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Computer Questions for SSC
1. The person who writes and tests computer programs is called a—
A. programmer
B. computer scientist
C. software engineer
D. project developer
E. None of these
2. A set of instructions telling the computer what to do is called—
A. mentor
B. instructor
C. compiler
D. program
E. None of these
3. What menu is selected to print ?
A. Edit
B. Special
C. File
D. Tools
E. None of these
4. What is backup ?
A. Adding more components to your network
B. Protecting data by copying it from the original source to a different destination
C. Filtering old data from the new data
D. Accessing data on tape
E. None of these
5. The term bit is short for—
A. Megabyte
B. Binary language
C. Binary digit
D. Binary number
E. None of these
6. A saved document is referred to as a—
A. file
B. word
C. folder
D. project
E. None of these
7. Specialized programs that assist users in locating information on the Web are called—
A. Information engines
B. Search engines
C. Web browsers
D. Resource locators
E. None of these
8. An application program has which one of the following functions ?
A. It specifies the information processing procedures required by a particular information processing job.
B. It controls the input/output and storage functions of the computer system
C. It provides various support services for the computer system
D. It supervises the operations of the CPU
E. None of these
9. In page preview mode—
A. You can see all pages of your document..
B. You can only see the page you are currently working
C. You can only see pages that do not contain graphics
D. You can only see the title page of your document
E. None of these
10. An operating system that can do multitasking means that—
A. The operating system can divide up work between several CPUs
B. Several programs can be operated concurrently
C. Multiple people can use the computer concurrently
D. All of the above
E. None of these
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11. The quickest and easiest way in Word, to locate a particular word or phrase in a document is to use the ……… command.
A. Replace
B. Find
C. Lookup
D. Search
E. None of these
12. What is the default file extension for all Word documents ?
A. WRD
B. TXT
C. DOC
D. FIL
E. None of these
13. With a CD you can—
A. Read
B. Write
C. Read and Write
D. Either Read or Write
E. None of these
14. A collection of interrelated records is called a—
A. Utility file
B. Management information system
C. Database
D. Spreadsheet
E. None of these
15. To move to the beginning of a line of text, press the ……… key.
A. PageUp
B. A
C. Home
D. Enter
E. None of these
16. The term ‘user interface’ refers to—
A. What the user sees on the screen and how they can interact with it
B. How the operating system responds to user commands
C. the means by which the user interacts with the peripheral devices on the computer
D. The monitor that is available for the computer
E. None of these
17. The background of any Word document—
A. Is always white colour
B. Is the colour you preset under the Options menu
C. Is always the same for the entire document
D. Can have any colour you choose
E. None of these
18. Reusable optical storage will typically have the acronym—
A. CD
B. DVD
C. ROM
D. RW
E. None of these
19. For creating a document, you use ……… command at File Menu.
A. Open
B. Close
C. New
D. Save
E. None of these
20. The contents of ……… are lost when the computer turns off.
A. storage
B. input
C. output
D. memory
E. None of these