Computer Quiz - 9

Q.1. One megabyte equals approximately ________.

(1) 1000 bits

(2) 1000 bytes

(3) 1 million bytes

(4) 1 million bits

(5) 2000 bytes

Ans. (3) One megabyte equals approximately 1 million bytes.

Q.2. What type of program controls the various computer parts and allows the user to interact with the computer?

(1) Utility software

(2) Operating system

(3) Word processing software

(4) Database program

(5) None of these

Ans. (2) controls the various computer parts and allows the user to interact with the computer

Q.3. Dos and windows 3.x support file names upto______charecters in length

(1) Two

(2) Four

(3) Six

(4) Eight

(5) Ten

Ans. (4) Dos and windows 3.x support file names upto 8 charecters in length.

Q.4. Which Windows 7 feature automatically resizes windows when you move them to the edge of the screen?

(1) Arrange

(2) Compare

(3) Snip

(4) Snap

(5) None of these

Ans. (4) Snap is a Windows 7 feature that automatically resizes windows when you move, or snap, them to the edge of the screen.

Q.5. Which input device scans and inputs characters printed with special ink like those on the bottom of your checks and billing statements?

(1) magnetic-ink character recognition

(2) optical mark reader

(3) optical character recognition

(4) magnetic stripe card reader

(5) Biometric

Ans. (1) MICR scans and inputs characters printed with special ink like those on the bottom of your checks and billing statements.

Q.6. Which printer type listed below is a nonimpact printer that uses an electrostatic reproductive technology?

(1) laser printer

(2) thermal-transfer printer

(3) plotter

(4) inkjet printer

(5) Dot-matrix Printer

Ans. (3) laser is a nonimpact printer that uses an electrostatic reproductive technology. 

Q.7. Which of the following refers to a list of recently opened items organized by the program you use to open them?

(1) Jump list

(2) Documents list

(3) Program list

(4) Favorites list

(5) Prefetch

Ans. (1) Jump list refers to a list of recently opened items organized by the program you use to open them.

Q.8. As you begin creating a new file in a program, where is your work temporarily stored?

(1) Memory

(2) Hard drive

(3) Desktop

(4) CPU

(5) Window

Ans. (1) As you begin creating a new file in a program, your work is temporarily stored in memory.

Q.9. In Microsoft Office programs, which function key displays the Save As dialog box? 

(1) F8

(2) F4

(3) F5

(4) F12

(5) F2

Ans. (4) In Microsoft Office programs, which function key F12 displays the Save As dialog box.

Q.10. Which acronym represents the set of communication rules that allows your computer to connect to a Web server?

(1) XML

(2) SMTP

(3) HTTP

(4) HTML

(5) FTP

Ans. (3) HTTP represents the set of communication rules that allows your computer to connect to a Web server.