- ALGOL is short for —
- Programming Language 1
- Visual Basic
- Relational Database Management System
- Algorithmic Language
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Answer: (D) Algorithmic Language
ALGOL = Algorithmic Language — An early high-level language for writing algorithms.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Which device works at the physical layer —
- Bridge
- Router
- Repeater
- All of these
- The view for creating a table and setting keys —
- Design View
- Datasheet View
- Print View
- Layout View
- Between SRAM and DRAM, which is faster?
- Both equal
- Cannot be said
- SRAM
- DRAM
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Answer: (C) SRAM
SRAM needs no repeated refreshing.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - What is virtual memory?
- An extremely large main memory
- An extremely large secondary memory
- An illusion of an extremely large main memory
- A memory used in supercomputers
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Answer: (C) An illusion of an extremely large main memory
It creates the illusion of more addresses than physically exist.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - HTTP is short for —
- Uniform Resource Locator
- Global System for Mobile communication
- HyperText Transfer Protocol
- Password Authentication Protocol
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Answer: (C) HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTP = HyperText Transfer Protocol — The protocol to fetch web pages.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - What does a DBMS help to achieve?
- Data independence
- Centralised control of data
- Selection of data
- Both (1) and (2)
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Answer: (D) Both (1) and (2)
Independence and centralised control.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - An entity set too poor in attributes to have a primary key is —
- Strong entity set
- Weak entity set
- Simple entity set
- Primary entity set
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Answer: (B) Weak entity set
A weak entity set.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Which is another name for computer security?
- Data mining
- Cyber security
- Web designing
- Network topology
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Answer: (B) Cyber security
It is also called IT security; it is a branch of information security.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - The virus that erases information in files and makes them useless —
- Overwrite virus
- Resident virus
- Macro virus
- FAT virus
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Answer: (A) Overwrite virus
Way and Trj.Reboot are examples.
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- The commonly quoted expansion of VIRUS —
- Virtual Internet Resource Under Scan
- Valuable Information Record Under Security
- Vital Information Resources Under Siege
- Very Important Resource Under Search
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Answer: (C) Vital Information Resources Under Siege
It is really a playful back-formed expansion, but exams use it.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Shifting every letter of “HELLO” three places ahead gives —
- IFMMP
- LIPPS
- KHOOR
- EBIIL
- A small program hidden inside a GIF image —
- Web bug
- Cookie
- Spyware application
- Spam
- The one that loads and relocates an executable program in memory —
- Loader
- Linker
- Translator
- Presentation software
- Compared with SRAM, DRAM is —
- More power, faster
- More power, slower
- Less power, slower
- Less power, faster
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Answer: (C) Less power, slower
DRAM is slower and cheaper.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Pick the term for this: Encoding messages or information so hackers cannot read it but authorised users can.
- Malware
- Cryptography
- Computer Worm
- Encryption
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Answer: (D) Encryption
Encryption: Encoding messages or information so hackers cannot read it but authorised users can.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - What is the horizontal ruler used to set?
- Top and bottom margins
- Left and right margins
- Font
- Colour
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Answer: (B) Left and right margins
Width and the left-right margins.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Which key is held down to select several separate cells together?
- Ctrl + Shift
- Shift
- Alt
- Ctrl
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Answer: (D) Ctrl
Shift selects a continuous area.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Which menu is used to cut, copy and paste?
- File
- Tools
- Special
- Edit
- What is a fault in a program named —
- Bug
- Debug
- Virus
- Noise
- Which software is used to make a slide presentation?
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Access
- What does NT mean in Windows NT —
- New Terminology
- New Technique
- New Technology
- Normal Technique
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Answer: (C) New Technology
NT = New Technology.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Which terminal can be programmed by the user?
- Dumb terminal
- VDT
- Smart terminal
- Intelligent terminal
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Answer: (D) Intelligent terminal
The intelligent terminal is programmable.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - A forced page break in Word is made —
- By pressing the F1 key
- By pressing Ctrl + Enter
- By changing the font size
- None of the above
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Answer: (B) By pressing Ctrl + Enter
Ctrl + Enter.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Which short form stands for “Video Graphics Array”?
- LCD
- VGA
- CG
- WMA
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Answer: (B) VGA
VGA = Video Graphics Array — The standard graphics interface of monitors.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - The technique to send several calls over one line —
- Infrared transmission
- Digitising
- Streaming
- Multiplexing
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Answer: (D) Multiplexing
Multiplexing combines many signals onto one medium.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Which software is used for calculation and accounts work?
- Letter writing
- Spreadsheet
- Presentation
- Painting
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Answer: (B) Spreadsheet
Accounts are done in a spreadsheet.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - A network whose elements are far apart, with dedicated high-speed phone lines —
- LAN
- WAN
- URL
- World Wide Web
- What is the binary form of decimal 37?
- 101001
- 100111
- 100101
- 100000
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Answer: (C) 100101
Divide by 2 and read the remainders bottom to top.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - What is called the brain of the computer?
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- CPU
- Printer
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Answer: (C) CPU
The CPU controls all devices and does the calculations.
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- Four people in three cities hold a room-like meeting through cameras and mics. This service is —
- Webmail
- Video conferencing
- E-shopping
- Podcasting
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Answer: (B) Video conferencing
Each site needs a computer, camera, mic, screen and sound system.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Pick the term for this: A point where a network branch ends or where two or more branches meet.
- FTP
- Internet
- Node
- Server
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Answer: (C) Node
Node: A point where a network branch ends or where two or more branches meet.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - The capacity of a 3.5-inch floppy is —
- 1.40 MB
- 1.44 GB
- 1.40 GB
- 1.44 MB
- What is the CPU’s internal memory really?
- A set of registers
- A set of ALUs
- Bus
- Microprocessor
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Answer: (A) A set of registers
Registers are the fastest memory inside the CPU.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - To shift a paragraph to a new spot, use —
- Copy and paste
- Cut and paste
- Delete and retype
- Find and replace
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Answer: (B) Cut and paste
Cut and paste changes the place.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Binary form of hex 7F —
- 11110111
- 01111111
- 01111110
- 11111110
- The booklet that tells how to use a software program —
- Programming
- User / documentation manual
- Technical
- Designer
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Answer: (B) User / documentation manual
It is the documentation or user manual.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Pick the term for this: The written form (printed or stored) of the instructions as the programmer wrote them.
- Kernel
- Source Code
- Upgrade
- Freeware
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Answer: (B) Source Code
Source Code: The written form (printed or stored) of the instructions as the programmer wrote them.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - The drawback of a DBMS —
- Improvement in data
- Backup and recovery
- Complexity
- Maintenance of data integrity
- What processes large quantities of cheques?
- OCR
- MICR
- OMR
- Barcode reader
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Answer: (B) MICR
Cheques carry magnetic-ink characters at the bottom.
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- What should be set up in a network to share one broadband connection among several computers?
- Router
- Node
- Cable only
- Monitor
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Answer: (A) Router
The modem brings the connection; the router shares it.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Pick the expansion of “MSN”.
- Universal Automatic Computer
- International Business Machine
- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
- Microsoft Network
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Answer: (D) Microsoft Network
MSN = Microsoft Network — Microsoft’s online service.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - What is the main job of DNS?
- Securing e-mail
- Converting domain names into IP addresses
- Zipping files
- Designing pages
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Answer: (B) Converting domain names into IP addresses
It works like the phone book of the Internet.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Where would you put a header or footer meant for handouts —
- Title master
- Slide master
- Handout master
- All of these
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Answer: (C) Handout master
The handout master.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - The technology that secures information resources with a fingerprint, eye or voice print —
- Caves
- Haptics
- Biometrics
- RFID
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Answer: (C) Biometrics
Haptics is touch feedback; RFID is a radio tag.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - Which shortcut widens the line spacing —
- Ctrl + L
- Ctrl + E
- Ctrl + I
- Ctrl + 5
- The maximum length of a Memo field —
- 255 characters
- 1024 characters
- 65535 characters
- 1 GB
- Among the nine features, what is “a new hardware setting itself up as soon as it is added”?
- Automation
- Plug and play
- Secrecy
- Versatility
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Answer: (B) Plug and play
This is plug and play. Automation means finishing a job by itself once instructions are given.
Read the full chapter in mind-map notes → - To print data based on queries or tables —
- Table
- Report
- Form
- Macro
- What is called the backbone on which a successful computer system is built?
- Computer architecture
- Computer model
- Computer instructions
- None of these
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Answer: (A) Computer architecture
Architecture decides the structure of the system.
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