cpct previous year paper 10 July 2016

cpct previous year paper 10 July 2016 Shift 2

1) India’s First supercomputer was called:
A)    Aryabhata
B)    Trishul
C)    Agni
D)    Param
Ans: D) Param

2) What does UNIVAC mean in computer terminology?
A)    Universal automatic computer
B)    Universal array computer
C)    Unique automatic computer
D)    Unique automatic vacuum tube computer
Ans: A) Universal automatic computer

3) Who invented different engine?
A)    Ada Lovelace
B)    Charles Babbage
C)    George Bool
D)    Herman Hollerith
Ans: B) Charles Baggage

4) Which device facilitates the communication between the main components of a computer?
A)    Buses
B)    Consecutives
C)    Connectors
D)    Transistors
Ans: A) Buses

5) In computer parlance, a byte is a group of:
A)    200 bits
B)    1024 bits
C)    40 bits
D)    8 bits
Ans: D) 8 bits

6) One gigabyte of computer memory is equal to:
A)    1024 megabytes
B)    1024 kilobytes
C)    1024 terabyte
D)    1024 bytes
Ans: 1024 megabytes

7) Which of the following coordinates operations using timing signals?
A)    Control Unit
B)    Memory Unit
C)    I/O Unit
D)    ALU
Ans; A) Control Unit

8) ALU Stands for:
Ans: Arithmetic Logic Unit

9) Which one of the following is not a solid-state storage?
A)    USB driver
B)    SSD
C)    Flash memory card
D)    DVD
Ans: D) DVD

10) One important characteristic of RAM is that is holds only:
A)    Sequential storage
B)    Direct storage
C)    Volatile storage
D)    Non-volatile storage
Ans: C) Volatile Storage

11) What is processed by central processing Unit?
A)    Information
B)    Data
C)    Hard Disk
D)    Programs
Ans: B) Data

12) The third generation computers were based on:
A)    Vacuum tube
B)    Transistors
C)    Integrated circuit
D)    Magnetic drum
Ans:  Integrated circuit

13) Which one of the following is an input and also an output device?
A)    Monitor
B)    Printer
C)    Modem
D)    OCR
Ans: C) Modem

14) DVD is an example of:
A)    Hard disk
B)    Output device
C)    Optical disk
D)    Solid-state storage device
Ans: C) Optical disk

15) Which of the following input devices converts sound into a form that can be processed by the system unit?
A)    Audio
B)    Digitizer
C)    Plotter
D)    Web cam
Ans: A) Audio

16) Which of the following is an operating system?
A)    Firefox
B)    Alta Vista
C)    Yahoo
D)    Linux
Ans: D) Linux

17) Which operating system reacts in the actual time?
A)    Quick response system
B)    Batch system
C)    Real time system
D)    Multi-tasking system
Ans: C) Real time system

18) What is sheel in the UNIX operating system?
A)    Hardware component
B)    Command interpreter
C)    Part of computer
D)    Tool in CPU Scheduling
Ans: B) Command Interpreter

19) Which one of the following alternatives is applied after installing a new program or after making changes in configuration?
A)    Shut down
B)    Sleep
C)    Restart
D)    Hibernate
Ans: C) Restart

20) Process management, storage management, I/O management and security are some of the features of:
A)    Spreadsheet program
B)    Data processing program
C)    Browser
D)    Operating system
Ans: D) Operating system

21) Which one of the following is a single user operating system?
A)    UNIX
B)    Linux
C)    MS DOS
D)    XENIX
Ans: C) MS DOS

22) Which of the following is not a part of the office suite you are familiar with?
A)    Database
B)    Spreadsheet
C)    File Manager
D)    Word Processor
Ans: C) File Manager

23) From which menu one can insert Header and Footer into an MS Word Documment?
A)    Format
B)    Tools
C)    Insert
D)    View
Ans: C) Insert

24) What is the collection of characters and paragraph formatting commands called?
A)    Defaults
B)    Style
C)    Tools
D)    Templates
Ans: B) Style

25) Which Indent marker in MS Word controls all the lines except the first line?
A)    Top Indent marker
B)    Left Indent Marker
C)    Hanging Indent marker
D)    Right Indent Marker
Ans: B) Left Indent Marker

26) Which one of the following is not a Hindi text processors?
A)    Lipikar
B)    Screen Craft
C)    Hindi Pad
D)    ILeap
Ans: B) Screen Craft

27) Which one is a shortcut to open the open dialog box in MS Word?
A)    F12
B)    Shift+F12
C)    Alt+F12
D)    Ctrl+F12
Ans: D) Ctrl+F12

28) Which tag is used to deploy a picture on a web page?
A)    Picture
B)    Image
C)    Img
D)    Src
Ans: C) img

29) The purpose of primary key in a database (MS Access) is to:
A)    Unlock the database
B)    Provide a map of the data
C)    Uniquely identify a record
D)    Establish consistency in database operations
Ans: C) uniquely identify a record

30) The maximum length of a text field in MS Access can be:
A)    120
B)    255
C)    265
D)    75
Ans: B) 255

31) Which one is not a database object?
A)    Table
B)    Query
C)    Relationship
D)    Report
Ans: C) Relationship