Computer Fundamentals Questionnaire

1. ASCII stands for

A.) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
B.) American Stable Code for International Interchange.
C.) American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange.
D.) American Standard Code for Interchange Information.
ANS- A
2. EBCDIC stands for
A.) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code
B.) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code
C.) Extended Bit Cod Decimal Interchange Code
D.) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
ANS- D
3. BCD is
A.) Binary Coded Digit
B.) Binary Coded Decimal
C.) Bit Coded Decimal
D.) Bit Coded Digit
ANS- B
4. Which of the following is first generation of computer
A.) ICL-2900
B.) CDC-1604
C.) IBM-1401
D.) EDSAC
ANS- D
 5. FORTRAN is
A.) File Translation
B.) Floppy Translation
C.) Format Translation
D.) Formula Translation
ANS- C
6. Chief component of first generation computer was
A.) Vacuum Tubes and Valves
B.) Transistors
C.) Integrated Circuits
D.) All of above
ANS- A
7. EEPROM stand for
A.) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
B.) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
C.) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
D.) None of the above
ANS-B
8. Second Generation computers were developed during
A.) 1970 to 1990
B.) 1965 to 1970
C.) 1956 to 1965
D.) 1949 to 1955
ANS- C
9. Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation
computers
A.) First Generation
B.) Second Generation
C.) Third Generation, D.) Fourth Generation ANS- D
 10. The computer size was very large in
A.) First Generation
B.) Second Generation
C.) Third Generation
D.) Fourth Generation
ANS- A
11.UNIVAC is
A.) Universal Automatic Computer
B.) Unique Automatic Computer
C.) Universal Array Computer
D.) Unvalued Automatic Computer
ANS-A
12.CD-ROM stands for
A.) Compact Data Read Only Memory
B.) Compact Disk Read Only Memory
C.) Compactable Read Only Memory
D.) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
ANS- B
13.MSI stands for
A.) Medium Scale Integrated Circuits
B.) Medium System Intelligent Circuit
C.) Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit
D.) Medium System Integrated Circuit.
ANS- A
14.The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is
A.) 1.48 MB
B.) 1.46 MB
C) 1.22 MB, D.) 1.44 MB, ANS- D
 15.Which of the following devices can be used to directly image the
printed text?
A.) MICR
B.) OCR
C.) OMR
D.) All of above
ANS- B
16. In analog computer
A.) Output is displayed in digital form
B.) Input is first converted to digital form
C.) Input is never converted to digital form
D.) All of above
ANS- C
17.The output quality of a printer is measured by
A.) Dots printed per unit time
B.) Dot per inch
C.) Dot per sq. inch
D.) All of above
ANS- C
18. In the latest generation of computers, the instructions are executed
A.) Parallel only
B.) Sequentially only
C.) Both sequentially and parallel
D.) All of above
ANS- C
19. Who designed the first electronics computer – ENIAC?
A.) Joseph M. Jacquard
B.) J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly
C.) Van-Neumann, D.) All of above. ANS- B
20. Who invented the high level language c?
A.) Donald Kunth
B.) Seymour Papert
C.) Niklaus Writh
D.) Dennis M. Ritc
ANS- D
21.When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join
hands?
A.) 1991
B.) 1990
C.) 1984
D.) 1978
ANS- A
22.All modern computer operate on
A.) Word
B.) Floppies
C.) Data
D.) Information
ANS- C
23. The most important advantage of a video disk is
A.) Cost effectiveness
B.) Durability
C.) Potential capacity
D.) Compactness
ANS- C
24.Before a disk drive can access any area of the file, a computer
program must provide the recording disk address. What information
this specific address?
A.)Track number, B.) Surface number, C.) Sector number, D.) All of above
ANS- D
25. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more correct?
A.) It is a peripheral device
B.) It is hardware item
C.) It is an input device
D.) It is an output device
ANS- A
26.What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?
A.) Plotter
B.) Hard copy terminal
C.) Soft copy terminal
D.) Display screen
ANS- B
27.A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with
magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called
A.) Laser printer
B.) Chan printer
C.) Ink-jet printer
D.) Drum printer
ANS- C
28.An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic
medium to produce audio response is
A.) Voice response unit
B.) Voice recognition unit
C.) Magnetic tape
D.) Voice band
ANS- A
 29. A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of a … resident
package
A.) CPU
B.) Memory
C.) Buffer
D.) ALU
ANS- B

30.Current SIMMs have either … or … connectors (pins)

A.) 9 or 32
B.) 30 or 70
C.) 28 or 72
D.) 30 or 72
ANS- D
31.The central processing unit (CPU) consists of
A.) Input, output and processing
B.) Control unit, primary storage, and secondary storage
C.) Control unit, processing, and primary storage
D.) Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and primary storage
ANS-D

32. Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as

A.) system software

B.) application software
C.) operating system
D.) utility programs
ANS- B
 33. Perforated paper used as input of output media is known as

A.) paper tapes

B.) punched papers tape
C.) card punch
D.) magnetic tape
ANS- A

34. A computer which CPU speed around 100 million instruction per
second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as
A.) Super computer
B.) Mini computer
C.) Micro computer
D.) Macro computer
ANS- A

35. An approach that permits the computer to work on several programs

instead of one is
A.) On-line thesaurus
B.) Multiprogramming
C.) Over lapped processing
D.) Outline processor
ANS- C

36. IC is made up of

A.) transistors
B.) microprocessors
C.) vacuum tubes
D.) Both 1 and 2
ANS- A
 37. Speed of first generation computer was in

A.) nono-seconds
B.) milliseconds
C.) nano-milli seconds
D.) micro seconds
ANS- D

38. Which of the following is known as father of computer?

A.) Napier
B.) Dennis Ritchie
C.) Charles Babbage
D.) Alan Turing
ANS- C

39. A computer also known as server computer, is

A.) supercomputer
B.) mainframe computer
C.) minicomputer
D.) microcomputer
ANS- C

40. Which of the following is fastest type of computer?

A.) Laptop
B.) Notebook
C.) Personal computer
D.) Super computer
ANS- D
41. What happens when you press CTRL + V key?

A.) A capital V letter is typed into your document at the cursor point
B.) The chose drawing items are circulated vertically on the page
C.) The selected item is pasted to the clipboard
D.) The selected item is pasted from the clipboard
ANS- D
42. Press ____ to move the insertion point to the Address box, or to
highlight the URL in the Address box
A.) SHIFT + TAB
B.) TAB + CTRL
C.) ALT + D
D.) ALT + A
ANS- C

43. What is the short cut key for Print a Document?

A.) Alt + P
B.) Ctrl + P
C.) Shift + P
D.) Ctrl + Alt + P
ANS-B

44. What is the short cut key for Select all contents of the page

A.) Ctrl + A
B.) Alt + A
C.) Ctrl + Alt + A
D.) ALT + DEL + A
ANS- A

45. Ctrl + X is used for

A.) Copy selected items

B.) Cut selected items
C.) Move the selected data
D.) Exchange selected items
ANS- B
 46. In Word, what is the keyboard short cut key for delete an entire word?

A.) Alt + Del

B.) Shift + Alt + Del
C.) Ctrl + Del
D.) Shift + Del
ANS- C
47. Short cut key for underline is

A.) Ctrl + A
B.) Ctrl + U
C.) Ctrl + T
D.) Ctrl + G
ANS-B

48. Ctrl + F2 shortcut is used for

A.) Rename
B.) Page setup
C.) Open
D.) Page Preview
ANS- D
49. Short cut to justify a paragraph is ___

A.) Ctrl + S
B.) Ctrl + A
C.) Ctrl + J
D.) Ctrl + P
ANS- C
50. Short cut to select entire work sheet

A.) Ctrl + A
B.) Ctrl + T
C.) Ctrl + B, D.) Ctrl + G, ANS- A
 51. Short cut key for double line spacing is

A.) Ctrl + 1
B.) Ctrl + 2
C.) Ctrl + 3
D.) Ctrl + 4
ANS- B
52. Short cut key for bold font is

A.) Ctrl + F
B.) Ctrl + B
C.) Alt + B
D.) Alt + F
ANS- B
53. Short cut key to replace text is _____

A.) Ctrl + F
B.) Ctrl + H
C.) Ctrl + M
D.) Ctrl + T
ANS- B
54. Short cut to align left paragraph is_____

A.) Ctrl + S
B.) Ctrl + K
C.) Ctrl + R
D.) Ctrl + L
ANS- D
55. What is the keyboard short key to move next workbook is _____

A.) Ctrl + F6
B.) Ctrl + F5
C.) Ctrl + F3, D.) Ctrl + F7, ANS-A
 56. Short cut for Center a paragraph is

A.) Ctrl + E
B.) Ctrl + C
C.) Ctrl + R
D.) Ctrl + L
ANS- A
57. What is the keyboard short key to save the data in a file?

A.) Ctrl + P
B.) Ctrl + S
C.) Ctrl + F
D.) Ctrl + X
ANS- B

58. Short cut key to paste a cell ___

A.) Ctrl + S
B.) Ctrl + A
C.) Ctrl + V
D.) Ctrl + C
ANS- C
59. What is the keyboard short key to open old work book?

A.) Ctrl + O
B.) Ctrl + F
C.) Ctrl + M
D.) Ctrl + N
ANS- A
60. Short cut for Save as command a ____

A.) F7
B.) F8
C.) F9
D.) F12, ANS- D
 61. What is the keyboard short cut for closing current workbook?

A.) Ctrl + F5
B.) Ctrl + F3
C.) Ctrl + F2
D.) Ctrl + F4
ANS- D
62. What is the keyboard short cut for closing current workbook?

A.) Ctrl + F5
B.) Ctrl + F2
C.) Ctrl + F3
D.) Ctrl + F4
ANS- B
63. What is the keyboard short key to open new window document?

A.) Ctrl + S
B.) Ctrl + N
C.) Ctrl + W
D.) Ctrl + F
ANS-B
64. What is the shortcut key to underline the word only of a selected
sentence (not to underline the spaces between words)?
A.) Ctrl + U
B.) Ctrl + Alt + U
C.) Ctrl + Alt + H
D.) Ctrl + Alt + V
ANS- A
65. Shortcut for searching a file or folder is___.

A.) F2 Key
B.) F3 key
C.) F10 key, D.) F5, ANS- B
 66. What is the shortcut key for switching between the open items?

A.) Ctrl + F3
B.) Alt + Tab
C.) F6
D.) Shift + F10
ANS-B

67. What is the shortcut key combination to open task manager?

A.) Ctrl + shift + Backspace

B.) Ctrl + shift + Esc
C.) Alt + Enter
D.) Alt + Spacebar
ANS- B

68. Which is the shortcut key to invoke spell checker in MS Access?

A.) F4
B.) F5
C.) F7
D.) F3
ANS-C

69. To see print preview, what is the shortcut key used with ctrl?

A.) F2
B.) F3
C.) F4
D.) F5
ANS- A
 70. LAN stands for

A.) Location access network

B.) Local anti network
C.) Local area network
D.) Location area network
ANS- C

71. WAN stands for

A.) Wide area network

B.) World area network
C.) Wonder area network
D.) None of these
ANS- B

72. A __________ is a group of independent computers attached to one

another through communication media.
A.) Internet
B.) E-mail
C.) Network
D.) All the above
ANS- C

73. The first network to implement TCP/IP are

A.) ARPANET
B.) INTERNET
C.) MANET
D.) MODEM
ANS- A
 74. What type of RJ45 UTP cable is used between switches?

A.) Crossover cable

B.) Straight-through
C.) Crossover with a router in between the two switches
D.) Crossover with a
ANS-A

75. Which of the following are unique characteristics of half-duplex Ethernet

when compared to full-duplex Ethernet?
1. Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a shared collision domain.
2. Half-duplex Ethernet operates in a private collision domain.
3. Half-duplex Ethernet has higher effective throughput.
4. Half-duplex Ethernet has lower effective throughput.
A.) 2 only
B.) 1, 2 and 3
C.) 1 and 4
D.) 4 only
ANS- C

76.Mosaic is a
A.) Program language
B.) Operating system
C.) Web browser
D.) None of these
ANS-C

77.For transferring files from one host to another host over a tcp network
which protocol we use
A.) SMPT
B.) FTP
C.) A and B
D.) None of these
ANS-B
 78.Mini computers are used as a server in
A.) LAN
B.) MAN
C.) WAN
D.) PROM
ANS- A

79.Ethernet is family of protocol used in

A.) LAN
B.) MAN
C.) WAN
D.) BIOS
ANS-A

80. ________ uses asynchronous time –division multiplexing and encodes

data into small, Fixed-size cells
A.) BIOS
B.) ATM
C.) SONET
D.) IBS
ANS- B

81.Every node on the network is connected through a central device is

called _____ topology.
A.) Ring
B.) Bus
C.) Star
D.) Mesh
ANS- C
 82. When data is encapsulated, which is the correct order?
A.) Data, frame, packet, segment, bit
B.) Data, segment, packet, frame, bit
C.) Segment, data, packet, frame, bit
D.) Data, segment, frame, packet, bit
ANS- B
83.Segmentation of a data stream happens at which layer of the OSI
model?
A.) Physical
B.) Network
C.) Data Link
D.) Transport
ANS- D
84. ________ is a system in which computers are connected to share
information and resources
A.) Computer organization
B.) Computer software
C.) Computer networks
D.) None
ANS- C

85. MIME full form

A.) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
B.) Multiple Internet Mail Extension
C.) Multipurpose Internal Mail Extension
D.) Multidimensional Internet Mail Extension
ANS- A
 86. Password is a
A.) Dynamic
B.) Case insensitive
C.) Static
D.) Case sensitive
ANS- D
87. How to implement a network medium that is not susceptible to
EMI. Which type of cabling should you use?
A.) Fiber-optic cables
B.) Category 5 UTP cable
C.) Thinnet coax
D.) Thicknet coax
ANS- A
88. What type of RJ45 UTP cable do you use to connect a PC's COM
port to a router or switch console port?
A.) Straight-through
B.) Crossover cable
C.) Rolled
D.) Crossover with a CSU/DSU
ANS- C
89. What is the use of compilers?
A.) Translates source code from a high level programming language to lower
level language
B.) Convert word document to pdf document
C.) Translates machine level to object level language
D.) None
ANS- A
 90. Twisted pairs are used in
A.) Organizations
B.) Business purpose
C.) Telecommunications
D.) None of these
ANS- C
91. The IEEE standard of LAN is
A.) IEEE 802.1
B.) IEEE 802.12
C.) IEEE 802
D.) IEEE 802.9
ANS- C
92. Fourth layer of OSI reference model is
A.) Physical layer.
B.) Data link layer.
C.) Network layer.
D.) Transport layer.
ANS- D
93. ________ allow you to communicate with other computers using a
phone line
A.) cable
B.) Inter net
C.) Software
D.) Modem
ANS- D
 94. Which fields are contained within an IEEE Ethernet frame header?
1. Source and destination MAC address
2. Source and destination network address
3. Source and destination MAC address and source and destination
network address
4. FCS field
A.) 1 and 4
B.) 2 only
C.) 2 and 3 only
D.) 3 only
ANS-A
95. Acknowledgments, sequencing, and flow control are characteristics of
which OSI layer?
A.) Layer 2
B.) Layer 3
C.) Layer 4
D.) Layer 7
ANS- C
97. A technique that reduce the size of saved file by elimination or encoding
redundancies is called
A.) Command
B.) Clip board
C.) Compression
D.) None of these
ANS- C
98. ______ is commonly used data format for exchanging information
between computers or programs
A.) ASCII
B.) HTML
C.) XML
D.) DHTML, ANS- A
99. In computer binary system is used for
A.) Saving the documents
B.) Modify the data
C.) Process the data
D.) Maintaining the data
ANS- C
100. One can transmit and other can receive is called
A.) Network.
B.) Full duplex.
C.) Half duplex.
D.) Simplex.
ANS- D
101. Which of the following types of connections can use full duplex?
1. Hub to hub
2. Switch to switch
3. Host to host
4. Switch to hub
5. Switch to host
A.) 1, 2 and 4
B.) 3 and 4
C.) 3 and 5
D.) 2, 3 and 5
ANS- D
102. What are two purposes for segmentation with a bridge?
1. To add more broadcast domains.
2. To create more collision domains.
3. To add more bandwidth for users.
4. To allow more broadcasts for users.
A.) 1 only
B.) 2 and 3
C.) 2 and 4, D.) 4 only, ANS- B
103. Set of rules that governs data communication is called
A.) Internet
B.) Topology
C.) Protocol
D.) None
ANS-C
104. ______ is the process of dividing a link, the physical medium, into
logical channels for better efficiency
A.) Switching
B.) Data Transmission
C.) Multiplexing
D.) Digital Signal
ANS- C
105. The range of frequencies that a medium can pass is called
A.) Bit
B.) Bit Rate
C.) Bit Interval
D.) Bandwidth
ANS- D
106. ________ is one of the examples of guided media
A.) Topologies
B.) Network
C.) Coaxial Cable
D.) None of these
ANS- C
107. The concept of sending extra bits for use in error detection is called
A.) Errors
B.) Monitor
C.) Keyboard
D.) Telephone
ANS- D
108. Which of the following are types of flow control?
1. Buffering
2. Cut-through
3. Windowing
4. Congestion avoidance
A.) Errors
B.) Monitor
C.) Keyboard
D.) Telephone
ANS- D
109. The concept of sending extra bits for use in error detection is called
A.) Errors
B.) Monitor
C.) Keyboard
D.) Telephone
ANS- D
110. To send data/message to and from computers the network software puts
the message information in a
A.) NIC
B.) trailer
C.) Packet
D.) header
ANS- C
111. Hub is associated with .......... network.
A.) bus
B.) ring
C.) star
D.) mesh
ANS- C
112. Wi-Fi uses
A.) optic fiber
B.) phase line
C.) radio-waves
D.) sound-waves
ANS- C
113. Multiplexing involves ............... path and ............. channel.
A.) one, one
B.) one, multiple
C.) multiple, one
D.) multiple, multiple
ANS- B
114. The advantage of LAN is
A.) sharing peripherals
B.) banking up your data
C.) saving all your data
D.) accessing the web
ANS- A
115. Which type of network would use phone lines?
A.) WAN
B.) LAN
C.) WWAN, D.) Wireless, ANS-A
116. Servers are those computers which provide resouces to other
computers connected by
A.) network
B.) client
C.) mainframe
D.) super computer
ANS- A
117. A combination of hardware and software that allows communication and
electronic transfer of information between computers is a
A.) backup system
B.) network
C.) server
D.) peripheral
ANS- B

118. Typical data transfer rate in LAN are of the order of

A.) bits per second

B.) kilo bits per second
C.) mega bits per second
D.) tera bits per second
ANS- C
119. In OSI network architecture, the routing is performed by
A.) network layer
B.) data link layer
C.) transport layer
D.) session layer
ANS- A
120. Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network?
A.) PAN
B.) DSL
C.) RAM
D.) USB
ANS- A
121. Which of the following topologies is not of broadcast type?
A.) Star
B.) Bus
C.) Ring
D.) All of these
ANS- B
122. Which of the following is considered a broad band communication
channel?
A.) Coaxial cable
B.) Microwave circuits
C.) Fiber optics cable
D.) All of these
ANS- D
123. A protocol is a set of rules governing a time sequnce of events that must
take place
A.) between peers
B.) between an interface
C.) between modems
D.) across an interface
ANS-D
124. P2P is a ............ application architecture.
A.) client/server
B.) distributed
C.) centralized
D.) 1-tier
ANS- A
125. Network components are connected to the same cable in the ............
topology.
A.) star
B.) ring
C.) bus
D.) mesh
ANS- C
126. Two or more computers connected to each other for sharing information
form a
A.) network
B.) tunnel
C.) server
D.) router
ANS- A
127. Which of the following is not a network device?
A.) Router
B.) Switch
C.) Modem
D.) Bridge
ANS-C
128. What is the use of bridge in network?

A.) To connect LANs

B.) To separate LANs
C.) To control network speed
D.) All of the above
ANS- A

129. The first network that has planted the seeds of internet was

A.) ARP ANET

B.) NSF net
C.) V net
D.) I net
ANS- A
130. Ethernet, token ring and token bus are types of
A.) WAN
B.) LAN
C.) communication channels
D.) physical medium
ANS- B
131. Networking using fibre optic cable is done as
A.) It has high bandwidth
B.) It is thin and light
C.) It is not affected by electromagnetic
D.) All of the above.
ANS- D
132. What is the function of modem?
A.) Encryption and decryption
B.) Converts data to voice
C.) Converts analog signals to digitals and vice-versa
D.) Serve as a hardware anti-virus.
ANS- C
133. A processor that collects the transmissions from several
communications media and send them over a single line that operates at a
higher capacity is called
A.) multiplexor
B.) bridge
C.) hub
D.) router
ANS- A
134. Which of the following items is not used in Local Area Networks (LANs)?
A.) Interface card
B.) Cable
C.) Computer
D.) Modem
ANS- D
135. Bandwidth refers to
A.) the cost of the cable required to implement a WAN
B.) the cost of the cable required to implement a LAN
C.) the amount of information a peer-to-peer network can store
D.) the amount of information a communications medium can transfer in a
given amount of time.
ANS-D
136. Which of the following is the fastest communication channel?
A.) Radio wave
B.) Micro wave
C.) Optical fiber
D.) All are operating at nearly the same propagation speed
ANS- B
137. Which is the name of the network topology in which there are
bidirectional links between each possible node?
A.) Ring
B.) Start
C.) Tree
D.) Mesh
ANS- D