Computer Quiz

1. What is the process of copying software programs from secondary storage media to the hard disk called?

a) configuration 

b) download

c) Installation

d) Storage

e) compression 

2. A computer cannot boot if it does not have the?

a) compiler 

b) loader

c) operating system

d) assembler

e) None of the above

3. A computer intensive problem runs on a?

a) server 

b) mainframe

c) supercomputer

d) PDA

e) None of the above 

4. Which of the following is a computer package for preparing/ typing/ letters/ documents?

a) Word

b) Excel

c) PowerPoint 

d) Windows

e) Unix 

5. When creating a word document, this step involves the user changing how words on the page appear, both on the screen and in printed form?

a) Editing text 

b) Inserting tables and indexes

c) Formatting text

d) Proofing documents

e) None of the above 

6. When the pointer is positioned on a ___________, it is shaped like a hand?

a) grammar error 

b) hyperlink

c) screen tips 

d) spelling error

e) None of the above 

7. The name a user assigns to a document is called a(n)?

a) filename

b) program

c) record 

d) data

e) Hard disk

8. The Internet allows you to?

a) send email

b) view web pages

c) connect to servers all around the world 

d) All the above

e) None of the above

9. To insert a copy of the clipboard contents, whatever was last cut or copied at the insertion point?

a) paste

b) stick in

c) fit in 

d) push in

e) None of the above 

10. A website's main page is called its?

a) home page

b) browser page

c) search page 

d) bookmark

e) None of the above