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Subject computer application
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Organization odisha public service commission
Position assistant section officer
Exam Date 2015
City, State odisha,


Question Paper

1. Which of the following is a first generation computer?

EDSAC

IBM-1401

CDC-1604

ICL-2900

6. Pick up the wrong statement about time-sharing systems:

Used for different applications

Users get response within 3-5 seconds

Transactions files have to be updated

User can make enquiry only

2. EEPROM stands for:

Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

Easily Erasaple Programmable Read Only Memory

Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only

None of the above



7. A single application that combines Memory features of several kinds of applications is known as

Integrated software

A combo pack

A suit of software

A group of softwares

3. The output quality of a printer is measured by

Dot per inch

Dot per sq. inch

Dots printed per unit time

All of the above

8. A way in which data is read and stored in memory is called:

Data storage

Addressing mode

Data address mode

Storage media



4. A computer program that translates one program instruction at a time into machine language is called

Interpreter

CPU

Compiler

Simulator


9. Software means:

Program

Operating System

Applications Program

Both and

5. Although different computers use different processing techniques, the ALU in all computers must be able to:

Control the decode

Manage data and the result

Select and interpret instructions

Advance the sequence register


10. The viruses that change their appearance to avoid detection are:

MBR viruses

DBR viruses

Parasitic viruses

Polymorphic viruses

15. What is it called when someone changes the FROM section of an email so that the message you receive appears to come from a person other than the one who sent it

Bits

DoS

Spam

Trapper

11. Speed of computer system IS measured in terms of


Spoofing

Bytes

Seconds

MIPS

16. How is power supplied to a low-power USB device such as pen drive?

Through a power cable

From an external power supply

Directly from the computer's power supply

Through the USB cable


12. System performance can be judged by its:

No. of computer jobs

Speed

Through output

Time to complete a job

17. Servers are computers that provide resources to other computers connected to it as

Network

Mainframe

Supercomputer

Client

13. What worm emailed people with the words "I LOVE YOU" in the year 2000

The Love Bug

The Love Letter

The Valentine Connection

The Darling Link


18. The difference between people with access to computers and the Internetand those without this access is known as the:

Digital divide

Internet divide.

Web divide

Broadband divide

14. What type of hackerwas the 16 year­ old individual who hacked into NASA networks and downloaded temperature and humidity control software worth $1.7 billion?

Thrill-seeker hacker

Black-hat hacker

Script kiddie

White-hat hacker

19. The function of protective relay in a circuit breaker is

To avoid any stray voltages

To close the contacts when the actuating quantity reaches a certain predetermined value

To limit arcing current during the operation of circuit breaker

To provide additional safety in the operation of circuit breaker

20. While selecting a gas for circuit breaker, the property of gas that should be considered is

High dielectric strength

Non-inflammability

Non-toxicity

All the above



21. Where do, you find user.dat in MS-Windows?

C:windows

C:windowssystem 32

C:windowssystem





22. Where do you place gadgets in Windows


(A)Sidebar


(B)Notification area


(C)Taskbar


(D)Desktop



23. Which of the following is not a library that is included with Windows 7

(A)Music


(B)Documents


(C)Movies


(D)Pictures



24. You need to upgrade Windows XP Professional to Windows 7 Professional while keeping user and application settings. How should you proceed?

(A)In-place upgrade


(B)Anytime upgrade


(C)Custom upgrade


(D)Upgrade to Windows Vista followed by upgrading to Windows 7



25. According to Microsoft, what does the in Windows XP stand for?

(A)eXPensive


(B)eXtra Profits


(C)eXPerience


(D)eXtremely Persnickety



26. Which of the following is not valid version of MS Office?

(A)Office XP


(B)Office Vista


(C)Office 2007


(D)None of the above



27. A feature of MS Word that saves the document automatically after certain interval is available on

(A)Save tab on Options dialog box


(B)Save As dialog box


(C)Both ofthe above


(D)None of the above

28. Which of the following symbol sets would be most likely to contain a mathematical symbol such as a degree sign, greaterthan orequal to, or a Greek letter in MS-Word

Wingdings

Wingdings 3

Webdings

Symbol

29. Which of the following is not one of the three 'Mail Merge Helper' steps?

Merge the two files

Create the main document

Set the mailing list parameters

Create the data source

30. The default header for a worksheet in MS-Excel is toolbars

Your name

The date and time

None

The sheet tab name

31. Which of these is a quick way to copy formatting from a selected cell to two other cells on the same worksheet?

Use Ctrl to select all three cells, and then click the Paste button on the standard toolbar

Copy the selected cell, then select the other two cells, click style on the Format menu, then click Modify

Click format ·painter on the Formatting toolbar twice, then click in each cell you want to copy the formatting to

All of the above

32. To edit data in an embedded Excel worksheet object in a Word document:

Use the Excel menu bar and toolbars inside the word source application

Edit the hyperlink

Edit the data in an Excel source application

Use the Word menu bar and toolbars

33. Getting data from a cell located in a different sheet is called:

Accessing

Referencing

Updating

Functioning



34. Which option can be used to set custom timings for slides ina presentation?

SliderTimings

Slider Timar

Rehearsal

Slide Show Set up



35. Power Point can display data from which of the following add-on software of MS Office?

Number

Text

Currency

All of the above


39. Which is the valid data type inAccess

Equation Editor

Organization Chart

(C)PhotoAlbum

All of the above



40. Which is the Spread sheet application?

Excel

Lotus 123 Point presentation, it is useful to

Quattro Pro mention which of the following?

All of the above

36. When presenting a chart in a Power

Explain what the chart is about

Explain what values and units

Explain what each color in the legend represents

All of the above

41. The mail server as defined in the text are used on both the X and Y­use switch of the following protocols? axes·

HTTP

FTP

POP

SMTP

37. Which of the following options has to be chosen to change the background color in MS-PowerPoint after choosing a predefined template?

Design Template

Color Scheme

Animation Scheme

Color Effects

42. What is commonly known as unsolicited commercial email?

Junk

Hoaxes

Spam

Hypertext


43. Which of the following tools may be used to search FTP archives for a file?

Gopher

Jughead

Archie

Jalopy
38. Which tool do you use to create a query object in MS-Access

Database wizard

Simple.filter wizard

Simple query wizard

Table query wizard


44. What is needed for the first part of a URL to access the web resource?

Address

Name

Location

Protocol

48. Coaxial Cables are capable of transmitting digital signals at the rate of:

1 mega bit per second

100 kilo bits per second

10 mega bits per second

100 mega bits per second

45. The registered part of a web address is called its:

Domain

Identity

Host

Link

49. In the working of'a modem, the analog signals are converted to digital signals by which of the
following devices?

Modulator

Demodulator

Both and

Transformer


46. In a computer network, information is sent in:

Analog form

Digital form

Hybrid form

AnaloglDigital form



50. A central computer surrounded by one or more satellite computers is called

Bus network stands for:

Ring network

Star network

All of the above


47. UTP (in terms of transmission media)

Untrusted pair

Unshielded twisted pair

Untouched twisted pair complete

All of the above


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