Input system - computer awareness questions
Q1. The software that could assist a person who could not use their hands for computer input is
1. Synthesizer
2. Audio digitizer
3. Speech recognition
4. Video conferencing
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Speech recognition
Q2. The key that is used to delete one character to the left from the current position is
1. Backspace
2. Delete
3. Esc
4. Arrow key
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ3. Which of the following terminal is often connected to complex inventory and sales computer system?
1. Query
2. Data
3. Sales
4. Point-of-sale (POS)
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Point-of-sale (POS)
Q4. The mouse of a computer is
1. Output device
2. Input device
3. Software
4. Storage
View Answer / Hide Answer Q5. ___________________ can input graphical images and pictures for a computer.
1. Mouse
2. Plotter
3. Scanner
4. Printer
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ6. The steps and tasks the input devices provide to the computer, in order to process data is called
1. Design
2. Instruction
3. Information
4. Flow chart
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ7. The reason to refer caps lock key as a toggle key is
1. It cannot be used to insert
2. It cannot be used to delete
3. It cannot be used for entering numbers
4. Its function goes back and forth every time it is pressed.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Its function goes back and forth every time it is pressed.
Q8. Which of the following are the most common input devices?
1. Microphone and printer
2. Keyboard and mouse
3. Scanner and monitor
4. Digital camera and speakers
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Keyboard and mouse
Q9. How to restart the computer?
1. Backspace + Alt
2. Insert + Esc
3. Ctrl + Alt + Delete
4. Ctrl + Esc
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ctrl + Alt + Delete
Q10. How to get the printed diagram into the computer?
1. Scanner
2. Printer
3. Mouse
4. Touchpad
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ11. To perform special task, the key that can be used in combination with another key is
1. Control
2. Function
3. Arrow
4. Spacebar
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ12. Ctrl and shift keys are
1. Alphanumeric key
2. Adjustment key
3. Function key
4. Modifier
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ13. Which devices enter information and let you communicate with the computer?
1. Input/output devices
2. Software
3. Hardware
4. None of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Input/output devices
Q14. How to move to the beginning of a line of text?
1. Page up
2. Home
3. Enter
4. Shift
View Answer / Hide Answer Q15. A point-and-draw device is nothing but a
1. Keyboard
2. CD-ROM
3. Printer
4. Mouse
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ16. Playing games is made easier by
1. Joystick
2. Mouse
3. Keyboard
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ17. For video conferencing over the internet what do you use?
1. Touch screen
2. Graphic tablet
3. Web cam
4. Multimedia
View Answer / Hide Answer Q18. What do we use to input information?
1. Input device
2. Output device
3. Storage device
4. Processing device
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ19. What do a scanner scans?
1. Picture
2. Both picture and text
3. Text
4. Neither picture nor text
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Both picture and text
Q20. The key on pressing will result in an upper case is
1. Caps Lock
2. Time
3. Num Lock
4. Shift
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ21. What does a voice recognition system include?
1. Discrete speech recognition
2. Speaker independent system
3. Speaker dependent system
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ22. What type of ink is used to print bank account? The ink has magnetic qualities and can be read by the right machine.
1. Electromagnetic ink
2. Magnetic ink
3. Optical ink
4. Electric ink
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ23. What should be done in order to perform tasks like to select an icon on the screen or to open the selected document?
1. Click the mouse
2. Double click the mouse
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
View Answer / Hide Answer Q24. For the computer network to work the most essential component is
1. Speaker
2. Storage system
3. Input system
4. Output system
View Answer / Hide Answer Q25. What is the full form of POS?
1. Point of sale
2. Paid on sale
3. Priority of sale
4. Place of sale
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ26. Which device provides information which is sent to the CPU?
1. CPU
2. Memory
3. Output
4. Input
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ27. To move the cursor on the screen the key used is
1. Arrow key
2. Enter
3. Alt
4. Shift
View Answer / Hide Answer Q28. Visual display unit (VDU) is
1. Just a hardware item
2. A peripheral device
3. An input device
4. An output device
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A peripheral device
Q29. The key to enter blank spaces in the text use
1. Spacebar
2. Slash
3. Tab
4. Insert
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ30. What do dumb terminal posses?
1. Independent processing capability
2. A keyboard and screen
3. Extensive memory
4. An embedded microprocessor
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A keyboard and screen
Q31. Which of the following is not included in pointing device?
1. Pen input
2. Trackball
3. Keyboard
4. Mouse
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ32. Drawing, photos etc. are converted into digital signal with the help of
1. Digitizers
2. Joysticks
3. Terminals
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ33. The statement which hold true is
1. Roll the trackball instead of moving the whole mouse around.
2. Desk space required by the trackball is less when as compared to a mouse
3. Glide pad uses a touch sensitive pad for controlling cursor
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ34. ___________is not an input device
1. Computer output to microfilm (COM)
2. OCR
3. Optical scanner
4. Voice recognition device
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Computer output to microfilm (COM)
Q35. What do you mean by PDA?
1. Personal digital appliances
2. Primary digital assistance
3. Pure digital assistance
4. Personal digital assistants
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Personal digital assistants
Q36. The device at which data enters or leaves a computer system is called
1. Terminal
2. Keyboard
3. Plotter
4. Printer
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ37. What are the types of input?
1. Commands
2. Programs
3. Data
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide Answer Q38. Where is the pen input used?
1. Pointing devices
2. Command gestures
3. Data input
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ39. The direct entry input device is
1. Light pen
2. Mouse
3. Digitizer
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ40. Why do we use tab key?
1. To indent a paragraph
2. To move cursor down the screen
3. To move cursor across the screen
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: To indent a paragraph
Q41. Large computer memory is required in
1. Voice
2. Graphics
3. Imaging
4. All of the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ42. For interactive processing and for the one line entry of data for batch processing, the most popular input device used is
1. Visual display terminal
2. Magnetic disk
3. Mouse
4. Card punch
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ43. A single processing unit links several _____________ and hence multiuser systems provides cost savings for small business.
1. Dumb terminals
2. Personal computers
3. Mainframes
4. Workstations
View Answer / Hide Answer Q44. When a central computer is used by more than one person at the same time then the
1. Mouse is required
2. Terminal is required
3. Light pen is required
4. Digitizer is required
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Terminal is required
Q45. What does a statement “Computers gather data” mean?
1. They allow the user to store data
2. They allow the user to present data
3. They allow the user to input data
4. They allow the user to output data
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: They allow the user to input data
Q46. The input device which is user-programmable is
1. Intelligent terminal
2. Smart terminal
3. VDT
4. Dumb terminal
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Intelligent terminal
Q47. It is used only for data entry and data storage but not for processing.
1. Smart terminal
2. Micro computer
3. Dumb terminal
4. Mouse
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