cpct old paper 12 August 2017 shift 1

cpct old paper 12 August 2017 shift 1

1) The condition-based operations that are evaluated by ALU as either True or False are called:

A)    Arithmetic operations

B)    Logic operations

C)    Unary operations

D)    Binary operations

Ans: B) Logic operations

2)  Which of the following generates various control signals to  control the functional units of the computer systems?

A)    Input device

B)    Register

C)    Control unit

D)    ALU

Ans: C) Control unit

3) The clock rate of a CPU which can perform 2800000 clock cycles per second is:

A)    2.8Hz

B)    2.8KHz

C)    2.8 MHz

D)    2.7 GHz

Ans:- C) 2.8 MHz

4) Which of the following generally has lowest processing power and number of users supports?

A)    Mini computers

B)    Micro computers

C)    Super computers

D)    Mainframe computers

Ans: B) Microcomputers

5) For a printer, the higher the DPI, ……………. The image.

A)    Sharper

B)    Smaller

C)    Larger

D)    Longer

Ans: A) Sharper

6) Match the following:

Set -1                                          Set-2

I)    MICR                                     A) Optical Disk

II)    Blue-ray                        B) Fujio Masuoka

III)    Flash memory              C) Input device

Ans:  I-C, II-A, III-B

7) First Generation programming language uses:

A)    Assembler

B)    Compiler

C)    Interpreter

D)    No translator

Ans: D) No translator

8) Which of the following is designed to operate the computer and control its activities?

A)    Utility software

B)    System software

C)    Firmware

D)    Freeware

Ans: B) System software

9)    Operating system is a(n) ………… which manages the overall functions of the computer.

A)    Application Software

B)    System software

C)    Freeware

D)    Utility software

Ans: B) System Software

10) Most of the components of the Unix operating system are written in ……….. programming language.

A)    Pascal

B)    C

C)    Fortran

D)    Java

Ans: B) C

11) Using 8-bit address lines, up to ………… memory locations can be addressed.

A)    8

B)    32

C)    128

D)    256

Ans: D) 256

12) Desktop …………….. provide(s) access to commonly used programs, folders and files.

A)    Icons

B)    Background color

C)    Taskbar

D)    Properties

Ans: A) Icons

13) In Windows, whenever as windows is opened, an icon representing the underlying application program appears on:

A)    Desktop

B)    Taskbar

C)    Menu bar

D)    Title Bar

Ans: B) Taskbar

14) Match the following

    Set-1                Set-2

I)    Control panel    A) Displays clock and  other icons

II)    START button    B) Customizes the way Windows look and work

III)    System tray        C) Opens start menu

Ans:- I-B, II-C, III-A

15) A(n)  ………………. has the privilege to install software or hardware, create users and change system settings.

A)    Guest user

B)    Administrator

C)    Normal user

D)    Both Guest and Normal users

Ans: B) Administrator

16) In Windows NT systems, “Event Viewer” lets administrations and users to view:

A)    The number of files and folders

B)    The event logs on only local machine

C)    The event logs on a local or remote machine

D)    The event logs on only remote machine

Ans: C) The event logs on a local or remote machine

17) Press …………… key to bring Windows advanced boot options screen

A)    F2

B)    F3

C)    F5

D)    F8

Ans: D) F8

18) The full form of the file extension .GIF is:

A)    Graphics Installation Format

B)    Graphics Interchange Format

C)    Graphics Installation File

D)    Graphics Interchange File

Ans: B) Graphics Interchange Format