Aug 25, 2015

Top 50 Computer Questions and Answers

8/25/2015
  1. Which process checks to ensure the components of the computer are operating and connected properly? – Booting
  2.  What is the combination of operating system and processor in a computer? – Specifications
  3.  What are the peripheral devices such as printers and monitors considered? – Hardware
  4.  What term used to define all input and output devices in a computer system? – hardware
  5. An assembler is used to translate a program written in which language? – Assembly language
  6. What is the copying computer program or software without permission of its author? – Software piracy
  7. Word processing, spread sheet and photo-editing are examples of which software's? – application software
  8. What is a small group of computers and peripherals linked together in a small geographic area? – LAN
  9. What is a word in a web page that, when clicked, opens another document? – Hyperlink
  10. Several computers linked to a server to share programs and storage space, what is this? – Network
  11. Which device that connects to a network without the use of cables? – Wireless  
  12. What is the most important or powerful computer in a typical network? – Network server
  13. In a relations database, tables are logically linked to each other by a which thing? – Key 
  14. What type of resource is most likely to be a shared common resource in a computer network? – Printers 
  15. Network components are connected to the same cable in the which topology? – Bus 
  16. Which folder retains copies of messages that you have started but are not yet ready to send? – Drafts 
  17. What is a popular way to learn about computers without ever going to a classroom? – E-learning  
  18. What makes it possible for shoppers to make purchases using their computers? – E-Commerce 
  19. Which are the programs such as Internet Explorer that serve as navigable windows into the Web? – Web browsers 
  20. What is composed of several computers connected together to share resources and data? – Internet 
  21. What does consist of one or more Web pages located on a Web server? – A web site  
  22. Mr. XYZ want to send an electronic message to a friend. He should use which type of application? – E-mail 
  23. To view information on the web, what must you must have? – Web browser 
  24. Which Coded entries are used to gain access to a computer system? – Passwords
  25. Which devices are used to transmit data over telecommunications lines? – Modems 
  26. A Web site address is a unique name, what does that identifies? – A specific Website on the web 
  27. What is the vast network of computers that connects millions of people all over the world? – Internet 
  28. What does allow voice conversations to travel over the Internet? – Internet telephony  
  29. Which software program used to view Web pages? – browser
  30. If you are going to a site you use often, instead of having to type in the address every time, what should you do? – Bookmark it 
  31. Which Output is made up of pictures, sounds, and video? – Multimedia 
  32. By which name also called the web, contains billions of documents? – World Wide Web 33. Which software that allows users to surf the internet? – Browser 
  33. What is a set of rules that computer on a network use to communicate with each other? – Protocol 
  34. An email account includes a storage area, what is often called? – Mailbox 
  35. Which program is designed to destroy data on your computer which can travel to infect other computers? – Virus 
  36. What is the process of a computer receiving information from a server on the internet? – Downloading  
  37. What is the most common way to get a virus in your computers hard disk? – By opening e-mails 
  38. Most websites have a main page, which acts as a doorway to the rest of the website pages what is its name? – Home page 
  39. What is the Secret code that restricts entry in the same programs? – Password 
  40. which is a device that uses for data transmission through telecommunication line? – Modem  
  41. What does allow you to access objects and start programs? – Start menu 
  42. What is a small image that represents a program, an instruction, a file, or some other object? – Icon  
  43. What is an icon on the desktop that provides a user with immediate access to a program or file? – Shortcut 
  44. What is the portion that shows all the choices you can make while working in a window? – Menu bar 
  45. What contains commands that can be selected? – Menu 
  46. Generally, you access the recycle bin through an icon, where is this located? – On the desktop  
  47. When you install a new program on your computer, where is it typically added? – All programs menu 
  48. Something which has easily-understood instructions, what is said to be? – Analog data 
  49. What contains buttons and menus that provide quick access to commonly used commands? – Toolbar
  50. What is the Screen that comes on when you turn on your computer that shows all the icons? – Desktop
 
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