Answer

C. shift register.

1. The pattern of printed lines on most products are called

________
A. OCR
B. prices
C. bar codes
D. None of the Above

Answer

C. bar codes

2. MICR stands for ____________

A. Magnetic Ink Colour Recognition
B. Magnetic Ink Code Recognition
C. Magnetic Ink Computer Recognition
D. Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

Answer

D. Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

3. The OCR recognises the _______ of the characters with the

help of light source.
A. Size
B. Shape
C. Colour
D. None of the Above

Answer

B. Shape
4. Which Unit is used to measure the speed of a printer?
A. DPI
B. CPM
C. PPM
D. None of the Above

Answer

C. PPM

5. Which of the following groups consist of only Input devices?

A. Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor
B. Mouse, Keyboard, Printer
C. Mouse, Keyboard, Plotter
D. Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner

Answer

D. Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner

6. USB refers to a ______

A. storage device
B. processor
C. port type
D. None of the Above

Answer

C. port type

7. OCR is used for the preparation of _________

A. electricity bills
B. telephone bills
C. insurance premium
D. All of the Above
 Answer

D. All of the Above

8. A joystick is primarily used to/for ________

A. print text
B. draw picture
C. computer gaming
D. None of the Above

Answer

C. computer gaming

9. The ______ may also be called the screen or monitor.

A. Scanner
B. Display
C. Hard Disk
D. None of the Above

Answer

B. Display

10. What type of devices are computer speakers or headphones?

A. Input
B. Output
C. Input/Output
D. None of the Above

Answer

B. Output

1. Which of these is a pointing and drop device?

A. Scanner
B. Printer
 C. Keyboard
D. Mouse

Answer

D. Mouse

2. A parallel port is most often used by ________

A. Scanner
B. Printer
C. Keyboard
D. Mouse

Answer

B. Printer

3. A hard copy would prepared on a _______

A. Dot matrix Printer
B. Plotter
C. Type Writer Terminal
D. All of the above

Answer

D. All of the above

4. External devices such as printers, keyboards and modems are

known as _________
A. Special Buys
B. Add on Devices
C. Peripherals
D. All of the above

Answer

C. Peripherals
5. The higher the resolution of a monitor, the _________
A. larger the pixels.
B. closer together the pixels.
C. further apart the pixels.
D. less clear the screen is.

Answer

B. closer together the pixels.

6. In laser printers, printing is achieved by deflecting laser beam

on to __________ surface of a drum.
A. Magnetic
B. Electric
C. Photosensitive
D. None of the Above

Answer

C. Photosensitive

7. The rate at which scanning is repeated in a CRT is called

________
A. Resolution
B. Refresh rate
C. Bandwidth
D. None of the Above

Answer

B. Refresh rate

8. An example of peripheral equipment is _______

A. Printer
B. CPU
 C. Spread Sheet
D. None of the Above

Answer

A. Printer

9. Trackball is an example of a/an _____

A. Output device
B. Printing device
C. Pointing device
D. None of the Above

Answer

C. Pointing device

10. Which is the best position for operating the mouse?

A. Tail away from the user
B. Tail facing the right
C. Tail facing the left
D. Tail towards the user

Answer

D. Tail towards the user

1. First Computer mouse was built by_______

A. Douglas Engelbart
B. William English
C. Robert Zawacki
D. Von Neumann

Answer

A. Douglas Engelbart
2. Which of the following is not a hardware?
A. Processor
B. Printer
C. Mouse
D. Java

Answer

D. Java

3. The transfer of data from a CPU to peripheral devices of

computer is achieved through ________
A. Modem
B. Interface
C. Buffer
D. I/O Ports

Answer

D. I/O Ports

4. A thin plate or board that contains electronic components is

called ___________
A. Hard Disk
B. RAM
C. ROM
D. Circuit Board

Answer

D. Circuit Board

5. A ___________ is used to create a digital representation of a

printed document or photograph.
A. Video Digitizer
B. Scanner
 C. Monitor
D. None of the Above

Answer

B. Scanner

6. The wheel located between the two standard buttons on a

mouse is used to ________
A. click in Web pages.
B. scroll.
C. click and select items.
D. jump to different Web pages

Answer

B. scroll.

7. Any data and instruction entered in the memory of a computer

is__________
A. Storage
B. Output
C. Input
D. Information

Answer

C. Input

8. Which input device resembles an upside-down mouse?

A. Trackball
B. Pointing stick
C. Track pad
D. Touch pad

Answer
 A. Trackball

9. Bar-code readers use light to read ______

A. UPCs
B. UPSs
C. POSs
D. optical marks

Answer

A. UPCs

10. The display size of a monitor is measured _________

A. diagonally.
B. horizontally.
C. vertically.
D. None of the Above

Answer

A. diagonally.

1. The computer or system peripherals that receives data from

processing unit are called ___________
A. Input Devices
B. Output Devices
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the Above

Answer

B. Output Devices

2. A displaying screen in which text is presented in one colour and

background is of any other colour is called ________
A. monochrome screen
 B. high resolution screen
C. low resolution screen
D. medium resolution screen

Answer

A. monochrome screen

3. LED stands for _________

A. Low Emission Display
B. Liquid Emitting Display
C. Less Emitting Diode
D. Light Emitting Diode

Answer

D. Light Emitting Diode

4. A marker on the computer screen used to show the current

position is called _________
A. coloured marker
B. position checker
C. cursor
D. None of the Above

Answer

C. cursor

5. Which of the following device is used to enter the text and

numerical data in a computer?
A. Plotter
B. Scanner
C. Printer
D. Keyboard
 Answer

D. Keyboard

6. Printer resolution is usually measured in ________

A. Characters Per Minute (CPM)
B. Pixels Per Inch (PPI)
C. Pages Per Minute (PPM)
D. Dots Per Inch (DPI)

Answer

D. Dots Per Inch (DPI)

7. _______ is an input device that converts analog information

into digital form.
A. Plotter
B. Track Ball
C. Light Pen
D. Digitizer

Answer

D. Digitizer

8. __________ is a special type of optical scanner used to

recognize the type of mark made by Pen or Pencil.
A. Optical Character Reader
B. Bar code Reader
C. Optical Mark Reader
D. None of the Above

Answer

C. Optical Mark Reader

9. Which of the following is non-emissive display?
A. LED
B. LCD
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the Above

Answer

B. LCD

10. __________ printers print the characters by striking them

on the ribbon which is then pressed on the paper.
A. Impact
B. Non Impact
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the Above

Answer

A. Impact

1. Which input device is used to read information on a credit card?

A. Graphic Tablet
B. Numeric Keyboard
C. Bar Code reader
D. Magnetic Stripe reader

Answer

D. Magnetic Stripe reader

2. LCD stands for _________

A. Light Crystal Display
B. Low Crystal Display
C. Less Crystal Display
D. Liquid Crystal Display
 Answer

D. Liquid Crystal Display

3. Which of the following works as mouse?

A. Keyboard
B. Scanner
C. Track ball
D. None of the Above

Answer

C. Track ball

4. The work done by a computer operator is displayed in which

part of computer?
A. CPU
B. VDU
C. ALU
D. None of the Above

Answer

B. VDU

5. Which involves photo scanning of the text character by

character, analysis of the scanned in image , and then
translation of the character image into character code?
A. OCR
B. OMR
C. Bar code Reader
D. None of the Above

Answer

A. OCR
6. In OCR processing, When a character is recognized, it is
converted into_______ code.
A. binary
B. ASCII
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the Above

Answer

B. ASCII

7. Laser printers and Ink-jet printers are an example of _______

A. Impact
B. Non Impact
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the Above

Answer

B. Non Impact

8. Which of the following is used as principal flight control in the

cockpit of many air crafts?
A. Graphic Tablet
B. Joy Stick
C. Bar Code reader
D. Magnetic Stripe reader

Answer

B. Joy Stick

9. TFT stands for ________

A. Thick Film Transistor
B. Thin Film Transistor
 C. Thin Film Transmitter
D. Thick Film Transmitter

Answer

B. Thin Film Transistor

10. Which of the following is used at Point of Sales to input

product information?
A. Graphic Tablet
B. MICR
C. Bar Code reader
D. Magnetic Stripe reader

Answer

C. Bar Code reader

1. Which input device is used for inserting pin numbers for credit
cards?
A. Graphic Tablet
B. Numeric pad
C. Bar Code reader
D. Magnetic Stripe reader

Answer

B. Numeric pad

2. _________ is a device used for reading bar coded data

(contains light and dark lines).
A. Graphic Tablet
B. Numeric pad
C. Bar Code reader
D. Magnetic Stripe reader
 Answer

C. Bar Code reader

3. Which input device is usually a standard feature of laptops?

A. Graphic Tablet
B. Numeric Keyboard
C. touch pad
D. Magnetic Stripe reader

Answer

C. touch pad

4. __________ are devices that convert electrical energy into

light.
A. Emissive Displays
B. Non-Emissive Displays
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the Above

Answer

A. Emissive Displays

5. Which of the following input device is used in Banks to read

magnetised characters on a Cheque?
A. OCR
B. MICR
C. Bar Code reader
D. Magnetic Stripe reader

Answer

B. MICR
6. _________ printers print the characters without using ribbon
and it can print a complete page at a time.
A. Impact
B. Non Impact
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the Above

Answer

B. Non Impact

7. Impact printers can be divided into ______ types.

A. Four
B. Six
C. Three
D. Two

Answer

D. Two

8. ________ printers are the printers that print one character at a

time.
A. Laser
B. Drum
C. Chain
D. Dot Matrix

Answer

D. Dot Matrix

9. Which of the following is an example for Character printer?

A. Laser
B. Drum
 C. Chain
D. Daisy Wheel

Answer

D. Daisy Wheel

10. Which of the following is an example for line printer?

A. Laser
B. Drum
C. Daisy Wheel
D. Dot Matrix

Answer

B. Drum

1. Non-Impact Printers use ________ technologies.

A. electrostatic and chemical
B. thermal
C. inkjet
D. All of the Above

Answer

D. All of the Above

2. Which printers produce output by mechanical contact between

the print head and paper?
A. Impact
B. Non-impact
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the Above

Answer

A. Impact
3. ______ is a computer printer for printing vector graphics.
A. Plotter
B. Projector
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the Above

Answer

A. Plotter

4. Plotter can be divided into _________ types.

A. Three
B. Six
C. Four
D. Two

Answer

D. Two

5. The refresh rate of monitor is measured in _______

A. byte
B. seconds
C. Hertz
D. None of the Above

Answer

C. Hertz

6. In DLP Projector, DLP stands for________

A. Direct Light Processing
B. Direct Low Processing
C. Digital Low Processing
D. Digital Light Processing
 Answer

D. Digital Light Processing

7. __________ is an interface for connecting eight or more data

wires.
A. Serial Port
B. Fire wire
C. Parallel Port
D. None of the Above

Answer

C. Parallel Port

8. ________ is a high-speed real-time interface for serial bus and

it has data transfer up to 400 Mbps.
A. Serial Port
B. Fire wire
C. Parallel Port
D. None of the Above

Answer

B. Fire wire

9. __________ transmits one bit of data through a single wire.

A. Serial Port
B. Fire wire
C. Parallel Port
D. None of the Above

Answer

A. Serial Port
10. Which refers to the diagonal distance between two coloured
pixels?
A. Refresh rate
B. Dot Pitch
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the Above

Answer

B. Dot Pitch

1. ________ is an input device that accepts input when the user

places a fingertip on the computer screen.
A. Joy Stick
B. Light Pen
C. Trackball
D. Touch Screen

Answer

D. Touch Screen

2. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is also known as

_________
A. Intelligent Code Recognition
B. Intermediate Code Recognition
C. Intermediate Character Recognition
D. Intelligent Character Recognition

Answer

D. Intelligent Character Recognition

3. __________ is a handheld electro-optical pointing device. It is

also called mouse pen.
A. Joy Stick