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Computer Awareness

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________ viruses are often transmitted by a floppy disk left in the floppy drive.

  1. Trojan horse

  2. Boot sector

  3. Script

  4. Logic bomb

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Boot sector  viruses are often transmitted by a floppy disk left in the floppy drive.

______________ servers store and manage files for network users.

  1. Database

  2. Main

  3. Web

  4. File

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

File servers manage and store the files.

URL stands for

  1. Universal Research List

  2. Universal Resource List

  3. Uniform Resource Locator

  4. Uniform Research Locator

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Option (3) is correct. 

Which of the following is not a type of broadband internet connection?

  1. Cable

  2. DSL

  3. Dial-up

  4. Satellite

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Dial-up is not a type of broadband internet connection. 

Which of the following are specially designed computer chips that reside inside other devices, such as your car or your electronic thermostat?

  1. Servers

  2. Embedded computers

  3. Robotic computers

  4. Mainframes

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Embedded computers reside inside other devices, such as your car or your electronic thermostat, etc.

Which of the following is not a computing device?

  1. Notebook computer

  2. Cellular telephone

  3. Digital scanner

  4. Personal digital assistant

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Digital scanner is not a computing device.

All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks except _____.

  1. hackers

  2. spam

  3. viruses

  4. identify theft

  5. none of these


Correct Option: B

Programs from the same developer that provide better integration and share common features, toolbars and menus are known as

  1. software suites

  2. integrated software packages

  3. software processing packages

  4. personal information managers

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

___________ terminals (formerly known as cash registers) are often connected to complex inventory and sales computer systems.

  1. Data

  2. Sales

  3. Query

  4. Point-of-Sale (POS)

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

What is a data warehouse?

  1. Can be updated by the end users

  2. Contains numerous naming conventions and formats

  3. Organised around important subject areas

  4. Contains only current data

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

System software is the set of programs that enables your computer's hardware devices and ______ software to work together.

  1. management

  2. processing

  3. utility

  4. application

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

In a ring topology, the computer in possession of the ______ can transmit data

  1. packet

  2. data

  3. access method

  4. token

  5. none of these


Correct Option: D

Servers are computers that provide resources to other computers connected to a ___________

  1. mainframe

  2. network

  3. supercomputer

  4. client

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B

This part of operating system manages the essential peripherals, such as the keyboard, screen, disk drives, and parallel and serial ports ____.

  1. basic input/output system

  2. secondary input/output system

  3. peripheral input/output system

  4. marginal input/output system

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

___________ controls the way in which the computer system functions and provides me by which users can interact with the computer.

  1. The platform

  2. Application software

  3. Operating system

  4. The motherboard

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

describe/s what is database field.

  1. Structures

  2. Field markers

  3. Field definition

  4. Field names

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

When data changes in multiple lists and all lists are not updated, this causes:

  1. data redundancy

  2. information overload

  3. duplicate data

  4. data inconsistency

  5. none of these


Correct Option: D

A goal of data mining includes which of the following?

  1. To explain some observed event or condition

  2. To confirm that data exists

  3. To analyze data for expected relationships

  4. To create a new data warehouse

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

You must install a (n) ____________ on a network if you want to share a broadband Internet connection.

  1. router

  2. modem

  3. node

  4. cable

  5. none of these


Correct Option: A

A Proxy server is used for which of the following?

  1. To provide security against unauthorized users

  2. To process client requests for web pages

  3. To process client requests for database access

  4. To provide TCP/IP

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B

A goal of normalization is to __________

  1. minimize the number of relationships

  2. minimize the number of entities

  3. minimize the number of tables

  4. minimize the number of redundancy

  5. none of these


Correct Option: D

_____________ are words that a programming language has set aside for its own use.

  1. Control worlds

  2. Reserved words

  3. Control structures

  4. Reserved keys

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B

Granting an outside organization access to internet web pages is often implemented using a/an ____

  1. extranet

  2. intranet

  3. internet

  4. hacker

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

Which term identifies a specific computer on the web and the main page of the entire site?

  1. URL

  2. Web site address

  3. Hyperlink

  4. Domain name

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

Chip is a common nickname for a/an

  1. transistor

  2. resistor

  3. integrated circuit

  4. semiconductor

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

The code that relational database management systems use to perform their database task is referred to as

  1. QBE

  2. SQL

  3. OLAP

  4. Sequel Server

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B

The design of the network is called the network

  1. architecture

  2. server

  3. transmission

  4. type

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

The most frequently used instructions of a computer program are likely to be fetched from

  1. the hard disk

  2. cache memory

  3. RAM

  4. registers

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B

Personal logs or journal entries posted on the Web are known as

  1. listservs

  2. webcasts

  3. blogs

  4. subject directories

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

The purpose of the primary key in a database is to

  1. unlock the database

  2. provide a map of the data

  3. uniquely identify a record

  4. establish constraints on database operations.

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B

The ____________ contains data descriptions and defines the name, data type and length of each field in the database.

  1. data dictionary

  2. data table

  3. data record

  4. data field

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A

____________ are viruses that are triggered by the passage of time or on a certain date.

  1. Boot-sector viruses

  2. Macro viruses

  3. Time bombs

  4. Worms

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

A database management system (DBMS) is a

  1. hardware system used to create, maintain and provide controlled access to a database

  2. hardware system used to create, maintain, and provide uncontrolled access to a database

  3. software system used to create, maintain, and provide uncontrolled access to a database

  4. software system used to create, maintain, and provide controlled access to a database

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

Software, such as viruses, worms and Trojan horses, that have a malicious intent, are known as

  1. spyware

  2. adware

  3. spam

  4. malware

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

A (n) _______ uses pictures (called icons) and menus displayed on the screen to send commands to the computer system.

  1. command - based user interface

  2. GUI

  3. system utility

  4. API

  5. none of these


Correct Option: B

What type of operating system is Linux?

  1. Open-source

  2. Closed-source

  3. Windows

  4. Mac

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct option is (1). 

The OSI model is divided into _______ processes called layers.

  1. five

  2. six

  3. seven

  4. eight

  5. none of these


Correct Option: C

Making a field ______ means: that it cannot be left blank.

  1. Numeric

  2. required

  3. calculated

  4. validated

  5. none of these


Correct Option: B

Which of the following places the common data elements in order from smallest to largest?

  1. Character, file, record, field, database

  2. Character, record, field, database, file

  3. Character, field, record, file, database

  4. Bit, byte, character, record, field, file, database,

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

  1. a large network of networks

  2. an internal communication system for a business

  3. a communication system for the Indian government

  4. all of these

  5. none of these


Correct Option: D

____________ are lists of commands that appear on the screen.

  1. GUIs

  2. Icons

  3. Menus

  4. Windows

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

What is a backup?

  1. Restoring the information backup

  2. An exact copy of a system's information

  3. The ability to get a system up and running in the event of a system crash or failure

  4. All of these

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

Verification of a login name and password is known as

  1. configuration

  2. accessibility

  3. authentication

  4. logging in

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

Which of the following statements is false concerning the file names?

  1. Files may share the same name or the same extension but not both

  2. Every file in the same folder must have a unique name

  3. File extension is another name for file type

  4. The file extension comes before the dot (.) followed by the file name

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D

Which of the following would most likely not be a symptom of a virus?

  1. Existing program files and icons disappear.

  2. The CD-ROM stops functioning.

  3. The Web browser opens to an unusual home page.

  4. Odd messages or images are displayed on the screen.

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
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