Computer Awareness Q&A for Competitive Examination – Part 4

March 1, 2014 Computer Awareness

76. In Excel, each sheet in a work book is displayed as
1) Tab (2) Down Pointing Arrow
3) Floating Point Arrow (4) Marker
5) None of these

77. Which of the following is a popular DOS based spreadsheet?
1) Excel (2) Word
3) Smart Cell (4) Lotus 1-2-3
5) None of these

78. The comparison operators used 1 Excel to compute criteria’s are
(l)==>,<,>=< = and<> (2) Only =
(3) Only =, > and < (4) Only > = and < *=
(5) None of these

79. Which of the following is not a valid data type in Excel?
1) Number (2) Label
3) Character (4) Data/Time
5) None of these

80. Excel uses another name for database. It is called as
1) Listing (2) Organizer
3) Sequencer (4) List
5) None of these

81. Selecting landscape changes our page from a
1)       wide to tall orientation
2)       tall to wide orientation
3)       normal font size to a condensed one
4)       condensed font size to a normal one
5)       None of the above

82. What Programme is used in MS Word to check the spellings?
1) Speller 2) Spell-check
3) Outlook Express 4) All of these
5) None of these

83. How many types of drawing objects are available in drawing Tool Bar?
1) 4 (2) 5
3) 10 (4) 12
5) None of these

84. What is the debit account of receipt voucher?
1)       Ledger account
2)       Expense account
3)       Cash account or any Bank account
4)       All of the above
5)       None of the above

85. Internet is governed by
1)       Ministry of (1) and (2)
2)       IETF
3)       Inter NIC
4)       Internet Society (Voluntary Membership Organization)
5)       None of the above

86. Group of letters, numbers and symbols with a common typeface is called as
1) File (2) Font
3) Style (4) GUI
5) None of these

87. A folder is
1)       same as a file, but is can have other files in it
2)       same as directory, but a preferred term these days
3)       Both (1) and (2)
4)       same as file
5)       None of the above

88. A compact disc (CD) is a data storage of the type
1) Magnetic (2) Optical
3) Electrical (4) Electro-mechanical
5) None of these

89. Which of the following is a standard code used to exchange information among data processing and communication system?
1) ANSI (2) ACM
3) ASCII (4) APL
5) OSI

90. The screen background is known as the
1) Application (2) Windows
3) Desktop (4) Frames
5) None of these

91. The CD-ROM drive is used to
1)       play compact disks
2)       play music
3)       install software
4)       control digital information
5)       None of the above

92. Active window means the
1)       active window is designated by a different color tool bar than other open windows
2)       window that is currently open
3)       Both (1) and (2)
4)       window that is last used
5)       None of the above

93.   A bitmap is a
1)       format which windows use for desktop wall paper
2)       graphic file format made up of small dots
3)       specific kind of bitmap files with the BMP extension
4)       All of the above
5)       None of the above

94. A channel (in Windows terminology) is a/an
1)       widely used online service that offers access to the internet
2)       specialized website designed to work with the windows 9 subscription feature to automatically download information from the internet and store it on your computer for later viewing
3)       area on the computer memory where text or graphics car be temporarily stored
4)       All of the above
5)       None of the above

95. A drop down list box
1)       displays single selected item, but clicking on the little arrow buttons at the right end of the box causes a list to appear
2)       can be scrolled through list and selection of an item can be done by clicking on it
3)       is a compact way to present a list of options in a dialog box
4)       All of the above
5)       None of the above

96. Which of the following memories below is often used in a typical computer operation?
1) RAM (2) ROM
3) FDD (4) HDD
5) None of these

97. Macro media is the name of a company related with
1) Hardware (2) Software
3) Services (4) Peripherals
5) None of these

98. The comprehensive software system that builds, maintains and provides access to a database
1) CPU (2) DASD
3) CAI (4) DBMS
5) None of these

99. To detect, locate and remove errors in programmes and/or malfunctions in equipment is
1) Compile (2) Debug
3) Interpret (4) DSS
5) None of these

100. Files with VXD extension represent
1) Normal text files
2) Application programmes
3) Device drivers (4) Executable files
5) None of these

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