CHS pretest
CHS pretest
Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the letter of the best answer. Write your
answer on the answer sheet.
1. What is a programmable machine that performs high speed processing of numbers, as well as
text, graphics, symbols, and sounds?
From questions 2 to 8 select your answer on the following (A. Accuracy B. Logical Operations
C. Repetitions D. Self-Checking E. Self-Operating F. Speed G. Store and Recall Information)
2. A computer can process data faster than any other machine designed to perform a similar task.
3. A computer can tirelessly perform the same operations millions of times in exactly the same way
without getting bored and tired the way a human clerk would.
5. The computer can make decisions based on some conditions and take alternative course of
action accordingly.
6. The computer is like human brain as it can store facts, instructions and information and recall
them when needed.
7. The computer verifies the accuracy of its own work by means of a parity check.
8. Once the data and the program are fed into the computer memory, the computer is capable of
executing the instructions on its own, without human intervention.
From questions 9 to 13 select your answer on the following (A. Feelings B. Programmed by human
C. Retrieval of Memory D. Self Care E. Thinking
9. Computer only follows these instructions. If the instructions are not accurate the working of
computer will not accurate.
10. The concept of artificial intelligence shows that the computer can think. But still this concept is
dependent on set of instructions provided by the human beings.
11. A Computer cannot care itself like a human. A computer is dependent still to human beings for
this purpose.
12. A computer can retrieve data very fast but this technique is linear. A human being's mind does
not follow this rule. A human mind can think randomly which a computer machine cannot.
13. A computer cannot feel about some like a human. A computer cannot meet human in respect of
relations.
A. Keyboard B. Mouse
C. Monitor D. Windows 7
19. What is the device that converts alternating current (AC) electric power to low-voltage DC
power for the internal components of the computer?
20. What is a large rectangular board with integrated circuitry that connects the other parts of the
computer including the CPU, the RAM, the disk drives (CD, DVD, hard disk, or any others) as well
as any peripherals connected via the ports or the expansion slots?
21. What is the part of a computer that performs most of the calculations which enable a computer
to function, and is sometimes referred to as the "brain" of the computer?
22. What is the part of a computer which includes the north bridge, mediates communication
between the CPU and the other components of the system, including main memory?
23. This stores the code and data that are being actively accessed by the CPU.
24. This stores the BIOS that runs when the computer is powered on or otherwise begins execution,
a process known as Bootstrapping, or "booting" or "booting up".
25. This connects the CPU to various internal components and to expansion cards for graphics and
sound.
26. This slot is for expansion cards such as graphics, sound, network interfaces, TV tuners, etc.
28. This is a device for storing and retrieving digital information, primarily computer data.
29. This is for reading from and writing to various kinds of optical media, including Compact Discs such
as CD-ROMs, DVDs, DVD-RAMs and Blu-ray Discs.
30. This is a typically small, lightweight, removable, and rewritable flash memory data storage device
integrated with a USB interface.
31. What is a device that produces a permanent human-readable text or graphic document?
32. This is a collection of computer programs and related data that provides the instructions for telling
a computer what to do and how to do it.
33. This is a multi-tasking graphical user interface environment that runs on MS-DOS-based.
A. Icons B. Desktop
C. Start Menu D. Windows
34. What is a small graphic symbols used to represent folder programs, shortcut resources or
document?
A. Icons B. Desktop
C. Start Menu D. Windows
35. This is a menu located at the left end of the taskbar that contains the menu and application.
A. Icons B. Desktop
C. Start Menu D. Windows
36. What do you call the background beneath the application windows?
A. Icons B. Desktop
C. Start Menu D. Windows