CIT 726 - Computers in Society
  • 1. The 2 main types of computers in the modern computer world are
A) digital and analog
B) apple and microsoft
C) open and closed
D) mainframe and personal computer
  • 2. The term megahertz or MHz means
A) billions of cycles per second
B) thousands of cycles per second
C) millions of cycles per second
D) millions of cycles per minute
  • 3. The first general purpose all-electronic computer was developed in the year ______
A) 1946
B) 1960
C) 1970
D) 1936
  • 4. ENIAC means _______
A) Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
B) Electrical Numerical Integrator and Computer
C) Electrical New Information Computer
D) Electronic Neuron Interceptor and Computer
  • 5. The first commercially available electronic computer was called __________
A) EDVAC
B) UNIVAC
C) STADIAC
D) ENIAC
  • 6. Which of the following represents the correct sequence in the development of the logical component of computers in the course of history?
A) vacuum tubes --> transistors --> integrated circuits --> microprocessors
B) vacuum tubes --> integrated circuits --> transistors --> microprocessors
C) microprocessors --> integrated circuits --> transistors --> vacuum tubes
D) transistors --> integrated circuits --> vacuum tubes --> microprocessors
  • 7. Which of the following is not an example of personal computer?
A) desktop
B) laptop
C) notebook
D) supercomputer
  • 8. Which of the following is not an input device on the computer?
A) light pen
B) mouse
C) scanner
D) printer
  • 9. Which of the following is not an output device?
A) printer
B) monitor
C) speaker
D) keyboard
  • 10. Which of these is not a type of printer commonly known?
A) dot matrix
B) ink jet
C) laser jet
D) pen jet
  • 11. Computer stores
A) randomly only
B) data only
C) instructions only
D) both data and instructions
  • 12. What is a computer?
A) an electronic machine
B) an electronic machine that can stimulate data
C) an electronic machine that can process and store data
D) a machine
  • 13. What is a PC?
A) mini computer
B) personal computational machine
C) low-cost computer usually desktop size
D) desktop
  • 14. ROM stands for __________
A) Read Only Memorize
B) Read Only Memory
C) Read Output Memory
D) Random Only Memory
  • 15. Terminal is an _______
A) in/ out device
B) input/ output device
C) input device only
D) output device only
  • 16. CPU means __
A) Central Processor Unit
B) Common Processing Unit
C) Central Processing Unit
D) Central Processing Utility
  • 17. What do we call computer programs used on the computer?
A) software
B) utility
C) translator
D) operating system
  • 18. What is a program?
A) a set of codes
B) an instruction
C) computer software
D) A set of instructions that tells the computer what to do
  • 19. What is an operating system?
A) the software responsible for determining the allocation and usage of resources
B) the software responsible for controlling the allocation and usage of hardware
C) the software responsible for controlling the allocation and implementation of hardware resources
D) the software responsible for controlling the allocation and usage of hardware resources
  • 20. Fortran is
A) a compiler
B) a source code
C) a high-level language
D) an operating system
  • 21. Computer machinery is the
A) operating system
B) hardware
C) utility
D) software
  • 22. What do you understand by booting?
A) switching in the system
B) switching out the system
C) Switching off the system
D) switching on the system
  • 23. What is a mouse used for?
A) to execute program
B) to give instructions to a computer
C) to program the computer
D) to guide the computer
  • 24. What is a directory?
A) Dictionary
B) program
C) shortcut
D) folder
  • 25. A small picture that represents either a program or a shortcut is
A) a shortcut
B) an icon
C) a pointer
D) a graphics
  • 26. What is a menu?
A) a program
B) a list of food
C) a list of items
D) a picture
  • 27. What is a window?
A) a box that contains icons or data (information)
B) a rectangular box that contains programs
C) a triangular box that contains icons or data (information)
D) a rectangular box that contains icons or data (information)
  • 28. GUI stands for
A) Graphical User Intensity
B) Graphical User Interface
C) Ground User Interface
D) Graphical Utility Interface
  • 29. A Computer
A) can think
B) has no limitation
C) is mechanical
D) cannot think
  • 30. There are ____________ areas in a PC where instructions and data can be temporarily stored.
A) 2
B) 4
C) 5
D) 3
  • 31. RAM chips are _________
A) available
B) downloadable
C) upgradeable
D) set
  • 32. Which of these is not an external storage device?
A) magnetic tapes
B) hard disk
C) RAM
D) CD-ROM
  • 33. The use of computer to create, revise and save documents for printing and future retrieval is
A) spreadheeting
B) MS Word
C) word processing
D) desktop publishing
  • 34. What do you use to enter data into the computer?
A) keyboard
B) screen
C) plotter
D) printer
  • 35. An example of an electronic spreadheet is
A) MS Word
B) Excel
C) CorelDraw
D) Adobe
  • 36. Word processor has many advantages over using a ---
A) typewriter
B) printer
C) plotter
D) COM
  • 37. By default, MS Word is in --- mode
A) Escape
B) insert
C) delete
D) update
  • 38. A program used to create text files or make changes to existing files is
A) an editor
B) a word processor
C) an application software
D) a dump
  • 39. _________ processes are involved in copying text
A) three
B) two
C) four
D) five
  • 40. _________ is one of the proofing tools in word processing
A) Speller
B) Spelling Checker
C) format
D) edit
  • 41. ________ is the final step in the production of a document
A) Formatting
B) Viewing
C) Printing
D) Editing
  • 42. In spreadsheet, a cell can contain either --- or text
A) picture
B) numbered values
C) alpha
D) diagram
  • 43. What is a spreadsheet?
A) It consists of information written in circular form
B) It consists of information written in tabular form
C) It consists of information written in triangular form
D) It consists of information
  • 44. An Excel file is called a
A) sheet
B) workbook
C) Excel
D) worksheet
  • 45. By default, there are _____ worksheets in an Excel workbook.
A) 3
B) 4
C) 2
D) 5
  • 46. What do you understand by Excel?
A) software application that provides an electronic spreadsheet
B) software application that provides an electronic word processing
C) software application that provides a paper spreadsheet
D) software application
  • 47. ___________ cells can contain formulas
A) sheet
B) worksheet
C) spreadsheet file
D) workbook
  • 48. Until it is ---, a workbook exists only in computer memory
A) dumped
B) saved
C) solved
D) done
  • 49. GUI stands for
A) Graphical User Interface
B) Graphical Utility Interface
C) Good User Interface
D) Graphical User Interlude
  • 50. MS Word is a _________ word processor
A) WSYIWYG
B) WYSIWYGY
C) WYISWYG
D) WYSIWYG
  • 51. There are ___________ alignment options in MS Word
A) 2
B) 4
C) 5
D) 3
  • 52. In spreadsheet, cell is the intersection of a __________ and a row
A) pixel
B) line
C) point
D) column
  • 53. The Operating System as a resource manager managers the following hardware resources except _________
A) secondary storage devices
B) primary memory
C) Windows
D) input/ output devices
  • 54. A machine oriented language consisting of symbolic codes in which instructions correspond to or resemble machine language and depends on the machine is called _______
A) machine language
B) symbolic language
C) low-level language
D) high level language
  • 55. A computer language that consists of binary digits is called _________
A) hypertext language
B) low-level language
C) machine language
D) high-level language
  • 56. A problem oriented language which is a restricted form of natural languages is called ______
A) high-level language
B) hypertext language
C) machine language
D) low-level language
  • 57. In which software generation was machine language developed?
A) 3rd generation
B) 1st generation
C) 4th generation
D) 2nd generation
  • 58. In which software generation was assembly language developed?
A) 2nd generation
B) 3rd generation
C) 1st generation
D) 4th generation
  • 59. In which software generation was high-level language developed?
A) 2nd generation
B) 4th generation
C) 1st generation
D) 3rd generation
  • 60. Which generation of software is regarded as application generation?
A) 2nd generation
B) 4th generation
C) 3rd generation
D) 1st generation
  • 61. Which generation of software is regarded as declarative language or expert system?
A) 1st generation
B) 3rd generation
C) 5th generation
D) 4th generation
  • 62. In Windows, clipboard __________
A) is an area in memory
B) provides a temporary storage area
C) provides a temporary area
D) provides a storage area
  • 63. In MS Word, what does the overtype mode do?
A) Inserts a character at a time
B) Replaces existing text one character at a time
C) Pushes character by character
D) Moves a character one by one
  • 64. Some formatting buttons are toggles, that means _____
A) the formatting button does only one formatting operation at a time
B) the formatting button does multiple operations
C) the formatting button does not do anything
D) the same formatting button is used to turn a formatting feature on and off
  • 65. What do we use to change the appearance and positioning of text in Word?
A) Indenting
B) Scaling
C) Re-appearance
D) Formatting
  • 66. In respect to alignment, justify means
A) lines of text are aligned along either the left or right indents
B) lines of text are aligned along both the left and right indents
C) lines of text are aligned along the left indent
D) lines of text are aligned along the right indent
  • 67. Automatic spell check _____
A) informs you of spelling errors as you type
B) informs you of spelling errors before you type
C) informs you of errors as you type
D) informs you of spelling errors as you finish
  • 68. By default, numbers are displayed _________ aligned as you type them into a cell
A) right
B) forward
C) center
D) left
  • 69. _______ are the instructions that you enter to perform calculations
A) Calculus
B) Arguments
C) Formulas
D) programs
  • 70. A range of cells is selected by --- methods
A) 2
B) 4
C) 3
D) 5
  • 71. The default alignment for text entries in MS Excel is _______
A) bold
B) left
C) right
D) center
  • 72. When the total number of characters of numeric data is greater than the column width of a cell --- are displayed
A) hash symbol
B) plain symbols
C) dash symbols
D) dot symbols
  • 73. In addition to its worksheet capabilities, Excel can
A) combine text with pictures
B) make presentations
C) design logo
D) create charts
  • 74. A data marker ______
A) charts symbol that represents data points
B) charts a single data point
C) represents a single data point
D) charts symbol that represents a single data point
  • 75. What does a Chart Wizard feature do?
A) leads one through a step-by-step process of a chart
B) leads one through a process to create a chart
C) leads one through a step-by-step process
D) leads one through a step-by-step process to create a chart
  • 76. An embedded chart is moved
A) by wizard
B) by dropping
C) by dragging
D) by painting
  • 77. A selection chart is based on
A) the type of data one is charting
B) parameters
C) the type one is charting
D) charting
  • 78. With Print Preview we ________
A) view printouts on screen
B) set print margins
C) set border lines
D) view layouts on screen
  • 79. Legend is used ___
A) to demonstrate each section in a chart
B) to draw each section in a chart
C) to draw each series in a chart
D) to identify each series in a chart
  • 80. There are --- working environments in PowerPoint
A) 4
B) 2
C) 3
D) 5
  • 81. PowerPoint is _________
A) an application program for graphics
B) an application program for document preparation
C) an application program for presentation
D) an application program for spreadsheet
  • 82. How do you display a presentation on your computer?
A) By running a spreadsheet
B) By running a slide show
C) By inputting a slide show
D) By running a slide diagram
  • 83. In slide view, you can work with --- slide(s) at a time
A) 3
B) 4
C) 2
D) 1
  • 84. How many tabbed categories,in the New Presentation dialog box, can you choose from when creating a presentation?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 5
D) 3
  • 85. To insert a new slide into a presentation, you ________
A) click on the Next Slide button on the Standard toolbar
B) click on the New Show button on the Standard toolbar
C) click on the New Slide button on the Standard toolbar
D) click on the New Slide button on the Standard toolkit
  • 86. What objects does PowerPoint enable you to create using a set of tools located on the Drawing toolbar?
A) shaped objects
B) pulled objects
C) dragged objects
D) drawn objects
  • 87. Two of the buttons that are found on the Drawing toolbar are Draw and ___________
A) AutoPicture
B) AutoDraw
C) AutoImage
D) AutoShapes
  • 88. Clip Arts are ___
A) difficult drawings
B) graphic images
C) hand-drawn art
D) user-defined images
  • 89. With WordArt toolbar, you can ______
A) create text effects only
B) edit text effects
C) create and edit text effects
D) create and edit text
  • 90. A browser is ______________
A) software tool for describing web pages
B) tool for defining web pages
C) software tool for looking at pages
D) software tool for looking at web pages
  • 91. MAN stands for _______
A) Metro Area Network
B) Metropolitan Area Network
C) Metropolitan Access Network
D) Metropolitan Access Nature
  • 92. e-mail is short for
A) expanded mail
B) electronic mail
C) electric mail
D) external mail
  • 93. Internet is _______
A) a global network
B) a national network
C) a public network
D) a general network
  • 94. A web page is ---
A) hypermedia
B) web stuff
C) document
D) hypermedia document on the web
  • 95. GIGO is short for
A) Garbage In Garbage Outside
B) Garbage In Garbage Outlet
C) Garbage In Garbage Out
D) Garbage Inside Garbage Outside
  • 96. PKZIP is for what?
A) Shareware compression utility for machines
B) Software for PCs
C) Software compression utility for machines
D) Shareware compression utility for PCs
  • 97. HTTP stands for
A) Hypertext Transmission Protocol
B) Hypertext Transfer Practice
C) Hypertext Transfer Practical
D) Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  • 98. HTML stands for
A) Hypertext Markup Language
B) Hover Test Makeup Language
C) Hover Technique Machine Language
D) Hypertext Makeup Language
  • 99. A file server is a ______________
A) computer that provides access to files for remote users
B) computer that provides access
C) computer that accesses files for remote users
D) computer that provides access for remote users
  • 100. Microsoft Outlook provides ________
A) e-document
B) e-mail
C) e-send
D) e-paper
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