The concept in which software designed to help analyze, configure, or maintain a computer, such as antivirus or disk cleanup tools is best known as which of these terms?
Difficulty: Medium
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This Medium Computer Fundamentals MCQ checks one syllabus fact.
The question is: “The concept in which software designed to help analyze, configure, or maintain a computer, such as antivirus or disk cleanup tools is best known as which of these terms?”
The accepted answer is A. Utility software. The concept in which software designed to help analyze configure or maintain a computer such as antivirus or disk cleanup tools is best known as which of these terms is answered by Utility software option A Option B Peripheral device does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of Utility software Option C Unicode does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of Utility software Remaining alternatives Bit fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once Utility software is identified Computer Fundamentals questions of this type reward precise definitions rather than approximate associations Computer Fundamentals recall of this distinction is a regular item in FPSC PPSC.
- A. Utility software ✓
- B. Peripheral device
Why not B: “Peripheral device” is not correct. The accepted answer is A. Utility software. The concept in which software designed to help analyze configure or maintain a computer such as antivirus or disk cleanup tools is best known as which of these terms is answered by
- C. Unicode
Why not C: “Unicode” is not correct. The accepted answer is A. Utility software. The concept in which software designed to help analyze configure or maintain a computer such as antivirus or disk cleanup tools is best known as which of these terms is answered by
- D. Bit
Why not D: “Bit” is not correct. The accepted answer is A. Utility software. The concept in which software designed to help analyze configure or maintain a computer such as antivirus or disk cleanup tools is best known as which of these terms is answered by
Correct answer
A. Utility software
Explanation
The concept in which software designed to help analyze configure or maintain a computer such as antivirus or disk cleanup tools is best known as which of these terms is answered by Utility software option A Option B Peripheral device does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of Utility software Option C Unicode does not match the stem it is a near-miss used to catch incomplete recall of Utility software Remaining alternatives Bit fall outside the same rule and should be eliminated once Utility software is identified Computer Fundamentals questions of this type reward precise definitions rather than approximate associations Computer Fundamentals recall of this distinction is a regular item in FPSC PPSC.
Source: Computer Fundamentals Official Reference Guide
Tags: Computer Basics, computer science, IT fundamentals, hardware and software
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