Computer and Related
Computer and Related
10. In MS Excel, which of the following functions can be used to remove all spaces from a text
string except for single spaces between words: TRIM
11. Unix operating system was developed by: Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie
12. Barcode reader is a device: Input device
13. An operating system is a/an: System Software
14. Who invented the high level language “C”: Dennis M. Ritchie
15. What is the other name for programmed chip: ROM
16. Which of the following memories must be refreshed many times per second: Dynamic RAM
17. Who was the World first Computer Programmer: Ada Lovelace
18. Programs designed to perform specific task is known as: Application Software
19. Which key is used to edit the selected cell in excel? F2
20. A network which is used for sharing data, software and hardware among several users
owning microcomputers is called: LAN
21. A wireless technology built in electronic gadgets used for exchanging data over short
distances is: Bluetooth
22. What is the default left margins in word 2003 document? 1.25
23. By default, your document prints with: 1 inch top and bottom margins/portrait
orientation/1.25 inches left and right margins.
24. Who invented the difference engine and analytical engine: Charles Babbage
25. The arrangement of elements such as Title and Subtitle text, pictures, tables etc.: Layout
26. Arrangement of keys on keyboard is called: Qwerty arrangement
27. In Excel, Conditional formatting is in: Home Tab
28. Who is the father of MS Word? Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie
29. Who Invented the First Computer Mouse? Douglas Engellbert
30. Which generation computers used transistors for the first time? 2nd
31. The communication protocol used by Internet is: TCP/IP
32. The device used to carry digital data on analogue lines is called as: Modem
33. On-line real time systems become popular in which generation?: 3rd
34. Collecting personal information and effectively posing as another individual is known as the
crime of: Identity Theft
35. Set of rules and procedures to control the data transmission over the internet?: Protocol
36. Shortcut key for Change case is: Shift+3
37. How many sheets are there in Excel Workbook by default: 3
38. Which of the following is non-available memory: Register
39. Website is a: Address
40. Which file is responsible to start MS word: Winword.exe
41. Portrait and Landscape are: Page Orientation
42. What is the shortcut-key for manual line break in Ms Word: Shift+ Enter
43. By default, Word automatically formats each heading in a table of contents as: Hyperlinks
44. Ability to combine name and addresses with a standard document is called: Mail Merge
45. What do you call ‘a collection of character and paragraph formatting commands’: Style
46. Who invented the microprocessor: Mercian E Hoff
47. Which of the following is the slowest in accessing data: Magnetic Disk
48. 1 nibble equals to: 4 Bits
49. What is Fisheye degree view: 180 degree view
50. One MB is equal to: 1024 Kilobytes
51. Audio Video Interleave (also Audio Video Interleaved), known by its initials AVI, is a
multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video
for Windows software.
52. Cache memory, also called CPU memory, is high-speed static random access memory
(SRAM) that a computer microprocessor can access more quickly than it can access regular
random access memory (RAM).
53. Semiconductor memory is used as secondary, not primary.
54. The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.
55. Performance of a supercomputer is measured in floating-point operations per second
(FLOPS) instead of million instructions per second (MIPS).
56. A process which copy's data from a memory location of the computer system is termed as
Reading.
57. Information is the product of data processing.
58. The motherboard holds the CPU, RAM and ROM chips, etc.
59. The most common technique to change an analog signal to digital data is called Pulse Code
Modulation (PCM).
60. A program that converts computer data into some code system other than the normal one is
known as encoder. Decoder is opposite of it.
61. The RAM that is used for the temporary storage is known as the cache. It is SRAM memory.
62. Computer’s BIOS is stored in Flash.
63. When PC power is off, programs are stored in Hard Disk Drive.
64. PCI (peripheral component interconnect) is an interface standard for connecting high-speed
components. It is a type of system bus.
65. A system bus is a single computer bus that connects major components of computer system.
66. A browser typically use HTML to display information from World Wide Web. HTML is the
standard language for creating webpages and web applications.
67. Banking, railway, and Airlines use Mainframe computers.
68. Which basic colors are used in computer graphics: RGB
69. In which generation of computers operating system was used for the first time: 3 rd
70. Type of computers are client computers (most of the time) in a client-server system: Micro
71. Which programming languages are classified as low level languages: Assembly
72. RAM can be treated as the ----- for the computer’s processor: Waiting Room
73. Set of rules for telling the computer what operations to perform is: Programming Language
74. Rearranging data in a new sequence is known as: Sorting
75. Who is the founder of IBM Company: Thomas J. Watson
76. How many ways you can save a document in Microsoft word: 3 ways
77. Which technology provides a solution for PC virtualization: Hyper-V
78. API stands for: Application Programming Interface
79. PDA stands for: Personal Digital Assistant
80. The effect applied to display when slides changes in slide show view is: Slide Transition
81. WhatsApp was founded in 2009 by: Brian Acton and Jan Koum
82. JPEG stands for: Joint photographic experts group
83. The Speed of CPU is measured in: Mega and Giga Hertz
84. Switching between portrait and landscape modes involves the page setup dialog box.
85. Are types of wizards and templates in the Resume Wizard dialog box: Professional,
Contemporary, and Elegant
86. To select one hyperlink after another during a slide presentation, what do you press: Tab
87. We can remove / hide border of a shape by selecting: Format Tab-Outline-No Outline
88. Example of an analog to analog conversion is: Radio
89. HTML is the basic language used to create: Webpages
90. Ctrl, Shift and Alt are called: Modifier Keys
91. CDMA-technology used in Mobile Phones stands for: Code Division Multiple Access
92. What term describes a picture that has been resized by a percentage: Scaled
93. Who is the father of Computer science: Allen Turing
94. A computer cannot ‘boot’ if it does not have the: OS
95. Father of “C‘ programming language: Dennis Ritchie
96. Ability of a device to “jump” directly to the requested data: Random Access
97. COBOL is an acronym for: Common Business Oriented Language
98. Program that performs a useful task while allowing destructive acts: Trojan Horse
99. The scrambling of code is known as: Encryption
100. Disk Defragmenter is a windows utility program that locates and eliminates
unnecessary fragments and rearranges filed and unused disk space to optimize operations.
101. In Full Duplex mode, the communication channel is used in both directions at the
same time.
102. Digital computer was invented by: John Vincent Atanasoff
103. In 1999, the Melissa virus was a widely publicized: E-mail virus
104. DMA stands for: Direct Memory Access
105. Micro Computers are called Personal Computers
106. The first web browser is: Mosaic
107. The PowerPoint view that displays only text (title and bullets) is: Outline view
108. How many columns can you insert in a word document in maximum: 63
109. MAC stands for Media Access Control
110. When was MS Windows operating system introduced: 1985
111. Which option in File pull-down menu is used to close a file in MS Word: Close
112. EXT indicator on status bar of MS Word indicate: Weather Extended selection mode
is turned on or off
113. Which of the following is not the part of standard office suite: File Manager
114. The Column Command in Ms Word is located on the: Page Layout
115. The minimum number of rows and columns in Ms word document is: 1 and 1
116. Which of the following position is not available for fonts on MS Word: Centred
117. If you need to hide some paragraphs, how can you do it by: From Font dialog box
118. Which file format can be added to a PowerPoint show: .jpg, .giv, .wav
119. Want a PowerPoint photo album slide show play cont: Use random slide transitions
120. What is the term used when you press and hold the left mouse key and more the
mouse around the slide: Dragging
121. To Update a formula in the table: Press F9
122. Enter Word’s selection mode and expand a selection: F8
123. Word wrap feature: automatically moves the text to the next line
124. The Formatting tool bar display in word application window by default Word 2003.
125. The four types of mail merge main documents are letters, envelops, mailing labels
and catalogue.
Shortcuts:
1. Shortcut key to double underline the selected text is: Ctrl + Shift + D
2. In Excel which key is used for format number in date format? Ctrl+Shift+3
3. Which key is used to increase left indent in Ms Word: Ctrl+ M
4. In Excel which key is used for format number in scientific format: Ctrl+Shift+6
5. What is the function of CTRL+Q in Microsoft Word: Remove Paragraph Formatting
6. Ctrl+R is used for: Align the text to the right
7. Which Shortcut keys are used to strikethrough highlighted selection in Excel: Ctrl+5
8. What is the shortcut-key for manual line break: Shift+ Enter
9. In MS Word Ctrl+Shift+C is short key of: Copy Format Painter
10. Which key on the keyboard can be used to view slide show in Ms PowerPoint: F5
11. Shortcut to insert new slide in the current presentation is: Ctrl + M
12. In Excel which key is used to Open the Format Cells window: Ctrl+1
13. Which key is used to insert new worksheet in excel: Alt+Shft+F1
14. In Excel which key is used for format number in time format: Ctrl+Shft+2
15. Window key + Shift + M: Un-minimize all applications (Restore Minimized Windows)
16. Ctrl + H Shortcut key is used in Microsoft Word to: Open Find and Replace Dialog box with
activating Replace Tab
17. What is the shortcut key to display field codes: Alt + F9
18. Ctrl+End is used to move the insertion point to the bottom of your document.