Basic Computer Knowledge Fundamentals Questions and Answers MCQs Set - 1

1.

Which of the following is the smallest and fastest computer imitating brain working?

   A.) Super Computer
   B.) Quantum Computer
   C.) Param 1000
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'B'

Quantum Computer

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2.

Which of the following programming language does not need a translator?

   A.) Assembly language
   B.) High level language
   C.) BASIC
   D.) Machine language

Answer: Option 'D'

Machine language

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3.

Which of the following is/are the core functions of all firewalls?

   A.) Filtering
   B.) Logging
   C.) Proxying
   D.) All of the above

Answer: Option 'D'

All of the above

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4.

A(n) ______ allows network users to share a single copy of software, which resides on the network server.

   A.) single-user license agreement
   B.) network site license
   C.) end-user license agreement
   D.) business software license

Answer: Option 'B'

​network site license

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5.

Programs that automatically submit your search request to several search engines simultaneously are called _______

   A.) Metasearch engines
   B.) Spiders
   C.) Web crawlers
   D.) Hits

Answer: Option 'A'

Metasearch engines

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6.

A device that regenerates the signal transmitted on a cable in a network is called _______

   A.) Repeater
   B.) Bridge
   C.) Router
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'A'

Repeater

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7.

A code that represents English characters as numbers and ranging from 0 to 127 is known as ______

   A.) ASCII
   B.) BCD
   C.) EBCDIC
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'A'

ASCII

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8.

A type of phishing attack where mobile phone users receive text messages containing a Web site hyperlink is called _____

   A.) Pharming
   B.) Smishing
   C.) Vishing
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'B'

Smishing

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9.

A most Sophisticated relay device used in a network that can be used to interconnect systems with different protocols, formatting languages and architecture is called ______

   A.) Gateway
   B.) Bridge
   C.) Switch
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'A'

Gateway

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10.

An Interface refers to a specification by which programs can communicate with a web server is called ______

   A.) Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)
   B.) Graphical User Interface (GUI)
   C.) Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'C'

Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

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11.

Which of the printer used in conjunction with computers uses dry ink powder?

   A.) Daisy Wheel printer
   B.) Thermal Printer
   C.) Laser Printer
   D.) Line Printer

Answer: Option 'C'

Laser Printer

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12.

A _____ is an additional set of commands that the computer displays after you make a selection from the main menu.

   A.) dialog box
   B.) menu selection
   C.) sub menu
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'C'

sub menu

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13.

Key to represent relationship between tables is called________

   A.) primary key
   B.) secondary key
   C.) foreign key
   D.) composite key

Answer: Option 'C'

foreign key

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14.

The ______ file format is a method of encoding pictures on computer.

   A.) DOC
   B.) HTML
   C.) FTP
   D.) JPEG

Answer: Option 'D'

JPEG

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15.

Which of the following views is the best view to use when setting transition effects for all slides in a presentation?

   A.) Slide Sorter view
   B.) Slide View
   C.) Outline View
   D.) Notes Pages View

Answer: Option 'A'

Slide Sorter view

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16.

Which is a device that is attached to a microprocessor chip to keep it from overheating by absorbing its heat and dissipating it into the air?

   A.) Adapter
   B.) Transducer
   C.) Heatsink
   D.) Coldsink

Answer: Option 'C'

Heatsink

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17.

Front end processor is frequently used in ________

   A.) Multiprogramming
   B.) Virtual storage
   C.) Time sharing
   D.) Multiprocessing

Answer: Option 'C'

Time sharing

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18.

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 Area Network
   D.) Cloud Computing

Answer: Option 'D'

Cloud Computing

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19.

To insert a page break in a Word document, the following options are used _______

   A.) Insert and copy
   B.) Insert and Enter
   C.) Insert and Page Layout
   D.) Insert and Break

Answer: Option 'D'

Insert and Break

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20.

Which is an electronic device that can store temporarily a single bit of data?

   A.) Accumulator
   B.) Latch
   C.) Memory
   D.) Buffer

Answer: Option 'B'

Latch

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21.

Which key is used to delete one character to the left of the current position of the cursor?

   A.) Backspace
   B.) Insert
   C.) Delete
   D.) Ctrl

Answer: Option 'A'

Backspace

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22.

The cell reference for range D15 to H25 in MS Excel will be _____

   A.) D15+H25
   B.) D15,H25
   C.) D15:H25
   D.) D15;H25

Answer: Option 'C'

D15:H25

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23.

Which of the following is used to create a bullet point quickly?

   A.) Ctrl + Shift + F
   B.) Ctrl + Shift + L
   C.) Ctrl + W
   D.) Ctrl + U

Answer: Option 'B'

Ctrl + Shift + L

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24.

Internet Control Message Protocol(ICMP) is used for _____

   A.) Forwarding
   B.) Addressing
   C.) Multicasting
   D.) Error Reporting

Answer: Option 'D'

Error Reporting

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25.

A method of implementing a memory management system is called ________

   A.) Buddy system
   B.) Bridgeware
   C.) Broadband coaxial system
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'A'

Buddy system

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26.

Which of the following layer is responsible for the source-to-destination delivery of a packet across multiple network?

   A.) Presentation layer
   B.) Data link layer
   C.) Transport layer
   D.) Network Layer

Answer: Option 'D'

Network Layer

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27.

Which is the part of control unit that holds the instruction currently being processed or executed?

   A.) Memory Address Register
   B.) Program Counter
   C.) Instruction Register
   D.) Memory Data Register

Answer: Option 'C'

Instruction Register

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28.

To move the insertion point to the address bar or to select the URL in the address bar, We have to press ____ keys

   A.) Ctrl + D
   B.) Ctrl + E
   C.) Alt + D
   D.) Alt + E

Answer: Option 'C'

Alt + D

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29.

Which of the following is an example for fourth generation language(4GL)?

   A.) COBOL
   B.) FORTRAN
   C.) PowerBuilder
   D.) Excel

Answer: Option 'C'

PowerBuilder

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30.

GUID or UUID is a ______ bit integer number used to identify resources.

   A.) 164
   B.) 128
   C.) 224
   D.) 142

Answer: Option 'B'

128

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31.

Programs that automatically submit your search request to several search engines simultaneously are called _______

   A.) Metasearch engines
   B.) Web crawlers
   C.) Spiders
   D.) Hits

Answer: Option 'A'

​Metasearch engines

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32.

To protect yourself from computer hacker intrusions you should install a _______

   A.) firewall
   B.) macro
   C.) trailer
   D.) script

Answer: Option 'A'

​firewall

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33.

The information of credit and debit card are stored on _______

   A.) Magnetic Strip card
   B.) Mega Strip card
   C.) Magnetic data card
   D.) Magnetic information card

Answer: Option 'A'

​Magnetic Strip card

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34.

The disk drive component used to position read/write heads over a specific track is known as______

   A.) Acoustic couples
   B.) Access arm
   C.) Cluster
   D.) All of the above

Answer: Option 'B'

​Access arm

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35.

An on-line backing storage system capable of storing larger quantities of data is

   A.) CPU
   B.) Secondary storage
   C.) Primary Storage
   D.) Mass Storage

Answer: Option 'D'

Mass Storage

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36.

_______represents the use of links between information of all sorts whether text, graphics, video or audio based.

   A.) Hypertext
   B.) Hypermedia
   C.) Hyperimage
   D.) HyperCard

Answer: Option 'B'

​Hypermedia

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37.

Which of the following protocol is used for locating and transferring information on the internet?

   A.) Groupware
   B.) Gopher
   C.) Glitch
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'B'

​Gopher

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38.

This dialog box specifies or modifies the worksheet cell range containing data to be charted __________

   A.) Chart Location
   B.) Chart Style
   C.) Chart Options
   D.) Chart Source Data

Answer: Option 'D'

Chart Source Data

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39.

Which of the following routing technique is used in distributed operating system?

   A.) fixed routing
   B.) virtual routing
   C.) dynamic routing
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'D'

All of these

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40.

Which of the following provides remote login?

   A.) FTP
   B.) HTTP
   C.) RPC
   D.) Telnet

Answer: Option 'D'

Telnet

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41.

Which of the following is not used for real-time processing?

   A.) fixed routing
   B.) virtual routing
   C.) dynamic routing
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'A'

fixed routing

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42.

Which of the following is also known as Static Routing?

   A.) fixed routing
   B.) virtual routing
   C.) dynamic routing
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'A'

fixed routing

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43.

_____ is a process in which pages of data are not copied from disk to RAM until they are needed.

   A.) Paging
   B.) Demand paging
   C.) Segmentation
   D.) Swapping

Answer: Option 'B'

​Demand paging

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44.

The most widely used type of database management system is ________

   A.) Flat database.
   B.) Network database.
   C.) Relational database
   D.) Hierarchical database.

Answer: Option 'C'

​Relational database

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45.

Telnet is _____ based computer protocol.

   A.) sound
   B.) image
   C.) text
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'C'

​text

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46.

__________ is the transmission of voice and multimedia content over Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

   A.) FTP
   B.) HTTP
   C.) VOIP
   D.) Telnet

Answer: Option 'C'

​VOIP

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47.

A USB communication device that supports data encryption for secure wireless communication for notebook users is called a ______

   A.) USB Wireless Network adapter
   B.) wireless switch
   C.) wireless hub
   D.) router

Answer: Option 'A'

USB Wireless Network adapter

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48.

Which of the following activity can be termed as software piracy?

   A.) Soft loading
   B.) Counterfeiting
   C.) Renting
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'D'

All of these

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49.

Multi-user systems use a single processing unit to link several _______

   A.) Personal computers
   B.) Workstations
   C.) Dumb terminals
   D.) Mainframes

Answer: Option 'C'

Dumb terminals

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50.

Using ______, an admin / user can access someone else’s computer remotely.

   A.) Web Server
   B.) Telnet
   C.) Web application
   D.) All of these

Answer: Option 'B'

Telnet

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