Computer Awareness MCQ : Set – 17

1) When two processors are employed in a computer, it is known as

a) double processing

b) Dustering

c) CPU duplicate processing

d) Parallel Processing

e) None of the above

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d) Parallel Processing

2) Select the odd one out.

a) Interpreter

b) Operating System

c) Compiler

d) Assembler

e) None of these

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b) Operating System

3) The two major categories of software include————–

a) Operating system and utility

b) Personal productivity and system

c) System and application

d) System and utility

e) None of the above

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c) System and application

4) To detect, locate and remove errors in programmes and malfunctions in equipment is

a) Compile

b) Debug

c) Interpret

d) DSS

e) None of these

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b) Debug

5) A ———- is an icon on the desktop that provides a user with immediate access to a program or file

a) Kernel

b) Buffer

c) Shortcut

d) Spooler

e) None of these

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b) Buffer

6) Divide by Zero is a ———— error.

a) Run time

b) Symmetrical

c) Syntax

d) All of these

e) None of these

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a) Run time

7) which of the following types of menu shows the further sub-choices?

a) Reverse

b) Template

c) Scrolled

d) Pull down

e) None of these

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d) Pull down

8) MICR stands for

a) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

b) Magnetic Ink Computer Record

c) Magnetic Industries Corporation Region

d) Microphone Recording

e) None of these

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a) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

9) Which menu kept the Goal seek command?

a) Data

b) Tools

c) Insert

d) Format

e) None of these

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b) Tools

10) Defaults.Pif file is used for

a) Loading windows based applications

b) Loading DOS based applications

c) Load a Configuration system (config.sys) file

d) Load OS

e) Load IVT

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b) Loading DOS based applications