Computer Awareness

1. What menu is selected to print?
(1) File
(2) Tools
(3) Special
(4) Edit
(5) None of these

2. Programs or a set of electronic instructions that tell a computer what to do .
(1) Menu
(2) Monitor
(3) Hardware
(4) Software
(5) None of these

3. A(n) ______ contains commands that can be selected.
(1) pointer
(2) menu
(3) icon
(4) button
(5) None of these

4. Microcomputer hardware consists of three basic categories of physical equipment-
(1) keyboard, monitor, hard drive.
(2) system unit, input/output, memory
(3) system unit, input/output, secondary storage.
(4) system unit, primary storage, secondary storage
(5) None of these

5. A piece of hardware that is used to enter information into the computer by using keys-
(1) keyboard
(2) monitor
(3) hard disk
(4) icon
(5) None of these

6. A command that takes what has been typed into the computer and can be seen on the screen and sends it to the printer for output on paper _________.
(1) print
(2) return
(3) jump
(4) attention
(5) None of these

7. A CPU contains-
(1) a card reader and printing device
(2) an analytical engine and control unit.
(3) a control unit and an arithmetic logic unit.
(4) an arithmetic logic unit and a card reader.
(5) None of these

8. Powerful key that lets you exit a program when pushed-
(1) arrow keys
(2) space bar
(3) escape key
(4) return key
(5) None of these

9. The ability of an OS to run more than one application at a time is called _____
(1) multitasking
(2) object-oriented programming
(3) multi-user computing
(4) timesharing
(5) None of these

10. Which of the following statements best describes the batch method of input?
(1) Data is processed as soon as it is input
(2) Data is input at the time it is collected.
(3) Data is collected in the form of source documents, placed into groups, and then input to the computer.
(4) Source documents are not used.
(5) None of these

11. The benefit of using computers is that-
(1) Computers are very fast and can store huge amounts of data
(2) Computers provide accurate output even when in put is incorrect
(3) Computers are designed to be inflexible
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

12. The function of CPU is —
(1) to provide external storage of text
(2) to communicate with the operator
(3) to read, interpret and process the information and instruction.
(4) to provide a hard copy
(5) None of these

13. What characteristic of read only memory (ROM) makes it useful?
(1) ROM information can be easily updated.
(2) Data in ROM is nonvolatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power.
(3) ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive date storage
(4) ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers.
(5) None of these

14. ____ is the process of carrying out commands.
(1) Fetching
(2) Storing
(3) Decoding
(4) Executing  
(5) None of these

15. Which of the following peripheral device displays information to a user?
(1) Monitor
(2) Keyboard
(3) Secondary storage devices
(4) Secondary storage media
(5) None of these

16. To put information in a file on a magnetic disk, or in a computer's memory, so it can be used later-
(1) store
(2) ship
(3) shift
(4) centre
(5) None of these

17. Saving is the process of ______
(1) copying a document from memory to a storage medium
(2) making changes to a document's existing content.
(3) changing the appearance, or overall look, of a document
(4) developing a document by entering text using a keyboard.
(5) None of these

18. Printed information, called ____ exists physically and is a more permanent form of output than that presented on a display device.
(1) soft copy   
(2) carbon copy
(3) hard copy
(4) desk copy
(5) None of these

19. To find a saved document in the computer's memory and bring it up on the screen to view ____.
(1) reverse
(2) return
(3) retrieve
(4) return
(5) None of these

20. The Internet is a system of-
(1) Software bundles
(2) Web page
(3) Web site
(4) Interconnected Networks
(5) None of these