Top 150+ Solved Computer Awareness MCQ Questions Answer
Q. A protocol that specifies how a personal computer can connect to a mail server on the Internet and download E-mail is known as
a. Post office protocol
b. System protocol
c. Network protocol
d. None of these
Q. A unit of a computer system that interpretsinstructions and executes them is known as
a. Processor
b. Storage
c. Peripherals
d. None of these
Q. A register in CPU used to store the address of the next instruction to be executed is known as
a. Program counter
b. Program library
c. Programmer
d. None of these
Q. One who designs, writes, tests and maintenance computer programs is called
a. Programmer
b. Operator
c. User
d. None of these
Q. Which of the following terms applies to communication between two computer systems?
a. computer literacy
b. power supply
c. applications software
d. connectivity
Q. A memory in CPU that holds program instructions, input data, intermediate results and the output information produced during processing is
a. Secondary memory
b. Primary memory
c. Auxiliary memory
d. None of these
Q. A collection of complete programs, subroutines, and program modules that have already been developed, tested and documented to be used by programming projects.
a. Program counter
b. Program library
c. Programmer
d. None of these
Q. The following typically happens in the output phase of a computer based information system
a. Data is put into the computer for processing
b. Information is produced in hardcopy / softcopy form
c. Mathematical calculations are performed
d. All of the above.
Q. Which of the following best describes a computer-based information system?
a. system where computer is used to turn data into information
b. inputting data
c. processing data
d. data is put into the computer for processing
Q. The following piece of hardware is used asinput phase of a computer-based information system
a. Printer
b. Diskette
c. Monitor
d. Keyboard
Q. Software instructions intended to satisfy a user specific processing needs are called
a. systems software
b. microcomputer
c. documentation
d. applications software
Q. Following is true for the digital computer
a. Information is in form of a string of binary digits
b. It can be used as analog processor
c. It is less accurate than the analog computer
d. None of these.
Q. Comparing with secondary storage, primary storage is
a. slow and inexpensive
b. fast and inexpensive
c. fast and expensive
d. slow and expensive