cpct paper 13 August 2017 Shift 2

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1) Which of the following coordinates the operations of the hardware for execution of data and instructions?
A)    ALU
B)    Input Device
C)    Control Unit
D)    Output device
Ans: C) Control Unit

2) Which of the following generally has highest processing power and number of user support?
A)    Mini computers
B)    Micro computers
C)    Super Computers
D)    Mainframe computers
Ans: C) Super computers

3) In QWERTY keyboards, the key corresponding to ‘Q’ appears as the:
A)    First key of the first  line of the alphabetic keys
B)    Last  key of the first  line of the alphabetic keys
C)    First key of the last  line of the alphabetic keys
D)    Last key of the last  line of the alphabetic keys
Ans: A) First key of the first line of the alphabetic keys

4) Data stored on DRAM needs continuous refreshing as it uses:
A)    Transistors
B)    Diodes
C)    Flip-Flops
D)    Capacitors
Ans: D) Capacitors

5) Which of the following is very much similar to flash memory?
A)    ROM
B)    PROM
C)    EPROM
D)    EEPROM
Ans: D) EEPROM

6) The full-form of USB is:
Ans:- Universal Serial bus

7) Which of the following category of programming language is easily understandable/readable by human?
A)    Machine language
B)    Assembly language
C)    Low-level language
D)    High-level language
Ans: D) High level language

8) Which of the following is not a valid version of windows operating system?
A)    Windows Vista
B)    Windows 6
C)    Windows 7
D)    Windows 10
Ans: B) Windows 6

9) Which of the following was developed by the Microsoft?
A)    C and C++
B)    COBOL
C)    Pascal
D)    DirectX
Ans:  D) DirectX

10) Which of the following is a free text and source code editor?
A)    C++
B)    MS-Word
C)    DirectX
D)    Notepad ++
Ans: D) Notepad ++

11) Total number of addressable memory blocks using 10-bits address lines is:
A)    1023
B)    1024
C)    2047
D)    2048
Ans: B) 1024

12) The sum of 4352 Kilobytes and 0.25 Megabytes is:
A)    1.5 Megabytes
B)    2.5 Megabytes
C)    3.75 Megabytes
D)    4.5 Megabytes
Ans: D) 4.5 Megabytes

13) Which of the following is NOT a valid Boot option for the BIOS?
A)    Network
B)    Hard Disk Drive
C)    CD Drive
D)    RAM
Ans: D) RAM

14) Which of the following is performed during boot process to ensure that all primary devices the computer will rely on are functioning properly?
A)    Power on Self test
B)    Virus checking
C)    Disk Defragmentation
D)    Disk Cleaning
Ans: A) Power on self test

15) The First octet higher order bit for Class-D IP address is:
A)    110
B)    1111
C)    1110
D)    1010
Ans: C) 1110

16) Which of the following is NOT an antivirus?
A)    AVG Internet Security
B)    Avira Internet Security
C)    AVJ Internet Security
D)    Windows defender
Ans: C) AVJ Internet Security

17) With respect to security, AES stands for:
Ans: Advanced Encryption Standard

18) The DES is a(n) ……………….. Algorithm for the encryption of electronic data.
A)    Asymmetric cryptography
B)    Symmetric cryptography
C)    Public key cryptography
D)    Data hiding
Ans:  B) Symmetric cryptography

19) Which of the following Windows utility is used to create or delete partitions, or initialize a new disk?
A)    Event Viewer
B)    Task Scheduler
C)    Disk Manager
D)    Registry Editor
Ans:   C) Disk Manager

20) Which of the following is a windows feature that allows the user to revert their computer’s state to that of a previous point in time?
A)    System backup
B)    Disk Defragmentation
C)    System Restore
D)    Disk cleaning
Ans:  C) System Restore

21) Which of the following category of files are already highly compressed?
A)    .DOC
B)    .DOCX
C)    .JPEG
D)    .TXT
Ans: C) .JPEG

22) Which of the following file system was introduced with first version of Windows NT?
A)    FAT 12
B)    FAT 16
C)    FAT 32
D)    NTFS
Ans: D) NTFS