GEC 133 First Prelim
1. Hardware is a program which consists of a set of instructions that tells the computer how to perform
an operation.
A. True
B. False
2. Microsoft Windows is an example of application software
A. True
B. False
3. Microsoft Word is an example of system software.
A. True
B. False
4. Application software is a type of software that enable a computer and its peripheral devices to
function smoothly.
A. True
B. False
5. The two categories of software are system software and utility software.
A. True
B. False
6. A computer is still function properly without system software.
A. True
B. False
7. Each computer is only able to have one application software.
A. True
B. False
8. Database program, spreadsheet and graphics software are example of utility software.
A. True
B. False
9. We can have more than 5 system software in one computer.
A. True
B. False
10. A computer is still able to function properly without system software.
A. True
B. False
11. Which of the following statements explains how the operating system provides user interface
correctly?
A. Controlling how user collect data
B. Controlling how information is displayed
C. There are two types of user interface
D. Command-driven is a type of user interface
12. A user is using the operating system facilities to restart a computer. The user is performing a _______
A. Cold boot
B. Hot boot
C. Driver boot
D. Warm boot
13. A user is turning on a computer that has been completely power off. The user is performing a
_____________
A. Reboot
B. Cold boot
C. Hot boot
D. Warm boot
14. A small program that tells the operating system how to communicate with a specific device is called
_________
A. system driver
B. device driver
C. device system
D. operating driver
15. When we start an application, the CPU loads the application from _________________ ,
A. the CPU to the RAM
B. the storage to the memory
C. the memory to the storage
D. the RAM to the hard disk
16. Program that protects a computer against viruses by identifying and removing any computer virus
A. Diagnostic Utility
B. Antivirus
C. File Manager
D. Screen Saver
17. Operating system such as
A. Microsoft Powerpoint
B. Windows 10
C. Antivir
D. Antispyware
18. Function of operating system
A. Protects a computer againt virus
B. Coordinates all the activities among the computer hardware
C. Perform maintenance-type tasks
D. Compiles technical information about a computer's hardware
19. Utility program that performs function related to files and disk management.
A. Antivirus
B. File Manager
C. Diagnostic Utility
D. Screen saver
20. Utility program that enable a display device's screen to show a moving image if no activity
A. Antivirus
B. Screen saver
C. File Manager
D. Diagnostic Utility
21. Operating system used on PC platform or IBM computer.
A. IOS
B. Windows XP
C. Android
D. Mac OS
22. ___________ requires a user to type commands on the keyboard to instruct OS what to do.
A. MDI
B. CLI
C. GUI
D. ASCII
23. A program that processes information in the form of tables.
A. Access
B Excel
C. Word
D. Powerpoint
24. An application software that allows user to edit digital representation or non-text information
A. Macromedia Freehand
B. Corel Quattro Pro
C. Microsoft Powerpoint
D. Google Doc
25. DOS is an acronym for ________________
A. Data Operating System
B. Disk Operating System
C. Data Operating Software
D. Disk Operating Software
26. A challenge question that can only easily be answered by a human, used to prevent access to a
system by an automated program; typically a distorted image of letters and numbers that the user has
to identify.
A. Username and password
B. CAPTCHA
C. Biometric
D. Access Control
27. Which of the following is the telephone based shared Service Centre?
A. ATM
B. Call centre
C. Phone centre
D. None of these
28. A facility that allows the user to speak into a special device while typing a letter using computer is
called ______
A. Speaker
B. Dictaphone
C. Telephone
D. Cell phone
29. BPO may be expanded as ___
A. Business Process Outsourcing
B. Business Process Outcome
C. Business Product Outsourcing
D. Business Product Outcome
30. Collection, digitization and processing of data is basic function of ____
A. Call centre
B. Data management
C. E- Governance
D. Data collection
31. Which of the following is an IT enabled service?
A. Database
B. E-Governance
C. Word processor
D. Spreadsheet
32. ITES stands for ___
A. Information Technology Entrusted Systems
B. Information Technology Enabled Services
C. Information Technology Extended Services
D. Improving Technology Enlighted Services
33. ____ refers to conversion of non-digital material to digital form.
A. Data transfer
B. Digitization
C. Transcription
D. None of the given
34. Which of the following is not an IT enabled service?
A. Call centre’s
B. Word processor
C. Data digitization
D. E-Governance
35. A channel for communicating across a boundary between two or more subsystem is known as
A. Data path
B. Interface
C. Act gram
D. Walk through
36. A system analyst designs a new system by
A. Adopting a developed system to the present environment
B. Identifying subsystems and interfaces between subsystems
C. Developing the system as a large, single unit
D. None of these
37. In the system concepts, the term organization
A. Refers to the holism of systems
B. Implies structure and order
C. Refers to the manner in which each component functions with other components of the system
D. Means that parts of the computer system depend on one another
38. The term used to refer to the checking of outputs of a computers, with the corresponding input
documents, is called
A. Auditing through the computer
B. Auditing around the computer
C. Process control
D. Beta-test
39. Which of the following is not true of the conversion phase of the development life cycle?
A. The non-machine components of the system should be considered
B. Documentation should be emphasized
C. Steps must be taken to phase out the old system
D. The user and systems personnel must work closely together
40. Which was the first phone to integrate iTunes?
A. Motorola ROKR E1
B. Apple iPhone
C. Motorola RAZR V3
D. LG VX 8300
41. Before smartphones became mass-market devices, which two feature-phone platforms dominated the
U.S. market?
A. BlackBerry and Ubuntu
B. Symbian and iMode
C. Firefox OS and Preminet
D. Java and Brew
42. Regulatory pushback prevented which two major carriers from joining forces in 2011?
A. Verizon and Sprint
B. Sprint and U.S. Cellular
C. AT&T and T-Mobile
D. T-Mobile and Sprint
43. What does SMS stand for?
A. Simple Messaging System
B. Short Message Service
C. Save My Ship
D. Sampling Mobile Syntax
44. Which company once planned to build a dedicated network to deliver mobile video to U.S.
consumers?
A. HiWire
B. Qualcomm
C. Crown Castle
D. All of the above
45. Mobile and tablet devices accounted for which percentage of worldwide internet usage,
according to a study released in November by StatCounter?
A. 44%
B. 66.6%
C. 59.8%
D. 51.3%
46. Who is widely credited as inventing the first handheld cellular mobile phone?
A. Martin Shkreli
B. Cooper Martin
C. Martin Cooper
D. Aston Martin
47. What percentage of Americans own a smartphone?
A. 77%
B. 95%
C. 91%
D. 85%
48. Deutsche Telekom acquired which U.S. operator in 2000?
A. Cingular
B. Nextel
C. VoiceStream
D. Airtouch
49. Which phone was the first to feature a touchscreen?
A. T-Mobile G1
B. Apple iPhone
C. BlackBerry Storm
B. IBM Simon
50. Which company produced seven of the top ten best-selling mobile phones of all time, according to
Wikipedia?
A. Nokia
B. Apple
C. Samsung
D. Motorola
51. Which carrier became the world’s first to launch public LTE service in 2009?
A. DoCoMo
B. Verizon
C. TeliaSonera
D. SK Telecom
52. Which was the most popular free title in Apple’s App Store last year?
A. Pokémon Go
B. Facebook
C. Snapchat
D. Messenger
53. Which carrier claims the world’s largest number of wireless subscribers?
A. América Movíl
B. Vodafone
C. Airtel
D. China Mobile
54. Which company launched the first generation of mobile phone service in the U.S. in 1983?
A. Ameritech
B. Nextel
C. VoiceStream
D. U.S. Cellular
55. The instructions that tell the computer what to do and how to do it:
A. Hardware
B. Software
C. Mouse
D. Printer
E.. Monitor
56. The heart (and brains) of the computer is the:
A. RAM
B. CPU
C. ROM
D. Motherboard
E. Hard drive
57. When keyboarding, all of the following are examples of good posture, EXCEPT:
A. Eyes on the monitor
B. Elbows on the table
C. Feet on the floor
D. Back straight
E. Fingers on "home row."
58. RAM stands for:
A Really Awesome Monkeys
B. Random Access Memory
C. Rotten Apple Money
D. Rugs And Mud
E. Raspberry And Mayonnaise
59. When you save a file, it is permanently saved on the:
A. CPU
B. Hard drive
C. Monitor
D. RAM
E. Keyboard
60. Select three input devices your computer uses:
A. Mouse, keyboard, monitor
B. Mouse, keyboard, scanner
C. Mouse, printer, CPU
D. Mouse, scanner, printer
61. What type of device allows you to save your file and then take the file with you to access on a different
computer?
A. Hard drive or mp3 player
B. Jumpdrive, floppy disk, or memory card
C. Floppy disk or hard drive
D. Camera phone or hard drive
62. Behavior when using the computer that conforms to accepted standards of conduct:
A. Uniform Use Agreement
B. Computer Use Agreement
C. Acceptable Use Agreement
D. All Use Agreement
63. What is the most common keyboard layout?
A. QYTER
B. QWERTY
C. Dvorbk
D. EODISP
64. Which of these computer parts is used through moving it?
A. Keyboard
B. Mouse
C. RAM
D. Hard-disk
65. Where is the disk put to enable the computer to read it?
A. ALU
B .Disk drive
C. Memory
D. CPU
66. Which facilitates data processing capabilities at the location of the end-user
A. FAX
B. DDP
C. EDT
D. DTP
67. What is the number of read write heads in the drive for a 9 track magnetic tape
A. 9
B. 16
C. 18
D. 27
68. Which of the following is NOT hardware of a computer?
A. Central processing unit
B. Windows
C. Keyboard
D. Monitor
69. Permanent instructions that the computer uses when it is turned on and that cannot be changed by
other instructions are contained in ___
A. ALU
B .ROM
C. REM
D. RAM
70. A device for changing the connection on a connector to a different configuration is ___
A. A converter
B. An adapter
C. An attachment
D. A component
71. A ___ is used to read handwritten or printed text to make a digital image that is stored in memory.
A. Touch pad
B. Scanner
C. Printer
D. Laser beam
72. When a bank teller uses a computer terminal to know the balance in a customer’s accounts it is an
example of?
A. Online updating
B. Online query
C. Online processing
D. Offline processing
73. The hardware device commonly referred to as the “brain” of the computer
A. Secondary storage
B. CPU
C. Data input
D. RAM chip
74. Peripheral devices such as printers and monitors are considered to be
A. Information
B. Hardware
C. Software
D. Data
74. The other name of a motherboard is
A. Central Board
B. System Board
C. Computer Board
D. Mouse
75. Which of the following printer is typically used in large computer system?
A) Inkjet printers
(B) Line printers
(C) Daisy wheel printers
(D) Dot matrix printers
76. What is the most popular hardware for multimedia creations?
A. WANs
B. PCs
C. Mainframe computers
D. Minicomputers
77. Computers that control processes and accept data in a continuous
A. Infinite loop
B. Feedback loop
C. Data highway
D. Data traffic pattern
78. Linux is an example of
A. Software
B. Operating Systems
C. Applications
D. Browser
79. A common boundary between two computer systems is known as
A. Intradiction
B. Interface
C. Surface
D. None of the above
80. Who is known as the father of Internet?
A. Alan Perlis
B. Vint Cerf
C. Jean E. Sammit
D. Steve Lawrence
81. One Terabyte (1TB) is equal to
A. 1028 GB
B. 1024 GB
C. 1012 GB
D. 1000 GB
82. First computer virus is known as
A. Rabbit
B. Creeper Virus
C. Elk Cloner
D. SSCA Virus
83. 1024 bit is equal to how many byte
A. 1 byte
B. 128 Byte
C. 32 Byte
D. 64 Byte
84. Which computer program converts assembly language to machine languages
A. Interpreter
B. Assembler
C. Computer compiler
D. Comparator
85. What is the binary value of “A”
A. 01000100
B. 01000001
C. 11000001
D. 01100001
86. Total number of functions keys in a computer keyboard
A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 8
87. Which is not a part of a computer device or systems
A. Motherboard
B. Scanner
C. CPU
D. Keyboard
88. Who is founder of Bluetooth
A. IBM
B. Ericsson
C. Apple
D. Dell
89. Which is a direct input device
A. Key-to-diskette
B. Mouse
C. Punched card
D. Computer terminal
90. Saving a file from the internet unto your desktop is called
A. Transferring
B. Downloading
C. Storing
D. Storing
91. USB Hard disk is a _____ type of storage device
A. Auxiliary
B. Secondary
C. Primary
D. Tertiary
92. Who is considered as the father of computing
A. Claude Shannon
B. Charles Babbage
C. Von Neumann
D. Graham Bell
93. Virus is a computer _____ .
A. Database
B. Program
C. File
D. Network
94. Who is known as the inventor of Computer mouse?
A. Herman Hollerith
B. Douglas Engelbart
C. Jack Kilby
D. Tom Cranston
95. Which of the following is not the function of an Operating Systems
A. Memory Management
B. Database Management
C. Input/output Management
D. Job Scheduling
96. The output printed by a computer through a printer on the paper is called?
A. Virtual copy
B. Hard copy
C. Soft copy
D. None of the above
97. Which of the following operations is not performed by a computer?
A. Control
B. Understand
C. Output
D. Input
98. Any program that secretly causes problems on a computer.
A. Bug Program
B. Virus Program
C. Incomplete program
D. Utility Program
99. An OS that controls a single desktop computer and normally stored on the computer’s hard disk.
A. Embedded
B. Stand Alone
C. NOS
D. PC-DOS
100. The process of turning off the computer.
A. Switch off
B. Shutdown
C. Reboot
D. Reset
