25 Software quiz questions

Software Quiz:

1. What are the two main types of software?

2. Windows XP is an example of what type of software?

3. ASP is acronym for ________

4. What is the basic programming language used for creating web pages?

5. An operating system controls all the resources of a computer: TRUE or FALSE?

6. Word processor software allows you to create _________ to perform repetitive functions better and faster

7. Application software is developed using one or more of _________

8. You have to use a _______ software to reduce the size of a file

9. What is the quickest way, in Windows XP, to find out the size of a file whose icon, say is on the Desktop?

10. What does the acronym RTOS stand for?

11. What is the name of the software that comes bundled with Windows XP that you can use to create un-formatted text documents?

12. A mobile phone has what type of operating system in it?

13. What is the general name of the software that helps you, among others, to develop financial models?

14. What is the name of the popular presentation software from Microsoft?

15. A presentation software facilitates to generate various types of graphs, including 3D bar graphs and pie charts: TRUE or FALSE?

16. Which menu option you’ve to select, as the first step, when you right-click on an empty space on the Desktop, in Windows XP, to change the screen resolution?

17. What does the acronym RDBMS stand for?

18. What is the name of the language that helps you build queries to extract information from databases?

19. What are the two keyboard shortcuts, in Windows XP, to copy all the files in a folder?

20. _________ software can prevent the virus attack on your computer

21. Pick the “odd-one” out: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Word, and Chrome

22. How to quickly create a table in Word without using the Table menu?

23. Through disk partition, it’s possible to use two operating systems on the same computer: TRUE or FALSE?

24. In a spreadsheet, the intersection of a row and a column is known as a _________

25. If hardware can be compared to a pen, software can be compared to which of the following: eraser, sharpener, ink, pencil?

Answers to Computer Quiz:

1. Systems software and Application Software

2. Systems software

3. Active Server Pages

4. HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

5. TRUE

6. Macros

7. Programming Languages

8. Compression

9. By moving the mouse cursor over the icon

10. Real Time Operating System

11. Notepad

12. RTOS

13. Spreadsheet

14. PowerPoint

15. TRUE

16. Properties

17. Relational Database Management System

18. SQL (Structured Query Language)

19. Ctrl+A (to select all the files), Ctrl+C (to copy the files)

20. Antivirus

21. Word; all others are the names of web browsers

22. By clicking the Insert Table icon

23. TRUE

24. Cell

25. Ink

Author: S.B. Viswakumar