Basic Computer Knowledge for Educators Test 2017-2018 Solved 100 MCQs
- The length of IP address is? Ans. 32 bits
- Facebook was launched in? Ans. 2004
- The docx file contains? Ans: MS Office Word
- The file extension DLL stands for? Ans. Dynamic Link Library
- The extension of a MS Access Database is? Ans. mdb.
- The key combination used to permanently delete a file from Windows computer? Ans. Shift + delete
- Shortcut Key to open a new document is? Ans. Ctrl + N
- Data is permanently stored in? Ans. Hard Disk
- What are the steps to upgrade a 32-bit version to a 64-bit version of Windows? Ans. It cannot be upgraded
- To change a lowercase letter to uppercase and uppercase letter to lowercase select? Ans. Sentence Case
- CSS stands for: Ans. Cascading Style Sheets
- The general format of the URL is as follows: Ans. type: // Address /path /
- The computer abbreviation “OS” stands for: Ans. Operating System
- The shortcut key to delete a file without sending to recycle Bin is: Ans. Shift + Del
- How many versions of Windows 8 for PC have been released? Ans. 3 versions
- A group of 8 bits is called: Ans. Byte
- To subscript a text, shortcut key is: Ans. Ctrl + <
- The file extension .jsp stands for: Ans. Java Server Page
- What is the full form of WWW? Ans. World Wide Web
- The microphone converts the sound into: Ans. Electrical Signals
- A device which connects multiple nodes to the network is: Ans. A hub
- Windows 7 was released in which year?
- What is Windows XP? Ans. An operating system
- ATM stands for: Ans. Automated Teller Machine
- Which one of these is used to find information on World Wide Web? Ans. Search Engine
- “.gif” is an extension of which type of file? Ans. Image
- Who is the founder of IBM Company? Ans. Thomas J. Watson
- Volatile Memory is: Ans. Ram
- When you delete an object, Windows XP sends it to: Ans. Recycle Bin
- A folder in windows c can’t be made with the name: Ans. Con/Com1/Com2/Com3
- Copying a software without purchasing it is _________ . Ans. Software Piracy
- Ctrl + F2 shortcut is used for:
- What is the use of Firewall in a computer? Ans. For security
- What is the full form of ISO? Ans. International Standard Organization
- A network that covers large area, city, country and World is called: Ans. WAN
- What is the official Twitter bird’s name? Ans. Larry
- Frequency is measured in: Ans. Hz.
- Program that contain instructions to operate a device is called _________ . Ans. Device Driver
- CTRL + K use for in MS Office Word? Ans. Hyperlink
- The keys starting with character F1 to F12 are: Ans: Function Keys
- Which one of these is not a feature of Windows 8? Ans. Urban user interface
- What was the old domain name of Facebook? Ans. thefacebook.com
- Google was founded in: Ans. 1996
- The first Tweet on Twitter was sent: Ans. March 21, 2006
- What is HTML? Ans. Hyper Text markup language
- 1 byte consists of : Ans. 8 bits
- What is the full form of IP? Ans. Internet Protocol
- BASIC is the abbreviation of: Ans. Beginners Anti Purpose Symbolic Instruction Codes
- SOAP stands for: Ans. Small Object Access Protocol
- Microsoft Windows 8 is: Ans. An Operating System
- Which of the following features allow Windows 10 to adapt to different device types? Ans. Continuum
- The shortcut key for renaming file and folder is: Ans. F2
- Maximize, Minimize and Close button are called: Ans. Control Button
- Twitter is a __________ website. Ans. Social networking
- Personal Computers are also known as: Ans. Microcomputer
- Dr. Solomon and McAfee are popular: Ans. Anti-Virus
- Red wavy lines under text indicate: Ans. Spelling Mistakes
- The software that are available free of cost are called: Ans. Freeware
- By default the bar located at the bottom of the Desktop is: Ans. Taskbar
- The transfer of data from one place to another is called: Ans. Data Communication
- Green wavy lines under text indicate? Ans. Grammatical Mistake
- SQL is a (n) : Ans. Structured Language
- Windows 8 was released in which year? Ans. 2011
- Which one is an Operating System? Ans. Windows Vista
- A Terabyte represents about: Ans. 1 trillion bytes
- The file extension PNG stands for: Ans. Portable Network Graphic File
- The card which is used for internet: Ans. Modem Card
- In Windows 10, what is the shortcut key to Open programs that are pinned to task bar? Ans. Windows + [1][2][3][…]
- What is meaning of .mng? Ans. Multiple Network Graphic
- Windows 7 is preceded by which version of the windows? Ans. Windows Vista
- What is the name of new built-in browser includes in Windows 10? Ans. Super Internet Explorer Pro
- Analog signal is measured in: Ans. Volts
- In Windows 7, what is the shortcut key for creating a New Folder? Ans:Ctrl + Shift + N
- What is the full form of TCP? Ans. Transmission Control Protocol
- Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) can do: Ans. Logical Operation, Mathematical Operation
- The total number of function keys in a computer keyboard are: Ans. 12
- A bit can be _______ . Ans. 1 or 0
- Which of the following protocol is used to access Webpages on World Wide Web? Ans. HTTP
- Which of the following option is not true for FORTRAN? Ans. Translation
- A network that covers small geographic area or single or group of buildings is called: Ans. LAN
- Which one of the following is Internet Protocol? Ans. TCP/IP
- The upper most bar showing the name of the application is called: Ans. Title Bar
- Which of the following is the founder of Facebook? Ans. Mark Zuckerberg
- Shortcut for Save as command is: Ans. F12
- By default, the bar located at the bottom of the desktop is: Ans. Taskbar
- What is the full form of Wi-Fi? Ans. Wireless Fidelity
- The output of the printer is known as: Ans. Hard Copy
- Which of the following is an email client? Ans. Yahoo
- Laser beam technology is used in one of the following: Ans. Optical Disks
- All the files deleted from computer are stored in __________. Ans. Recycle Bin
- What is the full form of PDF? Ans. Portable Document Format
- The Google IPO was done in: Ans. 2004
- Shortcut Key to center a Paragraph is: Ans. Ctrl + E
- A Search Engine is: Ans. A website that look through databases for matching criteria
- Windows 10 was launched in which year? Ans. 2015
- Printer is an example of: Ans. Hardcopy
- Who invented the Qwerty Keyboard? Ans: Christopher Latham Sholes
- A set of raw, unprocessed facts, figures and symbols is called: Ans. Data
- Windows XP was released in: Ans. 2001
- Windows XP was succeeded by: Ans. Windows Vista
- CTRL + Z used for: Ans. Undo
- CTRL + Y used for: Ans. Redo
- CTRL +P used for: Ans. Print
- F1 used for: Ans. Help
- Alt + Tab used for: Ans. Show recent opened system
106. Alt + F4 used for: Ans. Close window
A to Z common computer Terms and abbreviations.
SET-1
A/D Analog-to-Digital
ABC Atanasoff Berry Computer
ACM Association for Computing Machinery
AI Artificial Intelligence
ALGOL Algorithmic Language
ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit
AMD Advanced Micro Devices
APRANET Advanced Research Project Agency Network
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BASIC Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BIOS Basic Input Output System
BIPS Billions of Instructions Per Second
BPI Bytes Per Inch
CAD Computer Aided Design
CAE Computer Aided Engineering
CAN Campus Area Network
CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering
CD Compact Disk
CDC Control Data Corporation
CD-R CD-Recordable
CD-ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory
CD-RW CD Read/Write
CL Command Language
CLI Command Line Interface
COBOL Common Business Oriented
CODASYL Conference On Data Systems
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
D/A Digital-to-Analog
DAT Digital Audio Tape
DBMS Data Base Management System
DBS Demand Based Switching
DDL Data Definition Language
DDS Digital Data Storage
DEC Digital Equipment Corporation
DMA Direct Memory Access
DNA Digital Network Architecture
DPI Dots Per Inch
DRAM Dynamic RAM
DSN Distributed Systems Network
DTS Digital Theater System
DVD Digital Video/Versatile Disk
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EDSAC Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
EDVAC Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Calculator
EFM Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation
ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator
EPG Electronic Programming Guide
EPIC Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing
EPROM Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
FAT File Allocation Table
FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing
FEP Front End Processor
FLOPS Floating Point Operations Per Second
FM Frequency Modulation
FMS File Management System
FORTRAN Formula Translation
FSK Frequency Shift Keying
FTP File Transfer Protocol
GB Giga Bytes
GFLOPS Giga FLOPS
GHz Giga Hertz
GNU Gnu Not Unix
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GSM Global System for Mobile communication
GUI Graphical User Interface
HP Hewlett Packard
HSS Hierarchical Storage System
HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
HTTP Hyper Text Transport Protocol
IBM International Business Machine
IC Integrated Circuit
IDN Integrated Digital Networks
IP Internet Protocol
IrDA Infrared Data Association
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP Internet Service Provider
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
JRE Java Runtime Engine
JSP Java Server Pages
KB Kilo Bytes
KHz Kilo Hertz
LAN Local Area Network
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LED Light Emitting Diode
LPM Line Per Minute
LSI Large Scale Integration
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
MAR Memory Address Register
MB Mega Bytes
MBR Memory Buffer Register
MHz Mega Hertz
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIPS Millions of Instructions Per Second
MNP Microcom Network Protocol
MPEG Moving Pictures Experts Group
MS-DOS Microsoft Disk Operating System
MVT Multiprogramming with Variable Tasks
NIC Network Interface Card
NICNET National Informatics Center Network
NOS Network Operating System
OCR Optical Character Recognition
OMR Optical Mark Reader
OS Operating System
OSI Open System Interconnection
OSS Open Source Software
PAN Personal Area Network
PC Personal Computer
PDF Portable Document Format
PDL Program Design Language
PDP Program Data Processor
PIP Peripheral Interchange Program
PROM Programmable Read-Only Memory
QoS Quality of Service
RAM Random Access Memory
ROM Read Only Memory
SDLC Software Development Life Cycle
SEQUEL Structured English QUEry Language
SGML Syntax for Generalized Markup Language
SIMM Single In-line Memory Module
SNA Systems Network Architecture
SNOBOL StriNg Oriented and symBOlic Language
SQL Structured Query Language
SRAM Static RAM
SSI Small Scale Integration
TB Tera Bytes
TCP Transport Control Protocol
TDM Time Division Multiplexing
UDP User Datagram Protocol
ULSI Ultra Large Scale Integration
UPC Universal Product Code
URL Uniform Resource Locator
USB Universal Serial Bus
UTF Unicode Transformation Format
VAN Value Added Network
VCR Video Cassette Recorder
VDT Video Display Terminal
VGA Video Graphics Array
VOD Video-On-Demand
VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal
WAN Wide Area Network
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
WLL Wireless Local Loop
WORM Write Once Read Many
WWW World Wide Web
XHTML eXtensible Hyper Text Markup Language
XML eXtensible Markup Language
SET -2
ATA—Advanced Technology Attachment
ASCII—American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ARPANET—Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
Ajax—Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
ASP—Active Server Pages/Application Service Provider
API—Application Programming Interface
ATA—Advanced Technology Attachment
ATM—Asynchronous Transfer Mode
BiDi—Bi-Directional
bin—binary
BAL—Basic Assembly Language
BASIC—Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BIOS—Basic Input Output System
bps—bits per second
BCD—Binary Coded Decimal
Blog—Web Log
BMP—Basic Multilingual Plane
BT—BitTorrent / Bluetooth
BW—Bandwidth
CAD—Computer-Aided Design
CPU—Central Processing Unit
CIM—Common Information Model
CRS—Computer Reservations System
CRT—Cathode Ray Tube
CLI—Command Line Interface
CDMA—Code Division Multiple Access
CMOS—Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CSI—Common System Interface
CD-R—CD-Recordable
CD-ROM—CD Read-Only Memory
CD-RW—CD-Rewritable
CMOS—Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CSV—Comma-Separated Values
COBOL—Common Business-Oriented Language
CGI—Common Gateway Interface /Computer-Generated Imagery
DAO—Data Access Objects
DHTML—Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language
DAT—Digital Audio Tape
DB—Database
DIVX—Digital Video Express
DVD—Digital Video Disc
DVD-R—DVD-Recordable
DVD-ROM—DVD-Read Only Memory
DVD-RW—DVD-Rewritable
DOS—Disk Operating System
DDR—Double Data Rate
DNS—Domain Name System
EEPROM—Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
ENIAC—Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
EBCDIC—Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EPROM—Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
ESD—Electrostatic Discharge
FAT—File Allocation Table
FAQ—Frequently Asked Questions
FDD—Floppy Disk Drive
FDMA—Frequency-Division Multiple Access
FS—File System
FSB—Front Side Bus
FTP—File Transfer Protocol
Gb—Gigabit / GB—Gigabyte
GIF—Graphics Interchange Format
GPL—General Public License
GPRS—General Packet Radio Service
HD—High Density
HDD—Hard Disk Drive
HD DVD—High Definition DVD
HP—Hewlett-Packard
HT—Hyper Threading
HTM—Hierarchical Temporal Memory
HTML—Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP—Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Hz—Hertz
IBM—International Business Machines
IC—Integrated Circuit
ICMP—Internet Control Message Protocol
ICT—Information and Communication Technology
IDE—Integrated Development Environment /Integrated Drive Electronics
IE—Internet Explorer
IIS—Internet Information Services
IM—Instant Messaging
IMAP—Internet Message Access Protocol
I/O—Input/Output
IP—Intellectual Property /Internet Protocol
IrDA—Infrared Data Association
ISA—Industry Standard Architecture /Instruction Set Architecture
iSCSI—Internet Small Computer System Interface
ISDN—Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP—Internet Service Provider
IT—Information Technology
J2EE—Java 2 Enterprise Edition
J2ME—Java 2 Micro Edition
J2SE—Java 2 Standard Edition
JDK—Java Development Kit
JPEG—Joint Photographic Experts Group
JRE—Java Runtime Environment
JS—JavaScript
KB—Keyboard /Kilobyte /Knowledge Base
Kb—Kilobit
kHz—Kilohertz
KVM—Keyboard, Video, Mouse
LED—Light-Emitting Diode
MAN—Metropolitan Area Network
Mb—Megabit
MB—Megabyte
MBR—Master Boot Record
MDI—Multiple Document Interface
MHz—Megahertz
MIDI—Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MMU—Memory Management Unit
MMX—Multi-Media Extensions
MNG—Multiple-image Network Graphics
MPEG—Motion Pictures Experts Group
MOSFET—Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MPEG—Motion Pictures Experts Group
MS—Microsoft
MS-DOS—Microsoft DOS
NIC—Network Interface Controller
NTFS—NT Filesystem
NVRAM—Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
OO—Object-Oriented
OS—Open Source /Operating System
P2P—Peer-To-Peer
PAN—Personal Area Network
PATA—Parallel ATA
PC—Personal Computer
PCB—Printed Circuit Board
PC DOS—Personal Computer Disk Operating System
PCI—Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCIe—PCI Express
PERL—Practical Extraction and Reporting Language
PGA—Pin Grid Array
PHP—PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
PIC—Peripheral Interface Controller /Programmable Interrupt Controller
PLC—Power Line Communication /Programmable Logic Controller
POST—Power-On Self Test
PPI—Pixels Per Inch
PS/2—Personal System/2
PSU—Power Supply Unit
RAD—Rapid Application Development
RAM—Random Access Memory
RAID—Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAIT—Redundant Array of Inexpensive Tapes
RF—Radio Frequency
RGB—Red, Green, Blue (RGBA—Red, Green, Blue, Alpha)
RIP—Raster Image Processor /Routing Information Protocol
ROM—Read Only Memory
ROM-DOS—Read Only Memory – Disk Operating System
SATA—Serial ATA
SCSI—Small Computer System Interface
SDRAM—Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SFTP—Secure FTP /Simple File Transfer Protocol
SHDSL—Single-pair High-speed Digital Subscriber Line
SIMD—Single Instruction, Multiple Data
SIMM—Single Inline Memory Module
SPI—Serial Peripheral Interface
SPI—Stateful Packet Inspection
SVG—Scalable Vector Graphics
SVGA—Super Video Graphics Array
TB—Tera Byte
TCP/IP—Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDMA—Time Division Multiple Access
tmp—temporary
TTF—TrueType Font
TTL—Transistor-Transistor Logic
UPS—Uninterruptible Power Supply
URI—Uniform Resource Identifier
URL—Uniform Resource Locator
USB—Universal Serial Bus
UTF—Unicode Transformation Format
UTP—Unshielded Twisted Pair
VB—Visual Basic
VBA—Visual Basic for Applications
VBS—Visual Basic Script
VPN—Virtual Private Network
VPU—Visual Processing Unit
WAN—Wide Area Network
WAP—Wireless Access Point /Wireless Application Protocol
Wi-Fi—Wireless Fidelity
WLAN—Wireless Local Area Network
WMA—Windows Media Audio
WMV—Windows Media Video
WPAN—Wireless Personal Area Network
XML—eXtensible Markup Language
Y2K—Year Two Thousand
Basic Computer Knowledge for Educators Test 2017-2018 Solved 100 MCQs