Computer Awareness Quiz-1

1. A small picture that represents either a program or a shortcut on a computer screen is–

(A) a pointer (B) a logo (C) a graphics (D) an icon (E) a shortcut

[Answer: D]

2.The speed of a PC is measured in–
(A) Megabytes (B) Nanoseconds (C) Megahertz (D) Milliseconds (E) Kilo seconds

[Answer: C]

3. ………. is the maximum number of horizontal and vertical pixels that are displayed on the screen.
(A) Pixel (B) Response Rate (C) Resolution (D) Screen size (E) Reflection

[Answer: C]

4.Which component of a computer system perform arithmetic calculations?
(A) CU (B) ALU (C) US (D) CD-ROM (E) Memory

[Answer: B]

5.What is another name for a computer's main volatile memory ?
(A) RAM (B) PROM (C) ROM (D) HDD (E) CD-ROM

[Answer: A]

6.Oracle is a–
(A) RDBMS (B) Hardware (C) System software (D) High level language (E) Operating system

[Answer: A]

7.Which is a software?
(A) Mouse (B) Pointer (C) MS Word (D) Keyboard (E) Plotter

[Answer: C]

8.Which of the following are input devices?
(i) Keyboard (ii) Pointer (iii) Speaker (iv) Scanner (v) Plotter (vi) Webcam
(A) i, ii, v (B) i, iv, v (C) i, v, vi (D) i, iii, vi (E) i, ii, iv

[Answer: E]

9.Windows Explorer is the name of–
(A) a network (B) a web browser (C) a file manager (D) an internet browser (E) a drive

[Answer: B]

10.Which of these is not a peripheral, in computer terms?
(A) Keyboard (B) Mouse (C) Monitor (D) Printer (E) Motherboard

[Answer: E]

11.Every web page has a unique address called a(n)–
(A) RUL (B) ARL (C) LUR (D) URL (E) Hyperlink

[Answer: D]

12.Power Point is–
(A) an application program for document preparations (B) an application program for graphics
(C) an application program for spreadsheet (D) an application program for presentation
(E) a program for powerful applications

[Answer: D]

13.The operating system is the most common type of ………. software.
(A) application (B) presentation software (C) system (D) word-processing software (E) communication

[Answer: C]

14.Which of the following is not a type of computer network?
(A) PAN (B) LAN (C) WAN (D) MAN (E) RAN

[Answer: E)

15.Connections to other documents or to other locations within a Web site are–
(A) hyperlinks (B) bots (C) hyperconnects (D) plug-ins (E) filters

[Answer: A]