PPSC Computer Science Past Paper 2016 Solved MCQs with Answers
Solved Computer Science MCQs from the PPSC 2016 past paper, each with the correct answer and a clear explanation. Ideal practice for PPSC, FPSC, NTS, CSS and PMS. All questions are extracted from the actual 2016 paper and verified before publication.
The shortcut key for printing a document in MS Word is?
Ctrl + P opens the Print dialog.
Which is not a conceptual part of the ADP formulation process?
MS Word is an application program, not a stage of the Annual Development Programme process. Feasibility study, budget allocation and scheduling are.
A program, document or utility, that is to say anything on a computer which is not hardware, is called?
Anything that is not physical hardware, whether a program, a document or a utility, is software.
Which search engine has been developed by Microsoft?
Bing is Microsoft's search engine.
‘Cryptology’ is the study of?
Cryptology is the study of codes, covering both the making of ciphers and their breaking.
Which is the agreed-upon set of rules for transmitting data between two devices?
A protocol is the agreed set of rules by which two devices exchange data.
In the field of information technology, what is the full form of URL?
URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator.
In a computer, what does OS mean?
OS stands for Operating System.
There is a small file that enables the computer to communicate with certain hardware devices. What is it called?
A driver is the small file that lets the computer communicate with a particular hardware device.
A computer mouse is what type of device?
A mouse is an input device.
The unique address of a webpage is called?
The unique address of a web page is its URL.
Which of these is not an input device?
A monitor is an output device. Scanners, keyboards and mice are inputs.
What is the full form of LED?
LED stands for Light Emitting Diode.
Which refers to reducing the electricity used or the environmental waste produced when using computers?
Green computing is the practice of reducing the power used and the waste produced by computing.
Which is made of glass or plastic and carries signals in the form of light?
Optical fibre is made of glass or plastic and carries signals as pulses of light.
Which is a data communication system used within a building or between nearby buildings?
A local area network serves a building or a group of nearby buildings.
In Internet terminology, what is the full form of ‘IP’?
IP stands for Internet Protocol.
Which type of port is most universally used in a computer for connecting peripherals?
The USB port is the most widely used connection for peripherals.
What is the full form of ‘www’?
WWW stands for World Wide Web.
In MS Word, which is not a type of page margin?
Margins are set at the top, bottom, left and right. There is no centre margin.
To receive step-by-step instructions while going through the Word mail merge process, use?
The Mail Merge Wizard takes you through the process one step at a time.
Spam or fraudulent e-mails are also known as?
Spam and fraudulent email is also called junk mail.
Who invented the Mouse?
Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse in 1964.
What should come after the sheet name in an Excel 3-D formula?
In a 3-D reference the sheet name is followed by an exclamation mark, as in Sheet2!A1.
How many bytes of data does each sector on a traditional hard drive typically store?
A traditional hard drive stores 512 bytes in each sector.
In which view does a page break show up as a black dashed line on the screen in MS Word (older versions)?
In Normal view a page break appears as a black dashed line across the page.
What can you use Outlook Tasks for?
Outlook Tasks is used to manage to-do items, with due dates and reminders.
A temporary place for storing information during transfer or processing in a computer is often called a?
A buffer is a temporary store holding data during transfer or processing.
To arrange information in a Word table in alphabetical order, you typically use the 'Sort' feature found under?
Sort is on the Table Tools Layout tab, in the Data group.
Google+ was designed as an alternative to which major social networking website?
Google+ was launched in 2011 as an alternative to Facebook.
In computing, one nibble is equal to what?
A nibble is 4 bits, half a byte.
A ________ is the main database object used to present information in a printable page layout?
A report presents database information in a layout fit for printing.
In an Excel worksheet, you can move to cell A1 by pressing?
Ctrl + Home moves to cell A1, the top left of the worksheet.
An unauthorized user attempting to access a network is a network ___ problem?
An unauthorised user trying to reach a network is a security problem. A firewall is one of the answers to it, not the problem itself.
‘Amazon’ is the best example of which type of site?
Amazon is an e-commerce site.
Which of the following is a common type of storage technology for hard drives?
A traditional hard drive stores data magnetically, on spinning platters.
Instructions developed by the user for Excel to automate tasks are called?
Instructions recorded by the user to automate a task in Excel are a macro.
To remain compatible with earlier versions of Microsoft Word (Word 97-2003), a Word 2013 document should be saved using this extension?
Saving as .doc keeps a document compatible with Word 97 to 2003.
Do-while is an example of a ______ loop?
A do-while loop tests its condition at the end, so it is exit-controlled and its body always runs at least once.
Which social media platform is primarily known for microblogging?
Twitter is the microblogging platform, built around short posts.
Which feature shows fill color in alternating rows in an Excel table to improve readability?
Banded rows shade alternate rows of a table, which makes a long table easier to read across.
What are fibre optic cables primarily used for?
Fibre optic cable is used to transmit data.
Which devices receive data from outside the computer and send it to the CPU for processing?
Input devices take data from outside and pass it to the CPU.
What term is used to describe a picture that has been proportionally resized?
A picture resized in proportion has been scaled.
To navigate to the previous cell in a table within a document, which key combination should you press?
Shift + Tab moves to the previous cell in a table. Tab moves forward.
A common reason to hide worksheets in an Excel workbook is to protect sensitive information or to simplify the view. This relates to the idea that:
Sheets are hidden because some data is private or not relevant to the reader, not because it is protected. Hiding is not a security measure.
What does an I-beam cursor typically indicate and help with in a text editor?
The I-beam cursor appears over text and is used to highlight and select it.
Which term is used for shaped text?
WordArt turns text into a shaped graphic.
Which data type automatically generates consecutive numbers?
The AutoNumber data type in MS Access generates consecutive numbers automatically for each new record.
What does the term “page orientation” refer to?
Page orientation is whether the page is laid out vertically, that is portrait, or horizontally, that is landscape.
In Microsoft PowerPoint, _____ will not move the slides forward in Slide Show view?
Esc ends the slide show rather than advancing it. Spacebar, Enter and the right arrow all move forward.
What term is used for a feature that provides Excel with enhanced capability?
An add-in extends Excel with extra capability.
Which is not a way of creating a table in MS Access?
Tables in MS Access are created in Datasheet view, in Design view or from a template. Layout view is for forms and reports.
The most suitable tool to use for creating a hierarchical flow chart in Word is?
SmartArt provides ready made hierarchical and process diagrams.
While you are working on a document, Word automatically saves your document?
MS Word saves an AutoRecover copy every 10 minutes by default.
What is the shortcut to change the font?
Ctrl + Shift + F opens the font selection.
A drive that can be inserted or removed while the computer is running is called?
A hot swappable drive can be connected or removed while the computer is running.
There are two different ways to insert content from one application into another. One is embedding and the other is?
Content can be embedded, which stores a copy, or linked, which points back at the original file.
Protecting a worksheet refers to?
Protecting a worksheet locks its cells so that a user cannot change them by accident.
In a range name, how can words be separated?
Words in a range name may be separated by a period or an underscore. Spaces and hyphens are not allowed.
This refers to the size, weight, and spacing of a character in a Word document?
The size, weight and spacing of characters are properties of the font.
Where is the address of the currently active cell shown?
The name box shows the address of the active cell.
The three parts of an IF function are divided by?
The three arguments of an IF function are separated by commas: the test, the value if true and the value if false.
Before creating labels such as name tags, specify the size by choosing?
Label Options is where the label size and product number are chosen before the merge.
Connections to the Internet that use a phone line and a modem are called which connections?
A connection over a phone line and a modem is dial-up.
In a Rich Text content control field, the text is?
A Rich Text content control accepts text that can be formatted, unlike a plain text control.
The rules that determine how the different parts of a formula are written in a table and elsewhere are called?
The rules governing how a formula must be written are its syntax.
Which technique is used to send more than one call over a single line?
Multiplexing carries several calls or signals over one line at the same time.
Which alignment option spreads the data across the width of the cell?
Distributed alignment spreads the data evenly across the width of the cell.
When you want to merge cells in any specific row of a table, you?
Combining cells in a row is merging them.
Which one is reliable communication?
TCP provides reliable communication, acknowledging every segment and resending what is lost. UDP does not.
The smallest unit of memory is?
The bit is the smallest unit of memory.
Which one is a spreadsheet?
MS Excel is the spreadsheet program.
One byte contains ______ bits?
One byte contains 8 bits.
To see Word field codes in your document, press?
Alt + F9 toggles the display of field codes in MS Word.
Indentation is called a?
Indentation is the space between the margin and the text of a paragraph.
I/O is the abbreviation for?
I/O stands for Input and Output.
A file that contains ready-made styles for use in presentations is called?
A template is a file of ready made styles and layouts on which new presentations are based.
Which option in the Find/Replace dialog box makes the search case-sensitive?
Match case makes a search case sensitive.
What is the file name extension for an Outlook data file?
An Outlook data file carries the .pst extension.
In Microsoft PowerPoint, to add a header or footer to your handout, you can use?
Headers and footers for handouts are set on the handout master.
A(n) ______ query finds data from one or more tables?
A select query retrieves data from one or more tables without changing it. An action query alters the data.
You can change alignment, line spacing, and paragraph spacing in the?
Alignment, line spacing and paragraph spacing are set in the Paragraph dialog box.
A virus that duplicates itself is called?
A worm duplicates itself and spreads without needing to attach to another program.
In a laser printer, the ______ carries the image to the paper?
In a laser printer the drum carries the toner image and transfers it to the paper, and the fuser then bonds it with heat.
You can modify all of your document’s properties in the?
Document properties are edited in Backstage view, reached from the File tab.
To place a sound into a Word document, you would use which feature of Windows?
Object Linking and Embedding places content such as a sound clip from one application into another.
A message with replies in a newsgroup is often called a?
A message together with its replies in a newsgroup is a thread.
In MS Word, the shortcut key CTRL+W is used for?
Ctrl + W closes the current window.
About the PPSC Computer Science Past Paper 2016
Every MCQ above is taken from the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) Computer Science papers held in 2016, with the correct answer and a written explanation for each. Past-paper practice is the most dependable way to prepare for PPSC, FPSC, NTS, CSS and PMS, because these papers repeat their themes, and often the questions themselves, from one year to the next.
Questions were checked against reliable sources before publication. Where a circulating source sheet carried a factual or wording error, we corrected it rather than reproducing the mistake. For chapter-wise preparation, work through our Computer Science MCQs hub, which also lists every other year’s paper. Further reading: Pakistan Movement and the PPSC official website.
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