Basic Computer MCQs
Embedding and ______ are the two main ways to insert content from one application into another.
- A. Bookmarking
- B. Importing
- C. Linking
- D. Integrating
A spreadsheet’s built-in calculation tools are implemented as a ______.
- A. Software
- B. Predefined formula
- C. Program
- D. None of these
What is the term for a webpage address?
- A. Protocol
- B. Domain
- C. URL
- D. Directory
Who combined the hypertext idea with the Internet to create the web?
- A. Bill Gates
- B. Jeff Bezos
- C. Tim Berners-Lee
- D. Steve Jobs
Programmers often refer to writing software as ______.
- A. Compiling
- B. Looping
- C. Coding
- D. Prototyping
Adobe Flash is an example of ______ software.
- A. Utility software
- B. Multimedia software
- C. Spreadsheet
- D. File manager
A typical spreadsheet is organized into ______.
- A. Documents
- B. Rows
- C. Rows and columns
- D. None of these
The Thesaurus tool in Word provides ______.
- A. Grammar options
- B. Spelling suggestions
- C. Synonyms and antonyms
- D. None of these
Which file format can you insert directly into a PowerPoint slide?
- A. jpg
- B. gif
- C. wav
- D. All of these
A fixed value entered in an Excel cell is called a ______.
- A. Number
- B. Word
- C. Mark
- D. None
When building a data table in Excel you often use functions like AVERAGE and COUNT, so you can ______ both.
- A. Average
- B. Count
- C. Both A and B
- D. Table
The feature that automatically saves your document at intervals is called ______.
- A. Save
- B. Save As
- C. AutoSave
- D. None of the above
To switch between portrait and landscape page orientations you use the ______.
- A. Print
- B. Print Layout view
- C. Page Setup dialog box
- D. None of these
To add stylized text in Word you use ______.
- A. WordArt
- B. Macros
- C. Templates
- D. None of these
Optical storage media commonly use the acronym ______.
- A. DVD
- B. RW
- C. ROM
- D. CD
DPI stands for ______.
- A. Divide per inch
- B. Dots per index
- C. Dots per inch
- D. None of these
To place text on a PowerPoint slide you insert a ______.
- A. Text box
- B. Text layer
- C. Note box
- D. Comment box
In Windows 7, small desktop apps like a clock or weather are called ______.
- A. Windows Explorer
- B. Gadgets
- C. File
- D. Both A and B
Which component is often called the “heart” of the computer?
- A. Keyboard
- B. Scanner
- C. Monitor
- D. Microprocessor
A trackball is a type of ______ device.
- A. Storage device
- B. Output device
- C. Input device
- D. Programming language
Silicon Valley is renowned for ______.
- A. Computers
- B. Cars
- C. Sugarcane
- D. Film industry
DOS cannot recover data if its ______ is damaged by a virus.
- A. Directory area
- B. BAT files
- C. File Allocation Table (FAT)
- D. Data area
A grainy, non-smooth background surface is called a ______.
- A. Pattern
- B. Gradient
- C. Texture
- D. Velvet
PowerPoint slides default to ______ orientation.
- A. Horizontal
- B. Portrait
- C. Landscape
- D. None
A value that doesn’t change in Excel is called a ______.
- A. Constant
- B. Variable
- C. Function
- D. None
The minimum number of rows and columns you can have in a Word table is ______.
- A. 1 and 1
- B. 2 and 2
- C. 2 and 1
- D. 1 and 2
Special effects that introduce slides are called ______.
- A. Effects
- B. Transitions
- C. Outline
- D. None
Which is NOT a standard PowerPoint view mode?
- A. Slide
- B. Presentation
- C. Outline
- D. None
To open the print dialog in PowerPoint, press ______.
- A. Ctrl+S
- B. Ctrl+P
- C. Ctrl+A
- D. None
To exit a slide show, press ______.
- A. Ctrl+Q
- B. Ctrl+W
- C. Escape
- D. All
Which key deletes the character to the right of the cursor in Word?
- A. Delete
- B. Backspace
- C. End
- D. None
The shortcut for center align is ______.
- A. Shift+V
- B. Ctrl+A
- C. Both
- D. Ctrl+E
The zoom control in Word is located at the ______ corner of the window.
- A. Upper-right
- B. Lower-right
- C. Upper-left
- D. None
The main page of a website is commonly called the ______.
- A. First Page
- B. New Page
- C. Screen Page
- D. Home Page
- E. None of the above
Outlook data files use the extension ______.
- A. pps
- B. ppt
- C. pst
- D. None
By default, Word paragraphs are aligned to the ______.
- A. Left
- B. Right
- C. Center
- D. None
Spreading text across the full width of a cell uses the ______ alignment.
- A. Indent
- B. Distributed
- C. Center
- D. Justify
The Microsoft Office tool that provides synonyms is called ______.
- A. Thesaurus
- B. Functions
- C. Macros
- D. None of these
The PowerPoint “Clipboard” function is used to ______.
- A. Dashes
- B. Copy
- C. Semicolons
- D. Insert
A large initial capital letter at the start of a paragraph is called a ______.
- A. Title caps
- B. Small caps
- C. All caps
- D. None of above
DNS is an acronym for ______.
- A. Domain number sequence
- B. Data number sequence
- C. Digital number sequence
- D. Domain Name System
Your ______ folder stores temporary versions of running programs.
- A. Memory
- B. Temp
- C. Static
- D. Cache
A program that can delete or damage other programs is called a ______.
- A. Switched computer
- B. Virus
- C. Anti-virus
- D. Dust
By default, Word automatically saves every ______ minutes.
- A. 30
- B. 10
- C. 20
- D. No specific time