Input system - computer awareness questions

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

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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

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Q3. 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)

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Q4. The mouse of a computer is

1. Output device
2. Input device
3. Software
4. Storage

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Q5. ___________________ can input graphical images and pictures for a computer.

1. Mouse
2. Plotter
3. Scanner
4. Printer

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Q6. 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

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Q7. 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.

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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

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Q9. How to restart the computer?

1. Backspace + Alt
2. Insert + Esc
3. Ctrl + Alt + Delete
4. Ctrl + Esc

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Q10. How to get the printed diagram into the computer?

1. Scanner
2. Printer
3. Mouse
4. Touchpad

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Q11. To perform special task, the key that can be used in combination with another key is

1. Control
2. Function
3. Arrow
4. Spacebar

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Q12. Ctrl and shift keys are

1. Alphanumeric key
2. Adjustment key
3. Function key
4. Modifier

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Q13. Which devices enter information and let you communicate with the computer?

1. Input/output devices
2. Software
3. Hardware
4. None of the above

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Q14. How to move to the beginning of a line of text?

1. Page up
2. Home
3. Enter
4. Shift

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Q15. A point-and-draw device is nothing but a

1. Keyboard
2. CD-ROM
3. Printer
4. Mouse

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Q16. Playing games is made easier by

1. Joystick
2. Mouse
3. Keyboard
4. All of the above

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Q17. For video conferencing over the internet what do you use?

1. Touch screen
2. Graphic tablet
3. Web cam
4. Multimedia

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Q18. What do we use to input information?

1. Input device
2. Output device
3. Storage device
4. Processing device

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Q19. What do a scanner scans?

1. Picture
2. Both picture and text
3. Text
4. Neither picture nor text

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Q20. The key on pressing will result in an upper case is

1. Caps Lock
2. Time
3. Num Lock
4. Shift

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Q21. What does a voice recognition system include?

1. Discrete speech recognition
2. Speaker independent system
3. Speaker dependent system
4. All of the above

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Q22. 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

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Q23. 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

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Q24. For the computer network to work the most essential component is

1. Speaker
2. Storage system
3. Input system
4. Output system

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Q25. What is the full form of POS?

1. Point of sale
2. Paid on sale
3. Priority of sale
4. Place of sale

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Q26. Which device provides information which is sent to the CPU?

1. CPU
2. Memory
3. Output
4. Input

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Q27. To move the cursor on the screen the key used is

1. Arrow key
2. Enter
3. Alt
4. Shift

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Q28. Visual display unit (VDU) is

1. Just a hardware item
2. A peripheral device
3. An input device
4. An output device

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Q29. The key to enter blank spaces in the text use

1. Spacebar
2. Slash
3. Tab
4. Insert

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Q30. What do dumb terminal posses?

1. Independent processing capability
2. A keyboard and screen
3. Extensive memory
4. An embedded microprocessor

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Q31. Which of the following is not included in pointing device?

1. Pen input
2. Trackball
3. Keyboard
4. Mouse

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Q32. Drawing, photos etc. are converted into digital signal with the help of

1. Digitizers
2. Joysticks
3. Terminals
4. All of the above

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Q33. 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

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Q34. ___________is not an input device

1. Computer output to microfilm (COM)
2. OCR
3. Optical scanner
4. Voice recognition device

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Q35. What do you mean by PDA?

1. Personal digital appliances
2. Primary digital assistance
3. Pure digital assistance
4. Personal digital assistants

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Q36. The device at which data enters or leaves a computer system is called

1. Terminal
2. Keyboard
3. Plotter
4. Printer

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Q37. What are the types of input?

1. Commands
2. Programs
3. Data
4. All of the above

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Q38. Where is the pen input used?

1. Pointing devices
2. Command gestures
3. Data input
4. All of the above

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Q39. The direct entry input device is

1. Light pen
2. Mouse
3. Digitizer
4. All of the above

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Q40. 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

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Q41. Large computer memory is required in

1. Voice
2. Graphics
3. Imaging
4. All of the above

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Q42. 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

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Q43. 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

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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

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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

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Q46. The input device which is user-programmable is

1. Intelligent terminal
2. Smart terminal
3. VDT
4. Dumb terminal

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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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