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COMPUTER AWARENESS ASSIGNMENT -
Q1. If a word is typed that is not in Word's dictionary, a _______ wavy underline appears below the word.
(A) red
(B) Green
(C) Blue
(D) Black
(E) None of these
Q2. The____________ button on the quick access Toolbar allows you to cancel your recent commands or actions.
(A) Search
(B) Cut
(C) Document
(D) Undo
(E) None of these
Q3. In Excel, any set of characters containing a letter, hyphen, or space is considered ____
(A) A formula
(B) Text
(C) A name
(D) A title
(E) None of these
Q4. ____________Software allows users to perform calculations on rows and columns of data.
(A) Word processing
(B) Presentation graphics
(C)Database Management Systems
(D) Electronic Spreadsheet.
(E) None of these.
Q5. A ____________ represent approximately one billion memory locations.
(A) Kilobyte.
(B) Megabyte.
(C) Gigabyte.
(D) Terabyte.
(E) None of these.
Q6. ____________cells involves creating a single cell b y combining two or more selected cells.
(A) Formatting.
(B) Merging.
(C) Embedding.
(D) Splitting.
(E) None of these.
Q7. The operating system is the most common type of ____________ software.
(A) Communication.
(B) Application.
(C) System.
(D) Word-processing.
(E) None of these.
Q8. When you quickly press and release the left mouse button twice, you are _____
(A) Primary-clicking.
(B) Pointing.
(C) Double-clicking.
(D) Secondary-clicking
(E) None of these.
Q9. The horizontal an d vertical lines on a worksheet are called -
(A) Cells.
(B) Sheets.
(C) Block lines.
(D) Gridlines.
(E) Non e of these.
Q10. To deletes incorrect character in a document ____________ to erase to the right of the insertion point.
(A) Press the left mouse key.
(B) Double-click the right mouse key.
(C) Press the BACKSPACE key.
(D) Press the delete key.
(E) Non e of these.
Q11. The operating system does all of the following EXCEPT
(A) Provide a way for the user to interact with the computer.
(B) Manage the central processing unit (CPU).
(C) Manage memory and storage.
(D) Enable users to perform a specific task such as document editing.
Q12. During the boot process, the ________looks for the system files.
(A) CD.
(B) BIOS.
(C) CPU.
(D) DVD.
Q13. __________ are lists of commands that appear on the screen.
(A) GUIs.
(B) Icons.
(C) Menus.
(D) Windows.
Q14. __________ is the ability of an operating system to control the activities of multiple programs at the same time
(A) Multitasking.
(B) Streamlining.
(C) Multi-user.
(D) Simulating.
Q15. The unique signal, generated by it is in need of immediate attention is device, that tells the operating system called an:
(A) Action.
(B) Event.
(C) Interrupt.
(D) Activity.
Q16. The operating system control s access to the processor by assigning a ____________ to each task requiring the processor's attention.
(A) CPU.
(B) Slice of time.
(C) Stack.
(D) Event.
Q17. The blocks of code, included in the operating system, that software applications interact with are known as
(A) Application programming interfaces (APIs).
(B) Complimentary metal-oxide conductors (CMOS).
(C) Device drivers.
(D) Bootstrap loaders.
Q18. MS-DOS is a __________ operating system.
(A) point-and-click.
(B) User-friendly.
(C) command-driven.
(D) MAC.
Q19. An interrupt handler is a (n):
(A) Location in memory that keeps track of recently generated interrupts.
(B) Peripheral device.
(C) Utility program.
(D) Special numeric code that indicates the priority of a request.
Q20. A spooler is an
(A) Location in memory that maintains the contents of a document until it prints out.
(B) Print job.
(C) Program that coordinates the print jobs that are waiting to print.
(D) Message sent from the printer to the operating system when a print job is completed.