computer awareness mcq for competitive exams
1. What does the acronym PDF stand for?
(a) Portable Documenting Format
(a) Portable Documenting Format
(b) Portable
Documentation File
(c) Portable Documentation Format
(c) Portable Documentation Format
(d) Portable
Document Format
(e) Portable Document File
(e) Portable Document File
(Ans : d)
2. LSI in chip technology stands for–
(a) Large-Scale Integration
2. LSI in chip technology stands for–
(a) Large-Scale Integration
(b) Low-Scale
Internet
(c) Local-Scale Integration
(d) Large-Scale Internet
(d) Large-Scale Internet
(e) Low-Scale
Integration
(Ans : a)
3. Which of the following best describes a network in which a company's data and applications are stored at offsite data centers that are accessed over the Internet?
(a) Extranet
3. Which of the following best describes a network in which a company's data and applications are stored at offsite data centers that are accessed over the Internet?
(a) Extranet
(b) Intranet
(c) Virtual Private
Network
(d) Cloud Computing
(d) Cloud Computing
(e) Local Area Network
(Ans : d)
4. Which of the following is not a binary number?
(a) 110
4. Which of the following is not a binary number?
(a) 110
(b) 1001
c) 100110
(d) 233
(e) 11101
(Ans : d)
5. Micro Processor speed is measured in–
(a) megabytes
5. Micro Processor speed is measured in–
(a) megabytes
(b) bytes
(c) kilobytes
(d)
gigabytes
(e) gigahertz
(Ans : e)
6. ……….is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to computer network.
(a) Networking Internet Connection
6. ……….is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to computer network.
(a) Networking Internet Connection
(b) Newer
Industrial Computer
(c) Network Integration Card
(c) Network Integration Card
(d) Network
Internal card
(e) Network Interface Card
(e) Network Interface Card
(Ans : e)
7. A hard disk drive consists of several fixed, rotating disks called–
(a) platters
(b) RAIDs
(c) cylinders
(d)
plotters
(e) mini -disks
(Ans : a)
8. Which of the following is the correct order of the four major functions of a computer?
(a) Process, Storage, Input, Output
8. Which of the following is the correct order of the four major functions of a computer?
(a) Process, Storage, Input, Output
(b) Input,
Process, Output, Storage
(c) Process, Output, Input, Storage
(c) Process, Output, Input, Storage
(d) Storage,
Output, Process, Input
(e) Input, Output, Process, Storage
(e) Input, Output, Process, Storage
(Ans : b)
9. What does the acronym PROM stand for?
(a) Programmer Read-Only Memory
9. What does the acronym PROM stand for?
(a) Programmer Read-Only Memory
(b) Programmable
Read-Only Memory
(c) Programmable Read-Only Memory
(c) Programmable Read-Only Memory
(d) Program
Read-Only Memory
(e) Programmed Read-Only Memory
(e) Programmed Read-Only Memory
(Ans : b)
10. Which of the following is an electronic or paper log used to track computer activity?
(a) Monitor
10. Which of the following is an electronic or paper log used to track computer activity?
(a) Monitor
(b) Trace route
(c) Cookie
(d) Audit trail
(e) Web log
(Ans : d)
11. The largest unit of storage is–
(a) Byte
11. The largest unit of storage is–
(a) Byte
(b) Terabyte
(c) Megabyte
(d) Kilobyte
(e) Gigabyte
(Ans : b)
12. Which of the following devices sends and receives data over telephone lines to and from computers?
(a) Modem
12. Which of the following devices sends and receives data over telephone lines to and from computers?
(a) Modem
(b) Expansion slot
(c) Printer
(d) Speaker
(e) Sound Card
(Ans : a)
13. How many bytes are there in a terabyte?
(a) 1000
13. How many bytes are there in a terabyte?
(a) 1000
(b) 1 billion
(c) 1 trillion
(d) 1
million
(e) 1 quadrillion
(Ans : c)
14. Which is a pointing device?
(a) Joystick
14. Which is a pointing device?
(a) Joystick
(b) Monitor
(c) Scanner
(d) Plotter
(e) Printer
(Ans : a)
15. Checking whether a program functions correctly, and then correcting errors, is known as–
(a) decoding
(b) error-proofing a program
(c)
debugging