Computer questions and answers part 09 / 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) Fifth generation computer is also known as

A) Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI)

B) Knowledge information processing system

C) Both A & B

D) None of the above

 Ans B

2) Which of the following memories needs a refresh?

A) DRAM

B) ROM

C) SRAM

D) All of the above

 Ans: A

3) Which of the following is a true statement about Intranet and Internet?

A) Encryption is necessary

B) They use similar protocol

C) Speed is slow

D) They use the same protocol

 Ans D

4) What symbol is used to enter the number as text?

A) =

B) "

C) '

D) _

 Ans C

5) Any letter, number, or symbol found on the keyboard that you can type into the computer...........

A) Output

B) Type

C) Character

D) Print

 Ans: C

6) Storage and memory differ with respect to which of the following characteristics?

A) Price

B) Reliability

C) Speed

D) All of these

 Ans: D

7) EPROM can be used for

A) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM

B) Duplicating ROM

C) Reconstructing the contents of ROM

D) Erasing the contents of ROM

 Ans: A

8) Round-robin schedule falls under the category of

A) Preemptive scheduling

B) Non-preemptive scheduling

C) Both A & B

D) None of the above

 Ans: A

9) Which type of memory is not directly addressable by the CPU and requires special software called EMS ?

A) Expanded

B) Base

C) Conventional

D) None

 Ans: A

10) The command used to remove text or graphics from a document. The information is then stored on a clipboard so you can paste it.

A) cut

B) Chop

C) Cart away

D) Clip

 Ans: A

11) The memory unit is one part of

A) Input Device

B) Central Processing Unit

C) Control Unit

D) Output device

 Ans: B

12) Select the odd term out of the following?

A) Internet

B) Macintosh OSX

C) Linux Mint

D) Windows 8.1

 Ans A

13) FORTRAN is not used for ___.

(I) Drawing pictures

(II) Carrying out mathematics computations


A) Only (I)

B) Only (II)

C) Both (I) and (II)

D) Neither (I) nor (II)

 Ans C

14) What command is used to count the total number of lines, words, and characters contained in a file ?

A) wc

B) count p

C) wcount

D) countw

 Ans: A

15) What Does BIOS Stand For

A) Backup Input Output System

B) Battery Integrated Operating Setup

C) Basic Input Output System

D) Better Integrated Operating System

 Ans C

16) The two  types of output devices are

A) Monitor and Printer

B) Floppy disc and CD

C) Keyboard and Mouse

D) None of these

 Ans: A

17) Unsolicited e-mail is called a __

A) Newsgroup

B) Usenet

C) Backbone

D) Spam

 Ans: D

18) Which keystroke is used for updating a field?

A) F11

B) F12

C) F6

D) F9

 Ans D

19) The original ASCII code used _____ bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking ?

A) 5

B) 6

C) 7

D) 8

 Ans: C

20) You can use __ to copy selected text, and __to paste it into a document

A) CTRL+C, CTRL+V

B) CTRL+C, CTRL+P

C) SHIFT+C, ALT+V

D) SHIFT+C, ALT+P

 Ans A

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