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1. correcting errors in a program : Debugging
2.The first page of a website : Home Page
3.The bank cheques use the principle of : MICR - Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
4. What is e-commerce : Buying and selling products and services over the internet
5. A person who used his or her expertise to gain access to other people’s computers to get information illegally or do damage is a .........: Hacker
6.What is a junk e-mail? : An unsolicited mail from an unknown sender. Junk email is spam
7. Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT are known as : an Operating System
8. A ______ is a set of rules : Protocols
9. A file with extension “.dox” can be made by the use of software ______ : Word 2007
10. What is an embedded system : A computer and software system that controls a machine or appliance
11. Most application software today comes with and interface called a(n) : Graphical User Interface (GUI)
12.A compiler translates a program written in a high level language into : Machine Language
13. Inorder to save an existing document with a different name you need to use: Save as command
14. Ctrl, Shift and Alt are called ______ keys : Function
15. Every component of your computer is either : Hardware or Software
16. How many write cycles are allowed to EEPROM? 1000
17. EEPROM ______ : Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
18. The connection between your computer at home and your local ISP is called ____ : The last mile
19. A repair for a known software bug, usually available at no charge on the internet, is called ______ : Patch
20. Vendor-created programme modifications are called ______ : Patches
21. Computer virus is ______ : Computer Program
22. Which is the part of a computer that one can touch and feel : Hardware
23.Data that is copied from an application is stored in the ______ : Clipboard
24. ______ refers the fastest, biggest and most expensive computer : Super Computer
25. Soft Copy refers to :Screen Output
26. If the URL http/www.prenhall.com, the portion labelled http is the ______ : Host (HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol)
27. Permanent instruction that the computer uses when it is turned on and that cannot be changed by other instructions are contained in : ROM - Read Only Memory. It is non-volatile
28. What is the most common way to get a virus in your computer’s hard disk? By opening e-mails
29. A(n) ______ allows sharing of a broadband internet connection : Router
30. Who is the founder of face book? Mark Zuckerbegs
31. The Internet is ______: a large network of networks
32. What are .bas, .doc and html ______ : extensions
33. You can keep your personal files/folders in ___ : My documents
34. The rectangular area of the screen that displays a program, data or information is a ______ : Window
35. Same thing which has easily understood instructions is said to be ______ : User friendly
36. Cache and main memory will lose their contents when the power is off. They are : Volatile
37. A pattern of printed lines on most products are called : barcodes
38. The ______ becomes different shapes depending on the task you are performing : Mouse pointer
39. Latest version of MS Office is : Office 2007
40. What is the name of latest server operating system developed by microsoft : Windows 2008
41. Memory is made up of _______ : Large number of cells
42. Most mail programs automatically complete the following two parts in an e-mail : From and Date
43. Micro processor was introduced in which generation of computer? : Fourth Generation
44. The most powerful type of computer is : Super Computer
45. The acronym DBMS stands for what? :Data Based Management System
46. Computers process binary numbers which are composed of : 1s and 0 s
47. A ______ represents approximate one billion memory location : Giga byte
48. The common storage device for the personal computer is the : Hard disk drive
49. Computer that are portable and convinient for users who travel are known as : Laptops
50. URL stands for :Uniform Resource Locater
51. Which menu is MS word can be used to change page size and type face? : Format
52. The first electronic computer in the world was : ENIAC (Electronic Numeric Integrator and Calculator)
53. A computer whcih CPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as: Super Computer
54. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple computers inc decide to join hands?: 1991
55. Main memory works in conjunctions with: CPU
56. An assembler is used to translate a program written in: Assembly Language
57. The ______ settings are automatic and standard : Default
58.When a computer suddenly stops working, it is said to be :Hanged
59. A CD-RW disk: can be erased and re-written
60. For sound recording, what is necessary : Microphone
61. A program that works like a calculator for keeping track of money and making budgets is used a : Spread sheet
62. The acronym HTML stands for :Hyper Text Mark up language
63. To restart the computer ______ key is used: Alt + Ctrl + Del
64. LAN stands for: Local Area Network
65. A micro processor is the brain of the computer and is also called : Microchip
66. WWW stands for: World Wide Web
67. A popular way to learn about computer without evergoing to a classroom is called : e-learning
68. What is the another name for a chip Silicon Chip, Integrated circuit, : semiconductor
69. Digital photos and scanned images are typically stored as graphics with extension such as .bmp, .png, .jpg, .tif or .gif : bitmap
70. How many characters can be typed in a single cell Excel? 65,535
71. A ______ is an unique name that you give to a file of information.: Filename
72. If you wish to extend the length of the network without having the signal degrade you would use a: repeater
73. The ______ is the term used to describe the windows that is currently being used : Active Window
74. Smallest storage unit of a computer is : bit
75. The ______ controls communications for the entire computer system : Mother Board
77. RAM is reffered to as storage : Volatile
78. What is the name of list that stores the URL’s of web pages and links visited in past fewdays. History list
79. Which type of commerce is characterised by low volume and high value transactions in Banking: B2B (Business to Business)
13. Inorder to save an existing document with a different name you need to use: Save as command
14. Ctrl, Shift and Alt are called ______ keys : Function
15. Every component of your computer is either : Hardware or Software
16. How many write cycles are allowed to EEPROM? 1000
17. EEPROM ______ : Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
18. The connection between your computer at home and your local ISP is called ____ : The last mile
19. A repair for a known software bug, usually available at no charge on the internet, is called ______ : Patch
20. Vendor-created programme modifications are called ______ : Patches
21. Computer virus is ______ : Computer Program
22. Which is the part of a computer that one can touch and feel : Hardware
23.Data that is copied from an application is stored in the ______ : Clipboard
24. ______ refers the fastest, biggest and most expensive computer : Super Computer
25. Soft Copy refers to :Screen Output
26. If the URL http/www.prenhall.com, the portion labelled http is the ______ : Host (HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol)
27. Permanent instruction that the computer uses when it is turned on and that cannot be changed by other instructions are contained in : ROM - Read Only Memory. It is non-volatile
28. What is the most common way to get a virus in your computer’s hard disk? By opening e-mails
29. A(n) ______ allows sharing of a broadband internet connection : Router
30. Who is the founder of face book? Mark Zuckerbegs
31. The Internet is ______: a large network of networks
32. What are .bas, .doc and html ______ : extensions
33. You can keep your personal files/folders in ___ : My documents
34. The rectangular area of the screen that displays a program, data or information is a ______ : Window
35. Same thing which has easily understood instructions is said to be ______ : User friendly
36. Cache and main memory will lose their contents when the power is off. They are : Volatile
37. A pattern of printed lines on most products are called : barcodes
38. The ______ becomes different shapes depending on the task you are performing : Mouse pointer
39. Latest version of MS Office is : Office 2007
40. What is the name of latest server operating system developed by microsoft : Windows 2008
41. Memory is made up of _______ : Large number of cells
42. Most mail programs automatically complete the following two parts in an e-mail : From and Date
43. Micro processor was introduced in which generation of computer? : Fourth Generation
44. The most powerful type of computer is : Super Computer
45. The acronym DBMS stands for what? :Data Based Management System
46. Computers process binary numbers which are composed of : 1s and 0 s
47. A ______ represents approximate one billion memory location : Giga byte
48. The common storage device for the personal computer is the : Hard disk drive
49. Computer that are portable and convinient for users who travel are known as : Laptops
50. URL stands for :Uniform Resource Locater
51. Which menu is MS word can be used to change page size and type face? : Format
52. The first electronic computer in the world was : ENIAC (Electronic Numeric Integrator and Calculator)
53. A computer whcih CPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as: Super Computer
54. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple computers inc decide to join hands?: 1991
55. Main memory works in conjunctions with: CPU
56. An assembler is used to translate a program written in: Assembly Language
57. The ______ settings are automatic and standard : Default
58.When a computer suddenly stops working, it is said to be :Hanged
59. A CD-RW disk: can be erased and re-written
60. For sound recording, what is necessary : Microphone
61. A program that works like a calculator for keeping track of money and making budgets is used a : Spread sheet
62. The acronym HTML stands for :Hyper Text Mark up language
63. To restart the computer ______ key is used: Alt + Ctrl + Del
64. LAN stands for: Local Area Network
65. A micro processor is the brain of the computer and is also called : Microchip
66. WWW stands for: World Wide Web
67. A popular way to learn about computer without evergoing to a classroom is called : e-learning
68. What is the another name for a chip Silicon Chip, Integrated circuit, : semiconductor
69. Digital photos and scanned images are typically stored as graphics with extension such as .bmp, .png, .jpg, .tif or .gif : bitmap
70. How many characters can be typed in a single cell Excel? 65,535
71. A ______ is an unique name that you give to a file of information.: Filename
72. If you wish to extend the length of the network without having the signal degrade you would use a: repeater
73. The ______ is the term used to describe the windows that is currently being used : Active Window
74. Smallest storage unit of a computer is : bit
75. The ______ controls communications for the entire computer system : Mother Board
77. RAM is reffered to as storage : Volatile
78. What is the name of list that stores the URL’s of web pages and links visited in past fewdays. History list
79. Which type of commerce is characterised by low volume and high value transactions in Banking: B2B (Business to Business)