cpct previous paper 21st April 2018 Shift1

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

A) Serial port

B) Centronics port

C) parallel port

D) USB port

 Ans:- C) parallel port

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

A) SMTP

B) TCP

C) IP

D) ICMP

Ans:- B) TCP

3) 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

4) 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

5) 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

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

A) .com

B) .gov

C) .org

D) .edu

Ans:- C) .org

7) 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

8) 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

9) 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

10) 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

11) 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

12) Which of following provides reliable communications?

A) TCP

B) IP

C) UDP

D) ICMP

Ans:-  A) TCP

13) A byte comprises:

A) 4 bits

B) 8 bits

C) 16 bits

D) 32 bits

Ans:- B) 8 bits

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

A) F7

B) F8

C) F6

D) F9

Ans:- A) F7

15) A .............. is an input device that helps an OS take inputs from a user.

A) monitor

B) projector

C) printer

D) Keyboard

Ans:- D) Keyboard

16) What is a Power Point presentation?

A) It is a collection of Images

B) It is a series of slides

C) It is a collection of animations

D) It is a collection of transitions.

Ans:- B) It is a series of slides

17) Which of the following key combination is used to open the print dialog box in Microsoft Word?

A) Ctrl+V

B) Ctrl+P

C) Ctrl+Alt+P

D) Alt+P

Ans:- B) Ctrl+P

18) Which of the following statements about search engines is true?

A) Search engines discriminate between good and bad sites

B) Search engines have fixed hours when we can use them.

C) Search Engines are a waste of time, as they do not provide  relevant information.

D) Search engines are programs designed to search information on Internet using keywords.

Ans:- D) Search engines are programs designed to search information on Internet using keywords.

19) ............Port is a special type of serial port for connecting musical instruments like an electronic keyboard to a sound card.

A) Accelerate Graphics

B) MIDI

C) Analog Interphase

D) MDIK

Ans: B) MIDI

20) In which of the following networks are all computers considered equal and do NOT share any central authority?

A) Peer to Peer

B) Client/Server

C) Centralised computing

D) Dedicated server

Ans:- A) Peer to Peer

21) Which of these is not a from of biometrics?

A) Retina Scan

B) Finger Print

C) Breath Scan

D) Password

Ans:- D) Password

22) VGA Stand For:

Ans:- Video Graphics Arrary

23) What is the permanent memory built into your computer called?

A) RAM

B) ROM

C) CPU

D) CD-ROM

Ans:- B) ROM

24) IP multicast groups are managed by:

A) SMTP

B) ICMP

C) IGMP

D) BGP

Ans:- C) IGMP

25) Which of the following is used to send the data of one  computer to a computer located far off?

A) Telex

B) Modem

C) Fax

D) Telegraph

Ans:- B) Modem

26) A menu in a document that contains a list of ...........

A) Commands

B) data

C) objects

D) reports

Ans:- A) Commands

27) The process of arranging data in a logical sequence is called.............

A) summarising

B) sorting

C) classifying

D) reproducing

Ans:- B) Sorting