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Q1301.In what year and city was the concept of 'Facebook diplomacy' first coined?
Correct Answer: A
The term 'Facebook diplomacy' was coined in December 2008 in New York, referring to governments using social networks for public outreach.
Q1302.While a traditional computer mouse must be moved over a table surface, a trackball pointing device remains ______?
Correct Answer: A
A trackball is a stationary pointing device featuring a exposed ball rotated directly by the user's fingers, requiring no desk movement.
Q1303.The actual time taken by a computer processor to complete a specific job or execute an instruction is called?
Correct Answer: D
Execution time (or CPU time) is the duration from the start to the completion of processing a task or program instruction.
Q1304.In which global technology sector is Microsoft recognized as the largest and most influential company?
Correct Answer: C
Microsoft Corporation is a leading multinational technology company famous for its software products, including the Windows OS and Office suite.
Q1305.What is the most basic, fundamental unit of digital system information in computing?
Correct Answer: B
A bit (binary digit) is the most basic unit of information in digital systems, representing either a 0 or a 1.
Q1306.Capping is a graphical technique related to which of the following media types?
Correct Answer: C
Capping (often used interchangeably with cropping) is related to images and involves trimming or cutting out parts of a digital image.
Q1307.Which of the following devices is primarily used to send digital data over a standard analog telephone line?
Correct Answer: B
A modem (modulator-demodulator) converts digital signals from a computer into analog signals for telephone transmission, and vice versa.
Q1308.One Terabyte (1 TB) of storage capacity is equivalent to which of the following?
Correct Answer: B
One Terabyte (TB) represents 10^12 bytes, which is equivalent to approximately one trillion bytes.
Q1309.The ______, also called the web, contains billions of interconnected documents.
Correct Answer: C
The World Wide Web (WWW) is a system of internet servers that support formatted documents (web pages) linked via hyperlinks.
Q1310.Which of the following is a commonly used graphic format for the web?
Correct Answer: D
GIF, along with JPG and PNG, are the three most common graphic formats used on the web.
Q1311.How many bytes are there in a single Megabyte (MB) in the binary measurement system?
Correct Answer: D
In binary (base-2) computing notation, 1 Megabyte (MB) = 1,024 Kilobytes (KB) = 1,024 * 1,024 bytes = 1,048,576 bytes.
Q1312.In historical and academic texts, the abbreviations '19thC' or '19C' are used to denote the _____?
Correct Answer: B
The abbreviations '19thC' or '19C' specifically refer to the 19th century (years from 1801 to 1900).
Q1313.In text editing and typography, the asterisk symbol '*' is commonly used to indicate that a word or phrase is ______?
Correct Answer: D
An asterisk (*) is widely used in text documents as a wildcard or footnote symbol to denote important, special, or notable information.
Q1314.In shorthand writing systems, where is a third-place intervening vowel placed relative to the strokes?
Correct Answer: D
A third-place intervening vowel is written before the second stroke at the end to represent its phonetic placement in shorthand.
Q1315.In phonetic shorthand writing, what is an 'intervening vowel'?
Correct Answer: B
An intervening vowel is defined as any vowel that is phonetically pronounced between two consecutive shorthand strokes.
Q1316.Which category of strokes in shorthand writing is never written in an upward direction?
Correct Answer: D
In shorthand systems like Pitman's, thick (or heavy) strokes are drawn downward to maintain writing speed and hand-movement consistency.
Q1317.What is the standard length of a written stroke in standard shorthand systems?
Correct Answer: A
A standard shorthand stroke is typically drawn at a length of approximately 1/6th of an inch (approx 4mm) for optimal writing speed.
Q1318.Which of the following represents the most widely utilized and popular system of shorthand writing worldwide?
Correct Answer: C
Pitman's Shorthand, invented by Sir Isaac Pitman in 1837, is the most popular and historically widespread phonetic shorthand system.
Q1319.In Microsoft Windows, the graphical pattern on the desktop screen used as a background backdrop is called ______?
Correct Answer: B
The graphical backdrop image set as the background of a GUI desktop environment is referred to as Wallpaper.
Q1320.What does a 'dialog box' represent in graphical user interfaces?
Correct Answer: D
A dialog box is a specialized window that displays an interactive message, provides a group of options, and presents a set of control inputs to the user.