Computer Terminology
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Q301.A clustered index primarily affects _____?
Correct Answer: C
A clustered index directly defines the physical storage order of rows in a database table, so a table can have only one clustered index.
Q302.What does the VLOOKUP function require?
Correct Answer: D
The VLOOKUP syntax strictly requires a lookup value, a search table array, and a target column index number.
Q303.Which AI tool is integrated with MS Word and MS Excel?
Correct Answer: A
Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered assistant integrated directly inside Microsoft 365 apps to automate writing, summarizing, and data analysis.
Q304.Which AI platform is used to assist in generating text used for email?
Correct Answer: A
Several platforms use AI to help generate email text. These platforms use large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI (GPT models), Google (Gemini) or Anthropic (Claude).
Q305.The graphical representation of a program's algorithm is called ______?
Correct Answer: A
A flowchart visually represents the logical steps of a program or algorithm using standard shapes.
Q306.How does a Hard Real-Time Operating System compare to a Soft Real-Time OS?
Correct Answer: B
Hard real-time systems have strict deadline constraints with extremely low latency variation (jitter).
Q307.Which popular software utility is used to compress large files and folders?
Correct Answer: A
WinZip is a commercial archiver and compressor used to package files into .zip format.
Q308.Software designed to organize, calculate, and analyze data in rows and columns is a ______?
Correct Answer: B
Spreadsheet software (like Microsoft Excel) organizes quantitative data into grid-based tables.
Q309.In computing network systems, what does NOS stand for?
Correct Answer: A
NOS stands for Network Operating System, which handles network resources and coordinates client-server activities.
Q310.Which flagship AI model was released by OpenAI in August 2025?
Correct Answer: C
OpenAI launched its flagship GPT-5 model in August 2025 as part of its generative artificial intelligence suite.
Q311.Who is credited with designing and developing the foundational high-level 'C' programming language in 1972?
Correct Answer: A
Dennis Ritchie developed the C language at AT&T Bell Laboratories, which went on to influence C++, Java, and Python.
Q312.Which highly influential language is widely referred to as the 'mother of all languages' in modern programming?
Correct Answer: C
C is often called the 'mother of all languages' because most compilers, operating systems, and modern programming syntaxes are built on it.
Q313.What is the main function of Gemini.Google.com?
Correct Answer: C
Among the options, writing code is a core capability of Google's Gemini LLM chat interface, which serves as a general-purpose AI assistant.
Q314.The ability to combine Name and addresses in a standard document is known as?
Correct Answer: C
Mail Merge is the MS Word feature used to merge names, addresses, and other data fields from a database into standard letters or labels.
Q315.The main function of a web server is to store and process?
Correct Answer: B
A web server's main function is to store website files and serve them to users via HTTP requests over the Internet.
Q316.A computer program that works for a few minutes on one area then moves to another area is called?
Correct Answer: D
In multi-tasking programming, the CPU continuously allocates small execution time slices to various running programs, giving the illusion of concurrency.
Q317.Natural language, artificial intelligence and bio chips introduced in which generation of computers?
Correct Answer: C
The fifth generation of computers centers around advanced parallel processing architectures, artificial intelligence, and biochips.
Q318.The loading of operating system from hard disk to main memory is known as _____?
Correct Answer: C
Booting represents the core initialization sequence that loads the operating system kernel from long-term storage (HDD/SSD) into main memory (RAM).
Q319.Which was the first programming language ever developed?
Correct Answer: A
FORTRAN (Formula Translation), created in 1957 by John Backus at IBM, is widely considered the first high-level programming language.
Q320.Window 2007 is a (an)?
Correct Answer: B
In some legacy test structures, 'Window 2007' is used to refer to Windows Vista (internationally released in 2007), which represents an operating system.