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Computer & IT MCQs

Collecting personal information and effectively posing as another individual is known as the crime of ____.

  • A. Spooling.
  • B. Identity theft.
  • C. Spoofing.
  • D. Hacking.
Explanation:
Identity theft involves stealing personal information to impersonate someone.

Codes consisting of lines of varying widths or lengths that are computer-readable are known as ____.

  • A. An ASCII code
  • B. A magnetic tape
  • C. An OCR scanner
  • D. A bar code
Explanation:
Barcodes are machine-readable codes made of varying-width lines.

Coded entries which are used to gain access to a computer system are called ____.

  • A. Entry codes
  • B. Passwords
  • C. Security commands
  • D. Code words
Explanation:
Passwords are secret codes used to authenticate and gain access to a system.

COBOL is an acronym for ____.

  • A. Common Business Oriented Language
  • B. Computer Business Oriented Language
  • C. Common Business Operated Language
  • D. Common Business Organized Language
Explanation:
COBOL stands for Common Business-Oriented Language.

An anti-virus program is designed to ____ computer virus.

  • A. Identify and eliminate
  • B. Scan the device and identify
  • C. Scan device, identify, and eliminate
  • D. Scan the device and eliminate
Explanation:
Modern antivirus software scans, identifies, and removes (eliminates) viruses.

Changing the appearance of a document is called ____.

  • A. Proofing
  • B. Editing
  • C. Formatting
  • D. All of these
Explanation:
Formatting refers to changing the visual appearance of a document.

Change the ____ to create a document in wide format in MS Word

  • A. Page Orientation
  • B. Page margins
  • C. Paper Style
  • D. Paper Source
Explanation:
Changing Page Orientation to Landscape creates a wide-format document.

By programmable machine we mean ____.

  • A. Computers
  • B. Modern television
  • C. Washing machines
  • D. Anything that can be set to perform different tasks with suitable programs
Explanation:
Computers are programmable machines that can perform different tasks based on software instructions.

By default, your document prints with ____.

  • A. 1-inch top and bottom margins
  • B. A portrait orientation
  • C. 1.25 inches left and right margins
  • D. All of these
Explanation:
Default Word settings include 1-inch top/bottom margins, portrait orientation, and 1.25-inch left/right margins (in older versions).

By default, Word automatically formats each heading in a table of contents as ____.

  • A. Bookmarks
  • B. Cross-references
  • C. Hyperlinks
  • D. Word-fields
Explanation:
Headings in a generated Table of Contents are automatically formatted as hyperlinks.