Basic Computer MCQs with Answers PDF Download

Important Basic Computer MCQs for competitive exams preparation online.

Basic Computer One-liner

The value of “bit” is either: 0 or 1
A Sequence of 8 adjacent bits grouped together to form: a byte
A chip usually made of: Silicon
Group of Computers that are connected together known as: Network
In a computer Keyboard is used as _____ device: Input
The device required for connection is : Modem
Device Driver is a program that contain : Instruction to operate a device
The shortcut key to rename a file or folder in Windows is: F2
____ is the name of the computer terminal which gives “Paper printout”. Hard copy terminal
Dot-matrix is a type of : Printer
Apple Macintosh II microcomputer was introduced in : 1983
A computer programmer does : All the thinking for a computer
Technology used in compact disks is : Laser
Which of the following is also called “Junk e-mail”? Spam
The Main memory in computer system is also known as : Primary memory
The smallest unit of information in the computer is: Bit
Nibble is half of byte and thus consists of ___ bits: 4
Initially, Computer was developed as an ____ Machine: Accounting
The two main components of the “CPU” are : Control unit & ALU
____ is the unit to express the memory of a computer system: Byte

There are two different ways to insert content from one application into another i.e. embedding and _ ?

(A) Bookmarking
(B) Importing
(C) Linking
(D) Integrating

The function is a __ which can calculate the values given in a specific order:

(A) Software
(B) Predefined formula
(C) Program
(D) None of these

What is the name for a webpage address, select from following?

(A) Protocol
(B) Domain
(C) URL
(D) Directory

Who gave the idea to combine the internet with the hypertext concept?

(A) Bill Gates
(B) Jeff Bezos
(C) Tim Berners-Lee
(D) Steve Jobs

Many programmers call writing the software program:

(A) Compiling
(B) Looping
(C) Coding
(D) Prototyping

‘Adobe flash’ is an example of:

(A) Utility software
(B) Multimedia software
(C) Spread sheet
(D) File manager

Normally, a spreadsheet contains?

(A) Documents
(B) rows
(C) rows and columns
(D) None of these

Thesaurus tool in MS Word is used for _?

(A) Grammar options
(B) Spelling suggestions
(C) Synonyms and Antonyms words
(D) None of These

_ file format can be added to a power point show?

(A) jpg
(B)gif
(B)wav
(D) All

Constant value in excel also called ?

(A) Number
(B) words
(C) mark
(D) None