500 Computer Mcqs by Nursing Tutor
500 Computer Mcqs by Nursing Tutor
4. Screen/Monitor is a ________device?
a) Input
b) Polarised
c) Input/output
d) Output
73. If we need to write an application on 79. Which is the most effective source of
urgent piece of work then which virus to your PC?
application software will beused? (a) Head phone
(a) MS Excel (b) Charger
(b) MS Word (c) USB
(c) Notepad (d) DVD
(d) All of the above
80. Ctrl + X is used to
74. Which one is a search engine _____________________
(a) www.nwihs.edu.pk (a) Cut
(b) www.facebook.com (b) Paste (c) Undo
(c) www.google.com (d) Redo
(d) www.doctor.com
81. www stands for ___________________
75. Mouse controls the movement of (a) world word web
_____________________ (b) world wide web
(a) Cursor (c) world wild web
(d) none of the above (b) Input device
(c) Scanner
82. Scanner is ____________________ (d) Printer
device.
(a) Out put (b) Storage 88. 2 × 3 table means ___________________
(c) Input (a) 3 columns and 2 rows
(d) All of the above (b) 2 columns and 3 rows
(c) 2 rows and 3 columns
83. Command to print a document is (d) 3 rows and 2 columns
_________________
(a) Ctrl + O 89. To install the printer and scanner on the
(b) Ctrl + P computer we
(c) Ctrl + J need_________________________
None of the above (a) Network
84. A key on the keyboard that helps in (b) Device driver
switching the letter case e.g “a” to “A” (c) Internet
and vice versa. (a) Tab
(d) None of the above
(b) Ctrl
(c) Shift 90. Ctrl + enter command is used to
(d) None of the above ________________________
(a) Clear the page
85. Which application is usually used in (b) Hide the ribbon
accounting?
(c) Page break
(a) Power point
(d) None of the above
(b) MS Excel
(c) Photoshop
(d) MS Word
c. .pptx
96. What key is pressed to
put the cursor to next d. .docx
line?
3. Function key for 7. Ctrl +Z is shortcut of
renaming a file.
a. Re-do
a. F7
b. Undo
b. F2
c. Quit
c. F6
d. Delete
d. F5
a. Shift + F1 a. Home
b. Ctrl + F1 b. Layout
c. Alt + F1 c. Insert
d. ESC + F1 d. View
a. On first page
b. On last page
c. On every page
d. On alternate
page
10. In MS word border d. To save
option is available
in 14. Ctrl + V
a. Home a. To paste
b. View b. To copy
To delete
c. Page layout
None of
d. Insert
the above
15. Title bar show
d. Shows word
12. Crtl + D is used for count
a. Open Deal
box
16. Ctrl + C
b. Font dialog
a. To paste
box
b. To copy
c. Save as
dialog box c. To delete
d. Save dialog d. All of the
box above
c. Spreadsheet
18. Which one of
below is browser? d. None of the
above
a. Google
chrome
c. Internet a. To print
explorer b. To delete
d. All of given c. Select all
19. Which one of d. None of
below is operating above
system?
a. Windows XP
23. Scanner is
b. Windows 8
a. Input device
c. Windows 7
b. Output
All of the device
given
c. Processing
20. Which application
device
is used for
presentation? d. Storage
device
a. MS word
24. Ctrl + B
b. MS excel
a. Underline
c. Power point
the text
d. All of the
b. Bold the
given
text
Italicized
21. Which one of given the text
below is search Highlight
engine? the text
25. Which software is d. Hard Disk
used for
accounting? 29. In computer
keyboard is used
a. Power point for.
b. MS word a. Screen
c. Paint b. Charging
d. MS Excel c. Output
Input
d. Enter
a. Enter
b. Backspace
c. End
d. Shift
a. Font
b. Styles
Paragraph
Editing
35. Ctrl + J (Justify) is in which group? c. French
a. Font d. Arabic
c. Simur Cray
a. Email address
b. Merging
42. Who is the father of Internet ?
c. Wrapping
a. Chares Babbage
d. All of the above
b. Vint Cerf
c. Denis Riche
38. Dividing a cell into 2 in MS Excel is called?
d. Martin Cooper
a. Splitting
b. Merging
43. If a computer has more than one
c. Wrapping processor then it is known as__________?
d. All of the above a. Uni-process
b. Multiprocessor
39. The term ‘Computer’ is derived
c. Multi-threaded
from__________?
d. Multi-programming
a. Latin
b. German
b. Graphical User Interface
c. Multitasking
a. Keyboard
b. Scanner
48. Which technology is used in compact
c. OMR
disks?
d. None of these
a. Mechanical
b. Electrical
45. WWW stands for___________?
c. Electro Magnetic
a. World Whole Web
d. Laser
b. Wide World Web
b. 1032 megabytes
46. A collection of system programs that
c. 1024 kilobytes
controls and co-ordinates the overall
operations of a computer system is d. 1024 megabytes
called____________?
a. System software
50. The brain of any computer system
b. Operating system is___________?
c. CPU
47. What type of operating system MS DOS d. Control unit
is?
b. Digital computer
d. Augusta Adaming
b. Language translator
61. _________ is called the father of modern
digital computer? c. Platform
b. Blaise Pascal
65. The first computers were programmed
c. Charles Babbage
using___________?
d. J.H Muller
a. Assembly language
b. Machine language
c. Source code
d. Object code
a. Allen Turing
a. folders
b. indexes
66. __________is a combination of hardware
and software that facilitates the sharing of c. lists
information between computing devices.
b. Passwords
c. Security commands
d. Code words
c. single space
d. All of these
81. What type of computers are client
c. Disk memory
92. Who is the father of Computer science?
d. Programmed memory
a. Allen Turing
b. Charles Babbage
88. __________represents raw facts, where-
as_________is data made meaningful? c. Simur Cray
b. Data, information
93. Who is the father of personal computer?
c. Information, bits
a. Edward Robert
d. Records, bytes
b. Allen Turing
b. Wireless functioning
94. A CPU contains
c. Wireless function
a. a card reader and a printing
d. None of the above
device
Augusta Adaming
b. Speakers
Keyboards
96. Which device is required for the Internet
connection?
a. Joystick
b. Modem Part 3
c. CD Drive 1. VGA is____________?
5. _________ is called the father of modern 9. The first computers were programmed
digital computer? using___________?
d. Digital device
7. A CPU contains___________?
a. a card reader and a printing device 11. Coded entries which are used to gain
b. an analytical engine and a control access to a computer system are
unit
called__________? a. Entry codes
c. a control unit and an arithmetic
logic unit b. Passwords
a. 1.40 MB
b. Speakers
b. Modem
b. Mini-computer
c. Microcomputer
22. CAD stands for_________?
d. PDA
a. Computer aided design
b. Loader
23. Junk e-mail is also called_________? Operating System
a. spam Assembler
b. line spacing
24. Which statement describe “Hackers”?
c. single space
a. all have the same motive
d. vertical spacing
b. break into other people’s
computers
28. Example of non-numeric data
c. may legally break into computers is_________?
as long as they do not do any
damage a. Employee address
d. All of these
Simur Cray
b. Secondary memory
Augusta Adaming
c. Disk memory
36. Who is the father of Computer science?
d. Programme memory
a. Allen Turing
b. Charles Babbage
32. __________represents raw facts, where-
as_________is data made meaningful? c. Simur Cray
a. Information, reporting d. Augusta Adaming
b. Data, information
A. downloading
C. download software’s
a. Homepage
b. Index
c. JAVA script
58. In computer terminology IME stands for
d. Bookmark
A. Infinite Memory Engine
63. DOS stands for
B. Input Method Editor
a. Disk Operating System
C. Inside MicroSoft Excel
b. Disk operating session
D. Immedia
c. Digital Operating System
d. none of these
60. CAD stands for
d. Printer
61. Junk e-mail is also called
a. spam
66. provides process and memory c. Programming language
management services that allow two or
more tasks, jobs, or programs to run d. Software
simultaneously
d. Mini
a. Micro
b. keyboard d. Mini
b. Output device
b. Output device
74. _______ computers are also called B) 1990
personal computers
C) 1944
A) Mainframe Computer
D) None of above
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
79. Which of the following memory medium
D) Super Computers is not used as mainmemory system?
A) Magnetic core
C) plotter
77. Modern Computers are very reliable but 81. Which one is the largest space?
they are not
A) kilobyte
A) Fast
B) petabyte
B) Powerful
C) terabyte
C) Infallible
D) gigabyte
D) Cheap
78. When was the first electro-mechanical 82. The brain of any computer system is
computer developed?
A) Control Unit
A) 1880
B) Arithmetic Logic Unit
C) Central Processing Unit A) System Software
C) Utilities
B) Electrical pulses but not 4. The advantage of COM are its __ and __
continuous
A) Compact size; speed readability
C) Magnetic strength
B) Compact size, speed
D) None of the above
C) Readability; speed
Part 4
1. What does DMA stand for? 5. The BIOS is the abbreviation of
________.
A) Distinct Memory Access
A) Basic Input Output System
B) Direct Memory Access
B) Best Input Output System
C) Direct Module Access
C) Basic Input Output Symbol
D) Direct Memory Allocation
D) Base Input Output System
7. IBM 1401 is
D) None of above
9. Floppy disks typically in diameter 13. What was the main disadvantage of
vacuum tubes?
A) 3
A) They were larger in size
B) 5.25
B) They consumed a lot of
C) 8 electricity
D) Super Computers
11. On a PC, how much memory is
available to application software?
15. Which of the following are the best
A) 1024 KB units of data on an external storage
device?
B) 760 KB
A) Bits
C) 640 KB
B) Bytes
D) 560 KB
C) Hertz
D) Clock cycles
C) 4 pair
A) IBM
20. Which of the following is not a valid
B) Apple
size of a Floppy Disk? A) 8?
C) Compaq
B) 5 ¼
D) HCL
C) 3 ½
D) 5 ½
A) Abacus
A) 4 bits
A) Dynamic C) 16 bits
B) Static D) 64 bits
C) Bubble
A) John Bardeen
Output
All of above
27. What produces useful information
out of data?
31. IBM System/360 is A) Mainframe
Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) None of above
35. ABC is a
C) ALU
36. The computer code for the
D) Modem
interchange of information between
terminals is
C) magnetic drum
34. Regarding data, computers are very
good at D) RAM
A) Store
D) None of above
Duplicating ROM
D) 8 byte
42. Primary memory stores A) Data
alone
46. 1 nibble equals to 51. Which of the following is a read only
memory storage device?
A) 1 bits
A) Floppy Disk
B) 2 bits
B) CD-ROM
C) 4 bits
C) Hard Disk
D) 8 bits
D) None of these
C) Both of above
48. Bit stands for A) Binary digits
D) None of above
49. Perforated paper used as input of
output media is known as
53. Digital devices are A) Digital Clock
A) paper tapes
B) Automobile speed meter
B) magnetic tape
C) Clock with a dial and two
C) punched papers tape hands
D) card punch All of them
D) Microprocessor
55. The term ‘computer’ is derived from
A) Greek language
B) Sanskrit language C) Latin D) All of the above
language
B) EBCDIC
60. The computer size was very large in
C) BCD
A) First Generation
D) All of above
B) Second Generation
B) It is very slow
61. Which unit holds data temporarily?
C) The output is of a lower
quality A) Input unit
D) None of the above B) Secondary storage unit
C) Output Unit
D) Plotter
69. One of the popular mass storage
device is CD ROM. What does CD
ROM stand for?
65. Microprocessors can be used to
make A) Compactable Read Only
Memory
A) Computer
B) Compact Data Read Only
B) Digital systems Memory
C) Calculators C) Compactable Disk Read
D) All of the above Only Memory
B) Disk A) Accumulator
D) Memory
D) All of the above
D) none of above
72. Memory unit is one part of
A) Input device
76. Memory is made up of
B) Control unit
A) Set of wires
C) Output device
B) Set of circuits
Central Processing Unit
C) Large number
73. ASCII stands for
C) Carbon layer
78. Which of the following is the most
powerful computers?
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Laser printer
83. Second generation computers were
D) Thermal printer developed during
A) 1949 to 1955
D) All of the above 84. When was the company named IBM?
A) 1914
81. An application program that helps the B) 1924
user to change any number and
immediately see the result of that change C) 1975
is
D) None of above
A) Desktop publishing program
B) Flash Disks
C) Blu-Ray Disks 90. In order to play and hear sound on a
computer, one needs:
D) DVDs
A) a sound card and speakers
B) a microphone
86. Mostly which of the following device is
used to carry user files? C) all of them required
B) Hard Disk
A) Bits
88. Mostly which of the following device is
B) Bytes
used to carry user files?
C) Hertz
A) Floppy Disk
D) Clock cycles
B) Hard Disk
C) RAM
93. Which of the following have the fastest
D) CDROM access time?
A) Semiconductor Memories
89. Which device is used to backup the data?
B) Magnetic Disks
A) Floppy Disk
C) Magnetic Tapes
B) Tape
D) Compact Disks
C) Network Drive.
C) MS-Excel A) ANSI
D) Netscape B) ASCII
C) EBCDIC
D) ISO
1. A Pixel is ………
97. What is an interpreter?
A. A computer program that draws
A) An interpreter does the conversion
picture
line by line as the program is run
B. A picture stored in secondary
memory 5. Which of the following is not an output
device?
C. The smallest resolvable part of a
picture A. Scanner
C. Flat Screen
C. Tape Drive
3. Which number system is usually followed
in a typical 32-bit computer? D. CDROM
A. 2
C. Electro Magnetic
4. Which number system is usually followed
in a typical 32-bit computer? D. Laser
A. Binary
C. Compact Disk
A. Abacus
B. Clock
C. Difference Engine
9. Which of the following is the largest
manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives? D. None of these
A. IBM
B. Seagate
C. Microsoft
D. 3M
A. Hardware
B. Software
C. Firmware
A. Input device
B. Control unit
C. Output device
B. John Mauchly
C. Blaise Pascal
D. Howard Aiken
Punched cards were first introduced by A. Joystick
E. Powers Modem
F. Pascal CD Drive
Memory Access
A. 1416
A. Pixel C. 1641
C. Pointing device
A. 680 KB
16. Operating system, editors, and
debuggers comes under? B. 680 Bytes
C. Utilities
Bio Chips
28. Through which device the main
24. The Third Generation Computer was components of the computer
made with …………. communicate with each other.
A. Vacuum Tube A. Keyboard
B. Discrete Components System Bus
C. IC Monitor
A. Cell
B. Element
C. Pixel
D. Bit
29. Which is a valid program to access the Outlook Express
Internet?
NetMeeting
A. Access
FrontPage
B. Front Page
C. Windows Explorer
34. Modulator-demodulator is a device that
D. Netscape converts:
30. Which one is the Low Level Language? B. Analog signal into digital signal
C. Java
A. 1 KB = 8 bytes
33. Which program can be used for email? B. 1 MB = 8 KB
A. Internet Explorer C. 1 KB = 1024 bytes
D. 1 MB = 1024 bytes 42. What type of printers are Dot Matrix
Printers?
A. Laser
38. Which device is used to process data?
B. Inkjet
A. CPU RAM
C. Impact D. Drum
DCU
VDU
A. Charles Babbage
B. Howard Aiken
D. Blaise Pascal
A. 360KB
B. 720KB
C. 1.2MB
D. 1.44MB
A. Super
B. Main Frame
C. Mini
D. Micro
43. What is the full form of RAM?
4. Where is RAM located ?
A. Read Access Memory
1. Expansion Board
B. Random Access Memory
2. External Drive
C. Rapid access Memory
3. Mother Board
D. None
4. All of above
1. Decimal
2. Binary 13. What is full form of GUI in terms of
computers ?
3. HexaDecimal
1. Graphical user Instrument
4. Octal
9. Technology used to provide internet by 2. Graphical unified Interface
transmitting data over wires of telephone
3. Graphical unified Instrument
network is ?
4. Graphical user Interface
1. Transmitter
14. What is full form of ALU ?
2. Diodes
1. Arithmetic logic unit
3. HHL
2. Allowed logic unit
4. DSL
3. Ascii logic unit
10. Which level language is Assembly
4. Arithmetic least unit
Language ?
15. Who was the Founder of Bluetooth ?
1. high-level programming language
1. Ericson
2. medium-level programming language
2. Martin Cooper
3. low-level programming language
3. Steve Jobs
4. machine language
4. Apple
1. Malware
3. Cache
19. What is the name of first super computer
4. Any of above
of India ?
24. Which among following is odd ?
1. Saga 220
1. CD/DVD
2. PARAM 8000
2. Floopy Disks
3. ENIAC
3. SD Disk
4. PARAM 6000
4. BIOS
20. Which is most common language used in
25. Which operations are performed by RAM ?
web designing ?
1. Read
1. C
2. Write
2. C++
3. Read and Write
3. PHP
4. Depends on computer
4. HTML
2. POST 2. Diodes
4. RIP 4. Transistors
29. ROM is non volatile. 34. MPG is an file extension of which type of
files ?
1. TRUE
1. Audio
2. FALSE
2. Image
3. Video
30. Random Access Memory (RAM) is which
storage of device ? 4. Flash
1. Primay
1. TRUE
36. Which component of computer is also
2. FALSE considered as it Heart ?
1. Monitor
32. What is full form CMOS ? 2. Keyboard
1. Content Metal Oxide Semiconductor 3. Scanner
2. Complementary Semiconductor Metal Oxide 4. Microprocessor
3. Complementary Metal Oxygen
Semiconductor
37. What is used to make computer chips ?
1. Copper 42. An electronic path, that sends signals from
one part of computer to another is ?
2. Steel
1. Logic Gate
3. Silicon
2. Modem
4. Iron
3. Bus
4. Serial Port
38. Where BIOS is stored ?
1. Hard Disk
2. RAM
43. Which is odd one ?
3. Flash Memory Chip
1. Inkjet Printers
4. Any of above
2. CRT
39. What is full form of EXIF ?
3. Laser Printers
1. Exchangeable Image Fine Finish
4. Dot Matrix Printers
2. Exchangeable Image File Format
1. USB
40. BIOS is used for ?
2. Scanner
1. Updating system information on network
3. Printer
2. Loading operating system
4. Modem
3. It helps in routing
2. 8 bit
41. 1 Mega Byte is equal to
3. 16 bit
1. 1024 Bytes
4. 32 bit
2. 1024 Kilo Bytes
n
51. A wireless technology built in electronic
Fra
gadgets used for exchanging data over short
mes distances is ?
2. Wifi
2. System Software
3. Application Software
4. Telex
53. Which is responsible for communication
between Memory and ALU
49. Microsoft office is type of ?
1. Keyboard
1. System software
2. RAM
2. Application software
3. Control unit 4. 16 bits
4. USB
1. Multiprocessing 2. 8 bits
2. Multitasking 3. 12 bits
3. Timesharing 4. 16 bits
1. Second generation
2. Third generation
3. Fourth generation
4. Microsoft office
63. What is meaning of OMR ?
4. SMPS
64. What can be considered as basic building
blocks of a digital circuit ?
4. Hard Disk
65. Which function key is used to check
spellings ?
72. What is full form of RAM ? 77. What is full form of CAM ?
73. What is full form of TIFF ? 78. Which term is related to database ?
1. 1970 1. CPU
2. Monitor 2. Vint Cerf
82. Data stored in ROM is not permanent ? 87. What is full form of HTTP ?
83. Which among following is odd one ? 4. Hexagonal Text Transfer Prototype
1. RAM
3. ppt
4. lib
84. Which operating system is developed by
Apple ? 89. An Assembler is used to translate a
program written in ?
1. Linux
1. Low-Level Language
2. Window
2. Machine Language
3. Mac OS
3. Assembly Language
4. DOS
4. High-Level language
1. John McCarthy
91. What is the name of a device that converts
digital signals to analog signals
1. Router
2. Switch
3. Modem
4. None of above
1. Super Computer
2. Iframes
3. Mega Frame
4. Super Access