What are programs that are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM known as?
Correct answer B. Firmware
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Software and Operating Systems MCQs
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Which software could help someone who cannot use their hands to give input to a computer?
Correct answer D. Speech recognition
What are applications that combine text, sound, graphics, motion video and/or animation called?
Correct answer A. Multimedia
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What is the set of programs that manages a computer’s resources, including starting the computer, running programs, managing memory and coordinating input and output devices, called?
Correct answer D. Operating system
What are the forms used to organise business data into rows and columns called?
Correct answer C. Spread sheets
What is the software used to create text-based documents called?
Correct answer A. Word processors
Which Windows utility finds and removes unnecessary fragments and rearranges files and free disk space to improve performance?
Correct answer B. Disk Defragmenter
In Windows Explorer, what should you do to display the contents of a folder?
Correct answer B. Click on it
Which of these uses a handheld operating system?
Correct answer B. PDA
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Which system software is used to make editing text and data easier?
Correct answer B. Editors
Which type of software is designed for a user’s specific needs?
Correct answer C. Application software
What does the booting process perform when a computer is switched on?
Correct answer C. Power-On Self-Test
What is the additional set of commands that a computer shows after you select an item from the main menu?
Correct answer B. Submenu
Which of the following is the odd one out?
Correct answer A. Operating system
Which feature provides process and memory management that allows two or more tasks or programs to run at the same time?
Correct answer A. Multitasking
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What is the software that operates the computer hardware and provides a platform for running application software called?
Correct answer B. System software
Which of the following are functions of an operating system?
Correct answer D. All of the above
What are the instructions that tell a computer how to carry out processing tasks called?
Correct answer B. programs
What are programs that detect possible faults and their causes called?
Correct answer D. Diagnostic software
What must happen when a file is saved for the first time?
Correct answer A. It must be given a name to identify it