COMPUTER AWARENESS  - FOR UPCOMING EXAMINATION

1. A hacker contacts you by phone or email and attempts to acquire your password
a) spoofing 
b) phishing
c) spamming 
d) bugging
e) None of these

2. This power protection device includes a battery that provides a few minutes of power.
a) surge suppressor 
b) line conditioner
c) generator 
d) UPS
e) None of these

3. An IPO chart consists of __________ columns
a) three 
b) four
c) five
d) unlimited
e) None of these

4. A series of steps that always results in an answer is the definition of __________.
a) heuristic
b) flowchart
c) algorithm 
d) pseudo code
e) None of these

5. Which device can understand difference between data & programs?
a) Input device 
b) Output device
c) Memory 
d) Microprocessor
e) None of these

6. Programs stored in ROM are called ___
a) Hardware 
b) Firmware
c) Software 
d) all of above
e) None of these

7. The unit KIPS is used to measure the speed of ___
a) Processor 
b) Disk drive
c) Printer 
d) Tape drive
e) None of these

8. Before data can be transmitted, they must be transformed to ________.
a) periodic signals 
b) electromagnetic signals
c) aperiodic signals 
d) low-frequency sine waves
e) None of these

9. What is the term used to describe the amount of space you have to transmit to and from the Internet?
a) Internet speed 
b) Network speed
c) Router 
d) Bandwidth
e) None of these

10. Which of the following device is used only in LAN (Local Area Network)?
a) Gateway 
b) Modem
c) NIC 
d) Router
e) None of these

11.What is the blinking symbol on the computer called as?

a)    Palm

b)    Mouse

c)    Hand

d)     Logo

e)    Cursor

12.How does the speed was measured in second generation computers?

a)    Micro seconds

b)    Nano seconds

c)    Milli seconds

d)    Pico seconds

e)    None of these

13.Which key used to move the line at the top of the text?

a)    Home

b)    Page up

c)    Tab

d)    End

e)    Enter

14.Among the following layers, where does the translation from one character code to other occur?

a)    Transport

b)    Presentation

c)    Physical

d)    Application

e)    Session

15.The set of protocols and a layer is called?

a)    Layered architecture

b)    Layered network

c)    Internet Work

d)    Network Architecture

e)    None of these

16.What is the name of the device used to read information encoded into a small plastic card?

a)    Punched card

b)    Light pen

c)    Badge reader

d)    Magnetic disk

e)    Magnetic tape

17.Flash is a (n)?

a)    Processor

b)    EEPROM

c)    Game

d)    Hardware

e)    None of these

18.Maximum number of characters that can be typed in a single cell in Excel sheet?

a)    32767

b)    75565

c)    65535

d)    256

e)    None of These

19.The red wavy line in MS Word document indicates?

a)    Grammar errors

b)    Spelling errors

c)    Address block

d)    All the above

e)    None of these

20).The idea of machine-independence programming language, which led to the development of COBI, was popularized by?

a)    Steve Jobs

b)    Dennis Ritchie

c)    Steve Hopper

d)    Grace Hopper

e)    None of these

Answers :
1-b
2-d
3-a
4-c
5-d
6-b
7-a
8-b
9-d
10-c

11. e 

12. a   

13. a   

14. b   

15. d   

16. c  

17. b   

18. c   

19. b   

20. d