COMPUTER GENERAL KNOWLEGDE TEST:
1Q. If a word is typed that is not in
Word’s dictionary, a ____________ wavy underline appears
below the word.
(A) red (B) green (C) blue (D) black (E) None of these
Answer : (A)
2Q. The____________button on the quick access Toolbar allows
you to cancel
your recent commands or actions. (A) Search (B) Cut (C)
Document (D) Undo
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
3Q. In Excel, any set of
characters containing
a letter , hyphen, or space is considered— (A) a formula (B)
text (C) a
name (D) a title (E) None of these
Answer : (B)
4Q.
____________Software
allows users to perform calculations on rows and columns of
data. (A) Word
processing (B) Presentation graphics (C) Database Management
Systems (D)
Electronic Spreadsheet (E) None of these
Ans : (C)
5Q. A ____________represent approximately one billion memory
locations. (A)
kilobyte (B) megabyte (C) gigabyte (D) terabyte (E) None of
these
Ans : (C)
6Q. ____________cells involves creating a single cell by
combining two or
more selected cells. (A) Formatting (B) Merging (C)
Embedding (D) Splitting
(E) None of these
Answer : (B)
7Q. The operating system is the most common type
of____________software.
(A) communication (B) application (C) system (D)
word-processing (E) None
of these
Answer : (C)
8Q. When you quickly press and releaes
the left mouse
button twice , you are— (A) Primary-clicking (B) pointing
(C)
Double-clicking (D) Secondary-clicking (E) None of these
Answer : (C)
9Q. The horizontal and vertical lines on a worksheet are
called— (A) cells
(B) sheets (C) block lines (D) gridlines (E) None of these
Answer : (D)
10Q. To delete an incorrect character in a document,
____________ to erase
to the right of the insertion point. (A) press the left
mouse key (B)
double-click the right mouse key (C) press the BACKSPACE key
(D) press the
delete key (E) None of these
Answer : (D)
11Q. The operating system does all of the following EXCEPT:
(A) provide a
way for the user to interact with the computer. (B) manage
the central
processing unit (CPU). (C) manage memory and storage. (D)
enable users to
perform a specific task such as document editing.
Answer :
(D)
12Q. During the boot process, the____________looks for the
system files.
(A) CD B. BIOS C. CPU D. DVD
Answer : (B)
13Q. ____________ are lists of commands that appear on the
screen. (A) GUIs
(B) Icons (C) Menus (D) Windows
Answer : (C)
14Q. ____________ is the ability of an operating system to
control the
activities of multiple programs at the same time. (A)
Multitasking (B)
Streamlining (C) Multiuser (D) Simulcasting
Answer : (A)
15Q. The unique signal, generated by a device, that tells
the operating
system that it is in need of immediate attention is called
an: (A) action.
(B) event. (C) interrupt. (D) activity.
Answer : (C)
16Q. The operating system controls access to the processor
by assigning
a(n) ____________ to each task requiring the processor’s
attention. (A) CPU
(B) slice of time (C) stack (D) event
Answer : (B)
17Q. The blocks of code, included in the operating system,
that software
applications interact with are known as: (A) application
programming
interfaces (APIs). (B) complimentary metal-oxide conductors
(CMOS). (C)
device drivers. (D) bootstrap loaders.
Answer : (A)
18Q. MS-DOS is a ____________ operating system. (A)
point-and-click (B)
user-friendly (C) command-driven (D) Mac
Answer : (C)
19Q. An interrupt handler is a(n): (A) location in memory
that keeps track
of recently generated interrupts. (B) peripheral device. (C)
utility program.
(D) special numeric code that indicates the priority of a
request.
Answer : (D)
20Q. A spooler is a(n): (A) location in memory that maintains
the contents
of a document until it prints out. (B) print job. (C)
program that
coordinates the print jobs that are waiting to print. (D)
message sent from
the printer to the operating system when a print job is
completed.
Answer : (C)
21Q. Virtual memory is typically located: (A) on a floppy
disk. (B) in the
CPU. (C) in a flash card. (D) on the hard drive.
Answer :
(D)
22Q. The purpose of a swap (or page) file is to: (A)
maintain pages of
documents that are being spooled to the printer. (B) hold a
program’s data
or instructions in virtual memory when it can’t fit in RAM.
(C) prevent
thrashing in a multitasking environment. (D) allow multiple
print jobs to
print their pages out simultaneously.
Answer : (B)
23Q. The definition of thrashing is: (A) swapping data
between virtual
memory and RAM too frequently. (B) insufficient hard disk
space. (C) too
many processors being managed by the operating system. (D)
inaccurate
information stored in the registry.
Answer : (A)
24Q. All of the following are TRUE of Safe Mode EXCEPT: (A)
Safe Mode is a
special diagnostic mode. (B) Safe Mode loads all
nonessential icons. (C)
Safe Mode allows users to troubleshoot errors. (D) Safe Mode
loads only the
most essential devices.
Answer : (B)
25Q. Verification of a login name and password is known as:
(A)
configuration. (B) accessibility. (C) authentication. (D)
logging in.
Answer : (C)
26Q. The combination of the operating system and the
processor is referred
to as the computer’s: (A) CPU. (B) platform. (C) BIOS.
(D) CMOS.
Answer : (B)
27Q. The following message generally means: (A) a nonsystem
floppy has been
left in the floppy disk drive. (B) the CD drive is not
functioning. (C) the
BIOS is corrupted. (D) there is a problem loading a device.
Answer : (A)
28Q. Which of the following is the correct sequence of
actions that takes
place during the boot-up process? (A) Load operating system
? Activate BIOS
? Perform POST ? Check configuration settings (B) Activate
BIOS ? Perform
POST ? Load operating system ? Check configuration settings
(C) Perform
POST ? Load operating system ? Activate BIOS ? Check
configuration settings
(D) Activate BIOS ? Check configuration settings ? Perform
POST ? Load
operating system
Answer : (B)
29Q. All of the following are
steps involved
in the boot process EXCEPT: (A) load the operating system
into RAM. (B) the
power-on self-test. (C) activate the basic input/output
system (BIOS). (D)
load application programs.
Answer : (D)
30Q. The ____________, stored on a ROM chip, is responsible
for loading the
operating system from its permanent location on the hard
drive into RAM.
(A) BIOS (B) API (C) device driver (D) supervisor program
Answer : (A)
31Q. The basic input/output system (BIOS) is stored in: (A)
RAM. (B) ROM.
(C) the CPU. (D) the hard drive.
Answer : (B)
32Q. Ensuring that the essential peripheral devices are
attached and
operational is the ____________ process. (A) configuration
(B) CMOS (C)
POST (D) ROM
Answer : (C)
33Q. The memory resident portion
of the operating
system is called the— (A) registry.
(B) API. (C) CMOS. (D) kernel.
Answer : (D)
34Q. Which of
the following
does NOT occur during the power-on self-test (POST)? (A) The
ScanDisk
utility begins to run. (B) The video card and video memory
are tested. (C)
The BIOS identification process occurs. (D) Memory chips are
checked to
ensure they are working properly.
Answer : (A)
35Q. All of the following are TRUE regarding virtual memory
EXCEPT— (A) any
amount of RAM can be allocated to virtual memory. (B) the
setting for the
amount of hard drive space to allocate to virtual memory can
be manually
changed. (C) this temporary storage is called the swap file
(or page file).
(D) virtual memory is physical space on the hard drive.
Answer : (A)
36Q. The operating system allows users to organize the
computer’s contents
in a hierarchical structure of directories that include all
of the
following EXCEPT: (A) files. (B) folders. (D) drives. (D)
systems.
Answer : (D)
37. All of the following statements concerning windows are
true EXCEPT— (A)
windows are an example of a command-driven environment. (B)
windows can be
resized and repositioned on the desktop. (C) more than one
window can be
open at a time. (D) toolbars and scrollbars are features of
windows.
Answer: (A)
38. All of the following statements concerning files are
true EXCEPT— (A) A
file is a collection of related pieces of information stored
together for
easy reference. (B) Files can be generated from an
application. (C) Files
are stored in RAM. (D) Files should be organized in folders.
Answer : (C)
39. Using Windows Explorer, a plus (+) sign in front of a
folder indicates—
(A) an open folder. (B) the folder contains subfolders. (C)
a text file.
(D) a graphics file.
Answer : (B)
40. In Windows XP, if you want to see the file size and
modified dates of
all files in a folder, the best viewing option is the
__________ view. (A)
List (B) Thumbnails (C) Details (D) Icon
Answer : (C)
