Computer Quiz

1. Which of the following is used to transmit data from one location to another ?
a. Storage
b. Memory
c. Carrier
d. All of these

2. Programs developed by an outside supplier and provided to the user in a machine readable form is known as________?
a. Canned Program
b. Beta Program
c. Alpha Program 
d. None of these

3. Which of the following describes one or more characteristics of a modern computer?
a. An electronic device
b. A mechanical device
c. An Electro-mechanical device
d. All of the above

4. Octal number system has a base _______.
a. Two 
b. Four
c. Eight
d. Ten

5. PL/1 (programming Language One) is a ________?

a. High level programming language
b. Low level programming language
c. Machine language 
d. Assembly

6. Which of the following is a disadvantage of machine language?
a. Fast execution
b. All operation codes need not to be remembered
c. It is hard to amend or find errors in a program written in the machine language.
d. All of the above

7. Android Operating System is an example of which kind of Source Model?
a. Vertical Market Software
b. Open Source
c. Horizontal Market Software
d. Shareware

8. _________ allows users to upload files to an online site so they can be viewed and edited from Another location?
a. General-purpose Applications
b. Microsoft Outlook
c. Web-hosted Technology
d. Office Live

9. What feature adjusts the top and bottom margins so that the text is centered vertically on the Printed page?
a. Vertical justifying
b. Vertical adjusting 
c. Dual centering 
d. Vertical centering

10. What is the overall term for creating, editing, formatting, storing, retrieving and printing a Text document?
a. Word Processing
b. Spreadsheet Design
c. Web Design
d. Database Management

Answers:

1-Ans. CarrierA continuous signal, or waveform, at a certain frequency on a circuit, or within a certain frequency range, and that can be modulated to support an information-bearing signal.

2-Ans. Canned Program A software product or solution, usually purchased from a software company, which cannot be modified or altered beyond the original functionality.

3-Ans. An Electronic deviceModern computers are electronic and digital. The actual machinery — wires, transistors, and circuits — is called hardware; the instructions and data are called software.

4-Ans. EightThe octal numeral system, or oct for short, is the base-8 number system, and uses the digits 0 to 7. Octal numerals can be made from binary numerals by grouping consecutive binary digits into groups of three (starting from the right).

5-Ans. High level programming languagePL/I is a third-generation ( 3GL ) programming language developed in the early 1960s as an alternative to assembler language, COBOL and FORTRAN. PL/I stands for “Programming Language 1”. PL/I was an antecedent of the C programming language, which essentially replaced it as an all-purpose serious programming language.
PL/S , which IBM evolved from PL/I, was, until the advent of C , IBM’s language of choice for its operating systems and application subsystems.

6-Ans. It is hard to amend or find errors in a program written in the machine language.Machine language is the lowest and most elementary level of programming language and was the first type of programming language to be developed.
Other Disadvantages are : All operation codes and memory addresses have to be remembered.

7-Ans. Open SourceAndroid OS is a Linux-based open source platform for mobile cellular handsets developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance.

8-Ans. Web-hosted TechnologyA web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web.

9-Ans. Vertical Centering To center text vertically means that your words are centered top to bottom.

10-Ans. Word processingA word processing is a computer software application, that performs the task of composition, editing, formatting, and sometimes printing of documents.