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References to each file on a disk are stored in a_________

  1. File allocation table
  2. Root allocation table
  3. Linking directory
  4. Root directory

Option A
USB is which type of storage device?

  1. Primay
  2. Secondary
  3. Tertiary
  4. All the above
  5. None of these

Option C
What program would you use to gain administrative rights to someone’s computer?

  1. Bot
  2. Executive Android
  3. Rootkit
  4. Trojan horse
  5. none of these

Option C
The capability of the O/S to enable two or more than two programs to execute simultaneously in a single computer system by using a single processor is ______

  1. Multiprocessing
  2. Multitasking
  3. Multiprogramming
  4. Multi execution

Option C
When sending an email, the ———— line describes the content of the message

  1. Subject
  2. 70
  3. Content
  4. Cc
  5. None of these

Option C
What are you most likely to use when playing

  1. Touch screen a computer game?
  2. Light pen
  3. notepad
  4. Joystick
  5. None of these

Option D
Source file contains –

  1. Machine Understandable code
  2. Text Data
  3. Program code
  4. Object code

Option B
You cannot link Excel worksheet data to a word document ______

  1. With the right drag method
  2. With the hyperlink
  3. With the copy and paste special commands
  4. With the copy paste buttons on the standard commands

Option D
How to select one hyperlink after another during a slide presentation ?

  1. Ctrl + K
  2. Ctrl + D
  3. Tab
  4. Ctrl + H
  5. None of these

Option C
IC chips used in computers are usually made of:

  1. Lead
  2. Silicon
  3. Chromium
  4. Gold
  5. None of these

Option B
Which is the smallest item of useful information a computer can handle?

  1. Bite
  2. Byte
  3. Bit
  4. Bait

Option C
Grouping and processing all of a firm’s transactions at one time can be termed or categorized as?

  1. Real-time Processing
  2. Online Processing
  3. Batch Processing
  4. Backend Processing
  5. None of these

Option C
A switch in a network is used to ?

  1. It is used to connect systems on network
  2. It is used to stop hacking
  3. It is used to stop viruses
  4. It is used to boot systems remotely
  5. None of these

Option A
The most important or power-ful computer in a typical network is

  1. desktop
  2. network cliejit
  3. network station
  4. network server
  5. None of these

Option D
Making a filed ____ means that it cannot be left blank.

  1. Numeric
  2. Validated
  3. Required
  4. Calculated

Option B
Indicate which , of the following is not true about 4GL.

  1. Many database management system packages support 4GLs
  2. 4GL does not support a high -level of screen interaction
  3. A 4GL is a software tool which is written, possibly, in some third generation language
  4. All of the above
  5. None of these

Option B
The _____ of a system includes the programs or instructions.

  1. Hardware
  2. Icon
  3. Information
  4. Software
  5. None of these

Option D
Chief component of first generation computer was?

  1. Transistors
  2. Vacuum Tubes and Valves
  3. Integrated Circuits
  4. All of the above
  5. None of these

Option B
Which one of the following is not a programming language of a computer?

  1. BASIC
  2. FORTRAN
  3. LASER
  4. PASCAL

Option C
_____terminals (formerly known as cash registers) are often connected to complex inventory and sales computer systems.

  1. Point-of-sale (POS)
  2. Data
  3. Sales
  4. Query
  5. None of these

Option A