cpct previous paper 15 January 2017 Shift 1
1) Which of the following hardware units performs mathematical operations over data?
A) ALU
B) CU
C) Registers
D) RAM
Ans: A) ALU
2) Which of the following can be used as both input as well as output device?
A) Printer
B) VDU
C) Mouse
D) Memory
Ans: D) Memory
3) The number of parallel wires in a computer system bus is known as:
A) Bus Width
B) Bus length
C) Bus thickness
D) Bus Category
Ans: A) Bus Width
4) Word length of CPU is measured as:
A) The number of characters in a word
B) The number of bits in a word
C) The number of bytes in a word
D) The number of nibbles in a word
Ans:- B) The number of bits in a word
5) With respect to Input/Output Port, the full form of USB is:
Ans:- Universal Serial Bus
6) Which of the following input devices is used to convert images of text into machine editable text, and widely used to convert text documents into electronic files?
A) OCR
B) MICR
C) Light Pen
D) Scanner
Ans: A) OCR
7) Which of the following comes in the form of 25 pin female connector and used to connect printer, scanner and other similar devices?
A) Serial Port
B) Parallel Port
C) USB Port
D) RJ 45 Port
Ans:- B) Parallel Port
8) A CPU with memory Address Register (MAR) of 24 bits can address up to …………… memory.
A) 8KB
B) 8 MB
C) 16 KB
D) 16 MB
Ans: D) 16 MB
9) Which of the following categories of computer languages is directly understood by the computers?
A) Assembly language
B) High-level language
C) Machine language
D) Visual language
Ans: C) Machine Language
10) Which of the following is an Open- Source system software?
A) Internet Explorer
B) MS-Office
C) Windows
D) Linux
Ans: D) Linux
11) An ordered set of instructions is known as …………………, and a set of programs that governs the operation of a computer system or its related devices is known as …………….
A) Program , Software
B) Software, Program
C) Hardware, Software
D) Firmware, Software
Ans:- A) Program, Software
12) Which of the following DOS commands deletes a directory and files/Sub-directories within it?
A) Del
B) Delete
C) Deltree
D) Format
Ans: C) Deltree
13) Double clicking on the Title bar of a maximized window will ………………… the window.
A) Close
B) Minimize
C) Restore
D) Split
Ans: C) Restore
14) Which of the following is used by a PCs microprocessor to get the computer system started after you turn it on?
A) BIOS
B) Antivirus
C) Application Software
D) Device driver
Ans: A) BIOS
15) Which of the following is a link (or reference), which is used to access an item stored somewhere else in the computer system?
A) Bitmap
B) Image
C) Folder
D) Shortcut
Ans:- D) Shortcut
16) Which of the following commands is used to launch Registry Editor?
A) Registry
B) RegEdit
C) RegistryEdit
D) RegistryEditor
Ans: B) RegEdit
17) Which of the following is a shortcut key for quick access to the Windows Task Manager?
A) Ctrl + Shift
B) Ctrl + Shift + Tab
C) Ctrl + Tab
D) Ctrl + Shift + Esc
Ans: D) Ctrl+shift+Esc
18) Which of the following protects your computer from viruses?
A) File Manager
B) Antivirus
C) Disk Cleaner
D) Disk Defragmenter
Ans: B) Antivirus
19) Which of the following is NOT an Antivirus?
A) Symantec Norton
B) McAfee
C) FileZilla
D) Kaspersky
Ans: C) FileZilla
20) Which of the following is not a valid option for Windows power saver plan?
A) Dim the Display
B) Turn off the Display
C) Turn off the computer
D) Put the computer to sleep
Ans: C) Turn off the computer
21) Which of the following can be used to open command prompt in Windows for executing text-based commands?
A) CMD
B) Commands
C) Execute
D) Run
Ans: A) CMD
22) Which of the following is used to change setting and customize the functionalities of your computer?
A) Control Panel
B) Character Map
C) Resource Monitor
D) Task Scheduler
Ans:- A) Control Panel
23) Which of the following helps to protect your computer from hackers and malicious software?
A) Backup and Restore
B) Windows Explorer
C) Windows Firewall
D) Snipping Tool
Ans:- C) Windows Firewall
24) Which of the following file options allows to save the current work to a different file than the original name?
A) New
B) Save
C) Save As
D) Print
Ans:- C) Save as
A) ALU
B) CU
C) Registers
D) RAM
Ans: A) ALU
2) Which of the following can be used as both input as well as output device?
A) Printer
B) VDU
C) Mouse
D) Memory
Ans: D) Memory
3) The number of parallel wires in a computer system bus is known as:
A) Bus Width
B) Bus length
C) Bus thickness
D) Bus Category
Ans: A) Bus Width
4) Word length of CPU is measured as:
A) The number of characters in a word
B) The number of bits in a word
C) The number of bytes in a word
D) The number of nibbles in a word
Ans:- B) The number of bits in a word
5) With respect to Input/Output Port, the full form of USB is:
Ans:- Universal Serial Bus
6) Which of the following input devices is used to convert images of text into machine editable text, and widely used to convert text documents into electronic files?
A) OCR
B) MICR
C) Light Pen
D) Scanner
Ans: A) OCR
7) Which of the following comes in the form of 25 pin female connector and used to connect printer, scanner and other similar devices?
A) Serial Port
B) Parallel Port
C) USB Port
D) RJ 45 Port
Ans:- B) Parallel Port
8) A CPU with memory Address Register (MAR) of 24 bits can address up to …………… memory.
A) 8KB
B) 8 MB
C) 16 KB
D) 16 MB
Ans: D) 16 MB
9) Which of the following categories of computer languages is directly understood by the computers?
A) Assembly language
B) High-level language
C) Machine language
D) Visual language
Ans: C) Machine Language
10) Which of the following is an Open- Source system software?
A) Internet Explorer
B) MS-Office
C) Windows
D) Linux
Ans: D) Linux
11) An ordered set of instructions is known as …………………, and a set of programs that governs the operation of a computer system or its related devices is known as …………….
A) Program , Software
B) Software, Program
C) Hardware, Software
D) Firmware, Software
Ans:- A) Program, Software
12) Which of the following DOS commands deletes a directory and files/Sub-directories within it?
A) Del
B) Delete
C) Deltree
D) Format
Ans: C) Deltree
13) Double clicking on the Title bar of a maximized window will ………………… the window.
A) Close
B) Minimize
C) Restore
D) Split
Ans: C) Restore
14) Which of the following is used by a PCs microprocessor to get the computer system started after you turn it on?
A) BIOS
B) Antivirus
C) Application Software
D) Device driver
Ans: A) BIOS
15) Which of the following is a link (or reference), which is used to access an item stored somewhere else in the computer system?
A) Bitmap
B) Image
C) Folder
D) Shortcut
Ans:- D) Shortcut
16) Which of the following commands is used to launch Registry Editor?
A) Registry
B) RegEdit
C) RegistryEdit
D) RegistryEditor
Ans: B) RegEdit
17) Which of the following is a shortcut key for quick access to the Windows Task Manager?
A) Ctrl + Shift
B) Ctrl + Shift + Tab
C) Ctrl + Tab
D) Ctrl + Shift + Esc
Ans: D) Ctrl+shift+Esc
18) Which of the following protects your computer from viruses?
A) File Manager
B) Antivirus
C) Disk Cleaner
D) Disk Defragmenter
Ans: B) Antivirus
19) Which of the following is NOT an Antivirus?
A) Symantec Norton
B) McAfee
C) FileZilla
D) Kaspersky
Ans: C) FileZilla
20) Which of the following is not a valid option for Windows power saver plan?
A) Dim the Display
B) Turn off the Display
C) Turn off the computer
D) Put the computer to sleep
Ans: C) Turn off the computer
21) Which of the following can be used to open command prompt in Windows for executing text-based commands?
A) CMD
B) Commands
C) Execute
D) Run
Ans: A) CMD
22) Which of the following is used to change setting and customize the functionalities of your computer?
A) Control Panel
B) Character Map
C) Resource Monitor
D) Task Scheduler
Ans:- A) Control Panel
23) Which of the following helps to protect your computer from hackers and malicious software?
A) Backup and Restore
B) Windows Explorer
C) Windows Firewall
D) Snipping Tool
Ans:- C) Windows Firewall
24) Which of the following file options allows to save the current work to a different file than the original name?
A) New
B) Save
C) Save As
D) Print
Ans:- C) Save as
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