Computer Quiz for all comptitive exams 2014-2015.

1. What do we call the HTML codes written in a text editor to make web pages?
(1) Source code
(2) HTML tags
(3) Source elements
(4) Roots
(5) None of these


2. EEPROM permits?
(1) Read Permission only
(2) read and byte erase permission
(3) Read, byte erase and byte write operations
(4) Read, byte erase, byte write and chip erase operations
(5) None of these



3. The process of identifying specific rows and columns so that so that certain columns and rows are always visible on the screen is called:
(1) Freezing
(2) locking
(3) Selecting
(4) fixing
(5)  none

4. Where can you find the horizontal split bar on MS Word screen?
(1) On the left of horizontal scroll bar
(2) On the right of horizontal scroll bar
(3) On the top of vertical scroll bar
(4) On the bottom of vertical scroll bar
(5) None of these

5. A microprocessor is generally?
(1) Single chip SSI
(2) Single chip MSI
(3) Single Chip LSI
(4) Both  1and 2
(5) None of these

6. What is a portion of a document in which you set certain page formatting options?
(1) Page
(2) Document
(3) Section
(4) Page Setup
(5) None

7. XML stands for-
(1) Xtreme Markup Language
(2) Extensible Markup Language
(3) X-Markup Language
(4) Xpensive Markup Language
(5) None of these

8. Lycos is known as-
(1) website
(2) internet radio
(3) search engine
(4) messenger
(5) None of these

9. _____ is when the more power – hungry components such as the monitor and the hard drive are put to idle.
(1) Hibernation
(2) Power down
(3) Standby mode
(4) The Shut down procedure
(5) None of these

10. A human being who writes programs, operate and maintain computer is known as-
(1) live ware
(2) freeware
(3) spyware
(4) shareware
(5) None of these

11. WWW uses ____ protocol.
(1) FTP
(2) HTTP
(3) SMTP
(4) Telnet
(5) None of these

12. .com is related to-
(1) Personal Site
(2) Art
(3) Organization
(4) Commercial Organization
(5) None of these

13. Time – sharing systems require:
(1) a number of terminals connected to a system
(2) memory protection mechanism to prevent a job’s instructions
(3) job status preservation mechanism to preserve a job’s status s
(4) an alarm clock mechanism to send an interrupt
(5) All of the above

14. Computers use the ____language to process data.
(1) processing
(2) kilobyte
(3) binary
(4) representational
(5) None of these

15. By default, your document will print in __ mode
(1) landscape
(2) portrait
(3) page setup
(4) print view
(5) None of these

16. Track ball is _______.
(1) Programming devices
(2) Pointing device
(3) Output device
(4) Software device
(5) Printing device

17. What is the meaning of page break up –
(1) Page of document is break into small parts.
(2) Next part of the document will be started on the new page.
(3) Page of the document is break in small – 2 sentences.
(4) Page of the document is break into small paragraph
(5) None of these

18. _____ is a procedure that requires users to enter an identification code and a matching password
(1) paging
(2) logging on

(3) time sharing
(4) Multitasking
(5) None of these

19. Antivirus software is an example of.....................
(1) business software
(2) an operating system
(3) a security utility
(4) an office suite
(5) None of these

20. Computer programs ‘ are written in a high-level programming language; however, the human-readable version of a program is called..............
(1) cache
(2) instruction set
(3) source code
(4) word size
(5) None of these

21. Which of the following refers to the memory in your computer?
(1) RAM
(2) DSL
(3) USB
(4) LAN
(5) CPU

22. Information travels between components on the motherboard through
(1) Flash memory
(2) CMOS
(3) Bays
(4) Buses
(5) Peripherals

23. UNIVAC is an example of:
(1) 1st generation computer
(2) 2nd generation computer
(3) 3rd generation computer
(4) 4th generation computer
(5) None of these

24. The __ is the ‘Administrative’ section of the computer system :
(1) input unit
(2) control unit
(3) Memory unit
(4) central processing unit
(5) Arithmetic logic unit

25. A series of instructions that tells a computer what to do and how to do it is called a-
(1) Program
(2) command
(3) user response
(4) processor
(5) None of these

Answer :

1. 1
2. 3
3. 3
4. 4
5. 1
6. 4
7. 2
8. 4
9. 3
10. 5
11. 2
12. 4
13. 5
14. 3
15. 2
16. 2
17. 2
18. 2
19. 3
20. 3
21. 1
22. 4
23. 1
24. 4
25. 1.