Practice QUESTIONS SET 1

1. One megabyte equals approximately
1) 1,000 bits 
2) 1,000 bytes 
3) 1 million bytes 
4) 1 million bits
5) 2,000 bytes 

2. Data going into the computer is called? 
1) Output 
2) Algorithm
3) Input 
4) Calculations
5) Flowchart

3. Which of the following refers to the memory in your computer? 
1) RAM 
2) DSL 
3) USB 
4) LAN 
5) CPU 

4. When you are working on a document on PC, where is the document temporarily stored?
1) RAM
2) ROM
3) The CPU
4) Flash memory 
5) The CD-Rom

5. Information travels between components on the mother board through-
1) Flash memory
2) CMOS 
3)Bays 
4) Buses 
5) Peripherals 

6. How are data organised in a spreadsheet? 
1) Lines and spaces
2) Layers and planes 
3) Height and width 
4) Rows and columns 
5) None of these

7. Which of the following is true? 
1) Byte is a single digit in a binary number 
2) Bit represents a grouping of digital numbers 
3) Eight-digit binary number is called a byte 
4) Eight-digit binary number is called a bit 
5) None of these 

8. Transformation of input into output is performed by? 
1) Peripherals 
2) Memory 
3) Storage 
4) The Input-Output unit 
5) The CPU 

(Blue Questions are the Important ones)

9. How many options does a binary choice offer? 
1) None 
2) One 
3) Two 
4) It depends on the amount of memory in the computer

5) It depends on the speed of the computer's processor 

10. .....is collection of web pages and ......is the very first page that we see on opening of a web-site 
1) Home-page, Web-page
2) Web-site, Home-page 
3) Web-page, Home-page 
4) Web-page, Web-site 
5) None of these

11. When the pointer is positioned on a _____ it is shaped like a hand.
1) Grammar error 
2) Hyperlink 
3) Screen tip 
4) Spelling error 
5) Formatting error 

12. The _____ of a system includes the programs or instructions.
1) Hardware 
2) Icon 
3) Information 
4) Software 
5) None of these 

13. 'www' stands for _____ 
1) World Word Web 
2) World Wide Web 
3) World White Web 
4) World Work Web 
5) None of these 

14. What menu is selected to cut, copy, and paste? 
1) File

2) Tools 
3) Special 
4) Edit 
5) None

15. You can use the tab key to 
1) Move a cursor across the screen 
2) Indent a paragraph 
3) Move the cursor down the screen 
4) Only (1) and (2) 
5) None of these 

16. The most important or powerful computer in a typical network is _____ 
1) Desktop 
2) Network client 
3) Network server 
4) Network station 
5) None of these 

17. Which of the following is an example of connectivity? 
1) Internet 
2) Floppy disk 
3) Power cord 
4) Data
5) None of these 

18. The ability to find an individual item in a file immediately _____ is used
1) File allocation table 
2) Directory 
3) Sequential access 
4) Direct access


5) None of these 

19. The primary purpose of software is to turn data into _____ 
1) Web sites 
2) Information 
3) Programs 
4) Objects 
5) None of these 

20. To what temporary area can you store text and other data, and later paste them to another location? 
1) The clipboard 
2) ROM 
3) CD-ROM 
4) The hard disk 
5) None of these