First generation computers used ______.

(a)

Vacuum tubes

(b)

Transistors

(c)

Integrated circuits

(d)

Microprocessors

_____ Output device is used for printing building plan, flex board, etc.

(a)

Thermal printer

(b)

Plotter

(c)

Dot matrix

(d)

Inkjet printer

Which generation of computer used IC's

(a)

First

(b)

Second

(c)

Third

(d)

Fourth

Who invented the computer mouse?

(a)

Douglas Engelbart

(b)

Bill English

(c)

Apple Lisa

(d)

Henry Babbage

Which of the following is not a form of parallel computing?

(a)

bit level

(b)

instruction level

(c)

task parallelism

(d)

Robotics

Which of the following mouse type used only infrared led?

(a)

Optical

(b)

Mechanical

(c)

Laser

(d)

All of these

Match the Following

(i)	Used to feed data to the computer	1	ALU
(ii)	Controls the operation of memory Unit	2	Input Unit
(iii)	Computing functions are performed on data	3	Output Unit
(iv)	Controls the flow of data between memory unit and 110 Units.	4	CPU
(v)	Convey information in understandable form	5	Control Unit

(a)

2,4,1,3,5

(b)

1,3,5,2,4

(c)

2,3,1,4,5

(d)

2,4,1,5,3

How many bytes does 1 KiloByte contain?

(a)

1000

(b)

8

(c)

4

(d)

1024

What is the 1's complement of 00100110?

(a)

00100110

(b)

11011001

(c)

11010001

(d)

00101001

NOR is a combination of?

(a)

NOT(OR)

(b)

NOT(AND)

(c)

NOT(NOT)

(d)

NOT(NOR)

Data means ______

(a)

a set of values

(b)

a set of information

(c)

a set of records

(d)

a set of files

How many ways are there to represent signed binary number?

(a)

2

(b)

4

(c)

1

(d)

6

In binary numbers, the signed negative number has a prefix?

(a)

-

(b)

0

(c)

1

(d)

2

Entire Tamil alphabets handled by the coding schemes....

(a)

EBCDIC

(b)

ASCII

(c)

ISCII

(d)

TSCII

How many parameters are considered to find the magnitude of a number?

(a)

3

(b)

4

(c)

2

(d)

5

Which of the following is said to be the brain of a computer?

(a)

Input devices

(b)

Output devices

(c)

Memory device

(d)

Microprocessor

How many bits constitute a word?

(a)

8

(b)

16

(c)

32

(d)

determined by the processor used.

Display devices are connected to the computer through.

(a)

USB port

(b)

Ps/2 port

(c)

SCSI port

(d)

VGA connector

Which of the following performs all tasks in the computer?

(a)

Chips

(b)

Bus

(c)

CPU

(d)

I/O devices

How many types of Microprocessors are there?

(a)

2

(b)

4

(c)

3

(d)

8

How many types of Microprocessor are there based on Instruction set?

(a)

8

(b)

16

(c)

4

(d)

2

Which of the following is not an example of CISC processor?

(a)

Pentium IV

(b)

Pentium I

(c)

Pentium II 

(d)

Pentium III

Which of the following is an important consideration while categorizing microprocessors?

(a)

Registers

(b)

Pins

(c)

Instruction Set

(d)

Program Counter

Which of the following Operating systems support Mobile Devices?

(a)

Windows 7

(b)

Linux

(c)

BOSS

(d)

iOS

Interactive Operating System provides

(a)

Graphics User Interface (GUI)

(b)

Data Distribution

(c)

Security Management

(d)

Real Time Processing

An example for single task operating system is

(a)

Linux

(b)

Windows

(c)

MS-DOS

(d)

Unix

Multiprocessor operating system is also called _____processing.

(a)

Multiuser

(b)

Real time

(c)

Parallel

(d)

Time sharing

Which of the following techniques are used in Time sharing OS?

(a)

Primary memory

(b)

Virtual memory

(c)

Vector memory

(d)

Flash memory

Interactive operating system is a____

(a)

GUI

(b)

CUI

(c)

UI

(d)

OS

What is the meaning of "Hibernate" in Windows XP/Windows 7?

(a)

Restart the Computer in safe mode

(b)

Restart the Computer in hibernate mode

(c)

Shutdown the Computer terminating all the running applications

(d)

Shutdown the Computer without closing the running applications

Identify the default email client in Ubuntu?

(a)

Thunderbird

(b)

Firefox

(c)

Internet Explorer

(d)

Chrome

Which is the default browser for Ubuntu?

(a)

Firefox

(b)

Internet Explorer

(c)

Chrome

(d)

Thunderbird

Where will you select the option to log out suspend, restart, or shut down from the desktop of Ubuntu OS?

(a)

Session Indicator

(b)

Launcher

(c)

Files

(d)

Search

Which Windows versions introduced multiple desktop?

(a)

8

(b)

7

(c)

10

(d)

XP

Which key display the Windows desktop?

(a)

winkey + E

(b)

winkey + D

(c)

winkey + C

(d)

winkey + T

The organized file structure is referred to ______

(a)

Multilevel directory system

(b)

Hierarchical directory system

(c)

Multitasking directory system

(d)

(a) or (b)

Which wildcard character used to substitute for a single character in a file name?

(a)

*

(b)

@

(c)

?

(d)

%

Which icon on the desktop allows to explore and manage the contents of the computer drive?

(a)

My computer

(b)

Computer

(c)

This PC

(d)

All of these

Which is the section of document that appears in the top margin

(a)

Head area

(b)

Foot area

(c)

Header

(d)

Footer

Which button selects all instances of the search text in the document?

(a)

Find

(b)

Find All

(c)

Replace

(d)

replace All

Shortcut key for Undo is

(a)

Ctrl + E

(b)

Ctrl + U

(c)

Ctrl + Z

(d)

Ctrl + n

Which option helps to assign text, tables, graphics and other items to a key or key combination?

(a)

Autoformat

(b)

Automatic

(c)

Auto text

(d)

Autographics

Which command on the insert menu is used to insert a page break in the document?

(a)

Manual Break

(b)

Hard page break

(c)

Section break

(d)

Page Break

What is the short cut key to open the insert table dialog box?

(a)

Ctrl + F5

(b)

Ctrl + F8

(c)

Ctrl + F10

(d)

Ctrl + F12

Which icon on the drawing toolbar gets you a text box?

(a)

Text icon

(b)

Text box icon

(c)

Draw icon

(d)

Draw box icon

To send a document to a number of people whose details are stored in the table. Which feature would you use to send the document to all the people?

(a)

Turn on the Online Collaboration feature

(b)

Turn on the Track Changes feature

(c)

Use the Mail Merge feature

(d)

Enabling Hyperlink

A ______ is a database containing the name and address or records of other information from which a mailing list may be desired.

(a)

data source

(b)

Word Processor

(c)

Text File

(d)

Page Layout

A ______ is a computer application that is used to create, edit, and organize a document.

(a)

Word processor

(b)

Spreadsheet

(c)

Presentation

(d)

Database

Which menu option of the menu bar is used to Mail Merge a document?

(a)

View

(b)

Format

(c)

Table

(d)

Tools

Which among the following list of files cannot be used as an Address List in Mail Merge?

(a)

OpenOffice Calc

(b)

Microsoft Excel

(c)

OpenOffice Base

(d)

OpenOffice Impress