Which of the following items is not an input device?

1.   ?    Keyboard
2.   ?    Mouse
3.   ?    Printer
4.   ?    Touchpad

Which one of the following is both an input and output device?

1.   ?    Keyboard
2.   ?    Plotter
3.   ?    CD ROM
4.   ?    Floppy Disk

ROM stands for.......

1.   ?    Read Only Memory
2.   ?    Random Only Memory

Which is the largest?

1.   ?    Byte
2.   ?    Kilobyte
3.   ?    Megabyte
4.   ?    Gigabyte

Which of the following is likely to appear on the application running icons list?

1.   ?    Word 2000 for Windows icon
2.   ?    Anti Virus software icon
3.   ?    Windows 2000 icon
4.   ?    Excel 2000 for Windows icon

On which menu are you likely to find the Printers folder?

1.   ?    The Accessories sub-menu
2.   ?    The Settings menu
3.   ?    The Start menu
4.   ?    The Documents menu

Which of the following is an example of Operating System software?

1.   ?    Word 2003
2.   ?    Windows XP
3.   ?    Office XP
4.   ?    Works 2000

What is WWW short for?

1.   ?    World wide wait
2.   ?    World wide worms
3.   ?    World wide web
4.   ?    World wide wobble

Which one of the following is a typical email address?

1.   ?    me/virtualcollege.ac.uk
2.   ?    me*virtualcollege.ac.uk
3.   ?    www.virtualcollege.ac.uk
4.   ?    [email protected]

Ecommerce is short for?

1.   ?    Euro commerce
2.   ?    Ecstatic commerce
3.   ?    Electrical commerce
4.   ?    Electronic commerce

An office with a large number of computers in it should have

1.   ?    Air purifiers
2.   ?    Air conditioning
3.   ?    Air quality monitors
4.   ?    None of the above

A virus cannot

1.   ?    Delete Files
2.   ?    Send confidential information to a stranger
3.   ?    Set your computer on fire
4.   ?    Make your computer unusable

To be able to communicate properly with a computer, peripherals require

1.   ?    An interface
2.   ?    A programming language
3.   ?    Fast connections

ROM stands for?

1.   ?    Read Over Memory
2.   ?    Read Once Memory
3.   ?    Read Only Memory

Mainframe computers permit

1.   ?    Users to password protect their files
2.   ?    The storage of large files
3.   ?    Multi-access and multi-programming

Dedicated computers

1.   ?    Are used 24 hours around the clock
2.   ?    Have only one function, e.g. control traffic lights in a town.
3.   ?    Are used for commercial data processing

On a computer network software licenses must be obtained for

1.   ?    The file server
2.   ?    Individual users
3.   ?    Every machine on a network that will be running the software at any one time.

Most programs are written in a high level programming language then get translated into machine code by a

1.   ?    Translator
2.   ?    Executor
3.   ?    Assembler

Applications based on databases are :

1.   ?    Accounts, payroll, computer games
2.   ?    Slideshow and multimedia
3.   ?    Booking systems, online banking, stock control

Images may be obtained to illustrate documents by the following methods:

1.   ?    ClipArt, screen shot, video clip, photocopy
2.   ?    Drawing them using paint or draw packages, scanning, digital camera
3.   ?    Copy from another file, copy from the web, copy from a text book, take a photo of the TV
4.   ?    All of the above

It is sensible to keep copies of files in case they become corrupt or lost. An identical copy is called a

1.   ?    Twin
2.   ?    Replica
3.   ?    Back Up
4.   ?    Clone

A friend offered to give Many a copy of their operating system software to save her the expense. Why should she purchase her own?

1.   ?    She might fall out with her friend and may not be able to borrow the copy again.
2.   ?    It is illegal not to have a software license for installed software on every machine. She also would not be able to obtain technical support for the software
3.   ?    She would not have a user manual to refer to and would have to find out how to use it properly

When you make changes to the content or words on a word processed page, it is called

1.   ?    Inserting
2.   ?    Formatting
3.   ?    Editing

Which of the following applications are you most likely to find on the 'Programs' menu?

1.   ?    Access
2.   ?    Windows
3.   ?    Printer
4.   ?    Search