Mania Series : 15 Computer Awareness Questions from Previous Papers

1. An electronic device, operating under the control of information, that can accept data, process the data, produce output & store the results for future use is _______________
    (a) Input
    (b) Computer
    (c) Software
    (d) Hardware
    (e) None of these

2. The term "host" with respect to the internet, means ___________________.
    (a) A computer that is a stand alone computer
    (b) A computer reserved for use by the host
    (c) A computer that is connected to the internet
    (d) A large collection of computers
    (e) None of these

3. The piece of hardware that converts computer's digital signal to an analog signal that can travel over telephone lines is called a _______________.
    (a) Tower
    (b) Red wire
    (c) Modem
    (d) Bridge
    (e) None of these

4. CPU can directly understand this language.
    (a) C
   (b) C++
   (c) Assembly
   (d) Java
   (e) None of these

5. A computer program used for business applications is _____________.
    (a) LOGO
    (b) COBOL
    (c) BASIC
    (d) FORTRAN
    (e) None of these

6. Which language is CPU dependent ?
     (a) Assembly
     (b) C
     (c) JAVA
     (d) Both 1 & 2
     (e) None of these

7. This part of operating system manages the essential peripherals, such as the key board, Screen, disk drives and parallel and serial ports _______________.
   (a) Basic input/output
   (b)Secondary System
   (c) Peripheral System
   (d) Marignal System
   (e) None of these

8. Which command allows you to reduce fragments of file and optimize the performance of disk ?
     (a) Scandisk
     (b) Diskcomp
     (c) Chkdsk
     (d) Derfrag
     (e) None of these

9. The most recent version of the Mac OS is based on the __________ operating system.
     (a) Windows
     (b) Linux
     (c) Unix
     (d) CMOS
     (e) None of these

10. Features of windows XP professional includes __________ ?
      (a) remote desktop support
      (b) System restore
      (c) advanced networking features
      (d) All of the above
      (e) None of these

11. Data can be arranged in a worksheet in an easy to understand manner using.
     (a) Auto formatting
     (b) Applying Styles
     (c) Changing fonts
     (d) Synchronisation
     (e) None of these

12. Which of the following should be used if all the slides in the presentation to have the same 'look'?
      (a) The slide layout option
      (b) Add a slide option
      (c) Outline view
      (d) A Presentation design template
      (e) None of these

13. How is it to create a uniform appearance by adding a background image to all slides ?
      (a) Create a template
      (b) Edit the slide master
      (c) Use the auto correct wizard
      (d) All of the above
      (e) None of these

14. An inter-company network which used to distribute information, documents, files and databases, is _____________.
     (a) LAN
     (b) WAN
     (c) MAN
     (d) Extranet
     (e) None of these

15. Which is the network strategy used extensively by the internet ?
     (a) peer-to-peer network system
     (b) Stand -alone network system
     (c) Local Area network system
     (d) Client /server network system
     (e)None of these

Answers

1. Computer

2. A computer that is connected to the internet

4. Assembly

6. Both 1 & 2

7. Basic input/output

8. Derfrag

10. All of the above

11. Auto formatting

12. A Presentation design template

13. Edit the slide master

15. Client /server network system

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