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VOIP

voice over internet protocol

In PowerPoint, two kinds of sound effects that can be added to presentation

.wav & .mid files

The minimum number of rows and columns in Microsoft Word document is

1 and 1

Capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk

1.44 mb

In Ms Word, What is the maximum number of lines you can set for a drop cap?

10

How many time the rate of transfer of data on a USB port is faster than a parallel port device

10 to 20 times

Keyboard used with personal Computer have___________keys?

101 to 105

What is the default font size of a new Word document based on Normal template?

12 pt

John Napier developed logarithm in

1614

What is the maximum font size you can apply for any character in Ms Word?

1638

2nd generation computers developed

1956 to 1965

What kind of no. System is often used in typical 32 bits computer

2

ASCII is a coding system that provides

256 different characters

How many sheets are there in Excel Workbook by default?

3

What is the default number of lines to drop for drop cap?

3

In Word, A table of how many columns you can insert maximum

63

Smallest font size in MS-word

8

What is the smallest and largest font size available in Font Size tool on formatting toolbar?

8 & 72

1 byte

8 bits

Word length of a personal computer

8 bits

Which of the following types of memory improves processing by acting as a temporary high-speed holding area between the memory and the CPU?

Cache memory

Who is the father of Computer?

Charles Babbage

Graphics for word processor is

Clip art

EBCDIC

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

XML stands for

Extensible Markup Language

____________Is the functional key to display save-as box

F12

functional key for save-as box

F12

Which generation of computer is still under development?

Fifth Generation

FAT stands for

File Allocation Table

FTP stand for

File Transfer Protocol

Who can block your PC or restrict outgoing traffic?

Firewalls

A program which has permanent hardware and store in ROM

Firmware

The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM

Firmware

In which generation Computers vacuum tube were used

First Generation

In Microsoft Word the Superscript, subscript, outline, emboss, engrave are known as

Font effects

Which menu in MS Word can be used to change character size and typeface?

Format

FORTRAN stands for

Formula Translation

Which of the following can be used to divide a web page into Areas?

Frames

FM stands for

Frequency Modulation

How can you insert a sound file in your word document?

From insert -> object menu option

In_______________mode, the communication channel is used in both directions at the same time

Full-duplex

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format

Storage device that can store maximum no. of data

Hard Disk

HDD stands for

Hard Disk Drive

HDMI stands for

High Definition Multimedia Interface

HTML stands for

Hyper Text Markup Language

PHP standa for

Hypertext Preprocessor

HTTPS stands for___________?

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

Second generation of computer

IBM 1401

3rd generation computers were made with

IC

What type of printers are Dot-Matrix printers

Impact

What kind of programming language is JAVA?

Object-Oriented programming language

A device which is not connected to CPU

Off-line device

Junk e-mail is also called

Spam

A __________ is a collection of Predefined design elements and color schemes.

Theme

Menus in windows' calculator

Three

Why Drop Caps are used in document?

To begin a paragraph with a large dropped initial capital letter

In MS-Word, for what does ruler help?

To set tabs to set indents to change page margins

Which feature is used for monitoring all document changes?

Track change

2nd Generation computer was based on

Transistors

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

Which of the following line spacing is invalid in Ms Word?

Triple

UNIVAC

Universal Automatic Computer

URL stands for

Universal Resource Locator

USB stands for

Universal Serial Bus

UTP stands for

Unshielded Twisted Pair

An Email is a combination of

User name & domain name

Which of the following color graphics display has the highest resolution?

VGA

Chief component of first generation computer

Vaccum tubes & valves

What feature adjusts the top and bottom margins so that the text is centered vertically on the printed page?

Vertical justifying

VLSI stands for

Very Large Scale Integration

VGA

Video Graphics Array

In Word, What is place to the left of horizontal scroll bar?

View buttons

Who is the father of Internet ?

Vint Cerf

Which is an Office feature that makes it easy to edit embedded objects?

Visual editing

A device for protecting a system from specific software/hardware failure is:

Watchdog

WAN

Wide Area Network

WINDOWS stands for

Wide interactive Network Development for Office work solution

Who invented slide rules

William Oughtred

WMA stands for

Windows Media Audio

Which file starts ms word?

Winword.exe

Full form of WISPs

Wireless Internet Service Providers

What are inserted as cross-reference in Word?

Word fields

MS-Word automatically moves the text to the next line when it reaches the right edge of the screen and is called?

Word wrap

BCC stands for

blind carbon copy

CC stands for

carbon copy

Which of the following is not a type of page margin?

center

To Open Columns dialog box quickly in Microsoft Word:

double click the space between area on ruler

FDD stands for

floppy disk drive

First page of website

homepage

The amount of vertical space between lines of text in a document

line spacing

the largest computer

mainframe

Fourth Generation computer

microprocessors

Portrait and Landscape are

page orientation

PDA stands for

personal digital assistant

The effect applied to display when slides changes in slide show view

slide transition

Memory unit is one part of

CPU

Which device is used to process data

CPU

A combination of 4 bit is called

Nibble

Which is the volatile memory

RAM

Other name for programmed chip

ROM

Which is a non-volatile memory

ROM

How can you disable extended selection mode in Ms Word?

By pressing Esc

How the generations of computer are classified

By the device used in memory & processor

AGP standa for

Accelerated Graphics Port

ACL stands for

Access Control List

The registers used for any mathematical and logical operations

Accumulators registers

ASP stands for

Active Server Pages

World first Computer Programmer

Ada Lovelace

ARP stands for

Address resolution protocol

Father of Computer Science

Allen Turing

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Modem is a device that converts

Analog signals to digital signals and vice versa

In power point ellipse motion is____________?

Animation

Another name for functional language

Application Language

API stands for

Application Programming Interface

ALU

Arthematic Logic Unit

The basic operations performed by a computer are

Arthematic operation, Logical operation, Storage and relative

What do you call the translator which takes assembly language program as input & produce machine language code as output?

Assembler

Programming languages classified as low level languages

Assembly languages

The________is firmware that contain a computer's startup instruction.

BIOS

Which of the following is a network topology

BUS

BIOS

Basic input output system

Computers calculate numbers in

Binary

BCD stands for

Binary Coded Decimal

Bit is also called

Binary digit

BMP stands for

Bit map

Who build first mechanicL computer?

Blaise Pascal

Which process checks to ensure the components of computer are operating and connected properly?

Booting

CPL stands for

Combined Programming Language

What type of operating system MS-DOS is?

Command Line Interface

COBOL

Common Business Oriented Language

COMPUTER stands for

Commonly Operated Machine Particularly Used for Technical Education and Research

CD-ROM stands for_

Compact Disk Read Only Memory

CAD

Computer Aided Design

Analog computer works on the supply of

Continuous electrical pulses

DBMS stands for

Database Management System

Who invented the high level language "C"?

Dennis M. Ritchie

DSL stands for:

Digital Subscriber Line

DVD Stands For

Digital Versatile Disc

DMA

Direct Memory Access

DMA stands for

Direct Memory Access

DOS

Disk operating system

Measuring unit ofOutput quality of a printer

Dot per inch(DPI)

To AutoFit the width of column

Double click the right border of column

DHCP stands for

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

First generation of computer

EDSAC

EEPROM

Electrically Erasble Programmable Read Only Memory

A file from .eps stands for

Encapsulated postscript

Input, processing, output and storage are the steps in

Information processing cycles

The header and footer command are located on the _______ tab in Ms Word?

Insert

IMEI stands for

International Mobile Equipment Identity

A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time into machine language is called

Interpreter

What does EXT indicator on status bar of MS Word indicate?

It indicates whether Extended Selection mode is turned on or off

The first electronic computer was developed by

J.V. Attansoff

JPEG stands for

Joint Photographic Experts Group

The feature of Word that automatically adjusts the amount of space between certain combination of characters so that an entire word looks more evenly spaced. What is that feature called?

Kerning

A network which is used for sharing data, software and hardware among several users

LAN

Memory is made up of

Large number of cells

Which technology is used in compact disks

Laser

Which technology is used in compact disks?

Laser

The term 'Computer' is derived from

Latin

LAN

Local Area Network

The first computers programmed using

Machine Language

MICR

Magnetic Ink Character Reader

Where are data and programme stored when the processor uses them?

Main Memory

MSP stands for

Management Service Provider

What do you mean by vertical separation between columns?

Margin

What is gutter margin in Ms Word?

Margin that is added to the binding side of page when printing

Abacus was the first

Mechanical Calculator

Abacus was the first

Mechanical calculator

MSI

Medium Scale Integration

Which bar is usually located below that Title Bar that provides categorized options in Ms Word?

Menu bar

MAN

Metropolitan Area Network

Device required for internet connection

Modem

The device used to carry digital data on analogue lines

Modem

The first web browser

Mosaic

Which of the following is not a mouse technology?

Motorized

If a computer has more than one processor then it is known as

Multiprocessor

Simultaneous processing of two or more programs by multiple processors

Multiprogramming

Radio button offers the list of

Mutually exclusive options

The protocol used to exchange articles using internet newsgroup is:

NNTP

NIC stands for

Network Interface Card

NOS

Network processing syatem

_______________is the most important/powerful computer in a typical network

Network server

What is the default font used in MS Word document?

New Times Roman

Which of the following is not valid version of MS Office?

Office Vista

A collection of system programs that controls and co-ordinates the overall operations of a computer system is called

Operating system

OCR

Optical Character Recognition

A DVD is an example of

Optical disc

Light pen

Optical input device

Where can you change the vertical alignment in Microsoft Word?

Page Setup dialog box

Which is the part of hard drive

Platter

PNG stands for

Portable Network Graphic

Dot-matrix is a type of

Printer

Where does the most data go first in memory hierarchy?

RAM

Row in access table is known as

Record

RTF stands for

Rich Text Format

In Excel, _______ are numbered from 1 to onwards and ________ are numbered from A to onwards

Rows, Columns

The communication protocol that drives the internet and lan's is called

SNA

Which is not an internet protocol?

STP

Current CEO of Microsoft

Satya Nadella

A light sensitive device that converts drawing, printed text or other images into digital form is

Scanner

Disk and tape drives are commonly used

Secondary storage devices

Pressing F8 key for three times in Word

Selects a sentence

Which of the following has the fastest access time

Semiconductor memories

SATA stands for

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

SOC stands for

Service Oriented Computing

SWF stands for

Shockwave Flash

Propogation of signals across the communication medium is called

Signaling

Small squares on the selection rectangle that surrounds a graphic can be used to change the dimensions of the graphics in Ms Word.

Sizing handles

All power point slides intance view is__________?

Slide view

In Microsoft Word, Macros are

Small programs created in MS-Word to automate repetitive tasks by using VBA

The output received on the display screen or in the audio or video form is called________?

Softcopy

Which of the following is not of the merge process in Microsoft Word?

Sort the data source records

Name of an application program that gathers user information and sends it to someone through the Internet

Spybot

SQL

Structured Query Language

Directory in a directory is called

Sub directory

A character that is raised and smaller above the baseline is known as

Superscript

In Word, Thesaurus tool is used for

Synonymous & Antonyms

Operating system is

System software

Shimmer, Sparkle text, Blinking Background etc. are known as

Text effects

In power point, the header and footer button can be found on the insert tab in what group?

Text group

WWW stands for

World Wide Web

WWWW stands for

World Wide Web Worm

Which of the following statement is false in Microsoft Word?

You can set different header and footer for last page of a section


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