IBA Computer Notes
IBA Computer Notes
32. The next indicator on status bar of MS Word 39. Background color or effects applied on a
documents? documents is not visible in ?
A. It indicator whether the external text is A. Outline view
pasted on a document or not B. Full-screen view
B. It indicator whether extended add –ons C. Web layout view
are installed on MS Word or not D. Print preview
C. Whether extended selection mode is
turned on or off
D. None of these 40. What is a portion of a document in which you set
certain page formatting options?
A. Page setup
33. MS office is an application software? B. Section
A. True C. Page
B. False D. Documents
34. What of the following features is used to inserts 41. You can apply the borders that can be applied to?
the contents of the clipboard as text without any A. Cells
formatting in MS-Word? B. Text
A. Paste special C. Paragraph
B. Page layout D. All of the above
C. Paste
D. None of above
42. Which of the following is not a type of page
margin?
35. _____ is the place to the left of the horizontal A. Right
scroll bar? B. Center
A. Split button C. Left
B. View buttons D. Top
36. Which file starts MS Word 2003? 43. The default left margin in Microsoft word 2010
A. Word.exe documents?
B. Msword .exe A. 1”
C. Word2003.exe B. 1.25”
D. Winword.exe C. 2.5”
D. None of them
Microsoft EXCEL
58. In Microsoft excel, which of the following methods to insert the new row and select
cannot be used to enter data in a cell? Edit>Row from the menu
A. Pressing an arrow key C. Select the row heading where you want
B. Pressing the tab key to insert the new row and click the
C. Pressing the ESC key insert Row button on the standard
D. Click on the formula bar toolbars
D. All of above
59. Which of the following will not cut
information?
A. Pressing Ctrl + C 64. Which of the following is not a basic step in
B. Selecting Edit>Cut from the menu creating a worksheet?
C. Clicking the cut button on the standard A. Save workbook
D. Pressing Ctrl + X B. Modify the worksheet
C. Enter text and data
D. Copy the worksheet
60. Which of the following is not a way to 65. How do you select an entire column?
complete a cell entry? A. Select Edit>select>column from the
A. Pressing enter menu
B. Pressing any arrow key on the keyboard B. Clicking the column heading letter
C. Clicking the enter button on the C. Hold down the shift key as you click
formula bar anywhere in the column
D. Pressing spacebar D. Hold down the Ctrl key as you click
anywhere in the column
66. How can you print three copies of workbook?
61. You can activate a cell by? A. Select files > properties of form the
A. Pressing the tab key menu and type 3 in the copies to print
B. Clicking the cell text box.
C. Pressing an arrow key B. Select File > Print from the menu and
D. All of the above type 3 in the number of copies text box.
C. Click the Print button on the standard
toolbars in print the document then
62. Text formulas? take it to Kinko’s and have 2 more
A. Replace cell reference copies made.
B. Return ASCII values of characters D. Press Ctrl + P + 3
C. Concatenate and manipulate text
D. Show formula error value 67. To create a formula, you first?
A. Select the cell you want to place the
formula into
63. How do you insert a row? B. Type the equals sign (=) to tell Excel
A. Right –click the row heading where you that formula into about to enter a
want to insert the new row and select formula.
from the shortcut menu C. Enter the formula using any input
B. Select the row heading where you want values and the appropriate
4. What is a motion path? 11. To preview a motion path effect using the
a) Type of animation entrance effect method of custom animation task pane, you should
advantage slides a) Click the play button
b) method of advantage slides b) Click the show effect button
c) method of moving items on a slide c) Double click the motion path
d) All of the above d) All of the above
5. What is a slide title master pair?
a) The title area and text area of a specific 12. You can create a new presentation by
slide completing all of the following except
b) A slide master and title master merged into a) Clicking the new button on the standard
a single slide toolbar
c) A slide master and title master for a b) Clicking file, new
specific design template c) Clicking file open
d) All of the above d) Pressing Crtl+N
6. Which of the following should you use if you
want all the slides in the presentation to have 13. You can embed an Ms-organization Chart in a
the same “look”? slide by
a) The slide layout option a) Clicking the insert new slide button in the
b) Add a slide option standard toolbar, then double click the
c) Outline view organization chart button on the formatting
d) A presentation design template toolbar
7. In the context of animations, What is a trigger? b) Clicking the object command on the edit
a) An action button that advances to the next menu
slide c) Clicking the MS-Organization chart button
b) An item on the slide that performs an on the standard toolbar
action when clicked d) All of the above
c) The name of a motion path
14. To select one hyperlink after another during a
d) All of the above
slide presentation, what do you press?
8. If you have a power point show you created
71. Any and every command can be found on the? 74. Which of the following features should you use
a) Drawing toolbar when typing in the notes text box?
b) Formatting toolbar a) Slide box
c) Standard toolbar b) Insert
d) Menu bar c) Slide master
d) Zoom
72. How do you print your slides in a handout that
includes lines for notes? 75. Which of the following should e used when
a) Table slide you want to add a lsie to an existing
b) Graph slide presentation?
c) Bullet slide a) File, add a new slide
d) Title slide b) Insert, new slide
c) File, open
73. How do you print your slides in a handout that d) File, new
includes lines for notes?
55. which of the following is not anti- viruses 62. ibm 1401 is_____?
software? a. first generation computer
a. avira b. second generation computer
b. kaspersky c. third generation computer
c. oracle d . fourth generation computer
d. mcafee ans= (b)
ans= (c)
63. chief component of first generation computer
56. what does dma stand for? was____?
a. distinct memory access a. transistors
b. direct memory access b. vacuum tubes and valves
c. direct module access c. integrated circuits
d. direct memory allocation d. none of above
ans= (b) ans= (b)
57. which of the following is a storage device? 64. second generation computers were developed
a. tape during_____?
b. hard disk a. 1949 to 1955
c. floppy disk b. 1956 to 1965
d. all of the above c. 1965 to 1970
ans= (d) d. 1970 to 1990
ans= (b)
58. when did john napier develop logarithm?
a. 1416 65. the computer size was very large in____?
b. 1614 a. first generation
c. 1641 b. second generation
d. 1804 c. third generation
ans= (b) d. fourth generation
ans= (a)
59. mis is designed to provide information needed for 66. microprocessors as switching devices are for
effective decision making by? _____generation computers?
a. consumers a. first generation
b. workers b. second generation
c. foremen c. third generation
d. managers d. fourth generation
ans= (d) ans= (d)
60. ascii stands for____? 67. which of the following devices can be sued to
a. american stable code for international interchange directly image printed text?
b. american standard case for institutional interchange a. ocr
c. american standard code for information interchange b. omr
d. american standard code for interchange information c. micr
ans= (c) d. all of above
ans= (a)
61. which of the following is first generation of
computer? 68. the output quality of a printer is measured
84. a self replicating program, similar to a virus which 91. ______translates and executes program at run
was taken from a 1970s science fiction novel by john time line by line?
bruner entitled the shockwave rider is____? a. compiler
a. bug b. interpreter
b. vice c. linker
c. lice d. loader
d. worm ans= (b)
ans= (d)
92. ram stands for_____?
85. unwanted repetitious messages, such as a. random origin money
unsolicited bulk e-mail is known as_____? b. random only memory
a. spam c. read only memory
b. trash d. random access memory
c. calibri ans= (d)
d. courier
ans= (a) 93. 1 byte =_____?
a. 8 bits
86. dos stands for______? b. 4 bits
a. disk operating system c. 2 bits
b. disk operating session d. 9 bits
c. digital operating system ans= (a)
d. digital open system
ans= (a) 94. the device used to carry digital data on analogue
lines is called as_____?
87. who is the current ceo of microsoft? a. modem
a. babbage b. multiplexer
b. bill gates c. modulator
c. bill clinton d. demodulator
d. satya nadella ans= (a)
ans= (d)
137. where does most data go first with in a computer 143. the most common type of storage devices
memory hierarchy ? are_____?
a. ram a. steel
b. rom b. optical
c. bios c. magnetic
d. cache d. flash
ans= (a) ans= (b)
138. the_______data mining technique derives rules 144. a device that connects to a network without the
from real-world case examples? use of cables is said to be_____?
a. rule discover a. distributed
b. signal processing b. free
c. neural nets c. centralized
d. case-based reasoning d. none of these
ans= (c) ans= (d)
139. _____are used to identify a user who returns to a 145. a person who used his or her expertise to gain
website? access to other people’s computers to get information
a. cookies illegally or do damage is a______?
b. plug-ins a. hacker
c. scripts b. spammer
d. asps c. instant messenger
ans= (a) d. programmer
ans= (a)
140. codes consisting of lines of varying widths or
lengths that are computer-readable are known 146. to access properties of an object, the mouse
as____? technique to use is_____?
a. an ascii code a. dragging
b. a magnetic tape b. dropping
191. which of the following is a network topology? 198. in world today, most of the computers are_____?
a. lan a. digital
b. wan b. hybrid
c. man c. analog
d. bus d. complex
ans= (d) ans= (a)
193. lan stands for______? 200. in which type of computer, data are represented
a. limited area network as discrete signals?
b. logical area network a. analog computer
215. a set of rules for telling the computer what 221. what is the name given to those applications that
operations to perform is called a______? combine text, sound, graphics, motion video, and/or
a. procedural language animation?
b. structures a. motion ware
c. natural language b. unigraphics
d. programming language c. videoscopes
ans= (d) d. multimedia
e. none of these
216. a detailed written description of the programming ans= (d)
cycle and the program, along with the test results and
a printout of the program is called_____? 222. a(n)______language reflects the way people think
a. documentation mathematically.
b. output a. cross-platform programming
c. reporting b. 3gl business programming
d. spec sheets c. event driven programming
ans= (a) d. functional
ans= (d)
217. forms that are used to organize business data into
rows and coloumns are called_____? 223. when entering text within a document, the enter
a. transaction sheets key is normally pressed at the end of every______?
b. registers a. line
c. business forms b. sentence
d. spread sheets c. paragraph
ans= (d) d. word
e. none of these
218. in power point, the header and footer button can ans= (c)
be found on the insert tab in what group?
a. illustrations group 224. which of the following software could assist
b. object group someone who cannot use their hands for computer
c. text group input?
d. tables group a. video conferencing
ans= (c) b. speech recognition
c. audio digitizer
226. microprocessors can be used to make______? 232. the programs which are as permanent as
a. computer hardware and stored in rom is known as_____?
b. digital systems a. hardware
c. calculators b. software
d. all of the above c. firmware
ans= (d) d. rom ware
ans= (c)
227. which statement is valid about computer
program? 233. which of the following memories must be
a. high level languages must be converted into refreshed many times per second?
machine language to execute a. static ram
b. high level language programs are more efficient and b. dynamic ram
faster to execute c. eprom
c. it is more difficult to identify errors in high level d. rom
language program than in low level programs ans= (b)
d. all of above
ans= (a) 234. what do you call the translator which takes
assembly language program as input & produce
228. by programmable machine we mean_____? machine language code as output?
a. computers a. compiler
b. modern television b. interpreter
c. washing machines c. debugger
d. anything that can be set to perform different tasks d. assembler
with suitable programs ans= (d)
ans= (a)
235. serial access memories are useful in applications
229. which of the following is a secondary memory where:
device? a. data consists of numbers
a. keyboard b. short access time is required
b. disk c. each stored word is processed differently
c. alu d. data naturally needs to flow in and out in serial form
d. all of the above ans= (d)
ans= (b)
236. in_______mode, the communication channel is
230. one of the popular mass storage device is cd rom. used in both directions at the same time?
what does cd rom stand for? a. full-duplex
a. compactable read only memory b. simplex
b. compact data read only memory c. half-duplex
c. compactable disk read only memory d. none of the above
d. compact disk read only memory ans= (a)
ans= (d)
237. who invented slide rules?
241. which of the printers used in conjunction with 248. the world wide web was invented by______?
computers uses dry ink powder? a. tim berners-lee
a. daisy wheel printer b. bob kahn
b. line printer c. steve jobs
c. laser printer d. bill gates
d. thermal printer ans= (a)
ans= (c)
249. wifi stands for_____?
242. in which generation computers vacuum tube a. wireless fidelity
were used? b. wireless functioning
a. first generation c. wireless function
b. second generation d. none of the above
c. third generation ans= (a)
d. fourth generation
ans= (a) 250. what is the smallest and largest font size available
in font size tool on formatting toolbar?
243. ic are classified on the basis of_____? a. 6 and 72
a. manufacturing company b. 6 and 68
b. type of computer c. 8 and 72
c. number of transistors d. 7 and 72