20 May Computer Quiz

1. A series of instruction that tells a computer what to do and how to do is called a
1) program 
2) command
3) user response 
4) processor
5) None of these 

1) program

2. When you are working on a document on PC, where is the document temporarily stored?
1) RAM 
2) ROM
3) CPU 
4) Flash memory
5) CD ROM 

1) RAM

3. How are data organised in a spreadsheet?
1) Lines and spaces 
2) Layers and planes
3) Height and width 
4) Rows and columns
5) None of these 

4) Rows and columns

4. Magnetic tape is not practical for applications where data must be quickly recalled because tape is
1) a random access medium 
2) a sequential acess medium
3) a read-only medium 
4) fragile and easily damaged
5) an expensive storage medium 

2) a sequential acess medium

5. Which is the part of the computer that one can touch and feel?
1) Programs 
2) Softwares
3) Hardware 
4) Output
5) None of these 

3) Hardware

6. During the _______ portion of the information processing cycle, the computer acquires data from some source.
1) storage and output 
2) storage
3) input 
4) output
5) None of these 

3) input

7. The ______ of software contains list of commands and options.
1) menu bar 
2) tool bar
3) title bar 
4) formula bar
5) None of these 

1) menu bar

8. A _______ can make it easier to play games on the computer.
1) mouse 
2) joystick
3) keyboard 
4) pen
5) None of these

2) joystick

9. Housing all hardware, software, storage and processing in one site location is called
1) time-sharing 
2) a disstributed system
3) centralised processing 
4) a host computer
5) None of these 

4) a host computer

10. OCR stands for
1) Optical Character Recognition 
2) Optical CPU Recognition
3) Optimal Character Rendering 
4) Optical Character Restoration
5) None of these 

1) Optical Character Recognition