computer awareness objective test

computer awareness objective test
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Computer Awareness Online Test

1.The Primary purpose of an operating system is

(a) to make the most efficient use of the computer          hardware

(b) to allow people to use the computer

(c) to keep systems programmers employed

(d) to make computers easier to use

Ans : a

2.This system is built directly on the hardware

(a) environment

(b) system       

(c) operating    

(d) None of these

Ans : c

3. Which interface consists of things like program counters, registers, interrupts and terminals.

(a) Hardware   

(b) Software    

(c) Data           

(d) None of these

Ans : a

4. It is used in operating system to separate mechanism from policy

(a) single level implementation

(b) two level implementation

(c) multi level implementation

(d) None of these

Ans : c

5. Which type of commands in DOS needs additional files for their execution?

(a) Internal commands

(b) External commands

(c) Batch commands

(d) Redirectors

Ans : b

6. While using MSDOS, The TIME command is used to display

(a) US time

(b) Greenwich mean time

(c) Julian time

(d) system time

Ans : d

7. While using MSDOS,  Which switch should be used in the DIR command to view files in all directories?

(a)/P

(b)/W

(c)/S

(d)/L

Ans : c

8. While using MSDOS, Which among the following are the best tools for fixing errors on disks?

(a) FDISK      

(b) SCANDISK          

(c) CHKDSK

(d) FIXDSK

Ans : b

9.Which of the following statements in regard to directories is false?

(a) Directories can exist inside directories

(b) The root directory is always at the highest level

(c) Directories with files can be deleted

(d) Directories cannot be renamed

Ans : d

10. While using MSDOS, Which of the following statements is true in regard to DISKCOPY?

(a) COPY and DISKCOPY are same

(b) DISKCOPY is a built in command in DOS

(c) DISKCOPY can be used on hard disks

(d) DISKCOPY can be used with a floppy and a hard disk

Ans : c

11. Which command in DOS is used to display the version of MS-DOS?

(a) VERSION 

(b) VERIFY    

(c) VER          

(d) VERSN

Ans : c

12. Which command in DOS can be used to recover accidentally deleted files?

(a) UNDELETE          

(b) DELETE/CANCEL           

(c) RESTORE 

(d) RECOVER

Ans : a

13. While using MSDOS, Which of the following commands displays names of files in sorted order?

(a) DIR/N       

(b)DIR/SO      

(c)DIR/AN      

(d)DIR/AH

Ans : c

14. In MS-DOS what command you will use to display system date?

(a) Date command

(b) Ver command

(c) Disk command

(d) Format command

Ans : a

15. While working with MS-DOS which command transfers a specific file from one disk to another?

(a) Copy

(b) Diskcopy

(c) Time

(d) Rename

Ans : a

16.CPU can directly understand this language

(a) C   

(b) C++          

(c) Assembly   

(d) Java

Ans : c

17.Languages which can easily interact with the hardware are called

(a) high level languages 

(b) low level languages

(c) middle level languages         

(d) None of these

Ans : b

18.A computer program used for business applications is

(a) LOGO

 (b) COBOL   

(c) BASIC      

(d) FORTRAN

Ans : b

19.Computer language used for scientific calculations etc

(a) LOGO

(b) FORTRAN           

(c) BASIC      

(d) C++

Ans : b

20.In a COBOL program, the input-output section is within the division.

(a) identification           

(b) procedure

(c) configuration           

(d) environment

Ans : d

21. Which of the following is an example of problem oriented language?

(a) BASIC      

(b) PL/1          

(c) FORTRAN

(d) All of these

Ans : d

22.A factor in the selection of a source language is

(a) programmer skill     

(b) language availability

(c) program compatibility with other software   

(d) All of these

Ans : d

23. Material consisting of text and numbers is best presented  in MS Power Point as

(a) a table slide

(b) a bullet slide           

(c) a title slide  

(d) All of these

Ans : a

24. What is a slide-title master pair in MS Power Point?

(a) The title area and text area of a specific slide

(b) A slide master and title master merged into a single slide

(c) A slide master and title master for a specific design template

(d) All of the above

Ans : c

25. You can embed a MS-Organization Chart in  MS Power Point  slide by

(a) clicking the object command on the edit menu

(b) clicking the object command on the Insert menu

 (c) clicking the insert new slide button the standard toolbar, then double click the organization chart button on the formatting toolbar

(d) clicking the MS-Organization chart button on the standard toolbar

Ans : b