Multiple Choice November 2010
1) Which ONE of the following would typically be the best device or medium to use to backup an entire hard drive?
a) Flash disk
b) DVD
c) SD card
d) External hard drive
2) The reason for using a modem is that it …
a) acts as a firewall.
b) allows the computer to send and receive data via a telephone line.
c) acts as a power source to the computer.
d) allows multiple devices to be connected to a personal computer.
3) The URL of a website refers to …
a) the relative ranking of the website by a search engine.
b) the password needed to access the website.
c) an address that identifies a website on the Internet.
d) the e-mail address of the webmaster of the website.
4) Which ONE of the following files does NOT have a file format that has been compressed?
a) mpeg
b) zip
c) jpeg
d) rtf
5) Which ONE of the following components will probably improve the performance of a PC the most?
a) Increasing the refresh rate of the monitor
b) Adding a DVD drive
c) Installing antivirus software
d) Adding more memory (RAM)
6) Which ONE of the following may NOT be used as a data source in a mail merge?
a) A worksheet in a spreadsheet
b) A report in a database
c) A table in a word processing document
d) A query in a database
7) Which ONE of the following would be the most suitable example of a good, secure password?
a) AD12
b) Mary
c) Q4%61y9!
d) 0825545612
8) Which ONE of the following fields in a table in a database containing records of clients would be the best example of a field where an input mask could beused?
a) The surname of a client
b) The address of a client
c) The web address of a client's company
d) The cellphone number of a client
9) For which ONE of the following websites would the screen display be improved, should the user use a good graphics card?
a) Yahoo!
b) YouTube
c) Twitter
d) Wikipedia
10) Which TWO of the following spreadsheet functions will always give the same answer, irrespective of the values in the cells in the range A1:D8?
a) =MAX(A1:D8)
b) =COUNTA(A1:D8)
c) =LARGE(A1:D8,1)
d) =MODE(A1:D8)
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