Chapter 1
1. Which one is wrong for
computers?
a. Computers don’t forget.
b. Computers are fast
machines.
c. Computers are electronic
machines.
d. Computers can think like
human beings.
e. Computers are
programmable.
2. Which one is different from the
others?
a. Mainframe computers
b. Minicomputers
c. Microcomputers
d. Supercomputers
e. GameBox
3. Which one is not a main periods
in the history of computers?
a. Vacuum tubes
b. Transistors
c. Notebooks
d. Integrated circuits
e. Personal computers
4. When did Apple introduced the
first Macintosh?
a. 1964
b. 1971
c. 1981
d. 1984
e. 1990
5. Which statement is incorrect?
a. Mistakes made by
computers have caused big
losses in space work.
b. Multimedia computers
are special computers for
storing account information
and performing banking
operations.
c. The Human Genome
Project is an important
research project that is
using computers to develop
a map of the human
genome.
d. Preparing books,
newsletters, and magazines
has become easier with
computers.
e. Computers are the excellent
for storaging of patientrelated
data in medicine.
6. Convert 100012 binary number
to its decimal equivalent
a. 1110
b. 1710
c. 4510
d. 12710
e. 123710
7. Convert 102310 decimal
number
to its binary equivalent
a. 11110111112
b. 10101010102
c. 11111111112
d. 10000111102
e. 10000111112
8. Which statement is incorrect?
a. The keeping your PC cool
will help ensure that your
files are located at the right
place on the hard drive.
b. You should always
make sure that you keep
your computer in a well
ventilated area.
c. You should run the Disk
Cleanup utility once in a
while to clean things up.
d. Computers are notorious for
accumulating dust.
e. Computers are vulnerable to
viruses
9. Every ………………….. minutes,
look at an object that is far
away, to avoid hurting your
eyes with too much close work.
a. 10 or 15
b. 15 or 20
c. 20 or 30
d. 30 or 60
e. 60 or 90
10. Which statement is incorrect??
a. Your computer should have
enough memory to run your
applications.
b. Find a monitor size to suit
your needs. If you want
to do multimedia design,
you might prefer a smaller
screen.
c. Your hard disk should be
big enough to store all your
programs, documents,
pictures, music, and
movies.
d. If you want to listen to
music, watch movies, play
games, or make your own
music or movie, you will
need a high quality sound
and video cards, and
speakers.
e. A UPS protects the data on
the computer from being
lost if the power goes out.
Chapter 2
1. What is the name of the
hardware
used to take current from the
electricity supply and convert
it according to computer parts’
need?
a. Receive
b. Converter
c. PSU (Power Supply Unit)
d. UPS
e. Main board
2. The BIOS is actually a type of
__________________ memory.
a. RAM
b. ROM
c. Virtual
d. Static
e. Temporary
3. ___________ bus is a high
speed
bus generally used to describe
the data path between the CPU
and memory.
a. Universal Serial Bus
(USB)
b. Back Side Bus (BSB)
c. Firewire
d. Front Side (System) Bus
(FSB)
e. Power Bus
4. PCI buses, USB ports, and
IDE or SATA disc connections
connect to the
_________________
on a motherboard.
a. Southbridge Chipset
b. Northbridge Chipset
c. BIOS
d. ISA Slots
e. AGP Chipset
5. Which of the following
peripheral
connection ports is the best
option for reaching the highest
data transfer rate?
a. Parallel Port
b. RS 232
c. USB 1.1
d. USB 2.0
e. USB 3.0
6. Jonah wants to buy a computer
that has 8GB of RAM. To use that
much RAM in his computer, how
many bit CPU does he need?
a. 4 bit
b. 8 bit
c. 16 bit
d. 32 bit
e. 64 bit
8. Which of the following is the full
name for PC1066 RDRAM?
a. Rambus Dynamic RAM at
1000 Mhz Speed
b. Rambus Double RAM at
1066 Mhz Speed
c. Rambus Data RAM at 966
Mhz Speed
d. Rambus Dynamic RAM at
800 Mhz Speed
e. Rambus Dynamic RAM at
1066 Mhz Speed
9. To install an internal sound card
or TV card in your PC, you must
have ______________________.
a. a free PCI expansion slot
b. a free AGP expansion
slot
c. a free RS232 port
d. a free LPT port
e. a free AMR slot
10. A computer can only
understand
binary codes such as 01110011.
To connect to the Internet, you
have to use analog telephone
signals to connected to ISP.
Which of the following devices
is used to convert the analog
signal into a digital signal?
a. Network interface card (NIC)
b. Modem (modulator/
demodulator)
c. Sound card
d. Graphic card
e. Wireless ethernet card
11. Ruya’s teacher gave her a
printed full page text and asked
her to scan it and change some
of the text. Because she doesn’t
have the softcopy of the printed
text, she would like to scan the
text and edit it on the computer.
To perform this task, what
operation must she perform
after the scanning process, to
create an editable text file?
a. CAD (computer aided
design)
b. DTP (desktop publishing)
c. OCR (optical character
recognition)
d. Word processing
e. Vector drawing design
12. What two devices do you need
to record your voice into the
computer?
a. Speaker - modem
b. Speaker - graphics card
c. Microphone – sound card
d. Microphone – TV card
e. Speaker - microphone
13. Which of the following cannot
be
performed with a mouse?
a. Click – right click
b. Scroll
c. Drag and drop
d. Double click
e. Fast typing
14. You need to print 1500 pages
of
black and white printout for one
of your projects. Which type of
printer do you use to print them
quicker and cheaper?
a. Desk jet printer
b. Plotter
c. Mono laser printer
d. Dot matrix printer
e. Color laser printer
15. Which of the following is not a
type of magnetic storage device?
a. Hard disk drive (HDD)
b. Blu ray disk
c. Tape
d. Floppy disk
e. Zip disk
16. Which of the following is the
correct order for parts of a hard
drive according to size of data
they can hold?
a. Platter > Track > Cluster >
Sector
b. Cluster > Platter > Sector >
Track
c. Platter > Sector > Track >
Cluster
d. Track >Platter > Cluster >
Sector
e. Platter > Track > Sector >
Cluster
17. Which of the following is the
most common file system
used in MS Windows Vista and
Windows 7 Operating System?
a. FAT 16
b. FAT 32
c. NTFS
d. ext2
e. ext3
18. You need to transfer several
files
of about 4 GB each from one
computer to another. What type
of optical device do you need to
perform this task? Suppose that
you have only one disk.
a. CD-R
b. CDRW
c. DVD-R
d. DVD RW
e. DVD+R
chapter 3
1. Which one is not one of the main
types of software?
a. Application programs
b. Programming languages
c. Hardware programming
d. Operating systems
e. Utility programs
2. What kind of programs are
Paradox, Microsoft Access,
FoxPro, and MySQL?
a. Spreadsheet programs
b. Database programs
c. CAD / CAM programs
d. Page layout programs
e. Game programs
3. Which one is more useful for
engineers, scientists,
and architects who can develop
models of tools,
molecules, aircraft, integrated circuits,
robots, or even
buildings using a computer?
a. Lotus
b. Quark XPress
c. SQL Server
d. AutoCAD
e. Microsoft Word
4. Which one makes (compresses)
files smaller?
a. Norton Ghost
b. WinZip
c. ACD See
d. Adobe Acrobat Reader
e. Adobe InDesign
5. ………………….is a low-level
programming language
that uses abbreviations and codes to
represent
machine instructions. Each statement
corresponds to
a single machine instruction.
a. Assembly
b. Basic
c. Fortran
d. Pascal
e. C#l
6. Which one is a programming
language that was
developed by Sun Microsystems?
a. Object Pascal
b. C#
c. Java
d. ASP.NET
e. Dart
7. ……………….. is a general-purpose
high-level
programming language. Its design
philosophy
emphasizes code readability.
a. Visual Basic
b. Cobol
c. C++
d. Pyhton
e. Pascal
8. Which software runs all the other
programs?
a. Windows Explorer
b. File manager
c. Web browser
d. Disk manager
e. Operating system
answers
chapter 1
1. D
2. E
3. C
4. D
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. B
Chapter 2
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. A
5. E
6. E
7. D
8. E
9. A
10. B
11. C
12. C
13. E
14. C
15. B
16. A
17. C
18. D
Chapter 3
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. E