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1. Which of the following 6. First Generation computers
is/are characteristics of used ______ for Circuitry and
Computer? ________ for memory
(A) Diligence (A) Transistor and Magnetic Core
(B) Versatility (B) IC and Magnetic Memory
(C) Reliability (C) Vacuum tubes and Magnetic
(D) All of the Above drum
Answer (D) IC and Magnetic Core
(D) All of the Above Answer
2. Faulty inputs lead to faulty (C) Vacuum tubes and
results. It is known as Magnetic drum
_______ 7. Second Generation
(A) Diligence computers were based on
(B) Versatility _______
(C) GIGO (A) IC
(D) None of the Above (B) Vacuum tube
Answer (C) transistor
(C) GIGO (D) None of the Above
3. GIGO stands for______ Answer
(A) Garbage In Garbage Out (C) transistor
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Out MATERIALS PDF8. FLOPS
Answer stands for______
(A) Garbage In Garbage Out (A) Floating Point Operation Per
4. The capacity to perform Second
multiple tasks simultaneously (B) File Processing Operation Per
is Second
termed as ______ (C) Floating Processing Operation
(A) Diligence Per Second
(B) Versatility (D) File Loading Operation Per
(C) Reliability Second
(D) All of the Above Answer
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MATERIALS PDFAnswer to program Second
(B) Versatility Generation
5. A computer does not suffer computers?
from tiredness and lack of (A) Binary Coded language
concentration. It is known as (B) Assembly language
_______ (C) Machine language
(A) Diligence (D) None of the Above
(B) Versatility Answer
(C) GIGO (B) Assembly language
(D) None of the Above 10.
Answer EDSAC stands for________
(A) Diligence (A) Electronic Delay Storage
Automatic Computer
(B) Electronic Discrete Storage (B) Pascaline
Automatic Computer (C) Manchester Mark I
(C) Electronic Delay Serial (D) None of the Above
Automatic Computer Answer
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(A) Electronic Delay Storage MATERIALS PDF(C) Manchester
Automatic Computer Mark I
1. Instructions and data can 5. Third Generation
be stored in the memory of computers were based on
Computer _______
for automatically directing the (A) IC
flow of operations. It is called (B) Vacuum tube
_____ concept. (C) transistor
(A) Objective Programming (D) None of the Above
(B) Stored program Answer
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MATERIALS PDF(C) Both (A) and _____ micro
(B) seconds.
(D) None of the Above (A) 4000
Answer (B) 3000
(B) Stored program (C) 2000
2. “Stored Program” concept (D) 1500
was developed by ______ Answer
(A) Maurice Wilkes (D) 1500
(B) Von Neumann 7. ULSI stands for______
(C) M.H.A. Newman (A) Ultra Large Scale Integration
(D) None of the Above (B) Ultimate Large Scale
Answer Integration
(B) Von Neumann (C) Upper Large Scale Integration
3. Electronic Discrete Variable (D) Ultra Large Script Integration
Automatic Computer(EDVAC) Answer
was (A) Ultra Large Scale
designed on __________ Integration
concept. 8. Which of the following is
(A) Objective Programming fourth generation computer?
(B) Stored program (A) INTEL 4004
(C) Both (A) and (B) (B) IBM 360
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a small experimental machine (D) None of the Above
based Answer
on Neumann’s stored program (A) INTEL 4004
concept? 9. IC is made up of
(A) Analytical engine _________
(A) microprocessor ________
(B) vacuum tube (A) 8 and 16 bits
(C) transistor (B) 8 and 21 bits
(D) None of the Above (C) 8 and 24 bits
Answer (D) 8 and 32 bits
(C) transistor Answer
10. (D) 8 and 32 bits
Father of modern 5. The fastest and most
computer______ expensive computers
(A) Charles Babbage are______
(B) Alan Turing (A) Super Computers
(C) Ted Hoff (B) Quantum Computers
(D) None of the Above (C) Mainframe Computers
Answer (D) Micro Computers
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properties of MATERIALS PDFAnswer
________ (A) Super Computers
(A) Micro & Mini computers 6. Which of the following is
(B) Mini & Super Computers the smallest and fastest
(C) Mainframe & Super computer
Computers imitating brain working?
(D) Analog & Digital computers (A) Super Computer
Answer (B) Quantum Computer
(D) Analog & Digital (C) Mainframe Computer
computers (D) PDA
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY 7. A _____ terminal does not
MATERIALS PDF2. Which of the process or store data.
following uses a handheld (A) dumb
Operating Systems? (B) intelligent
(A) Super Computer (C) Both(A) & (B)
(B) Laptop (D) None of the Above
(C) Mainframe Answer
(D) PDA (A) dumb
Answer 8. The user generally applies
(D) PDA _________ to access
3. A _______ terminal can mainframe or
display images as well as text. super computer?
(A) text (A) node
(B) dumb (B) terminal
(C) graphical (C) desktop
(D) None of the Above (D) None of the Above
Answer Answer
(C) graphical (B) terminal
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MATERIALS PDF9. Desktop and (A) Artificial Neural Network
Personal computers are also (ANN)
known as_______ 4. A neural network in which
(A) Super Computer the signal passes in only one
(B) Quantum Computer direction is called _____
(C) Mainframe Computer (A) Feed forward Neural Network
(D) Micro Computer (B) Recurrent Neural Network
Answer (C) Both(A) & (B)
(D) Micro Computer (D) None of the Above
10. Answer
Graphical terminals are (A) Feed forward Neural
divided into two types. They Network
are 5. _________ is an artificial
_____ neural network with multiple
(A) text and dumb hidden
(B) dumb and intelligent layers between the input and
(C) vector mode and raster mode output layers?
(D) None of the Above (A) Deep neural network
Answer (B) Shallow neural network
(C) vector mode and raster (C) Both(A) & (B)
mode (D) None of the Above
1. Which language is used for Answer
Artificial Intelligence (AI)? (A) Deep neural network
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(D) PROLOG MATERIALS PDF6. The most
Answer famous Recurrent Neural
(D) PROLOG Network is _______
2. Who coined the term (A) Perceptrons
“Artificial Intelligence”? (B) Radial Basis Networks
(A) Charles Babbage (C) Hopfield net
(B) Alan Tuning (D) None of the Above
(C) Von Neumann Answer
(D) John McCarthy (C) Hopfield net
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY (A) Feed forward Neural Network
MATERIALS PDFAnswer (B) Recurrent Neural Network
(D) John McCarthy (C) Both(A) & (B)
3. _________ is a (D) None of the Above
computational model based Answer
on the structure of (B) Recurrent Neural Network
biological neural networks? 8. Which of the following
(A) Artificial Neural Network is/are application(s) of
(ANN) Neural Network?
(B) Biological Network (A) Pattern recognition
(C) Both(A) & (B) (B) Mobile Computing
(D) None of the Above (C) Speech reading(Lip-reading)
Answer (D) All of the Above
Answer (D) FORTRAN
(D) All of the Above Answer
9. Which algorithm is used in (D) FORTRAN
layered Feed forward Neural 4. The first calculator that can
Network? perform all four arithmetic
(A) Back propagation algorithm operations(Addition,
(B) Binary Search Subtraction, Multiplication,
(C) Both(A) & (B) Division) was
(D) None of the Above known as______
DAILY VISIT (A) Pascaline
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MATERIALS PDFAnswer (D) None of the Above
(A) Back propagation Answer
algorithm (C) Step Reckoner
10. 5. The first computer
Radial Basis Function (RBF) spreadsheet program
networks have _____ layers. was_________
(A) One (A) Lotus 1-2-3
(B) Four (B) MS Excel
(C) Two (C) Visicalc
(D) Three (D) None of the Above
Answer Answer
(D) Three (C) Visicalc
1. The chip used in computers, 6. Which of the following is an
is made of ______ example for fourth generation
(A) Silicon language(4GL)?
(B) Iron Oxide (A) COBOL
(C) Chromium (B) PowerBuilder
(D) None of the Above (C) FORTRAN
Answer (D) None of the Above
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_______ MATERIALS PDFAnswer
(A) IC (B) PowerBuilder
(B) Vacuum tube 7. VDU stands for________
(C) transistor (A) Video Display Unit
(D) Microprocessors (B) Visual Display Unit
Answer (C) Video Divide Unit
(D) Microprocessors (D) None of the Above
3. The first computer Answer
language developed (B) Visual Display Unit
was______ 8. Which language is directly
(A) COBOL understood by the computer
(B) PASCAL without
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(D) C language (C) Information Set Processing
Answer (D) Instruction Set Processor
(C) Machine language Answer
9. Herman Hollerith developed DAILY VISIT
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(B) Analytical engine MATERIALS PDF(D) Instruction
(C) Census Tabulator Set Processor
(D) Tabulating Machine 4. The decoded instruction is
Answer stored in ______
(D) Tabulating Machine (A) Register
10. (B) Memory Address
Electronic Delay Storage Register(MAR)
Automatic Computer(EDSAC) (C) Instruction Register(IR)
was (D) None of the Above
invented by _________ Answer
DAILY VISIT (C) Instruction Register(IR)
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MATERIALS PDF(A) Herman (A) CPU
Hollerith (B) Monitor
(B) JW Mauchy (C) Mouse
(C) John Von Neumann (D) UPS
(D) None of the Above Answer
Answer (D) UPS
(C) John Von Neumann 6. The most frequently used
1. Which registers can instructions of a computer
interact with secondary program
memory? are likely to be fetched from
(A) Register ______
(B) Memory Address (A) Hard disk
Register(MAR) (B) ROM
(C) Instruction Register(IR) (C) RAM
(D) None of the Above (D) Cache
Answer Answer
(B) Memory Address (D) Cache
Register(MAR) 7. The primary aim of
2. Which Flip Flop is used to computer process is to
store data in registers? convert the data into
(A) D Flip Flop ______
(B) JK Flip Flop (A) table
(C) RS Flip Flop DAILY VISIT
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(A) D Flip Flop MATERIALS PDF(B) graph
3. ISP stands for______ (C) file
(A) Instruction Standard (D) information
Processing Answer
(B) Instruction Standard (D) information
Processor
8. The main circuit-board of A. Expansion Bus
the system unit is _______ B. External Bus
(A) RAM C. Internal Bus
(B) Mother Board D. None of the Above
(C) Hard disk Answer
(D) None of the Above C. Internal Bus
Answer 3. A bus that connects a
(B) Mother Board computer to Peripheral
9. ALU and Control Unit have devices is called
special purpose locations _______
called A. System Bus
_______ B. Memory Bus
(A) Registers C. Front-Side Bus
(B) Mother Board D. External Bus
(C) Sockets Answer
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10. MATERIALS PDFD. External Bus
The communication line 4. External Bus is also
between CPU memory and referred as _________
Peripherals is called a A. System Bus
_________ B. Memory Bus
(A) Registers C. Front-Side Bus
(B) Mother Board D. Expansion Bus
(C) Bus Answer
(D) None of the Above D. Expansion Bus
DAILY VISIT 5. The Command to access the
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY carried by ______
MATERIALS PDFAnswer A. Address Bus
(C) Bus B. Data Bus
1. A communication system C. Control Bus
that transfers data between D. None of the Above
the Answer
components inside a C. Control Bus
computer or between 6. A computer bus that is used
computers is called to specify a Physical address?
_______ A. Address Bus
A. Port B. Data Bus
B. Bus C. Control Bus
C. Registers D. None of the Above
D. None of the Above Answer
Answer A. Address Bus
B. Bus 7. A bus that transfer data
2. Which bus connects all the from one component to
internal components of a another or
computer between computers is called
such as CPU and memory to _________
the main board(motherboard)? A. Address Bus
DAILY VISIT B. Single Instruction Multiple
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C. Control Bus D. Single Instruction Single
D. None of the Above Data(SISD)
Answer Answer
B. Data Bus D. Single Instruction Single
8. RISC stands for________ Data(SISD)
A. Reverse Instruction Set 2. Programming that actually
Computer controls the path of signals or
B. Reverse Information Set data
Computer within computer is
C. Reduced Information Set called________
Computer A. Assembly language
D. Reduced Instruction Set Programming
Computer B. Machine language
Answer Programming
D. Reduced Instruction Set C. Micro Programming
Computer D. None of the Above
9. ________ is a register for Answer
Short-term, intermediate C. Micro Programming
storage of 3. CISC stands for _________
arithmetic and logic data in a A. Compound Instruction Set
Computer’s CPU. Computer
A. Accumulator B. Complex Information Set
B. Bus Computer
C. Buffer C. Compound Information Set
D. None of the Above Computer
Answer D. Complex Instruction Set
A. Accumulator Computer
10. Answer
_________ is a group of D. Complex Instruction Set
commands for a CPU in Computer
machine 4. The register which holds
language. the address of the location to
A. Information Set or from
B. Instruction Set which data are to be
C. Buffer transferred is known
D. None of the Above as_______
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MATERIALS PDFAnswer MATERIALS PDF
B. Instruction Set A. Instruction Register
1. Von Neumann Architecture B. Control register
is a _______ C. Memory Address Register
A. Multiple Instruction Multiple D. None of the Above
Data(MIMD) Answer
C. Memory Address Register
5. An interrupt can be Answer
temporarily ignored by the B. Timing signals
counter is called 10.
_______ Which of the following bus
A. Maskable Interrupt structure is usually used to
B. Non-maskable Interrupt connect I/O devices?
C. vectored Interrupt A. Single bus
D. None of the Above B. Multiple bus
Answer C. Star bus
A. Maskable Interrupt D. None of the Above
6. The computer performs all Answer
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A. Visual Display Unit MATERIALS PDFA. Single bus
B. Memory Unit 1. An interface that provides
C. Output Unit I/O transfer of data directly
D. Central Processing Unit to and
Answer form the memory unit and
D. Central Processing Unit peripheral is termed
7. Which of the following Unit as________
can be used to measure the A. DDA
speed B. Serial interface
of a computer? C. Direct Memory Access (DMA)
A. BAUD D. None of the Above
B. SYPS Answer
DAILY VISIT C. Direct Memory Access
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MATERIALS PDFC. MIPS be interpreted by computer
D. None of the Above generally has ________
Answer A. An operand and an address
C. MIPS B. decoder and an accumulator
8. The circuit used to store C. Sequence register and decoder
one bit of data is known D. None of the Above
as_____ Answer
A. Encoder A. An operand and an address
B. OR 3. The load instruction is
C. Flip Flop mostly used to designate a
D. None of the Above transfer from
Answer memory to a processor
C. Flip Flop register known as_________
9. The control unit controls A. Accumulator
other units by generating B. Instruction Register
control and C. Program counter
_______ D. Memory address Register
A. Command Signals Answer
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communication between the Answer
components in a C. Shift registers.
microcomputer takes place 9. A group of bits that tell the
via the address and ______ computer to perform a
A. I/O bus specific
B. Data bus operation is known
C. Address bus as_______
D. None of the Above A. Instruction code
Answer B. Micro-operation
B. Data bus C. Accumulator
5. The operation executed on D. Register
data stored in registers is Answer
called_______ A. Instruction code
A. Macro-operation 10.
B. Micro-operation The average time required to
C. Bit-operation reach a storage location in
D. None of the Above memory and obtain its
Answer contents is called_____.
B. Micro-operation A. Latency time.
6. Which register keeps tracks B. Access time.
of the instructions in the C. Turnaround time.
program D. Response time.
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D. None of the Above B. Access time.
Answer 1. The addressing mode which
C. Program Counter makes use of in-direction
7. In which addressing mode pointers
the operand is given explicitly is ______
in the A. Offset addressing mode
instruction? B. Relative addressing mode
A. Absolute C. Indirect addressing mode
DAILY VISIT D. None of the Above
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY C. Indirect addressing mode
MATERIALS PDFB. Immediate 2. Which addressing mode is
C. Indirect most suitable to change the
D. Direct normal
Answer sequence of execution of
B. Immediate instructions?
8. When necessary, the A. Immediate
results are transferred from B. Indirect
the CPU to C. Relative
main memory by _______ D. None of the Above
A. I/O devices. Answer
B. CPU. C. Relative
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A. Gateway D. software
B. Router Answer
C. Connector D. software
D. Bridge 8. Interrupts which are
Answer initiated by an I/O drive are
D. Bridge ___________
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MATERIALS PDF4. The method D. All of the above
of accessing the I/O devices Answer
by repeatedly B. external
checking the status flags 9. Content of the program
is_________ counter is added to the
A. Memory-mapped I/O address part of
B. Program-controlled I/O the instruction in order to
C. I/O mapped obtain the effective address is
D. None of the Above called_______
Answer A. relative address mode.
B. Program-controlled I/O B. index addressing mode.
5. The process where in the C. register mode.
processor constantly checks D. implied mode.
the Answer
status flags is called as A. relative address mode.
_________ 10.
A. Polling A register capable of shifting
B. Inspection its binary information either
C. Reviewing to
D. None of the Above the right or the left is called
Answer a_________
A. Polling A. parallel register.
6. The branch logic that B. serial register.
provides decision making C. shift register.
capabilities in D. storage register.
the control unit is known DAILY VISIT
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B. unconditional transfer MATERIALS PDFAnswer
C. Both (A) and (B) C. shift register.
D. None of the above 1. The pattern of printed lines
Answer on most products are called
B. unconditional transfer ________
7. Interrupts that are initiated A. OCR
by an instruction are_______ B. prices
A. internal C. bar codes
B. external D. None of the Above
Answer Answer
C. bar codes C. port type
2. MICR stands for 7. OCR is used for the
____________ preparation of _________
A. Magnetic Ink Colour A. electricity bills
Recognition B. telephone bills
B. Magnetic Ink Code Recognition C. insurance premium
C. Magnetic Ink Computer D. All of the Above
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D. Magnetic Ink Character D. All of the Above
Recognition 8. A joystick is primarily used
3. The OCR recognises the to/for ________
_______ of the characters A. print text
with the B. draw picture
help of light source. C. computer gaming
A. Size D. None of the Above
B. Shape Answer
C. Colour C. computer gaming
D. None of the Above 9. The ______ may also be
Answer called the screen or monitor.
B. Shape A. Scanner
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MATERIALS PDF4. Which Unit is Answer
used to measure the speed of B. Display
a printer? 10.
A. DPI What type of devices are
B. CPM computer speakers or
C. PPM headphones?
D. None of the Above A. Input
Answer B. Output
C. PPM C. Input/Output
5. Which of the following D. None of the Above
groups consist of only Input Answer
devices? B. Output
A. Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor 1. Which of these is a pointing
B. Mouse, Keyboard, Printer and drop device?
C. Mouse, Keyboard, Plotter A. Scanner
D. Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner B. Printer
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A. storage device MATERIALS PDFC. Keyboard
B. processor D. Mouse
C. port type Answer
D. None of the Above D. Mouse
2. A parallel port is most often 7. The rate at which scanning
used by ________ is repeated in a CRT is called
A. Scanner ________
B. Printer A. Resolution
C. Keyboard B. Refresh rate
D. Mouse C. Bandwidth
Answer D. None of the Above
B. Printer Answer
3. A hard copy would B. Refresh rate
prepared on a _______ 8. An example of peripheral
A. Dot matrix Printer equipment is _______
B. Plotter A. Printer
C. Type Writer Terminal B. CPU
D. All of the above DAILY VISIT
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4. External devices such as MATERIALS PDFC. Spread Sheet
printers, keyboards and D. None of the Above
modems are Answer
known as _________ A. Printer
A. Special Buys 9. Trackball is an example of
B. Add on Devices a/an _____
C. Peripherals A. Output device
D. All of the above B. Printing device
Answer C. Pointing device
C. Peripherals D. None of the Above
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY 10.
MATERIALS PDF5. The higher Which is the best position for
the resolution of a monitor, operating the mouse?
the _________ A. Tail away from the user
A. larger the pixels. B. Tail facing the right
B. closer together the pixels. C. Tail facing the left
C. further apart the pixels. D. Tail towards the user
D. less clear the screen is. Answer
Answer D. Tail towards the user
B. closer together the pixels. 1. First Computer mouse was
6. In laser printers, printing is built by_______
achieved by deflecting laser A. Douglas Engelbart
beam B. William English
on to __________ surface of C. Robert Zawacki
a drum. D. Von Neumann
A. Magnetic Answer
B. Electric A. Douglas Engelbart
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C. Photosensitive MATERIALS PDF2. Which of the
following is not a hardware?
A. Processor 7. Any data and instruction
B. Printer entered in the memory of a
C. Mouse computer
D. Java is__________
Answer A. Storage
D. Java B. Output
3. The transfer of data from a C. Input
CPU to peripheral devices of D. Information
computer is achieved through Answer
________ C. Input
A. Modem 8. Which input device
B. Interface resembles an upside-down
C. Buffer mouse?
D. I/O Ports A. Trackball
Answer B. Pointing stick
D. I/O Ports C. Track pad
4. A thin plate or board that D. Touch pad
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C. ROM 9. Bar-code readers use light
D. Circuit Board to read ______
Answer A. UPCs
D. Circuit Board B. UPSs
5. A ___________ is used to C. POSs
create a digital representation D. optical marks
of a Answer
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photograph. 10.
A. Video Digitizer The display size of a monitor
B. Scanner is measured _________
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY C. vertically.
MATERIALS PDFC. Monitor D. None of the Above
D. None of the Above Answer
Answer A. diagonally.
B. Scanner 1. The computer or system
6. The wheel located between peripherals that receives data
the two standard buttons on a from
mouse is used to ________ processing unit are called
A. click in Web pages. ___________
B. scroll. A. Input Devices
C. click and select items. B. Output Devices
D. jump to different Web pages C. Both (A) and (B)
Answer D. None of the Above
B. scroll. Answer
B. Output Devices
2. A displaying screen in D. Dots Per Inch (DPI)
which text is presented in one Answer
colour and D. Dots Per Inch (DPI)
background is of any other 7. _______ is an input device
colour is called ________ that converts analog
A. monochrome screen information
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MATERIALS PDFB. high C. Light Pen
resolution screen D. Digitizer
C. low resolution screen Answer
D. medium resolution screen D. Digitizer
Answer 8. __________ is a special
A. monochrome screen type of optical scanner used
3. LED stands for _________ to
A. Low Emission Display recognize the type of mark
B. Liquid Emitting Display made by Pen or Pencil.
C. Less Emitting Diode A. Optical Character Reader
D. Light Emitting Diode B. Bar code Reader
Answer C. Optical Mark Reader
D. Light Emitting Diode D. None of the Above
4. A marker on the computer Answer
screen used to show the C. Optical Mark Reader
current DAILY VISIT
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B. position checker MATERIALS PDF9. Which of the
C. cursor following is non-emissive
D. None of the Above display?
Answer A. LED
C. cursor B. LCD
5. Which of the following C. Both (A) and (B)
device is used to enter the D. None of the Above
text and Answer
numerical data in a computer? B. LCD
A. Plotter 10.
B. Scanner __________ printers print
C. Printer the characters by striking
D. Keyboard them
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY A. Impact
MATERIALS PDFAnswer B. Non Impact
D. Keyboard C. Both (A) and (B)
6. Printer resolution is usually D. None of the Above
measured in ________ Answer
A. Characters Per Minute (CPM) A. Impact
B. Pixels Per Inch (PPI)
C. Pages Per Minute (PPM)
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A. Graphic Tablet MATERIALS PDF6. In OCR
B. Numeric Keyboard processing, When a character
C. Bar Code reader is recognized, it is
D. Magnetic Stripe reader converted into_______ code.
Answer A. binary
D. Magnetic Stripe reader B. ASCII
2. LCD stands for _________ C. Both (A) and (B)
A. Light Crystal Display D. None of the Above
B. Low Crystal Display Answer
C. Less Crystal Display B. ASCII
D. Liquid Crystal Display 7. Laser printers and Ink-jet
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY A. Impact
MATERIALS PDFAnswer B. Non Impact
D. Liquid Crystal Display C. Both (A) and (B)
3. Which of the following D. None of the Above
works as mouse? Answer
A. Keyboard B. Non Impact
B. Scanner 8. Which of the following is
C. Track ball used as principal flight control
D. None of the Above in the
Answer cockpit of many air crafts?
C. Track ball A. Graphic Tablet
4. The work done by a B. Joy Stick
computer operator is C. Bar Code reader
displayed in which D. Magnetic Stripe reader
part of computer? Answer
A. CPU B. Joy Stick
B. VDU 9. TFT stands for ________
C. ALU A. Thick Film Transistor
D. None of the Above B. Thin Film Transistor
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scanning of the text character MATERIALS PDFC. Thin Film
by Transmitter
character, analysis of the D. Thick Film Transmitter
scanned in image , and then Answer
translation of the character B. Thin Film Transistor
image into character code? 10.
A. OCR Which of the following is used
B. OMR at Point of Sales to input
C. Bar code Reader product information?
D. None of the Above A. Graphic Tablet
Answer B. MICR
A. OCR C. Bar Code reader
D. Magnetic Stripe reader B. MICR
Answer C. Bar Code reader
C. Bar Code reader D. Magnetic Stripe reader
1. Which input device is used Answer
for inserting pin numbers for B. MICR
credit DAILY VISIT
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B. Numeric pad MATERIALS PDF6. _________
C. Bar Code reader printers print the characters
D. Magnetic Stripe reader without using ribbon
Answer and it can print a complete
B. Numeric pad page at a time.
2. _________ is a device used A. Impact
for reading bar coded data B. Non Impact
(contains light and dark lines). C. Both (A) and (B)
A. Graphic Tablet D. None of the Above
B. Numeric pad Answer
C. Bar Code reader B. Non Impact
D. Magnetic Stripe reader 7. Impact printers can be
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY B. Six
MATERIALS PDFAnswer C. Three
C. Bar Code reader D. Two
3. Which input device is Answer
usually a standard feature of D. Two
laptops? 8. ________ printers are the
A. Graphic Tablet printers that print one
B. Numeric Keyboard character at a
C. touch pad time.
D. Magnetic Stripe reader A. Laser
Answer B. Drum
C. touch pad C. Chain
4. __________ are devices D. Dot Matrix
that convert electrical energy Answer
into D. Dot Matrix
light. 9. Which of the following is an
A. Emissive Displays example for Character printer?
B. Non-Emissive Displays A. Laser
C. Both (A) and (B) B. Drum
D. None of the Above DAILY VISIT
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5. Which of the following MATERIALS PDFC. Chain
input device is used in Banks D. Daisy Wheel
to read Answer
magnetised characters on a D. Daisy Wheel
Cheque? 10.
A. OCR
Which of the following is an C. Hertz
example for line printer? D. None of the Above
A. Laser Answer
B. Drum C. Hertz
C. Daisy Wheel 6. In DLP Projector, DLP
D. Dot Matrix stands for________
Answer A. Direct Light Processing
B. Drum B. Direct Low Processing
1. Non-Impact Printers use C. Digital Low Processing
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D. All of the Above MATERIALS PDFAnswer
Answer D. Digital Light Processing
D. All of the Above 7. __________ is an interface
2. Which printers produce for connecting eight or more
output by mechanical contact data
between wires.
the print head and paper? A. Serial Port
A. Impact B. Fire wire
B. Non-impact C. Parallel Port
C. Both (A) and (B) D. None of the Above
D. None of the Above Answer
Answer C. Parallel Port
A. Impact 8. ________ is a high-speed
DAILY VISIT real-time interface for serial
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MATERIALS PDF3. ______ is a Mbps.
computer printer for printing A. Serial Port
vector graphics. B. Fire wire
A. Plotter C. Parallel Port
B. Projector D. None of the Above
C. Both (A) and (B) Answer
D. None of the Above B. Fire wire
Answer 9. __________ transmits one
A. Plotter bit of data through a single
4. Plotter can be divided into wire.
_________ types. A. Serial Port
A. Three B. Fire wire
B. Six C. Parallel Port
C. Four D. None of the Above
D. Two Answer
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A. byte MATERIALS PDF10.
B. seconds
Which refers to the diagonal B. Left an Right
distance between two C. Both (A) and (B)
coloured D. None of the Above
pixels? Answer
A. Refresh rate C. Both (A) and (B)
B. Dot Pitch 5. A basic touch screen has
C. Both (A) and (B) three main components. It
D. None of the Above includes
Answer touch sensor, controller and
B. Dot Pitch ________
1. ________ is an input A. transmitter
device that accepts input B. receiver
when the user C. software driver
places a fingertip on the D. None of the Above
computer screen. Answer
A. Joy Stick C. software driver
B. Light Pen 6. __________ an external
C. Trackball bus standard used for
D. Touch Screen transferring
Answer data to and from digital
D. Touch Screen devices.
2. Optical Character A. Serial Port
Recognition (OCR) is also B. Firewire
known as C. Parallel Port
_________ D. USB
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Recognition MATERIALS PDFAnswer
D. Intelligent Character D. USB
Recognition 7. ________ printer is also
Answer called pin printer.
D. Intelligent Character A. Laser
Recognition B. Drum
3. __________ is a handheld C. Daisy Wheel
electro-optical pointing device. D. Dot Matrix
It is Answer
also called mouse pen. D. Dot Matrix
A. Joy Stick 8. Which of the following is
DAILY VISIT also known as reflective
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY A. Handheld scanner
MATERIALS PDFB. Light Pen B. Flatbed scanner
C. Trackball C. Drum scanner
D. Touch Screen D. None of the Above
Answer Answer
B. Light Pen B. Flatbed scanner
4. Joystick allows movements 9. A scanner that is moved by
in _____ directions. hand over the material being
A. Up and Down
captured is known as TESTSERIES AND STUDY
________ MATERIALS PDFAnswer
A. Sheetfed scanner C. Musical Digital Instrument
B. Flatbed scanner Interface (MIDI)
C. Drum scanner 4. Which is an interactive
D. Handheld scanner device that facilitates touch
Answer sensation
D. Handheld scanner and fine-motion control in
10. Robotics and Virtual reality?
MICR reads the characters by A. Light Pen
examining their shapes in B. Joystick
_________ form. C. Data Glove
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MATERIALS PDFA. binary 5. Special I/O devices such as,
B. ASCII Joy stick, Data Glove are
C. matrix involved
D. None of the Above in ______________
Answer applications.
C. matrix A. Photonics
1. Where would you find the B. Haptics
letters “QWERTY”? C. Agnostic
A. Joy Stick D. None of the Above
B. Light Pen Answer
C. Numeric Pad B. Haptics
D. Keyboard Haptics – Science of applying
Answer touch sensation and control
D. Keyboard to
2. What does a light pen interact with computer
contain? applications
A. lead 6. Which device typically
B. ink attachable to computer
C. light sensing elements keyboard that
D. None of the Above allows a blind people to read?
Answer A. Light Pen
C. light sensing elements B. Joystick
3. _________ is a protocol C. Touch screen
designed for recording and D. Braille display
playing Answer
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Interface (MIDI) 7. Many Dot Matrix printers
D. None of the Above are ________
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D. None of the Above Answer
Answer A. Postscript
B. bi-directional 2. _________ is a device
8. Which is a hardware which recognises physical or
component or system of behavioural
components that traits of the individual.
allows a human being to A. Smart Card Reader
interact with a computer? B. Optical Character Reader(OCR)
A. Interface device (IDF) C. Optical Mark Reader(OCR)
B. Graphical User Interface (GUI) D. Biometric Sensor
C. Musical Digital Instrument Answer
Interface (MIDI) D. Biometric Sensor
D. None of the Above 3. Printer resolution is a
Answer numerical measure of print
A. Interface device (IDF) quality that is
9. Which is an escape code measured in _______
language used to send A. Pages Per Minute (PPM)
commands to B. Lines Per Minute (LPM)
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B. PCL MATERIALS PDFC. Characters Per
C. Both (A) and (B) Second (CPS)
D. None of the Above D. Dots Per Inch (DPI)
Answer Answer
B. PCL D. Dots Per Inch (DPI)
10. 4. The toner or ink in a Laser
PCL stands for _________ printer is________
A. Print Code Language A. dry
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY D. None of the Above
MATERIALS PDFB. Printer Code Answer
Language A. dry
C. Printer Character Language 5. A thermal transfer printer
D. Printer Command Language is a ________ printer that
Answer uses heat
D. Printer Command to register an impression on
Language paper.
1. ________ is a printer A. Impact
language that uses English B. Non-impact
phrases and C. Both (A) and (B)
programmatic constructions D. None of the Above
to describe the appearance of Answer
a B. Non-impact
printed page to the printer. 6. Thermal transfer printer
A. Postscript can be divided into ______
B. PCL types.
C. Both (A) and (B) A. Three
D. None of the Above B. Four
C. Six Answer
D. Two D. All of the Above
Answer 1. The term ________ refers
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MATERIALS PDFD. Two electronic device to store and
Direct Thermal Printer, retrieve data.
Thermal Wax transfer Printer A. input technology
7. Direct Thermal printer does B. output technology
not use _________ C. storage technology
A. heat D. None of the Above
B. coated paper Answer
C. ribbon C. storage technology
D. None of the Above 2. _________ is the time from
Answer the start of one storage
C. ribbon device
8. Which of the following type of access to the time when the
printer uses a thermal transfer next access can be started.
ribbon A. Mode
that contains wax-based ink? B. Access time
A. Direct Thermal C. capacity
B. Thermal Wax transfer D. None of the Above
C. Both (A) and (B) Answer
D. None of the Above B. Access time
Answer 3. The memory unit that
B. Thermal Wax transfer communicates directly with
9. __________ is a device the CPU is
that performs a variety of called ________
functions A. Secondary or Auxiliary
that would otherwise be Memory
carried out by separate DAILY VISIT
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A. Single Function Peripheral MATERIALS PDFB. Primary or
B. Multi Function Peripheral Main Memory
C. Dual Function Peripheral C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the Above D. None of the Above
Answer Answer
B. Multi Function Peripheral B. Primary or Main Memory
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MATERIALS PDF10. not be processed directly by
Impact printer(s) is/are the CPU?
_______ A. Secondary or Auxiliary
A. Dot Matrix printer Memory
B. Line printer B. Primary or Main Memory
C. Daisy Wheel printer C. Both (A) and (B)
D. All of the Above D. None of the Above
Answer C. 1024
A. Secondary or Auxiliary D. 1025
Memory Answer
5. Which of the following B. 255
is/are hard disk performance 10.
parameter? Which of the following
A. Seek time memory chip is faster?
B. Latency period A. DRAM
C. Access time DAILY VISIT
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D. All of the above MATERIALS PDFB. SRAM
6. A disk’s content that is C. Both (A) and (B)
recorded at the time of D. None of the Above
manufacture and Answer
that cannot be changed or B. SRAM
erased by the user is 1. The term ‘giga byte’ equals
________ to ________
A. Write only A. 1024 byte
B. Read Only B. 1024 KB
C. Both (A) and (B) C. 1024 GB
D. None of the Above D. 1024 MB
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY 2. _________ is a data area
MATERIALS PDFAnswer shared by hardware devices
B. Read Only or
7. Which of the following program processes that
memories uses a MOS operate at different speeds or
capacitor as its with
memory cell? different sets of priorities.
A. SRAM A. Flash memory
B. DRAM B. Virtual memory
C. ROM C. Buffer
D. FIFO D. None of the Above
Answer Answer
B. DRAM C. Buffer
8. A nibble is equal to 3. _________ is the transfer
_______ of computer data from a
A. 4 bits temporary
B. 8 bits storage area to the
C. 16 bits computer’s permanent
D. 32 bits memory.
Answer A. Flash
A. 4 bits B. Virtual
9. A byte can represent any C. Buffer Flush
number between 0 and D. None of the Above
_______ DAILY VISIT
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY B. Virtual memory
MATERIALS PDFAnswer C. Buffer
C. Buffer Flush D. None of the Above
4. Which is a general term for Answer
all forms of solid state B. Virtual memory
memory that 8. ________ is the process of
do not need to have their dividing the disk into tracks
memory contents periodically and
refreshed. sectors.
A. Volatile memory A. Formatting
B. Non Volatile memory B. Tracking
C. Both (A) and (B) C. Allotting
D. None of the Above D. None of the Above
Answer Answer
B. Non Volatile memory A. Formatting
5. _________is computer 9. The primary device that a
storage that only maintains computer uses to store
its data information is
while the device is powered. _______
A. Volatile memory A. Floppy Disk
B. Non Volatile memory B. Monitor
C. Both (A) and (B) C. Hard Drive
D. None of the Above D. None of the Above
Answer Answer
A. Volatile memory C. Hard Drive
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units called blocks. MATERIALS PDF10.
A. Flash memory A removable magnetic disk
B. Virtual memory that holds information is
C. Buffer __________
D. None of the Above A. Floppy Disk
Answer B. Hard Drive
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY Answer
MATERIALS PDFA. Flash A. Floppy Disk
memory 1. Which of the following is a
7. _____________is a feature type of RAM used specifically
of an operating system that for
allows video adapters or 3D
a computer to compensate for accelerators?
shortages of physical memory A. DRAM
by B. SRAM
temporarily transferring C. SGRAM
pages of data from RAM to D. VRAM
disk Answer
storage. D. VRAM (Video RAM)
A. Flash memory
2. Which of the following is D. None of the Above
clock-synchronized RAM that Answer
is used DAILY VISIT
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A. DRAM TESTSERIES AND STUDY
B. SRAM MATERIALS PDFB. large
C. SGRAM number of cells
D. None of the Above 7. ________ is the ability of a
Answer device to ‘jump’ directly to
C. SGRAM (Synchronous the
Graphics RAM) requested data
3. _________is a copy of A. Sequential access
Basic Input/Output Operating B. Random access
System C. Quick access
(BIOS) routines from Read D. None of the Above
Only Memory (ROM) into a Answer
special B. Random access
area of RAM so that they can 8. Virtual memory is
be accessed more quickly. _________
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY B. an extremely large secondary
MATERIALS PDFA. Dynamic RAM memory
B. Shadow RAM C. a type of used in super
C. Synchronous Graphics RAM computers
D. Video RAM D. an illusion of extremely large
Answer main memory
B. Shadow RAM Answer
4. Which memory does not D. an illusion of extremely
use capacitor in its memory large main memory
cell? 9. Which of the following is an
A. SRAM example of optical disk?
B. DRAM A. Magnetic disk
C. ROM B. Memory disk
D. None of the Above C. Digital Versatile Disk
Answer D. None of the Above
A. SRAM Answer
5. Information stored in RAM C. Digital Versatile Disk
need to be ________ 10.
A. Check Cache and main memory will
B. modify not be able to hold their
C. refresh periodically contents when the power is
D. None of the Above off. They are ________
Answer A. Static
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_________ TESTSERIES AND STUDY
A. set of wires MATERIALS PDFB. Dynamic
B. large number of cells C. Non Volatile
C. set of circuits D. Volatile
Answer thin layer of material that can
D. Volatile be easily magnetized in only
1. The hardware in which data one
may be stored for a computer direction.
system is called ________ A. Bubble memory
A. Registers B. RAM
B. Bus C. SRAM
C. Control Unit D. None of the Above
D. Memory Answer
Answer A. Bubble memory
D. Memory 6. The magnetic storage chips
2. Which of the following used to provide non-volatile
memory is capable of direct
operating at access storage of data and
electronics speed? that have no moving parts are
A. Magnetic disk known as________
B. Magnetic drum A. Magnetic core memory
C. Semiconductor memory B. Magnetic tape memory
D. None of the Above C. Magnetic disk memory
Answer D. Magnetic bubble memory
C. Semiconductor memory Answer
3. Memories in which any DAILY VISIT
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fixed TESTSERIES AND STUDY
amount of time after MATERIALS PDFD. Magnetic
specifying its address is called bubble memory
________ 7. ___________ is a very high
A. Sequential Access Memory speed memory placed in
B. Random Access Memory between
C. Quick Access Memory RAM and CPU.
D. Mass storage A. Magnetic disk
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TESTSERIES AND STUDY D. Cache memory
MATERIALS PDFAnswer Answer
B. Random Access Memory D. Cache memory
4. Which of the following is 8. EDODRAM stands for
the user programmed _________
semiconductor A. Extended Digital Output
memory? Dynamic RAM
A. SRAM B. Extended Dynamic Output
B. DRAM Digital RAM
C. EPROM C. Extended Data Output Digital
D. None of the Above RAM
Answer D. Extended Data Output
C. EPROM Dynamic RAM
5. ____________ is a type of Answer
non-volatile memory D. Extended Data Output
composed of a Dynamic RAM
9. A byte is a collection of Answer
_______ DAILY VISIT
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B. 12 bits TESTSERIES AND STUDY
C. 6 bits MATERIALS PDFC. Firmware
D. 8 bits 4. The ______ can be
Answer programmed one time either
D. 8 bits the
10. manufacturer or the computer
Which of the following terms user.Once programmed it
is the most closely related to cannot
main memory? be modified.
A. Non Volatile A. PROM
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D. None of the Above 5. Technique to implement
Answer virtual memory where
C. Temporary memory is
1. Under virtual storage divided into units of fixed size
________ memory is _________
A. Two or more programs are A. Paging
stored in primary storage B. De-fragments
B. Only active pages of a C. Segmentation
program in primary storage D. None of the above
C. Inter-program, interference Answer
may occur A. Paging
D. None of the Above 6. Storage device where time
Answer to retrieve stored information
B. Only active pages of a is
program in primary storage independent of address where
2. Comparing with secondary it is stored is called _______
storage, primary storage is A. Random Access Memory
______ B. Secondary Memory
A. Slow and expensive C. System
B. Slow and inexpensive D. None of the above
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______ instructions, input data,
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B. EPROM output information produced
C. Firmware during processing is
D. None of the above __________
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B. Primary Memory D. All of the above
C. Secondary Memory Answer
D. None of the above C. Read Only Memory chip
Answer 2. EAROM stands for ______
B. Primary Memory A. Electrically Altered Read Only
8. Technique of using disk Memory
space to make programs B. Electrically Accepted Read
believe that Only Memory
the system contains more C. Electronically Alterable Read
Random Access Memory(RAM) Only Memory
than D. Electrically Alterable Read
is actually available is called Only Memory
______ Answer
A. Random Access Memory D. Electrically Alterable Read
B. Primary Memory Only Memory
C. Secondary Memory 3. _______ is a method of
D. Virtual Memory storing data bits using
Answer magnetic
D. Virtual Memory charges instead of the
9. CPU performs read/write electrical charges used by
operations at any point in DRAM.
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A storage device or medium is dual ported.
where the access time is A. VRAM
dependent upon the location B. WRAM
of the data is called ________ C. MRAM
A. Parallel access D. None of the above
B. Serial access Answer
C. Both (A) and (B) B. WRAM
D. None of the above Window RAM
Answer 5. ______ is RAM that
B. Serial access combines the fast read and
1. The instructions for write access of
starting the computer are Dynamic RAM
house on A. VRAM
________ B. WRAM
A. Hard Disk C. MRAM
B. CD-ROM D. FRAM
Answer Kilobyte equals to how many
D. FRAM bytes?
Ferroelectric RAM A. 1000
6. _________is a form of non- B. 1064
volatile storage that operates C. 1024
by D. None of the above
changing the resistance of a Answer
specially formulated solid C. 1024
dielectric 1. _________ is a generic
material. term for organized collection
A. VRAM of
B. WRAM computer data and
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D. RRAM D. None of the above
Answer Answer
D. RRAM B. Software
Resistive RAM 2. Software refers to ____
7. Which of the following A. firmware
memories has the shortest B. physical components that a
access time? computer is made of
A. Cache memory C. programs
B. Magnetic Bubble Memory D. None of the above
C. Magnetic Core Memory Answer
D. None of the above C. programs
Answer 3. Software can be
A. Cache memory categorized as ________
8. Which of the following is A. Firmware and Hardware
mandatory for every disk? B. System software and Firmware
A. root C. Application software and
B. sub Hardware
C. bare D. System software and
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A. KB Application Software
B. MB 4. This type of software works
C. TB with end users, application
D. Byte software and computer
Answer hardware to handle the
D. Byte majority of
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Answer software loaded into
D. System software computer
5. ___________programs memory when it starts up.
perform day to day tasks A. Device Drivers
related to the B. Language translators
maintenance of the computer C. System Utilities
system. D. Operating system
A. Operating system Answer
B. System Utilities D. Operating system
C. Language translators 10.
D. Application software ______ are system programs,
Answer which are responsible for
System Utilities proper functioning of devices.
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C. performs specific task for A. Device Drivers
computer users 1. A _________ helps in
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of programs that enables your B. System Utilities
computers hardware C. Language translator
device and application D. Application software
software to work together. Answer
A. Operating system C. Language translator
B. Helper software 2. Which of the following
C. System software is/are example(s) of an
D. Application software Operating
Answer System?
C. System software A. UNIX
8. Which of the following B. Linux
is/are an example(s) of C. Windows XP
System D. All of the above
Software? Answer
A. Device Drivers D. All of the above
B. Language translators 3. Language Translators can
C. System Utilities be divided into three major
D. All of the above categories.They are
Answer _________
D. All of the above A. Compiler, Operating System
and Assembler
B. Compiler, Device Driver and 7. ___________ is a software
Assembler used to compose, format, edit,
C. Compiler, Interpreter and and
System Utility print electronic documents.
D. Compiler, Interpreter and A. Spreadsheets
Assembler B. Word Processor
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D. Compiler, Interpreter and 8. Which of the following
Assembler is/are example(s) of Word
4. Which of the following Processors?
language is the closest to the A. Microsoft Word
machine B. WordPerfect
code? C. Both (A) and (B)
A. Compiler D. None of the above
B. Interpreter Answer
C. Assembler C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the above 9. ______are designed
Answer specifically for capturing,
C. Assembler creating, editing
5. Which analyses and and manipulating images?
executes the source code in A. Spreadsheets
line-by-line B. Word Processor
manner, without looking at C. Image Editors
the entire program? D. None of the above
A. Compiler Answer
B. Interpreter C. Image Editors
C. Assembler 10.
D. None of the above Which of the following is/are
Answer example(s) of Spreadsheets?
B. Interpreter A. Microsoft Excel
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programming language and C. Both (A) and (B)
turns them D. None of the above
into machine language. Answer
A. Compiler C. Both (A) and (B)
B. Device Driver 1. Which refers to any
C. Assembler program that is not copy
D. None of the above righted?
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D. Public Domain Software
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used for copyrighted software the majority of software
given purchased
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A. Freeware B. Proprietary Software
3. __________ is the C. Open Source Software
software which comes with D. Firmware
the permission Answer
for people to redistribute A. Commercial Software
copies for a limited period. 8. Which of the following
A. Freeware software is also called as
B. Shareware Closed Source
C. Open Source Software Software?
D. Public Domain Software A. Commercial Software
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B. Shareware B. Proprietary Software
4. Linux is a type of 9. ____________ is a
___________ collection of one or more files
A. Freeware that correct
B. Shareware flaws in the performance,
C. Open Source Software reliability or security of a
D. Public Domain Software specific
Answer software product.
C. Open Source Software A. Software Update
5. Which of the following is B. Software Piracy
application software? C. Software patch
A. Database Management System D. None of the above
B. Spreadsheets Answer
C. Image Editor C. Software patch
D. All of the above 10.
Answer Which of the following is
D. All of the above System Software?
6. ___________ is a A. Microsoft Word
combination of software B. Microsoft Excel
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D. Firmware D. Windows 7
Answer Answer
D. Firmware D. Windows 7
1. Which of the following C. Internet Downloading
is/are example(s) of Image D. All of the above
Editors? Answer
A. Adobe photoshop D. All of the above
B. Adobe Illustrator 6. __________ means sharing
C. CorelDraw a program with someone who
D. All of the above is
Answer not authorized by the license
D. All of the above agreement to use it.
2. ____________ distributed A. Softloading
as freeware, but it requires B. Hard Disk loading
the user C. Internet Downloading
to view advertisements to use D. Renting
the software. Answer
A. Adware D. All of the above
B. Abandonware 7. EULA is a legal agreement
C. Donationware between a software producer
D. All of the above and a
Answer user. What does EULA stand
A. Adware for?
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D. Spyware B. Exit Utility License Agreement
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MATERIALS PDF4. ________ is 8. If you borrow and copy a
the unauthorized copying of friend’s software in violation
an organization’s of the
internally developed software licensing agreement, what
or the illegal duplication of kind of piracy is that?
commercially available A. Internet Downloading
software. B. Hard Disk loading
A. Software license C. Softloading
B. Software Piracy D. Renting
C. Both (A) and (B) Answer
D. None of the above. C. Softloading
Answer 9. Softloading is also called
B. Software Piracy __________
5. Which of the following A. End User Piracy
activity can be termed as B. Softlifting
Software C. Both (A) and (B)
Piracy? D. None of the above.
A. Softloading Answer
B. Hard Disk loading C. Both (A) and (B)
10. 5. Who is the father of personal
__________ is a content
computer?
distribution protocol enables
efficient software distribution a. Edward Robert b. Allen Turing c.
and peer-to-peer sharing of
very Charles Babbage d. None of these
large files by enabling users 6. A CPU contains
to serve as network
redistribution a. a card reader and a printing device b.
points.
an analytical engine and a control unit
A. Freeware
B. BitTorrent c. a control unit and an arithmetic logic
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MATERIALS PDFC. CorelDraw
D. None of the above. 7. Which of the following controls the
Answer
process of interaction between the user
B. BitTorrent
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c. Platform d. Screen saver
8. The first computers were
1. The term ‘Computer’ is derived programmed using
from.......... a. assembly language b. machine
a. Latin b. German c. French d. Arabic language
2. Who is the inventor of “Difference c. source code d. object code
Engine”?
a. Allen Turing b. Charles Babbage c. Fundamentals of Computers Page 2
Simur Cray d. Augusta Adaming 9. ..........is a combination of hardware
3. Who is the father of Computer? and software that facilitates the sharing
a. Allen Turing b. Charles Babbage c. of information
Simur Cray d. Augusta Adaming between computing devices.
4. Who is the father of Computer a. network b. peripheral c. expansion
science? board d. digital device
a. Allen Turing b. Charles Babbage c. 10. Coded entries which are used to
Simur Cray d. Augusta Adaming gain access to a computer system are
called
a. Entry codes b. Passwords c. Security a. Universal Automatic Computer b.
commands d. Code words Universal Array Computer
11. Which of the following statements is c. Unique Automatic Computer d.
true ? Unvalued Automatic Computer
a. Minicomputer works faster than 17. CD-ROM stands for
Microcomputer a. Compactable Read Only Memory b.
b. Microcomputer works faster than Compact Data Read Only Memory
Minicomputer c. Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
c. Speed of both the computers is the d. Compact Disk Read Only Memory
same 18. ALU is
d. The speeds of both these computers a. Arithmetic Logic Unit b. Array Logic
cannot be compared with the speed of Unit
advanced c. Application Logic Unit d. None of
12. You organize files by storing them in above
a. archives b. folders c. indexes d. lists 19. VGA is
13. What type of resource is most likely a. Video Graphics Array b. Visual
to be a shared common resource in a Graphics Array
computer c. Volatile Graphics Array d. Video
Network? Graphics Adapter
a. Printers b. Speakers c. Floppy disk 20. IBM 1401 is
drives d. Keyboards a. First Generation Computer b. Second
14. Which device is required for the Generation Computer
Internet connection? c. Third Generation Computer d . Fourth
a. Joystick b. Modem c. CD Drive d. NIC Generation Computer
Card
15. What is a light pen? Fundamentals of Computers Page 3
a. A Mechanical Input device b. Optical 21. MSI stands for
input device a. Medium Scale Integrated Circuits b.
c. Electronic input device d. Optical Medium System Integrated Circuits
output device c. Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit d.
16. UNIVAC is Medium System Intelligent Circuit
22. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk a. spam b. spoof
is c. sniffer script d. spool
a. 1.40 MB b. 1.44 GB c. 1.40 GB d. 1.44 29. Hackers
MB a. all have the same motive
23. WAN stands for b. break into other people's computers
a. Wap Area Network b. Wide Area c. may legally break into computers as
Network long as they do not do any damage
c. Wide Array Net d. Wireless Area d. are people who are allergic to
Network computers
24. MICR stands for 30. What type of computers are client
a. Magnetic Ink Character Reader b. computers (most of the time) in a
Magnetic Ink Code Reader client-server system?
c. Magnetic Ink Cases Reader d. None a. Mainframe b. Mini-computer
25. EBCDIC stands for c. Microcomputer d. PDA
a. Extended Binary Coded Decimal 31. A computer cannot 'boot' if it does
Interchange Code not have the
b. Extended Bit Code Decimal a. Compiler b. Loader
Interchange Code c. Operating System d. Assembler
c. Extended Bit Case Decimal
Interchange Code Fundamentals of Computers Page 4
d. Extended Binary Case Decimal 32. The amount of vertical space
Interchange Code between lines of text in a document is
26. Which of the following is a part of called
the Central Processing Unit? a. double-space b. line spacing c. single
a. Printer b. Key board space d. vertical spacing
c. Mouse d. Arithmetic & Logic unit 33. Example of non-numeric data is
27. CAD stands for a. Employee address b. Examination
a. Computer aided design b. Computer score c. Bank balance d. All of these
algorithm for design 34. What is embedded system?
c. Computer application in design d. a. The programme which arrives by
Computer analogue design being wrapped in box.
28. Junk e-mail is also called
b. The programme which is the a. Information, reporting b. Data,
permanent part of the computer information
c. The computer which is the part of a c. Information, bits d. Records, bytes
big computer 41. What characteristic of read-only
d. The computer and software system memory (ROM) makes it useful?
that control the machine a. ROM information can be easily
35. First page of Website is termed as- a. updated.
Homepage b. Index c. JAVA script d. b. Data in ROM is non-volatile, that is, it
Bookmark remains there even without electrical
36. . ..................... Is the appearance of power.
typed characters? c. ROM provides very large amounts of
a. Size b. Format c. Point d. Colour inexpensive data storage.
37. When a file is saved for the first d. ROM chips are easily swapped
time between different brands of computers.
a. a copy is automatically printed 42. What do you call the programs that
b. it must be given a name to identify it are used to find out possible faults and
c. it does not need a name their causes?
d. it only needs a name if it is not going a. operating system extensions b.
to be printed cookies
38. Office LANS, which are scattered c. diagnostic software d. boot diskettes
geographically on large scale, can be
connected by the use Fundamentals of Computers Page 5
of corporate 43. Which programming languages are
a. CAN b. LAN c. DAN d. WAN classified as low level languages?
39. Where are data and programme a. BASIC, COBOL, Fortran b. Prolog
stored when the processor uses them? c. C, C++ d. Assembly languages
a. Main memory b. Secondary memory 44. Which of the following is not anti-
c. Disk memory d. Programme memory viruses’ software?
40. . ............... represents raw facts, a. NAV b. F-Prot
where-as................. is data made c. Oracle d. McAfee
meaningful. 45. Which device is required for the
Internet connection?
a. Joystick b. Modem c. Binary Coded Digit d. Bit Coded Digit
c. CD Drive d. NIC Card 53. ASCII stands for
46. What does DMA stand for? a. American Stable Code for
a. A. Distinct Memory Access b. Direct International Interchange
Memory Access b. American Standard Case for
c. Direct Module Access d. Direct Institutional Interchange
Memory Allocation c. American Standard Code for
47. Which of the following is a storage Information Interchange
device? d. American Standard Code for
a. Tape b. Hard Disk Interchange Information
c. Floppy Disk d. All of the above
48. When did John Napier develop Fundamentals of Computers Page 6
logarithm? 54. Which of the following is first
a. 1416 b. 1614 generation of computer?
c. 1641 d. 1804 a. EDSAC b. IBM-1401 c. CDC-1604 d.
49. A normal CD- ROM usually can store ICL-2900
up to _________ _data? 55. Chief component of first generation
a. 680 KB b. 680 Bytes computer was
c. 680 MB d. 680 GB a. Transistors b. Vacuum Tubes and
50. MIS is designed to provide Valves
information needed for effective c. Integrated Circuits d. None of above
decision making by? 56. FORTRAN is
a. Consumers b. Workers a. File Translation b. Format Translation
c. Foremen d. Managers c. Formula Translation d. Floppy
51. What is a light pen? Translation
a. Mechanical Input device b. Optical 57. EEPROM stands for
input device a. Electrically Erasable Programmable
c. Electronic input device d. Optical Read Only Memory
output device b. Easily Erasable Programmable Read
52. BCD is Only Memory
a. Binary Coded Decimal b. Bit Coded c. Electronic Erasable Programmable
Decimal Read Only Memory
d. None of the above 64. In latest generation computers, the
58. Second Generation computers were instructions are executed
developed during a. Parallel only b. Sequentially only
a. 1949 to 1955 b. 1956 to 1965 c. Both sequentially and parallel d. All of
c. 1965 to 1970 d. 1970 to 1990 above
59. The computer size was very large in 65. Who designed the first electronics
a. First Generation b. Second computer – ENIAC?
Generation a. Van-Neumann b. Joseph M. Jacquard
c. Third Generation d. Fourth
Generation Fundamentals of Computers Page 7
60. Microprocessors as switching c. J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly
devices are for which generation d. All of above
computers 66. Who invented the high level
a. First Generation b. Second language “C”?
Generation a. Dennis M. Ritchie b. Niklaus Writh
c. Third Generation d. Fourth c. Seymour Papert d. Donald Kunth
Generation 67. Personnel who design, program,
61. Which of the following devices can operate and maintain computer
be sued to directly image printed text? equipment refers to
a. OCR b. OMR a. Console-operator b. Programmer
c. MICR d. All of above c. Peopleware d. System Analyst
62. The output quality of a printer is 68. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple
measured by Computers Inc. decide to join hands?
a. Dot per inch b. Dot per sq. inch a. 1978 b. 1984
c. Dots printed per unit time d. All of c. 1990 d. 1991
above 69. Human beings are referred to as
63. In analogue computer Homosapinens, which device is called
a. Input is first converted to digital form Sillico Sapiens?
b. Input is never converted to digital a. Monitor b. Hardware
form c. Robot d. Computer
c. Output is displayed in digital form d.
All of above
70. An error in software or hardware is a. Which is used by one person only b.
called a bug. What is the alternative Which is assigned one and only one task
computer jargon for it? c. Which uses one kind of software d.
a. Leech b. Squid Which is meant for application software
c. Slug d. Glitch
71. Modern Computer are very reliable Fundamentals of Computers Page 8
but they are not 76. The system unit of a personal
a. Fast b. Powerful computer typically contains all of the
c. Infallible d. Cheap following except:
72. What is the name of the display a. Microprocessor b. Disk controller c.
feature that highlights are of the screen Serial interface d. Modem
which requires 77. A computer program that converts
operator attention? an entire program into machine
a. Pixel b. Reverse video language is called a/an
c. Touch screen d. Cursor a. Interpreter b. Simulator c. Compiler d.
73. Personal computers use a number Commander
of chips mounted on a main circuit 78. A computer program that translates
board. What is the one program instructions at a time into
common name for such boards? machine language
a. Daughter board b. Motherboard is called a/an
c. Father board d.Breadboard a. Interpreter b. CPU c. Compiler d.
74. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the Simulator
device drives, memory expansion slots 79. A small or intelligent device is so
and active components called because it contains within it a
are mounted on a single board. What is a. Computer b. Microcomputer c.
the name of this board? Programmable d. Sensor
a. Motherboard b. Breadboard 80. A fault in a computer program
c. Daughter board d. Grandmother which prevents it from working
board correctly is known as
75. What is meant by a dedicated a. Boot b. Bug c. Biff d. Strap
computer?
81. A self replicating program, similar to c. Arithmetic and language unit d.
a virus which was taken from a 1970s Monitor
science fiction 89. IBM stands for
novel by John Bruner entitled the a. Internal Business Management b.
Shockwave Rider is International Business Management
a. Bug b. Vice c. Lice d. Worm c. International Business Machines d.
82. A state. is a bi-stable electronic Internal Business Machines
circuit that has 90. ............ translates and executes
a. Multivibrator b. Flip-flop c. Logic program at run time line by line
gates d. laten a. Compiler b. Interpreter
83. Unwanted repetitious messages, c. Linker d. Loader
such as unsolicited bulk e-mail is known
as Fundamentals of Computers Page 9
a. Spam b. Trash c. Calibri d. Courier 91. is an OOP principle
84. DOS stands for a. Structured programming b.
a. Disk Operating System b. Disk Procedural programming
operating session c. Inheritance d. Linking
c. Digital Operating System d. Digital 92. COBOL is widely used in application
Open system s
85. Who is the chief of Microsoft a. Commercial b. Scientific c. Space d.
a. Babbage b. Bill Gates c. Bill Clinton d. Mathematical
none of these 93. RAM stands for
86. Which of the following are input a. Random origin money b. Random
devices? only memory
a. Keyboard b. Mouse c. Card reader d. c. Read only memory d. Random access
Any of these memory
87. Examples of output devices are 94. 1 Byte =?
a. Screen b. Printer c. Speaker d. All of a. 8 bits b. 4 bits c. 2 bits d. 9 bits
these 95. SMPS stands for
88. Which of the following is also known a. Switched mode Power Supply b. Start
as brain of computer mode power supply
a. Control unit b. Central Processing unit
c. Store mode power supply d. Single 103. .......... is the key we use to run the
mode power supply selected command.
96. The device used to carry digital data a. SHIFT b. TAB c. ENTER d. CTRL
on analogue lines is called as 104. ............. Is the functional key to
a. Modem b. Multiplexer display save-as box.
c. Modulator d. Demodulator a. F5 b. F6 c. F9 d. F12
97. VDU is also called
a. Screen b. Monitor c. Both 1 & 2 d. Fundamentals of Computers Page 10
printer 105. Data becomes ................ when it is
98. BIOS stands for presented in a format that people can
a. Basic Input Output system b. Binary understand
Input output system and use
c. Basic Input Off system d. all the above a. processed b. graphs c. information d.
99. Father of “C‘ programming language presentation
a. Dennis Ritchie b. Prof John Keenly 106. The term ............. designates
c. Thomas Kurtz d. Bill Gates equipment that might be added to a
100. The instructions that tell a computer system to
computer how to carry out the enhance its functionality.
processing tasks are referred a. digital device b. system add-on c. disk
to as computer......... pack d. peripheral device
a. programs b. processors c. input 107. A ............ is a microprocessor -
devices d. memory modules based computing device.
101. An area of a computer that a. personal computer b. mainframe c.
temporarily holds data waiting to be workstation d. server
processed is.......... 108. RAM can be treated as the .........
a. CPU b. Memory c. Storage d. File for the computer's processor
102. ........... is the key to close a a. factory b. operating room c. waiting
selected drop -down list; cancel a room d. planning room
command and close a 109. Which of the following are the
dialog box. functions of a operating system
a. TAB b. SHIFT c. ESC d. F10 a. Allocates resources b. Monitors
Activities
c. Manages disks and files d. All of the 115. A device, which is not connected to
above CPU, is called as .......
110. To move a copy of file from one a. land-line device b. On-line device
computer to another over a c. Off-line device d. Device
communication channel is 116. What is the other name for
called? programmed chip?
a. File transfer b. File encryption a. RAM b. ROM c. LSIC d. PROM
c. File modification d. File copying
111. The primary function of the ............ Fundamentals of Computers Page 11
is to set up the hardware and load and 117. On-line real time systems become
start an popular in ........... generation
operating system a. First Generation b. Second
a. System Programs b. BIOS Generation
c. CP d. Memory c. Third Generation d. Fourth
112. What kind of memory is both static Generation
and non -volatile? 118. You use a(n) ....., such as a
a. RAM b. ROM c. BIOS d. CACHE keyboard or mouse, to input
113. .......... is computer software information
designed to operate the computer a. output device b. input device
hardware and to provide c. storage device d. processing device
platform for running application 119. ............. is the ability of a device to
software "jump" directly to the requested data
a. Application software b. System a. Sequential access b. Random access
software c. Quick access d. All of the above
c. Software d. Operating system 120. ............. provides process and
114. The ......... is the amount of data memory management services that
that a storage device can move from allow two or more
the storage tasks, jobs, or programs to run
medium to the Computer per second simultaneously
a. data migration rate b. data digitizing a. Multitasking b. Multithreading
rate c. Multiprocessing d. Multicomputing
c. data transfer rate d. data access rate
121. The task of performing operations Fundamentals of Computers Page 12
like arithmetic and logical operations is 128. Select the Odd one
called...... a. Operating system b. Interpreter
a. Processing b. Storing c. Compiler d. Assembler
c. Editing d. Sorting 129. A ............ is an additional set of
122. ALU and Control Unit jointly known commands that the computer displays
as after you make a
a. RAM b. ROM c. CPU d. PC selection from the main menu
123. RAM is an example of a. dialog box b. submenu
a. Secondary memory b. Primary c. menu selection d. All of the above
memory 130. COBOL is an acronym for.............
c. Main memory d. Both (1) and (2) a. Common Business Oriented Language
124. Magnetic disk is an example of b. Computer Business Oriented
a. Secondary memory b. Primary Language
memory c. Common Business Operated
c. Main memory d. Both (1) and (2) Language d. Common Business
125. Which one of the following is NOT Organized Language
a computer language 131. All of the following are examples of
a. MS-Excel b. BASIC real security and privacy risks EXCEPT
c. COBOL d. C++ a. hackers b. Spam
126. RAM is also called as c. Viruses d. identity theft
a. Read / Write Memory b. Long 132. Which of the following is NOT one
Memory of the four major data processing
c. Permanent Memory d. Primary functions of a
Memory computer?
127. ............ Store data or information a. gathering data b. processing data into
temporarily and pass it on as directed information
by the control c. analyzing the data or information d.
unit storing the data or information
a. Address b. Register 133. All of the following are examples of
c. Number d. Memory storage devices EXCEPT :
a. hard disk drives b. printers
c . floppy disk drives d. CD drives a. multimedia b. word c. numbers d.
134. The CPU and memory are located characters
on the : 140. The difference between people
a. expansion board b. motherboard with access to computers and the
c. storage device d. output device Internet and those
135. ............... is the science that without this access is known as the :
attempts to produce machines that a. digital divide b. Internet divide c. Web
display the same type of divide d. E-illiteracy
intelligence that humans do 141. Computers manipulate data in
a. Nanoscience b. Nanotechnology many ways, and this manipulation is
c. Simulation d. Artificial intelligence (Al) called......
136. Servers are computers that provide a. upgrading b. processing c. batching d.
resources to other computers utilizing
connected to a : 142. The ability to recover and read
a. networked b. mainframe deleted or damaged files from a
c. supercomputer d. client criminal's computer is
137. When creating a computer an example of a law enforcement
program, the ......... designs the speciality called:
structure of the program a. robotics b. simulation c. computer
a. End user b. System Analyst forensics d. animation
c. Programmer d. All of the above 143. Where does most data go first with
138. A computer program that converts in a computer memory hierarchy ?
an entire program into machine a. RAM b. ROM c. BIOS d. CACHE
language at one time 144. The.............data mining technique
is called a/ an derives rules from real-world case
a. Interpreter b. simulator c. characters examples.
d. compiler a. Rule discover b. Signal processing
c. Neural nets d. Case-based reasoning
Fundamentals of Computers Page 13 145. ................are used to identify a
139. Computers process data into user who returns to a Website
information by working exclusively with : a. Cookies b. Plug-ins
c. Scripts d. ASPs
146. Codes consisting of lines of varying Fundamentals of Computers Page 14
widths or lengths that are computer- 152. To access properties of an object,
readable are the mouse technique to use is- a.
known as- a. an ASCII code b. a Dragging b. dropping c. right-clicking d.
magnetic tape shift-clicking
c. an OCR scanner d. a bar code 153. A DVD is an example of a (n)- a.
147. Why is it unethical to share hard disk b. optical disc
copyrighted files with your friends? c. output device d. solid-state storage
a. It is not unethical, because it is legal. device
b. It is unethical because the files are 154. . The process of transferring files
being given for free. from a computer on the Internet to
c. Sharing copyrighted files without your computer is
permission breaks copyright laws. called
d. It is not unethical because the files a. Downloading b. uploading
are being given for free. c. FTP d. JPEG
148. Reusable optical storage will 155. . .......... is the process of dividing
typically have the acronym- a. CD b. the disk into tracks and sectors.
DVD c. ROM d. RW a. Tracking b. Formatting
149. The most common type of storage c. Crashing d. Allotting
devices are- a. Steel b. optical c. 156. . Help Menu is available at which
magnetic d. flash button?
150. A device that connects to a a. End b. Start
network without the use of cables is c. Turnoff d. Restart
said to be- a. Distributed b. free c. 157. The technology that stores only the
centralized d. none of these essential instructions on a
151. A person who used his or her microprocessor chip and
expertise to gain access to other thus enhances its speed is referred to as
people's computers to get a. CISC b. RISC
information illegally or do damage is a- c. CD-ROM d. Wi-Fi
a. Hacker b. spammer c. instant 158. Which is not a basic function of a
messenger d. programmer computer?
a. Store data b. Accept input
c. Process data d. Copy text a. ROM b. RAM c. Floppy Disk d. Hard
159. ASCII is a coding system that Disk
provides 165. Which of the following is the
a. 256 different characters b. 512 smallest storage?
different characters a. Megabyte b. Gigabyte c. Terabyte d.
c. 1024 different characters d. 128 None of these
different characters 166. Which of the following contains
160. Which part of the computer is permanent data and gets updated
directly involved in executing the during the
instructions of the processing of transactions?
computer program? a. Operating System File b. Transaction
a. The scanner b. The main storage file
c. The secondary storage d. The c. Software File d. Master file
processor 167. Which of the following helps to
161. When a computer is switched on, protect floppy disks from data getting
the booting process performs accidentally
a. Integrity Test b. Power-On Self-Test erased?
c. Correct Functioning Test d. Reliability a. Access notch b. Write-protect notch
Test c. Entry notch d. Input notch
162. A computer system that is old and 168. A modem is connected to
perhaps not satisfactory is referred to a. a telephone line b. a keyboard
as a(n) c. a printer d. a monitor
a. Ancient system b. Historical system 169. Large transaction processing
c. Age old system d. Legacy system systems in automated organisations use
a. Online processing b. Batch Processing
Fundamentals of Computers Page 15 c. Once-a-day Processing d. End-of-day
163. Which of the following is not a processing
binary number? 170. In a computer, most processing
a. 001 b. 101 c. 202 d. 110 takes place in
164. Which of the following does not a. Memory b. RAM
store data permanently? c. motherboard d. CPU
171. . Which of the following is not a while simultaneously allowing
storage medium? destructive acts is
a. Hard disk b. Flash drive c. DVD d. a:
scanner a. Worm. b. Trojan horse.
172. The computer abbreviation KB c. Virus. d. Macro virus.
usually means 178. An intentionally disruptive
a. Key Block b. Kernel Boot c. Kilo Byte d. program that spreads from program to
Kit Bit program or from disk
173. The typical computer criminal is to disk is known as a:
a(n): a. Trojan horse. b. Virus. c. Time bomb.
a. Young hacker. d. Time-related bomb sequence.
b. Trusted employee with no criminal 179. In 1999, the Melissa virus was a
record. widely publicised:
c. Trusted employee with a long, but a. E-mail virus. b. Macro virus.
unknown criminal record. c. Trojan horse. d. Time bomb.
d. Overseas young cracker. 180. What type of virus uses computer
174. The common name for the crime hosts to reproduce itself?
of stealing passwords is: a. Time bomb b. Worm
a. Jacking. b. Identity theft. c. Melissa virus d. Macro virus
c. Spoofing. d. Hacking. 181. The thing that eventually
terminates a worm virus is a lack of:
Fundamentals of Computers Page 16 a. Memory or disk space. b. Time. c. CD
175. Collecting personal information drives space. d. CD-RW.
and effectively posing as another 182. When a logic bomb is activated by
individual is known a time-related event, it is known as a:
as the crime of: a. Time-related bomb sequence. b.
a. Spooling. b. Identity theft. Virus. c. Time bomb. d. Trojan horse.
c. Spoofing. d. Hacking. 176. Malicious 183. A logic bomb that was created to
software is known as: erupt on Michelangelo‘s birthday is an
a. Badware. b. Malware. c. example of a:
Maliciousware. d. Illegalware. 177. A a. Time-related bomb sequence. b.
program that performs a useful task Virus. c. Time bomb. d. Trojan horse.
184. What is the name of an application 189. To prevent the loss of data during
program that gathers user information power failures, use a(n):
and sends it a. Encryption program. b. Surge
to someone through the Internet? protector.
a. A virus b. Spybot c. Firewall. d. UPS.
c. Logic bomb d. Security patch 190. ------Is defined as any crime
completed through the use of computer
Fundamentals of Computers Page 17 technology.
185. ------ is the measurement of things a. Computer forensics b. Computer
such as fingerprints and retinal scans crime
used for c. Hacking d. Cracking
security access. 191. ------ refers to electronic
a. Biometrics b. Bio measurement trespassing or criminal hacking.
c. Computer security d. Smart weapon a. Cracking b. Jacking
machinery c. Spoofing d. Smarming
186. What is the most common tool 192. The first electronic computer was
used to restrict access to a computer developed by
system? a. J.V. Attansoff b. Bill Gates
a. User logins b. Passwords c. Simur Cray d. Winton Serf
b. Computer keys d. Access-control 193. Snowbol is an/a--------- a.
software Operating system b. HLL
187. Hardware or software designed to c. Software d. Search engine
guard against unauthorized access to a 194. Switching device of fifth generation
computer computer is-------- a. Vacuum tubes b.
network is known as a(n): Transistors
a. Hacker-proof program. b. Firewall. c. c. IC d. VLSI
Hacker-resistant server. d. Encryption 195. ---------- computers operates
safe wall. essentially by counting
188. The scrambling of code is known as: a. Portable computer b. Hybrid
a. Encryption. b. a firewall. computer
c. Scrambling. d. Password proofing. c. Analog computer d. Digital computer
Fundamentals of Computers Page 18 204. .............printer is the cheapest in
196. ---------- computer is small general terms of price and operating cost
purpose micro computer, but larger a. Inkjet b. Laser
than portable c. Thermal d. Dot matrix
computer 205. .......... printer is a non-impact
a. Hybrid b. Digital c. Desktop d. Laptop printer and is quite in working
197. Cathode Ray Tube is a form of....... a. Inkjet b. Laser
a. Keyboard b. Mouse c. Monitor d. c. Thermal d. Dot matrix
Mother board 206. .......... are high-end printers
198. Trackball is a........... a. Inkjet b. Laser
a. Input device b. Output device c. Thermal d. Dot matrix
c. Programming language d. Software 207. ......... are used for plotting graphs
199. ............. computer is a medium and design on papers
sized computer a. Trackball b. Joystick
a. Micro b. Mainframe c. Super d. Mini c. Light pen d. Plotters
200. ........... computer are of large size 208. Daisy wheel, Drum, chain etc are
a. Micro b. Mainframe c. Super d. Mini the ............. a. Flow chart b. Mouse
201. Note book, laptop,palm,hand-held
computers are coming under the Fundamentals of Computers Page 19
category of......... c. Key board d. Printers
computer 209. ....are specific to users’ needs
a. Digital computer b. Mainframe a. System software b. Application
computer software
c. Portable computer d. Hybrid c. Assemblers d. Compilers
computer 210. Joshy, Perfumes are examples
202. Light pen and joystick are............ of.............
a. Algorithm b. Input devices a. Operating system b. Computer
c. Output devices d. Portals languages
203. Touch Screen is............ c. Computer viruses d. Web portals
a. Input device b. Output device 211. Which of the following is/ are
c. Both a & b above d. None of these operating systems
a. Windows b. Unix
c. OS/2 d. All of these c. Network Operating system d. Non-
212. “MAN” stands for operating software
a. Maximum Area Network b. Minimum 220. ............... are system software to
Area Network facilitate editing of text and data
c. Main Area Network d. Metropolitan a. MS Word b. Editors
Area Network c. PowerPoint d. MS publisher
213. Which of the following is a network
topology Fundamentals of Computers Page 20
a. LAN b. WAN 221. Computers, combine both
c. MAN d. BUS measuring and counting, are called :
214. Which of the following is a type of a. Analog b. Digital c. Hybrid d. All of
network these
a. Ring b. Bus c. Star d. PAN 222. In world today, most of the
215. VOIP stands for.......... computers are :
a. Voice over IP b. Video over IP a. Digital b. Hybrid c. Analog d. Complex
c. Viruses over IP d. Virtual over IP 223. Physical structure of computer is
216. The first web browser is called :
a. Mosaic b. Netscape a. Software b. Hardware c. Human ware
c. Internet explorer d. Collabra d. All of these
217. LAN stands for............... 224. In which type of computer, data
a. Limited Area Network b. Logical Area are represented as discrete signals.
Network a. Analog computer b. Digital computer
c. Local Area Network d. Large Area c. both d. Hybrid Computer
Network 225. Which of the following is available
218. .......... are set of rules and in the form of a PC now?
procedures to control the data a. Mainframe b. Microcomputer
transmission over the internet c. Minicomputer d. Both (B) & (C)
a. IP address b. Domains 226. PARAM is an example of:
c. Protocol d. Gateway a. Super computer b. PC
219. NOS stands for c. Laptop d. PDA
a. Node operating system b. Non-open
software Fundamentals of Computers Page 21
 28 a 82 b 136 b 190 b
ANSWER KEY 29 b 83 a 137 b 191 a
30 c 84 a 138 c 192 a
31 c 85 b 139 c 193 b
1 a, 55 b 109 d 163 c 217 c
2 b 56 c 110 a 164 b 218 c 32 b 86 d 140 a 194 d
3 b 57 c 111 b 165 d 219 c 33 a 87 d 141 b 195 d
4 a 58 b 112 b 166 d 220 b 34 d 88 b 142 c 196 c
5 a 59 a 113 b 167 b 221 c 35 a 89 c 143 a 197 c
6 c 60 d 114 c 168 a 222 a 36 b 90 b 144 c 198 a
7 a 61 a 115 c 169 b 223 b 37 b 91 c 145 a 199 d
8 b 62 b 116 c 170 d 224 b 38 d 92 a 146 d 200 b
9 a 63 b 117 c 171 d 225 b 39 a 93 d 147 c 201 c
10 b 64 c 118 b 172 c 226 a 40 b 94 a 148 d 202 b
11 a 65 c 119 b 173 b 41 b 95 a 149 b 203 c
12 b 66 a 120 a 174 c 42 c 96 a 150 d 204 d
13 a 67 c 121 a 175 b 43 d 97 c 151 a 205 a
14 b 68 d 122 c 176 b 44 c 98 a 152 c 206 b
15 b 69 d 123 b 177 b 45 b 99 a 153 b 207 d
16 a 70 d 124 a 178 b 46 b 100 a 154 a 208 d
17 a 71 c 125 a 179 a 47 d 101 b 155 b 209 b
18 a 72 b 126 a 180 b 48 b 102 c 156 b 210 c
19 a 73 b 127 b 181 a 49 c 103 c 157 b 211 d
20 b 74 a 128 a 182 c 50 d 104 d 158 d 212 d
21 a 75 b 129 a 183 c 51 b 105 c 159 c 213 d
22 d 76 d 130 a 184 b 52 a 106 d 160 d 214 d
23 b 77 c 131 b 185 a 53 c 107 a 161 b 215 a
24 a 78 a 132 c 186 b 54 a 108 c 162 d 216 a

25 a 79 d 133 b 187 b
26 d 80 b 134 b 188 a
27 a 81 d 135 d 189 d
 3. DNS ? Domain Name System
A 4. DPI ? Dots Per Inch
1. Al ? Artificial intelligence 5. DRAM ? Dynamic Random Access
2. ALGOL ? Algorithmic Language Memory
3. ARP ? Address resolution Protocol 6. DVD ? Digital Video Disc/Digital
4. ASCII ? American Standard Code for Versatile Disc
Information Interchange 7. DVDR ? DVD Recordable
B 8. DVDROM ? DVD Read Only Memory
1. BINAC - Binary Automatic Computer 9. DVDRW ? DVD Rewritable
2. BCC ? Blind Carbon Copy 10. DVR ? Digital Video Recorder
3. Bin ? Binary 11. DOS ? Disk Operating System
4. BASIC - Beginner?s All-purpose E
Symbolic Instruction Code 1. EBCDIC ? Extended Binary Coded
5. BIOS ? Basic Input Output System Decimal Interchange Code
6. Bit ? Binary Digit 2. e-Commerce ? Electronic Commerce
7. BSNL ? Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 3. EDP ? Electronic Data Processing
C 4. EEPROM ? Electrically Erasable
1. CC ? Carbon Copy Programmable Read Only Memory
2. CAD ? Computer Aided Design 5. ELM/e-Mail ? Electronic Mail
3. COBOL ? Common Business Oriented 6. ENIAC - Electronic Numerical
Language Integrator and Computer
4. CD ? Compact Disc 7. EOF - End Of File
5. CRT ? Cathode Ray Tube 8. EPROM - Erasable Programmable
6. CDR ? Compact Disc Recordable Read Only Memory
7. CDROM ? Compact Disc Read Only 9. EXE - Executable
Memory F
8. CDRW ? Compact Disc Rewritable 1. FAX - Far Away Xerox/ facsimile
9. CDR/W ? Compact Disk Read/Write 2. FDC - Floppy Disk Controller
D 3. FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
1. DBA ? Data Base Administrator 4. FORTRAN - Formula Translation
2. DBMS ? Data Base Management 5. FS - File System
System 6. FTP - File Transfer Protocol
G 2. MB ? Megabyte
1. Gb - Gigabit 3. MPEG ? Moving Picture Experts
2. GB - Gigabyte Group
3. GIF - Graphics Interchange Format 4. MMS ? Multimedia Message Service
4. GSM - Global System for Mobile 5. MICR ? Magnetic Ink Character
Communication reader
H 6. MIPS ? Million Instructions Per
1. HDD - Hard Disk Drive Second
2. HP - Hewlett Packard N
3. HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language 1. NIC ? Network Interface Card
4. HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol 2. NOS ? Network Operating System
I O
1. IBM - International Business Machine 1. OMR ? Optical Mark Reader
2. IM - Instant Message 2. OOP ? Object Oriented Programming
3. IMAP - Internet Message Access 3. OSS ? Open Source Software
Protocol P
4. ISP - Internet Service Provider 1. PAN ? Personal Area Network
J 2. PC ? Personal Computer
1. JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts 3. PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
Group 4. PDF ? Portable Document Format
K 5. POS ? Point Of Sale
2. Kb - Kilobit 6. PNG - Portable Network Graphics
3. KB - Kilobyte 7. PPM ? Pages Per Minute
4. KHz - Kilohertz 8. PPP ? Point-to-Point Protocol
5. Kbps - Kilobit Per Second 9. PROM ? Programmable Read Only
L Memory
1. LCD ? Liquid Crystal Display 10. PSTN ? Public Switched Telephone
2. LED ? Light Emitting Diode Network
3. LPI ? Lines Per Inch 11. POST ? Power On Self Test
4. LIS ? Large Scale Integration 12. PING ? Packet Internet Gopher
M R
1. Mb ? Megabit 1. RAM ? Random Access Memory
2. RDBMS ? Relational Data Base 3. WPA ? Wi-Fi Protected Access
Management System 4. WWW ? World Wide Web
3. RIP ? Routing Information Protocol 5. WORM ? Write Once Read Many
4. RTF ? Rich Text Format X
S 1. XHTML ? eXtensible Hyper text
1. SMTP ? Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Markup Language
2. SQL ? Structured Query Language 2. XML - eXtensible Markup language
3. SRAM ? Static Random Access Z
Memory 1. ZB ? Zeta Byte
4. SNMP ? Simple Network 2.
Management Protocol Some other Important Abbreviations -
5. SIM ? Subscriber Identification 2. OCR - Optical Character Readers
Module 3. ODBC - Open Data Base Connectivity
T 4. OLE - Object Linking And Embedding
1. TCP ? Transmission Control Protocol 5. OMR - Optical Mark Reader
2. TB ? Tera Bytes 6. ONE - Open Network Architecture
U 7. OOA - Object Orient Analysis
1. UPS ? Uninterrupted Power Supply 8. OOAD - Object Oriented Analysis And
2. URI ? Uniform Resource Identifier Design
3. URL ? Uniform Resource Locator 9. OOP - Object Oriented Programming
4. USB - Universal Serial Bus 10. OOPS - Object Oriented
5. ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration Programming System
6. UNIVAC - Universal Automatic 11. OPEN GL - Open Graphics Library
Computer 12. OS - Operating System
V 13. OSI - Open System Interconnection
1. VAR ? Variable 14. PC - Personal Computer
2. VGA ? Video Graphics Array 15. PCI - Peripheral Component
3. VSNL ? Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited Interconnect
4. VDU ? Visual Display Unit 16. PCMCIA - Personal Computer
W Memory Card International Association
1. Wi-Fi ? Wireless Fidelity 17. PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
2. WLAN ? Wireless Local Area Network 18. PDF - Portable Document Format
19. PDL - Page Description Language 42. RICS - Reduced Instruction Set
20. PDU - Protocol Data Unit Computer
21. PIC - Programming Interrupt Control 43. RIP - Raster Image Processor
22. PILOT - Programmed Inquiry 44. RISC - Reduced Instruction Set
Learning Or Teaching Computer
23. PLA - Programmable Logic Array 45. ROM - Read Only Memory
24. PLC - Programmable Logic Controller 46. RPC - Remote Procedure Call
25. PNG - Portable Network Graphics 47. RTC - Real Time Clock
26. PNP - Plug And Play 48. RTF - Rich Text Format
27. PPP - Peer To Peer Protocol 49. RTOS - Real Time Operating System
28. PPTP - Point To Point Tunneling 50. SACK - Selective Acknowledgements
Protocol 51. SAM - Security Access Manager
29. PROM - Programmable Read Only 52. SAP - Service Access Point, Systems
Memory ApplicationsProducts
30. PS - Post Script 53. SCMP - Software Configuration
31. RADSL - Rate Adaptive Digital Management Plan
Subscribes Line 54. SD RAM - Synchronous Dynamic
32. RAID - Redundant Array Of Random AccessMemory
Independent Disks 55. SDD - Software Design Description
33. RAM - Random Access Memory 56. SDK - Software Development Kit
34. RAMDAC - Random Access Memory 57. SDL - Storage Definition Language
Digital To Analog Converter 58. SDN - Integrated Service Digital
35. RAS - Remote Access Network Network
36. RD RAM - Rambus Dynamic Random 59. SDSL - Symmetric Digital Subscribes
Access Memory Line
37. RDBMS - Relational Data Base 60. SG RAM - Synchronous Graphics
Management System Random AccessMemory
38. RDO - Remote Data Objects 61. SGML - Standard Generalized
39. RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol Markup Language
40. RFC - Request For Comments 62. SIM - Subscriber Identification
41. RGB - Red Green Blue Module
63. SIMD - Single Instruction Multiple 85. TCPIP - Transmission Control
Data Protocol InternetProtocol
64. SISD - Single Instruction Single Data 86. TDI - Transport Data Interface
65. SIU - Serial Interface Unit 87. TDMA - Time Division Multiple
66. SMP - Symmetric MultiProcess Access
67. SMS - Short Message Service 88. TPM - Transactions Processing
68. SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Monitor
Protocol 89. TSR - Terminate And Stay Residents
69. SNA - System Network Architecture 90. UDD - User Datagram Protocol
70. SNAP - Sub Network Access Protoco 91. UDP - User Datagram Protocol
71. lSNMP - Simple Network 92. UI - User Interface
Management Protocol 93. UML - Unified Modelling Language
72. SNOBOL - String Oriented Symbolic 94. UNC - Universal Naming Convention
Language 95. UNIX - Uniplexed Information And
73. SOAP - Simple Object Access ComputerSystems
Protocol 96. URL - Universal Resource Locator
74. SPX - Sequenced Packet Exchange 97. USB - Universal Serial Bus
75. SQA - Statistical Quality Assurance 98. USRT - Universal Synchronous
76. SQL - Structured Query Language ReceiverTransmitted
77. SRAM - Static Random Access 99. UTP -Unshielded Twisted Pair
Memory 100. VAN - Virtual Area Network
78. SRS - Software Requirements 101. VAST - Very Small Aperture
Specification Terminal
79. STP - Shielded Twisted Pair 102. VB - Visual Basic
80. SVVP - Software Verification And 103. VC++ - Visual C++
Validation Plan 104. VCD - Video Compact Disc
81. SW - Software 105. VDL - View Definition Language
82. TAPI - Telephony Application 106. VGA - Video Graphics Array
Program Interface 107. VHS - Video Home System
83. TB - Tera Bytes 108. VLIW - Very Long Instruction
84. TCP - Transmission Control Protocol Words
109. VLSI - Very Large Scale Integrated
Circuits
110. VPN - Virtual Private Network
111. VRAM - Video Random Access
Memory
112. VRML - Virtual Reality Modelling
Language
113. VS - Visual Studio
114. VVR - Software Validation And
Validation Report
115. VXD - Virtual Device Driver
116. W3C - World Wide Web
Consortium
117. WAIS - Wide Area Information
Servers
118. WAN - Wide Area Network
119. WAP - Wireless Application
Protocol
120. WBEM - WebBase Enterprise
Management
121. WDM - Wave Division Multiplexing
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 Ctrl + 2 – Double-line spacing
 Ctrl + 5 – 1.5-line spacing
 Ctrl + 0 – Add or remove space
before paragraph
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 Ctrl + Shift + L – Apply bullet
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 Ctrl + O – Open document
 Ctrl + S – Save document
Text Formatting Shortcuts:
 F12 – Save As
 Ctrl + P – Print document
 Ctrl + B – Bold text
 Ctrl + F – Find text
 Ctrl + I – Italicize text
 Ctrl + H – Replace text
 Ctrl + U – Underline text
 Ctrl + A – Select all text
 Ctrl + Shift + D – Double
 Ctrl + W – Close the document
underline text
 Ctrl + Q – Close Word
 Ctrl + Shift + W – Underline
 Ctrl + R – Refresh document
words only
view
 Ctrl + Shift + A – Apply all caps
 Alt + F4 – Close the Word
formatting
application
 Ctrl + [ – Decrease font size
 Ctrl + ] – Increase font size
Text Editing Shortcuts:
 Ctrl + Shift + > – Increase font
size
 Ctrl + C – Copy selected text
 Ctrl + Shift + < – Decrease font
 Ctrl + X – Cut selected text
size
 Ctrl + V – Paste text
 Ctrl + Shift + K – Format text as
 Ctrl + Z – Undo action
small caps
 Ctrl + Y – Redo action
 Ctrl + Shift + F – Open the Font
 Ctrl + D – Font settings dialog
dialog box
 Ctrl + Shift + F – Open the Font
 Ctrl + Shift + E – Track changes
dialog box
 Ctrl + Spacebar – Remove all
 Ctrl + Shift + P – Open the Font
formatting
size dialog
 Ctrl + Shift + Q – Change the
 Ctrl + Shift + C – Copy formatting
font to the Symbol font
 Ctrl + Shift + V – Paste
 Ctrl + L – Left-align paragraph
formatting
 Ctrl + R – Right-align paragraph
 Ctrl + E – Center-align text
 Ctrl + J – Justify text
 Ctrl + L – Left-align text
 Ctrl + E – Center-align text
 Ctrl + R – Right-align text
 Ctrl + T – Apply hanging indent
 Ctrl + J – Justify text
 Ctrl + Q – Remove paragraph
 Ctrl + M – Indent the paragraph
formatting
 Ctrl + Shift + M – Remove
paragraph indent
Navigation Shortcuts:
 Ctrl + T – Create hanging indent
 Ctrl + Shift + T – Remove
hanging indent
  Ctrl + Left Arrow – Move the  Ctrl + [ – Decrease indent
cursor one word to the left
 Ctrl + Right Arrow – Move the Review and Proofing Shortcuts:
cursor one word to the right
 Ctrl + Up Arrow – Move the  F7 – Start spell check
cursor up one paragraph  Shift + F7 – Open Thesaurus
 Ctrl + Down Arrow – Move the  Ctrl + Alt + M – Insert a
cursor down one paragraph comment
 Ctrl + Home – Go to the  Alt + Shift + C – Close the
beginning of the document comments pane
 Ctrl + End – Go to the end of the  Ctrl + Shift + E – Turn Track
document Changes on or off
 Page Up – Scroll up one page  Ctrl + Alt + I – Switch to print
 Page Down – Scroll down one preview
page  Alt + F9 – Show or hide field
 Alt + Ctrl + Left Arrow – Move to codes
the previous word
 Alt + Ctrl + Right Arrow – Move Window and View Shortcuts:
to the next word
 Ctrl + F6 – Switch between open
Document and Page Navigation: documents
 Alt + Tab – Switch between
 Ctrl + G – Go to a specific page, applications
line, or section  Ctrl + F10 – Maximize or restore
 Ctrl + F – Open the Find dialog window
box  Ctrl + F7 – Move the document
 Ctrl + H – Open the Find and window
Replace dialog box  Ctrl + F8 – Resize the document
 Ctrl + Shift + F12 – Open Print window
dialog box  Ctrl + Shift + F12 – Print the
 Ctrl + Enter – Insert page break document
 Ctrl + Shift + Enter – Insert
column break Miscellaneous Shortcuts:

Insert Shortcuts:  Ctrl + Alt + V – Paste special

 Ctrl + Shift + V – Paste as plain
 Ctrl + K – Insert hyperlink text
 Alt + N, P – Insert a picture  Ctrl + D – Open Font dialog box
 Alt + N, S – Insert shape  Alt + Ctrl + S – Split the window
 Alt + N, T – Insert table  Alt + Ctrl + M – Insert a
 Alt + N, X – Insert text box comment
 Alt + N, L – Insert a hyperlink  Ctrl + Alt + I – Switch to print
 Ctrl + Shift + A – Insert all caps preview
text  Ctrl + Shift + N – Apply Normal
 Ctrl + Shift + L – Insert bullet style
points  Ctrl + Shift + P – Open the font
 Ctrl + ] – Increase indent size menu
Table Shortcuts:  Ctrl + Arrow Keys – Move to the
edge of the data region (left,
 Alt + N, T – Insert a table right, up, or down)
 Tab – Move to the next cell  Home – Move to the beginning
 Shift + Tab – Move to the of the current row
previous cell  Ctrl + Home – Move to the
 Ctrl + Tab – Insert a tab in a beginning of the worksheet (A1)
table cell  Ctrl + End – Move to the last
 Ctrl + Shift + L – Insert a bulleted used cell in the worksheet
list in a table  Page Up – Move one screen up
 Ctrl + Shift + N – Remove table  Page Down – Move one screen
formatting down
 Alt + Page Up – Move one
screen to the left
 Alt + Page Down – Move one
screen to the right
 Ctrl + G or F5 – Open the Go To
dialog box to jump to a specific
File and Workbook cell
Management:  Ctrl + F – Open the Find dialog
box
 Ctrl + N – Create a new  Ctrl + H – Open the Find and
workbook Replace dialog box
 Ctrl + O – Open an existing  Ctrl + Shift + L – Toggle
workbook AutoFilter on and off
 Ctrl + S – Save the workbook  Ctrl + T – Create a table from
 Ctrl + P – Print the workbook selected data
 Ctrl + W – Close the current  Ctrl + Shift + F3 – Open the
workbook Name Manager dialog box
 Ctrl + F4 – Close the current  Alt + F8 – Run a macro
workbook window
 Alt + F4 – Exit Excel Selecting Data:
 F12 – Save As dialog box
 Ctrl + F12 – Open the Open  Ctrl + A – Select all cells in the
dialog box worksheet
 Ctrl + Shift + N – Create a new  Ctrl + Spacebar – Select the
worksheet in the current entire column of the active cell
workbook  Shift + Spacebar – Select the
 Ctrl + F9 – Minimize the current entire row of the active cell
workbook window  Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar – Select
 Ctrl + F10 – Maximize or restore the entire worksheet (or active
the workbook window data region)
 Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Keys –
Navigating the Worksheet: Select a block of data from the
current cell to the edge of the
 Arrow Keys – Move one cell up, data region (left, right, up, or
down, left, or right down)
  Shift + Arrow Keys – Extend the  Ctrl + Shift + ! – Apply number
selection one cell at a time format with two decimal places,
 Ctrl + Shift + Home – Select all thousands separator
cells from the current position to  Ctrl + 1 – Open the Format Cells
the beginning of the worksheet dialog box
 Ctrl + Shift + End – Select all cells  Ctrl + Shift + F – Open the Font
from the current position to the tab in the Format Cells dialog
last used cell box
 Ctrl + Shift + "+" – Insert a new  Ctrl + Shift + P – Open the Font
row or column Size dropdown in the Format
 Ctrl + "-" – Delete the selected Cells dialog box
row or column  Ctrl + 9 – Hide selected rows
 Ctrl + 0 – Hide selected columns
Editing and Formatting Cells:  Ctrl + Shift + 9 – Unhide hidden
rows
 Ctrl + C – Copy selected cells  Ctrl + Shift + 0 – Unhide hidden
 Ctrl + X – Cut selected cells columns
 Ctrl + V – Paste copied or cut  Ctrl + Shift + K – Insert a
content hyperlink
 Ctrl + Z – Undo last action  Ctrl + Alt + V – Open the Paste
 Ctrl + Y – Redo last undone Special dialog box
action
 Delete – Delete content of Working with Formulas and
selected cells Functions:
 Esc – Cancel an entry or editing
mode  Alt + "=" – Insert the SUM
 Ctrl + D – Fill selected cells with function
content from the cell above  Ctrl + Shift + A – Insert function
 Ctrl + R – Fill selected cells with argument names in formulas
content from the cell to the left  Ctrl + ` (backtick) – Toggle
 Ctrl + B – Bold the selected text between displaying formulas
or cell content and the result of formulas in the
 Ctrl + I – Italicize the selected worksheet
text or cell content  F9 – Calculate all formulas in all
 Ctrl + U – Underline the selected open workbooks
text or cell content  Shift + F9 – Calculate only the
 Ctrl + Shift + $ – Apply currency active worksheet
formatting to selected cells  Ctrl + Shift + F3 – Open the
 Ctrl + Shift + % – Apply Create Names dialog box to
percentage formatting to define names from row/column
selected cells labels
 Ctrl + Shift + # – Apply date  Ctrl + Shift + T – Insert the
formatting to selected cells TODAY function in the current
 Ctrl + Shift + @ – Apply time cell
formatting to selected cells  Ctrl + Shift + E – Insert the NOW
function in the current cell
  Ctrl + Shift + F12 – Open the  Ctrl + Alt + T – Open the chart
Print dialog box type dialog box
 Ctrl + Alt + F9 – Force  Ctrl + F10 – Maximize or restore
recalculation of all formulas the chart window
 Ctrl + Shift + " (quotation mark)
– Copy the content of the cell Worksheet Management:
above
 Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F9 –  Ctrl + Page Up – Move to the
Recalculate all open workbooks previous worksheet
 Ctrl + Page Down – Move to the
Data Management: next worksheet
 Shift + F11 – Insert a new
 Ctrl + Shift + "+" – Insert a new worksheet
row or column  Alt + E, S, V – Open the Paste
 Ctrl + Shift + "-" – Delete the Special dialog box
selected row or column  Alt + F1 – Create a chart of
 Ctrl + Shift + L – Toggle the filter selected data in the same
on/off worksheet
 Ctrl + Shift + P – Format text as  Alt + Shift + F1 – Insert a new
percentage worksheet
 Ctrl + T – Create a table from the  Ctrl + Shift + Page Up – Select
selected data the previous worksheet
 Ctrl + Shift + C – Copy cell  Ctrl + Shift + Page Down – Select
format the next worksheet
 Ctrl + Shift + V – Paste cell  Ctrl + F4 – Close the current
format worksheet
 Ctrl + D – Fill selected cells with  Ctrl + N – Create a new
the content from the cell above workbook
 Ctrl + R – Fill selected cells with
the content from the left Window and View Shortcuts:

Charts and Data Visualization:  Ctrl + F6 – Switch between open

workbooks
 Alt + F1 – Create a chart of the  Ctrl + Tab – Switch between
selected data in the current open workbooks
worksheet  Ctrl + Shift + F12 – Open the
 F11 – Create a chart of the Print dialog box
selected data in a new chart  Ctrl + F10 – Maximize or restore
sheet the window
 Ctrl + Shift + F3 – Define names  Ctrl + F9 – Minimize the
from the row or column labels in workbook window
a chart  Ctrl + Shift + F4 – Close all open
 Ctrl + Shift + L – Add/remove workbooks
filters from columns  Ctrl + 1 – Format Cells dialog box
 Ctrl + Shift + H – Add chart  Ctrl + 9 – Hide the selected rows
elements  Ctrl + 0 – Hide the selected
columns
  Alt + W, F, F – Freeze panes  Ctrl + X – Cut the selected object
 Alt + W, F, R – Unfreeze panes  Ctrl + C – Copy the selected
object
Miscellaneous:  Ctrl + V – Paste the clipboard
contents
 Alt + E, S, V – Paste Special (use  Ctrl + A – Select all items on the
this for advanced paste options slide or in the presentation
like values, formatting, etc.)  Ctrl + D – Duplicate the selected
 Ctrl + F9 – Minimize the object
workbook window  Ctrl + Shift + C – Copy formatting
 Ctrl + F10 – Maximize the  Ctrl + Shift + V – Paste
workbook window formatting
 Ctrl + Shift + K – Insert a  Ctrl + E – Center align the text in
hyperlink a text box
 Ctrl + Shift + T – Insert the  Ctrl + L – Left align the text in a
TODAY function text box
 Ctrl + Shift + E – Insert the NOW  Ctrl + R – Right align the text in a
function text box
 Ctrl + Alt + F9 – Force calculation  Ctrl + T – Open the Font dialog
of all open workbooks box
 Ctrl + B – Bold the selected text
 Ctrl + I – Italicize the selected
text
 Ctrl + U – Underline the selected
General PowerPoint text
Shortcuts:  Ctrl + M – Insert a new slide
 Ctrl + Shift + M – Insert a new
 Ctrl + N – Create a new slide without a title
presentation  Ctrl + N – Create a new
 Ctrl + O – Open an existing presentation
presentation  Ctrl + Shift + F – Open the
 Ctrl + S – Save the current Format Text dialog box
presentation  Ctrl + 1 – Open the Format
 Ctrl + P – Print the presentation Picture dialog box
 Ctrl + W – Close the current
presentation Navigating the Slides:
 Ctrl + Q – Quit PowerPoint
 F12 – Save As dialog box  Page Up – Go to the previous
 Ctrl + F12 – Open the Open slide
dialog box  Page Down – Go to the next
 Alt + F4 – Close PowerPoint slide
 Ctrl + F4 – Close the current  Ctrl + Home – Go to the first
presentation window slide
 Ctrl + Shift + S – Save As  Ctrl + End – Go to the last slide
 Ctrl + Z – Undo the last action  Arrow Keys – Move to the next
 Ctrl + Y – Redo the last undone or previous slide
action  Home – Move to the first slide
  End – Move to the last slide  Ctrl + E – Center align the
 F5 – Start the slideshow from selected text
the beginning  Ctrl + L – Left align the selected
 Shift + F5 – Start the slideshow text
from the current slide  Ctrl + R – Right align the selected
 Esc – Exit slideshow text
 Ctrl + Enter – Go to Slide Show  Ctrl + Shift + D – Double space
view selected text
 Alt + N – Open the Insert tab on  Ctrl + Q – Remove formatting
the Ribbon from text
 Ctrl + G – Go to a specific slide  Ctrl + 1 – Open the Paragraph
(Go To Slide dialog box) dialog box
 Ctrl + F – Open the Find dialog  Ctrl + Shift + X – Strikethrough
box the selected text
 Ctrl + H – Open the Replace  Ctrl + Shift + A – Uppercase the
dialog box selected text
 Ctrl + Shift + G – Go to a specific  Ctrl + Shift + C – Copy formatting
slide by number  Ctrl + Shift + V – Paste
formatting
Working with Text and Objects:
Working with Shapes and Images:
 Tab – Select the next object on
the slide  Ctrl + K – Insert a hyperlink
 Shift + Tab – Select the previous  Alt + F9 – Toggle between the
object on the slide presentation view and slide
 Ctrl + Shift + N – Create a new show view
text box  Ctrl + Shift + T – Open the
 Ctrl + Shift + K – Insert a Format Picture dialog box
hyperlink  Ctrl + Shift + G – Group selected
 Ctrl + Shift + P – Open the objects
Paragraph dialog box  Ctrl + Shift + P – Open the
 Ctrl + Shift + F3 – Insert the Date Format Picture dialog box
and Time on the slide  Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S – Insert a
 Ctrl + Shift + Q – Insert a footer shape
 Alt + Shift + F1 – Insert a new
slide Working with Slides and Masters:
 Ctrl + Shift + L – Add a bullet
point to a list  Ctrl + Shift + M – Insert a new
 Ctrl + Shift + J – Justify align the slide (without a title)
text  Ctrl + Shift + 1 – Open the Slide
 Ctrl + G – Group selected objects Master view
 Ctrl + Shift + G – Ungroup  Alt + W, Q – Zoom in or out of
selected objects the slide
 Ctrl + Shift + C – Copy object  Ctrl + Shift + F5 – Show Slide
formatting Show dialog box
 Ctrl + Shift + V – Paste object  Alt + Shift + F3 – Open the Slide
formatting Sorter view
  Shift + F5 – Start the slideshow  Alt + Q – Move to the "Tell Me"
from the current slide box
 Ctrl + Shift + F12 – Open the
Presentation View and Navigation: Print dialog box
 Ctrl + Shift + S – Open the Save
 Ctrl + Shift + D – Duplicate the As dialog box
current slide  Alt + F8 – Run a macro
 Ctrl + Shift + P – Open the  Ctrl + F3 – Open the Name
presentation as a PDF or file Manager dialog box
type  Ctrl + Shift + F1 – Add a new
 Ctrl + F5 – Start presentation shape to the slide
from current slide  Alt + Shift + F11 – Open the
 F7 – Spell check the slide or developer tab
presentation  Ctrl + Shift + X – Increase the
 Alt + F5 – Start slide show in font size of the selected text
Presenter view  Ctrl + Shift + Z – Undo text or
 Shift + F5 – Start slide show object changes
from the current slide
 Esc – End slide show

Formatting and Design Shortcuts:

General Access Shortcuts:
 Ctrl + T – Open the Font dialog
box  Ctrl + N – Create a new database
 Ctrl + B – Bold text in the  Ctrl + O – Open an existing
selected object database
 Ctrl + I – Italicize text in the  Ctrl + S – Save the current object
selected object (form, query, report, etc.)
 Ctrl + U – Underline text in the  Ctrl + P – Print the current
selected object object (form, report, etc.)
 Ctrl + Shift + A – Apply all caps  Ctrl + W – Close the current
 Ctrl + Shift + K – Open the Insert object (form, query, etc.)
Hyperlink dialog box  Ctrl + F4 – Close the current
 Ctrl + Shift + F3 – Open the window
Insert Date and Time dialog box  Ctrl + Q – Close the database
 Ctrl + 2 – Toggle Bold formatting  Ctrl + F12 – Open the Open
 Ctrl + 3 – Toggle Italic formatting dialog box
 Ctrl + 4 – Toggle Underline  Ctrl + F4 – Close the active
formatting database window
 Ctrl + 5 – Toggle Strikethrough  Ctrl + Shift + S – Save As for a
formatting new copy of the current object
 Ctrl + 6 – Show the Slide Master  Alt + F4 – Close Microsoft Access
dialog box
 Ctrl + 7 – Show the Slide layout Navigating and Managing Objects:
dialog box
 Ctrl + G – Open the Immediate
Miscellaneous Shortcuts: Window in the VBA editor
  Ctrl + F6 – Switch between open  F4 – Open the property sheet in
objects (forms, reports, tables) form design view
 Ctrl + Tab – Switch between  Ctrl + Enter – Add a new record
open objects (forms, queries, in the form
etc.)  Ctrl + Shift + C – Copy selected
 Ctrl + F – Open the Find and controls (e.g., text boxes, combo
Replace dialog box boxes)
 Ctrl + H – Open the Replace  Ctrl + Shift + V – Paste copied
dialog box controls to a new location in the
 Ctrl + F9 – Refresh the current form
view or object  Ctrl + Shift + D – Duplicate a
 Ctrl + Shift + F12 – Open the form
Print dialog box  Ctrl + Shift + W – Close the
 Ctrl + Shift + F4 – Close all active form
objects in the current database  Ctrl + Shift + P – Print the
 F6 – Switch to the next pane current form
(navigation pane, object pane,
etc.) Working with Queries:
 Shift + F6 – Switch to the
previous pane  Ctrl + Q – Open the Query
Design view
Working with Tables:  Ctrl + F – Open the Find dialog
box for searching query criteria
 Ctrl + Shift + N – Create a new  Ctrl + Shift + Q – Create a new
table query in design view
 Ctrl + Shift + F1 – Show or hide  Ctrl + Shift + G – Open the Query
the Field List pane Properties dialog box
 Ctrl + T – Open the table in  Ctrl + Shift + R – Open the Run
datasheet view Query dialog box
 Ctrl + R – Refresh the datasheet  F5 – Run the current query
view  Ctrl + Alt + Q – Open the Query
 Ctrl + + – Add a new record (row) SQL view
to the table
 Ctrl + - – Delete the current Working with Reports:
record (row) in datasheet view
 Ctrl + Shift + F3 – Create a new  Ctrl + Shift + R – Create a new
index report
 Ctrl + Shift + L – Toggle the field  Ctrl + F – Open the Find dialog
filter on and off box to search in reports
 Ctrl + Shift + P – Print the
Working with Forms: current report
 Ctrl + Shift + W – Close the
 Ctrl + Shift + F – Create a new report
form from selected objects  F6 – Move to the next control in
 Ctrl + F11 – Open the form the report
design view
Navigating the Ribbon:
  Alt – Activate the Ribbon (open  Ctrl + G – Open the Immediate
the Ribbon commands) window in VBA editor
 Ctrl + F1 – Show or hide the  Ctrl + R – Open the Project
Ribbon Explorer window in the VBA
 Alt + F1 – Open the Access Help editor
dialog box  F5 – Run the current code in the
 Alt + E – Open the Edit tab in the VBA editor
Ribbon  F8 – Step through the code one
 Alt + A – Open the Table tab in line at a time in the VBA editor
the Ribbon  Ctrl + Break – Interrupt the
 Alt + H – Open the Home tab in execution of code in the VBA
the Ribbon editor
 Ctrl + Shift + F9 – Compile all
Working with Data Entry: code in the VBA editor
 Ctrl + Spacebar – Auto-complete
 Ctrl + ; – Insert the current date code in the VBA editor
in a field
 Ctrl + Shift + ; – Insert the Formatting and Field Properties:
current time in a field
 Ctrl + Enter – Add a new record  Ctrl + T – Open the Field
in datasheet view or form Properties dialog box
 Tab – Move to the next field in  Ctrl + Shift + F – Format the
datasheet view or form selected field
 Shift + Tab – Move to the  Ctrl + Shift + B – Toggle the bold
previous field in datasheet view formatting for the selected text
or form  Ctrl + Shift + I – Toggle the italic
 Ctrl + Shift + "+" – Insert a new formatting for the selected text
record (row) in datasheet view  Ctrl + Shift + U – Toggle the
underline formatting for the
Working with Macros: selected text
 Ctrl + Shift + L – Turn the
 Ctrl + Shift + M – Create a new AutoFilter on and off
macro  Ctrl + Shift + P – Change the font
 Ctrl + Shift + G – Run the size for selected text
selected macro
 Ctrl + F9 – Open the macro Table Design View:
editor
 Ctrl + Shift + Q – Toggle  Ctrl + Shift + R – Open the
between macro design view and Relationships dialog box
datasheet view  Ctrl + Shift + F1 – Open the Field
List pane in Design View
Working with VBA (Visual Basic  Ctrl + + – Add a new field in
for Applications): Design View
 Ctrl + - – Delete the current field
 Alt + F11 – Open the Visual Basic in Design View
for Applications (VBA) editor  Ctrl + F – Search for a field or
data in Design View
  Alt + D, R – Open the
Relationship window

Additional Shortcuts:

 Ctrl + Shift + W – Open the

Database Window in Access
 Ctrl + G – Open the Immediate
window in VBA editor
 Alt + F8 – Open the Macro dialog
box
 F7 – Spell check the current
database object
 Ctrl + Shift + F5 – Open the
Compact and Repair dialog box
for database optimization