1.
__ is a set of computer programs used on a (a) Laser printer
computer to help perform tasks. (b) Payroll package
(a) An instruction (c) Joystick
(b) Memory (d) All of these
(c) A processor Ans: (b)
(d) Software
Ans: (d) 7. The primary purpose of software is to turn data
into
2. ____ is a conceptual entity which is a set of (a) websites
computer programs, procedures, and associated (b) information
documentation concerned with the operation of a (c) programs
data processing system. (d) objects
(a) Software Ans: (c)
(b) Hardware
(c) Firmware 8. Internet Explorer is a(n) ____ .
(d) All of these (a) System software
Ans: (a) (b) Application software
(c) Programming software
3. Circuits, displays, power supplies, cables, (d) All of these
keyboards, printers and mice are all _. Ans: (b)
(a) Software
(b) Application 9. What is Direct X?
(c) Hardware (a) Operating system
(d) Circuits (b) Software that drives graphics hardware
Ans: (c) (c) Web browser
(d) Word processing software
4. Which is the part of a computer that one can Ans: (b)
touch and feel?
(a) Software 10. Among them which is not a software
(b) Program (a) Internet Explorer
(c) Hardware (b) MS – DOS
(d) Application Software (c) MS Word
Ans: (c) (d) Printer
Ans: (d)
5. System software is the set of programs that
enables your computer’s hardware devices and ___ 11. Among them which is not a hardware
software to work together. (a) Mouse
(a) Management (b) Keyboard
(b) Processing (c) Tally
(c) Utility (d) Speaker
(d) Application Ans: (c)
Ans: (d)
12. Mozilla Firefox is a __.
6. Which of the following is an example of (a) Spreadsheet
computer software? (b) Word processing software
(c) Web browser (b) Word processing
(d) Programming software (c) DTP
Ans: (c) (d) CorelDraw
Ans: (a)
13. Operating system is a(n) _.
(a) Application software 19. A specific instance of such software is called a
(b) System software ___.
(c) Programmable software (a) Website
(d) All of these (b) Virus
Ans: (b) (c) Application
(d) CorelDraw
14. Word processing is a(n) __. Ans: (a)
(a) Application software
(b) System software 20. What is the full form of DTP?
(c) Programmable software (a) Desktop Product
(d) All of these (b) Dynamic Technology Product
Ans: (a) (c) Desktop Publishing
(d) Desktop Phishing
15. Web browser is a(n) ___. Ans: (c)
(a) Application software
(b) System software 21. In recent years, the abbreviation __ has
(c) Programmable software specifically come to mean application software
(d) All of these written for mobile devices, with the abbreviation in
Ans: (a) particular representing both the smaller size and
smaller scope of the software.
16. This can be another name for program (a) APPL
(a) USB (b) APP
(b) Hard-disk (c) APL
(c) Hardware (d) APN
(d) Software Ans: (b)
Ans: (d)
22. Which of the following is not an application
17. ___ is the set of programs that enables your software?
computer’s hardware devices and application (a) Adobe reader
software to work together. (b) CorelDraw
(a) Word Processing Software (c) Adobe Photoshop
(b) Utility Software (d) BIOS Software
(c) System Software Ans: (d)
(d) Programming Software
Ans: (c) 23. Which of the following is an example of
application software?
18. __ software is all the computer software that (a) Microsoft Windows
causes a computer to perform useful tasks beyond (b) Linux
the running of the computer itself. (c) Mac OSX
(a) Application (d) MS Word 2007
Ans: (d)
29. The term is used to describe the intangible
24. ____is usually recorded and played, displayed, instructions that tell the computer what to do is
or accessed by information content processing known as
devices, such as computerized and electronic (a) Hardware
devices, but can also be part of a live performance. (b) Software
(a) Virus (c) Storage
(b) BIOS software (d) input/output
(c) Multimedia Ans: (b)
(d) C++
Ans: (c) 30. __ is a set of computer programs used on a
computer to perform the task.
25. _are graphics created using computers and, (a) An instruction
more generally, the representation and (b) Software
manipulation of image data by a computer with (c) Memory
help from specialized software and hardware. (d) A processor
(a) Computer graphics Ans: (b)
(b) CorelDraw
(c) Photoshop 31. A set of instructions telling the computer what
(d) All of these to do is called
Ans: (a) (a) Mentor
(b) Instructor
26. A ___is a software application for retrieving, (c) Compiler
presenting, and traversing information resources (d) Program
on the World Wide Web. Ans: (d)
(a) Web Sever
(b) Web browser 32. What transform one interface into another
(c) Web Tag interface?
(d) All of these (a) Data
Ans: (b) (b) Program
(c) Software
27. What is not an example of DTP software? (d) Hardware
(a) Adobe Photoshop Ans: (c)
(b) Adobe PageMaker
(c) CorelDraw 33. The primary purpose of software is to turn data
(d) Turbo C into
Ans: (d) (a) information
(b) programs
28. __ is used to instruct the computer, what to do (c) objects
and how to do it. (d) charts
(a) Software Ans: (a)
(b) Hardware
(c) Web Browser 34. A step-by-step procedure used to solve a
(d) Win Zip problem is called
Ans: (a) (a) Operating system
(b) Algorithm 40. The two major categories of software include
(c) Application program (a) operating system and utility
(d) All of these (b) personal productivity and system
Ans: (b) (c) system software and application software
(d) system software and utility software
35. One or more defects or problems that prevent Ans: (c)
the software from working as intended or working
at all is a 41. Programs designed to perform specific tasks
(a) bug related to managing computer resources are called
(b) bot (a) operating system
(c) programming language (b) helper software
(d) fuzzy logic (c) system software
Ans: (a) (d) application software
Ans: (d)
36. A mistake in an algorithm that causes incorrect
results is called a 42. What is also known as service program? (this
(a) logical error type of program perform(s) specific tasks related to
(b) syntax error managing computer resources)
(c) procedural error (a) Operating system
(d) compiler error (b) Language translator
Ans: (a) (c) Utility program
(d) Device driver
37. Bug means Ans: (c)
(a) logical error in a program
(b) syntax error in a program 43. Microsoft Office Word 2007 is a/an
(c) run time error (a) application software
(d) Both (a) and (b) (b) system software
Ans: (a) (c) utility software
(d) Both (a) and (b)
38. A repair for a known software bug, usually Ans: (c)
available at no charge on the Internet, is called a(n)
(a) Version 44. What is backup?
(b) Patch (a) Connect his network to more component
(c) Tutorial (b) Copy to save a data from original source to
(d) FAQ other destination
Ans: (b) (c) Filter on old data from new data
(d) Access data from tape
39. Vendor created program modifications are Ans: (b)
called
(a) bugs 45. A(n) ____ backup contains a copy of every
(b) antiviruses program, data and system file on a computer.
(c) holes (a) restoration
(d) fixes (b) bootstrap
Ans: (d) (c) differential
(d) full
Ans: (d)
46. __ is a Windows utility program that locates
and eliminates unnecessary fragments and
rearranges files and unused to disk space to
optimise operations.
(a) Backup
(b) Disk cleanup
(c) Disk defragmenter
(d) Restore
Ans: (c)
47. Which of the following Windows utility feature
will erase unwanted files?
(a) Disk clean-up
(b) Scanning
(c) Backup or restore wizard
(d) Disk defragmenter
Ans: (a)
48. __ is/are the most common type of software is
used by the computer for general tasks.
(a) Application software
(b) System software
(c) Programming software
(d) All of these
Ans: (a)
49. Programs designed specifically to address
general purpose applications and special purpose
applications are called
(a) Operating system
(b) System software
(c) Application software
(d) Management information system
Ans: (c)
50. Software that is actively utilised by end-users
(like word or photoshop) is called
(a) actionware
(b) operating system
(c) system software
(d) application software
Ans: (d)