Option B 34. HTML viruses infect:
A. Your computer
26. Collecting personal information and effectively B. A Web page in the HTML code
posing as another individual is known as the crime C. Both a Web page and the computer that is
of: viewing it.
A. Spooling B. Identity Theft D. None of these
C. Spoofing D. Hacking Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B
35. Software programs that close potential security
27. The common name for the crime of stealing breaches in an operating system are known as:
passwords is: A. Security breach fixes B. Refresh patches
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A. Spooling B. Identity theft C. Security repairs D. Security patches

C. Spoofing D. Hacking Answer: Option D
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Answer: Option C
36. When customers of a Web site are unable to access 44. Which of the following will happen when data is
it due to a bombardment of fake traffic, it is known entered into a memory location?
as: A. It will add to the content of the location.
A. virus B. It will change the address of the memory
B. A Trojan Horse location.
C. Cracking C. It will erase the previous content.
D. A denial of service attack. D. It will not be fruitful if there is already some
Answer: Option D data at the location.
Answer: Option C
37. __________ is the measurement of things such as
fingerprints and retinal scans used for security 45. The ALU of a computer responds to the
access. commands coming from
A. Biometrics A. Primary memory
B. Bio-measurement B. Control section
C. Computer security C. External memory
D. Smart weapon machinery D. Cache memory
Answer: Option A Answer: Option B

38. What is the most common tool used to restrict 46. An error in software or hardware is called a bug.
access to a computer system? What is the alternative computer jargon for it?
A. User log in A. Leech B. Squid
B. Passwords C. Slug D. Glitch
C. Computer keys Answer: Option D
D. Access-control software
Answer: Option B 47. The vast network of computers that connects
millions of people all over the world is called.
39. Hardware or software designed to guard against A. LAN B. Web
unauthorized access to a computer network is C. Hypertext D. Internet
known as a (n): Answer: Option D
A. Hacker-proof program
B. Firewall 48. Resolution of laser printer is specified in terms of
C. Hacker-resistant server A. DPI B. LPM
D. Encryption safe wall C. CPM D. PPM
Answer: Option B Answer: Option A

40. The scrambling of code is known as: 49. A byte represents a group of
A. Encryption B. A firewall A. 10 bits B. 40 bits
C. Scrambling D. Password-proofing C. 8 bits D. 22 bits
Answer: Option A Answer: Option C

41. If you want to secure a message, use a (n): 50. Personal computers use a number of chips
A. Cryptology source mounted on a main circuit board. What is the
B. Encryption key common name for such boards?
C. Encryption software package A. Daughter board B. Motherboard
D. Cryptosystem C. Father board D. Breadboard
Answer: Option D Answer: Option B

42. Instructions and memory address are represented 51. What is meant by a dedicated computer?
by A. Which is used by one person only
A. Character code B. Binary codes B. Which is assigned one and only one task
C. Binary word D. Parity bit C. Which uses one kind of software
Answer: Option B D. Which is meant for application software
Answer: Option B
43. A storage area used to store data to a compensate
for the difference in speed at which the different 52. Which key on keyboard of a computer does not
units can handle data is have its name printed on the key?
A. Memory B. Buffer A. ESC B. SHIFT
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C. Accumulator D. Address C. F1 D. SPACE

Answer: Option B Answer: Option D
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53. Where would you find the letters QWERTY? 63. A daisy wheel is a type of?
A. Mouse B. Screen A. Storage device B. Pointing device
C. Numeric Keypad D. Keyboard C. Scanning Device D. Printer
Answer: Option D Answer: Option D

54. How did the computer mouse get its name? 64. Factory production lines can be automated using?
A. Its cable looks like a tail. A. Machine tools B. VDUs
B. Because it squeaks when moved C. Plotters D. None of these
C. It has ears. Answer: Option B
D. Teeth outside mouth.
Answer: Option A 65. An impact printer creates characters by using?
A. An inked ribbon and print head
55. A digitizing tablet can be used for? B. Electrically charged ink
A. Tracing diagrams B. Printing letters C. An ink pen
C. Reading bar-codes D. Playing D. All of the above
Answer: Option A Answer: Option A

56. Which of the following is a pointing device? 66. What would you not use with a flatbed plotter?
A. Hard disk A. A pen B. Eraser
B. CD-ROM drive C. Paper D. None of these
C. Touch screen used for computer input. Answer: Option C
D. RAM
Answer: Option C 67. What do you need for an ink jet printer?
A. A drum B. A cartridge
57. What does a light pen contain? C. A ribbon D. All of the above
A. Refillable ink Answer: Option B
B. Light sensitive elements
C. Pencil lead 68. A laser printer does NOT use?
D. Blue Ink A. A photo-conductive drum
Answer: Option B B. A print head
C. A laser beam
58. What would be the best way to move around a 3D D. None of these
environment? Answer: Option A
A. Use a tracker ball B. Use a keyboard
C. Use a space mouse D. Use Joystick 69. The amount of data that a disk may contains
Answer: Option A known as the disk's?
A. Volume B. Size
59. Where would you find a magnetic strip? C. Tracking Unit D. Storage capacity
A .Speakers B. Credit card Answer: Option D
C. Smart card D. All of the above
Answer: Option B 70. You can protect a floppy disk.
A. Read B. Write
60. Hard copy is a term used to describe? C. Read and Write D. All of the above
A. Printed output Answer: Option B
B. Writing on a hard board
C. Storing information on the hard disk
D. All of the above
Answer: Option A

61. What do the abbreviations VAB stand for?

A. Voice activated broadcasting
B. Visual audio board
C. Voice answer back D. None of these
Answer: Option C

62. What are the individual dots which make up a

picture on the monitor screen called?
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A. Colored spots B. Pixies

C. Pixels D. None of these
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Answer: Option C
 Computer Fundamentals Miscellaneous 9. Which of the following computer language is used
Section- 6 for artificial intelligence?
A. FORTRAN B. PROLOG
1. Magnetic storage devices can represent binary 0 C. C D. COBOL
by the absence of? E. None of the above
A. A magnetic field B. Magnetic tape Answer: Option B
C. Static electricity D. It cannot possible.
Answer: Option B 10. The tracks on a disk which can be accessed
without repositioning the R/W heads is
2. Magnetic tape is a? A. Surface
A. Random access medium B. Cylinder
B. A parallel access medium C. Cluster
C .Universal Access medium D. All of the above
D. Serial access medium E. None of the above
Answer: Option D Answer: Option B

3. Which storage device has the largest capacity in 11. Which of the following is the 1's complement of
MB's? 10?
A. A floppy disk B. A CD-ROM A. 1 B. 110
C. Magnetic tape storage D. Equal Capacity C. 11 D. 10
Answer: Option B E. None of the above
Answer: Option A
4. Which storage device cannot be erased?
A. A floppy disk 12. section of code to which control is transferred
B. Magnetic tape storage when a processor is interrupted is known as
C. A CD-ROM A. M B. SVC
D. All of the above C. IP D. MDR
Answer: Option C E. None of the above
Answer: Option A
5. Which of the following languages is more suited to
a structured program? 13. Which part interprets program instructions and
A. PL/1 B. FORTRAN initiate control operations?
C. BASIC D. PASCAL A. Input
E. None of the above B. Storage unit
Answer: Option D C. Logic unit
D. Control unit
6. A computer assisted method for the recording and E. None of the above
analyzing of existing or hypothetical systems is Answer: Option D
A. Data transmission
B. Data flow 14. The binary system uses powers of
C. Data capture A. 2 B. 10
D. Data processing C. 8 D. 16
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option B Answer: Option A

7. The brain of any computer system is 15. A computer program that converts assembly
A. ALU B. Memory language to machine language is
C. CPU D. Control unit A. Compiler
E. None of the above B. Interpreter
Answer: Option C C. Assembler
D. Comparator
8. What difference does the 5th generation computer E. None of the above
have from other generation computers? Answer: Option C
A. Technological advancement
B. Scientific code 16. The time required for the fetching and execution of
C. Object Oriented Programming one simple machine instruction is
D. All of the above A. Delay time B. CPU cycle
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None of the above C. Real time D. Seek time

Answer: Option A E. None of the above
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Answer: Option B
17. The time for which a piece of equipment operates 25. Which type of system puts the user into direct
is called conversation with the computer through a
A. Seek time B. Effective time keyboard?
C. Access time D. Real time A. Real time processing
E. None of the above B. Interactive computer
Answer: Option B C. Batch processing
D. Time sharing
18. Binary numbers need more places for counting E. None of the above
because Answer: Option B
A. They are always big numbers
B. Any no. of 0's can be added in front of them 26. The term referring to evacuating the content of
C. Binary base is small some part of the machine is known as
D. 0's and l's have to be properly spaced apart A. Dump B. Enhancement
E. None of the above C. Down D. Compiler
Answer: Option C E. None of the above
Answer: Option A
19. Which access method is used for obtaining a
record from a cassette tape? 27. A single packet on a data link is known as
A. Direct B. Sequential A. Pathq B. Frame
C. Random D. All of the above C. Block D. Group
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

20. Any type of storage that is used for holding 28. The process of communicating with a file from a
information between steps in its processing is terminal is
A. CPU B. Primary storage A. Interactive B. Interrogation
C. Intermediate storage D. Internal storage C. Heuristic D. All of the above
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option C Answer: Option B

21. A name applied by Intel corp. to high speed MOS 29. A common boundary between two systems is
technology is called called
A. HDLC B. LAP A. Interdiction
C. HMOS D. SDLC B. Interface
E. None of the above C. Surface
Answer: Option C D. None of the above
Answer: Option B
22. A program component that allows structuring of a
program in an unusual way is known as 30. The examination and changing of single bits or
A. Correlation B. Coroutine small groups of his within a word is called
C. Diagonalization D. Quene A. Bit B. Byte
E. None of the above C. Bit manipulation D. Bit slice
Answer: Option B E. None of the above
Answer: Option C
23. The radian of a number system
A. Is variable 31. Which computer has been designed to be as
B. Has nothing to do with digit position value compact as possible?
C. Equals the number of its distinct counting digits A. Mini
D. Is always an even number B. Super computer
E. None of the above C. Microcomputer
Answer: Option C D. Mainframe
E. None of the above
24. The section of the CPU that selects, interprets and Answer: Option C
sees to the execution of program instructions
A. Memory B. Register unit 32. Which method is used to connect a remote
C. Control unit D. ALU computer?
E. None of the above A. Device B. Dialup
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Answer: Option C C. Diagnostic D. Logic circuit

E. None of the above
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Answer: Option B
33. How many bit code is used by Murray code for 41. A number that is used to control the form of
TELEPRINTER machines. another number is known as
A. 4 B. 5 A. Map B. Mask
C. 9 D. 25 C. Mamtossa D. Marker
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

34. The symbols used in an assembly language are 42. A general purpose single-user microcomputer
A. Codes designed to be operated by one person at a time is
B. Mnemonics A. Special-purpose computer
C. Assembler B. KIPS
D. All of the above C. M
E. None of the above D. PC
Answer: Option B E. None of the above
Answer: Option D
35. The 2's complement of a binary no. is obtained by
adding.....to its 1's complement. 43. ASCII stands for
A. 0 B. 1 A. American standard code for information
C. 10 D. 12 interchange
E. None of the above B. All purpose scientific code for information
Answer: Option B interchange
C. American security code for information
36. A systems programming language for interchange
microcomputers in the Intel family is D. American Scientific code for information
A. PL/C B. PL/CT interchange
C. PL/M D. PLA E. None of the above
E. None of the above Answer: Option A
Answer: Option C
44. Which device of computer operation dispenses
37. A datum that indicates some important state in the with the use of the keyboard?
content of input or output is A. Joystick B. Light pen
A. Sequence B. Sentinel C. Mouse D. Touch
C. SIO D. Sibling E. None of the above
E. None of the above Answer: Option C
Answer: Option B
45. The microcomputer, Intel MCS-80 is based on the
38. Which is a non-standard version of a computing widely used Intel
language? A. 8080 microprocessor
A. PROLOG B. APL B. 8085 microprocessor
C. Army D. PL/1 C. 8086 microprocessor
E. None of the above D. 8082 microprocessor
Answer: Option C E. None of the above
Answer: Option A
39. Which of the following is still useful for adding
numbers? 46. Which is a machine-oriented high-level language
A. EDSAC B. ENIAC for the GEC 4080 series machines.
C. Abacus D. UNIVAC A. LOGO B. SNOBOL
E. None of the above C. Babbage D. ALGOL
Answer: Option C E. None of the above
Answer: Option C
40. The average time necessary for the correct sector
of a disk to arrive at the read write head is 47. A program that is employed in the development,
________ . repair or enhancement of other programs is known
A. Down time as
B. Seek time A. System software B. Software tool
C. Rotational delay C. Applications program D. Utility program
D. Access time E. None of the above
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E. None of the above Answer: Option B

Answer: Option C
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48. Any storage device added to a computer beyond 56. A program that converts computer data into some
the immediately usable main storage is known as code system other than the normal one is known as
A. Floppy disk B. Hard disk A. Encoder B. Simulation
C. Backing store D. Punched card C. Emulator D. Coding
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option C Answer: Option A

49. Which output device is used for translating 57. A device designed to read information encoded
information from a computer into pictorial form on into a small plastic card is
paper. A. Magnetic tape
A. Mouse B. Plotter B. Badge reader
C. Touch panel D. Card punch C. Tape puncher
E. None of the above D. Card puncher
Answer: Option B E. None of the above
Answer: Option B
50. The list of coded instructions is called
A. Computer program B. Algorithm 58. A hybrid computer uses a _____ to convert digital
C. Flowchart D. Utility programs signals from a computer into analog signals.
E. None of the above A. Modulator B. Demodulator
Answer: Option A C. Modem D. Decoder
E. None of the above
51. A technique used by codes to convert an analog Answer: Option C
signal into a digital bit stream is known as
A. Pulse code modulation 59. A group of magnetic tapes, videos or terminals
B. Pulse stretcher usually under the control of one master is
C. Query processing A. Cylinder B. Cluster
D. Queue management C. Surface D. Track
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option A Answer: Option B

52. An optical input device that interprets pencil 60. Any device that performs signal conversion is
marks on paper media is A. Modulator B. Modem
A. O.M.R B. Punch card reader C. Keyboard D. Plotter
C. Optical scanners D. Magnetic tape E. None of the above
E. None of the above Answer: Option A
Answer: Option A
61. Codes consisting of light and dark marks which
53. Most important advantage of an IC is its may be optically read is known as
A. Easy replacement in case of circuit failure A. Mnemonics
B. Extremely high reliability B. Bar code
C. Reduced cost C. Decoder
D. Low power consumption D. All of the above
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

54. Data division is the third division of a _____ 62. A type of channel used to connect a central
program. processor and peripherals which uses multiplying
A. COBOL B. BASIC is known as
C. PASCAL D. FORTH A. Modem B. Network
E. None of the above C. Multiplexer D. All of the above
Answer: Option A E. None of the above
Answer: Option C
55. Which language was devised by Dr. Seymour
Aubrey Paper? 63. The first generation of computers available was
A. APL B. COBOL based on the bit microprocessors.
C. LOGO D. FORTRAN A. 4 B. 8
E. None of the above C. 16 D. 64
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Answer: Option C E. None of the above

Answer: Option B
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64. The complete picture of data stored in database is
known as
A. Record B. Schema
C. System flowchart D. DBMS
E. None of the above
Answer: Option B

65. Which of the following is intended to be used in

all applications runs on mainframe computers.
A. LOGO B. APL
C. PL/1 D. OCCAM
E. None of the above
Answer: Option C

66. A language which is close to that used within the

computer is
A. High-level language B. Assembly language
C. Low-level language D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer: Option C

67. Which is a unit representing the no bits of discrete.

A. Baud B. Byte
C. Bit D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer: Option A

68. The device that can both feed data into and accept
data from a computer is
A. ALU B. CPU
C. Input-Output device D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer: Option C

69. The personnel who deals with the computer & its
management put together are called
A. Software B. Humanware
C. Firmware D. Hardware
E. None of the above
Answer: Option B

70. A modern digital computer has

A. Extremely high speed
B. Large memory
C. Almost unlimited array
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer: Option D
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 Computer Fundamentals Miscellaneous 8. A notation used to express clearly on algorithm is
Section- 7 known as
A. Algorithmic language
1. Which of the following can store information in B. Assembly language
the form of microscopic pits on metal disks. C. Machine language
A. Laser disks B. Tape cassettes D. High level language
C. RAM cartridge D. Punched cards E. None of the above
E. None of the above Answer: Option A
Answer: Option A
9. Compression of digital data for efficient storage is
2. A device for converting handwritten impressions A. Buffer B. CPU
into coded characters & positional coordinates for C. Packing D. Field
input to a computer is E. None of the above
A. Touch panel B. Mouse Answer: Option C
C. Wand D. Writing tablet
E. None of the above 10. An operating system intended for use on
Answer: Option D microprocessor based systems that support a single
user is
3. A storage system for small amounts of data is A. PC-DOS B. MS-DOS
A. Magnetic card C. UNIX D. CP/M
B. Magnetic tape E. None of the above
C. Punched card Answer: Option D
D. Optical mark reader
E. None of the above 11. Which programming language is based on Algol
Answer: Option A 60.
A. PILOT B. SNOBOL
4. Which is another name for functional language? C. ADA D. SIMULA
A. Machine E. None of the above
B. Application language Answer: Option D
C. Low-level language
D. High-level language 12. Computer memory consists of
E. None of the above A. RAM B. ROM
Answer: Option B C. PROM D. All of the above
E. None of the above
5. Compilers and interpreters are themselves Answer: Option D
A. High-level language
B. Codes 13. A path by which communication is achieved
C. Programs between a central processor and other devices is
D. Mnemonics called
E. None of the above A. Audit trail B. Network
Answer: Option C C. Bus D. Channel
E. None of the above
6. A compiler means Answer: Option C
A. A person who compiles source programs
B. The same thing as a programmer 14. A stand-alone system which produces one page of
C. Keypunch operator printed output at a time is
D. A program which translates source program A. Page printer B. Line printer
into object program C. Laser printer
E. None of the above D. Dot matrix printer
Answer: Option D E. None of the above
Answer: Option A
7. A pen shaped device which can sense light, and is
used to point at spots on a video screen. 15. A memory that does not change its contents
A. Mouse without external causes is known as
B. Light pen A. Dynamic memory
C. Joystick B. Static memory
D. Plotter C. RAM
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E. None of the above D. EEPROM

Answer: Option B E. None of the above
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Answer: Option B
16. The organization and interconnection of the 24. Which is a device that changes information into
various components of a computer system is digital form?
A. Architecture B. Networks A. Modem B. Digitizer
C. Graphics D. Designing C. Mouse D. Light pen
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option A Answer: Option B

17. The report card and merit list forms the 25. An index register that is automatically incremented
A. Output data B. Data processing or decremented with each use is
C. Central Processing D. Input data A. Auto index B. Asynchronous
E. None of the above C. Assembler D. Compiler
Answer: Option A E. None of the above
Answer: Option A
18. A number which is stored and processed but not in
the standard exponential form is called 26. Which network is a packet switching network?
A. Floating point number B. Fixed point number A. Ring network B. LAN
C. Octal number D. Decimal number C. Star network D. EuroNET
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option B Answer: Option D

19. A memory that holds micro programs is 27. Symbolic languages were developed in
A. Core memory B. ROM A. 1962 B. 1950
C. RAM D. Control memory C. 1974 D. 1980
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

20. A device invented by Dr. Bobeck in 1966, for 28. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
mass storage of data is A. more expensive B. more portable
A. Punched paper tape C. less rigid D. slowly accessed
B. Magnetic bubble storage E. None of the above
C. Magnetic tape Answer: Option A
D. Magnetic disk
E. None of the above 29. What is the name given to the molecular-scale
Answer: Option B computer?
A. Femtocomputer
21. Which of the following is the coding of data so B. Nanocomputer
that is can't be easily understood if intercepted. C. Supercomputer
A. Barcode B. Decoder D. Microcomputer
C. Encryption D. Mnemonics E. None of the above
E. None of the above Answer: Option B
Answer: Option C
30. Who is considered the 'father' of the minicomputer
22. RAM is used as a short memory because it is and one of the founder fathers of the modern
A. Volatile computer industry world-wide?
B. Has small capacity A. George Tate
C. Is very expensive B. Kenneth H. Olsen
D. Is programmable C. Seymour Cray
E. None of the above D. Basic Pascal
Answer: Option A E. None of the above
Answer: Option B
23. A modern electronic computer is a machine that is
meant for 31. The first microprocessors produced by Intel
A. Doing quick mathematical calculations Corpn. and Texas Instruments were used primarily
B. Input storage, manipulation of outputting of to control small
data A. microwave ovens
C. Electronic data processing B. washing machines
D. Performing repetitive tasks accurately C. calculators
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E. None of the above D. personal computers

Answer: Option B E. robotics
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Answer: Option C
32. Which printer uses a combination of laser-beam & 40. Which access method is used for obtaining a
electro photographic techniques? record from a cassette tape
A. Laser printers B. Dot-Matrix A. direct B. sequential
C. Line printer D. Daisy wheel C. random D. All of the above
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option A Answer: Option B

33. A billionth of a second is defined as a: 41. The most important advantage of a video disk is
A. millisecond B. microsecond A. Compactness B. Potential capacity
C. nanosecond D. picoseconds C. Durability D. Cost effectiveness
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option C Answer: Option B

34. Which of the following is not currently a topic in 42. The process of entering data into a storage location
computer science? A. adds to the contents of the location
A. Speech recognition B. cause variation in its address number
B. Artificial intelligence C. is known as a readout operation
C. Thermodynamics D. is destructive of previous contents
D. Multiprocessing E. None of the above
E. None of the above Answer: Option D
Answer: Option C
43. Time during which a job is processed by the
35. Where have the program and data to be located computer is
before the ALU and control unit of a computer can A. Delay time B. Real time
operate on it? C. Execution time D. Down time
A. Internal memory B. Secondary memory E. None of the above
C. Microprocessor D. Magnetic tapes Answer: Option C
E. None of the above
Answer: Option A 44. Which of the following is used to insure the high
quality of computer output?
36. When was Apple Macintosh II microcomputer A. computer output microfilm
introduced in the market? B. output controls
A. 1964 B. 1970 C. voice output systems
C. 1987 D. 1986 D. liquid crystal display
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option C Answer: Option B

37. Control Unit of a digital computer is often called 45. The most common binary code in use today is the
the 8 bit ASCII code. What do the letters ASCII stand
A. Clock B. Nerve center for?
C. ICs D. All of the above A. American Standard Code for International
E. None of the above Interchange
Answer: Option B B. American Standard Code for Information
Interchange
38. The unit of a computer system that executes C. American Standard Code for Intelligence
program, communicates with and often controls Interchange
the operation of other subsystems of the computer D. American Scientific Code for Information
is known as Interchange
A. CPU B. Control Unit E. None of the above
C. I/O unit D. Peripheral unit Answer: Option B
E. None of the above
Answer: Option A 46. The software used to convert source program
instructions to object instruction is known as
39. Human beings are referred to as Homosapiens. A. Compiler
Which device is called Silico sapiens? B. Assembler
A. Monitor B. Hardware C. Interpreter
C. Robot D. Computer D. Language processor
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E. None of the above E. None of the above

Answer: Option D Answer: Option D
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47. Binary numbers need more places for counting 55. Name of the first guided weapon in the world
because: which used a programmable digital computer:
A. 0's and 1's can be added in front of them A. Sting Ray Torpedo
B. 0's and 1's have to be properly placed B. Mk 46 Torpedo
C. They are always big numbers C. Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM)
D. Binary base is small D. Tomahawk Missile
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option D Answer: Option A

48. Backing storage is so named because it 56. Programs designed to perform specific tasks is
A. is always kept at the back of the CPU known as
B. is slow and backward A. System software
C. backs up the computer B. Application software
D. lags behind the main memory C. Utility programs
E. None of the above D. Operating system
Answer: Option C E. None of the above
Answer: Option B
49. The ASCII code for the character J is:
A. 106 B. 105 57. What is the name given to the weapons which use
C. 074 D. 075 computerized guidance system?
E. None of the above A. Guided weapons
Answer: Option C B. Smart weapons
C. Dumb weapons
50. Off-line operation is the operation of devices D. Starwars weapons
without the control of E. None of the above
A. Memory B. CPU Answer: Option B
C. ALU D. Control unit
E. None of the above 58. A monitor's _____ is the distance between the
Answer: Option B holes in the mask behind the screen. This helps
determine how sharp the dots appear.
51. What is meant by a dedicated computer? A. refresh rate B. dot pitch
A. Which is used by one person only C. resolution D. color depth
B. Which is assigned one and only one task E. None of the above
C. Which uses on kind of software Answer: Option B
D. Which is meant for application software only
E. None of the above 59. The ALU of a computer normally contains a
Answer: Option B number of high speed storage elements called
A. semiconductor memory
52. Which of the following is the user programmed B. registers
semiconductor memory? C. hard disk
A. SRAM B. DRAM D. magnetic disk
C. EPROM D. All of the above E. None of the above
E. None of the above Answer: Option B
Answer: Option C
60. What is the name of the printer which prints all the
53. An instruction that transfers program control to A's in a line before all the B's?
one or more possible paths is known as A. Thermal printer
A. Utility program B. System software B. Electrostatic printer
C. Broadband channel C. Line printer
D. Application program D. Ink-jet printer
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option C Answer: Option C

54. The two kinds of main Memory are: 61. A _____ is simply an arrangement where multiple
A. Primary and secondary disk drives appear as a single disk drive to the
B. Random and sequential user.
C. ROM and RAM A. disk B. disk array
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D. All of the above C. bunch of disks D. disk pack

E. None of the above E. spanned drive
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Answer: Option C Answer: Option B

62. Conversion of binary number 1010101000010111 69. A high speed device used in CPU for temporary
to hexadecimal number is storage during processing is called
A. D8F916 B. A8B916 A. A register B. A bus
C. AA1716 D. D9F816 C. A databus D. All of the above
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option C Answer: Option A

63. In comparison with static RAM memory, the 70. Computers are extremely fast and have fantastic
dynamic RAM memory has memories. However, the only thing they can
A. lower bit density and higher power remember is
consumption A. Instruction B. Series of 1s and 0s
B. higher bit density and higher power C. Boolean algebra D. Logic theorems
consumption E. None of the above
C. lower bit density and lower power consumption Answer: Option B
D. higher bit density and lower power
consumption
E. None of the above
Answer: Option D

64. Which of the following holds data and processing

instructions temporarily until the CPU needs it?
A. ROM B. control unit
C. main memory D. coprocessor chips
E. None of the above
Answer: Option C

65. A multi programming system is one that can

A. run very fast
B. share hardware resources with many programs
simultaneously
C. compute many programs simultaneously
D. use many operating systems
E. None of the above
Answer: Option B

66. The language that is an input for statement

translation is called
A. Assembly language B. Source language
C. High-level language D. Object language
E. None of the above
Answer: Option B

67. All the instructions and procedures needed to start

up a computer, to the point it can load an operating
system, are stored in ROM chips. In IBM
compatible PCs this is called the _______ .
A. RAM BIOS B. ROM BIOS
C. EPROM D. POST
E. None of the above
Answer: Option B

68. Before a disk drive can access any sector record, a

computer program has to provide the record's disk
address. What information does this address
specify?
A. Track number B. Sector number
C. Surface number D. All of the above
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E. None of the above

Answer: Option D
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 Computer Fundamentals Miscellaneous 9. The arranging of data in a logical sequence is
Section- 8 called:
A. sorting B. classifying
1. The first electronic digital computer contained? C. reproducing D. summarizing
A. Electronic valves E. None of the above
B. Vacuum tubes Answer: Option A
C. Transistors
D. Semiconductor memory 10. Who is the creator of the PASCAL language?
E. None of the above A. Niklaus Wirth B. Dijkstra
Answer: Option A C. Donald Knuth D. Basic Pascal
E. None of the above
2. Name the two persons who were the first to Answer: Option A
develop a model of the microprocessor chip.
A. Marcian Hoff and Stanley Mazor 11. When was punched-card equipment used for the
B. Victor Poor and Marcian Hoff first time to process the British census?
C. Victor Poor and Masatoshi Shima A. 1910 B. 1907
D. None of the above C. 1911 D. 1914
Answer: Option A E. None of the above
Answer: Option C
3. EBCDIC can code up to how many different
characters? 12. A hashing scheme is used with
A. 8 B. 16 A. sequential file organization
C. 32 D. 64 B. direct file organization
E. 256 C. indexed sequential file organization
Answer: Option E D. partitioned file organization
E. None of the above
4. Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards Answer: Option B
to control patterns in a weaving machine?
A. Pascal B. Hollerith 13. The time taken for the read/write head to move to
C. Babbage D. Jacquard the correct track on the magnetic disk is called
E. None of the above A. epoch delay B. latency delay
Answer: Option D C. seek time D. approach time
E. None of the above
5. Which 32-bit microprocessor is used in IBM's Answer: Option C
PS/2 model-80 computer?
A. 8088 B. 80286 14. A computer has a 1024K memory. What does the
C. 80386 D. 80486 letter K stand for
E. None of the above A. Kilometre B. Thousand
Answer: Option C C. 1024 D. MB
E. None of the above
6. The memory which is ultraviolet light erasable and Answer: Option C
electrically programmable is
A. ROM B. PROM 15. Computer instructions written with the use of
C. RAM D. EPROM English words instead of binary machine code is
E. None of the above called
Answer: Option D A. Mnemonics
B. Symbolic code
7. What is the name of the computer which was first C. Gray code
used for programming and playing of music? D. Op-code
A. ELLIAC B. ENIAC E. None of the above
C. UNIVAC D. All of the above Answer: Option B
E. None of the above
Answer: Option A 16. The system unit of a personal computer typically
contains all of the following except:
8. The access method used for cassette tape is A. microprocessor
A. Direct B. Random B. disk controller
C. Sequential D. All of the above C. serial interface
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E. None of the above D. modem

Answer: Option C E. All of the above are contained
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Answer: Option D
17. Which of the following are the two main 25. Which is true for the digital computer?
components of the CPU? A. It is less accurate than the analog computerB. It
A. control unit and registers represents the decimal numbers through a string of
B. registers and main memory binary digits
C. control unit and ALU C. It is used primarily in scientific applications
D. ALU and bus D. Both A and C
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option C Answer: Option B

18. A characteristic of card systems is: 26. Which of the following terminals' output most
A. slowness in processing data closely resembles the output produced by a
B. using cards as records of transactions plotter?
C. needing a larger DP staff A. graphics terminal B. POS terminal
D. all the above C. hardcopy terminal D. all the above
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option D Answer: Option A

19. A directly accessible appointment calendar is a 27. What is the main advantage of magnetic core
feature of a _____ resident package. memory over semiconductor RAM memory?
A. CPU B. Memory A. more compact and smaller
C. Buffer D. ALU B. more economical
E. None of the above C. a bit does not have to write after reading
Answer: Option B D. non volatile
E. None of the above
20. 1024 bytes represent a Answer: Option D
A. Megabyte B. Gigabyte
C. Kilobyte D. None of the above 28. Which of the following is used for serial access
E. Storage storage only?
Answer: Option C A. RAM B. Magnetic tape
C. Magnetic disk D. Core memory
21. Which type device is a piece of equipment that E. None of the above
receives information from a CPU? Answer: Option B
A. Input B. Output
C. CPU D. Memory 29. A memory space used for the temporary storage of
E. Storage data is
Answer: Option B A. PROMB. SAM C. Scratchpad storage
D. Buffer E. None of the above
22. Computer Operators Answer: Option C
A. Write computer programs for specific problems
B. Operate the devices which input and output data 30. What is the name of the logic circuit which can
from the computer add two binary digits?
C. Normally require a college degree in computer A. Full adder B. Half adder
science C. Buffer D. Register
D. All of the above E. None of the above
E. None of the above Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B
31. A small film-plate which is used for microfilming
23. When was the IBM XT microcomputer released in the output from a microcomputer screen is called
the market? A. microfilm B. microfiche
A. 1970 B. 1971 C. film card D. COM
C. 1987 D. 1986 E. None of the above
E. None of the above Answer: Option B
Answer: Option C
32. The ALU and control unit of most of the
24. Which of the following is not used for storage microcomputers are combined and manufactured
purposes with main frame computers? on a single silicon chip. What is it called?
A. removable disks B. fixed disks A. Monochip B. Microprocessor
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C. mass storage systems D. diskettes C. ALU D. Control Unit

E. None of the above E. None of the above
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Answer: Option D Answer: Option B

33. Continuous line drawing are produced using 39. The function of CPU is
A. Chain printers A. to provide a hard copy
B. Daisy wheel printers B. to read, interpret and process the information
C. Plotters and instruction
D. Thermal devices C. to communicate with the operator
E. None of the above D. to provide external storage of text
Answer: Option C E. None of the above
Answer: Option B
34. Which of the following registers is loaded with the
contents of the memory location pointed by the 40. The bubbles in a bubble memory pack are created
PC? with the help of?
A. Memory Address Register A. Laser beam B. Magnetic field
B. Memory Data Register C. Electric field D. X-ray
C. Instruction Register E. None of the above
D. Program Counter Answer: Option B
E. None of the above
Answer: Option C 41. The central processor of a modern digital
computer consists of
35. Storage on PC allows you to store files until A. control unit
something erases it, but memory loses its contents B. primary memory
whenever its _____ is lost C. control unit and primary memory
A. static D. All of the above
B. disk space E. None of the above
C. power Answer: Option C
D. both A and B
E. None of the above 42. Fifth generation computers are likely to exhibit
Answer: Option C A. artificial intelligence
B. heuristic behavior
36. One byte can be used to encode any integer C. advanced parallel processing
between 'O' and -inclusive D. All of the above
A. 16 E. None of the above
B. 256 Answer: Option D
C. 128
D. 255 43. A computer system consisting of its processor,
E. None of the above memory and I/O devices accepts data, processes it
Answer: Option D and produces the output results. Can you tell in
which component is the raw data fed?
37. Why is the width of the data bus so important to A. Mass Memory
the processing speed of a computer? B. Main memory
A. The narrower it is, the greater the computer's C. Logic unit
processing spee D. Arithmetic unit
B. The wider it is, the more data that can fit into E. None of the above
main memory Answer: Option B
C. The wider it is, the greater the computer's
processing speed 44. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers
D. The wider it is, the slower the computer's Inc. decide to join hands?
processing speed A. 1978 B. 1984
E. The data bus isn't important to the processing C. 1990 D. 1991
speed of a computer E. None of the above
Answer: Option C Answer: Option D

38. How many types of storage loops exist in magnetic 45. The transistorized computer circuits were
bubble memory? introduced in the
A. 8 A. First generation
B. 4 B. Second generation
C. 16 C. Third generation
D. 2 D. Fourth generation
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E. None of the above E. Fifth generation

Answer: Option D Answer: Option B
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46. The memory sizes in mainframe computers and 54. Which of the following is not true of immediate
advanced technology micro computers are processing?
expressed as A. It is often used in real-time applications
A. Bytes B. Kilo-bytes B. It can occur with either sequential of direct-
C. Bits D. Megabytes access files
E. None of the above C. It can be used in an airline-reservation system
Answer: Option D D. Transactions are processed shortly after a real-
world event occurs
47. A memory bus is mainly used for communication E. All of the above are true
between Answer: Option B
A. processor and memory
B. processor and I/O devices 55. A temporary storage area, attached to the CPU, for
C. I/O devices and memory I/O operations is a:
D. input device and output device A. chip B. buffer
E. None of the above C. register D. core
Answer: Option A E. None of the above
Answer: Option B
48. An AND gate
A. implements logic addition 56. Which part of the computer were is used for
B. is equivalent to a series switching circuit calculating and comparing?
C. is an any or all gate A. Disk unit B. Control unit
D. is equivalent to a parallel switching circuit C. ALU D. Modem
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option B Answer: Option C

49. The daily processing of corrections to customer 57. The person contributing the idea of the stored
accounts best exemplifies the processing mode of: program was
A. Batch processing A. John von Neumann B. Charles Babbage
B. Real-time processing C. Howard Aiken D. Basic Pascal
C. Time-sharing E. None of the above
D. Offline processing Answer: Option A
E. None of the above
Answer: Option A 58. What was the total number of UNIVAC-I sold
eventually and by which company?
50. Which of the following devices can be used to A. 30, British Tabulating Machine Co. (BTM)
directly input printed text? B. 40, International Business Machines (IBM)
A. OCR B. OMR C. 48, Remington Rand
C. MICR D. All of the above D. 40, International Computer Ltd. (ICL)
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option A Answer: Option C

51. To locate a data item for storage is 59. A file containing relatively permanent data is
A. Field B. Feed A. Random file B. Transaction file
C. Database D. Fetch C. Master file D. Sequential file
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option D Answer: Option C

52. Which of the following memory is capable of 60. Communication that involves computers,
operating at electronics speed? establishing a link through the telephone system is
A. Semiconductor memory B. Magnetic disks called
C. Magnetic drums D. Magnetic tapes A. Teleprocessing B. Microprocessing
E. None of the above C. Telecommunications D. All of the above
Answer: Option A E. None of the above
Answer: Option C
53. The main purpose of time sharing techniques used
in computers is to make the best use of the 61. Dot-matrix is a type of
A. CPU B. peripherals A. Tape B. Printer
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E. None of the above E. None of the above
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62. Which kind of devices allows the user to add 69. The analog computer measures dimensions and its
components and capabilities to a computer circuits use the differential and integral equations
system? of continuous variables. The digital computer
A. System boards counts units and its circuits use
B. Storage devices A. Logic gates B. Discrete switches
C. Input devices C. Boolean algebra D. Bayes' theorem
D. Output devices E. None of the above
E. Expansion slots Answer: Option C
Answer: Option E
70. In synchronous transmission data from various
63. Where does a computer add and compare data? users
A. Hard disk A. Require header
B. Floppy disk B. Do not require header
C. CPU chip C. Sometimes require header
D. Memory chip D. All of the above
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option C Answer: Option B

64. Which of the following require large computer

memory?
A. Imaging
B. Graphics
C. Voice
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer: Option D

65. Which of the following are used to quickly accept,

store, and transfer data and instructions that are
being used immediately by the CPU?
A. microprocessors B. registers
C. ROM chips D. data buses
E. None of the above
Answer: Option B

66. Which disk interface standard includes support for

up to eight peripheral devices?
A. ST50G/412 B. IDE
C. SCSI D. ESDI
E. None of the above
Answer: Option C

67. Who designed the first general purpose electronic

digital computer "ENIAC" ?
A. Van-Neumann
B. Joseph M Juoquard
C. J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Answer: Option C

68. What type of control pins are needed in a

microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, in
order to prevent two devices from trying to use it
at the same time?
A. Bus control B. Interrupts
C. Bus arbitration D. Status
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E. None of the above

Answer: Option C
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 Computer Fundamentals Miscellaneous 8. An input device which can read characters directly
Section- 9 from an ordinary piece of paper is
A. OCR B. OMR
1. General purpose computers are those that can be C. MSI D. POS
adopted to countless uses simply by changing its E. None of the above
A. keyboard B. printer Answer: Option A
C. program D. display screen
E. None of the above 9. Which of the following is not a part of the CPU
Answer: Option C A. storage unit
B. arithmetic and logic unit
2. What is the name of the visible silver rectangle C. program unit
which separates the take-up portion of the D. control unit
magnetic tape from the data recording portion? E. None of the above
A. Load maker B. Load marker Answer: Option C
C. Tape separator D. Tape marker
E. None of the above 10. Which of the following chips can be
Answer: Option B reprogrammed with special electric pulses?
A. EPROM B. PROM
3. A part located in the central processing unit that C. ROM D. EEPROM
stores data & information is known as E. None of the above
A. Core memory B. PROM Answer: Option D
C. EPROM D. ROM
E. None of the above 11. In this world of fast changing computer
Answer: Option A technology, one of the most important factor to be
considered while purchasing a PC is, it should
4. A software package to perform calculations on have a provision for
data arranged in an array is A. high level integration
A. System software B. self upgradability
B. Utility programs C. intelligent sensors
C. Electronic spread sheet D. faster data access
D. Application programs E. None of the above
E. None of the above Answer: Option B
Answer: Option C
12. A collection of eight bits is called
5. What was the name of the first stored program A. Byte B. Word
electronic computer which was built in 1949 at C. Record D. File
Cambridge University in England? E. None of the above
A. EDVAC B. EDSAC Answer: Option A
C. UNIVAC D. MARK-I
E. None of the above 13. The ALU of a central processing unit does the
Answer: Option B essential math’s work for the computer. What does
the control unit do?
6. A computer with CPU speed around 100 million A. Communicates its results
instructions per second & with the word length of B. Activates the output device
around 64 bits is known as C. Monitors the flow of information
A. Super computer D. Control the printer
B. Mini computer E. None of the above
C. Micro computer Answer: Option C
D. Micro computer
E. None of the above 14. Which of the following storage and retrieval
Answer: Option A methods would be well suited to your processing
requirements if you only need to retrieve records
7. A computer program consists of one at a time and there is no fixed pattern to the
A. System flowchart requests for data and records?
B. Program flowchart A. indexed sectors
C. Algorithms written in computer's language B. sequential
D. Discrete logical steps. C. direct
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E. None of the above D. indexed direct

Answer: Option C E. None of the above
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Answer: Option D
15. In MODEMS 23. What does that acronym VGA stand for?
A. Several digital signals are multiplexed A. Extended Graphics Adapter
B. A digital signal changes some characteristic of B. Enhanced Graphics Array
a carrier wave C. Video Graphics Array
C. Digital signal is amplified D. Color Graphics Array
D. All of the above E. None of the above E. Video Graphics Adapter
Answer: Option B Answer: Option C

16. Which is a secondary memory device? 24. Which part of the diskette should never be
A. CPU B. ALU touched?
C. Floppy disk D. Mouse A. Hub B. Centre
E. None of the above C. Oval slot D. Corner
Answer: Option C E. None of the above
Answer: Option C
17. A storage device which is used to store data &
information external to the main storage is known 25. The storage locations in the internal storage of a
as CPU are called
A. Buffer B. Backing storage A. contents
C. PROM D. Accumulator B. addresses
E. None of the above C. locations
Answer: Option B D. mask
E. None of the above
18. In a PC, how much memory is available to Answer: Option B
application software?
A. 1024 KB B. 760 KB 26. Which is used to provide the sight information to
C. 640 KB D. 560 KB the right person at the right time for proper
E. 2048 KB decision making?
Answer: Option C A. DBMS B. MIS
C. ISO D. PSO
19. For a memory system, the cycle time is E. None of the above
A. same as the access time Answer: Option B
B. longer than the access time
C. shorter than the access time 27. Most disk drives have a single read/ write head for
D. submultiple of the access time each disk surface. What is the advantage of suing
E. None of the above multiple heads on each movable access arm?
Answer: Option B A. Reduced seek time
B. Less latency time
20. The number of records contained within a block of C. Reduced search time
data on magnetic tape is defined by the D. Less disk speed
A. block definition E. None of the above
B. record contain clause Answer: Option A
C. blocking factor
D. record per block factor 28. One of the main feature that distinguish
E. None of the above microprocessors from microcomputers is
Answer: Option C A. words are usually larger in microprocessors
B. words are shorter in microprocessors
21. The binary equivalent of the Octal number 13.54 is C. microprocessor does not contain I/O devices
A. 1011.1011 B. 1101.111 D. exactly the same as the machine cycle time
C. 1001.111 D. All of the above E. None of the above
E. None of the above Answer: Option C
Answer: Option A
29. Which type of display is the latest to be used for
22. What process prepares the magnetic surface of a portable computer?
disk by creating concentric circles, called tracks, A. LED display
around the disk? (Each track is further divided into B. LCD display
pic-shaped sections called sectors.) C. Plasma display
A. Tracking B. Formatting D. Electroluminescent display
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C. Copying D. Sectioning E. None of the above

E. None of the above Answer: Option D
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Answer: Option B
30. Which of the following is not true of future 36. Communication between computers using standard
computers? telephone service
A. increased use of CAD/CAM techniques A. Requires a change to an analog signal
B. faster turnaround time B. Is most efficient
C. developments in artificial intelligence systems C. Produces little noise and few disturbances
D. development of products more suitable for D. All of the above
human use E. None of the above
E. All of the above are true Answer: Option A
Answer: Option E
37. A floppy disk contains
31. The EAM device that does not use a control panel A. Circular tracks only
is the: B. Sectors only
A. collator C. Both circular tracks and sector
B. reproducer D. All of the above
C. interpreter E. None of the above
D. sorter Answer: Option C
E. None of the above
Answer: Option D 38. When an input electrical signal A=10100 is
applied to a NOT gate, its output signal is
32. Whenever a peripheral is being controlled by the A. 1011
CPU, it is said to be online. If additionally, the B. 10001
computer files are updated as soon as any change C. 10101
takes place, the system is called D. 101
A. quick processing system E. None of the above
B. batch processing system Answer: Option A
C. real time system
D. remote processing system 39. The first practical commercial typewriter was
E. None of the above invented in 1867 in the United States by
Answer: Option C A. Christopher Latham Sholes
B. Carlos Glidden
33. The following is true about 2-out of-5 code: C. Samuel Soule
A. it is weighted code D. All of the above
B. it is unweighted code E. None of the above
C. it has odd parity Answer: Option D
D. All of the above
E. None of the above 40. What is meant by quad-density (QD) diskette?
Answer: Option B A. It is double-sided disk
B. It is double density disk
34. The Josephson tunneling device illustrates C. It has double the number of tracks per inch
principles associated with the advanced storage D. All of the above
technique: E. None of the above
A. cryogenics Answer: Option D
B. CCD
C. EBAM 41. Large computer system typically uses:
D. heliographing A. Line printers
E. None of the above B. Ink-jet printers
Answer: Option A C. Dot-matrix printers
D. Daisy wheel printers
35. Which of the following statements is true? E. None of the above
A. The installation of a computer is favorably Answer: Option A
received by all employees
B. Some form of training is necessary for 42. First generation computers are characterized by
employees who will work with computers A. Vacuum tubes and magnetic drum
C. Computers are portrayed solely as society's B. Minicomputers
benefactor C. Magnetic tape and transistors
D. A businessperson is only interested in the D. All of the above
computer's accuracy E. None of the above
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E. None of the above Answer: Option A

Answer: Option B
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43. Can you tell what passes into and out from the 51. Which of the following are likely to jam the
computer via its ports? read/write head of a disk pack?
A. Data B. Bytes A. Dust
C. Graphics D. Pictures B. Smoke particle
E. None of the above C. Finger print smudge
Answer: Option B D. All of the above
E. None of the above
44. What is the general name of the device which Answer: Option D
produces hardcopy graphics?
A. COM B. Plotter 52. Impact printers
C. Printer D. Microfilm A. strike a ribbon against the paper to produce
E. None of the above character images
Answer: Option B B. include ink-jet and thermal devices
C. are more expensive than Laser printers
45. When a disk stack is serviced by a comb-like D. use optical technology
access mechanism, there is one read/write head for E. None of the above
each Answer: Option A
A. disk B. disk surface
C. track D. cylinder 53. Which of the following is not a practical data-
E. None of the above processing approach?
Answer: Option B A. batch-sequential
B. batch-direct
46. In which year was UK's premier computing event C. immediate-sequential
called "The Which Computer" started? D. immediate-direct
A. 1980 B. 1985 E. All of the above
C. 1986 D. 1987 Answer: Option C
E. None of the above
Answer: Option A 54. Bit map terminal
A. support displays containing multiple windows
47. In comparison to the internal (main) memory, tape B. requires considerable amount of video RAM
or disk memory is C. requires tremendous amount of copying and
A. slower and more expensive hence low performance
B. slower and less expensive D. All of the above
C. faster and more expensive E. None of the above
D. faster and less expensive Answer: Option D
E. None of the above
Answer: Option B 55. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal
to
48. Which of the following input/output devices is not A. 2 bytes B. 32 bytes
associated with personal computers? C. 4 bytes D. 8 bytes
A. mice B. color monitors E. None of the above
C. punched cards D. dot-matrix printers Answer: Option C
E. optical scanners
Answer: Option C 56. The register which holds the address of the
location to or from which data are to be transferred
49. The ALU of a computer responds to the is known as
commands coming from A. index register
A. primary memory B. instruction register
B. control section C. memory address register
C. external memory D. memory data register
D. cache memory E. None of the above
E. None of the above Answer: Option C
Answer: Option B
57. In simplex transmission
50. The heart of any computer is the A. Data format is simple
A. CPU B. Memory B. Data transmission is one way
C. I/O Unit D. Disks C. Data can be transmitted to small distances only
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E. None of the above D. All of the above

Answer: Option A E. None of the above
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Answer: Option B
58. Each model of a computer has a unique 66. Which one of the following is termed a
A. Assembly language B. Machine language combination input-output device?
C. High level language D. All of the above A. VDT B. Keyboard
E. None of the above C. Printer D. Laser Jet
Answer: Option B E. None of the above
Answer: Option A
59. Transistorized computer circuits were introduced
in the 67. The process of writing computer instructions in a
A. first generation B. second generation programming language is known as
C. thir4 generation D. fourth generation A. Coding B. Processing
E. None of the above C. Programming D. File
Answer: Option B E. None of the above
Answer: Option A
60. Those microcomputers which have the same
operating characteristics as the IBM 68. Which of the following is not true of a magnetic
microcomputers are called IBM disk?
A. duplicates B. clones A. It is expensive relative to magnetic tape
C. copies D. look alike B. It provides only sequential access to stored data
E. None of the above C. Users can easily update records by writing over
Answer: Option B the old data
D. It does not provide an automatic audit trail
61. Communication ports are found on the back of E. All of the above are true
microcomputers. They are used to connect the Answer: Option B
computer to _____
A. printer’s B. modems 69. A regular TV set can be hooked up to a computer
C. other hardware D. All of the above so as to receive computer signal instead of a
E. None of the above television program. This hooking up is achieved
Answer: Option D with the help of a
A. modem B. adapter
62. Which is considered a direct entry input device? C. cable D. aerial
A. Optical scanner B. Mouse E. None of the above
C. Light pen D. Digitizer Answer: Option B
E. All of the above
Answer: Option E 70. An output device that uses words or messages
recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio
63. In a computer system, which device is functionally response is
opposite of a Key-board? A. Magnetic tape
A. Mouse B. Trackball B. Voice response unit
C. Printer D. Joystick C. Voice recognition unit
E. None of the above D. Voice band
Answer: Option C E. None of the above
Answer: Option B
64. The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as
a personal computer was
A. IBM
B. Sperry Univac
C. Radio Shack
D. Data General Corporation
E. None of the above
Answer: Option C

65. The data appearing first in the left portion of

punched card is
A. descriptive data
B. coded data
C. quantitative data
D. All of the above
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E. None of the above

Answer: Option B
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 Computer Fundamentals Miscellaneous 8. A flat-bed plotter uses a pen which moves in two
Section- 10 directions across a piece of paper fixed on a flat-
bed. Can you tell who controls the movements of
1. A factor which would strongly influence a this pen?
businessperson to adopt a computer is its: A. microfilm B. microfiche
A. Accuracy C. film card D. COM
B. Reliability E. None of the above
C. Speed Answer: Option C
D. All of the above
E. None of the above 9. The desirable characteristic(s) of a memory system
Answer: Option D is (are)
A. speed and reliability
2. The most common input device used today is B. low power consumption
A. Motherboard C. durability and compactness
B. Track ball D. All of the above
C. Scanner E. None of the above
D. Mouse Answer: Option D
E. Keyboard
Answer: Option E 10. The CPU chip used in a computer is partially made
out of:
3. What is the name of the temporary data storage A. Copper B. Iron
area between a peripheral device and the CPU C. Gold and silver D. Silica
which compensates for the difference between E. None of the above
their speeds? Answer: Option D
A. Backing storage
B. Buffer 11. What type of magnetic material is normally used
C. Main storage in bubble memories?
D. Temporary storage A. Magnetic core B. Cobalt
E. None of the above C. Garnet D. Metallic
Answer: Option B E. None of the above
Answer: Option C
4. Which of the following is the fastest?
A. CPU 12. A byte is comprised of:
B. magnetic tapes and disks A. One bit B. Four bits
C. video terminal C. Eight bits D. Sixteen bits
D. sensors, mechanical controllers E. None of the above
E. None of the above Answer: Option C
Answer: Option A
13. Which of the following printer can be classified as
5. In which year were chips used inside the computer a page-at-a-time printer?
for the first time? A. Laser printer
A. 1964 B. 1975 B. Dot-matrix printer
C. 1977 D. 1981 C. Thermal printer
E. None of the above D. Inkjet printer
Answer: Option B E. None of the above
Answer: Option A
6. The invention of the slide rule is attributed to
A. Babbage B. Oughtred 14. The CPU of a computer transfers print output to a
C. Pascal D. Napier temporary disk memory at high speed and then
E. None of the above gets back to processing another job without
Answer: Option B waiting for the output to got to the printer. In this
way, the CPU does not remain idle due to its own
7. The control unit of a microprocessor high speed as compared to the low speed of the
A. stores data in the memory printer. What is the name of this memory?
B. accepts input data from a keyboard A. External memory
C. Performs arithmetic / logic / functions B. I/O memory
D. All of the above C. ROM
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E. None of the above D. Buffer memory

Answer: Option E E. None of the above
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Answer: Option D
15. Which of the following registers hold the 22. A 'number crunching' computer is one that can
information before it goes to the decoder handle
A. control register B. data register A. large spreadsheets
C. accumulator D. address register B. large alphanumeric data
E. None of the above C. large volume of numbers
Answer: Option B D. only numbers
E. None of the above
16. A modern electronic computer is a machine that is Answer: Option C
meant for
A. doing quick mathematical calculations 23. The barcode which is used on all types of items, is
B. input, storage, manipulation and outputting of read by a scanning device directly into the
data computer. What is the name of this scanning
C. electronic data processing device?
D. performing repetitive tasks accurately A. Laser scanner B. Wand
E. None of the above C. OCR D. MICR
Answer: Option B E. None of the above
Answer: Option A
17. A typical modern computer uses
A. LSI chips B. Vacuum tubes 24. A processing unit that coordinates networks and
C. Valves D. All the above data communication is known as
E. None of the above A. Control unit
Answer: Option A B. Communications processor
C. Register unit
18. ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and D. CPU
Calculator) had huge advantage over Mark I E. None of the above
because it used electronic valves in place of the Answer: Option B
electromagnetic switches. In the beginning,
ENIAC was used for calculating the path of 25. A type of line printer that uses an embossed steel
artillery shells. For which other was weapon band to form the letters printed on the paper is
design was it utilized? A. Golf ball printer B. Dot-matrix printer
A. hydrogen bomb C. Laser printer D. Band printer
B. atom bomb E. None of the above
C. antimissile Answer: Option D
D. fighter aircraft
E. None of the above 26. Which memory system is not as a mass memory
Answer: Option A medium?
A. semiconductor memory B. magnetic tape
19. Who was the father of Punched Card Processing? C. magnetic disk D. magnetic drum
A. J Presper Eckert E. None of the above
B. Charles Babbage Answer: Option A
C. Dr. Herman Hollerith
D. Blaise Pascal 27. Different components on the motherboard of a PC
E. None of the above processor unit are linked together by sets of
Answer: Option C parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these
lines called?
20. When did Hewlett-Packard Inc. Introduce its first A. Conductors B. Buses
HP-110 laptop computer? C. Connectors D. Connectively
A. 1984 B. 1986 E. None of the above
C. 1990 D. 1995 Answer: Option B
E. None of the above
Answer: Option A 28. The terminal device that functions as a cash
register, computer terminal, and OCR reader is
21. The computer program language which is widely the:
used in computer science and engineering and also A. Data collection terminal
in business is B. OCR register terminal
A. COBOL B. FORTRAN C. Video display terminal
C. PASCAL D. LISP D. POS terminal
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E. None of the above E. None of the above

Answer: Option C Answer: Option D
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29. The general range of speed in revolutions per 37. Which of the following professions has not been
minute (rpm) at which floppy disks rotate is affected by personal computers?
A. 2400-4700 B. 390-600 A. medical B. clerical
C. 150-250 D. 300-600 C. accounting D. law
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option C Answer: Option E

30. Which of the following typically uses a keyboard 38. What is the name given to the 8-bit unit used for
for input? coding data?
A. desktop terminal A. block of characters B. byte
B. point-of-sale terminal C. word D. KB
C. financial transaction terminal E. None of the above
D. executive workstation Answer: Option B
E. All of the above
Answer: Option E 39. What technology is used for flat panel displays?
A. Solid state B. RBG monitor
31. The first microprocessor built by the Intel Corpn. C. VLSI
was called D. Direct view storage tube E. None of the above
A. 8008 B. 8080 Answer: Option A
C. 4004 D. 8800
E. None of the above 40. What is meant by the term RAM?
Answer: Option C A. Memory which can only be read
B. Memory which can be both read and written to
32. The microelectronics is the technology of C. Memory which is used for permanent storage
A. microwaves B. microcomputers D. Memory which can only be written to
C. chips E. None of the above
D. automatic processing Answer: Option B
E. None of the above
Answer: Option C 41. Magnetic tape can serve as :
A. secondary-storage media B. output media
33. Who developed the first personal computer C. input media D. All of the above
spreadsheet package called Visicalc? E. None of the above
A. Niklaus Wirth B. Dan Bricklin Answer: Option A
C. Bob Frankston D. Both (B) and (C)
E. None of the above 42. Conversion of hexadecimal number 1D7F16 to a
Answer: Option D decimal number is
A. 755110 B. 877110
34. When was the X Window System born? C. 555710 D. 778110
A. 1984 B. 1989 E. None of the above
C. 1988 D. 1990 Answer: Option A
E. None of the above
Answer: Option A 43. Microfilm reader is a
A. OCR device B. COM device
35. A double sided magnetic disk pack has six disks. C. MICR device D. None of the above
Can you tell how many surfaces of this pack are E. All of the above
normally used? Answer: Option B
A. 10 B. 12
C. 6 D. 9 44. In magnetic disks, data is organized on the platter
E. None of the above in a concentric sets of rings called
Answer: Option A A. sector B. track
C. head D. block
36. The Santa Clara Valley, California is popularly E. None of the above
known as Silicon Valley of America because Answer: Option B
A. huge deposits of silicon are found there
B. many silicon chip manufacturing firms are 45. The data recording area between the blank gaps on
located there magnetic tape is called a/ an:
C. Santa Claus visits it every Christmas A. Record B. Block
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E. None of the above E. None of the above
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Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

46. Personal computers use a number of chips 54. In which addressing mode, the effective address of
mounted on a main circuit board. What is the the operand is generated by adding a constant
common name for such boards? value to the contents of a register?
A. Daughterboard B. Motherboard A. Absolute mode B. Indirect mode
C. Fatherboard D. Breadboard C. Immediate mode D. Index mode
E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option B Answer: Option D

47. Which term is not used to describe the memory 55. The term gigabyte refers to
component of a computer? A. 1024 bytes B. 1024 kilobytes
A. ROM B. PROM C. 1024 megabytes D. 1024 gigabytes
C. RAM D. SAM E. None of the above
E. None of the above Answer: Option C
Answer: Option D
56. The CPU chip used in a computer is partially made
48. Who coordinates the sequencing of events within out of
the central processor of a computer? A. silica B. carbon
A. Logic unit B. Arithmetic unit C. copper D. gold
C. Register D. Control unit E. silver
E. None of the above Answer: Option A
Answer: Option D
57. Which of the following best describes a computer-
49. What type of computer programming is used for based information system?
airplane ticket reservation system? A. A system in which a computer is used to turn
A. Multi programming data into information
B. Real time programming B. Inputting data
C. Time sharing C. Processing data
D. Batch programming D. Performing complex mathematical calculations
E. None of the above E. Data is put into the computer for processing
Answer: Option B Answer: Option A

50. The output of a 2 input OR gate is 0 only when its 58. Accessing records from a file directly without
A. both inputs are 0 B. either input is 1 searching from the beginning of the file is
C. both inputs are 1 D. either input is 0 A. Time sharing B. Random
E. None of the above C. Direct access D. Access time
Answer: Option A E. None of the above
Answer: Option C
51. A high quality CAD system uses the following for
printing drawing and graphs 59. EBCDIC can code up to how many different
A. Dot matrix printer B. Digital plotter characters?
C. Line printer D. All of the above A. 8 B. 16
E. None of the above C. 32 D. 64
Answer: Option B E. 256
Answer: Option E
52. A printed document reader which scans the
characters and then encodes them in a computer- 60. When did IBM close the last of its punched card
compatible code for direct transmission to the manufacturing plant?
computer is called A. June, 1989
A. Optical character reader B. December, 1984
B. Kurzweil Data Entry Machine (KDEM) C. March, 1982
C. MICR D. November, 1979
D. Laser scanner E. None of the above E. None of the above
Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

53. The equipment with which the computer talks to 61. The monitor of a computer is connected to it by a
its users is called a A. Wire B. Cable
A. word processor B. peripheral C. Bus D. Line driver
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C. software D. diskette E. Modem

E. None of the above Answer: Option B
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Answer: Option B
62. In a punched card system, data is processed by a 69. Group of instructions that directs a computer is
A. keypunch machine, sorter, and posting machine called
B. accounting machine, posting machine, and A. Storage B. Memory
billing machine C. Logic D. Program
C. sorter, posting machine, and billing machine E. None of the above
D. accounting machine, keypunch machine, and Answer: Option D
sorter
E. None of the above 70. A computer-controlled device for training
Answer: Option D exercises that duplicates the work environment is
a:
63. A single bus structure is primarily found in A. simulator B. duplicator
A. Main frames C. trainer D. COM device
B. Super computers E. None of the above
C. High performance machines Answer: Option A
D. Mini-and micro-computers
E. None of the above
Answer: Option D

64. What is the highest address possible if 16 bits are

used for each address?
A. 65536 B. 12868
C. 16556 D. 643897
E. None of the above
Answer: Option A

65. An integrated circuit is

A. a complicated circuit
B. an integrating device
C. much costlier than a single transistor
D. fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
E. None of the above
Answer: Option D

66. Which of the following memories contains a thin

film of magnetic material sand witched between
two permanent bias magnets?
A. ROM
B. Magnetic disk
C. Core memory
D. Bubble memory
E. None of the above
Answer: Option C

67. Which of the following bus types are used by the

Apple Macintosh computer?
A. ISA B. NuBus
C. EISA D. MCA
E. PCI Bus
Answer: Option B

68. When the time to establish link is large and the

size of data is small, the preferred mode of data
transfer is
A. Circuit switching
B. Packet switching
C. Time division multiplexing
D. All of the above
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E. None of the above

Answer: Option B
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 Operating System 9. Which is not application software?
Section- 1 A. Windows NT B. Page Maker
C. WinWord XP D. Photoshop
1. If there are multiple recycle bin for a hard Answer: Option A
disk
A. You can set different size for each recycle bin 10. The ...... program compresses large files into a
B. You can choose which recycle bin to use to smaller file
store your deleted files A. WinZip B. WinShrink
C. You can make any one of them default recycle C.WinStyle D. None of above
bin Answer: Option A
D. None of above
Answer: Option A 11. Which of the following is an example of a real
time operating system?
2. Identify false statement A. Lynx B. MS DOS
A. You can find deleted files in recycle bin C. Windows XP D. Process Control
B. You can restore any files in recycle bin if you Answer: Option D
ever need
C. You can increase free space of disk by sending 12. Which of the following operating system does not
files in recycle bin implement the multitasking truly?
D. You can right click and choose Empty Recycle A. Windows 98 B. Windows NT
Bin to clean it at once C. Windows XP D. MS DOS
Answer: Option C Answer: Option D

3. If the displayed system time and date is wrong, 13. Which of the following windows version support
you can reset it using 64 bit processor?
A. Write B. Calendar A. Windows 98 B. Windows 2000
C. Write file D. Control panel C. Windows XP D. Windows 95
Answer: Option D Answer: Option A

4. You should save your computer from? 14. Which of the following Operating System does not
A. Viruses B. Time bombs implement multitasking truly?
C. Worms D. All of the above A. Windows 98 B. Windows NT
Answer: Option D C. Windows XP D. MS DOS
Answer: Option D
5. World Wide Web is being standard by
A. Worldwide corporation 15. What program runs first after computer is booted
B. W3C and loading GUI?
C. World Wide Consortium A. Desktop Manager
D. World Wide Web Standard B. File Manager
Answer: Option B C. Windows Explorer
D. Authentication
6. A co-processor Answer: Option D
A. Is relatively easy to support in software
B. Causes all processor to function equally 16. Which of the following operating system do you
C. Works with any application choose to implement a client server network?
D. Is quite common in modern computer A. MS DOS B. Windows
Answer: Option A C. Windows 98 D. Windows 2000
Answer: Option D
7. A Microsoft Windows is a (n)
A. Operating system 17. Which of the following Operating systems is better
B. Graphic program for implementing a Client-Server network
B. Word Processing A. MS DOS B. Windows 95
D. Database program C. Windows 98 D. Windows 2000
Answer: Option A Answer: Option D

8. Which of the following is program group? 18. My Computer was introduced from
A. Accessories B. Paint A. Windows 3.1 B. Windows 3.11
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C. Word D. All of above C. Windows 95 D. Windows 98

Answer: Option A Answer: Option C
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19. Which of the following Windows do not have Start 29. The ..... displays the name of every computer user
button on the computer
A. Windows Vista B. Windows 7 A. Wish list screen B. Command screen
C. Windows 8 D. None of above C. Welcome screen D. None of the above
Answer: Option C Answer: Option C

20. Which is the latest version of MS Windows? 30. The category of software most appropriate for
A. Windows 2007 B. Windows 8.1 controlling the design and layout of complex
C. Windows 2008 D. Windows 10 document like newsletters and brochure is:
Answer: Option D A. Word processing
B. Computer aided design
21. Which operating system doesn't support C. Web page authoring
networking between computers? D. Desktop publishing
A. Windows 3.1 B. Windows 95 Answer: Option A
C. Windows 2000 D. Windows NT
Answer: Option A 31. Which one is not a system tool?
A. Backup B. Disk defragment
22. Which of the following does not support more than C. Virus scanning D. All of the above
one program at a time? Answer: Option C
A. DOS B. Linux
C. Windows D. Unix 32. The memory which allocates space for DOS and
Answer: Option A application is called
A. Expanded memory
23. Which of the following is not an operating system? B. Cache memory
A. DOS B. Linux C. Virtual memory
C. Windows D. Oracle D. Conventional memory
Answer: Option D Answer: Option D

24. Linux is a (n) ....... operating system 33. The operating system creates ...... from the
A. Open source B. Microsoft physical computer
C. Windows D. Mac A. Virtual space B. Virtual computer
Answer: Option A C. Virtual device D. None
Answer: Option B
25. Which operating system can you give smallest file
name? 34. The operating system creates _____ from the
A. Ps/2 B. Dos physical computer
C. Windows D. Windows NT A. Virtual space B. Virtual computers
Answer: Option B C. Virtual device D. None
Answer: Option B
26. Which one is not operating system?
A. P11 B. OS/2 35. Which menu bar selection would you access to
C. Windows D. Unix open file?
Answer: Option A A. Option B. Help
C. View D. None of above
27. Which of the following is not a multitasking Answer: Option D
operating system?
A. Windows B. Linux 36. Which mode loads minimal set of drivers when
C. Win NT D. DOS starting Windows?
Answer: Option D A. Safe Mode
B. Normal Mode
28. You should choose Sleep option when C. VGA Mode
A. The computer is tired after working for the D. Network Support Mode
whole day Answer: Option A
B. You are leaving for a very short time and want
to resume you work shortly 37. Which of the following are loaded in safe mode?
C. When computer gets hanged frequently. Let it A. Keyboard driver B. Mouse driver
sleep for some time C. VGA drive D. All of above
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D. You finish working and going to bed Answer: Option D

Answer: Option B
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38. A ....... is a named location on a disk where files 47. Which one is true for unconditional disk
are stored formatting?
A. Folder B. Pod A. Destroys every byte of data on a disk by
C. Version D. None of the above overwriting it with blank spaces
Answer: Option A B. Do not check/scan surface after format
C. Transfer system files after format
39. Which type of command requires additional files D. All of above
to perform specific operations? Answer: Option A
A. Internal commands
B. External commands 48. Once text has been cut to the clipboard, you can
C. Valuable commands ...... that text into another document
D. Primary commands A. Paste B. Copy
Answer: Option B C. Transfer D. None of the above
Answer: Option A
40. Which of the following is system software?
A. Operating system B. Compiler 49. What is the function of radio button?
C. Utilities D. All of the above A. To select multiple option
Answer: Option D B. To select single option
C. To select all option
41. A user-interface that is easy to use is considered to D. All of above
be Answer: Option B
A. User-happy B. User-simple
C. User-friendly D. None of the above 50. The Banker's algorithm is used
Answer: Option C A. to rectify deadlock B. to detect deadlock
B. to prevent deadlock D. to solve deadlock
42. A ..... is a flash memory storage device that Answer: Option C
plugins into a USB port
A. USB snap drive 51. The primary purpose of an operating system is:
B. USB flash drive A. To make the most efficient use of the computer
C. USB memory maker drive hardware
D. None of above B. To allow people to use the computer
Answer: Option B C. To keep systems programmers employed
D. To make computers easier to use
43. The ....... is the drive containing the files to be Answer: Option A
copied
A. Source drive 52. The primary purpose of an operating system is
B. Destination drive a......
C. USB drive A. To make the most efficient use of computer
D. None of the above hardware
Answer: Option A B. To allow people to use the computer
C. To keep system programmer employed
44. Which one of the following is not a multitasking D. To make computer easier to use
operating system? Answer: Option A
A. DOS B. Windows
C. Unix D. Linux 53. You can use print manage window
Answer: Option A A. To check status of files in the print queue
B. To cancel the print job
45. The most recent version of MAC OS is based on C. To interrupt printing
the ...... operating system D. All of the above
A. Windows B. Linux Answer: Option D
C. Unix D. CMOS
Answer: Option C 54. Which of the following operating system reads and
reacts in actual time?
46. In Windows, start button is used to A. Quick Response System
A. Run applications B. Real Time System
B. Device setting C. Time Sharing System
C. Turn off the system D. Batch Processing System
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D. All of above Answer: Option B

Answer: Option D
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55. All of the following are TRUE regarding virtual D. Memory chip are checked to ensure that they
memory EXCEPT are working properly
A. Any amount of RAM can be allocated to virtual Answer: Option A
memory
B. The setting for the amount of hard disk drive 62. The maximum size of a write file is limited to only
space to allocate virtual memory can be manually A. Name of the file
change B. Extension of the file
C. This temporary storage is called the swap file or C. The amount of memory in your computer
page file D. All of above
D. Virtual memory is the physical space o the hard Answer: Option C
drive
Answer: Option A 63. Which of the following is drop down list?
A. List B. Combo box
56. The essential difference between an operating C. Text area D. None
system like Linux and one like Windows is that Answer: Option B
A. Windows can run with an Intel processor,
whereas Linux cannot 64. Recently deleted files are stored in
B. Linux is a proprietary whereas Windows is not A. Recycle bin B. Desktop
C. There are multiple versions of Linux, but only C. Taskbar D. My computer
one version of Windows Answer: Option A
D. Any programmer can modify Linux code which
is not permitted with Windows 65. Which components appear in the initial Windows
Answer: Option D start up display?
A. Dialog boxes B. Start menu
57. What is dispatch latency? C. Taskbar D. All of above
A. The time taken by the dispatcher to stop one Answer: Option C
process and start another
B. The time taken by the processor to write a file 66. A small part of taskbar that has icons of
into disk background running applications is
C. The whole time taken by all processor A. Start button B. Quick launch
D. None of Above C. Task bar D. System tray
Answer: Option A Answer: Option D

58. A page fault occurs when 67. An operating system version designed for use with
A. the Deadlock happens a media center PC is Microsoft Windows XP
B. the Segmentation starts A. Home edition
C. the page is found in the memory B. Media center edition
D. the page is not found in the memory C. Tablet PC edition
Answer: Option D D. None of above
Answer: Option B
59. Whenever you move a directory from one location
to another 68. An operating system version designed for use with
A. All files inside the directory are moved a tablet PC is Microsoft Windows XP
B. All the subdirectory inside that directory are A. Home edition
moved B. B Media center edition
C. The directory is moved the source file is not C. Tablet PC edition
moved D. None of the above
D. Both a and b Answer: Option C
Answer: Option D
69. If you hard disk is partitioned into 3 drives, the
60. The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) resides in number of recycle bin for that hard disk is
A. RAM B. ROM A. 1 B. 2
C. The CPU D. Memory Cache C. 3 D. 4
Answer: Option B Answer: Option C

61. Which of the following does not occur during the 70. The date and time displays on
power-on-self-test (POST)? A. Taskbar B. Status bar
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A. The scan disk utility begins to run B. System tray D. Launch pad
B. The video card and video memory are tested Answer: Option C
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C. The BIOS identification process occurs

 Operating System 9. Which of the following is/are external commands?
Section- 2 A. Edit B. Label
C. Sys D. All of above
1. ...... runs on a computer hardware and serves as a Answer: Option D
platform for other system to run on
A. Operating system B. Application system 10. Which is not an external command?
C. System software D. All of above A. Edit B. XCOPY
Answer: Option A C. Sys D. None of the above
Answer: Option D
2. Which runs on computer hardware and serve as
platform for other software to run on? 11. Which of the following is not essential to shut
A. Operating System down your computer?
B. Application Software A. Save all opened files
C. System Software B. Close all running applications
D. All C. Switch off monitor
Answer: Option A D. Cut off the power supply
Answer: Option C
3. Which is the first program run on a computer
when the computer boots up? 12. What is Dr. Watson?
A. System software B. Operating system A. IT Expert B. Diagnosis tool
C. System operations D. None C. Surgeon D. None
Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

4. The ....... contains commands associated with the 13. You can move a window to a different position on
My Computer window your screen by dragging it by its
A. Standard menu B. Start menu A. Move handle B. Tail
C. System menu D. None of the above C. Status bar D. Title bar
Answer: Option C Answer: Option A

5. ...... is the layer of a computer system between the 14. A bar that inform you the available options in your
hardware and the user program computer, opened applications, background
A. Operating environment running applications and can be used to switch
B. Operating system between applications quickly is
C. System environment A. Menu bar B. Tool bar
D. None of these C. Status bar D. Task bar
Answer: Option B Answer: Option D

6. Which is the layer of a computer system between 15. Which components appear in the initial windows
the hardware and the user program start up display?
A. Operating environment A. Dialog box B. Task bar
B. Operating system C. Start menu D. All of the above
C. System environment Answer: Option B
D. None
Answer: Option B 16. Taskbar is used for
A. Navigation program
7. When you start up the computer the boot up B. Switching between programs
storage at which the BIOS versions manufacturer C. Start a program
and data are displayed on the monitor is called D. All of above
A. Bootstrap Answer: Option D
B. Power On Self Test (POST)
C. System configuration 17. To install the new font
D. Kernel loading A. Start -> setting -> control panel -> font
Answer: Option B B. Start -> setting -> control panel -> font ->
install new font
8. The operating system is the most common type of C. Start -> control panel -> font -> install new font
...... Software D. Start -> setting -> font
A. Communication B. Application Answer: Option B
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C. System
D. Word processing software
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Answer: Option C
18. When a peripheral device needs immediate 26. The category of operating system that you most
attention from the operating system, it generates a likely have running on your PDA computer is a
(n) ....... Operating system
A. Interrupt B. Spool A. Real time
C. Stack D. Page file B. Single user, single task
Answer: Option A C. Single user, multitask
D. Multiuser, multitask
19. Underlined text, such as text and folder names is Answer: Option B
referred to as
A. Hyperlink 27. Running multiple programs at the same time is
B. Menu called:
C. Source drive A. Multitasking B. Foreground tasking
D. None of these C. Single tasking D. Symmetric
Answer: Option A Answer: Option A

20. Which of the following is suitable after you install 28. What is the meaning of "Hibernate" in Windows
new drivers? XP/Windows 7?
A. Shut Down B. Restart A. Restart the Computer in safe mode
C. Sleep D. Hibernate B. Restart the Computer in hibernate mode
Answer: Option B C. Shutdown the Computer terminating all the
running applications
21. Windows displays various options to shut down. D. Shutdown the Computer without closing the
Which is suitable at the end of day? running applications
A. Shut Down B. Restart Answer: Option D
C. Sleep D. Hibernate
Answer: Option A 29. The function of Dir/W is
A. Show all details of file
22. Which of the following shutdown method is often B. Show only file name and directory name
called Warm Boot? C. Shows only directory
A. Shut Down B. Restart D. All of the above
C. Sleep D. Hibernate Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B
30. Page stealing
23. ______ is most often done after fixing a problem, A. Is a sign of an efficient system
adding a new program or making configuration B. Is taking page frame from other working sets
change C. Should be the turning goal
A. Shut Down B. Restart D. Is taking layer disk space for page in page out
C. Sleep D. Hibernate Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B
31. What do you mean by dialog box?
24. ___ is a compromise mode between Shut Down A. Interactive message box B. Group of options
and Sleep mode because it does not consume C. Set of controls D. All of the above
power and remembers the current state of your Answer: Option D
desktop
A. Shut Down 32. Dial up connection allows you to
B. Restart A. Connect ISP B. Internet
C. Sleep C. Server D. All of above
D. Hibernate Answer: Option A
Answer: Option D
33. To properly exit Windows
25. You should choose this mode if you don't know A. Click the stop button on the desktop
how long you won't use your computer but want to B. Click the exit button on the desktop
have the same desktop state when you resume C. Select shut down from Start menu
A. Shut Down D. None of above
B. Restart Answer: Option C
C. Sleep
D. Hibernate 34. Which is not a system tool?
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Answer: Option D A. Folder B. Backup

C. Scandisk D. Format
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Answer: Option A
35. A utility that can be used to minimize the number 44. Which of the following is used to display the
of fragmented files and enhance the speed content of a certain drive or folder?
A. Disk space B. Defrag A. Click the drive or folder while holding down
C. Scandisk D. Double space the Alt key
Answer: Option B B. Triple click the drive or folder
C. Right click the drive or folder
36. To change the volume label D. Double click the drive or folder
A. Vol B. Label Answer: Option D
C. Scandisk D. None
Answer: Option B 45. Which of the following file menu option saves
document to disk?
37. Which of the following is a disk compression A. Save B. Create
tools? C. Rename D. All of above
A. Drive space B. Defragmenter Answer: Option A
C. Scandisk D. None of the above
Answer: Option A 46. Booting means
A. Restarting computer B. Installing program
38. To save your computer from viruses you will do C. Removing errors D. Switch off
A. Install antivirus software and run it Answer: Option A
B. Make physical safe for the removal disk
C. Scan the removable disk before using it 47. When you rename a file five times then the
D. All of the above number of file in the disk is
Answer: Option A A. 1 B. 2
C. 3 D. 5
39. How can you optimize performance of your Answer: Option A
computer?
A. Delete unused files B. Defrag disk 48. When you open my computer on desktop you see
C. Scan for virus D. All of above the information of
Answer: Option D A. Hard disk B. CD
C. Removable disk D. All of the above
40. Scandisk Answer: Option D
A. Checks the disk
B. Give information about disk 49. ....... is an intermediate storage for deleted files
C. Run from DOS mode A. My computer B. My documents
D. All of the above C. Recycle bin D. None of above
Answer: Option D Answer: Option C

41. Recently used application file list appears in the 50. We can start the application from?
Windows operating system A. Log off B. Network place
A. Setting menu B. Documents menu C. Recycle bin D. Run
C. Run dialog box D. Programs menu Answer: Option D
Answer: Option B
51. Which of the following are not process states?
42. ....... are specially designed computer chips that A. New B. Running
reside inside other devices, such as your car or C. Ready D. Finished
electric thermostat Answer: Option D
A. Server
B. Embedded computer 52. In DOS, the maximum length of filename is
C. Robotic computer A. 5 B. 8
D. Mainframes C. 11 D. 10
Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

43. The title bar always displays on 53. The question mark (?) indicates in file searching
A. Top of the open windows A. A single character
B. Left side of the open window B. A group of character
C. Right side of the open window C. Questions
D. All of above D. None of above
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Answer: Option A Answer: Option A

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54. Save operation means 62. Operating system is a ......
A. Put data into processor A. System software
B. Put data into internal memory B. Application software
C. Put data into secondary storage C. Presentation software
D. Put data into monitor D. Database software
Answer: Option C Answer: Option A

55. CAD software is most likely to be used by 63. To display a shortcut menu for an object you use
A. Web designer B. Engineers A. Click the object
C. Project Manager D. Magazine Editor B. Right click the object
Answer: Option B C. Point the object and press Ctrl+P
D. Touch the object on the screen with your finger
56. A spooler is a Answer: Option B
A. Location in memory that maintains the contents
of documents until it prints out 64. Which of the following separates primary file and
B. Queue of print job that are waiting to print extension is
C. Program that coordinates the print job that are A. Dot B. Period
waiting to process C. Point D. All of the above
D. Message sent from the printer to the operating Answer: Option D
system when a print job is completed
Answer: Option C 65. In Microsoft windows, the graphical pattern on the
desktop used as background for windows is
57. The problem with .... file is that they slow your A. Icons B. Wall paper
computer's operation C. Picture D. Background
A. Fragmented Answer: Option B
B. Formatted
C. Program 66. All of the following are task performed by the
D. All of above operating system except
Answer: Option A A. Managing hardware on the computer
B. Controlling the access that application program
58. User action such as keystroke or mouse click are has to the CPU
referred to as C. Performing housekeeping task like file
A. Interrupt B. Tasks compression and disk defragmentation
C. Processes D. Event D. Provides an interface for user to interact with
Answer: Option D computer
Answer: Option C
59. Which is not external command?
A. Doskey 67. Which of the following is not an operating system?
B. Verify A. CP / M B. Unix
C. Print D. Find C. Pascal D. MS DOS
Answer: Option B Answer: Option C

68. Operating system is like a

60. What is the method of handling deadlocks? A. Government B. Police
A. Use a protocol to ensure that the system will C. Parliament D. All of above
never enter a deadlock state Answer: Option A
B. Allow the system to enter the deadlock state
and then recover 69. Underlined character on the menu or dialog box
C. Pretend that deadlocks never occur in the known as
system A. Hot spot B. Hot key
D. All of the Above C. Pane D. Underline word
Answer: Option D Answer: Option B

61. To delete a file without allowing it to store in 70. Which key deletes text before, or to the left, of the
recycle bin insertion point?
A. Press Delete key A. Page Up B. Delete
B. Press Shift + Delete key C. Page Down D. Back Space
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C. Press Ctrl + Delete key Answer: Option D

D. Press Alt + Delete key
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Answer: Option B
 Operating System 10. Which is not a valid file system?
Section- 3 A. FAT 16 B. FAT 32
C. NTFS D. FXZ
1. The chunks of a memory are known as Answer: Option D
A. Sector B. Offset
C. Page D. Frame 11. Which file system DOS typically use?
Answer: Option D A. FAT 16 B. FAT 32
C. NTFS D. LMFS
2. Start / restart the computer is called Answer: Option A
A. Exit B. Run
C. Option D. Boot 12. Which file system Windows 95 typically use?
Answer: Option D A. FAT 16 B. FAT 32
C. NTFS D. LMFS
3. Which file is transferred when computer is start Answer: Option B
up?
A. Document B. Program files 13. Which of the following is not a mode in starting
C. Operating system D. System files Windows?
Answer: Option D A. Command Prompt B. Safe Mode
C. Normal Mode D. Turbo Mode
4. Which of the following is an example of utility? Answer: Option D
A. Antivirus
B. Word 14. Which of the following is default mode for
C. Operating system Windows to start?
D. Data recovery A. Command Prompt B. Safe Mode
Answer: Option A C. Normal Mode D. None of above
Answer: Option C
5. Which is built directly on the hardware?
A. Computer Environment 15. The file system "NTFS" stands for
B. Application Software A. New Type File System
C. Operating System B. Never Terminated File System
D. Database System C. New Technology File System
Answer: Option C D. Non Terminated File System
Answer: Option C
6. ...... system is built directly on the hardware
A. Environment B. System 16. What is the full form of NTFS
C. Operating D. None A. New Technology File System
Answer: Option C B. New Technical File System
C. New Technician File System
7. The purpose of run command in start menu is to D. None of the above
A. Launch internet browser Answer: Option A
B. Open internet explorer
C. Open windows explorer 17. Which one of the following is not the function of
D. Start programs Operating System?
Answer: Option D A. Resource Management B. File Management
C. Networking
8. You can select My Computer icon and press Alt + D. Processor Management
Enter to Answer: Option C
A. Delete it from desktop permanently
B. Open it in Explorer mode 18. How do you connect internet in your system?
C. Open System Properties dialog box A. My computer >> dialup networking
D. Pin it on Start menu B. Control panel >> modem
Answer: Option C C. Network neighborhood
D. None of above
9. Generally quick launch toolbar is displayed on Answer: Option A
A. the left side of taskbar
B. the right side of taskbar 19. The following applications may appear on system
C. on the middle of taskbar tray except
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D. a bar out of taskbar A. System Clock B. Volume Control

Answer: Option A C. Network Connection D. MS Office Suite
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Answer: Option D
20. Which of the following is text browser? 29. Disk label name can be up to ...... characters
A. Lynx B. Hot Java A. 8 B. 9
C. Netscape D. Internet Explorer C. 11 D. 255
Answer: Option A Answer: Option C

21. Which of the following is default location of 30. Unix Operating System is an
saving and opening file? A. Multi User Operating System
A. Desktop B. My computer B. Time Sharing Operating System
C. My documents D. All of above C. Multi-Tasking Operating System
Answer: Option C D. All the Above
Answer: Option D
22. By default we can save the file in
A. Desktop B. Recycle bin 31. ...... is used in operating system to separate
C. My document D. My computer mechanism from policy
Answer: Option C A. Single level implementation
B. Two level implementation
23. ____ is the operating systems File and folder C. Multi-level implementation
Manager D. None
A. Windows Explorer Answer: Option B
B. Windows Control Panel
C. My Computer 32. The modern keyboard typically has __________
D. My Documents Function keys.
Answer: Option A A. 10 B. 12
C. 14 D. 16
24. It is used to explorer the contents of computer, Answer: Option B
drives as well as manage files
A. Recent Places B. My Document 33. Essential files of MS DOS are
C. My Computer D. My Network Place A. Command.com B. Io.sys
Answer: Option B C. Msdos.sys D. All of above
Answer: Option D
25. The necessary conditions needed before deadlock
can occur? 34. Which Operating System doesn't support long file
A. No Mutual Exclusion, Hold and wait, names?
Preemption, Circular Wait A. OS / 2 B. Windows 95
B. Mutual Exclusion, No Hold and wait, C. MS-DOS D. Windows NT
Preemption, Circular Wait Answer: Option C
C. Mutual Exclusion, Hold and wait, No
Preemption, Circular Wait 35. We need system files to run
D. Mutual Exclusion, Hold and wait, Preemption, A. MS Word B. MS Excel
No Circular Wait C. MS Dos D. MS Access
Answer: Option C Answer: Option C

26. The OS used to operate the mobile phone is a 36. What is the function of folder?
A. Smart card OS B. Embedded OS A. Save files B. Delete files
C. Multiuser OS D. None of above C. Move files D. All of the above
Answer: Option B Answer: Option D

27. UNIX operating system is a (n) 37. Which button might you find in a windows title
A. Time sharing operating system bar?
B. Multi-user operating system A. Close button B. Maximize button
C. Multi-tasking operating system C. Minimize button D. All of the above
D. All of the above Answer: Option D
Answer: Option D
38. Press the ..... button to have the window fill the
28. The ability of an operating system to control the entire screen
activities of multiple program at the same time is A. Close B. Maximize
called C. Minimize D. None of the above
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A. Multitasking B. Multiprocessing Answer: Option B

C. Multioperating D. Multipaging
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Answer: Option A
39. Which windows features can be accessed from the 48. Scandisk analyzes and repair damage to which of
start menu? the following?
A. Help B. Windows Explorer A. Physical clusters
C. Microsoft Network D. All of above B. FAT
Answer: Option D C. Lost clusters
D. All of the above
40. ....... are list of commands that appear on the Answer: Option D
screen
A. GUIS B. Icons 49. Find can be used to
C. Menus D. Windows A. Locate a program
Answer: Option C B. Locate a document
C. Locate a network computer
41. The box on ....... that allows you to choose where D. All of above
to go and is located below the standard toolbar Answer: Option D
A. System menu B. Address bar
C. Menu bar D. None of these 50. ...... is a new windows feature that offers a number
Answer: Option B of methods for searching for a file or folder?
A. Find
42. A ...... is a set of computer instructions that carry B. Search
out a task on the computer C. Locate
A. Program B. Database D. All of the above
C. Memory files D. None of the above Answer: Option A
Answer: Option A
51. When we double click on my computer
43. A real time operating system is most likely to be A. Show the content of your saved files
used for which of the following task? B. Show the list of your computer drive
A. Controlling access to a shared printer in a C. List of deleted files and folders
network D. All of the above
B. Ensuring that system clock works correctly on Answer: Option B
server
C. Managing the access to system files in laptop 52. Which of the following is the part of the operating
computers system?
D. Controlling the fuel injection system of an A. Cell B. FAT
automobile engines C. Kernel D. Disk
Answer: Option D Answer: Option C

44. An operating system is a program or a group of 53. Directory is similar to ......

programs that A. File B. Folder
A. Helps in checking the spelling of Word C. Item D. None of above
B. Maintain the relationship in Database Answer: Option B
C. Manages the resources of the Computer
D. Performs the calculations of cells in Excel 54. Sleep is a good mode to use because
Answer: Option C A. It saves power which in turn is saving money
B. It makes computer fresh after it wakes up
45. What is the function of an operating system? C. It consumes low battery when you start it again
A. Manages computer’s resources very efficiently D. All of above
B. Takes care of scheduling jobs for execution Answer: Option A
C. Manages the flow of data and instructions
D. All of the above 55. What hole will allocates in "Worst-Fit" algorithm
Answer: Option D of memory management?
A. It allocates the smaller hole than required
46. The Primary job of the operating system is memory hole
A. Manage Commands B. Manage Users B. It allocates the smallest hole from the available
C. Manage Programs D. Manage Resources memory holes
Answer: Option D C. It allocates the largest hole from the available
memory holes
47. Which of the following is not an operating system? D. It allocates the exact same size memory hole
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A. Windows 2000 B. Linux Answer: Option C

C. Mac OS D. Notepad
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Answer: Option D
56. The operating feature that integrates the file 65. Which of the following concept is best to
created in different application into Web Pages preventing page faults?
A. Web integration A. Paging
B. Internet integration B. The working set
C. Intranet integration C. Hit ratios
D. Hypertext integration D. Address location resolution
Answer: Option A Answer: Option B

57. Which icon would you access in the printer 66. Poor response time are usually caused by
window to install a printer drive? A. Process busy B. High I/I rates
A. Add printer wizard B. Setup C. High paging rate D. Any of the above
C. Install D. None of above Answer: Option D
Answer: Option A
67. Where will store data first time when you copy
58. Which of the following is the allocation method of A. Clipboard B. Clipbook
a disk space? C. Hard disk D. CD
A. Contiguous allocation Answer: Option A
B. Linked allocation
C. Indexed allocation 68. GUI means
D. All of the Above A. Graphic user interface
Answer: Option D B. Geographic user interface
C. Graphical user interface
59. You can set the width taskbar area and different D. Geometric user interface
components in it Answer: Option C
A. By right click and set width menu
B. If the taskbar is not yet locked 69. Use of icons and windows are characteristics of
C. If the applications are not opened ....... interface
D. If other toolbars are not enabled A. Command driven
Answer: Option B B. Windows orientated
C. Graphical user
60. When you cut or copy the text or picture, it stores D. Menu driven
temporarily in the Answer: Option C
A. File B. Clipboard
C. Icon D. All of above 70. Windows can run
Answer: Option B A. One application only
B. Two applications only
61. A tiny dot of light on the monitor is called C. Four applications only
A. Silicon chip B. Optical illusion D. All of above
C. Icon D. Pixel Answer: Option D
Answer: Option D

62. Who is called a supervisor of computer activity?

A. Memory
B. Operating System
C. I / O Devices
D. Control Unit
Answer: Option B

63. Operating System manages

A. Memory B. Processor
C. I / O devices D. All of the above
Answer: Option D

64. To send email, we use

A. MS Excel
B. Outlook Explorer
C. HTML
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D. Netscape Navigator
Answer: Option B
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 Operating System 9. What is contained in the page table?
Section- 4 A. Base address of each frame and corresponding
page number
1. What does FAT stands for? B. Memory address and corresponding page
A. File attributes type number
B. File allocation table C. File name and corresponding page number
C. Format All Tabs settings D. None of Above
D. File for all type Answer: Option A
Answer: Option B
10. Tree structure displays the
2. Fonts install from A. File only
A. Add from control panel B. Font setup file B. Directory only
C. Font.exe file D. All of above C. File and directory name
Answer: Option D D. None of above
Answer: Option C
3. Which is not concerned with control panel?
A. Printer 11. Windows 2000 server uses the
B. Run application A. FAT 16
C. Font B. NTFS
D. Keyboard C. FAT 64
Answer: Option B D. FAT 32
Answer: Option B
4. Unicode standard is
A. Keyboard layout 12. First-in-First-Out (FIFO) scheduling is
B. Software A. Non Preemptive Scheduling
C. Font B. Preemptive Scheduling
D. Character encoding system C. Fair Share Scheduling
Answer: Option D D. Deadline Scheduling
Answer: Option A
5. A ..... is a windows component that is designed to
store other components so these can be organized 13. Which one of the following key is used to refresh
efficiently? the active window?
A. Document A. F7 B. F8
B. Window C. F9 D. F5
C. Folder Answer: Option D
D. All of above
Answer: Option C 14. To display system boot menu which of the
following key you must press?
6. You can switch from one program to another on A. F4 B. F7
the desktop by clicking within the desired C. F8 D. F5
program's window or by clicking on its ...... button Answer: Option C
A. Icon
B. Taskbar button 15. Press ____ key while booting to display Advanced
C. Folder Boot Menu
D. None of above A. F5 B. F6
Answer: Option B C. F8 D. Del
Answer: Option C
7. You can switch from one program to another by
clicking within the desired program's icon from the 16. Which of the following key is used to move the
A. Application icon on desktop pointer from one pane to next pane?
B. Application icon from taskbar A. F3 B. F4
C. Folder C. F5 D. F6
D. None of above Answer: Option D
Answer: Option B
17. In a folder, which of the following key is used to
8. Virtual memory typically located on rename the file or folder
A. RAM B. CPU A. F3 B. F4
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Answer: Option D Answer: Option C
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18. A character that represents one or more unknown 27. Which operating system uses short file names?
character is A. Windows B. Unix
A. Wildcard character B. All file name C. DOS D. All of above
C. Extensions D. None of above Answer: Option C
Answer: Option A
28. Bringing a page into memory only when it is
19. Which of the following file format supports in needed, this mechanism is called
Windows 7? A. Deadlock B. Page Fault
A. NTFS B. BSD C. Dormant Paging D. Demand Paging
C. EXT D. All of the above Answer: Option D
Answer: Option A
29. It is the default folder for many Windows
20. Anything you cut or copy on to the clipboard Applications to save your file
remains there until you A. My Document
A. Change it B. Clear B. My Pictures
C. Exit windows D. All of the above C. Documents and Settings
Answer: Option C D. My Computer
Answer: Option A
21. Multi programming systems ......
A. Are easier to develop than single programming 30. The component of Widows that lets you to transfer
system contents from one document to another
B. Execute each job faster A. Briefcase B. Clipboard
C. Execute more jobs in the same time period C. Document D. Boot
D. Are used only by large mainframe computer Answer: Option B
Answer: Option C
31. What do you mean by Memory Compaction?
22. Netscape navigator is a A. Combine multiple equal memory holes into one
A. Browser B. Compose big hole
C. Editor D. None of these B. Combine multiple small memory holes into one
Answer: Option A big hole
C. Divide big memory hole into small holes
23. To print documents from Windows D. Divide memory hole by 2
A. File >> Print Answer: Option B
B. Drag the document icon over your printers icon
C. Edit print 32. Desktop is a
D. Both A and B A. Provides work space
Answer: Option D B. Screen saver
C. Display program
24. Which of the following appear in Windows menu D. Working with my document
bar? Answer: Option A
A. Help B. File
C. Edit D. All of above 33. Which of the following is not a system tool?
Answer: Option D A. Scandisk B. Drive space
C. Disk defragmenter D. Doskey
25. The operating system allows the user to organize Answer: Option D
the computer's contents in a hierarchical structure
of directories that include all of the following 34. Which of the following statement about directories
except: is false?
A. Files B. Folders A. Directories can exist inside directories
C. Drives D. System B. The root directory is always at the highest level
Answer: Option D C. Directories cannot be renamed
D. Directories can be deleted
26. Which operating system does not support long file Answer: Option C
names?
A. OS/2 35. The program that is responsible for loading the
B. Windows 98 operating system into RAM is called
C. DOS 6.2 A. BIOS B. Bootstrap program
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Answer: Option C D. Supervisor program
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Answer: Option B
36. Copying a process from memory to disk to allow 46. Which of the following command is used to switch
space for other processes is called between the window programs?
A. Swapping B. Deadlock A. Alt+Tab B. Alt+F4
C. Demand Paging D. Page Fault C. Ctrl+Tab D. None of the above
Answer: Option A Answer: Option A

37. Any files deleted in Windows goes into 47. To prevent the addition and deletion of files on a
A. Trash can B. Recycle bin disk or tape we use
C. Deleted Files D. None of above A. Format B. Write protect
Answer: Option B C. Create back up D. None of above
Answer: Option B
38. Which of the following is a disk compression tool?
A. Drive space B. Scan disk 48. During the boot process, the ..... looks for the
C. Defragmenter D. None of the above system file
Answer: Option A A. CD B. BIOS
C. CPU D. DVD
39. What does Belady's Anomaly related to? Answer: Option B
A. Page Replacement Algorithm
B. Memory Management Algorithm 49. Which of the following resources must be
C. Deadlock Prevention Algorithm protected by the operating system?
D. Disk Scheduling Algorithm A. I/O B. Memory
Answer: Option A C. CPU D. All of the above
Answer: Option D
40. A ..... allows you to write on screen with a digital
pen and convert that writing into characters that 50. What are the two types of Semaphore?
the PC can process A. Digital Semaphores and Binary Semaphores
A. Monitor RS B. Tablet PC B. Analog Semaphores and Octal Semaphores
C. Database manager D. Media Center C. Counting Semaphores and Binary Semaphores
Answer: Option B D. Critical Semaphores and System Semaphores
Answer: Option C
41. Driver is
A. Hardware controller 51. Who is called a supervisor of computer activity?
B. Hardware and gain controller A. CPU
C. Data controller B. OS
D. All of above C. Control Unit
Answer: Option A D. Application Program
Answer: Option C
42. System files allocated at
A. Boot area B. FAT area 52. Font folder is located on
C. Data area D. Directory A. Program folder B. MS Word file
Answer: Option A C. Control Panel folder D. Desktop folder
Answer: Option C
43. ...... transforms one interface into other interface
A. Program B. Software 53. From where do you change mouse setting?
C. Data D. None A. Setting >> mouse
Answer: Option B B. Hardware setting
C. Control panel >> mouse
44. ........ interface consists of thing like program D. None of the above
counter, register, interrupts and terminal Answer: Option C
A. Hardware B. Software
C. Data D. None 54. Work group means
Answer: Option A A. Computer in network B. Individual user
C. Connection D. All of the above
45. ....... show characteristics with both hardware and Answer: Option A
software
A. Operating system B. Software 55. The core of operating system is:
C. Data D. None A. Unix B. Kernel
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Answer: Option A C. Command.com D. None of these

Answer: Option B
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56. What should be the extension to execute files? 66. The ....... is a temporary storage area in memory
A. EXE B. BAT where you can attach text or graphics information
C. COM D. All of the above A. Clipboard B. Copyboard
Answer: Option D C. Both a and b D. None of above
Answer: Option A
57. Part of the POST process is to ensure that the test
of essential peripheral device coincides with the 67. An embedded object might appear in a document
hardware configuration that stored in as
A. ROM B. The hard drive A. Embedding B. Linking
C. CMOS D. Cache Memory C. Both D. None of above
Answer: Option C Answer: Option A

58. The memory resident portion of operating system 68. When a computer is first turned on or restarted, a
is called the special type of absolute loader called
A. Registry B. API A. Compile and go loader B. Boot loader
C. CMOS D. Kernel C. Bootstrap loader D. Relating loader
Answer: Option D Answer: Option C

59. Boot startup process 69. In which type of the following OS, the response
A. Loads system files to RAM time is very crucial.
B. Checks the computer connections A. Network Operating System
C. Clean up the computer memory B. Real Time Operating System
D. Prepare the computer ready C. Batch Operating System
Answer: Option A D. Unix Operating System
Answer: Option B
60. When you delete file, where it resides?
A. Briefcase B. Recycle bin 70. Which of the following is a correct association
C. CD D. Desktop between a vendor and an operating system
Answer: Option B A. Redhat Linux B. Microsoft Unix
C. AT & T DOS D. Novell Linux
61. Which of the following memory unit that Answer: Option A
processor can access more rapidly
A. Main Memory
B. Virtual Memory
C. Cache memory
D. Read Only Memory
Answer: Option C

62. Small pictures appear on the desktop

A. Windows B. Icon
C. Button D. None of above
Answer: Option B

63. A graphical user interface displays

A. Graphics B. Text
C. Both of above D. None of above
Answer: Option C

64. To change the screen saver you can go from

A. Control panel display
B. Right click in desktop and properties
C. Both of above
D. None of these
Answer: Option C

65. You can add or remove program

A. Add/remove program from control panel
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B. Delete the shortcut icon from desktop

C. Both a and b D. None of above
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Answer: Option A
 Ms Word 9. Home Key uses for
Section- 1 A. Moves the cursor beginning of the document
B. Moves the cursor beginning of the paragraph
1. The ability to combine name and addresses with a C. Moves the cursor beginning of the screen
standard document is called _________ D. Moves the cursor beginning of the line
A. document formatting Answer: Option D
B. database management
C. mail merge D. form letters 10. "Ctrl + Right Arrow" is used to
Answer: Option C A. Moves the cursor one word right
B. Moves the cursor end of the line
2. Which enables us to send the same letter to C. Moves the cursor end of the document
different persons? D. Moves the cursor one Paragraph down
A. macros B. template Answer: Option A
C. mail merge D. none
Answer: Option C 11. End Key is used to
A. Moves the cursor end of the line
3. A word processor would most likely be used to do B. Moves the cursor end of the document
A. keep an account of money spent C. Moves the cursor end of the paragraph
B. do a computer search in media center D. Moves the cursor end of the screen
C. maintain an inventory Answer: Option A
D. type a biography
Answer: Option D 12. "Ctrl + Page Down" is used to
A. Moves the cursor one Paragraph Down
4. What is gutter margin? B. Moves the cursor one Page Down
A. Margin that is added to the left margin when C. Moves the cursor one Line Down
printing D. Moves the cursor one Screen Down
B. Margin that is added to right margin when Answer: Option B
printing
C. Margin that is added to the binding side of page 13. "Ctrl + Down Arrow" is used to
when printing A. Moves the cursor one paragraph down
D. Margin that is added to the outside of the page B. Moves the cursor one line down
when printing C. Moves the cursor one page down
Answer: Option C D. Moves the cursor one screen down
Answer: Option A
5. Which can be used for quick access to commonly
used commands and tools? 14. Page Up Key uses for
A. Status bar B. Tool bar A. Moves the cursor one line up
C. Menu bar D. Title bar B. Moves the cursor one screen up
Answer: Option B C. Moves the cursor one page up Computer
Fundamentals
6. Which of the following is not essential component D. Moves the cursor one paragraph up
to perform a mail merge operation? Answer: Option B
A. Main document B. Data source
C. Merge fields D. Word fields 15. "Ctrl + Left Arrow" is used to
Answer: Option D A. Moves the cursor beginning of the Line
B. Moves the cursor one word left
7. When the Language bar is _____, it means that C. Moves the cursor one paragraph up
you do not see it on the screen but it will be D. Moves the cursor one paragraph down
displayed the next time you start your computer. Answer: Option B
A. restored B. hidden
C. minimized D. closed 16. Page Down Key is used to
Answer: Option B A. Moves the cursor one line down
B. Moves the cursor one page down
8. Auto Correct was originally designed to replace C. Moves the cursor one screen down
_________ words as you type. D. Moves the cursor one paragraph down
A. short, repetitive Answer: Option C
B. grammatically incorrect
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C. misspelled
D. none of the above
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Answer: Option C
17. "Ctrl + Page Up" is used to 26. Which of the following is not the Section Break
A. Moves the cursor one Page Up Option?
B. Moves the cursor one Paragraph Up A. Next Page B. Previous Page
C. Moves the cursor one Screen Up C. Odd Page D. Even Page
D. Moves the cursor one Line Up Answer: Option B
Answer: Option A
27. Which of the following is not valid version of MS
18. "Ctrl + Up Arrow" is used to Office?
A. Moves the cursor one page up A. Office XP B. Office Vista
B. Moves the cursor one line up C. Office 2007 D. None of above
C. Moves the cursor one screen up Answer: Option B
D. Moves the cursor one paragraph up
Answer: Option D 28. By default, on which page the header or the footer
is printed?
19. "Ctrl + Home" is used to A. on first page B. on alternate page
A. Moves the cursor to the beginning of Document C. on every page D. none of the above
B. Moves the cursor to the beginning of Line Answer: Option C
C. Moves the cursor to the beginning of Paragraph
D. All of the above 29. Where can you find the horizontal split bar on MS
Answer: Option A Word screen?
A. On the left of horizontal scroll bar Computer
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B. Moves the cursor to the end of Document B. On the right of horizontal scroll bar
C. Moves the cursor to the end of Paragraph C. On the top of vertical scroll bar
D. None of the Above D. On the bottom of vertical scroll bar
Answer: Option B Answer: Option C

21. Which of the following are word processing 30. Ctrl + G is used to
software? A. Open Paragraph Dialog box activating Goto
A. WordPerfect Tab
B. Wordpad B. Open Page Setup Dialog box activating Goto
C. MS Word Tab
D. All of above C. Open Find and Replace Dialog box with
Answer: Option D activating Goto Tab
D. Open Goto Dialog box
22. Which file starts MS Word? Answer: Option C
A. winword.exe B. word.exe
C. msword.exe D. word2003.exe 31. Short cut Ctrl + F is used to
Answer: Option A A. Open Find and Replace Dialog box with
activating Find Tab
23. Ctrl + N is used to B. Open Page Setup Dialog box with activating
A. Save Document Layout Tab
B. Open Document C. Open Font Dialog Box with activating Font tab
C. New Document D. Open File Save as Dialog box
D. Close Document Answer: Option A
Answer: Option C
32. Short cut Ctrl + H is used to
24. To exit from the Resume Wizard and return to the A. Open Find and Replace Dialog box with
document window without creating a resume, click activating Replace Tab
the _____ button in any panel in the Resume B. Open Format Dialog box activating Insert
Wizard dialog box. Hyper Link tab
A. Cancel B. Back C. Open Insert Dialog box activating Insert Hyper
C. Next D. Finish Link Tab
Answer: Option D D. Open Insert Hyper Link Dialog box
Answer: Option A
25. What are inserted as cross-reference in Word?
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A. Placeholders B. Bookmarks
C. Objects D. Word fields
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Answer: Option D
33. Short cut Ctrl + P used to 41. Switching between portrait and landscape modes
A. Open Paragraph Dialog Box involves the:
B. Open Page Format Dialog Box A. header and footer toolbar
C. Open Save Dialog Box B. print layout view
D. Open Print Dialog box C. page setup dialog box
Answer: Option D D. none of the above
Answer: Option C
34. Short cut Ctrl + T is used to
A. Hanging Indent 42. Where can you change the vertical alignment?
B. Left Indent A. Formatting toolbar
C. Open Tabs Dialog box B. Paragraph dialog box
D. Terminate all opened Dialog box C. Page Setup dialog box
Answer: Option A D. Standard toolbar
Answer: Option C
35. When sharing data in Office, the ________
document is the document in which the data was 43. A _____ is a collection of predefined design
first entered. elements and color schemes.
A. source A. feature B. hyperlink
B. destination C. palette D. theme
C. original Answer: Option D
D. primary
Answer: Option A 44. Change the _____ to create a document in wide
format
36. With which view can you see how text and A. Page Orientation B. Page margins
graphics will appear on the printed page? C. Paper Style D. Paper Source
A. Normal Answer: Option A
B. Print Layout
C. Outline 45. _____ formatting is the process of changing the
D. Web Layout way letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and
Answer: Option B symbols appear on the screen and in print.
A. Document B. Character
37. Portrait and Landscape are C. Paragraph D. Object
A. Page Orientation B. Paper Size Answer: Option B
C. Page Layout D. All of above
Answer: Option A 46. The Word Count command on the Tools menu
displays the number of words as well as the
38. To verify that the note text is positioned correctly number of _____ in the current document.
on the page, switch to _____ view or display the A. lines B. characters
document in print preview. C. paragraphs D. all of the above
A. normal B. print layout Answer: Option D
C. page layout D. page edit
Answer: Option B 47. Which operation you will perform if you need to
move a block of text?
39. Which of the following is true regarding page A. Copy and Paste B. Cut and Paste
Orientation of a Document? C. Paste and Delete D. Paste and Cut
A. Page Orientation can be changed at any time Answer: Option B
B. Page Orientation of document determines by
printer 48. Ctrl + V is used to
C. Page Orientation must be set before start typing A. Paste Texts in the beginning of Document
D. Page Orientation of a document cannot be B. Paste Images in the beginning of Document
changed. C. Paste Tables at the middle of Document
Answer: Option A D. None of the above
Answer: Option D
40. Which feature helps you to inserts the contents of
the Clipboard as text without any formatting 49. The _____, or typeface, defines the appearance
A. Paste Special B. Format Painter and shape of letters, numbers, and special
C. Page Setup D. Styles characters.
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Answer: Option A A. font B. font size

C. point D. paragraph formatting
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Answer: Option A
50. Columns dialog box can be opened from 58. Ctrl + Q is used to
A. Format menu Columns submenu A. Remove Paragraph formatting (Line Space and
B. Double click on column space in ruler Paragraph Space)
C. Press Alt + O + C B. Close Word Application without saving
D. All of above Document
Answer: Option D C. Print Whole Document without confirmation
D. Does nothing
51. You can detect spelling and grammar errors by Answer: Option A
A. Press Shift + F7
B. Press Ctrl + F7 59. Background color or effects applied on a
C. Press Alt+ F7 document is not visible in
D. Press F7 A. Web layout view B. Print Layout view
Answer: Option D C. Reading View D. Print Preview
Answer: Option D
52. How can you break the current column?
A. Press Ctrl + Shift + Enter 60. Short cut Ctrl + R is used to
B. Press Alt + Enter A. Re-Open the last closed document
C. Press Ctrl + Enter B. Re-Print the last printed page
D. Press Alt + Shift + Enter C. Re-Apply the last paragraph formatting
Answer: Option A D. Right align the selected Paragraph
Answer: Option D
53. How can you disable extended selection mode?
A. Press F8 again to disable 61. When Word flags a possible spelling or grammar
B. Press Del to disable error, it also changes the mark on the Spelling and
C. Press Esc to disable Grammar Status icon to a _____.
D. Press Enter to disable A. green X
Answer: Option C B. green check mark
C. red X
54. To instruct Word to stop bulleting paragraphs, do D. red check mark
any of the following except _____. Answer: Option C
A. press the enter key twice
B. click the Undo button on the Standard toolbar 62. Which of the following is not a font style?
C. press the backspace key to remove the bullet A. Bold B. Italics
D. click the Bullets button on the Formatting C. Regular D. Superscript
toolbar Answer: Option D
Answer: Option B
63. The other Col# are inactive when you've select 3
55. Which of these toolbars allows changing of Fonts columns. How will you activate those boxes?
and their sizes? A. double click on spacing box
A. Standard B. double click on inactive Col#
B. Formatting C. Remove mark from Line between checkbox
C. Print Preview D. Remove mark from Equal Column Width check
D. None of these box
Answer: Option B Answer: Option D

56. To view headers and footers, you must switch to 64. From where you can access Save command?
A. normal view A. Home tab
B. print layout view B. Insert tab
C. print preview mode C. Review tab
D. both B and C D. None of above
Answer: Option D Answer: Option D

57. Ctrl + C is used to 65. How can you remove tab stop markers from ruler?
A. Copy the selected text A. Double click the tab marker and choose Clear
B. Cut the selected text All
C. Print the selected text B. Drag the tab stop marker out of the ruler
D. Paste the selected text C. Right click the tab stop marker and choose
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Answer: Option A remove

D. All of above
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Answer: Option B
66. Ctrl + M
A. New Document B. Close Document
C. Right Indent D. Left Indent
Answer: Option D

67. Which of the following is not available on the

Ruler of MS Word screen?
A. Tab stop box B. Left Indent
C. Right Indent D. Center Indent
Answer: Option D

68. In Word, the default alignment for paragraphs

is_____.
A. left-aligned or flush margins at the left edge and
uneven edges at the right edge
B. centered, or equidistant from both the left edge
and the right edge
C. right-aligned or flush margins at the right edge
and uneven edges at the left edge
D. justified, or flush margins at both the left and
right edges
Answer: Option A

69. In MS Word, Ctrl+S is for.....

A. Scenarios B. Size
C. Save D. Spelling Check
Answer: Option C

70. Ctrl + W
A. Save and Print the Document
B. Save and Close Word Application
C. Save and Close document
D. Without Save, Close Document
Answer: Option C

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 Ms Word 8. How can you apply exactly the same formatting
Section- 2 you did to another text?
A. Copy the text and paste in new location. Then
1. The key F12 opens a type the new text again
A. Save As dialog box B. Copy the text and click on Paste Special tool on
B. Open dialog box new place
C. Save dialog box C. Select the text then click on Format Painter and
D. Close dialog box select the new text
Answer: Option A D. All of above
Answer: Option C
2. Ctrl + I
A. Italic 9. Which of the following is not one of the three
B. Left Indent 'Mail Merge Helper' steps?
C. Save Document A. merge the two files
D. Close Document B. create the main document
Answer: Option A C. set the mailing list parameters
D. create the data source
3. Ctrl + S Answer: Option C
A. Save Document with different name
B. Save Document with same name 10. To select a block of text, click at the beginning of
C. Save Document and Close Word Application the selection, scroll to the end of the selection,
D. Save Document and Print whole Pages position the mouse pointer at the end of the
Answer: Option B selection, hold down the _____ key, and then click
(or drag through the text).
4. If you will be displaying or printing your A. ctrl B. alt
document on another computer, you'll want to C. shift D. tab
make sure and select the _____________ option Answer: Option C
under the 'Save' tab.
A. Embed Fonts 11. What is the shortcut-key for manual line break?
B. Embed True Type Fonts A. CTRL + Enter B. Alt + Enter
C. Save True Type Fonts C. Shift + Enter D. Space + Enter
D. Save Fonts Answer: Option C
Answer: Option B
12. Which key should be pressed to start a new
5. Ctrl + J paragraph in MS-Word?
A. Align Justify B. Insert Hyperlink A. Down Cursor Key B. Enter Key
C. Search D. Print C. Shift + Enter D. Ctrl + Enter
Answer: Option A Answer: Option B

6. What is a portion of a document in which you set 13. What is the shortcut key to display field codes?
certain page formatting options? A. Alt + F9 B. Ctrl + F9
A. Page B. Document C. Shift + F9 D. Space + F9
C. Section D. Page Setup Answer: Option A
Answer: Option C
14. To use your keyboard instead of the mouse to
7. If you need to double underline a word, how will select tools on the ribbon, you display the Key
you do that? Tips by pressing the _____________key?
A. Go to Format menu and then Font option. Open A. Alt B. Ctrl
Underline Style and choose Double Underline C. Shift+Enter D. Alt+Enter
B. From Format menu choose Font option and Answer: Option A
then from Font tab open Underline Style and select
Double Underline 15. Press _____ to create a line break, which advances
C. Select the text then choose Format >> Font and the insertion point to the beginning of the next
on Font tab, open Underline Style and choose physical line - ignoring any paragraph formatting
Double Underline instructions.
D. Click double underline tool on formatting A. shift+enter B. ctrl+enter
toolbar C. shift+tab D. ctrl+tab
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Answer: Option C Answer: Option A

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16. A word field may consist of an optional field 25. Which of the following do you use to change
instruction called a(n) ______ margins?
A. Subdocument B. Symbol A. formatting toolbar
C. Signal D. Switch B. page setup dialog box
Answer: Option D C. Standard toolbar
D. paragraph dialog box
17. Essential business letter elements include the Answer: Option B
_____.
A. date line and inside address 26. In order to email a Word document from within
B. message MS Word
C. signature block A. Office button >> Send to >> Mail Recipient
D. all of the above B. Save the file as an email attachment
Answer: Option D C. Start Outlook and attach the file while open in
Word
18. Which of the following helps to reduce spelling D. This is an impossible operation
error in the document? Answer: Option A
A. Auto Format B. Auto Correct
C. Smart Tags D. Auto Text 27. A screen element of MS Word that is usually
Answer: Option B located below the title bar that provides
categorized options is
19. It is possible to _______ a data source before A. Menu Bar B. Tool Bar
performing a merge. C. Status Bar D. All of the above
A. create B. modify Answer: Option A
C. sort D. all of the above
Answer: Option D 28. In Word 2007 the Zoom is placed on
A. View tab B. Home tab
20. Word has Web authoring tools allow you to C. Status bar D. A & C both
incorporate _____ on Web pages. Answer: Option D
A. bullets B. hyperlinks
C. sounds D. all of the above 29. The _____ is a short horizontal line indicating the
Answer: Option D conclusion of a document.
A. insertion point B. end mark
21. When typing in Preeti font all the Ukars turn to C. status indicator D. scroll box
something else? What's the cause? Answer: Option B
A. Autotext
B. Autocorrect 30. Small squares, called _____, on the selection
C. Speller rectangle that surrounds a graphic can be used to
D. Preeti font does not work with Word change the dimensions of the graphic.
Answer: Option B A. scroll boxes B. sizing handles
C. status indicators D. move handles
22. Which of the following commands should you Answer: Option B
always use before submitting a document to
others? 31. Which of the following are valid Minimum and
A. find command B. Replace command Maximum zoom sizes in MS-office?
C. Spelling and Grammar D. Thesaurus A. 10, 100 B. 20, 250
Answer: Option C C. 10, 500 D. 10, 1000
Answer: Option C
23. What is placed to the left of horizontal scroll bar
A. Tab stop buttons B. View buttons 32. You can replace the text ...
C. Split buttons D. Indicators A. Ctrl+H B. Ctrl+R
Answer: Option B C. Replace from edit menu D. Both A and C
Answer: Option D
24. Insert Date, Format Page Number, and Insert
AutoText are buttons on the _____ toolbar. 33. To update a formula in a table, press the
A. Formatting A. F9 keys
B. Header and Footer B. ALT+F9 keys
C. Standard C. SHIFT+F9 keys
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D. Edit D. F8 keys
Answer: Option B Answer: Option A
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34. To move the cursor page to page of documents. 42. We can insert maximum number of columns in Ms
A. Ctrl+Page Down B. Ctrl+Page Up Word are ...
C. Both of the above D. None of the above A. 35 B. 15
Answer: Option C C. 63 D. 65
Answer: Option C
35. The word wrap feature .....
A. automatically moves text to the next line when 43. Which of the following is not of the merge
necessary process?
B. appears at the bottom of the document A. Preview the merge results
C. allows you to type over text B. Format a main document
D. is the short horizontal line indicating the end of C. Edit a data source
the document D. Identify the main document
Answer: Option A Answer: Option B

36. You can move the insertion point in a table 44. Which type of files cannot be navigated using clip-
A. With the up arrow and down arrow keys art browser?
B. With the shift + tab keys A. AVI B. BMP
C. With the tab key C. WAV D. MP3
D. All of the above Answer: Option D
Answer: Option D
45. When you want to view different parts of a
37. The following tool bars display in the word document without moving the insertion point.
application window by default A. Use the previous page or next page buttons
A. Forms tool bar B. Formatting tool bar B. Use the keyboard
C. Drawing tool bar D. All of the above C. Use the vertical and horizontal scroll bars
Answer: Option B D. Use the zoom button
Answer: Option C
38. A table ....
A. can be formatted with character formats like 46. In the merge process, you can
bold and paragraph formats like borders and A. Preview a merge
shading B. Merge directly to a printer
B. can be created and modified with a button on C. Merge to new document
the standard tool bar D. All of the above
C. is a method of organizing data in your Answer: Option D
document
D. is a grid organized in columns and rows 47. To view smaller text on the screen you can ...
Answer: Option D A. Decrease the editing percentage
B. Increase the editing percentage
39. Which key or key combination will move the C. Decrease the view percentage
insertion point to the bottom of your document? D. Increase the view percentage
A. END B. PAGE DOWN Answer: Option D
C. CTRL + PAGE DOWN D. None of the above
Answer: Option D 48. Thesaurus tool in MS Word is used for...
A. Spelling suggestions
40. The four types of mail merge main documents are . B. Synonyms and Antonyms words
A. Form letters, directories, catalogues and C. Translate
envelope D. None of these
B. Form letters, envelops and mailing labels, Answer: Option B
directories and lists
C. Basic letters, envelops, labels and list 49. The minimum number of rows and columns in MS
D. Form letters, envelops, mailing labels and Word document is
catalogue A. 1 and 1 B. 2 and 1
Answer: Option D C. 1 and 2 D. 2 and 2
Answer: Option A
41. Which of the following cannot be done with
document version? 50. What is the smallest and largest font size available
A. Modifying a version B. Deleting a version in Font Size tool on formatting toolbar?
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C. Opening a version D. None of the above A. 8 and 72 B. 8 and 68

Answer: Option D C. 6 and 72 D. 6 and 68
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Answer: Option A
51. A character that is raised and smaller above the 60. In MS-Word shortcut SHIFT+DELETE is used to
baseline is known as A. Delete the selected item permanently without
A. Raised B. Outlined placing the item in the Recycle Bin
C. Capscript D. Superscript B. Copy the selected item
Answer: Option D C. Rename the selected item
D. Create a shortcut to the selected item
52. Selecting text means, selecting? Answer: Option A
A. a word B. an entire sentence
C. whole document D. any of the above 61. What is the default number of lines to drop for
Answer: Option D drop cap?
A. 3
53. MS-Word automatically moves the text to the next B. 10
line when it reaches the right edge of the screen C. 15
and is called? D. 20
A. Carriage Return Answer: Option A
B. Enter
C. Word Wrap 62. A bookmark is an item or location in document
D. None of the above that you identify a name for future Reference.
Answer: Option C Which of the following task is accomplished by
using bookmarks?
54. In MS-Word, for what does ruler help? A. To mark the ending of a page of document
A. to set tabs B. To quickly jump to a specific location in the
B. to set indents document
C. to change page margins C. To add hyperlinks in a web page
D. All of the above D. None of These
Answer: Option D Answer: Option B

55. Which menu in MSWord can be used to change 63. What is the maximum number of lines you can set
character size and typeface? for a drop cap?
A. View B. Tools A. 10
C. Format D. Data B. 15
Answer: Option C C. 20
D. Undefined
56. Which option in File pull-down menu is used to Answer: Option A
close a file in MSWord?
A. New B. Quit 64. How can you insert a sound file in your word
C. Close D. Exit document?
Answer: Option C A. From insert -> sound menu option
B. From insert -> file menu option
57. What is the function of CTRL+R in MSWord C. From insert -> object menu option
A. Open the Print dialog box D. None of These
B. Update the current Web page Answer: Option C
C. Close the current window
D. None of these 65. Macros are:
Answer: Option D A. Small programs created in MS-Word to
automate repetitive tasks by using VBA
58. What is the extension of files created in MSWord B. Small add-on programs that are installed
97- 2003 afterwards if you need them
A. dot B. doc C. Programming language that you can use to
C. dom D. txt customize MS-Word
Answer: Option B D. Large tools in Word such as mail merge
Answer: Option A
59. Why headers and footers used in MS -Word
A. To enhance the overall appearance of the 66. A template stores:
document A. Graphics, text, styles, macros
B. To mark the starting of a page B. Customized word command setting
C. To make large document more readable C. Auto text entries
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D. To allow page headers and footers to appear on D. All of above

document when it is printed Answer: Option D
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Answer: Option D
67. What do you mean by vertical separation between
columns?
A. Orientation B. Gutter
C. Margin D. Index
Answer: Option C

68. What does EXT indicator on status bar of MS

Word indicate?
A. It indicates whether the external text is pasted
on document or not
B. It indicates whether extended add-ons are
installed on MS Word or not
C. It indicates whether Extended Selection mode is
turned on or off
D. None of These
Answer: Option C

69. Why Drop Caps are used in document?

A. To drop all the capital letters
B. To automatically begin each paragraph with
capital letter
C. To begin a paragraph with a large dropped
initial capital letter
D None of These
Answer: Option C

70. Which of the following is not a type of page

margin?
A. Right B. Center
C. Left D. Top
Answer: Option B

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 Ms Word 10. What is the default font size of a new Word
Section- 3 document based on Normal template?
A. 9 pt
1. What is the default left margin in Word 2003 B. 12 pt
document? C. 14 pt
A. 1 B. 1.25 D. None of above
C. 1.5 D. 2 Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B
11. What is the default font used in MS Word
2. If you need to change the typeface of a document, document?
which menu will you choose? A. Times New Roman B. Arial
A. Edit B. View C. Algerian D. None of the above
C. Format D. Tools Answer: Option A
Answer: Option C
12. Drop Cap means
3. Which of the following is not a font style? A. Small Caps B. Title case
A. Bold B. Italics C. All Caps D. None of above
C. Regular D. Superscript Answer: Option D
Answer: Option D
13. Which indent marker controls all the lines except
4. What is the maximum font size you can apply for first line?
any character? A. Left Indent Marker
A. 163 B. 1638 B. First Line Indent Marker
C. 16038 D. None of above C. Right Indent Marker
Answer: Option B D. Hanging Indent Marker
Answer: Option A
5. To auto fit the width of column
A. Double click the left border of column 14. Which of the following option is not available in
B. Double click the right border of column Insert >> Picture?
C. Double click the column header A. Chart B. Graph
D. All of above C. Clip Art D. Word Art
Answer: Option B Answer: Option B

6. When inserting Page number in footer it appeared 15. How many different positions can you set for drop
1 but you wish to show a. How can you do that? cap?
A. From Insert menu choose Page Number and A. 1 B. 2
specify necessary setting C. 3 D. 4
B. From format menu choose bullets and Answer: Option B
Numbering and configure necessary setting
C. Click on Page Number Format tool and specify 16. Which of the following is used to create
required setting newspaper style columns?
D. All of above A. Format Columns
Answer: Option C B. Table Insert Table
C. Format Tabs
7. To get to the 'Symbol' dialog box, click on the D. Insert Textbox
______ menu and choose 'Symbol'. Answer: Option A
A. Tools B. Table
C. Insert D. Format 17. Columns dialog box can be opened from...
Answer: Option C A. Press Alt + O + C
B. Format menu Columns submenu
8. AutoCorrect was originally designed to replace C. Double click on column space in ruler
_________ words as you type. D. All of above
A. Grammatically incorrect B. Short, repetitive Answer: Option D
C. Misspelled D. None of the above
Answer: Option C 18. You can jump to the next column by
A. Press Alt + Down-arrow
9. In Word, the mailing list is known as the ___. B. Clicking with your mouse on the next column
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A. Data source B. Sheet C. Both of above

C. Data sheet D. Source D. None of Above
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Answer: Option A Answer: Option C

19. To open Columns dialog box quickly.. 27. A feature of MS Word that saves the document
A. double click the space between area on ruler automatically after certain interval is available on
B. double click the right margin in ruler A. Save tab on Options dialog box
C. double click on the left margin area of ruler B. Save As dialog box
D. All of above C. Both of above
Answer: Option A D. None of above
Answer: Option A
20. Text boundary can be displayed or hidden from
A. Customize from Tools menu 28. What happens if you press Ctrl + Shift + F8?
B. Auto text option from Insert menu A. It activates extended selection
C. Options from Tools menu B. It activates the rectangular selection
D. All of above C. It selects the paragraph on which the insertion
Answer: Option C line is
D. None of above
21. You wished to justify text over the height of paper, Answer: Option B
which option will you choose...
A. From formatting toolbar 29. What is the shortcut key you can press to create a
B. Page Setup from File menu copyright symbol?
C. Font from Format menu A. Alt+Ctrl+C
D. Paragraph from Format menu B. Alt + C
Answer: Option B C. Ctrl + C
D. Ctrl + Shift + C
22. Which of the following is not the part of standard Answer: Option A
office suite?
A. Database 30. When assigning a shortcut key to a symbol, you
B. File manager should always try to select a key or key
C. Image Editor combination that is:
D. Word Processor A. unassigned
Answer: Option B B. Located on the ten-key pad section of your
keyboard.
23. Where can you find the Draw Table tool button? C. Assigned to another task.
A. Formatting toolbar D. From the same font family as the symbol.
B. Drawing toolbar Answer: Option A
C. Standard toolbar
D. Tables and formatting toolbar 31. Suppose you wanted to create an AutoCorrect
Answer: Option D entry that would type the words 'We regret to
inform you that your submission has been
24. Superscript, subscript, outline, emboss, engrave declined' Of the following choices, which would
are known as be the best name you could assign to this entry?
A. font effects A. Regret
B. text effects B. Subdual
C. font styles C. We regret to inform you that your submission
D. word art has been declined
Answer: Option A D. 11
Answer: Option B
25. Shimmer, Sparkle text, Blinking Background etc.
are known as 32. If you want to convert a symbol or several lines of
A. word art text into an AutoCorrect entry, you should:
B. font styles A. Insert the symbol or type the text in a Word
C. text effects document first. Then, select the text or symbol and
D. font effects go to the AutoCorrect dialog box.
Answer: Option C B. Click the Tools menu and choose AutoCorrect
Options. Then, click the Insert menu and choose
26. The feature of Word that automatically adjusts the Symbol (or click the Format menu and choose
amount of space between certain combinations of Paragraph) to add the symbol or paragraph to
characters so that an entire word looks more AutoCorrect.
evenly spaced. What is that feature called? C. AutoCorrect can only accommodate one line of
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C. Positioning D. Scaling multiple lines of text into an AutoCorrect entry.
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Answer: Option B
 D. Insert the symbol or type the text in a Word 42. Uppercase on Change Case dialog box and All
document first. Then, select the text or symbol and Caps on Fonts dialog box both converts selected
click the Edit menu followed by Paste Special. text into Capital Letters. What's the difference
Select New AutoCorrect Entry and then click OK. between the two?
Answer: Option A A. Both are same. They are only two different
ways of capitalize text
33. How can you access the font size tool on B. It is faster to convert from Change Case than
formatting toolbar? from Font dialog box
A. Ctrl + S B. Ctrl + Shift + S C. Change Case makes conversion permanent but
C. Ctrl + P D. Ctrl + Shift + P All Caps on Font can always be reverted
Answer: Option D D. All Caps on Font dialog box makes the change
permanent where Change Case can be always
34. How can you make the selected character reverted
superscripted? Answer: Option C
A. Ctrl + = B. Ctrl + Shift + =
C. Alt + Ctrl + Shift + = D. None of above 43. Changing the appearance of a document is called
Answer: Option B A. Proofing B. Editing
C. Formatting D. All of above
35. What does Ctrl + = key effect? Answer: Option C
A. Superscript B. Subscript
C. All Caps D. Shadow 44. Which language does MS-Word use to create
Answer: Option B Macros?
A. Visual C++ B. Visual Basic
36. How can you increase the font size of selected text C. FoxPro D. Access
by one point every time? Answer: Option B
A. By pressing Ctrl + ]
B. By pressing Ctrl + [ 45. Which key is used to increase left indent?
C. By pressing Ctrl + } A. Ctrl+I B. Ctrl+M
D. By pressing Ctrl + { C. Alt+I D. F10
Answer: Option A Answer: Option B

37. What is the smallest width of a column? 46. Which key is used to select all the text in the
A. 0" B. 0.5" document?
C. 1" D. 1.5" A. Ctrl+T B. Ctrl+A
Answer: Option B C. Ctrl+F D. Ctrl+N
Answer: Option B
38. How much space in minimum must be provided
between columns? 47. To undo the last work, press ......
A. 0" B. 0.5" A. Ctrl+U B. Ctrl+Y
C. 1" D. 1.5" C. Ctrl+Z D. Ctrl+W
Answer: Option A Answer: Option C

39. Which of the following is not available in Font 48. To Redo the last work, press .....
Spacing? A. Ctrl+U B. Ctrl+Y
A. Normal B. Loosely C. Ctrl+Z D. Ctrl+W
C. Condensed D. Expanded Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B

40. Which of the following position is not available

for fonts on MS Word?
A. Normal B. Raised
C. Lowered D. Centered
Answer: Option D

41. What is the maximum scale percentage available

in Scale drop down box?
A. 500 B. 200
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C. 100 D. 90
Answer: Option B
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 Excel C. You can apply Font, border and pattern formats
Section- 1 that meets the specified conditions
D. You can delete any condition from
1. Which of the following format you can decide to Conditional Formatting dialog box if it is not
apply or not in AutoFormat dialog box? required
A. Number format Answer: Option B
B. Border format
C. Font format 8. Which of the following is invalid statement?
D. All of above A. Sheet tabs can be colored
Answer: Option D B. Some picture can be applied as a background of
a sheet
2. How can you remove borders applied in cells? C. You can set the column width automatically fit
A. Choose None on Border tab of Format cells the amount of text
B. Open the list on Border tool in Formatting D. The width of a row and be specified manually
toolbar then choose first tool (no border) or fit automatically
C. Both of above Answer: Option D
D. None of above
Answer: Option C 9. You can use the formula palette to
A. format cells containing numbers
3. Where can you set the shading color for a range of B. creates and edits formula containing functions
cells in Excel? C. enter assumptions data
A. Choose required color form Patterns tab of D. copy a range of cells
Format Cells dialog box Answer: Option B
B. Choose required color on Fill Color tool in
Formatting toolbar 10. When a range is selected, how can you activate the
C. Choose required color on Fill Color tool in previous cell?
drawing toolbar A. Press the Alt key
D. All of above B. Press Tab
Answer: Option D C. Press Enter
D. None of above
4. You can set Page Border in Excel from Answer: Option D
A. From Border tab in Format Cells dialog box
B. From Border tool in Formatting toolbar 11. Which tool you will use to join some cells and
C. From Line Style tool in Drawing toolbar place the content at the middle of joined cell?
D. You cannot set page border in Excel A. From Format Cells dialog box click on Merge
Answer: Option D Cells check box
B. From Format Cells dialog box select the
5. When all the numbers between 0 and 100 in a Centered alignment
range should be displayed in Red Color, apply C. From Format Cells dialog box choose Merge
A. Use =if () function to format the required and Center check box
numbers red D. Click on Merge and Center tool on formatting
B. Apply Conditional Formatting command on toolbar
Format menu Answer: Option D
C. Select the cells that contain number between 0
and 100 then click Red color on Text Color tool 12. Tab scroll buttons are place on Excel screen
D. All of above A. towards the bottom right corner
Answer: Option B B. towards the bottom left corner
C. towards the top right corner
6. You can check the conditions against __________ D. towards the top left corner
when applying conditional formatting Answer: Option B
A. Cell value B. Formula
C. Both of above D. None of above 13. The Name box on to the left of formula bar
Answer: Option C A. shows the name of workbook currently working
on
7. Which of the following is not true regarding B. shows the name of worksheet currently working
Conditional Formatting? on
A. You can add more than one condition to check C. shows the name of cell or range currently
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apply Italics on them D. None of above
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14. Each excel file is a workbook that contains 22. What happens when you press Ctrl + X after
different sheets. Which of the following cannot be selecting some cells in Excel?
a sheet in workbook? A. The cell content of selected cells disappear
A. work sheet B. chart sheet from cell and stored in clipboard
C. module sheet D. data sheet B. The cells selected are marked for cutting
Answer: Option D C. The selected cells are deleted and the cells are
shifted left
15. Which of the following is not the correct method D. The selected cells are deleted and cells are
of editing the cell content? shifted up
A. Press the Alt key Answer: Option B
B. Press the F2 key
C. Click the formula bar 23. Which of the following option is not available in
D. Double click the cell Paste Special dialog box?
Answer: Option A A. Add
B. Subtract
16. You can merge the main document with data C. Divide
source in Excel. In mail merge operation, Word is D. SQRT
usually Answer: Option D
A. server B. source
C. client D. none 24. Which command will you choose to convert a
Answer: Option C column of data into row?
A. Cut and Paste
17. How can you update the values of formula cells if B. Edit >> Paste Special >> Transpose
Auto Calculate mode of Excel is disabled? C. Both of above
A. F8 B. F9 D. None of above
C. F10 D. F11 Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B
25. It is acceptable to let long text flow into adjacent
18. You want to set such that when you type Baishakh cells on a worksheet when
and drag the fill handle, Excel should produce A. data will be entered in the adjacent cells
Jestha, Aashadh and so on. What will you set to B. no data will be entered in the adjacent cells
effect that? C. there is no suitable abbreviation for the text
A. Custom List B. Auto Fill Options D. there is not time to format the text
C. Fill Across Worksheet D. Fill Series Answer: Option B
Answer: Option A
26. Which of the cell pointer indicates you that you
19. Where can you change automatic or manual can make selection?
calculation mode in Excel? A. Doctor’s symbol (Big Plus)
A. Double CAL indicator on status bar B. Small thin plus icon
B. Go to Tools >> Options >> Calculation and C. Mouse Pointer with anchor at the tip
mark the corresponding radio button D. None of above
C. Both of above Answer: Option A
D. None of above
Answer: Option B 27. Which of the cell pointer indicates that you can fill
series?
20. How can you show or hide the gridlines in Excel A. Doctor’s symbol (Big Plus)
Worksheet? B. small thin plus icon
A. Go to Tools >> Options >> View tab and mark C. Mouse Pointer with anchor at the tip
or remove the check box named Gridline D. None of above
B. Click Gridline tool on Forms toolbar Answer: Option B
C. Both of above
D. None of above 28. Which of the cell pointer indicate that you can
Answer: Option C move the content to other cell?
A. Doctor’s symbol (Big Plus)
21. Which of the following Excel screen components B. Small thin plus icon
can NOT be turned on or off? C. Mouse Pointer with anchor at the tip
A. Formula Bar B. Status Bar D. None of above
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Answer: Option D
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29. You can auto fit the width of column by 36. Which of the following series type is not valid for
A. double clicking on the column name on column Fill Series dialog box?
header A. Linear
B. Double click on the cell pointer in worksheet B. Growth
C. Double clicking on column right border on C. Autofill
column header D. Time
D. Double clicking on the column left border of Answer: Option D
column header
Answer: Option C 37. Which of the following you can paste selectively
using Paste Special command?
30. Long text can be broken down into many lines A. Validation
within a cell. You can do this through B. Formats
A. Wrap Text in Format >> Cells C. Formulas
B. Justify in Edit >> Cells D. All of above
C. Text Wrapping in Format >> Cells, Layout tab Answer: Option D
D. All of above
Answer: Option A 38. Paste Special allows some operation while you
paste to new cell. Which of the following
31. MS Excel provides the default value for step in operation is valid?
Fill Series dialog box A. Square
A. 0 B. 1 B. Percentage
C. 5 D. 10 C. Goal Seek
Answer: Option B D. Divide
Answer: Option D
32. When a row of data is to be converted into
columns 39. Edit >> Delete command
A. Copy the cells in row; select the same number A. Deletes the content of a cell
of cells in row and paste B. Deletes Formats of cell
B. Copy the cells in column then choose Edit >> C. Deletes the comment of cell
Paste Special, then click Transpose and OK D. Deletes selected cells
C. Copy the cells then go to Format >> Cells then Answer: Option D
on Alignment tab click Transpose check box and
click OK 40. To remove the content of selected cells you must
D. Select the cells then place the cell pointer on issue ______ command
new cell and choose Edit >> Paste Special, mark A. Edit >> Delete
Transpose check box and click OK B. Edit >> Clear >> Contents
Answer: Option D C. Edit >> Clear >> All
D. Data >> Delete
33. Ctrl + D shortcut key in Excel will Answer: Option B
A. Open the font dialog box
B. Apply double underline for the active cell 41. The Delete key of keyboard is assigned to which
C. Fill down in the selection command in Excel?
D. None of above A. Edit >> Clear >> Contents
Answer: Option C B. Edit >> Clear >> All
C. Edit >> Delete
34. The short cut key Ctrl + R is used in Excel to D. All of above
A. Right align the content of cell Answer: Option A
B. Remove the cell contents of selected cells
C. Fill the selection with active cells to the right 42. If you need to remove only the formatting done in
D. None of above a range (numbers and formula typed there should
Answer: Option C not be removed), you must
A. From Edit menu choose Clear and then Formats
35. The command Edit >> Fill Across Worksheet is B. From Edit menu choose Delete
active only when C. Click on Remove Formatting tool on Standard
A. One sheet is selected Toolbar
B. When many sheets are selected D. Double click the Format Painter and then press
C. When no sheet is selected Esc key in keyboard
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Answer: Option B
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43. By default Excel provides 3 worksheets. You need 49. Comments can be added to cells using ......
only two of them, how will you delete the third A. Edit -> Comments
one? B. Insert -> Comment
A. Right click on Sheet Tab of third sheet and C. File -> Comments
choose Delete from the context menu D. View –> Comments
B. Click on Sheet 3 and from Edit menu choose Answer: Option B
Delete
C. Both of above 50. Which menu option can be used to split windows
D. None of above into two?
Answer: Option A A. Format -> Window
B. View -> Window-> Split
44. Which of the following action removes a sheet C. Window -> Split D. View –> Split
from workbook? Answer: Option C
A. Select the sheet, then choose Edit >> Delete
Sheet 51. Getting data from a cell located in a different sheet
B. Select the sheet then choose Format >> Sheet is called ......
>> Hide A. Accessing B. Referencing
C. Both of above C. Updating D. Functioning
D. None of above Answer: Option B
Answer: Option A
52. Which of the following is not a valid data type in
45. While Finding and replacing some data in Excel, Excel?
which of the following statement is valid? A. Number B. Character
A. You can Find and Replace within the sheet or C. Label D. Date/Time
workbook Answer: Option B
B. Excel does not have option to match case for
find 53. Which elements of a worksheet can be protected
C. Both are valid from accidental modification?
D. None are valid A. Contents B. Objects
Answer: Option A C. Scenarios D. All of the above
Answer: Option D
46. Which of the following is not true about Find and
Replace in Excel 54. A numeric value can be treated as label value if
A. You can search for bold and replace with italics ...... precedes it.
B. You can decide whether to look for the whole A. Apostrophe ( ‘ ) B. Exclamation ( ! )
word or not C. Hash ( # ) D. Tilde ( ~ )
C. You can search in formula too Answer: Option A
D. You can search by rows or columns or sheets
Answer: Option D 55. Concatenation of text can be done using
A. Apostrophe ( ‘ ) B. Exclamation ( ! )
47. You can move a sheet from one workbook into C. Hash ( # ) D. Ampersand ( & )
new book by Answer: Option D
A. From Edit menu choose Move or Copy sheet,
mark the Create a ccopy and Click OK 56. Which area in an Excel window allows entering
B. From Edit menu choose Move of Copy then values and formulas?
choose (Move to end) and click OK A. Title Bar B. Menu Bar
C. From Edit menu choose Move or Copy then C. Formula Bar D. Standard Tool Bar
select (new book) from To Book list and click OK Answer: Option C
D. None of above
Answer: Option C 57. Multiple calculations can be made in a single
formula using .......
48. What is the short cut key to replace a data with A. Standard Formulas B. Array Formula
another in sheet? C. Complex Formulas D. Smart Formula
A. Ctrl + R Answer: Option B
B. Ctrl + Shift + R
C. Ctrl + H 58. An Excel Workbook is a collection of .......
D. Ctrl + F A. Workbooks B. Worksheets
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D. Worksheets and Charts
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Answer: Option D
59. What do you mean by a Workspace? 69. What will be the output if you format the cell
A. Group of Columns containing 5436.8 as '#,##0.00' ?
B. Group of Worksheets A. 5430 B. 5436.80
C. Group of Rows C. 5436.8 D. 6.8
D. Group of Workbooks Answer: Option B
Answer: Option D
70. How do you display current date and time in MS
60. MS-EXCEL is based on .........? Excel?
A. WINDOWS B. DOS A. date () B. Today ()
C. UNIX D. OS/2 C. now () D. time ()
Answer: Option A Answer: Option C

61. In EXCEL, you can sum a large range of data by

simply selecting a tool button called.....?
A. AutoFill B. Auto correct
C. Auto sum D. Auto format
Answer: Option C

62. To select an entire column in MS-EXCEL, press?

A. CTRL + C
B. CTRL + Arrow key
C. CTRL + S
D. None of the above
Answer: Option D

63. To return the remainder after a number is divided

by a divisor in EXCEL we use the function?
A. ROUND ( ) B. FACT ( )
C. MOD ( ) D. DIV ( )
Answer: Option C

64. Which function is not available in the Consolidate

dialog box?
A. Pmt B. Average
C. Max D. Sum
Answer: Option A

65. Which is not the function of "Edit, Clear"

command?
A. Delete contents B. Delete notes
C. Delete cells D. Delete formats
Answer: Option C

66. Microsoft Excel is a powerful ...........

A. Word processing package
B. Spreadsheet package
C. Communication S/W Package
D. DBMS package
Answer: Option B

67. How do you rearrange the data in ascending or

descending order?
A. Data, Sort B. Data, Form
C. Data, Table D. Data Subtotals
Answer: Option A

68. Which Chart can be created in Excel?

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A. Area B. Line
C. Pie D. All of the above
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Answer: Option D
 Excel 11. Which would you choose to create a bar diagram?
Section- 2 A. Edit, Chart
B. Insert, Chart
1. How do you display current date only in MS C. Tools, Chart
Excel? D. Format, Chart
A. date () B. Today () Answer: Option B
C. now () D. time ()
Answer: Option B 12. Which setting you must modify to print a
worksheet using letterhead?
2. How do you wrap the text in a cell? A. Paper B. Margin
A. Format, cells, font C. Layout D. Orientation
B. Format, cells, protection Answer: Option B
C. Format, cells, number
D. Format, cells, alignment 13. What do you call the chart that shows the
Answer: Option D proportions of how one or more data elements
relate to another data element?
3. What does COUNTA () function do? A. XY Chart B. Line Chart
A. counts cells having alphabets C. Pie Chart D. Column Chart
B. counts empty cells Answer: Option C
C. counts cells having number
D. counts non-empty cells 14. The spelling dialog box can be involved by
Answer: Option D choosing spelling from ________ menu.
A. insert B. file
4. What is the short cut key to highlight the entire C. tools D. view
column? Answer: Option C
A. Ctrl+C B. Ctrl+Enter
C. Ctrl+Page Up D. Ctrl+Space Bar 15. Which key do you press to check spelling?
Answer: Option D A. F3 B. F5
C. F7 D. F9
5. In the formula, which symbol specifies the fixed Answer: Option C
columns or rows?
A. $ B. * 16. To record a sequence of keystrokes and mouse
C. % D. & actions to play back later we use:
Answer: Option A A. Media player
B. Sound Recorder
6. Excel displays the current cell address in the ........ C. Calculator
A. Formula bar B. Status Bar D. Macro Recorder
C. Name Box D. Title Bar Answer: Option D
Answer: Option C
17. We can save and protect the workbook by
7. What is the correct way to refer the cell A10 on A. Write Reservation Password
sheet3 from sheet1? B. Protection Password
A. sheet3!A10 B. sheet1!A10 C. Read-only Recommended
C. Sheet3.A10 D. A10 D. Any of the above
Answer: Option A Answer: Option D

8. Which language is used to create macros in Excel? 18. The first cell in EXCEL worksheet is labeled as
A. Visual Basic B. C A. AA B. A1
C. Visual C++ D. Java C. Aa D. A0
Answer: Option A Answer: Option B

9. Which of the following is not a term of MSExcel? 19. What happens when dollar signs ($) are entered in
A. Cells B. Rows a cell address? (e$B$2:$B$10)
C. Columns D. Document A. An absolute cell address is created
Answer: Option D B. Cell address will change when it is copied to
another cell
10. How many worksheets can a workbook have? C. The sheet tab is changed
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A. 3 B. 8 D. The status bar does not display the cell address

C. 255 D. none of above Answer: Option A
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Answer: Option D
20. What are the tabs that appear at the bottom of each 29. The Cancel and Enter buttons appear in the:
workbook called? A. Title bar B. Formula bar
A. Reference tabs B. Position tabs C. Menu bar D. Sheet tabs
C. Location tabs D. Sheet tabs Answer: Option B
Answer: Option D
30. Which of the following methods cannot be used to
21. What is represented by the small, black square in enter data in a cell
the lower-right corner of an active cell or range? A. Pressing an arrow key
A. Copy handle B. Fill handle B. Pressing the Tab key
C. Insert handle D. Border C. Pressing the Esc key
Answer: Option B D. Clicking on the formula bar
Answer: Option C
22. In Excel, a Data Series is defined as what?
A. A type of chart 31. Which of the following will not cut information?
B. A cell reference A. Pressing Ctrl + C
C. A collection of related data B. Selecting Edit > Cut from the menu
D. A division of results C. Clicking the Cut button on the standard
Answer: Option C D. Pressing Ctrl+X
Answer: Option
23. In Excel, the Fill Color button on the Formatting
toolbar is used for what? 32. Which of the following is not a way to complete a
A. To insert a background cell entry?
B. To add borders A. Pressing enter
C. To select a distribution of figures B. Pressing any arrow key on the keyboard
D. To add shading or color to a cell range C. Clicking the Enter button on the Formula bar
Answer: Option D D. Pressing spacebar
Answer: Option D
24. In help menu of Excel, which of the following tabs
are found? 33. You can activate a cell by
A. Contents tab B. Answer Wizard tab A. Pressing the Tab key B. Clicking the cell
C. Index tab D. all of the above C. Pressing an arrow key D. All of the above
Answer: Option D Answer: Option D

25. A __________ is a grid with labeled columns and 34. Text formulas:
rows. A. Replace cell references
A. Dialog box B. Worksheet B. Return ASCII values of characters
C. Clipboard D. Toolbar C. Concatenate and manipulate text
Answer: Option B D. Show formula error value
Answer: Option C
26. The active cell:
A. is defined by a bold border around the cell 35. How do you insert a row?
B. Receives the data the user enters A. Right-click the row heading where you want to
C. It is the formula bar insert the new row and select Insert from the
D. Only A and B shortcut menu
Answer: Option D B. Select the row heading where you want to insert
the new row and select Edit >Row from the menu
27. Which function is used to calculate depreciation, C. Select the row heading where you want to insert
rates of return, future values and loan payment the new row and click the Insert Row button on the
amounts? standard toolbar
A. Logical D. All of the above
B. Math & Trigonometry Answer: Option A
C. Statistical D. Financial
Answer: Option D 36. Which of the following is not a basic step in
creating a worksheet?
28. B7:B9 indicates: A. Save workbook
A. Cells B7 and cell B9 only B. Modify the worksheet
B. Cells B7 through B9 C. Enter text and data
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C. Cell B8 only D. Copy the worksheet

D. None of the above Answer: Option D
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Answer: Option B
37. How do you select an entire column? 43. When integrating word and excel, word is usually
A. Select Edit > Select > Column from the menu the
B. Click the column heading letter A. Server B. Destination
C. Hold down the shift key as you click anywhere C. Client D. Both b and c
in the column Answer: Option D
D. Hold down the Ctrl key as you click anywhere
in the column 44. When a label is too long to fit within a worksheet
Answer: Option B cell, you typically must
A. Shorten the label
38. How can you print three copies of a workbook? B. Increase the column width
A. Select File > Properties form the menu and type C. Decrease the column width
3 in the Copies to print text box D. Adjust the row height
B. Select File > Print from the menu and type 3 in Answer: Option B
the Number of copies text box
C. Click the Print button on the standard toolbar to 45. The name box
print the document then take it to Kinko’s and has A. Shows the location of the previously active cell
2 more copies made B. Appears to the left of the formula bar
D. Press Ctrl+P+3 C. Appears below the status bar
Answer: Option B D. Appears below the menu bar
Answer: Option B
39. To create a formula, you first:
A. Select the cell you want to place the formula 46. Comments put in cells are called
into A. Smart Tip B. Cell Tip
B. Type the equals sign (=) to tell Excel that C. Web Tip D. Soft Tip
you’re about to enter a formula Answer: Option B
C. Enter the formula using any input values and
the appropriate mathematical operators that make 47. Which is used to perform what if analysis?
up your formula A. Solver B. Goal seek
D. Choose the new command from the file menu C. Scenario Manager D. All of above
Answer: Option B Answer: Option D

40. To center worksheet titles across a range of cells, 48. You can use the horizontal and vertical scroll bars
you must to
A. Select the cells containing the title text plus the A. Split a worksheet into two panes
range over which the title text is to be centered B. View different rows and columns edit the
B. Widen the columns contents of a cell
C. Select the cells containing the title text plus the C. Edit the contents of a cell
range over which the title text is to be enfettered D. view different worksheets
D. Format the cells with the comma style Answer: Option B
Answer: Option A
49. Multiple calculations can be made in a single
41. How do you delete a column? formula using
A. Select the column heading you want to delete A. standard formulas B. array formula
and select the Delete Row button on the standard C. complex formulas D. smart formula
toolbar Answer: Option B
B. Select the column heading you want to delete
and select Insert Delete from the menu 50. Hyperlinks can be
C. Select the row heading you want to delete and A. Text
select Edit>Delete from the menu B. Drawing objects
D. Right click the column heading you want to C. Pictures
delete and select delete from the shortcut menu D. All of above
Answer: Option D Answer: Option D

42. How can you find specific information in a list? 51. To activate the previous cell in a preselected
A. Select Tools > Finder from the menu range, press
B. Click the Find button on the standard toolbar A. The Alt key
C. Select Insert > Find from the menu B. The Tab key
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D. Select Data > Form from the menu to open the C. The Enter key
Data Form dialog box and click the Criteria button D. None of the above
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Answer: Option D Answer: Option D

52. Which button do you click to add up a series of 59. To edit in an embedded excel worksheet object in
numbers? a word document
A. The autosum button A. Use the excel menu bar and toolbars inside the
B. The Formula button word application
C. The quicktotal button B. Edit the hyperlink
D. The total button C. Edit the data in a excel source application
Answer: Option A D. Use the word menu bar and toolbars
Answer: Option A
53. When the formula bar is active, you can see
A. The edit formula button 60. To create a formula, you can use:
B. The cancel button A. Values but not cell references
C. The enter button B. Cell references but not values
D. All of the above C. Values or cell references although not both at
Answer: Option D the same time
D. Value and cell references
54. To copy formatting from one area in a worksheet Answer: Option D
and apply it to another area you would use:
A. The Edit > Copy Format and Edit>Paste 61. Status indicators are located on the
Format commands form the menu A. Vertical scroll bar
B. The Copy and Apply Formatting dialog box, B. Horizontal scroll bar
located under the Format > Copy and Apply menu C. Formula bar
C. There is no way to copy and apply formatting in D. Standard toolbar
Excel – You have to do it manually Answer: Option C
D. The Format Painter button on the standard
toolbar 62. Which of the following is the oldest spreadsheet
Answer: Option D package?
A. VisiCalc
55. In a worksheet you can select B. Lotus 1-2-3
A. The entire worksheet C. Excel
B. Rows D. StarCalc
C. Columns Answer: Option A
D. All of the above
Answer: Option D 63. Rounding errors can occur
A. When you use multiplication, division, or
56. When you link data maintained in an excel exponentiation in a formula
workbook to a word document B. When you use addition and subtraction in a
A. The word document cannot be edit formula
B. The word document contains a reference to the C. Because excel uses hidden decimal places in
original source application computation
C. The word document must contain a hyperlink D. When you show the results of formulas with
D. The word document contains a copy of the different decimal places that the calculated results
actual data Answer: Option A
Answer: Option B
64. You can copy data or formulas
57. Which area in an excel window allows entering A. With the copy, paste and cut commands on the
values and formulas edit menu
A. Title bar B. With commands on the shortcut menu
B. Menu bar C. With buttons on the standard toolbars
C. Formula bar D. All of the above
D. Standard toolbar Answer: Option D
Answer: Option C
65. You cannot link excel worksheet data to a word
58. To hold row and column titles in place so that they document
do not scroll when you scroll a worksheet click the A. With the right drag method
A. Unfreeze panes command on the window menu B. With a hyperlink
B. Freeze panes command on the window menu C. With the copy and paste special commands
C. Hold titles command on the edit menu D. With the copy and paste buttons on the standard
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D. Split command on the window menu toolbar

Answer: Option B Answer: Option D
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66. Which of the following is a popular DOS based
spreadsheet package?
A. Word B. Smart cell
C. Excel D. Lotus 1-2-3
Answer: Option D

67. An excel workbook is a collection of

A. Workbooks
B. Worksheets
C. Charts
D. Worksheets and charts
Answer: Option D

68. Excel files have a default extension of

A. Xls B. Xlw
C. Wk1 D. 123
Answer: Option A

69. You can use the format painter multiple times

before you turn it off by
A. You can use the format painter button on ly one
time when you click it
B. Double clicking the format painter button
C. Pressing the Ctrl key and clicking the format
painter button
D. Pressing the Alt key and clicking the format
painter button
Answer: Option B

70. You can use the formula palette to

A. Format cells containing numbers
B. Create and edit formulas containing functions
C. Enter assumptions data
D. Copy a range of cells
Answer: Option B

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 Excel 9. All worksheet formula
Section- 3 A. Manipulate values
B. Manipulate labels
1. You can convert existing excel worksheet data an C. Return a formula result
charts to an HTML document by using D. Use the addition operator
A. FTP wizard Answer: Option C
B. Internet assistant wizard
C. Intranet wizard 10. Which of the following is a correct order of
D. Import wizard precedence in formula calculation?
Answer: Option B A. Multiplication and division exponentiation
positive and negative values
2. A circular reference is B. Multiplication and division, positive and
A. Geometric modeling tool negative values, addition and subtraction
B. A cell that points to a drawing object C. Addition and subtraction, positive and negative
C. A formula that either directly or indirectly values, exponentiation
depends on itself D. All of above
D. Always erroneous Answer: Option D
Answer: Option C
11. The Paste Special command lets you copy and
3. Which of following is not one of Excel's what-if paste:
functions? A. Multiply the selection by a copied value
A. Goal seek B. Solver B. Cell comments
C. Scenario manager D. Auto Outline C. Formatting options
Answer: Option D D. The resulting values of a formula instead of the
actual formula
4. When you insert an excel file into a word Answer: Option D
document. The data are
A. Hyperlinked placed in a word table 12. The numbers in our worksheet look like this: You
B. Linked want them to look like this: $1,000.How can you
C. Embedded accomplish this?
D. Use the word menu bar and toolbars A. None of these
Answer: Option B B. Select Format > Money from the menu
C. Click the Currency Style button on the
5. Which of the following is not information you can formatting toolbar
specify using the solver? D. You have to retype everything and manually
A. Input cells B. Constraints add the dollar signs, commas, and decimals
C. Target cell D. Changing cells Answer: Option C
Answer: Option A
13. Excel worksheet cells work very similarly to what
6. Each excel file is called a workbook because common element of the windows graphical user
A. It can contain text and data interface
B. It can be modified A. Option buttons B. List boxes
C. It can contain many sheets including C. Text boxes D. Combo boxes
worksheets and chart sheets Answer: Option C
D. You have to work hard to create it
Answer: Option C 14. Which of the following options is not located in
the Page Setup dialog box?
7. Excel probably considers the cell entry January 1, A. Page Break Preview
2000 to be a B. Page Orientation
A. Label B. Value C. Margins
C. Formula D. Text string D. Headers and Footers
Answer: Option B Answer: Option A

8. You can enter which types of data into worksheet 15. You want to track the progress of the stock market
cells? on a daily basis. Which type of chart should you
A. Labels, values, and formulas use?
B. Labels and values but not formulas A. Pie chart B. Row chart
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C. Values and formulas but not labels C. Line chart D. Column chart
D. Formulas only Answer: Option C
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Answer: Option A
16. Without using the mouse or the arrow keys, what 23. You can select a single range of cells by
is the fastest way of getting to cell A1 in a A. Clicking the upper-left cell in a group of cells
spreadsheet? and then pressing the Shift key while clicking the
A. Press Ctrl +Home B. Press Home lower right cell in a group of cells
C. Press Shift + Home D. Press Alt + Home B. Pressing the Ctrl key while dragging over the
Answer: Option A desired cells
C. Pressing the Shift key and an arrow key
17. Which of the following methods cannot be used to D. Dragging over the desired cells
edit the contents of a cell? Answer: Option D
A. Press the Alt key
B. Clicking the formula bar 24. Which elements of worksheet can be protected
C. Pressing the F2 key from accidental modification
D. Double clicking the cell A. Contents B. Objects
Answer: Option A C. Scenarios D. All of above
Answer: Option D
18. If you begin typing an entry into a cell and then
realize that you don't want your entry placed into a 25. You can use the drag and drop method to
cell, you: A. Copy cell contents
A. Press the Erase key B. Move cell contents
B. Press Esc C. Add cell contents
C. Press the Enter button D. a and b
D. Press the Edit Formula button Answer: Option D
Answer: Option B
26. It is acceptable to let long text flow into adjacent
19. To view a cell comment cells on a worksheet when
A. click the edit comment command on the insert A. Data will be entered in the adjacent cells
menu B. No data will be entered in the adjacent cells
B. click the display comment command on the C. There is no suitable abbreviation of the text
window menu D. There is not time to format the next
C. position the mouse pointer over the cell Answer: Option B
D. click the comment command on the view menu
Answer: Option C 27. How can you delete a record?
A. Delete the column from the worksheet
20. When you want to insert a blank imbedded excel B. Select Data > Form from the menu to open the
object in a word document you can Data Form dialog box, find the record and
A. Click the object command on the insert menu Click the Delete button
B. Click the office links button on the standard C. Select Data > Delete Record from the menu
toolbar D. Click the Delete button on the Standard toolbar
C. Click the create worksheet button on the Answer: Option B
formatting toolbar
D. Click the import excel command on the file 28. Right clicking something in Excel:
menu A. Deletes the object
Answer: Option A B. Nothing the right mouse button is there for left
handed people
21. To save a workbook, you: C. Opens a shortcut menu listing everything you
A. Click the save button on the standard toolbar can do to the object
from the menu D. Selects the object
B. Press Ctrl+F5 Answer: Option C
C. Click Save on the Windows Start button
D. Select Edit>Save 29. Documentation should include
Answer: Option A A. Destination and users of the output data
B. Source of input data
22. You can edit a cell by C. Information on the purpose of the workbook
A. Clicking the formula button D. All of the above
B. Double clicking the cell to edit it in-place Answer: Option D
C. Selecting Edit>Edit Cell from the menu
D. None of above 30. Files created with Lotus 1-2-3 have an extension
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Answer: Option B A. DOC B. XLS

C. 123 D. WK1
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Answer: Option C
31. To delete an embedded objects, first 40. What symbol is used before a number to make it a
A. Double click the object label?
B. Select the object by clicking it A. ” ( quote )
C. Press the Shift + Delete keys B. = ( equal )
D. Select it and then press the delete key C. _ ( underscore )
Answer: Option D D. ‘ ( apostrophe )
Answer: Option D
32. Comments can be added to cells using
A. Edit > Comments B. Insert > Comments 41. Which symbol must all formula begin with?
C. File > Comments D. View > Comments A. = B. +
Answer: Option B C. ( D. @
Answer: Option A
33. Which of the following is not a worksheet design
criterion? 42. Which of the following formulas is not entered
A. Efficiency B. Adaptability correctly? a. b. c. d.
C. Description D. Clarity A. =10+50
Answer: Option C B. =B7*B1
C. =B7+14
34. To copy cell contents using drag and drop press D. 10+50
the Answer: Option D
A. End key B. Shift key
C. Ctrl key D. Esc key 43. Which of the following formulas will Excel Not be
Answer: Option A able to calculate?
A. =SUM(Sales)-A3
35. Which of the following is the latest version of B. =SUM(A1:A5)*.5
Excel C. =SUM(A1:A5)/(10-10)
A. Excel 2000 B. Excel 2002 D. =SUM(A1:A5)-10
C. Excel ME D. Excel XP Answer: Option A
Answer: Option D
44. A typical worksheet has ..... Number of columns
36. When you copy a formula A. 128 B. 256
A. Excel erases the original copy of the formula C. 512 D. 1024
B. Excel edits cell references in the newly copied Answer: Option B
formula
C. Excel adjusts absolute cell references 45. How many characters can be typed in a single cell
D. Excel doesn’t adjust relative cell references in Excel?
Answer: Option B A. 256 B. 1024
C. 32000 D. 65535
37. The auto fill feature Answer: Option D
A. extends a sequential series of data
B. automatically adds range of cell values 46. A worksheet can have a maximum of .... Number
C. applies a boarder around the selected cells of rows
D. none of the above A. 256 B. 1024
Answer: Option D C. 32000 D. 65535
Answer: Option D
38. Which menu option can be sued to split windows
into two 47. Which of the following is not an example of a
A. Format > window value?
B. View > window > split A. 350
C. Window > split B. May 10, 2001
D. View > split C. 0.57
Answer: Option C D. Serial Number 50771
Answer: Option D
39. Which of the following is an absolute cell
reference? 48. The chart wizard term data series refers to
A. !A!1 B. $A$1 A. A chart legend
C. #a#1 D. A1 B. A collection of chart data markers
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Answer: Option B C. A set of values you plot in a chart

D. A data label
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Answer: Option B
49. The Chart wizard term data categories refers to; 57. The auto calculate feature
A. A chart plot area A. Can only add values in a range of cells
B. A horizontal axis B. Provides a quick way to view the result of an
C. The organization of individual values with a arithmetic operation on a range of cells
chart’s data series C. Automatically creates formulas and adds them
D. The data range that supply chart data to a worksheet
Answer: Option B D. A and C
Answer: Option B
50. A worksheet range is a
A. A command used for data modeling 58. Excel uniquely identifies cells within a worksheet
B. A range of values such as from 23 to 234 with a cell name
C. A group of cells A. Cell names
D. A group of worksheets B. Column numbers and row letters
Answer: Option C C. Column letters and row numbers
D. Cell locator coordinates
51. Getting data from a cell located in a different sheet Answer: Option C
is called ......
A. Accessing B. Referencing
C. Updating D. Functioning
Answer: Option B

52. Tab scrolling button

A. Allow you to view a different worksheet
B. Allow you to view additional worksheet rows
down
C. Allow you to view additional worksheet
columns to the right
D. Allow you to view additional sheets tabs
Answer: Option D

53. A numeric value can be treated as a label value if

it precedes with
A. Apostrophe (') B. Exclamation (!)
C. Hash (#) D. Ampersand (&)
Answer: Option A

54. Concatenation of text can be done using

A. Apostrophe (') B. Exclamation (!)
C. Hash (#) D. Ampersand (&
Answer: Option D

55. Data can be arranged in a worksheet in a easy to

understand manner using
A. auto formatting
B. applying styles
C. changing fonts
D. all of above
Answer: Option D

56. You can use drag-and-drop to embed excel

worksheet data in a word document
A. By dragging a range of excel data to the word
button on the taskbar while pressing the Ctrl key
B. By dragging a range of excel data to the word
button on the taskbar while pressing Shift key
C. By dragging a range of excel data to the word
button on the taskbar while pressing Alt key
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D. None of above
Answer: Option A
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 Power Point 9. Which of the following pane is NOT available in
Section- 1 Task Pane?
A. Slide Design B. Master Slide
1. Which tab is not available on left panel when you C. Slide Layout D. Slide Transition
open a presentation? Answer: Option B
A. Outline B. Slides
C. Notes 10. A new presentation can be created from
D. All of above are available A. Blank Presentation
Answer: Option C B. From Existing Presentation
C. From Design Template
2. Which of the following statements is not true? D. All of above
A. You can type text directly into a PowerPoint Answer: Option D
slide but typing in text box is more convenient.
B. From Insert menu choose Picture and then File 11. In slide layout panel how many layouts are
to insert your images into slides. available for text layout by default?
C. You can view a PowerPoint presentation in A. 4 B. 7
Normal, Slide Sorter or Slide Show view. C. 12 D. None of above
D. You can show or hide task pane from View >> Answer: Option A
Toolbars.
Answer: Option A 12. Which of the following statement is false?
A. If you choose to select from one of the premade
3. To start Microsoft PowerPoint application slide layouts, you can change the positioning
A. Click on Start >> Programs >> All Programs B. If you choose to select from the pre-made slide
>> Microsoft PowerPoint layouts, you cannot delete the objects in the layout
B. Hit Ctrl + R then type ppoint.exe and Enter C. Blank Slide is at the top of the ‘Content
C. Click Start >> Run then type PowerPoint then Layouts’ area in the Slide Layout panel
press Enter D. All of above are false statements
D. All of above Answer: Option B
Answer: Option C
13. What lets you to create new presentation by
4. Which of the following section does not exist in a selecting ready-made font color and graphics
slide layout? effects?
A. Titles B. Lists A. Presentation Template B. Master Slide
C. Charts D. Animations C. Design Template D. Animation Scheme
Answer: Option D Answer: Option C

5. PowerPoint presentations are widely used as 14. Which command will you use in PowerPoint if
A. note outlines for teachers you need to change the color of different objects
B. project presentations by students without changing content?
C. communication of planning A. Design Template
D. All of above B. Color Scheme
Answer: Option D C. Font Color
D. Object Color
6. _______ controls all the main slide control tasks Answer: Option B
for your presentation.
A. Task Panel B. Task Bar 15. What PowerPoint feature will you use to apply
C. Control Panel D. None of above motion effects to different objects of a slide?
Answer: Option A A. Slide Transition
B. Slide Design
7. Which of the following cannot be toggled from C. Animation Objects
View >> Toolbars? D. Animation Scheme
A. Control Toolbox B. Slides Answer: Option D
C. Revisions D. Reviewing
Answer: Option B 16. What feature will you use to apply motion effects
in between a slide exits and another enters?
8. Which of the following pane is not available in A. Slide Transition
Task Pane? B. Slide Design
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A. Getting Started B. Clip Art C. Animation Objects

C. Word Art D. Search Results D. Animation Scheme
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Answer: Option C Answer: Option A

17. The selected design template can be applied a. b. c. 24. Which of the following method can insert a new
d. slide in current presentation?
A. to current slide only A. Right click on the Slide panel and choose New
B. to all the slides Slide
C. to all the new presentation you create B. From Insert menu choose New Slide
D. all of above C. Click on New Slide button on toolbar
Answer: Option D D. All of above
Answer: Option D
18. The difference between Slide Design and Auto
Content Wizard is 25. Which of the following is not a part of Slide
A. Both are same Design
B. Auto Content Wizard is just the wizard version A. Design Template
of Slide Design B. Color Scheme
C. Slide Design does not provide sample content C. Animation Scheme
but Auto Content Wizard provides sample content D. Slide Layout
too! Answer: Option D
D. Slide Design asks your choice in steps but Auto
Content Wizard does not let you make choices 26. What is the best way to create another copy of a
Answer: Option C slide?
A. Click the slide then press Ctrl+A and paste in
19. In which menu can you find features like Slide new slide
Design, Slide Layout etc.? B. From Insert Menu choose Duplicate Slide
A. Insert Menu C. Redo everything on a new slide that you had
B. Format Menu done on previous slide
C. Tools Menu D. None of above
D. Slide Show Menu Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B
27. From which menu you can access Picture, Test
20. Which menu provides you options like Animation Box, Chart etc?
Scheme, custom Animation, Slide Transition? A. File B. Edit
A. Insert Menu C. Insert D. View
B. Format Menu Answer: Option C
C. Tools Menu
D. Slide Show Menu 28. If you want to insert some slides from other
Answer: Option D presentation into current one choose
A. From Insert menu choose Slides from Files
21. How many steps are there between Start and B. From Insert menu choose Slides from
Finish in AutoContent Wizard? Presentation
A. 3 B. 4 C. From Insert menu choose Slides
C. 5 D. 6 D. None of above
Answer: Option A Answer: Option A

22. Which short cut key inserts a new slide in current 29. What are the three options available in Insert >>
presentation? Picture menu?
A. Ctrl+N A. Clipart, Pictures, Shapes
B. Ctrl+M B. Clipart, From File, Shapes
C. Ctrl+S C. Clipart, From Files, AutoShapes
D. All of above D. Clipart, Pictures, AutoShapes
Answer: Option B Answer: Option C

23. What happens if you select first and second slide 30. To insert slide numbers
and then click on New Slide button on toolbar? A. Insert a text box and select Insert >> Page
A. A new slide is inserted as first slide in Number
presentation B. Insert a textbox and select Insert >> Number >>
B. A new slide is inserted as second slide in Page Number
presentation C. Choose Insert >> Slide Number
C. A new slide is inserted as third slide in D. Insert a new text box and select Insert >> slide
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presentation Number
D. None of above Answer: Option D
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Answer: Option C
31. In a PowerPoint presentation 38. If you select Insert >> Picture >> From File
A. Sound clips can be inserted but not movie clips A. You can insert pictures and clipart
B. Movie clips can be inserted but not sound clips B. You can insert clipart only
C. Both cannot be inserted C. you can insert pictures only
D. Both can be inserted D. None of above
Answer: Option D Answer: Option C

32. To insert a hyperlink in a slide 39. The effect applied to display when slides changes
A. Choose Insert >> Hyperlink in slide show view is
B. Press Ctrl + K A. Slide Animation B. Custom Animation
C. Hyperlinks can’t be inserted in slides C. Custom Transition D. Slide Transition
D. both a & b Answer: Option D
Answer: Option D
40. To start slide show of a presentation
33. List Box and Text box A. Hit F5 key
A. are some other than that in a list box the bullets B. From Slide Show menu choose View Show
are enabled option
B. are different. List boxes are used to present lists C. From Slide Show menu choose Rehearse timing
and can’t be created with text boxes D. both a & b
C. Both of above Answer: Option D
D. None of above
Answer: Option A 41. Which file format can be added to a PowerPoint
show?
34. Which of the following statement is true A. .jpg B. .gif
A. You can insert text boxes from drawing toolbar C. .wav D. All of the above
in PowerPoint Answer: Option D
B. You cannot insert text boxes from drawing
toolbar in PowerPoint 42. In Microsoft PowerPoint, two kinds of sound
C. Text boxes are provides when you choose a effects files that can be added to the presentation
layout and can’t be inserted afterwards are
D. None of above A. .wav files and .mid files
Answer: Option A B. .wav files and .gif files
C. .wav files and .jpg files
35. When you delete a text box object from a slide in D. .jpg files and .gif files
PowerPoint Presentation Answer: Option A
A. The object is deleted but text box and the text
inside is left on the slide 43. Material consisting of text and numbers is best
B. The text box is deleted and the text is pasted on presented as
the slide A. A table slide B. A bullet slide
C. The text box and text both are deleted C. A title slide D. All of the above
D. None of above Answer: Option A
Answer: Option C
44. What is a motion path?
36. Which of the following font effect is not available A. A type of animation entrance effect
in PowerPoint Font dialog box? B. A method of advancing slides
A. Underline B. Shadow C. A method of moving items on a slide
C. Emboss D. Strikethrough D. All of the above
Answer: Option D Answer: Option C

37. What happens if you edited an image inserted in 45. What is a slide-title master pair?
PowerPoint A. The title area and text area of a specific slide
A. The original file that was inserted is not B. A slide master and title master merged into a
changed single slide
B. The original file that was inserted is changed C. A slide master and title master for a specific
C. The original file is changed when you save design template
presentation D. All of above
D. None of above Answer: Option C
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all the slides in the presentation to have the same slide by
‘look’? A. Clicking the object command on the edit menu
A. the slide layout option B. Clicking the object command on the edit menu
B. add a slide option C. Clicking the insert new slide button the
C. outline view standard toolbar, then double click the
D. a presentation design template organization chart button on the formatting toolbar
Answer: Option D D. Clicking the MS-Organization Chart button on
the standard toolbar
47. In the context of animations, what is a trigger? Answer: Option B
A. An action button that advances to the next slide
B. An item on the slide that performs an action 54. To select one hyperlink after another during a slide
when clicked presentation, what do you press?
C. The name of a motion path A. Tab
D. All of above B. Ctrl + K
Answer: Option B C. Ctrl + h
D. All of above
48. If you have a PowerPoint show you created and Answer: Option A
want to send using email to another teacher you
can add the show to your email message as a (an) 55. Special effects used to introduce slides in a
A. Inclusion presentation are called
B. Attachment A. effects
C. Reply B. custom animations
D. Forward C. transitions
Answer: Option B D. present animations
Answer: Option C
49. In order to edit a chart, you can
A. Triple click the chart object 56. You can edit an embedded organization chart
B. Click and drag the chart object object by
C. Double click the chart object A. Clicking edit object
D. Click the chart object B. Double clicking the organization chart object
Answer: Option C C. Right clicking the chart object, then clicking
edit MS-Organization Chart object
50. To exit the PowerPoint D. b and c both
A. click the application minimize button Answer: Option D
B. click the document close button
C. double click the applications control menu icon 57. What is the term used when you press and hold the
D. double click the document control menu icon left mouse key and more the mouse around the
Answer: Option C slide?
A. Highlighting
51. To preview a motion path effect using the custom B. Dragging
animation task pane, you should C. Selecting
A. click the play button D. Moving
B. click the show effect button Answer: Option B
C. double click the motion path
D. all of above 58. Which of the following toolbars provide different
Answer: Option A options in various master views?
A. Common tasks toolbar
52. You can create a new presentation by completing B. Drawing toolbar
all of the following except C. Formatting toolbar
A. Clicking the new button on the standard toolbar D. Standard toolbar
B. Clicking file, new Answer: Option A
C. Clicking file open
D. Pressing ctrl + N 59. How can you create a uniform appearance by
Answer: Option C adding a background image to all slides?
A. Create a template
B. Edit the slide master
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D. All of the above
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Answer: Option B
60. How do you create speaker note pages that show 68. Which of the following is the default page setup
the slides, related notes, and your company logo orientation of slide in PowerPoint
on each page? A. Vertical B. Landscape
A. Edit the notes master and add your company C. Portrait D. None of above
logy Answer: Option B
B. Edit the slide master and insert your company
logo and notes pane 69. Want a PowerPoint photo album slide show to
C. Edit the handout master to include your play continuously?
company logo and one slide per page with A. Use random slide transitions
additional note space B. Launch an online broadcast
D. All of the above C. Loop continuously
Answer: Option A D. All of the above
Answer: Option A
61. Which option on the custom animation task pane
allows you to apply a preset or custom motion 70. What is defined by the handout master?
path? A. Slide formatting
A. Add effect B. Emphasis B. Layout of audience handout notes
C. Animate now D. All of the above C. Handout content formatting for Microsoft word
Answer: Option A export
D. All of above
62. What is the term used when a clip art image Answer: Option B
changes the direction of faces?
A. Group B. Flip
C. Rotate D. All of the above
Answer: Option C

63. The slide that is used to introduce a topic and set

the tone for the presentation is called the
A. table slide B. graph slide
C. bullet slide D. title slide
Answer: Option D

64. Which of the following features should you use

when typing in the notes text box?
A. Slide show B. Insert
C. Slide maser D. Zoom
Answer: Option D

65. Which option allows you to select line, curve,

freeform or scribble tools?
A. Create effect B. Insert motion path
C. Draw custom path D. All of the above
Answer: Option C

66. Which of the following should be used when you

want to add a slide to an existing presentation?
A. File, add a new slide B. Insert, New slide
C. File Open D. File, New
Answer: Option B

67. The size of the organization chart object

A. Is determined by the presentation design and
cannot be changed
B. Is determined by the presentation design but
can be changed in PowerPoint
C. Is dependent on the amount of text within the
organization chart
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D. b and c
Answer: Option D
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Section- 2 placeholder in master view?
A. Create a new slide master
1. Which of the following tool enables you to add B. Re-apply the footer placeholder
text to a slide without using the standard C. Re-apply the slide layout
placeholders? D. All of the above
A. Text tool box B. Line tool Answer: Option B
C. Drawing tool D. Auto shapes tool
Answer: Option A 10. Which of the following can you use to add times to
the slides in a presentation?
2. In notes master view, how do you modify the font A. Slide show menu
size of text for all hte4 notes of a presentation? B. Rehearse timings button
A. Modify the slide design C. Slide transition button
B. Modify the notes master layout D. All of the above
C. Modify the text within the body placeholder Answer: Option B
D. All of the above
Answer: Option C 11. To select all of the boxes of an organization chart
A. Clicking and edit and select all
3. Want your logo in the same position on every B. Right click the chart background and then click
slide, automatically? Insert it on the select all
A. Handout master B. Notes master C. Press and hold the SHIFT key and click each
C. Slide master D. All of the above box
Answer: Option C D. All of above
Answer: Option D
4. Which of the following views is the best view to
use when setting transition effects for all slides in 12. You can show the shortcut menu during the slide
a presentation? show by
A. Slide sorter view B. Notes pages view A. Clicking the shortcut button on the formatting
C. Slide view D. Outline view toolbar
Answer: Option A B. Right clicking the current slide
C. Clicking an icon on the current slide
5. Objects on the slide that hold text are called D. a and b
A. Placeholders B. Object holders Answer: Option B
C. Auto layouts D. Text holders
Answer: Option A 13. Auto clipart is a feature that
A. Automatically places clipart in your
6. Which of the following provides a means of presentation
printing out feature notes with a miniature slide on B. Scans your presentation for incorrect spelling in
a printed page? your words on each slide
A. Slide with animation B. Outline view C. Scans your presentation for incorrect spelling in
C. Notes page D. Audience handout Word Arts objects
Answer: Option D D. All of above
Answer: Option D
7. Which command brings you to the first slide in
your presentation? 14. To edit the text within the boxes of an organization
A. Next slide button B. Page up chart, you
C. Ctrl + Home D. Ctrl + End A. select the box and text then make changes
Answer: Option C B. select the box, then make the changes
C. highlight the text, them make the changes
8. In normal view, how can you quickly change to D. a and b both
handout master view? Answer: Option A
A. Click the outline tab and select handout master
view 15. Which of the following allow you to select more
B. Press the shift key and click the handout master than one slide in a presentation?
view button A. Alt + Click each slide
C. On the view menu, click slide sorter, and click B. Shift + drag each slide
handouts C. Shift + Click each slide
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Answer: Option B Answer: Option C
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16. The view that displays the slides on a presentation 25. Which of the following will not advance the slides
as miniature representations of the slides is called in a slide show view?
A. slide show B. slide sorter view A. Esc key B. The spacebar
C. notes page view D. outline view C. The Enter key D. The mouse button
Answer: Option B Answer: Option A

17. The PowerPoint view that displays only text (title 26. What are lines, curve, freeform, and scribble?
and bullets) is A. Emphasis effects that can be applied to
A. Slide show B. Slide sorter view animations
C. Notes page view D. Outline view B. Types of custom motion paths
Answer: Option D C. Predefined entrance and exit effects
D. All of the above
18. In Microsoft PowerPoint the entry effect as one Answer: Option B
slide replaces another in a show is called a (an)
A. animation B. slide transition 27. Comments on a presentation can record who wrote
C. custom animation D. preset animation them and when they were added. What's the
Answer: Option B automatic way in PowerPoint 2002?
A. Use online collaboration
19. Which of the following presentation elements can B. Use comments
you modify using the slide master? C. Use the notes page
A. Slide comments D. All of the above
B. Slide transitions Answer: Option C
C. Speaker note font and color
D. All of above 28. When using PowerPoint, to play a PowerPoint
Answer: Option B show for previewing the show, select
A. View, slide sorter B. View, slide
20. Which of the following provides a printed copy of C. View, slide show D. View outline
your presentation? Answer: Option C
A. Outline B. Speaker notes
C. Audience handouts D. All of the above 29. In Microsoft PowerPoint in order to see all the
Answer: Option C slides on one screen use
A. view, slide sorter B. view, slide
21. Slide show options available to the presenter C. view, master D. view, slide show
include all of the following except Answer: Option A
A. Transitions command
B. Speaker notes command 30. What's the best place to find animated images for
C. Meeting reminder command your PowerPoint 2002 presentation?
D. Navigation commands A. Microsoft online B. Word clipart
Answer: Option A C. PowerPoint tools and ins D. All of the above
Answer: Option B
22. Presentation designs regulate the formatting and
layout for the slide and are commonly called 31. What's the easy way to apply varied animations to
A. Design plates B. Templates test on slides
C. Placeholders D. Blueprints A. apply effects in the custom animation text pane
Answer: Option B B. apply an animation scheme
C. customize bullets with animated clipart
23. Which of the following bypasses the print dialog D. all of above
box when printing individual slides or an entire Answer: Option B
presentation?
A. File, print, preview B. The print button 32. Using a custom animation effect, how do you
C. File, print D. Ctrl + p make text appear on a slide by letter
Answer: Option B A. Apply the animation scheme fade in one by one
B. Apply an entrance effect, and then set it to by
24. To add a header or footer to your handout, you can letter in the effect option dialog box
use C. Apply the fly in entrance to the text, and then
A. The title master B. The slide master set its speed to very slow
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C. The handout master D. All of above D. All of above

Answer: Option C Answer: Option B
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33. To exit the PowerPoint application, you should 40. What is the best way to design the layout for your
A. Click the application minimize button slides?
B. Click the document close button A. Create layouts for slides, handouts and notes
C. Double click the application control menu icon using the Master Layout dialog box in slide master
D. Double click the document control menu icon view
Answer: Option C B. For each new slide, select a layout from the
Slide Layout task pane
34. You can create a new presentation by completing C. Apply templates from the Slide Design task
all of the following except: pane
A. Clicking the new button on the standard toolbar D. None of above
B. Clicking file, new Answer: Option B
C. Clicking file open
D. Pressing Ctrl + N 41. Any and every command can be found on the
Answer: Option C A. Drawing toolbar B. Formatting toolbar
C. Standard toolbar D. Menu bar
35. You have customized a design template in one Answer: Option D
presentation and you want to use it in another
presentation. What the best way to do this? 42. The slide that is used to introduce a topic and set
A. Use the browse feature in the slide design task the tone for the presentation is called the
pane to find the file that has your design template A. Table slide B. Graph slide
and applies it to the current file C. Bullet slide D. Title slide
B. Copy and paste the slide with the design Answer: Option D
template you want to include the new presentation;
inserted slide will inherit the design 43. How do you print your slides in a handout that
C. Save the presentation that has the design includes lines for notes?
template with a new name, and then use a new file A. In the print dialog box, select handout and set
to your presentation the number of slides per page to 3
D. All of the above B. In the print dialog box, select handout and set
Answer: Option A the number of slides per page, then select the
include comment page option
36. Which of the following options in the printer C. In the print dialog box select note page instead
dialog box would you select to print slides 5 and of handout
12 in a presentation? D .All of above
A. Slides B. Custom shows Answer: Option A
C. Current slide D. All
Answer: Option A 44. Which of the following features should you use
when typing in the notes text box?
37. Which of the following toolbars provides different A. Slide shows B. Insert
options in various master views? C. Slide master D. Zoom
A. Common tasks toolbar B. Drawing toolbar Answer: Option D
C. Formatting toolbar D. Standard toolbar
Answer: Option A 45. Which of the following should e used when you
want to add a slide to an existing presentation?
38. You can tell when an object is active because A. File, add a new slide B. Insert, new slide
A. The object is highlighted C. File, open D. File, new
B. Eight small sizing handles appear surrounding Answer: Option B
the text
C. A box frame appears surrounding the text 46. Which of the following is the default page setup
D. b and c orientation for notes pages, outlines and handouts?
Answer: Option A A. Vertical B. Landscape
C. Portrait D. None of above
39. Which of the following is not an option when Answer: Option C
printing handouts?
A. Six slides per page 47. How can you get your photo album slide show to
B. Five slides per page play continuously?
C. Three slides per page A. Use random slide transition
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Answer: Option B C. Loop continuously D. All of above
Answer: Option C
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48. What are symbols used to identify items in a list? 55. You were giving your presentation, and you need
A. Icons B. Markers to click a slide that's few slides back. How do you
C. Bullets D. Graphics get there?
Answer: Option C A. Press ESC to get back into a normal view; click
the slide thumbnail in normal view; then click the
49. The toolbars that are displayed by default in the resume slide show button
PowerPoint window includes B. Press backspace until your desired slide
A. Menu bar, standard toolbar, formatting toolbar, C. Right click, point to go on the shortcut menu,
drawing toolbar, status bar point to by title, and click the slide you want to go
B. Menu bar, standard toolbar, formatting toolbar, to
drawing toolbar, status bar D. All of above
C. Standard toolbar, formatting toolbar, drawing Answer: Option C
toolbar, status bar
D. Menu bar, standard toolbar, status bar, drawing 56. Which of the following should you do to bring a
toolbar bullet back to a previous level?
Answer: Option B A. Press the shift + tab keys B. Press the shift key
C. Press the enter key D. Press the tab key
50. Objects on the slide that hold text are called Answer: Option A
A. Placeholders B. Object holders
C. Auto layout D. Text holders 57. Good design determines
Answer: Option A A. Credibility B. Readability
C. First impression D. All of above
51. You have got a bunch of digital holiday photo you Answer: Option D
want to put into a slide show. What the quickest
method? 58. To make a selection of slides on our presentation,
A. Apply a multiple-picture layout to several use a different design template from the other
slides, and use the clipart icon on the slides to slides, what do you do?
import your picture A. Select the slides thumbnails in that section, and
B. On the insert menu, point to the picture, click apply a different color scheme
from file, and select your picture in a group for B. Select the slide thumbnails in that section and
each slide apply a different design template
C. On the insert menu, point the picture and click C. Select one of the slides in the section you want
new photo album to change, customize the fonts and colors, and use
D. All of the above the format painter tool to apply those styles to the
Answer: Option C other slides in the section
D. All of above
52. How would you create the following diagram in Answer: Option B
PowerPoint
A. Use auto shapes and the drawing toolbar to 59. Your presentation is ready to go, but you don't
create the diagram and design it know if PowerPoint is installed on the computer,
B. Open the diagram gallery from the drawing you will use to present with what's the safe way
toolbar and choose this diagram type A. Save your presentation as a web page
C. Use the chart command on the insert menu to B. Set up your presentation to be ‘browse as a
import the diagram kiosk’
D. All of above C. Use the Pack and Go wizard
Answer: Option B D. All of the above
Answer: Option C
53. Which of the following provides a means of
printing out features notes with a miniature slide 60. The view that displays the slides of a presentation
on a printed page? as miniature representations of the slides is called
A. Slides with animation B. Outline view A. Slide show B. Slide sorter view
C. Notes page D. Audience handout C. Notes page view D. Outline view
Answer: Option D Answer: Option B
54. Which command brings you to the first slide in
your presentation? 61. The power point view that displays only text (title
A. Next slide button B. Page up and bullets) is:
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C. Ctrl + home D. Ctrl + end A. Slide show B. Slide sorter view

Answer: Option C C. Notes page view D. Outline view
Answer: Option D
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62. Which of the following provides a printed copy of
your presentation?
A. Outlines B. Speaker notes
C. Audience handouts D. All of above
Answer: Option C

63. Presentation designs regulate the formatting and

layout for the slide and are commonly called
A. Design templates B. Templates
C. Placeholders D. Blueprints
Answer: Option B

64. Which of the following should you use if you want

all the slides in the presentation to have the same
look?
A. The slid layout option
B. The add a slide option
C. Outline view
D. A presentation design template
Answer: Option D

65. Line spacing refers to

A. The space between the lines of text
B. The height of the line
C. The length of the line
D. a and c
Answer: Option A

66. Which of the following uses the spelling and

grammar feature to indicate an incorrect spelling?
A. The incorrect word appears in all capital letters
B. The incorrect word has a wavy red line under it
C. The incorrect word appears italicized
D. The incorrect word appears bold
Answer: Option B

67. Which of the following bypasses the print dialog

box when printing individual slides or an entire
presentation?
A. File, Print Preview B. The print button
C. File, print D. Ctrl + P
Answer: Option B

68. The handout master contains placeholders for all

of the following except
A. Slide number B. Title
C. Footer D. Header
Answer: Option B

71. How do you add degrees of transparency to shapes

such as arrows, so that the slide background shows
though?
A. Use #D style 4 button on the drawing toolbar
B. Use the Set Transparent Color button on the
Picture toolbar
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C. Use the Transparency slider in the Format

AutoShapes dialog box
D. All of above
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Answer: Option C
 Power Point 8. To add a new row to a table you would
Section- 3 A. click the insert rows command on the insert
menu
1. Material consisting of text and numbers is best B. press the enter key
presented as C. click the insert rows button on the standard
A. A table slide toolbar
B. A bullet slide D. none of the above
C. A title slide Answer: Option D
D. All of above
Answer: Option A 9. After moving a clip art image to a particular
location on the slide, you can immediately reverse
2. Which of the following displays when an image is the action using the
selected? A. Click the not do move object command on the
A. Add clip art only if it relates to your topic edit menu
B. Be sure to place at least one clipart image per B. Click on the undo button
slide C. Click on redo button
C. Resize the image so it takes up as much space D. All of above
as your text Answer: Option B
D. A and B
Answer: Option D 10. You can edit an embedded organization chart
object by
3. The Microsoft clip gallery allows you to A. Clicking the edit object
A. Add word art images to a slide B. Double clicking the organization chart object
B. Spell check your presentation C. Right clicking the chart object, then clicking
C. Add clip art images to a slide or slides edit MS-Organization Chart object
D. Add slides to a presentation D. B and C
Answer: Option C Answer: Option D

4. Which command select all object at one time when 11. You edit an embedded table object by
selecting multiple objects to be deleted? A. Clicking the edit sub command of the document
A. Alt + A object command on the edit menu
B. Ctrl + A B. Double clicking the table object
C. Shift + Enter C. Right clicking the table object, then clicking
D. Edit, Select All edit document on the edit menu
Answer: Option D D. All of above
Answer: Option D
5. Auto clip art is a feature that
A. automatically places clip art in your 12. You can embed a Microsoft Word tale in a slide by
presentation A. Clicking the insert new slide button on the
B. scans your presentation for incorrect spelling of standard toolbar, then double clicking table
words on each slide B. Clicking the insert Microsoft word table button
C. scans your presentation for incorrect spelling in on the formatting toolbar
word art objects C. Clicking the insert Microsoft word table button
D. all of the above on the standard toolbar
Answer: Option D D. A and C
Answer: Option D
6. To select all the boxes of an organization chart
A. Click edit, select all 13. You can embed an organization chart in a slide by
B. Right click the chart background click select all A. Clicking the object command on the edit menu
C. Press and hold the shift key and click each box B. Clicking the insert new slide button on the
D. All of the above standard toolbar, then double clicking the
Answer: Option D organization chart auto layout
C. Clicking the MS organization chart button on
7. To adjust the width of table columns, you the formatting toolbar
A. Click table menu. Column width, then make D. Clicking the MS organization chart button on
adjustments the standard toolbar
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B. Drag the vertical gridline between two columns Answer: Option B

C. Drag the column markers on the table ruler bar
D. B and C
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Answer: Option C
14. You can add multiple subordinates to a position by 22. What is the term used when a clip art image
A. Clicking the subordinate button as you press changes the direction it faces?
and hold shift A. Group B. Flip
B. Clicking the subordinate button each and every C. Rotate D. a and b
time you add a subordinate Answer: Option D
C. Clicking the subordinate button as many times
as the desired boxes 23. What is the term used when you press and hold the
D. All of above left mouse key and move the mouse around the
Answer: Option D slide?
A. Highlighting B. Dragging
15. What is the name of the form used to input chart C. Selecting D. b and c
values? Answer: Option D
A. Datasheet B. Microsoft Excel
C. Microsoft graph D. Auto form 24. The size of a table object
Answer: Option A A. Is dependent on the amount of text within the
table
16. Which of the following you must first complete in B. Is determined by the presentation design but
order to delete an object? can be changed
A. Double click the image C. Is determined by the presentation design and
B. Select the image cannot be changed
C. Resize the image D. A and C
D. Move the image to a new location Answer: Option B
Answer: Option B
25. The size of an organization chart object
17. What is the term used to described the separation A. Is determined by the presentation design and
of a clip art object into different parts so that it cannot be changed
becomes a PowerPoint object? B. Is determined by the presentation design but
A. Embedding B. Regrouping can be changed in PowerPoint
C. Ungrouping D. Grouping C. Is dependent on the amount of text within th
Answer: Option C organization chart
D. B and C
18. The auto shapes tool provides you with Answer: Option D
A. Fancy text to place on your slide
B. Commonly found shapes 26. Which of the following format options should be
C. Any shape you want to add on a slide used to display dollars on an axis?
D. Clip art that is related to your presentation A. Normal B. Percentage
Answer: Option B C. Currency D. Comma
Answer: Option C
19. Which of the following should e used when you
want to add a slide to an existing presentation? 27. To maintain the perspective (height and width
A. File, add a new slide B. Insert, new slide ratio) of an object when resizing, you need to
C. File, open D. File, new A. Press and hold the shift key while dragging a
Answer: Option B corner sizing handle
B. Press and hold the alt + ctrl keys while dragging
20. An organization has a president, vice president, a middle handle
managers and supervisors. On what level of an C. Drag a corner sizing handle
organization chart are the vice presidents D. A and C
A. Fourth level B. Third level Answer: Option A
C. Second level D. First level
Answer: Option C 28. Which of the following is/are true about rulers and
guides?
21. Which of the following includes special effects A. Rulers and guides can be turned on or off
that can be applied to drawing objects? B. Rulers and guides print on the slide
A. Gradient fills C. Rulers and guides help place objects on the
B. Line color and style slide
C. Rotating D. A and C
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Answer: Option D
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29. To edit the text within the boxes of an organization 37. What will happen if you release the mouse button
chart, you before releasing the shift key when you draw a
A. Select the box and text, then make the changes square?
B. Select the box, and then make the changes A. The square will not be a perfect square
C. Highlight the text, and then make the changes B. The square will not be at the center of the slide
D. Highlight the text then make the change C. The square will be smaller
Answer: Option A D. The square will be larger
Answer: Option A
30. Which of the following best describes serifs?
A. Serifs on characters help to differentiate 38. On which part of the chart are the values entered in
between similar looking letters a data sheet displayed?
B. Serifs fonts are best for viewing test at a A. The title area B. The legend
distance C. The y-axis D. The x-axis
C. Serifs are fine cross strokes that appear at the Answer: Option C
bottom and top of a letter
D. Serif font is very simple in appearance 39. In order to edit a chart, you can
Answer: Option C A. triple click the chart object
B. click and drag the chart object
31. Which of the following options changes the fill C. double click the chart object
color of an object back to the default color? D. click the chart objects
A. Template B. Automatic Answer: Option C
C. Patterns D. Fill colors
Answer: Option B 40. When an image is selected, it displays which of the
following?
32. Which of the following should you use to add A. Two corner handles B. Six middle handles
shading to a drawing object on or an auto shape C. Eight sizing handles D. Six boxes
object? Answer: Option C
A. Text box tool B. Line tool
C. Fill color D. B and C 41. The maximum zoom percentage in Microsoft
Answer: Option D PowerPoint is
A. 1 B. 2
33. Which of the following tools enable you to add C. 4 D. 5
text to a slide without using the standard Answer: Option C
placeholders?
A. Text box tool 42. PowerPoint 2000 has....... Number of views
B. Line tool A. 3 B. 4
C. Fill color C. 5 D. 6
D. Auto shapes tool Answer: Option A
Answer: Option A
43. Press animation effects allows you to
34. A cell is defined as A. Add clip art images to your slides
A. The intersection of a column and a row B. Create a custom transition to the next slide
B. An input box C. Show bullet items as they are discussed
C. A rectangular marker D. None of above
D. All of the above Answer: Option C
Answer: Option A
44. Which of the following features allows you to
35. Which of the following must be used with the view slides in a slide show without manually
mouse when you want to resize an image from the advancing each slide?
center and keep it proportioned? A. Adding build effects B. Setting slide times
A. The space bar B. The alt key C. Adding transitions D. All of these
C. The ctrl key D. The shift key Answer: Option B
Answer: Option C
45. Animation schemes can be applied to...... in the
36. Which of the following should be used with the presentation
mouse when you want to draw a perfect shape? A. All slides B. Select slides
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A. The spacebar B. The alt key C. Current slide D. All of the above
C. The ctrl key D. The shift key Answer: Option D
Answer: Option D
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46. Which of the following feature allows you to 54. To change font size of a selected slide title, you:
select more than one slide in slide sorter view? A. Click the toolbars Font dropdown arrow and
A. Alt + Click each slide choose the font you prefer
B. Shift + drag each slide B. Click Format, Title and choose a font from the
C. Shift + Click each slide font tab
D. Ctrl + Click each slide C. Click the toolbar’s Increase Font Size button
Answer: Option C D. Click Title, New Font, OK
Answer: Option C
47. One thing the common tasks button allows you to
do is 55. You can show the shortcut menu during the slide
A. Apply a design template to a slide show by
B. Insert a new slide A. Clicking the shortcut button in the formatting
C. Choose a new layout for a slide toolbar
D. All of above B. Right clicking the current slide
Answer: Option D C. Clicking an icon on the current slide
D. A and B
48. A file which contains readymade styles that can be Answer: Option B
used for a presentation is called
A. Auto style B. Template 56. To insert a new slide in the current presentation,
C. Wizard D. Pre-formatting we can choose
Answer: Option B A. Ctrl + M B. Ctrl + N
C. Ctrl + O D. Ctrl + F
49. Which key deletes text before, or the left of, the Answer: Option A
insertion point?
A. Backspace B. Page up 57. Microsoft PowerPoint is a
C. Delete D. Page down A. Database program
Answer: Option A B. Spreadsheet program
C. Presentation program
50. Which of the following is not a transition effect? D. Word processing program
A. Blinks diagonal B. Dissolve Answer: Option C
C. Fade through black D. Blinds vertical
Answer: Option A 58. What is the name of the form used to input chart
values?
51. To create a PowerPoint presentation from a A. Datasheet B. Microsoft Excel
template C. Microsoft graph D. Auto form
A. Click File, New, select the presentations tab Answer: Option A
and choose a template
B. Click File, New Template and choose a 59. Right clicking something in PowerPoint
template A. Deletes the object
C. Import a presentation template from B. Selects the object
PowerPoint’s template wizard C. Opens a shortcut menu listing for the object
D. Click Create Template from scratch, now D. Nothing he right mouse button for operation
Answer: Option A Answer: Option C

52. To save a presentation you 60. After choosing a predefine template, ....... option
A. click save on the windows start button has to be chosen to change a background color
B. press Ctrl + F5 A. Design template
C. select File, Save from the menu B. Color scheme
D. click the saver button on the formatting toolbar C. Animation scheme
Answer: Option C D. Color effects
Answer: Option B
53. To change font size of a selected slide title, you?
A. Click the toolbars font dropdown arrow and 61. Ellipse Motion is a pre-defined ......
choose the font you prefer A. Design template
B. Click format, title and choose a font from the B. Color scheme
font tab C. Animation scheme
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C. Click the toolbar’s increase font size button D. None of these

D. Click title, new font, ok Answer: Option C
Answer: Option C
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62. Block arrows, stars and banners, and callouts are 70. The arrangement of elements such as Title and
all examples of Subtitle text, pictures, tables etc. is called
A. Different types of children’s building blocks A. Layout B. Presentation
B. Auto Shape categories C. Design D. Scheme
C. Clip art categories located in the Microsoft Clip Answer: Option A
Gallery
D. More technical terms that I don’t understand
Answer: Option B

63. We can replace a font on all sides with another

font using the...... option
A. Edit, Fonts
B. Tools, Fonts
C. Tools, Replace Fonts
D. Format, Replace Fonts
Answer: Option D

64. Special effects used to introduce slides in a

presentation are called
A. Effects B. Custom animations
C. Transitions D. Preset animations
Answer: Option C

65. PowerPoint can display data from which of the

following add-in software of MS-Office
A. Equation editor B. Organization chart
C. Photo album D. All of these
Answer: Option D

66. Which key on the keyboard can be used to view

slide show
A. F1 B. F2
C. F5 D. F10
Answer: Option C

67. Which of the following fill effects can you use for
the slide background?
A. Gradient B. Texture
C. Picture D. All of the above
Answer: Option D

68. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. Holding down the Shift key while you draw an
object creates perfect squares, circles and straight
lines
B. The text in a text box can’t be formatted
C. The drawing toolbar contains tools for drawing
shapes, lines, arrows, and more
D. Ctrl+S save the document
Answer: Option B

69. A chart can be put as a part of the presentation

using
A. Insert -> Chart
B. Insert -> Pictures -> Chart
C. Edit -> Chart
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D. View -> Chart

Answer: Option B
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