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101. Which of the following are typical of virtual office?

  • A. Desktop Invoicing
  • B. Internet searching
  • C. Traveling cordination
  • D. All of these

Explanation: A virtual office can support administrative work such as invoicing, online research and coordinating travel without requiring a conventional shared office. Therefore, all three listed activities fit.

Correct answer: All of these

102. In MICR, C stands for_______?

  • A. Code
  • B. Color
  • C. Character
  • D. Computer

Explanation: MICR means Magnetic Ink Character Recognition, so C stands for Character. It refers to the machine-readable characters printed with magnetic ink on cheques and similar documents.

Correct answer: Character

103. With a __________, users interact with menus and visual images such as icons, buttons, and other objects to issue commands?

  • A. Command-Line Interface
  • B. Menu-Driven Interface
  • C. Graphical User Interface
  • D. Performance-Moniter Interface

Explanation: A Graphical User Interface lets users issue commands through visual elements such as icons, buttons and menus. A command-line interface instead relies primarily on typed commands.

Correct answer: Graphical User Interface

104. Which generation computers used transistors for the first time?

  • A. Fourth
  • B. Third
  • C. Second
  • D. First

Explanation: Transistors replaced vacuum tubes in second-generation computers, making them smaller, more reliable and less power-hungry. Integrated circuits were introduced later in the third generation.

Correct answer: Second

105. You can delete text by___________?

  • A. selecting the text and pressing the CTRL key
  • B. selecting the text and pressing the DELETE key
  • C. selecting the text and pressing the ALT+PAGEUP keys
  • D. selecting the text and pressing the EXT key

Explanation: Selecting text and pressing Delete removes the selected characters. Ctrl and Alt are modifier keys, while the listed “EXT” key is not a standard keyboard key.

Correct answer: selecting the text and pressing the DELETE key

106. Who is the founder of audio and video conferencing tool Zoom?

  • A. Steve Woznaik
  • B. Steve Ericson
  • C. Michele George
  • D. Eric Yuan

Explanation: Eric Yuan founded Zoom in 2011 after working in video-conferencing technology. The other names are not the founder of Zoom.

Correct answer: Eric Yuan

107. ___________is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors?

  • A. Tracking
  • B. Formatting
  • C. Crashing
  • D. Allotting

Explanation: Formatting prepares a disk for use by organizing its surface into tracks and sectors. Tracking and allotting are not disk-preparation terms.

Correct answer: Formatting

108. Ctrl, Shift and Alt are called_______keys.

  • A. Alphanumeric
  • B. Function
  • C. modifier
  • D. None of These

Explanation: Ctrl, Shift, and Alt modify the action of another key, so they are called modifier keys. They are not alphanumeric or function keys.

Correct answer: modifier

109. Arrangement of keys on keyboard is called__________?

  • A. Home arrangement
  • B. Qwerty arrangement
  • C. Basic arrangement
  • D. General arrangement

Explanation: The common QWERTY arrangement is named after the first six letters on the top alphabetic row of the keyboard. The other choices are not standard keyboard-layout names.

Correct answer: Qwerty arrangement

110. A hard disk is divided into tracks which are further subdivided into___________?

  • A. Sectors
  • B. Clustors
  • C. Vectors
  • D. None of these

Explanation: A hard disk surface is organized into tracks, and each track is divided into sectors for storing fixed blocks of data. Clusters are groups of sectors allocated by a file system.

Correct answer: Sectors