Computer questions and answers part 03 / computer mcq questions

 


Computer knowledge is one of the important parts of the competitive exam. Do practice the below questions and improve your skills it will help to get more scores in the exam.

1) Merge cells option can be applied from?

A) Format Cells dialog box Alignment Tab

B) Formatting toolbar

C) Both of above

D) None of above

 Ans: A

2) All of the logic and mathematical calculations are done by the computer happen in/ on the ........

A) system board

B) central control unit

C) central processing unit

D) motherboard

 Ans: C

3) The instructions for starting the computer are housed in ___

A) RAM

B) CD-ROM

C) ROM Chip

D) None of these

 Ans: C

4) In the binary language each letter of  the alphabet, each number, and each special character is made up of a unique combination of  ___

A) eight bytes

B) eight kilobytes

C) eight characters

D) eight bits

 Ans: D

5) USB is which type of storage device?

A) Tertiary

B) Secondary

C) Primary

D) Auxillary

 Ans: B

6) Which motherboard form factor uses one 20 pin connector?

A) Baby AT

B) AT

C) ATX

D) All the above

 Ans: C

7) Hardware devices that are not part of the main computer system and are often added later to the system are ____

A) clip art

B) highlight

C) execute

D) peripherals

 Ans: D

8) You can use the tab key to ____

A) move a cursor across the screen

B) indent a paragraph

C) move the cursor down the screen

D) both (a) and (b)

 Ans: D

9) The ___ controls communications for the entire computer system

A) arithmetic-logic unit

B) semiconductor

C) motherboard

D) coprocessor

 Ans: C

10) The first completely 64-bit compatible version of Android -

A) Android 5.0 Lollipop

B) Android 2.3 Gingerbread

C) Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

D) Android 3.0 Honeycomb

 Ans: A

11) The process of preparing a floppy diskette for use is called ____

A) assembling

B) translating

C) parsing

D) formatting

 Ans: D

12) What happens when you boot up a PC?

A) Portions of the operating system are copied from disk into memory

B) Portions of the operating system are copied from memory onto disk

C) Portions of the operating system are compiled

D) Portions of the operating system are emulated

 Ans: A

13) ___ provide expansion capability for a computer system

A) Sockets

B) Slots

C) Bytes

D) None of these

 Ans: B

14) What are two examples of freeware?

A) WinZip and Linux

B) Shareware and file sharing

C) Microsoft word and the Google toolbar

D) Instant messaging and the Google toolbar

 Ans: D

15) What are two examples of freeware?

A) WinZip and Linux

B) Shareware and file sharing

C) Microsoft word and the Google toolbar

D) Instant messaging and the Google toolbar

 Ans: D

16) Which of the following are advantages of CD-ROM as a storage media?

A) CD-ROM is an inexpensive way to store a large amount of data and information

B) CD-ROM disks retrieve data and information more quickly than magnetic disks do

C) CD-ROMS make fewer errors than magnetic media

D) All of these

 Ans: A

17) The main job of a CPU is to 

A) carry out program instructions

B) store data/ information for future use

C) Process data and information

D) both (a) and (c)

 Ans: D

18) When you cut or copy information it gets a place in the_____

A) Clipboard

B) Motherboard

C) RAM

D) None of these

 Ans: A

19) Codes consisting of bars or lines of varying widths or lengths that are computer-readable are known as __

A) An ASCII code

B) A magnetic tape

C) AN OCR scanner

D) A Bar code

 Ans: D

20) Which of the following virus overtake computer system, when it boots and destroy information? 

A) System infectors

B) Trojan

C) Stealth virus

D) Boot infectors

 Ans: C

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