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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
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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