40 Important Question for CPCT exam

1)    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

2) 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

3) 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

4) 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.

5) ............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

6) 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

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

A) Retina Scan

B) Finger Print

C) Breath Scan

D) Password

Ans:- D) Password

8)  VGA Stand For:

      Ans:- Video Graphics Arrary

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

A) RAM

B) ROM

C) CPU

D) CD-ROM

Ans:- B) ROM

10) IP multicast groups are managed by:

A) SMTP

B) ICMP

C) IGMP

D) BGP

Ans:- C) IGMP

11)  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

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

A) Commands

B) data

C) objects

D) reports

Ans:- A) Commands

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

A) summarising

B) sorting

C) classifying

D) reproducing

Ans:- B) Sorting

14) Which of the below is the convenient place to store contact information for quick retrieval?

A) Message box

B) Address book

C) Address box

D) Index book

Ans:- B) Address book

15) Which of the following methods represents showing a shortcut menu during the slide show?

A) Clicking the shortcut button on the formatting  toolber

B) Right clicking the current slide

C) Clicking an icon on the current slide

D) Pressing Shift+Enter key

Ans: B) Right clicking the current slide

16) Select the option that represents the method that CANNOT be used to enter data in a cell in Microsoft excel?

A) Pressing an arrow key

B) Pressing the Tab key

C) Pressing the Esc key

D) Clicking the enter button on the formula bar

Ans:- C) Pressing the Esc key

17) Which of the following represents a primary storage device?

A) Magnetic tape

B) RAM

C) Pen drive

D) USB

Ans:- B) RAM

19) In PowerPoint, under which menu can one find the slide sorter command?

A) File

B) Toos

C) View

D) Edit

Ans:- C) View

20) Which option represents another name for the server on the internet?

A) Repeater

B) Gateway

C) Host

D) Router

Ans:- C) Host

21) When you start a web browser, the first web page that gets loaded in the browser is called:

A) User web page

B) First web page

C) Beginning page

D) Home page

Ans:- D) Home page

22) Select the option that is NOT a part of CPU.

A) Memory unit

B) Program unit

C) Arithmetic and logic unit

D) Control unit

Ans:- B) Program unit

23) Which of the following operating system does not implement multitasking?

A) MS DOS 2.0

B) Windows NT

C) Windows 98

D) Windows XP

Ans:- A) MS DOS 2.0

24) Which of the following tools helps you to see the contents of an area on a computer screen when they cannot fit the current viewing area/pane?

A) Scroll bar

B) Drag bar

C) Navigation bar

D) Program bar

Ans:- A) Scroll bar

25) Select the option that is NOT a web browser?

A) Netscape Navigator

B) Internet Explorer

C) Mosaic

D) www

Ans: D) www

26) Which of the following key(s) should be used to switch between programs?

A) Alt+Tab

B) Shift+F10

C) F1

D) F6

Ans:- A) Alt+Tab

27) Select the option that represents the type of device that a computer monitor is:

A)Software

B) Processing

C) Storage

D) Output

Ans:- D) Output

28) The default extension of a Power Point 2010 document is:

A) .ppt

B) .pptx

C) .pdf

D) .pps

Ans:- B) .pptx

29) What is mailinglist?

A) Collection of e-mail addresses

B) Collection of  files

C) Collection of folders

D) Collection of dates

Ans:- A) Collection of e-mail addresses

30) Which of the following options is another name for minicomputers?

A) Midrange Computers

B) Handheld Computers

C) Mainframe Computers

D) Micro Computers

Ans:- A) Midrange Computers

31) ............ is the process of restarting a computer without turning off the power.

A) Cold Boot

B) Warm Boot

C) Hard Boot

D) Dead Start

Ans:- B) Warm Boot

32) Pointing, Clicking, Double Clicking, Dragging and Right Clicking are the five actions associated with the use of which of the following devices?

A) Keyboard

B) Monitor

C) Mouse

D) Headphone

Ans:- C) Mouse

33) Dot matrix is a type of

A) Disk

B) Printer

C) Scanner

D) bus

Ans:- B) Printer

34) To select multiple files, open the folder containing all the files, click the file you want to select, and then, as the last step................

A) Press and hold down the ctrl key as you click each file you want to select.

B) Press and hold down the alt key as you click each file you want to select.

C) press and hold down the shift key as you click each file you want ot select.

D) Press and hold down the home key as you click each file you want to select.

Ans:- A) Press and hold down the ctrl key as you click each file you want to select.

35) Which of the following options represents the area in the computer where a document is temporarily saved when we work on it?

A) RAM

B) ROM

C) CPU

D) Flash memory

Ans:- A) RAM

36) C ,BASIC,COBOL, and Java represent which of the following types of languages?

A) Low-level

B) Machine-level

C) System-level

D) High-level

Ans:- D) High-level

37) Which of the following options represents the repair  for known software bug, which is generally available free of cost on the Internet?

A) Sub Version

B) Patch

C) Tutorials

D) Upgrade

Ans:- B) Patch

38) ................ transmission mode is used for data communication along  telephone lines.

A) Parallel

B) Serial

C) Drive

D) Digital

Ans:- B) Serial

39) Date and Time are available on the desktop as.............

A) Keyboard

B) Recycle bin

C) My computer

D) Task bar

Ans:- D) Task bar

40) Each------- on a menu of a document performs a specific action.

A) Client

B) Server

C) node

D) Command

Ans:- D) Command