Quest for Clerk Mains: Computer Quiz

1. What are the two examples of freeware?

a. WinZip and Linux

b. Shareware and file sharing

c. Microsoft Word and the Google toolbar

d. Instant messaging and the Google toolbar

e. Microsoft Power Point and Microsoft Excel

2. What is e-commerce?

a. Buying and selling of international goods

b. Buying and selling of products and services over the Internet

c. Buying and selling of products and services not found in stores

d. Buying and selling of products having to do with computers

e. Buying and selling of electronic goods

3. What are the four things required to connect to the Internet?

a. Telephone line, Modem, Computer and an ISP

b. Modem, Computer, PDA and ISP

c. Telephone line, PDA, Modem and Computer

d. Computer, ISP, Modem and Communication software

e. Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse and Modem

4. To reload a Web page, press the _______ button.

a. Redo

b. Reload

c. Restore

d. Ctrl

e. Refresh

5. ________ is collection of web-pages and ________ is the very first page that we see on opening of a web-site.

a. Home-page, Web-page

b. Web-site, Home-page

c. Web-page, Home-page

d. Web-page, Web-site

e. None of these

6. A device operating at the physical layer is called a

a. Bridge

b. Router

c. Repeater

d. All the above

e. None of these

7. Encryption and decryption are functions of

a. transport layer

b. session layer

c. presentation layer

d. All the above

e. None of these

8. Which of the following computer languages is a mathematically oriented languages used for scientific problems?

a. FORTRAN

b. COBOL

c. LISP

d. PROLOG

e. APPLE

9. Network components are connected to the same cable in the ________ topology.

a. star

b. ring

c. bus

d. mesh

e. mixed

10. Computers that are portable and convenient for users who travel are known as ________.

a. super computers

b. laptops

c. minicomputers

d. file servers

e. None of these

Answers:


1. (b)
2. (b)
3. (d)
4. (e)
5. (b)
6. (c)
7. (b)
8. (a)
9. (c)
10. (b)