70 Important Question For CPCT Examination 2020

70 Important Question For CPCT Examination 

1) Which of the following is a spreadsheet application is Microsoft Office?

A) VisiCalc

B) Lotus 1-2-3

C) Excel

D) StarCalc

Ans:- C) Excel

2) What type of devices are CD and DVD?

A) Input

B) Output

C) Software

D) Storage

Ans:- D) Storage

3) Interpretation of instructions in a computer is done by the...........

A) Registers

B) Control unit

C) ALU

D) CPU

Ans:- B) Control unit

4) The program that downloads files from a website is called a ..........

A) Word Processor

B) Spreadsheet

C) Protocol

D) Browser

Ans:- D) Browser

5) The domain name extensions such as .gov, .edu, .mil, and .net are called?

Ans:  Domain Codes

6) Which of the following has the shortest access time?

A) Cache memory

B) Primary memory

C) Virtual memory

D) External memory

Ans:- A) Cache memory

7) Which of the following is called a supervisor of the computer activites?

A) Memory

B) Operating System

C) I/O devices

D) Control unit

Ans: B) Operating System

8) The ........... displays horizontal and vertical scales that reflect the width and height  of the typing area.

A) Ruler

B) Dimension

C) View

D) Area

Ans:- A) Ruler

9) How to you arrange data in ascending or descending order in MS-Excel?

A) Data-->Sort

B) Data-->Form

C) Data-->Table

D) Data-->Subtotal

Ans:- A) Data-->Sort

10) Identify the odd one out among the given words listed below.

A) Applications

B) Peripheral device

C) Programme

D) Software

Ans:- B) Peripheral device

11) In Microsoft Powerpoint, what are visual movements referred to as when one slide changes to another?

A) Slide movement

B) Slide transition

C) Slide change

D) Slide transformation

Ans:- B) Slide transition

12) Which of the following is the activity of purchasing items and products from different websites on the internet?

A) E-Banking

B) E-Commerce

C) Online Reservation

D) M-Reservation

Ans:- B) E-Commerce

13) In ..........., data is sent in such a way that it looks completely different from the original data.

A) Cryptography

B) Firewalls

C) Virtual Private Network (VPN)

D) Decryption

Ans:- A) Cryptography

14) The Octal equivalent of the binary number (1001101)₂ is

A) 464

B) 715

C) 125

D) 115

Ans:- D) 115

15) Which of the following techniques does a CD-ROM Drive use?

A) Magnetic storage techniques

B) Optical storage techniques

C) Solid state storage techniques

D) Electronic storage techniques

Ans:- B) Optical storage techniques

16) Web spiders and crawlers are examles of which of the following?

A) Search directory

B) Search engine

C) Programs that systematically browses the web, typically for the purpose of web indexing

D) Flames

Ans:- C) Programs that systematically 
browses the web, typically for the purpose of web indexing

17) Which of the following is the largest unit of memory?

A) Gigabyte

B) Byte

C) Megabyte

D) Kilobyte

Ans:- A) Gigabyte

18) Which of the following types of printer uses ribbon?

A) Laser printer

B) Plotter

C) Inkjet Printer

D) Dot matrix printer

Ans:- D) Dot matrix printer

19) Hard disk drives are considered ................ storage.

A) Volatile

B) Non-volatile

C) Temporary

D) Non- permanent

Ans:- B) Non-volatile

20) Pascal is a ...........................

A) Computer langauge

B) Unit of computer

C) Computer operating System

D) type of computer

Ans:- A) Computer langauge

21) The powerpoint view that shows you the text of your slide in a larger outline format than the normal view is..............

A) slide show view

B) slide sorter view

C) notes page view

D) outline view

22) shimmer, sparkle text, blinking background etc. are known as .............in Microsoft Word.

A) Font Styles

B) Font effects

C) Word art

D) text effects

Ans:- D) text effects

23) A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to .............of Data

A) 700 Bytes

B) 700 MB

C) 700 KB

D) 700 GB

Ans:- B) 700 MB

24) Most Mail programmers automatically complete which two of the following parts in an e-mail?

A) From and Body

B) From and Date

C) From and To

D) From and Subject

Ans:- B) From and Date

25) .............. is used for transferring files between individuals on the internet or sending them to a specific list of people.

A) ISP

B) ASP

C) E-mail

D) Chat

Ans:- C) E-mail

26) A terminal that has no built-in data processing capabilites is known as a .........

A) direct access terminal

B) intelligent terminal

C) Dumb terminal

D) smart terminal

Ans:- C) Dumb terminal

27) Shortcut icons are normally used for which purpose?

A) To close the desktop

B) To start an application

C) To close an application

D) To clear the screen

Ans:- B) To start an application

28) Background colours or effects applied to a documents are not visible in which of the following views?

A) Web layout view

B) Print layout view

C) Reading View

D) Print Preview

Ans:- B) Print layout view

29) Which function is not available in the consolidate dialog box in Microsoft Excel?

A) Pmt

B) Average

C) Max

D) Sum

Ans:- A) Pmt

30) What is the name of the language used to write a web page?

A) HTTP

B) FTP

C) URL

D) HTML

Ans:- D) HTML

31) What type of device is a computer printer?

A) Input

B) Both input and output

C) Software

D) Output

Ans:- D) Output

32) Which of the following Microsoft Office programs offers the animation feature?

A) Microsoft Word

B) Microsoft Excel

C) Microsoft Power Point

D) Microsoft Access

Ans:- C) Microsoft Power Point

33) Which of the following is a type of protocol?

A) ASCII

B) RAM

C) TCP/IP

D) DBA

Ans:- C) TCP/IP

44) In which year did VSNL launch internet access in India?

Ans:  1995

45) Which of the following is not a hardware?

A) Magnetic Tape

B) VDU terminal

C) Printer

D) Assembler

Ans:- D) Assembler

45) .............. is also known as system cabinet or chassis.

A) Input device

B) Output device

C) Desktop

D) System unit

Ans:- D) System unit

46) Which of the following is a unit of computer memory?

A) Kilogram

B) Kilobyte

C)Meter

D) Celsius

Ans:- B) Kilobyte

47) The term............. designates equipment that might be added to a computer system to enhance its functionality.

A) Digital device

B) System add-on

C) Disk pack

D) Peripheral device.

Ans:- D) Peripheral device.

48) In which of the following will data remain intact even after computer is turned off?

A) RAM

B) motherboard

C) Secondary storage device

D) Primary storage device.

Ans:- C) Secondary storage device

49) LAN, WAN and MAN are computer networks covering different area. Their first alphabets L, W and M, respectively stand for:

Ans:- Local, Wide, and Metropolitan.

50) Which of the following has the fastest transmission speed?

A) Twisted- wire pairs

B) Coaxial cable

C) Optical fiber

D) Microwave

Ans:- C) Optical fiber

51) Passwords enable users to ............

A) get into the system quickly

B) make efficient use of time

C) retain confidentiality of files

D) simplify file structure

Ans:- C) retain confidentiality of files

52) ............... are list of commands that appear on top of the application window.

A) GUIs

B) Icons

C) Menus

D) Windows

Ans:- C) Menus

53) Which of the following is the correct way to enter charts inMicrosoft Excel?

A) Formulas-->Charts

B) Data--> Charts

C) Insert --> Charts

D) View --> Charts

Ans:- C) Insert --> Charts

54) Numbers  and dates entered in a cell in Microsoft Excel are called............

A) labels

B) numeric entries

C) symbols

D) texts

Ans:- B) numeric entries

55) Which device in network can forward IP Packets not explicitly addressed to it?

A) Bridge

B) Switch

C) Router

D) Repeater

Ans:- C) Router

56) The instructions for starting a computer are generally stored in:

A) RAM Chip

B) DVD

C) ROM Chip

D) CPU

Ans:- C) ROM Chip

57) The term 'line print Terminal' is related to:

A) Serial port

B) Centronics port

C) parallel port

D) USB port

 Ans:- C) parallel port

58) Which protocol controls the transmission of data over a network?

A) SMTP

B) TCP

C) IP

D) ICMP

Ans:- B) TCP

59) Which of the following allows you to select more than one slide in a presentation?

A) Alt+click each slide

B) Shift+drag each slide

C) Shift+ click each slide

D) Tab + click each slide

Ans:- C) Shift+ click each slide

60) Superscript, subscript, engrave, emboss and outline are known as ............. in microsoft word.

A) Font styles

B) Font Effects

C) Word art

D) text effects

Ans:- B) Font Effects

61) What could cause a fixed disk error?

A) No CD installed

B) Bad RAM

C) Slow processor

D) Incorrect CMOS Settings

Ans:- D) Incorrect CMOS Settings

62) Which of the following top-level domains represents a non-profit organisation?

A) .com

B) .gov

C) .org

D) .edu

Ans:- C) .org

63) What is the name of the list that stores the URLs of web pages and links visited in the past?

a) Link list

b) Page list

c) History

d) Bookmark

Ans:- c) History

64) Compared with secondary storage, primary storage is...........

A) slow and indexpensive

B) Fast and indexpensive

C) Fast and expensive

D) slow and expensive

Ans:- C) Fast and expensive

65) What is the window that comes up when the computer comes to a rest after being booted?

A) TV screen

B) Blank

C) Desktop

D) Icons

Ans:- C) Desktop

66) A(n) ............ appears when you right- click on an object.

A) address bar

B) shortcut menu

C) scroll bar

D) help menu

Ans:- B) shortcut menu

67) Which of the following key combinations in microsoft excel in used to select a table column data?

A) Ctrl+C

B) Ctrl+Arrow key

C) Ctrl+S

D) Ctrl+Spacebar

Ans:-  D) Ctrl+Spacebar

68) Which of following provides reliable communications?

A) TCP

B) IP

C) UDP

D) ICMP

Ans:-  A) TCP

69) A byte comprises:

A) 4 bits

B) 8 bits

C) 16 bits

D) 32 bits

Ans:- B) 8 bits

70)  Which key is used to turn on caret browsing in Internet Explorer?

A) F7

B) F8

C) F6

D) F9

Ans:- A) F7