Computer Awareness Quiz for NIACL Assistant

1. The common name for the crime of stealing passwords is

1) spooling

2) identity theft

3) spoofing

4) hacking

5) None of these

2. Malicious software is known as

1) hardware

2) malware

3) malicious ware

4) illegal ware

5) None of these

3. HTML viruses infect

1) your computer

2) a Web page in the HTML code

3) both a Web page and the computer that is viewing it

4) All the above

5) None of these

4. ____ is the measurement of things such as fingerprints and retinal scans used for security access.

1) Biometrics

2) Bio measurement

3) Computer security

4) Smart weapon machinery

5) None of these

5. The scrambling of code is known as

1) encryption

2) firewall

3) scrambling

4) password-proofing

5) None of these

6. Which is the part of a computer that one can touch and feel?

1) Programs

2) Software

3) Hardware

4) Output

5) None of these

7. Which of the following moves the cursor one space to the right to puts spaces in between words?

1) Control key

2) Space bar

3) Printer

4) Mouse

5) None of these

8. When your computer stops working suddenly, it is referred to as a

1) crash

2) die

3) death

4) penalty

5) None of these

9. A symbol or question on the screen that prompts you to take action and tell the computer what to do next is called

1) scanner

2) questionnaire

3) prompt and dialog box

4) information seeker

5) None of these

10. A place that a user can create to store files is called

1) cursor

2) text

3) folder

4) boot

5) None of these

Answers 

1. 3
2. 2
3. 4
4. 1
5. 1
6. 3
7. 2
8. 5
9. 3
10. 3