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BASIC IT / COMPUTER SCIENCE

1. Print preview command is useful to have a look at the document before it

goes to ________.

A. monitor
B. printer
C. scanner
D. web cam

2. MS Excel files contain ________.

A. sheets
B. pages
C. wallpapers
D. slides

3. "Power Point Slide Layout" refers to the ________.

A. back ground image

B. way things are arranged on a slide
C. header and footer of slide
D. color scheme of slide

4. How will you define ‘Internet’ in the simplest way?

A. very large network

B. global network of networks
C. network of computers in a city
D. all of the above

5. The essential software of computer is

A. packages
B. application software
C. operating system
D. none of the above

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Information Technology

This section assesses the Professional Qualification skills of the

candidate.

1. The equivalent Hexa decimal of the decimal number 78 is:

A. 4C
B. 4D
C. 4E
D. 4F

2. A memory with 256 addresses has:

A. 256 address lines

B. 4 data output lines
C. 6 address lines
D. 8 address lines

3. A strategic business has three characteristics, which of the following is one

of those characteristics?

A. it is a collection of unrelated businesses

B. it has no defined set of competitors
C. it is a simple business or a collection of businesses that
can be planned separately
D. it should not have a manager who is responsible for
planning and profit performance

4. Some of the ways that a company can seek to increase its profits and sales
by searching for new customers include all of the following except:

A. Ads
B. reading the obituaries
C. direct mail
D. phone calls

5. The essential software of computer is:

A. packages
B. application software
C. operating system
D. None of the above

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IT

6. How can we connect independent tables with each other in Databases?

A. through some rules

B. through common attributes
C. through some query
D. None of the above

7. Which of the following statements best describes a view in MS SQL Server

2000?

A. A table stored on physical memory whose contents are derived

from a query
B. A definition of what data should be extracted from a table or
tables
C. A normal table except that it can be partitioned
D. The way a table is shown is SQL Server

8. A network of geographical distant computers and terminals is called:

A. Bus
B. WAN
C. Gateway
D. LAN

9. In OSI model, dialog control is the function of ______ layer.

A. transport
B. session
C. presentation
D. application

10.Which topology requires a central controller or hub?

A. mesh
B. star
C. bus
D. ring

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IT Training
1. Ali, asked you about the components of computer. What will be your
answer?

A. Monitor
B. CPU
C. Mouse and key board
D. All of above

2. Input device is used to enter some data to get processed by computer. You
want to purchase some input devices. What your shopping list might
consist of?

A. Key board and mouse

B. Scanner and Video Camera
C. Printer and a Monitor
D. Modem
E. Both A, and B

3. Ahmad asked you about some of storage media. What you’ll tell him?

A. Hard disk
B. USB Flash Drive
C. Floppy Disk
D. All of the above

4. Kamran wants to store a game on CD-ROM but he can’t. What you will tell
him?

A. CD-ROM is a Read only media

B. CD-ROM is a Random Access Memory
C. There is some problem in the media
D. CD-Rom is full. Delete some files to store the game

5. You were talking about operating system. Ali was listening with care. He
asked “What is operating system”. What your answer will be?

A. Software that boots computer, takes care of hardware and software

and provides interaction between user and machine
B. It is a hardware component
C. It is a software to process complicated mathematical equations
D. It is a software to access Internet

6. You have purchased a new computer for your children. What you will tell
them to operate it properly?

A. Always turn off the computer properly

B. Protect the computer with dust cover
C. Always pull of the power lead to turn off computer
D. Never turn off computer
E. Both A and B

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7. Ali is using computer and Saima asked him to logoff. What will happen if Ali
Logs off?

A. Computer will turn off

B. Computer will restart
C. Ali’s session will end but computer will remain functional (Up and
running)
D. Nothing will happen

8. Ali is left handed but you are right handed. You just have logged off and Ali
wants to play cards. Ali Complains about mouse. How you will solve Ali’s
Problem?

A. Point to Start Menu à Settings à Control Panel. Double Click Mouse

Icon and change the mouse functionality as left handed or right
handed accordingly.
B. Replace the mouse with a newer one
C. Call a computer expert to solve the problem
D. Every thing is Ok there is no problem

9. You want to take Windows help. What is the best way to get help?

A. Press F11 Key

B. Press F2 Key
C. Press F1 Key
D. Press F3 key

10.You do not like the Windows’ Default Desktop. How to change the
Background?

A. Enable the active Desktop

B. Right Click on the Desktop à Properties à Now click on the Desktop
Tag and select the desktop Background
C. Microsoft Windows does not permit to change the Desktop
D. Open a Web page and select Set as active

11.Ali left his office for 10 minutes. He was working on a very sensitive file. A
colleague came and made undesired changes in his document. What you
will suggest him to protect the computer in such conditions?

A. Enable a password protected screen saver

B. Turn Computer off whenever you leave your seat for more than 5
minutes
C. Log off properly
D. Turn the Monitor off

12.Your office colleague asks “How to create a new Folder on Desktop”. What
you will tell him? (Choose the best choice keeping in view the user friendly
way)

A. Right Click Somewhere on the Desktop à Select New à Folder

B. Go to Command Prompt; create a new folder with mkdir command in
C:\
C. Folder can not be created on Desktop
D. It is not a good idea to create folders on Desktop

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13.Print preview command is useful to have a look at document before it goes

to ………..

A. Monitor
B. Printer
C. Scanner

14.Naeem is using Microsoft Windows 2000 professional. He wants to view

size, Type, and modification date of his files in c:\Naeem. What will be
your helping tip?

A. Use MS DOS for such details

B. Go to Control Panel and set such attributes
C. Double Click My Computer à Double Click C:\ Naeem à On Menu Bar
Select View and Click On Details.
D. This is a critical change and should never be made.

15.Open Office Calc files contain …………..

A. Sheets
B. Pages
C. Wallpapers
D. Slides

16.Mr. Ali asks you “What is the basic purpose of Open Office Calc?” What you
will tell him?

A. Making Text documents

B. Making Presentations
C. Solving our Mathematical & Accounting Problems
D. Editing Pictures

17.Mr. Naeem is on phone line. He asks you how to install a printer on

Windows 2000 professional? What you will reply?

A. Select Start Menu à Control Panel à Printers and then select Add
Printer
B. Select Start Menu à Settings à Printers and Faxes à Add Printer
C. Connect Printer to you computer and Power off the Printer. Windows
will Automatically Install the software.

18.You have purchased a computer for your office. What software you will use
for report writing, Typing Office orders, and Appointment letters.

A. Open office Writer

B. Open Office Calc
C. Open Office Base
D. Open Office Impress

19. Open Office Calc consists of ……………….

A. Text boxes
B. Rows & Columns
C. Pictures & Drawings
D. Rows & Text

20.How you will open a File in Open Office Writer? (Assume Open Office Writer
is Loaded)

A. On the Menu Bar select File à open à select the desired File From
desired location

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B. Press Ctrl + O
C. Press Ctrl + x
D. Press Ctrl + P
E. Both A and B

21.Mr. Asad is learning Open Office Writer. He asked you the difference
between ‘save’ and ‘save as’. What will be your answer?

A. Save is used to save changes in an existing document, while ‘save as’

is used to save the new document as well as to save the same
document with different name/location
B. There is no difference between ‘save’ and ‘save as’
C. ‘save’ is used to save images, and ‘save as’ is used to save text
D. In Microsoft Word there is only ‘save’ option available.

22.You have copied a paragraph from a web page. The paragraph has a lot of
formatting. You want to keep the text only. How you will paste this
paragraph in your document?

A. Ctrl + v
B. Ctrl + s à unformatted text
C. Paste
D. Paste special à unformatted text

23.You want to turn bold head line in your document. What is the complete
procedure?

A. Put the cursor in the beginning of the line and press Ctrl + B
B. Highlight the desired line and press Ctrl + B
C. Highlight the desired line and press Ctrl + x
D. Highlight the desired line and press Ctrl + C

24.RDBMS stands for …………………

A. Record Database Management System

B. Relational Database Management System
C. Regional Database Manipulation System
D. None of above

25.You have selected 200 candidates for interview. You want to send them
interview letters. How you will send the same letter to 200 different people
with minimum efforts and time? (Each letter must have recipient name and
Address)

A. Write letter and save it with 200 different names

B. Use mail merge feature to accomplish this task
C. Send the letter to every one individually
D. Just type the name and address of recipient, and paste the rest of
letter
26.Mr. Naeem is designing database for your organization. He talks about
Primary Key. What he meant by Primary key?

A. Unique identifier of a database

B. Unique Identifier of a record
C. A field that is used only once in the database
D. All the fields in a table

27.You want to retrieve Name, Salary, and Tax of all the people who are
managers. What query will you write?(tablename =test)

A. Select * from test

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B. Select Name,salary,tax from test

C. Select name,salary,tax from test where designation=’managers’
D. Both A, and B

28.You want to insert your Organization's Name at the bottom of 200 pages
report. What is the best way to do this job?

A. Write the Organization's Name at one page. Copy this text and paste
on the rest of 199 pages.
B. Use header and footer feature of Open Office Writer
C. Use Auto text Feature of Microsoft Word

29.Mr. Naeem has designed a database for your organization. Now you want to
enter data as soon as possible. What you will ask Mr. Naeem to develop so
that data entry process can be started?

A. To develop Forms
B. To develop Reports
C. To develop web pages
D. All of above

30.You have computerized your office recently. On next Monday you have
annual meeting with your GM. You will brief him about your achievements
during last year. How can you present your ideas effectively?

A. By using Open Office Impress

B. By using overhead projector
C. By using pre-recorded movie
D. By your office files

31.What the suite of Open Office Writer, Open Office Calc and Open Office
Impress is called collectively?

A. Open Office
B. Open Office Database
C. Back Office
D. Open Source

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32."Open Office Impress Slide Layout" refers to the ……….

A. Back ground image

B. Way things are arranged on a slide
C. Header and Footer of Slide
D. Color scheme of Slide

33.How you will define ‘Internet’ in a simplest way?

A. Very Large Network

B. Network of Networks
C. Network of computers in a city
D. All of above

34.What software is necessary to browse the internet?

A. Open Office Writer

B. Open Office Impress
C. Visual C++
D. Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla or Konkurer or Netscape
E. All of above

35.What is virus?

A. A program that disturbs the normal functionality of computer

B. A germ caused by dust
C. It is germ that spreads due to pollution
D. All of Above

36.One of your colleagues wants to sign up for an e-mail account. What

websites will you refer to him?

A. http://www.hotmail.com
B. http://www.yahoo.com
C. http://google.com
D. All of above
E. Only A and B

37.You have computerized your office. What Software you will suggest to
Account Department for Calculating monthly salary and other
expenditures?

A. Oracle
B. SQL Server
C. Open Office Calc
D. Open Office Dbase

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38.You want to connect to internet from your home. What device do you need
to connect to internet using telephone line?

A. Phone card
B. Modem
C. Network card

39.What is true about Open Office Calc spreadsheet?

A. It is much like paper ledgers

B. Automatic calculations can be performed
C. User has no control
D. Both A and B

40.What type of data can be accessed through Internet?

A. Sound
B. Video
C. Text
D. All of above

41.Your subordinates are learning Open Office Calc. One of them is much
interested in computers. After the first class of Open Office Calc, he came
to you and asked “What is workbook?” What is your answer?

A. Open Office Calc File is usually called Workbook

B. In a workbook there can be many worksheets
C. It is a ledger
D. Both A and B

42.What is the default port of http?

A. 8080
B. 23
C. 21
D. 25
E. 80

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SAMPLE PAPER FOR ELEMENTRY TRAINING

1. The main unit of computer is

A. CPU
B. Input Unit
C. Memory Unit

D. Output Unit

2. The device which provides display to users, is

A. CPU
B. TV
C. Memory Unit
D. Monitor

3. Which one of the following is not a valid memory unit

A. MB
B. KB
C. Byte
D. XB

4. The most common type of printer is

A. Scanner
B. Drum Printer
C. Dot-Matrix Printer

D. Inkjet Printer

5. The extension .exe represents

A. Examination files
B. Extra Files
C. Executable file

D. Extension Files

6. There are ________ different ways for creating a table in Microsoft access.

A. 2
B. 4
C. 3
D. 5

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7. We can create multi column document in Ms Word

A. True
B. False
C. Situation dependent

8. WAN stands For

A. Wide Area Network

B. Wired Area Network
C. While Area Network
D. Whole Area Network

9. There are _____________ method(s) of Linux installation

A. 6
B. 2
C. 1
D. 7

10. MS Excel is a(an)

A. Application Software
B. Operating System
C. Editor
D. Package

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SUBJECT (Junior Instructor Comp operator / Office Assistant)

11.A computer can be defined as an electronic device that can (choose the
most precise definition):

A. Carry out arithmetic operation

B. Carry out logical operation
C. Do complicated calculation
D. Accept and process data by implementing sequentially a set of
stored instructions

12.Raw data is processed by the computer into:

A. Number sheets
B. Updates
C. Paragraphs
D. Information

13.Loading of operating system in a personal computer is called:

A. Booting
B. Prompting
C. Interrupting
D. Paging

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