General Computer Test - 156

 

1. Which command divides the surface of the blank disk into sectors and assign a unique address to each one

1) Ver

2) Format

3) Fat

4) Check disk

5) None of these

Answers:2

2. If you need to duplicate the entire disk, which command will you use?

1) Copy

2) Disk copy

3) Chkdsk

4) Format

5) None of these

Answers:2

3. A............. sometimes called a boot sector virus, executes when a computer boots up because it resides in the boot sector of a floppy disk or the master boot record of a hard disk

1) System virus

2) Trojan horse virus

3) File virus

4) Macro virus

5) None of these

Answers:5

4. A result of a computer virus cannot lead to...

1) Disk Crash

2) Mother Board Crash

3) Corruption o f program

4) Deletion of files

5) None of these

Answers:2

5. Every computer connected to an intranet or extranet must have a distinct...

1) Firewall

2) Proxy server

3) IP address

4) Domain name

5) None of these

Answers:2

6. Programming language built into user programs such as Word and Excel are known as...

1) 4GLs

2) Macro languages

3) object-oriented languages

4) Visual programming languages

5) None of these

Answers:4

7. Firewalls are used to protect against...

1) Unauthorized Attacks

2) Virus Attacks

3) Data Driven Attacks

4) Fire Attacks

5) None of these

Answers:1

8. Which of the following extensions suggest that the file is a backup copy?

1) Bak

2) Bas

3) Com

4) Txt

5) None of these

Answers:1

9. 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

Answers:3

10. The software tools that enable a user to interact with a computer for specific purposes are known as...

1) Hardware

2) Networked Software

3) Shareware

4) Applications

5) None of these

Answers:4

11...............processing is used when a large mail-order company accumulates orders and processes them together in one large set

1) Batch

2) Online

3) Real-time

4) Group

5) None of these

Answers:1

12. When a file contains instructions that can be carried out by the computer, it is often called a (n) ... file

1) Data

2) Information

3) Executable

4) Application

5) None of these

Answers:3

13. A complier translates a program written in a high - level language into...

1) Machine language

2) An algorithm

3) A debugged program

4) Java

5) None of these

Answers:1

14. A set of step - by - step procedures for accomplishing a task is known as a (n)...

1) Algorithm

2) Hardware program

3) Software bug

4) Firmware program

5) None of these

Answers:1

15. A complete electronic circuit with transistors and other electronic components on a small silicon chip is called a (n)...

1) Workstation

2) CPU

3) Magnetic disk

4) Integrated circuit

5) None of these

Answers:4

16. A saved document is referred to as a...

1) File

2) Word

3) Folder

4) Project

5) None of these

Answers:1

17. What is output?

1) What the processor takes from the user

2) What the user gives to the processor

3) What the processor gets from the user

4) What the processor gives to the user

5) None of these

Answers:4

18. When you turn on the computer, the boot routine will perform this test...

1) RAM test

2) Disk drive test

3) Memory test

4) Power - on self-test

5) None of these

Answers:2

19. Which of the following storage media provides sequential access only?

1) Floppy disk

2) Magnetic disk

3) Magnetic tape

4) Optical disk

5) None of these

Answers:2

20. In word processing, an efficient way to move the 3rd paragraph to place it after the 5th paragraph is...

1) Copy and paste

2) Copy, cut and paste

3) Cut, copy and paste

4) Cut and paste

5) None of these

Answers:4

21. Hardware includes..........

1) All devices used to input data into a computer

2) Sets of instructions that a computer runs or executes

3) The computer and all the devices connected to it that are used to input and output data

4) All devices involved in processing information including the central processing unit, memory and storage

5) None of these

Answers:4

22. The quickest and easiest way in Word, to locate a particular word or phrase in a document is to use the ... command

1) Replace

2) Find

3) Lookup

4) Search

5) None of these

Answers:2

23. The term 'user interface' refers to............

1) What the user sees on the screen and how they can interact with it

2) How the operating system responds to user commands

3) The means by which the user interacts with the peripheral devices on the computer

4) The monitor that is available for the computer

5) None of these

Answers:1

24. For creating a document, you use... command at File Menu.

1) Open

2) Close

3) New

4) Save

5) None of these

Answers:3

25. The.............. Becomes different shapes depending on the task you are performing

1) Active tab

2) Insertion point

3) Mouse pointer

4) Ribbon

5) None of these

Answers:3