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Computer Software Operations

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This hub provides extensive practice on computer software operations and keyboard shortcuts. It covers document formatting, spreadsheet navigation, and common application commands. These questions are essential for candidates preparing for banking, railways, and staff selection computer proficiency tests.

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Computer Software Operations Questions

Multiple choice technology programming languages

What is the purpose of the KEY-OTHERS trigger?

  1. Provides code to execute if a key's own trigger fails

  2. Provides code to execute if user presses a key that has no trigger attached

  3. Provides code to execute if user presses wrong key

  4. Provides code that accesses another key's trigger and executes the code it contains
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The KEY-OTHERS trigger in Oracle Forms defines the action to be taken when a user presses a function key that does not have its own specific key trigger defined, preventing default behavior or providing a fallback.

Multiple choice technology programming languages

Your form module's Validation Unit property is set to Form. The module includes a data block that has a PRE-TEXT-ITEM trigger. At what point will the trigger fire?

  1. Never

  2. When data is committed

  3. Before the form is validated

  4. After the form is validated
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

When Validation Unit is Form, item-level validation (and thus PRE-TEXT-ITEM triggers) is bypassed. Validation occurs only at form level (e.g., on commit), so PRE-TEXT-ITEM never fires.

Multiple choice technology databases

JSON is rival of which technology:

  1. HTML

  2. XML

  3. DHTML

  4. SAOP
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

JSON emerged as a lighter alternative to XML for data interchange, especially in web applications. While XML was the dominant format for structured data exchange (especially in SOAP web services), JSON's simpler syntax and native JavaScript compatibility made it a preferred choice for AJAX and later REST APIs. JSON and XML serve similar purposes but with different trade-offs.

Multiple choice technology testing

What is the shortcut key to Run from Step

  1. CTRL + F10

  2. CTRL + F5

  3. CTRL + F12

  4. CTRL + F2
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The shortcut key to Run from Step in QTP is CTRL + F5. This executes the test starting from the currently selected step. Options A (CTRL+F10), C (CTRL+F12), and D (CTRL+F2) are incorrect keyboard combinations for this action.

Multiple choice technology databases

The file extension .xlt gets created when

  1. you save and close the file

  2. you save excel in XML format

  3. you create an excel template

  4. you save it in Excel 2007 version
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The .xlt extension is created when you save an Excel file as a template. Templates preserve formatting and structure for reuse. Saving in XML format uses different extensions. Excel 2007 uses .xlsx for regular files. Regular save/close uses .xls or .xlsx.

Multiple choice technology databases

When you press Shift + Space bar

  1. An entire column gets selected in MS Excel

  2. The entire worksheet gets selected in MS Excel

  3. An entire row gets selected in MS Excel

  4. Nothing happens
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Pressing Shift + Space bar in Excel selects the entire row of the active cell. Conversely, Ctrl + Space bar selects the entire column. Selecting the entire worksheet is typically done via Ctrl + A or clicking the top-left corner button.

Multiple choice technology databases

The quickest way of creating a chart (graph) in excel is by choosing a data range and pressing

  1. Shift + F1

  2. Ctrl + 1

  3. F11 or ALT+F1

  4. Ctrl + Shift + F1
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In Microsoft Excel, F11 is the standard shortcut to create a chart on a new sheet instantly from a selected range. ALT+F1 creates an embedded chart on the current worksheet. Other shortcuts like Ctrl+1 are used for formatting cells, not chart creation.

Multiple choice technology databases

When you press Ctrl + Shift+ 1

  1. The cell gets formatted to Number category with 2 decimal places

  2. The cell gets formatted to Number category with 4 decimal places

  3. The cell gets formatted into different font

  4. Nothing happens
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Ctrl+Shift+1 applies the Number format with 2 decimal places and thousand separators. It does not change fonts, and 4 decimal places would be Ctrl+Shift+2. This is a formatting shortcut for quick number display.

Multiple choice technology web 2.0

Flex 3 requires which player to run

  1. Media Player 9

  2. Flash Player 9

  3. Media Player 8

  4. Flash Player 8
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Adobe Flex 3 applications compile into SWF files that require Flash Player 9 or higher to run in a web browser. Older versions like Flash Player 8 do not support the ActionScript 3.0 runtime required by Flex 3.

Multiple choice technology security

we can not control mouse using vb scripts.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

VBScript can control the mouse pointer and simulate clicks by utilizing the Windows Script Host Shell object to run PowerShell commands or by calling Windows API functions via external COM objects. Therefore, the statement that we cannot control the mouse using VBScript is false.