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  1. Microsoft Office was developed by whom, in which decade?
    1. Microsoft Inc, 1970s
    2. Microsoft Inc, 1980s
    3. Sun Microsystems, 1980s
    4. Sun Microsystems, 1970s
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    Answer: (B) Microsoft Inc, 1980s

    Microsoft, in the 1980s.

  2. Which is a basic software of MS-Office?
    1. MS-Word
    2. MS-Excel
    3. MS-PowerPoint
    4. All of the above
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    Answer: (D) All of the above

    All five are basic.

  3. MS-Word is a —
    1. Tabular data formatting software
    2. Word processing software
    3. Presentation software
    4. E-mail client
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    Answer: (B) Word processing software

    Software for typing documents.

  4. Which job suits a word processor best —
    1. Paint a picture
    2. Draw a diagram
    3. Type a story
    4. Work out income and expenses
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    Answer: (C) Type a story

    Writing is the job of a word processor.

  5. You can start MS-Word by using which button?
    1. New
    2. Start
    3. Program
    4. All of these
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    Answer: (B) Start

    The Start button.

  6. Word opens with a blank document called —
    1. DOC 1
    2. Document1
    3. Document
    4. Workbook
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    Answer: (B) Document1

    Document1.

  7. The default file extension for all Word documents (exam key) —
    1. WRD
    2. TXT
    3. DOC
    4. FIL
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    Answer: (C) DOC

    .doc (now .docx).

  8. Which bar is at the very top of the Word window —
    1. Menu bar
    2. Status bar
    3. Title bar
    4. Formatting toolbar
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    Answer: (C) Title bar

    The title bar at the very top.

  9. To edit a finished document is to —
    1. Saving it
    2. Printing it
    3. Scanning it
    4. Correcting it
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    Answer: (D) Correcting it

    Correcting or changing it.

  10. Under which ribbon tab do you find the spelling check of Word?
    1. File
    2. Home
    3. Insert
    4. Review
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    Answer: (D) Review

    Review.

  1. Not related with MS-Word —
    1. Page Layout
    2. Antivirus
    3. Mailings
    4. Format Painter
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    Answer: (B) Antivirus

    Antivirus is a utility.

  2. When computer users format a document, they change its —
    1. Content
    2. Appearance
    3. Name
    4. Location
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    Answer: (B) Appearance

    Formatting = appearance.

  3. In the older menus, where is the Replace option?
    1. File menu
    2. Edit menu
    3. Insert menu
    4. View menu
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    Answer: (B) Edit menu

    In the Edit menu.

  4. Not an option of the Edit menu —
    1. Cut
    2. Copy
    3. Paste
    4. Page Setup
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    Answer: (D) Page Setup

    Page Setup is not in Edit.

  5. The bar usually located below the title bar that gives categorised options —
    1. Menu bar
    2. Status bar
    3. Tool bar
    4. Scroll bar
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    Answer: (A) Menu bar

    The menu bar.

  6. Most editing tools are available under which menu?
    1. File
    2. Format
    3. Edit
    4. All of these
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    Answer: (C) Edit

    Edit.

  7. Which key takes you to the start of the current line —
    1. Page Up
    2. A
    3. Home
    4. Enter
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    Answer: (C) Home

    Home.

  8. Portrait and landscape are —
    1. Page orientation
    2. Paper size
    3. Page layout
    4. Page margin
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    Answer: (A) Page orientation

    The direction of the page.

  9. To shift a paragraph to a new spot, use —
    1. Copy and paste
    2. Cut and paste
    3. Delete and retype
    4. Find and replace
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    Answer: (B) Cut and paste

    Cut and paste changes the place.

  10. The buttons that alter text style, alignment and size sit on which toolbar?
    1. Standard toolbar
    2. Status bar
    3. Drawing toolbar
    4. Formatting toolbar
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    Answer: (D) Formatting toolbar

    Formatting.

  1. The blinking point that shows your position in the text —
    1. Cursor
    2. Blinker
    3. Position
    4. States
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    Answer: (A) Cursor

    Cursor.

  2. The alignment that aligns text on both left and right margins —
    1. Right
    2. Justify
    3. Both sides
    4. Balanced
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    Answer: (B) Justify

    Justify.

  3. AutoText helps to put in —
    1. Text
    2. Graphics
    3. Either 1 or 2 only
    4. Both text and graphics
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    Answer: (D) Both text and graphics

    Both.

  4. About margins —
    1. All sections need the same margin
    2. Different sections can have different margins
    3. Word has predefined margins for all documents
    4. It depends on the version
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    Answer: (B) Different sections can have different margins

    Margins can differ by section.

  5. While typing, you usually press Enter after each —
    1. Line
    2. Sentence
    3. Paragraph
    4. Word
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    Answer: (C) Paragraph

    At the end of a paragraph.

  6. To remove one sentence from a document —
    1. Highlight and copy
    2. Cut and paste
    3. Copy and paste
    4. Highlight and delete
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    Answer: (D) Highlight and delete

    Select and delete.

  7. Soft page breaks —
    1. Are induced by the user
    2. Are inserted by Word automatically at the end of the page
    3. Cannot be deleted
    4. Show the end of a paragraph
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    Answer: (B) Are inserted by Word automatically at the end of the page

    Automatic.

  8. A forced page break in Word is made —
    1. By pressing the F1 key
    2. By pressing Ctrl + Enter
    3. By changing the font size
    4. None of the above
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    Answer: (B) By pressing Ctrl + Enter

    Ctrl + Enter.

  9. Which alignment does a Word paragraph have by default —
    1. Left aligned
    2. Centred
    3. Right aligned
    4. Justified
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    Answer: (A) Left aligned

    Left.

  10. Which is not available on the ruler of MS-Word?
    1. Left indent
    2. Right indent
    3. Centre indent
    4. All of these
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    Answer: (C) Centre indent

    There is no centre indent.

  1. To save an existing document under a different name —
    1. The Save icon of the Standard toolbar
    2. Save on the File menu
    3. The Save As icon of the Standard toolbar
    4. The Save As entry in the File menu
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    Answer: (D) The Save As entry in the File menu

    Save As.

  2. How many common ways are there to save a document?
    1. 3
    2. 4
    3. 5
    4. 6
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    Answer: (A) 3

    File→Save, Save button, Ctrl+S.

  3. The feature that detects and corrects predefined typing and spelling errors —
    1. AutoEntry
    2. AutoCorrect
    3. AutoAdd
    4. AutoSpell
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    Answer: (B) AutoCorrect

    AutoCorrect.

  4. Where does a header appear?
    1. Top
    2. Bottom
    3. Centre
    4. All of these
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    Answer: (A) Top

    At the top of the page.

  5. The keyboard shortcut for the Cut command —
    1. Ctrl + W
    2. Ctrl + Y
    3. Ctrl + Z
    4. Ctrl + X
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    Answer: (D) Ctrl + X

    Ctrl + X.

  6. Which shortcut widens the line spacing —
    1. Ctrl + L
    2. Ctrl + E
    3. Ctrl + I
    4. Ctrl + 5
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    Answer: (D) Ctrl + 5

    Ctrl + 5.

  7. Which shortcut previews pages the way they will print —
    1. Ctrl + F1
    2. Ctrl + F2
    3. Shift + F1
    4. Shift + F2
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    Answer: (B) Ctrl + F2

    Ctrl + F2.

  8. Which shortcut sends a document to the printer —
    1. Ctrl + D
    2. Ctrl + A
    3. Ctrl + B
    4. Ctrl + P
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    Answer: (D) Ctrl + P

    Ctrl + P.

  9. To undo the last work, use —
    1. Ctrl + P
    2. Ctrl + U
    3. Ctrl + A
    4. Ctrl + Z
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    Answer: (D) Ctrl + Z

    Ctrl + Z.

  10. The shortcut key to go to the last line of the document —
    1. Ctrl + Last
    2. Ctrl + L
    3. Ctrl + End
    4. Alt + End
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    Answer: (C) Ctrl + End

    Ctrl + End.

  1. To select the entire document —
    1. Ctrl + A
    2. Alt + F5
    3. Shift + A
    4. Ctrl + K
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    Answer: (A) Ctrl + A

    Ctrl + A.

  2. The shortcut for centering the selected text —
    1. Ctrl + A
    2. Ctrl + B
    3. Ctrl + C
    4. Ctrl + E
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    Answer: (D) Ctrl + E

    Ctrl + E.

  3. Which shortcut starts a fresh Word file —
    1. Ctrl + X
    2. Ctrl + N
    3. Ctrl + Y
    4. Ctrl + V
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    Answer: (B) Ctrl + N

    Ctrl + N.

  4. Under what name was Word first released?
    1. Multi-Tool Word
    2. WordStar
    3. WordPerfect
    4. Write
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    Answer: (A) Multi-Tool Word

    1983, for Xenix.

  5. What is the horizontal ruler used to set?
    1. Top and bottom margins
    2. Left and right margins
    3. Font
    4. Colour
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    Answer: (B) Left and right margins

    Width and the left-right margins.

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