Theory mcq

Question 1

Identify the list that is arranged starting from the BEST TO WORST print quality

(A) Laser, dot matrix, inkjet
(B) Inkjet, dot matrix, laser
(C) Laser, inkjet, dot matrix
(D) Dot matrix, ink jet, laser

Answer 1

C

Laser, inkjet, dot matrix

Question 2

Resolution determines the clarity of the image displayed on a monitor. The term resolution refers to the number of pixels

(A) present horizontally on the screen
(B) present vertically on the screen
(C) present in a unit area of the screen
(D) that makes up the colour

Answer 2

C

present in a unit area of the screen

Question 3

Google is an example of 
(A) the Internet Explorer
(B) a web browser 
(C) a search engine 
(D) the World Wide Web

Answer 3

C

search engine

Question 4

Google Chrome is an example of 
(A) the Internet Explorer
(B) a web browser 
(C) a search engine 
(D) the World Wide Web

Answer 4

(B) a web browser

Question 5

Bing, Yahoo and Ask are examples of 
(A) the Internet Explorer
(B) a web browser 
(C) a search engine 
(D) the World Wide Web

Answer 5

(C) a search engine

Question 6

Edge, Safari and firefox are examples of 
(A) the Internet Explorer
(B) a web browser 
(C) a search engine 
(D) the World Wide Web

Answer 6

(B) a web browser

Question 7

An application in which scanners are are commonly used
(A) publishing
(B) billing 
(C) printing reports 
(D) cheque processing

Answer 7

(D) cheque processing

use Magnetic Ink Character reader (MICR)

Question 8

A new employee at a financial company has been asked to set a password on her computer. She has tried setting the password on several occasions but gets an error message which says “password not effective”. The problem can be corrected by entering a new password that is

(A) made up of several numbers
(B) a relative’s name
(C) composed of at least six uppercase characters
(D) a mixture of mixed case and alphanumeric characters

Answer 8

(D) a mixture of mixed case and alphanumeric characters

-letters, numbers and characters

Question 9

Transferring data from a remote computer/server to your computer is referred to as 
(A) uploading 
(B) browsing
(C) downloading
(D) data mining

Answer 9

(C) downloading

Question 10

Transferring data from  your computer to a remote computer is referred to as 
(A) uploading 
(B) browsing
(C) downloading
(D) data mining

Answer 10

(A) uploading

Question 11

In the URL http://www.shoes.com 'shoes.com' stands for the 
(A) extension
(B) company name 
(C) domain name
(D) internet company

Answer 11

(C) domain name

Question 12

Scrambling of messages at the sending end and unscrambling them at the receiving end is called 
(A) espionage
(B) encryption
(C) coding
(D) eavesdropping

Answer 12

(B) encryption

Question 13

The acronym 'HTTTP' stands for 
(A) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
(B) Hyper Text Transmission Protocol
(C) Higher Text Transmission Protocol
(D) Higher Text Transfer Protocol

Answer 13

(A) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

Question 14

Which of the following is NEITHER a validation NOR a verification check?
(A) Storage media check
(B) Inconsistency check
(C) Data-type check
(D) Range check

Answer 14

(A) Storage media check

Question 15

Advantages of information processing include
(A) retraining of staff
(B) less human intervention
(C) increasing the amount of equipment needed
(D) reduction of face-to-face interaction

Answer 15

(B) less human intervention

Question 16

A customer receives a water bill. He tears off the printed section of the bill and return the section to be written to their payment company. The document is BEST described as 
(A) automated document
(B) turn around document
(C) source document 
(D) transaction document

Answer 16

(B) turn around document