This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Technology > It > Computer Fundamentals – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Computer Fundamentals Quiz 29 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The purpose of storage in a computer is to hold data or information and get that data to the CPU as quickly as possible when it is needed. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 2. What are people who use computers called? A) User. B) Data. C) Hardware. D) Program. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) User. 3. A combined device for modulation and demodulation, for example, between the digital data of a computer and the analog signal of a telephone line A) Cable. B) Modem. C) App. D) Carrier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modem. 4. Adding two cells, A) =fasting(A1+AA). B) A1+A=fasting. C) Total. D) SUM( ). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) =fasting(A1+AA). 5. Select the device that does NOT share information with friends in the cloud? A) Cell Phone. B) Laptop. C) Monitor. D) Tablet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monitor. 6. It is the part of computer processor (CPU) that serves as a temporary storage areas of the computer processor. A) Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU). B) Control Unit (CU). C) Register. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Register. 7. I handle the graphics that are displayed on the monitor. A) Modem. B) Bios. C) Video card. D) Keyboard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Video card. 8. What are the basic components of a computer system? A) Motherboard, monitor, keyboard, and mouse. B) Software, operating system, applications, and peripherals. C) RAM, ROM, cache, and hard drive. D) CPU, memory, input/output devices, and storage devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CPU, memory, input/output devices, and storage devices. 9. Keyboard has many keys. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. Which one of the following are the specially designed computer chips that reside inside other devices such as your car or your electronic thermostat?निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सी विशेष रूप से डिज़ाइन की गई कंप्यूटर चिप्स हैं जो आपकी कार या आपके इलेक्ट्रॉनिक थर्मोस्टेट जैसे अन्य उपकरणों के अंदर रहती हैं? A) MainframesMainframes. B) Robotic computersRobotic computers. C) Servers. D) Embedded computersएम्बेडेड कंप्यूटर. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Embedded computersएम्बेडेड कंप्यूटर. 11. Which of the following is NOT part of Basic Data Processing Cycle? A) Output. B) Input. C) Distribution. D) Process. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distribution. 12. It is composed of a worksheet, which has thousands of cells that each have a name to help the user find a specific cell easily. A) Power Point Presentation. B) Microsoft Excel. C) HTML website. D) Microsoft Word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microsoft Excel. 13. Which of the following is an absolute cell reference? A) A2. B) A:2. C) $ A$ 2. D) #A2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $ A$ 2. 14. A digital pen is an input device converts a user's handwriting /drawings into a digital format. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 15. One Bity = how many bits? A) 6. B) 8. C) 10. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 16. ..... a set of programs containing instructions that work together to coordinate all the activities among computer hardware resources A) System Software. B) Application software. C) Operating system. D) Utility program. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Operating system. 17. Type of software that allows you to perform specific tasks A) Presentation Software. B) Spreadsheets. C) Databases. D) Applications. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Applications. 18. Is basically the use of the internet for the task you perform on the computer. A) Cloud Computing. B) Data Storage. C) Platform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cloud Computing. 19. What are the parts of processing unit? A) Input unit, Control unit and Registers. B) Output unit, Control unit and Registers. C) ALU, Control unit and Registers. D) ALU, Control unit and Memory unit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ALU, Control unit and Registers. 20. The first computers were as big as a ..... A) School building. B) House. C) Room. D) Shopping mall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) House. 21. What is responsible for creating a process from a program? A) Firewall. B) Web. C) Internet. D) OS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) OS. 22. What is sleep mode on your computer? A) Turns off RAM memory. B) Turns power off. C) Night-Night. D) Power-saving feature that quickly resume full-power when you want to start working again. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Power-saving feature that quickly resume full-power when you want to start working again. 23. Why is it important to know a file's format? A) To know which program will open it. B) To know where to save it. C) To know the computer's operating system. D) To know what user interface it uses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To know which program will open it. 24. When you open an application/program in a computer for the first time, the application is temporarily saved in the RAM. A) True. B) False. C) True and, it will be saved in the storage drive once you save your work. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True and, it will be saved in the storage drive once you save your work. 25. Just like a filing cabinet, you name your folders with names that are related to the information you will store inside. If you have a folder called English 1. What assignments would you store in it? A) Social Studies. B) English. C) Math. D) Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) English. 26. Basic parts of Computer? A) Memory, Software, Hardware, & System. B) Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, & CPU. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, & CPU. 27. What is the maximum length of a UTP cable? A) 100m. B) 50m. C) Unlimited. D) 1km. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100m. 28. Can you print something off of your computer if the printer is in another room? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 29. What is the primary function of an output device? A) Processing data in real-time. B) Storing data for future use. C) Displaying or presenting processed information. D) Inputting data into the computer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Displaying or presenting processed information. 30. A ..... identifies the format of the file and the program that is used to open it. A) File Folder. B) File Path. C) File Extension. D) File Name. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) File Extension. 31. ..... converts and executes one statement at a time while the program is running. After a statement is executed, the interpreter converts and executes the next statement, and so on A) An interpreter. B) A compiler. C) A translator. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An interpreter. 32. This device was operated by dialing a series of wheels that could add and subtract numbers containingup to eight digits. A) Napier's Bone. B) Slide Rule. C) Pascal Calculator. D) Abacus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pascal Calculator. 33. What is the purpose of Read-Only Memory (ROM)? A) Contains instructions for starting a computer. B) Stores frequently used data. C) Accessed directly by the processor. D) Used for temporary data storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contains instructions for starting a computer. 34. Which is NOT one of the three major factors for setting prices? A) Price competitors charge. B) Cost of running the business. C) The cost of customer service. D) Cost of making the product. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cost of customer service. 35. What do we need to click to create a new worksheet in our workbook? A) Active cell. B) New sheet button. C) Sheet tab. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New sheet button. 36. A computer that provides data to other computers is a computer A) Server. B) Motherboard. C) Software. D) Desktop computer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Server. 37. This sequence is (a) bytes long:11000011 11110011 11111011 10000001 A) 2. B) A 4. C) 32. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A 4. 38. A communication system which transfers data between the components inside a computer or even between computers is known as A) Line. B) Wire. C) Bus. D) Knot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bus. 39. Removing details from a solution so that it can work for many problems A) Algorithm. B) Program. C) Pattern. D) Abstraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abstraction. 40. The part of the IP Address that is used to identify workstations, servers, routers and all other TCP/IP hosts on a network is called..... A) Broadcast. B) Net ID. C) Host ID. D) Default Gateway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Host ID. 41. The following is an output device. A) Speakers. B) Headphones. C) Printer. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 42. A grid with columns & rows; the term worksheet is used interchangeably with spreadsheet A) Spreadsheet. B) Worksheet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worksheet. 43. Computer that is easy to operate is called a A) User friendly. B) Operating system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) User friendly. 44. What does PDF stand for? A) Program database file. B) Program document file. C) Portable document file. D) Portable database file. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Portable document file. 45. Just as vehicles travel on a highway, bits travel on a(n) ..... A) Channel. B) Bus. C) Car. D) Circuit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bus. 46. A type of shielded twisted pair cable used in high-speed Ethernet-based computer networks of 1 Gbps or higher A) Modem. B) Category 7 Cable. C) Fiber Optic. D) VoIP. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Category 7 Cable. 47. Which of the following best describes a rootkit? A) Can hide and allow full control to another user. B) Virus. C) Destructive program. D) Copies itself over the network. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can hide and allow full control to another user. 48. What is the internal working of the computer called? A) CPU (Central Processing Unit). B) RAM (Random Access Memory). C) Control unit. D) Desktop. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CPU (Central Processing Unit). 49. This device allows the user to move the cursor to complete a task on the screen. A) Speakers. B) Microphone. C) Mouse. D) Printer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mouse. 50. When encryption is needed to protect valuable passwords and financial transactions, this will allow you a safe and secure connection to the Internet A) Html. B) Wifi. C) Https. D) Http. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Https. 51. The Format Cells dialog box can be accessed from the Excel Ribbons as well as by ..... A) Clicking any cell. B) Double-clicking any cell. C) Right-clicking any cell and selecting Format Cells on the displayed menu. D) Pressing Enter after selecting a range of cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right-clicking any cell and selecting Format Cells on the displayed menu. 52. Which defines multimedia apps do? A) Calculate Average and Medians. B) Organize Items and place them into folders. C) Locate local restaurants. D) Displaying data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organize Items and place them into folders. 53. To view paragraph marks, clicks on the ..... tab, in the paragraph group, click Show/Hide. A) References. B) Page layout. C) Home. D) View. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Home. 54. What is the name for the routine that tests the motherboard, memory, disk controllers, video, keyboard and other system hardware? A) CSST. B) POST. C) SDD. D) BIOS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) POST. 55. Which tab on the PowerPoint 2010 Ribbon contains the most commands and utilitiesfor configuring transitions? A) Slide Show. B) Home. C) Design. D) Transitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transitions. 56. Which of the following combination of computer keyboard is used to redo the last action performed? A) Ctrl + Y. B) Shift + Y. C) Non of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ctrl + Y. 57. A wireless touch screen personal computer (PC) that is smaller than a notebook but larger than a smartphone. A) Over-the-Top Applications. B) App. C) Computer. D) Tablet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tablet. 58. Disabling cookies prevents you from being the victim of a virus. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 59. Which of the following is an operating system you would be using on the computer? A) Microsoft Word. B) Internet Explorer. C) Microsoft Windows. D) Netscape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Microsoft Windows. 60. 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