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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

What is the combinaison of keys required to come back to the top of the worksheet?

  1. PageUp (PgUp)

  2. Alt and PageUp

  3. Ctrl and Home

  4. Ctrl and left arrow
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Ctrl+Home is the universal keyboard shortcut in spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel to jump to cell A1, which is the top-left corner of the worksheet. PageUp only moves up one screen at a time, while Ctrl+left arrow moves to the left edge of the current data region, not necessarily to the top.

Multiple choice technology

Say that you want to paste a formula result — but not the underlying formula — to another cell. In Excel 2002, you would copy the cell with the formula, then place the insertion point in the cell you want to copy to. What next?

  1. Click the Paste button on the Standard toolbar.

  2. Click the arrow on the Paste button on the Standard toolbar, then click Formulas.

  3. Click the arrow on the Paste button on the Standard toolbar, then click Values.

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

To paste formula results (values only), you click the arrow on the Paste button and select Values. This pastes the calculated result without the underlying formula.

Multiple choice technology

Which of these is a quick way to copy formatting from a selected cell to two other cells on the same worksheet?

  1. Use CTRL to select all three cells, then click the Paste button on the Standard toolbar.

  2. Copy the selected cell, then select the other two cells, click Style on the Format menu, then click Modify.

  3. Click Format Painter on the Formatting toolbar twice, then click in each cell you want to copy the formatting to.

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Format Painter copies formatting from one cell to others. Double-clicking Format Painter keeps it active for multiple cells. Clicking once applies it once; double-clicking allows applying to multiple cells sequentially.

Multiple choice technology operating systems

What key do you press to interrupt type command ?

  1. Press <CTRL>+C

  2. PRESS <CTRL>+M

  3. PRESS <CTRL>+D

  4. PRESS <CTRL>+Y
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In VMS (OpenVMS), Ctrl+Y is the standard interrupt/abort key used to stop command execution. When a TYPE command is displaying file contents, pressing Ctrl+Y will interrupt and terminate the display, making it the correct answer for interrupting the TYPE command specifically.

Multiple choice technology

Which funcion key can be used to repeat same formattng to many cells.

  1. F3

  2. F4

  3. F2

  4. F10
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

F4 is the standard 'Repeat' keyboard shortcut in Microsoft Excel and other Office applications. When you press F4 after applying formatting to a cell, it repeats that same formatting on the selected cell(s). This is a quick way to apply consistent formatting across multiple cells.

Multiple choice technology

Keyboard shortcut to insert £ symbol in a cell.

  1. Alt + 0128

  2. Alt + 0163

  3. Alt + 0126

  4. Alt + 0129
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The £ (pound sterling) symbol can be inserted using Alt code 0163 - hold Alt key and type 0163 on the numeric keypad. This is a standard Alt code for currency symbols in Windows applications. The other codes listed (0128, 0126, 0129) correspond to different characters.

Multiple choice technology

Short cut Key in word to change the sentence from one case to other.(Eg. Upper to lower case)

  1. Shift + F3

  2. Alt + F3

  3. Ctrl + F3

  4. Alt + Ctrl + F3
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Shift+F3 in Microsoft Word cycles through text case options - lowercase, UPPERCASE, Title Case, and Sentence case. This shortcut allows quick toggling between cases without retyping. The other combinations (Alt+F3, Ctrl+F3, Alt+Ctrl+F3) perform different functions or are not standard case-changing shortcuts.

Multiple choice technology

Short cut key in MS Word to Align Center

  1. Ctrl + E

  2. Alt + E

  3. Shift + E

  4. Alt + Ctrl + E
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Ctrl+E is the universal shortcut in MS Word for centering text. Other common alignment shortcuts: Ctrl+L (left), Ctrl+R (right), Ctrl+J (justify).

Multiple choice technology programming languages

How to set a shortcut key for label?

  1. Set UseMnemonic property to True

  2. Set DragMode property to 1

  3. Set LinkMode property to 1

  4. Put & in the lebel caption
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A,D Correct answer
Explanation

To create a shortcut key for a label in Visual Basic, you need to enable mnemonic processing and use the ampersand (&) character in the caption. Setting UseMnemonic to True allows the control to interpret & as a shortcut indicator, and placing & before a letter (like &File) makes that letter the shortcut key. The DragMode and LinkMode properties are unrelated to keyboard shortcuts.

Multiple choice technology testing

The key that is used to Start/End analog recording mode?

  1. F3

  2. SHIFT+ALT+F3

  3. CTRL+SHIFT+F3

  4. F10
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In QTP (QuickTest Professional/UFT), the shortcut key SHIFT+ALT+F3 is used to start and stop analog recording mode. This mode captures actual mouse movements and keyboard operations at the screen coordinate level, useful for testing applications that QTP cannot recognize at the object level.

Multiple choice technology web technology

Which among the following is FALSE about shortcuts

  1. Source entry can be updated by clicking the shortcut

  2. If the source entry is deleted, shortcut icon changes to indicate a broken link

  3. Access permission for a shortcut entry can be changed

  4. The access permission given to the shortcut entry does not change the access permission of source entry
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The FALSE statement is A. Clicking a shortcut opens or accesses the source entry, it does NOT update the source. The other statements are true: shortcuts show broken icons when source is deleted (B), shortcut permissions can be changed (C), and changing shortcut permissions does NOT affect source permissions (D).