Computer Quiz

a) Computer uses the_________number system to store data and perform calculations.
1) Binary
2) octal
3) Decimal
4) Hexadecimal
5) None of these
ANSWER:- 1) Binary

b). .............. is the process of carrying out commands
1) Fetching
2) Storing
3) Decoding
4) Executing
5) None of these
ANSWER:- 4) Executing


c) In word, when you indent a paragraph, you ....
1) push the text in with respect to the margin
2) change the margins on the page
3) move the text up by one line
4) move the text down by one line
5) None of these
ANSWER:- 1) push the text in with respect to the margin

d) ASCII stands for .........
1) American Special Computer for Information Interaction
2) American Standard Computer for Information Interchange
3) American Special Code for Information Interchange
4) American Special Computer for Information Interchange
5) American Standard Code for Information Interchang
ANSWER:- 5) American Standard Code for Information Interchange

e) Which of the following is used by the browser to connect to the location of the Internet resources ?
1) Linkers
2) Protocol
3) Cable
4) URL
5) None of these
ANSWER:- 4) URL

f) ……….is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors.
(1) Tracking
(2) Formatting
(3) Crashing
(4) Allotting
(5) None of these
ANSWER:- (2) Formatting

g) What is the permanent memory built into your computer called ?
(1) RAM
(2) Floppy
(3) CPU
(4) CO-ROM
(5) ROM
ANSWER:- (5) ROM

h) Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU ?
(1) Mass memory
(2) Internal memory
(3) Non-volatile memory
(4) PROM
(5) None of these
ANSWER:- (2) Internal memory

i) Changing an existing document is called _____ the document.
1) Creating
2) Editing
3) Modifying
4) Adjusting
5) None of these
ANSWER:- 2) Editing

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

k)What is a popular program for creating documents that can be read on both a PC and a Macintosh computer?
(1) Microsoft Word
(2) Adobe In Design
(3) Adobe Acrobat
(4) QuarkXPress
(5) None of these
ANSWER:- (3) Adobe Acrobat

l) An image on a computer screen is made up of a matrix of what?
(1) Byte
(2) Pixels
(3) Bit
(4) Palette
(5) None of these
ANSWER:- (2) Pixels

m) What does dots per inch (DPI) measure?
(1) number of bits it takes to represent each color
(2) density of the pixels on a computer screen
(3) the density of bits on a disk
(4) density of graphic files stored on a hard disk
(5) None of these
ANSWER:- (2) density of the pixels on a computer screen




n) What type of software creates a smaller file that is faster to transfer over the Internet?
(1) MPEG
(2) Unzipped
(3) Fragmentation
(4) Compression
(5) None of these
ANSWER:- (4) Compression

o) A unit of computer information that contains data as well as all the procedures or operations is called:
(1) A method.
(2) Encapsulation.
(3) An object.
(4) An OOP
(5) None of these
ANSWER:- (3) An object

p) The world's first truly cross-platform programming language is called:
(1) C++.
(2) Java.
(3) Visual Basic.NET.
(4) Smalltalk.
(5) None of these
ANSWER:- (2) Java

q) The most widely used type of database management system is the:
(1) Flat database.
(2) Network database.
(3) Relational database.
(4) Hierarchical database.
(5) None of these
ANSWER:- (3) Relational database.

r) What is the newest type of database, which is well suited for multimedia applications, called?
(1) Object-oriented database
(2) Client/server database
(3) Data warehouse
(4) Multimedia database
(5) None of these
ANSWER:- (1) Object-oriented database

s) What do the circles on a data flow diagram represent?
(1) Data sources and destinations
(2) Data flows
(3) Transformation processes
(4) Data stores
(5) None of these
ANSWER:- (3) Transformation processes

t) The type of printer that prints by selectively unchanging static electricity from spots on a metal drum is a(n):
(1) Plotter
(2) Dot-matrix printer
(3) Laser printer
(4) Ink-jet printer
(5) None of these
ANSWER:- (3) Laser printer