Computer Knowledge Quiz (MCQ Set 1)

This quiz is designed to assess your basic knowledge in ‘computer’. Choose the best answer from the four options given. When you've finished answering as many of the questions as you can, scroll down to the bottom of the page and check your answers by clicking ' Get Score'. Percentage score will be displayed along with right answers.

1. The instructions that tell a computer how to carry out the processing tasks are referred to as computer.

Programs
Processors
Input devices
Memory modules
2. C, BASIC, COBOL and Java are examples of --- languages
Low level
Computer
High level
System programming
3. A.... is a microprocessor based computing device
Personal computer
Mainframe
Server
Workststion
4. Which of the following refers to a small, single site network?
LAN
DSL
RAM
CPU
5. Which elements of a word documents can be displayed in colour?
only graphics
only text
all elements
all elements, but only you have a colour printer
6. One thousand bytes is a
Kilobyte
Gigabyte
Terabyte
Megabyte
7. A set of computer programs that helps a computer monitor itself and function more effectively is a/an
Windows
DBMS
Application software
System software
8. RAM can be thought of as the --- for the computer processor.
Factory
Operating room
Planning room
Waiting room
9. Data going into the computer is called
Output
Algorithm
Calculations
Input
10. How many values can be represented by a single byte?
4
16
64
256

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