Category: Past Questions

What does EEPROM mean? Question 9Answer a. Enhanced Electronic Program Operating Machine b. Electronically Expanded Primary Output Operating Module c. Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory d. External Equipment Processing and Output Memory

Which device commonly provides long-term secondary storage inside a computer? Question 8Answer a. Random Access Memory b. Processor register c. Cache only d. Hard disk drive

Which device mainly presents visual output to the user? Question 7Answer a. Keyboard b. Microphone c. Monitor d. Mouse

What is the first major choice when beginning the Step-by-Step Mail Merge Wizard? Question 6Answer a. Delete the data source b. Select the document type c. Shut down the computer d. Convert the document to hardware

Which capability is strongly associated with the development goals of fifth-generation computers? Question 5Answer a. Exclusive use of punch cards b. Dependence on vacuum tubes c. Natural-language processing and machine learning d. Manual arithmetic only

What is the main purpose of utility software? Question 4Answer a. To provide electrical power b. To maintain, protect or optimise the computer system c. To manufacture processors d. To replace all computer hardware

In mail merge, where are changing details such as recipients’ names and addresses stored? Question 3Answer a. Clipboard only b. Title bar c. Status bar d. Data source

Which benefit results when organisations connect databases through communication networks? Question 2Answer a. Wider access to and distribution of information b. Elimination of every security requirement c. Reduction of all storage capacity d. Permanent loss of all records

An operating system belongs to which software category? Question 1Answer a. System software b. Data file c. Peripheral hardware d. Application software