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QUESTION NO: 1
Ram Can Hold The Data And Programs Which In Currently Use, It Is UN Volatile Memory.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 2
With Suitable Applications Installed, PCs Can Process graphics as well as text.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 3
Peripherals Devices Are Part Of Hardware?
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 4
Which of The Following Can Convert The Computer Signals From Digital To Analog?
A. ISDN
B. Modem
C. DSL
D. HDSL
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 5
The Speed Of The Central Processing Unit is measured in
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A. Mege hertz
B. Hectares
C. Revolutions per minute.
D. Bits per second
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 6
Which one of the following printers uses a toner in printing.
A. Laser.
B. Dot matrix
C. Ink jet
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 7
Which one of these statements s False?
A. A network of computer linked within a building is called a LAN
B. Databases can be accessed by many users who connected to a LAN.
C. A network-linking computer over cities countries is called WAN
D. Applications cannot be shared over a LAN.
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 8
Which of the following statements is true?
A. A mainframe computer enables users to share files, printers and other resources.
B. Mainicomputer enables users to share files, printers and other resources.
C. Network computer enables users to share files, printers and other resources.
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 9
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Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. ROM loses information when the computer is powered off.
B. ROM chips can be plugged into the motherboard to provide more memory.
C. ROM can't be writtento , it's preprogrammed.
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 10
One byte is equivalent to:
A. 2 bit
B. 8 bit
C. 16 bit
D. 4 bit
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 11
________ Helps you input data and give commands.
A. Pointer
B. Mouse
C. Keyboard.
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 12
______ Prints the output on paper.
A. Scanner
B. Printer
C. CPU
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 13
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Which printer type would MOST likely produce the most noise?
A. Dot Matrix.
B. Ink Dispersion
C. Laser
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 14
Which of the following requires power to be on in order to maintain the data it stores?
A. ROM
B. RAM
C. Hard disk
D. Floppy disk
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 15
Which one of these computers is too expensive?
A. Minicomputer
B. Lap top
C. Mainframe
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 16
When working away from the office a sales representative might typically use which type of
computer?
A. Desktop computer.
B. Laptop computer
C. An analogue computer
D. A mainframe computer
Answer: B
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QUESTION NO: 17
Special plastic cards containing a processor and memory are used to pay for goods and services.
Each time the card is used the details on the card are updated. What is the name of such a card?
A. Magnetic card
B. Memory card
C. Smart card.
D. Processor card.
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 18
Which computer would typically be the cheapest to buy?
A. Desktop computer
B. Laptop computer
C. Mainframe computer
D. Mini computer
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 19
Which of the following would be the slowest device for accessing data?
A. A floppy disk
B. A hard disk
C. A tap disk
D. A zip disk
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 20
Which of the following would be the fastest device for accessing data?
A. A floppy disk
B. A zip disk
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C. A hard disk
D. A magnetic tape drive.
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 21
Which of the following is hardware?
A. A database
B. A spreadsheet.
C. A mouse
D. An operating system
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 22
Which of the following is a peripheral device?
A. Arithmetic logic unit
B. Control unit
C. Immediate access store
D. Backing tape store.
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 23
The generic name of the devices, which are connected to, and controlled by, the central
processing unit, is:
A. Keyboards
B. Ram
C. Monitors
D. Peripherals
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 24
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Which of the following printers is the most suitable for a secretary to produce the final copy of a
document?
A. Dot matrix
B. Laser
C. Plotter
D. Any of them
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 25
Which type of memory is used to store the current status of computer application whilst it is being
processed?
A. EPROM
B. PROM
C. ROM
D. RAM
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 26
Which of the following is an input device?
A. A monitor
B. A scanner
C. A plotter
D. Speakers
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 27
Small businesses often use computer systm to run the company. Typically it is most likely to be:
A. A Mainframe computer
B. A microprocessor
C. A mini computer
D. A personal computer
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Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 28
Which of the following could be considered typical users of a mainframe computer?
A. A bank
B. A school
C. A doctor's surgery
D. A small business
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 29
Which list shows the correct order of memory capacity for these computers, smallest first?
A. Mainframe computer, personal computer and minicomputer
B. Personal computer, minicomputer and mainframe computer.
C. Personal computer, mainframe computer and minicomputer
D. Mainframe computer, minicomputer and personal computer.
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 30
What is the name of the terminal, with limited processing capabilities, which is usually connected
to a mainframe computer?
A. A dumb terminal
B. An intelligent terminal
C. A terminal adapter
D. A terminal node.
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 31
Which one of the following devices is most likely to be used in a games application?
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A. A joystick
B. A touch screen
C. A tracker ball
D. A touch pad
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 32
Where applicable which input device is often mostly used on a laptop as an alternative to a
mouse?
A. Joystick
B. Keyboard
C. Lightpen
D. Touchpad
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 33
Which of the following is an input device?
A. Monitor
B. Printer
C. Joystick
D. Speech synthesizer
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 34
Which of the following is most suitable as a storage medium for a monthly batch-processed payroll
application in a large company. The file size is over 1 gigabyte.
A. CD Rom
B. Floppy disk
C. Zip disk
D. Tape Drives
Answer: D
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QUESTION NO: 35
A trackball can be described as
A. An input only device.
B. Anoutlput only device.
C. A storage device.
D. An input and an output device.
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 36
A touchpad can be described as:
A. An input and an output device.
B. An input only device
C. An output only device.
D. A portable memory device.
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 37
Which of the following represents 1000 bytes?
A. Less than 1KB
B. 1 KB
C. Between 1 KB and 1.2 KB
D. 1.2 KB
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 38
Which of the following could be used as a reusable-backing store for data?
A. CD-ROM
B. CD-RW
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C. RAM
D. ROM
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 39
The non-erasable memory, which contains programs, stored at the time of computer manufacture
is known as:
A. Flash-Rom
B. RAM
C. ROM
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 40
The processor speed of the CPU is measured in:
A. Bits
B. Bits per second
C. MHz
D. Baud
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 41
How many megabytes are there in 1GB?
A. 10
B. 1000
C. 1024
D. 1000 000
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 42
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Which one of the following storage media is large enough to back-up a directory containing 400
MB of data?
A. CD-R
B. CD-RW (Re writable CD)
C. Floppy disk
D. Zip disk
Answer: A,B
QUESTION NO: 43
A multimedia encyclopedia with 600MB of data, for use on your home PC, is most likely to be
stored on which storage medium?
A. CD-ROM
B. Floppy disks
C. Zip disk
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 44
The input device most likely to be used to input an image into a computer is:
A. A light pen
B. A printer
C. A scanner
D. A touchpad
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 45
Which type of output device is a designer most likely to use to view his/her designs in order to
provide maximum detail?
A. High resolutioncolour monitor
B. Low resolutioncolour monitor
C. Medium resolutioncolour monitor
D. none
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Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 46
Which component has the most effect on the performance speed of a PC?
A. CPU
B. Graphics card
C. CD-ROM
D. Hard disk
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 47
The data stored on the CD-ROM is
A. Volatile and read only data
B. Non-volatile and read only data
C. Non-volatile and read/write data
D. Volatile and read/write data
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 48
Which input device is typically used at the checkout in a supermarket?
A. Mouse
B. Barcode scanner
C. Magnetic Ink character reader.
D. Optical character reader.
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 49
The name given to the standardized connection facilities for digital data communication, is:
A. ISDN
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B. PSDN
C. PSS
D. TCP/IP
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 50
A network of computer Which are located relatively close to each other, in the same building or
group of building, is known as a:
A. LAN
B. Network operating system
C. Network terminal
D. WAN
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 51
When sending an email to a friend living a broad you must have Which one of the following
devices?
A. CD-ROM drive
B. Modem
C. Printer
D. Scanner
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 52
Which of the following descriptions applies to a WAN?
A. An operating system running a computer network
B. A network of computer, which are geographically remote from each other.
C. A network of computer used on one site.
D. A group of standalone computer.
Answer: B
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QUESTION NO: 53
A modem is used to convert computer data to a form, which can then be sent via the telephone to
another computer. It does so by:
A. Converting analogue data to digital data.
B. Converting analogue data to digital data andConverting digital data to analogue data.
C. Converting analogue data to analogue data
D. Compressing data
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 54
What does a computer use to communicate, over the telephone system, with another computer?
A. Fax
B. Modem
C. Telex
D. Teletext
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 55
Which type of computer is used to operate large corporate systems and databases?
A. Desktop computer
B. Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
C. Mainframe
D. Laptop
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 56
Which of the following describes the essential components of Information Technology?
A. Primary, secondary and cache memory
B. RAM and ROM
C. Hardware, software and communications technologies.
D. Hardware and shareware.
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Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 57
The speed of the CPU is measured in:
A. Megahertz (MHz)
B. Bit per second (Bps)
C. Gigabytes (GB)
D. Megabytes (MB)
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 58
The computers in your office building are connected together so staff can share files and printers.
What is this arrangement of computers called?
A. FTP
B. LAN
C. WWW
D. HTTP
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 59
Which of the following devices do you need to be able to communicate with other computers using
the telephone network?
A. CD-ROM
B. Modem
C. Plotter
D. Speakers
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 60
Which of the following would improve computer performance?
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A. Using a larger monitor
B. Increasing the number of applications running
C. Using a faster printer
D. Increasing the RAM size
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 61
Which of the following is both an input and output device?
A. Touch screen
B. Keyboard
C. Printer
D. Scanner
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 62
Disk formatting is used to:
A. Find files on a disk
B. Lock a disk
C. Unlock a disk
D. Prepare a disk to store files
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 63
Which two statements about local area network (LANs) are true?
A. applications cannotsherd over a lan.
B. authorised users can access and use data stored anywhere on lan
C. large data files can be transferred between computers using a LAN.
D. it is not possible for users of a LAN to share printers.
Answer: B,C
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QUESTION NO: 64
A PDA which has been backed-up buttnot password protected - has stolen.
Which one of following consequences may result?
A. loss of the right to use the software that came with the PDA.
B. time wasted on re-entering all thereconds in replacement PDA.
C. miss use of confidentiel files and telephone numbers
D. loss of contact details on the stolen PDA.
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 65
Which one of the following does notaffect computer performance?
A. installing an accelerated graphics card.
B. changing from a 486 topentium processor.
C. freeing up space on a full hard disk.
D. the use of trackball rather than a mouse.
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 66
Which one of these types of computewr memory is permanent and unchanging?
A. random Access Memory
B. working memory
C. vitual memory
D. read-only memory
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 67
Which statement about computer and the enviroment is true?
A. youcant recycle paper from a inkjet printer.
B. using an animated screensaver saves power.
C. if a pc need to be left on, youont save energy by switching off the monitor.
D. laptops on standby use less electricity than when runningnormaly.
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Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 68
Which one of these statments about formatting computer storage is true?
A. disk are automaticallyformated when you save your file.
B. a used floppy disk cannot beformated
C. unformatted disks need operating system data written to them before they can store files.
D. a full format does not erase data from your disk.
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 69
Which one of the following isn't operating system?
A. Unix
B. Windows
C. Ms Word
D. Ms - Dos
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 70
E-mail stand for ...
A. Internet access.
B. Electronic mail
C. Electric mail
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 71
Which One of the Following Operating System Dose Not Have a GUI?
A. Microsoft windows 3.1
B. Microsoftwindows 95
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C. Microsoftwindows NT
D. Microsoft windows Dos
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 72
Microsoft windows is a (an):
A. Database program
B. Operating System
C. Word processing program
D. Graphics program
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 73
The World Web contains thousands of:
A. Sites
B. Sides
C. Sights
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 74
The local council wants to design and build a new bridge. Which is the most appropriate software
to use in the design?
A. CAD application
B. CAM application
C. DTP application
D. Drawing application
Answer: A
QUESTION NO: 75
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Which of the following is system software?
A. A spreadsheet
B. A database
C. An operating system
D. A hard disk
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 76
Which of the following is the first stage in the standard sequence of software development?
A. Testing
B. Review
C. Design
D. Analysis
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 77
Which software application would a secretary use to produce standard letters instead of using a
typewriter?
A. A spreadsheet application
B. A CAD application
C. A presentation application
D. A word processor application
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 78
Which of the following statements is true?
A. The CPU is an input device
B. The CPU is an output device.
C. The CPU is used as a non-volatile storage medium
D. The CPU is used to process program instructions and data.
Answer: D
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QUESTION NO: 79
In the standard sequence of software development which stage follows analysis?
A. Testing
B. Review
C. Programming
D. Design
Answer: D
QUESTION NO: 80
Which of the following is the final stage in the standard sequence of software development?
A. Analysis
B. Testing
C. Programming
D. Design
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 81
A home page is most likely to be designed using:
A. A CAD application
B. A spreadsheet application.
C. A web editor application
D. A search engine
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 82
Which of the following is an operating system?
A. Lotus 123
B. PowerPoint 2000
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C. Windows XP
D. Netscape
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 83
Which of the following four activities is normally carried out last as part of a Systems Development
process?
A. Design
B. Programming
C. Testing
D. Analysis
Answer: C
QUESTION NO: 84
What type of computer application would be used in a hospital to maintain patient medical details?
A. A desktop publishing application.
B. A database application.
C. An accountingapplicaton.
D. A presentation application
Answer: B
QUESTION NO: 85
Which one of these statements about computer applications is true?
A. the same version of anappliction will work on any tybe of computer.
B. they control devices such as printers and scanners that are attached to the pc.
C. they enable users to carry outspefic tasks such as word processing.
D. they are only programs that you need to use a pc.
Answer: C
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