MCQs for Basic Computer Knowledge Test

1.    Which of the following is not a Unix or Linux variant

1. SunOS
2. RedHat
3. DOS

2.    Which of the following is a PC video file extension?

1. .MVE
2. .MP3
3. .AVI

3.    Which of the following file extensions is not an audio file format?

1. MP3
2. AIF
3. WAV
4. COM

4.    Which of the following is not an operating system?

1. SuSE
2. Unix
3. OSD
4. DOS

5.    Which of the following is a broadband Internet connection?

1. 28.8k
2. 56k
3. Cable
4. Modem

6.    Which of the following is not an Internet browser?

1. Internet Explorer
2. AOL
3. Netscape
4. Opera

7.    Typically, hard disk drives employ what technology as a storage mechanism?

1. Laser
2. Magnetic
3. Light

8.    what is XP short for?

1. Whistler
2. eXtra Powerful
3. eXPerienced
4. It is not an acronym

9.    Unix is short for what? 

1. UNIt eXchange
2. UNIform eXchange
3. UNIt X
4. It is not an acronym

10.  Why was the first Intel Celeron processor not as popular as expected?

1. Had errors
2. No level 2 cache
3. Caused errors

11.  Which of the following is not a network protocol?

1. HTTP
2. RIP
3. PIM
4. PSI

12.  Which video resolution is not correct?

1. 640x480
2. 800x680
3. 1024x768
4. 1152x864

13.  Which of the following is hard drive manufacturer?

1. Dell
2. Microsoft
3. Conner
4. Seagate

  14.  Which of the following is an example of Binary?

1. 123
2. 111 1011
3. 7B
4. All of the above

15.                     Which of the following will not help your computer's security?

1. Firewall
2. VLAN
3. Good Password

16.  What is IRC?

1. Internet Relay Channel
2. Internet Respond Channel
3. Internet Relay Chat
4. Internet Response Cache

17.  What was the latest alone version of MS-DOS?

1. MS-DOS 6.0
2. MS-DOS 6.22
3. MS-DOS 95

18.  Which of the following is not a mouse technology?

1. Mechanical
2. Optical
3. Motorized
4. Optical-Mechanical

19.  Which of the following is not a programming language?

1. Lisp
2. See
3. Java

20.  Which of the following is not related to e-mail?

1. BCC
2. SPAM
3. Pen
4. Pine

21.  Which of the following is part of a hard drive?

1. Mother Board
2. Platter
3. Laser
4. Riser Board

22.  Which of the following is not a network device?

1. Core
2. Switch
3. Hub
4. Router

23.  Which of the below is an input device?

1. Monitor
2. Printer
3. Scanner
4. Speakers

24.  Which of the below is not related to power?

1. PIO
2. Surge
3. UPS
4. VRM

25.  Which of the below is not a type of DVD drive?

1. DVD-RD
2. DVD-RW
3. DVD+RW
4. DVD-RAM

26.  Which of the below is related to memory?

1. PS
2. DSP
3. Flops
4. Cache

27.  Which of the following is not related to computer video.

1. DirectX
2. AC-3
3. GeForce

28.  How many keys are there on the majority of the standard US keyboard today?

1. 100
2. 102
3. 104
4. 106

29.  Which of the following is not related to chat?

1. IRC
2. IM
3. Op
4. AutoPlay

30.  Which of the following is not related to a computer hard drive?

1. Platter
2. Pwrite
3. Access Arm

31.  IP is an abbreviation for which of the following?

1. Internet Printer
2. Internet Ping
3. Internet Person
4. Internet Protocol

32.  Which of the following was the first Intel processor introduced?

1. 3080
2. 4004
3. 8080
4. 8086

33.  Which of the following is not a search engine?

1. Google
2. Zeal
3. Amazon
4. Hotbot

34.  How many bits in a byte?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 4
4. 8

35.  Which of the following is not related to programming?

1. Subroutine
2. Compile
3. Null pointer
4. Interleave

36.  Which of the following is not a keyboard layout?

1. QWERTY
2. Maltron
3. Sholes
4. Dvorak

37.  Which of the following is the directory commonly used to store a website?

1. /home
2. /public
3. /home_html
4. /public_html

38.  Which of the below formulas add cells a1 through a5 in Microsoft Excel?

1. =sum(A1+A5)
2. =sum(A1:A5)
3. =add(A1+A5)

 39.  What is another name for a motherboard?

1. CPU
2. Fatherboard
3. Main system
4. System board

40.  Which of the below is not a type of game?

1. FPS
2. RTS
3. RPG
4. ETS

41.  Which of the below is a type of memory that cannot have information written to it?

1. DRAM
2. RAM
3. ROM
4. SRAM

42.  Which of the below is not a type of network?

1. MAN
2. HAN
3. LPN
4. VPN

43.  Which below file extension is not a type of compressed file?

1. .bin
2. .rar
3. .tar
4. .z

44.  How many keys does the standard Windows US keyboard with number pad have?

1. 74
2. 84
3. 94
4. 104

45.  Which of the below is not a text editor?

1. Vim
2. Perl
3. Pico
4. Vi

46.  Where is the BIOS stored?

1. On the hard drive
2. On a diskette
3. On a USB drive
4. On a flash memory chip

47.  What is BIOS short for?

1. Not short for anything
2. Basic Input/Output System
3. Binary Input/Output System
4. Bus Input/Output System

48.  Which below IP address would be used for a local network?

1. 74.125.127.100
2. 69.72.169.241
3. 192.168.1.100

49.  Which of the below media types hold the most information?

1. Blu-ray
2. CD
3. DVD
4. Floppy diskette

50.  Which of the below utilities allow you to view a drives partition information?

1. Chkdsk
2. Disk Management
3. Device Manager
4. Scandisk