Computer Knowledge Questions for Postal Exams

1. A kilobyte equals to how many bytes?
1) 1000 2) 1035 3) 100 4) 1008 5) 1024

2. The Central Processing Unit is an example of
1) peripheral device 2) an output unit 3) software 4) a program 5) hardware

3. CD-ROM stands for
1) Compactable Read Only Memory
2) Compact Data Read Only Memory
3) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
4) Compact Disk Read Only Memory
5) Connected Disk Read Only Memory

4. Which of the following terms refers to the ability of a computer to automatically configure a new hardware component that is added to it?
1) Formatting 2) Multiprocessing 3) Multiprogramming 4) Multitasking 5) Plug and play

5. Free hard-disk space used to extend the capacity of RAM is termed
1) Cache 2) Flash memory 3) ROM 4) Virtual memory 5) Volatile

6. Making illegal copies of copyrighted software is called
1) collaboration 2) software piracy 3) electronic distribution 4) browsing 5) software legacy

7. What is loading the operating system into a personal computer called?
1) Booting 2) Prompting 3) Paging 4) Interrupting 5) Readying

8. Which of the following is not an example of application software?
1) Database software 2) Graphics software 3) Operating system software 4) Spreadsheet software 5) Word processing software

9) Pie-charts are typically created by using which of the following?
1) Browser software 2) Database software 3) Desktop-publishing software 4) Word-processing software 5) Spreadsheet software

10) The computer to which a user’s computer connects in order to access the internet is called a
1) notebook 2) PDA 3) supercomputer 4) server 5) laptop

Answers

1) Ans. 5) 1024
2) Ans. 5) hardware
3) Ans. 4) Compact Disk Read Only Memory
4) Ans. 5) Plug and play
5) Ans. 4) Virtual memory
6) Ans. 2) software piracy
7) Ans. 1) Booting
8) Ans. 3) Operating system software
9) Ans. 5) Spreadsheet software
10) Ans. 4) server

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