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Objective Questions

1.How are data organized in a spreadsheet? (a) Lines and spaces (b) Layers and planes (c) Height and width (d) Rows and columns

Ans : d

2. In MS-Excel ,you can print (a) a range of cells by range name (b) an entire worksheet (c) a single worksheet (d) All of these

Ans : d

3.To add two cells (Al and A2) together in MS-Excel you use the following formula (a) =Al + A2 (b) =Add(Al + A2) (c) =together(Al :A2) (d) Al plus A2

Ans : a

4.You can use a function in MS-Excel to combine text from two cells into one cell. But you can use an operator to do the same thing. Which operator is that? (a) & (ampersand) (b) = (equal sign)

(c) space (d) All of these

Ans : a

5.Cell address $A4 in a formula in MS-Excel means it is a (a) mixed cell reference (b) absolute cell reference (c) relative cell reference (d) All of these

Ans : a

6.The cell in MS-Excel having bold boundary is called (a) Relative (b) Active (c) Absolute (d) Mixed

Ans : b

7.This chart shows the relationship of parts to a whole . (a) pie (b) line (c) stacked Bar (d) embedded

Ans : c

8.For creating an absolute cell reference in MS-Excel, which sign is used? (a)$ (b)@ (c)#

(d)I

Ans : a

9.Default height of a row in MS-Excel is points. (a) 12.75 (b) 12.01 (c) 12.50 (d) 12.30

Ans : a

10.The pictorial representation of worksheet data in MS-Excel is ? (a) graph (b) chart (c) Both a and b (d) None of these

Ans : c

11. Which option in PowerPoint allows carrying slides from one computer to another? (a) Save As (b) Save and Go (c) Pack and Go (d) Web and Go

Ans : d

12. In Microsoft PowerPoint the entry effect as one slide replaces another in a show is called a (an) (a) animation (b) slide transition (c) custom animation (d) preset animation

Ans : b

13. Which of the following allow you to select more than one slide in a presentation in MS Power Point ? (a) Alt + Click each slide (b) Shift + drag each slide (c) Shift + Click each slide (d) Ctrl + Click each slide

Ans : c 14. Which of the following can you use to add times to the slides in a presentation in MS Power Point? (a) Slide show menu (b) Rehearse timings button (c) Slide transition button (d) All of these

Ans : b 15. Objects on the slide that hold text are called in MS Power Point? (a) Placeholders (b) Object holders (c) Auto layouts (d) Text holders

Ans : a 16. What is defined by the handout master in MS Power Point? (a) Slide formatting (b) Layout of audience handout notes (c) Handout content formatting for Microsoft word export (d) All of the above

Ans : b

17. Which option allows you to select line, curve, freedom or scribble tools in MS Power Point? (a) Create effect (b) Insert motion path (c) Draw custom path (d) All of these

Ans : c

18.One disadvantage of a direct access file is (a) the delay in computing the storage address (b) duplication of address locations (c) unused, but available storage locations (d) All of these

Ans : a 19.In BASIC, description comments are put in the source program with the (a) PRINT statement (b) REMARK statement (c) INPUT statement (d) DATA statement

Ans : b 20. In the evaluation of a computer language, all of the following characteristics should be considered except? (a) Application oriented features (b) Efficiency (c) Readability (d) Hardware maintenance costs

Ans : d

21.A hexadigit can be represented by (a) three binary (consecutive) bits (b) four binary (consecutive) bits (c) eight binary (consecutive) bits (d) None of the above

Ans : b

22.The result of the subtraction (1011)2 (0010)2 is (a)0001 (b)1001 (c)1011 (d)1111

Ans : b

23.It is a step by step process that undergoes many (a) loading (b) accessing (c) booting (d) starting

step to load the files

Ans : c

24. While using MSDOS, Which command displays current directory name or change from one to another? (a) Chdir (b) Cd (c) Mkdir (d) Both a and b

Ans : d

25. While using MSDOS, Which command displays comma for thousand separating on file size while listing? (a) Dir/w (b) Dir/s (c) Dir/b (d) Dir/c

Ans : d

1. A Compiler is ____ a combination of computer hardware a program which a program which translates from one translates from one high-level language to high-level to a another machine level

None of these

2. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into the corresponding bits ANSI ASCII EBCDIC ISO

3. A Pixel is A computer program that draws picture The smallest A picture stored resolvable part of a in secondary memory picture None of these

4. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment Keyboard Mouse Joystick Track ball

5. Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer? 2 10 16 32

6. Which of the following is not an output device?

Scanner

Printer

Flat Screen

Touch Screen

7. Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only information to it but cannot erase or modify it Floppy Disk Hard Disk Tape Drive CDROM

8. Which technology is used in Compact disks? Mechanical Electrical Electro Magnetic Laser

9. Which of the following storage devices can store maximum amount of data? Floppy Disk Hard Disk Compact Disk Magneto Optic Disk

10. Which of the following is the largest manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives? IBM Segate Microsoft 3M

11. The memory location address are limited to 00000 to 9ffff(16) 00001 to 9ffff(16) 00010 to 9ffff(16) 10000 to 9ffff(16)

12. The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as Hardware Software Firmware ROMware

13. Memory is made up of Set of wires Set of circuits Large number of cells All of these

14. Primary memory stores Data alone Programs alone Results alone All of these

15. EPROM can be used for

Erasing the contents of ROM

Reconstructing the contents of ROM

Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM

Duplicating ROM

16. Which device can understand difference between data & programs? Input device Output device Memory Microprocessor

17. The contents of information are stored in Memory data register Memory address register Memory access register Memory arithmetic register

18. Memory unit is one part of Input device Control unit Output device Central Processing Unit

19. Algorithm and Flow chart help us to Know the memory capacity Specify the Identify the base Direct the output problem completely of a number system to a printer and clearly

20. Which of the following is not a valid size of a Floppy Disk? 8" 5 1/4" 3 1/2" 5 1/2"