Practice Test: Computer Awareness - 1 - SSC CGL MCQ

• Application software is a term that is used for software created for a specific purpose.
• It is generally a program or collection of programs used by end-users.
• It can be called an application or simply an app.
• MS Word is an example of word processing software.

Ctrl + V  is the shortcut key to add content on the clipboard to your document in MS-PowerPoint.

• Microsoft PowerPoint is a part of MS- Office.
• It was introduced to generate business presentations, slide shows, and graphics on a computer system.
• Uses of MS- PowerPoint:
• Creating business application presentation slides.
• Creating graphical objects with animations.
• Create artistic slides for general use, using the art gallery.
• To provide training in the business world.

• Microsoft PowerPoint is the popular presentation software commonly used for office and educational slide shows. All text images, sound, and video used in the presentation are contained in the PPT file. PPT files can be viewed by PowerPoint, PowerPoint Viewer, or the Open Office software suite.
• In PowerPoint for the web, you can open these types of files for editing:
  • .pptx
  • .ppsx
  • .odp
• You can also open these older file types, but only to read the file, not edit it. If you want to edit a file of this type, open it and then use File > Save a Copy to save the file as a .pptx that can be edited:
  • .ppt
  • .pps
• You can't open the following file formats in PowerPoint for the web, but you can open a .pptx, .ppsx, or .odp file and then use File > Download As to save a presentation in these formats:
  • .pdf
  • .jpg (When you choose this format, each slide in the presentation is saved as an individual .jpg image file.)

Ctrl + Home is a shortcut key used in MS Word to move the cursor to the beginning of the document.

Changing the text color on the slide master applies the changes to text on multiple slides at one time.

On the View tab, choose Slide Master.

• In the left thumbnail pane, select a layout that contains the text you want to change to a different color.
• Select the text on the layout that you want to change.
• On the mini toolbar that appears, choose Font Color, and then select the color you want to change the color of the text to.
• When you’re finished, choose Close Master View to return to your presentation.

Changing the text color on the slide master applies the changes to text on multiple slides at one time.

Click View > Slide Master.

• On the Slide Master tab, click the Fonts drop-down menu. Select the font you want to use for all the slides in the presentation. You don't have to choose from the pre-defined font pairs on the menu; choose Customize Fonts at the bottom of the menu to select your own fonts.

• Click Close Master View. The text throughout your presentation is automatically updated to the new font. 

• Margin is the space between your content and the edge of the page.
• Margins are set to Normal, which is a one-inch space between the content and each edge of the page.
• You may need to adjust the margins to make your data fit more comfortably on the page.
• To better align an Excel worksheet on a printed page, you can change margins, specify custom margins, or centre the worksheet—either horizontally or vertically on the page.
• Page margins are the blank spaces between your data and the edges of the printed page. Top and bottom page margins can be used for things such as headers, footers, and page numbers.

Relative References

• With relative cell referencing, when we copy a formula from one area of the worksheet to another, it records the position of the cell relative to the cell that originally contained the formula.
• This is the default mode of referencing in a spreadsheet.
• All cell references are relative references by default.
• It is convenient where a user needs to repeat the same calculation across multiple rows or columns.
• When copied across multiple cells, they change based on the relative position of rows and columns.
• For example: if user wants to copy the formula = A1+ B1 become= A2+B2.

• While running any program in Microsoft Windows, if Alt + F4  is pressed, a command is issued to the computer to close the currently active program.
• If no programs are open or you are at the desktop, pressing Alt + F4  opens the Shutdown window.
• Windows operating system has defined some of the keyboard shortcuts to perform some action in almost all the programs running on it and Alt + F4 is one such keystroke.
• The Alt + F4 is the keyboard shortcut that when pressed will close the currently active Window.
• It means, if you were playing a game, watching a movie, or working on any document and have accidentally pressed Alt & F4 keys simultaneously, that window would have got closed.
• It will not be a surprise when somebody questions the meaning of the Alt F4 key or what will happen on pressing these 2 keys simultaneously.
• In Microsoft windows, when you press the Alt + F4 keys on the desktop screen with no programs running or there is no open or active window, it will open the power or shutdown window. Hence, Option 1 is correct.

• The file system used by Windows 95 is FAT32. Windows 95 (Symbolic name 'Chicago') is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released on August 24, 1995.
• Although the initial release doesn't t use FAT32, the later version of windows 95 used FAT32.

By default, if the content of an Excel cell is too long to fit in a cell, one of two things will happen. Either the text string will be displayed over the top of the adjacent cells, or, if the adjacent cells contain values, the displayed text will be cut off at the cell boundary. Therefore, you may sometimes want to wrap text in Excel cells, in order to fully display long text strings

• It consists of options like adding or removing software and hardware, changing accessibility options, controlling user accounts, and changing network settings.
• It also provides audio and video drivers, input devices, and networking tools.
• It was first released in the year 1985 and has been part of Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0.
• Thus it nearly controls everything about how the windows will work and how it will look.

Internet is one of the most effective and advanced personal communication system.
Uses:

• It enables the users to establish direct contact e-mail to get access to the world of knowledge and information.
• It is also used for e-commerce and carrying out money transactions.
• The internet is like a huge central warehouse of data, with detailed information on various items.
• It enables us with the basic facilities of direct communication.

• Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers and included in the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems.
• It was developed by Microsoft and started in 1995.
• Mozilla Firefox is a web browser developed by the Mozilla foundation. 
• Opera Browser is a web browser developed by Opera Software initially on 10th April 1995.
• A gaming browser called Opera GX was launched on 11 June 2019

​Uniform Resource Locator 

• Internet address or web address, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a form of URI and standardized naming convention for addressing documents accessible over the Internet and Intranet.
• An example of a URL is https://www.testbook.com

• Part of a URL that indicated a particular webpage is known as a domain name.
• Every domain name has a suffix that indicates the top-level domain it belongs to.
• Internet domain '.EDU' is used for educational institutions.
• The service which is used to translate a domain name to IP address is called Domain Name System (DNS).
• According to the principles of the DNS system, an Internet domain is a collection of data representing a self-contained administrative and technical entity on the Internet.
• The global visibility of an Internet domain is provided by the DNS service.

• The Task Pane is a rectangular window that appears docked on the right side of your PowerPoint window.
• It acts as an open menu allowing you to select from a range of commands and functions.
• It displays a list of links and commands allowing you to perform different tasks depending on what you are doing at the time.
• The task pane is designed to help you complete tasks quickly and will change automatically according to the task in hand.
  

Hardware 

Computer hardware is the collection of all the parts of the computer you can physically touch.

For example - computer case, monitor, keyboard, printer, scanner, and mouse, etc. 

Software

Software is a set of programs, which is designed to perform a well-defined function. A program is a sequence of instructions written to solve a particular problem.

For example -  Operating System, Compilers, Interpreter, Assemblers, Payroll Software, Student Record Software, Inventory Management Software, Income Tax Software, Railways Reservation Software, Microsoft Office Suite Software, etc.

There are two types :

• System Software
• Application Software

Notepad is a generic text editor included with all versions of Microsoft Windows that allows you to create, open, and read plaintext files. If the file contains special formatting or is not a plaintext file, it cannot be read in Microsoft Notepad.
A text file created in Notepad:

• Open Notepad and type the text you want in the file.
• Once done, save the file by clicking File and then Save.
• When saving the file, make sure the file is saved with a ".txt" extension.
• Notepad is a plaintext editor and does not support pictures. 

• Vint Cerf is known as the father of the internet.
• Internet stands for Interconnected Network, which began on January 1, 1983.
• He was presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology by President Bill Clinton in 1997.