Computer Fundamentals Quiz 43 (20 MCQs)

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1. Where in the computer would the instructions to add two numbers be carried out?

Correct Answer: C) CPU.

2. How are commands usually grouped into menus?

Correct Answer: B) Similar or related commands are placed together.

3. Identify the language processor.

Correct Answer: B) Compiler.

4. What are the unit and symbol for current?

Correct Answer: D) Ampere, I.

5. Which group is comprised of Hardware ONLY?

Correct Answer: C) RAM, Monitor, CPU.

6. A computer used by larger business and government agencies that provide centralized storage, processing, and management for large amounts of data.

Correct Answer: B) Mainframe computers.

7. It is known to be the first mechanical calculating device.

Correct Answer: C) Abacus.

8. Who invented Pascaline?

Correct Answer: A) Blaise Pascal.

9. The legal protection afforded an expression of an idea, song, video and or game

Correct Answer: D) Copyright.

10. They have huge storage capacities and computing speeds and thus can perform millions of instructions per second

Correct Answer: B) Super Computer.

11. Which virus type targets a computer's start-up files?

Correct Answer: B) Boot sector.

12. Which best defines social engineering?

Correct Answer: C) A hacking technique used to acquire personal or sensitive data that relies on personal interaction and human trust.

13. Identify which is a browser in the following images?

Correct Answer: A) .

14. What is a computer?

Correct Answer: C) An electronic device that receives input, stores or processes the input and provides an output in the desired format.

15. Whats the purpose of a hard drive

Correct Answer: A) Store Long Term Memory.

16. A tab that identifies each open worksheet in a spreadsheet program, located in the lower left corner of the screen

Correct Answer: A) Worksheet tab.

17. The four main components of a computer system are

Correct Answer: C) Input unit, output unit, CPU and memory unit.

18. There are (a) bits in 3 bytes.

Correct Answer: B) A 24.

19. What is the function of the operating system (OS)

Correct Answer: A) Manages the computer's resources.

20. What part of the computer is described by the statement:"How the processor storesand uses immediate data "

Correct Answer: C) Memory.