Computer Awareness Questions Answers Govt Competitive Exams MCQ's




Question 451 :
If you borrow and copy a friend?s software in violation of the licensing agreement, what kind of piracy is that?

  1. Internet Downloading
  2. Hard Disk loading
  3. Softloading
  4. Renting
  

Question 452 :
The communication between the components in a microcomputer takes place via the address and ______

  1. I/O bus
  2. Data bus
  3. Address bus
  4. None of the Above
  

Question 453 :
Press __________ to move the insertion point to the address box, or to highlight the URL in the address box.

  1. Alt+D
  2. Alt+A
  3. Shift+Tab
  4. Tab+Ctrl
  

Question 454 :
A thin plate or board that contains electronic components is called ___________

  1. Hard Disk
  2. RAM
  3. ROM
  4. Circuit Board
  

Question 455 :
What characteristics of read?only memory makes it useful?

  1. ROM information can be easily updated
  2. Data in ROM is nonvolatile, that is, it remains there even without elctronical power.
  3. ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive data storage.
  4. ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers.
  

Question 456 :
Which of the following is the smallest measure of storage?

  1. KB
  2. MB
  3. TB
  4. Byte
  

Question 457 :
To drop a column that is used as a foreign key, first

  1. Drop the primary key
  2. drop the table
  3. drop the foreign key constraint
  4. All of these
  

Question 458 :
Which of the following is/are example(s) of Spreadsheets?

  1. Microsoft Excel
  2. Lotus 1-2-3
  3. Both (A) and (B)
  4. None of the above
  

Question 459 :
The code that relational database management systems use to perform their database task is referred to as?

  1. QBE
  2. SQL
  3. OLAP
  4. Sequel Server
  

Question 460 :
A .............. sometimes called a boot sector virus, executes when a computer boots up because it resides in the boot sector of a floppy disk or the master boot record of a hard disk

  1. system virus
  2. Trojan horse virus
  3. file virus
  4. None of these
  

Question 461 :
Microsoft Windows 7 is an example of

  1. utility software
  2. network solution
  3. application program
  4. Operating system
  

Question 462 :
The main circuit-board of the system unit is _______

  1. RAM
  2. Mother Board
  3. Hard disk
  4. None of the Above
  

Question 463 :
MPIS stands for

  1. Million Instructions Per Second
  2. Million Instructions Per Season
  3. Monthly Instructions Per Second
  4. Million Inputs Per Second
  

Question 464 :
__________ is a handheld electro-optical pointing device

  1. Joy Stick
  2. Light Pen
  3. Trackball
  4. Touch Screen
  

Question 465 :
C is

  1. A letter
  2. A word
  3. A language
  4. An alphabet
  

Question 466 :
Which of these is a pointing and drop device?

  1. Scanner
  2. Printer
  3. Keyboard
  4. Mouse
  

Question 467 :
EULA is a legal agreement between a software producer and a user

  1. Exit User License Agreement
  2. Exit Utility License Agreement
  3. End Utility License Agreement
  4. End User License Agreement
  

Question 468 :
The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as

  1. Hardware
  2. Software
  3. Firmware
  4. ROM ware
  

Question 469 :
________ is the process of carrying out commands.

  1. Fetching
  2. Storing
  3. Decoding
  4. Executing
  

Question 470 :
What is the purpose of keeping electronic devices such as computers, televisions, and remote controlled devices on Sleep mode ?

  1. Reduce Power consumption
  2. Back UP
  3. To write contents of RAM to hard disc
  4. To improve download speed
  

Question 471 :
What is the name of the process that is used to convert a series of instructions, or program, written in a highlevel language into instructions (or a program) that can be run on a computer?

  1. Assembling
  2. Compiling
  3. Translating
  4. Uploading
  

Question 472 :
What does the SMTP in an SMTP server stand for ?

  1. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
  2. Serve Message Text Process
  3. Short Messaging Text Process
  4. Short Messaging Transfer Protocol
  

Question 473 :
________ uses viruses to destroy computer hardware and software.

  1. Spoofing
  2. Tunneling
  3. Sabotage
  4. Phishing
  

Question 474 :
A unit for measuring data trasmission speed is called

  1. cache
  2. broadbank channel
  3. byte
  4. baud
  

Question 475 :
A byte can represent any number between 0 and _______

  1. 312
  2. 255
  3. 1024
  4. 1025
  

Question 476 :
A series 100 POST error code indicates a problem with the

  1. hard drive
  2. RAM or ROM
  3. system board
  4. video adapter
  

Question 477 :
What is an operating system?

  1. It is an interface between user and the computer.
  2. It manages all resources.
  3. It does all process management tasks.
  4. All the above
  

Question 478 :
_________ is a computational model based on the structure of biological neural networks?

  1. Artificial Neural Network (ANN)
  2. Biological Network
  3. Both(A) - (B)
  4. None of the Above
  

Question 479 :
Which refers to the diagonal distance between two coloured pixels?

  1. Refresh rate
  2. Dot Pitch
  3. Both (A) and (B)
  4. None of the Above
  

Question 480 :
Binary coded decimal (BCD) numbers express each decimal digit as a

  1. bit
  2. byte
  3. nibble
  4. binary digits