Introduction to Computing MCQs
Introduction to Computing MCQs
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1: What is ambient data?
A. Transitory data
B. The data in slack space, also known as latent data.
C. The data in active use
D. The data in non-volatile storage
2: What is an ATM?
A. A device that scans money
B. A machine that prints money
C. A machine that allows bank customers to perform certain transactions, such as withdrawing cash from their bank account.
D. A device that dispenses cash
3: What is the meaning of the term "biometric"?
A. The identification of people using biological characteristics such as fingerprints, iris recognition and DNA analysis.
B. The identification of people using psychological characteristics
C. The study of people's behavior
D. The study of biological characteristics of people
4: What is the definition of 'cable'?
A. An electric railway in which the cars are propelled by cables running beneath the street.
B. A system of sending signals by means of electrical currents transmitted through underground cables.
C. A nautical unit of length equal to 720 feet (219.456 metres).
D. A set of wires or optical fibres assembled, with a protective coating, for use as a communication medium.
5: What is a cluster?
A. An amount of memory on a disk drive that consists of a fixed number of sectors.
B. A group of individual computers and associated devices that share a common communications line or wireless link
C. A measure of the speed of a computer processor
D. A device that connects a computer to a network
6: What is the purpose of copyright?
A. To prevent others from using copyrighted material
B. To ensure that only the creator can make money from the content
C. To protect the rights of content creators
D. To make sure that the creator receives credit for their work
7: What does copyright protect?
A. The right of creators of content to be anonymous
B. The rights of users to use content
C. The right of creators of content to control how their work is used
D. The rights of creators of content to be rewarded for their work
8: What is a database?
A. A group of programs
B. A set of computer-based data that has been organised so that it can be read, written, updated and searched.
C. A set of information that can be accessed by computers
D. A set of computer files
9: What is defragmentation?
A. A process for compressing files on a disk
B. An operating system process for optimising the physical location of files on a disk.
C. A process for backing up files on a disk
D. A process for deleting files from a disk
10: What is the process for optimising the physical location of files on a disk called?
A. ScanDisk
B. Defragmentation
C. Formatting
D. File Allocation Table
11: What is digital forensics?
A. The study of insects
B. The process of investigating a crime
C. A method of data recovery
D. A branch of forensic science that is concerned with obtaining legal evidence from computer systems.
12: Which of the following is not an example of digital rights management?
A. A range of technologies used by copyright owners to control how the content they produce is used.
B. Copy protection
C. Copyright
D. Copy prevention
13: What does DRM stand for?
A. Data Rights Management
B. Digital Rights Marionette
C. Digital Rights Management
D. Data Retention Management
14: What is digital technology?
A. Technology that uses digital devices to store or process information
B. A technology that uses computer networks to exchange information
C. Any technology that is based on representing data as sequences of numbers, i.e. as digital data.
D. A device that converts analog signals to digital signals
15: What are emoticons?
A. Twitter follow button
B. Text characters or images that indicate someone’s mood by representing a simple facial expression.
C. Facebook like button
D. Instagram post button
16: What is the other name for emoticons?
A. Face expressions
B. Emojis
C. Text symbols
D. Smileys
17: What is FAT32?
A. A programming language
B. A virus that attacks Windows computers
C. A type of computer file
D. A file system developed for Windows that is now mainly used by USB flash drives.
18: What does a file allocation table do in a FAT32 file system?
A. Encrypts files
B. Holds information about where a file is stored on a hard disk or in an SSD
C. Compresses files
D. Stores a copy of the file contents
19: What is a file system?
A. A type of computer virus
B. The method by which an operating system controls how data is stored on and retrieved from the hardware.
C. A type of data storage device
D. A software application
20: What type of memory is flash memory?
A. Dynamic RAM
B. Non-volatile
C. Volatile
D. Static RAM
21: What is formatting?
A. The act of preparing a storage device for use by a computer.
B. The act of preparing a computer storage device for use by a file system.
C. The act of preparing a file system for use by a computer.
D. The act of preparing a computer for use by a file system.
22: What is the full form of "forum"?
A. Designed for discussion
B. An area on the internet
C. On a specific topic
D. Bulletin board system
23: What is the process of fragmentation?
A. Computer files are eliminated from physical locations on a disk
B. Computer files are duplicated across a number of physical locations on a disk
C. Computer files are combined into one physical location on a disk
D. Computer files are split across a number of physical locations on a disk
24: What is the full form of GPS?
A. Global positioning system
B. Greenwich position system
C. Global positioning satellite
D. General public service
25: What is a HDD?
A. A data storage device that uses one or more rigid, rapidly rotating disks to store and retrieve digital information.
B. A data storage device that uses one or more floppy disks to store and retrieve digital information.
C. A data storage device that uses one or more CDs to store and retrieve digital information.
D. A data storage device that uses one or more removable disks to store and retrieve digital information.
26: What is the meaning of the term "hardware"?
A. The physical components of a computer system.
B. The process of making a computer system run faster.
C. The part of the computer system that the user interacts with.
D. The software that makes a computer system run.
27: What is the term used to describe the social and economic changes related to the development and widespread use of information technologies?
A. Information society
B. Knowledge economy
C. Digitalization
D. Information overload
28: What is the full form of IM?
A. Imaginary Money
B. Interesting Money
C. Instant Messaging
D. International Money
29: What is Instant Messaging?
A. A way to communicate with people who are not online at the same time as you
B. A device that allows you to send messages to people without using a phone
C. Text-based communication between people who are online at the same time.
D. A text-based communication system that is not Instant
30: What was the global internetwork originally started as?
A. A Russian initiative
B. A way to connect computers
C. A US government-funded project
D. A European initiative
31: What is the internet?
A. A type of computer network
B. The global internetwork that has grown from a US government-funded project started in the 1960s.
C. A way to connect to a network
D. A way to send information
32: What is latent data?
A. Data that is waiting to be used
B. The data in slack space
C. Data that is not needed
D. Data that is collected but not analyzed
33: What is the logical size of a file?
A. The amount of space required to store a directory and its contents.
B. The size of the content of a file.
C. The maximum amount of data that can be stored in a file.
D. The amount of space a file takes up on a storage device.
34: What is the primary purpose of a computer's memory?
A. To process programs and data
B. To store programs and data
C. To store results
D. To calculate results
35: What is the definition of etiquette?
A. A set of guidelines for table manners.
B. A set of guidelines for online behaviour.
C. A set of guidelines for business manners.
D. A set of guidelines for party manners.
36: What is a network?
A. A device that allows you to communicate with others
B. A way to share files between devices
C. A device that connects to the internet
D. A collection of devices that can communicate with each other
37: What is the term that is sometimes used interchangeably with 'network society'?
A. Social media
B. Cable television
C. Network analysis
D. Information society
38: What is the term that is sometimes used interchangeably with 'information society'?
A. Digital society
B. Information network
C. Knowledge society
D. Network society
39: What is New Technology File System (NTFS)?
A. A file system commonly used in Unix computers.
B. A file system commonly used in Mac computers.
C. A file system commonly used in Linux computers.
D. A file system commonly used in Windows computers.
40: What is the process of obscuring sensitive information that might remain on a disk before disposal called?
A. Deleting
B. Overwriting
C. Formatting
D. Encrypting
41: What are the sections of a hard disk called?
A. Sections
B. Partitions
C. Elements
D. Particles
42: What is the meaning of partitions?
A. The sections of a hard disk.
B. The way in which a hard disk is formatted.
C. A unit of measure for hard disks.
D. The type of file system used on a hard disk.
43: What is plagiarism?
A. Giving credit to the author in a paper.
B. Citing sources for all the information used in a paper.
C. Putting information in your own words.
D. Using the work of other people without formally acknowledging that the work came from someone else.
44: What is the public domain?
A. Any created content that is not subject to copyright.
B. Created content that is available for anyone to copy.
C. Created content that is available for anyone to distribute.
D. Created content that is available for anyone to use.
45: What is a Rolodex?
A. A type of physical desktop card for storing data
B. A software company
C. A type of physical desktop card index for storing data
D. A type of physicalindex for storing data
46: What is Rolodex?
A. A type of physical desktop card index for storing data, invented in the 1960s.
B. A type of physical desktop card index for storing data, invented in the 1950s.
C. A type of physical desktop card index for storing data, invented in the 1970s.
D. A type of physical desktop card index for storing data, invented in the 1980s.
47: What is the size of a sector?
A. 512 bytes
B. 2048 bytes
C. 1024 bytes
D. 4096 bytes
48: What is the smallest physical storage unit on a hard disk?
A. Cluster
B. Sector
C. Byte
D. Bit
49: What is the unused space in a disk cluster called?
A. Reserved space
B. Free space
C. Unallocated space
D. Slack space
50: What is a smart device?
A. A device that cannot exchange information with other devices.
B. A device that does not process information.
C. An electronic device that processes information and exchanges it with other devices.
D. A device that is not electronic.
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