Ultimate Trivia: Computer MCQ Exam! Quiz

1. Using output devices one can ............

Input data

Store data

Scan data

View or print data

None of these

2. The piece of hardware that converts your computer's digital signal to an analog signal that can travel over telephone lines are called a

Modem

Red wire

Blue cord

Tower

None of these

3. Mobile Commerce is best described as

The use transporting products

Buying and selling goods/services through wireless handheld devices

Using notebook PC's in marketing

None of the above

4. The main system board of a computer is called the ..........

Integrated circuit

Processor

Motherboard

Microchip

None of these

5. How many megabytes make a gigabyte ?

1024

128

256

512

64

6. When the pointer is positioned on a……….it is shaped like a hand.

Grammar error

Formatting error

Hyperlink

Screen Tip

Spelling error

7. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called a/ an ____

Numbers

Interpreter

Compiler

Simulator

None of these

8. If you change Windows 98 to Windows XP, you are actually performing ...........

Upgrade

Upstart

Update

Patch

None of these

9. A central computer that holds collections of data and programs for many PCs, workstations, and other computers is a(n)

Supercomputer

Minicomputer

Laptop

Server

None of these

10. What are the four main aspects of data handling with a computer?

Input, processing, output, and storage

Comparing, dividing, sorting, and organizing

Decision making, sorting, correcting, and mapping

Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing

None of these

11. When you save to this, your data will remain intact even when the computer is turned off

Motherboard

Secondary storage device

RAM

Primary storage device

None of these

12. Most cash registers are now computers that are known as ____________ terminals.

DS

POS

UDC

UPC

None of these

13. Which of the following are advantages of CD-ROM as a storage media?

CD-ROM is an inexpensive way to store large, amount of data and information

CD-ROM disks retrieve data and information more quickly than magnetic disks do

CD-ROMs make less errors than magnetic media

All of the above

None of these

14. A device, which is not connected to CPU, is called as .......

Off-line device

Land-line device

On-line device

Device

None of the above

15. Which of the following is a storage device that uses rigid, permanently installed magnetic disks to store data/information

Floppy diskette

Permanent disk

Optical disk

Hard disk

None of these

16. Your position in the text is shown by a ..........

Blinker

Cursor

Causer

Pointer

None of these

17. Which contents are lost when the computer turns off?

Memory

Output

Storage

Input

None of these

18. To make a copy of the current document to disk ........

This cannot be done

Use the 'duplicate' command

Copy the document

Use the 'save as' command

Use the 'Save' command

19. Which of the following is NOT an example of system maintenance?

Making backup copies of files

Adding, deleting, adjusting records

Replacing user interfaces

Providing system security

None of these

20. Which of the following is the primary task of a NAS server?

Login authentication

Internet access

File sharing

E-mail processing

None of these

Ultimate Trivia: Computer MCQ Exam! Quiz

1. Using output devices one can ............

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. The piece of hardware that converts your computer's digital signal to an analog signal that can travel over telephone lines are called a

3. Mobile Commerce is best described as

4. The main system board of a computer is called the ..........

5. How many megabytes make a gigabyte ?

6. When the pointer is positioned on a……….it is shaped like a hand.

7. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called a/ an ____

8. If you change Windows 98 to Windows XP, you are actually performing ...........

9. A central computer that holds collections of data and programs for many PCs, workstations, and other computers is a(n)

10. What are the four main aspects of data handling with a computer?

11. When you save to this, your data will remain intact even when the computer is turned off

12. Most cash registers are now computers that are known as ____________ terminals.

13. Which of the following are advantages of CD-ROM as a storage media?

14. A device, which is not connected to CPU, is called as .......

15. Which of the following is a storage device that uses rigid, permanently installed magnetic disks to store data/information

16. Your position in the text is shown by a ..........

17. Which contents are lost when the computer turns off?

18. To make a copy of the current document to disk ........

19. Which of the following is NOT an example of system maintenance?

20. Which of the following is the primary task of a NAS server?