CREST Cyber Olympiad (CCO)

Previous Year Paper (2022-23)

Class 6 (Set - A)
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 60

• Additional 10 minutes will be allotted to fill up information on the OMR Sheet, before the
start of the exam.
• Fill in all the mandatory fields clearly on the OMR Sheet.
• There are a total of 50 questions in this booklet comprising 2 sections namely
the Computer & IT and Achievers' Section consisting of 40 questions (1 mark each)
& 10 questions (2 marks each) respectively.
• There is no negative marking. The use of a calculator is not permitted.
• There is only ONE correct option to a given question.
• Use HB Pencil / Ball point pen (Blue / Black) only for marking the correct choice of
answers on the OMR Sheet.
• Rough work is to be done in the space provided in the test booklet. Extra plain sheet may
be provided by the school for the rough work.
• The OMR Sheet is to be handed over to the invigilator at the end of the exam.
• No candidate is allowed to carry any textual material, printed or written, bits of paper, any
electronic device, digital watches, etc. inside the examination hall.
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 Computer & IT (Each Question is 1 Mark)

1. Fill in the blank:

_______ is smaller than the normal line c. d.
of type and is set slightly above it.
Window XP Window 98
a. Outlined b. Raised
c. Superscript d. Subscript 6. Graphical pictures that we use for
representing objects like folders or files
2. Which of the following was used as the are called?
main component in the first-generation
computers? a. Taskbar b. Windows
c. Icons d. Desktop
a. Integrated Circuit
b. Transistors 7. Which of the following belongs to the first
c. Microprocessor generation of computer?
d. Vacuum Tube
a. HNIAC b. IBM 1401
3. A network helps you to share a c. IBM 8090 d. UNIVAC
peripheral and a software. Which out the
following is an example of wireless 8. Which feature do you use to create a
networking? newspaper like document?

a. Bullet and numbering

a. b. b. Tables
c. Columns
d. Tab stops
c. d.
9. In MS Word, what is the shortcut key to
"Center Align" the selected text?
4. A domain that ends with "org" is which
one out of the following? a. Ctrl + C b. Ctrl + E
c. Ctrl + F d. Ctrl + L
a. An organization
b. A commercial website 10. Fill in the blank:
c. A network site The binary system uses power of _____.
d. A site which has very high traffic
a. 2 b. 8
5. Choose the one that doesn't have a start c. 10 d. 16
button.
11. MS PowerPoint is a presentation tool
that enables to present your presentation
a. b. with graphics and animation. Which one
of the following is the right extension of a
Window 8 Window 7 presentation file?

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 a. .pdf b. .docx a. When MS Word hyphenates a word
c. .txt d. .pptx at the end of the line
b. When MS Word determines if there is
12. Which of the following best describes the no space for a word at the end of a
gutter margin? line
c. When MS Word deletes a word
a. Margin that is added to the left because it is too long
margin when printing. d. When typist hyphenates a word at
b. Margin that is added to right margin the end of the line
when printing.
c. Margin that is added to the binding 17. Which of the following is the codename
side of page when printing. of OS X 10.11?
d. Margin that is added to the outside of
the page when printing. a. Mavericks b. Yosemite
c. Mountain d. Captain
13. Which of the following is operating
system for mobiles? 18. OS X versions have been developed
under which of the following code name?
a. Windows XP b. Mac OS
c. Android d. Linux a. Confectionery-themed
b. Vehicle-themed
14. Which of the following best characterizes c. Big cat-themed
digital information? d. Light-themed

a. A stream of zeros and ones, or bits 19. Fill in the blank:

b. Something made possible by high- ___________ is an input device which
speed printers and colour converts images as digital formats.
reproduction
c. Information in virtual space a. Scanner
d. Three-dimensional space containing b. Laser Printer
compacted data c. Touch Screen
d. Dot Matrix Printer
15. Fill in the blank:
The software which controls the general 20. Which of the following type of printer is
operations of the computer system is widely used in ATMs?
classified as ________.
a. Inkjet b. Laser
a. Dump programs c. Drum d. Thermal
b. Function system
c. Operating system 21. Which technology is used in compact
d. Enquiry system disks?

16. In MS Word, which of the following best a. Mechanical

describes the term Word Wrap? b. Electrical
c. Electro Magnetic
d. Laser

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22. Fill in the blank: a. Radio b. Internet
CD-ROM is a _______. c. Television d. Telephone

a. Primary memory device 28. What is the term used for a piece of icon
b. Memory register or image on a webpage associated with
c. Magnetic memory another webpage?
d. None of the above
a. URL b. Hyperlink
23. Fill in the blank: c. Plugin d. Cookie
The __________ indicates how much
data a particular storage medium can 29. Which of the following option is not
hold. available under the given feature of MS
Word 2010?
a. Access b. Capacity
c. Memory d. Storage a. Sentence case
b. Character case
24. Complete the following sentence: c. Capitalize Each Word
In MS PowerPoint, slides can have d. Toggle Case
__________.
30. Fill in the blank:
a. title, text, graphs ________ are hardware and software
b. drawn objects, shapes combinations that connect devices
c. clipart, drawn art, visual running different native protocols.
d. All of the above
a. Gateways b. Ports
25. Which of the following generation of c. Protocols d. Models
computer employs semiconductor tubes?
31. What is the term used for the file that is
a. First generation linked with an e-mail and sent to the
b. Second generation receiver of the e-mail?
c. Third generation
d. Fourth generations a. Annexure b. Attachment
c. Add-On d. Appendage
26. What happens if you select a text and
then press Ctrl + I in MS Word? 32. What do you call the time for which a
piece of equipment operates?
a. The text becomes italics
b. The text gets underlined a. Access time b. Real time
c. The text erases c. Seek time d. Effective time
d. The text becomes bold
33. Look at the image carefully and identify
27. Fill in the blank: from where you can get these options in
_______ has revolutionised the business MS Word?
world by making everything available by
the simple click of a mouse button.

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 a. RAM b. ROM
c. CPU d. CD-ROM

37. Permanent instructions that the computer

uses when it is turned on and that cannot
be changed by other instructions are
contained in which of the following
memory unit?

a. Effects b. Themes a. RAM b. ROM

c. Fonts d. Styles c. CPU d. ALU

34. Which technology company has 38. Which of the following best describes the
launched 'Online Business Guide' and a Virtual memory
training programme to help people move
their business online? a. Memory on the hard disk that the
CPU uses as extended RAM
b. Memory on the RAM
a. b. c. Memory that is only necessary if you
do not have any RAM in your
computer
c. d. d. A backup device for internal storage

39. Which storage type is used in the

35. Which of the following places the modern digital cameras, mobile phones,
common data elements in order from MP3 players etc.?
smallest to largest?
a. Flash memory card
a. Character, File, Record, Field, b. Pen drive
Database, File c. Optical drive
b. Character, Field, Record, File, d. Cache memory
Database
c. Character, Record, Field, Database, 40. Which of the following is the term used to
File refer to renewing or changing
d. Bit, Byte, Character, Record, Field, components like increasing the main
File, Database memory, or hard disk capacities, or
adding speakers, or modems, etc.?
36. What do you call the permanent memory
that is built into your computer? a. Grades b. Prosody
c. Synthesis d. Upgrades

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 Achievers’ Section (Each Question is 2 Marks)

41. Match the following icons with the MS with an EPROM programming
PowerPoint views they display: instrument.
Dave: Magnetic tape is a medium for
Column A Column B magnetic recording, made of a thin,
(a) (i) Slide Sorter magnetisable coating on a long, narrow
View strip of plastic film and is non-volatile
(b) (ii) Slide Show John: Magnetic core and semiconductor
memories are used as mass memory
medium.
(c) (iii) Normal View Emma: RAM is a type of computer
memory that can be accessed randomly.
a. Eva b. Dave
a. (a) - (ii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iii) c. John d. Emma
b. (a) - (iii), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii)
c. (a) - (i), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii) 44. Identify the correct option based on the
d. (a) - (iii), (b) - (ii), (c) - (i) description given below:
1. A device which performs optical
42. Match the following Google apps with character recognition and produces
their logos: coded signals corresponding to the
characters identified.
Column A Column B 2. It is an input device that uses a light
a. (i) Google Drive beam to scan codes, text, or graphic
images directly into a computer or
computer system.
b. (ii) Google Talk 3. The technology used in this device
was developed in 1969 by Willard
Boyle and George Smith.
c. (iii) Google photos 4. It was built in 1957 at the US National
Bureau of Standards by a team led
by Russell A Kirsch.

a. (a) - (ii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iii) a. Punch Card Reader

b. (a) - (i), (B) - (iii), (c) - (ii) b. Optical Scanners
c. (a) - (iii), (B) - (i), (c) - (ii) c. Magnetic Tape
d. (a) - (iii), (B) - (ii), (c) - (i) d. OMR

43. Four friends Eva, Dave, John and Emma 45. Fill in the blanks:
are discussing about computer's (i) The World Wide Web (WWW) was
memory. Read their statements and invented by _______.
identify who is incorrect? (ii) ________ is considered the official
Eva: An EPROM can be programmed, birthday of the internet.
erased and reprogrammed by the user (iii) The second generation computer had
________.

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 (iv) _______ is a new generation of (i) A removable disk drive that put the
storage devices used in computers. heads and platters (disks) in a sealed
unit for greater speed.
a. (i) Steve Rogers, (ii) January 1, 1980, (ii) A new type of HDD introduced by
(iii) USB, (iv) Vacuum Tube IBM in 1973.
b. (i) Larry Page, (ii) April 20, 1987, (iii) (iii) Initially three models were
Joystick, (iv) Silicon Chips announced, the 3340-A2 with two
c. (i) Tim Berners-Lee, (ii) January 1, drives and a controller.
1983, (iii) SSD, (iv) Transistor (iv) It has 30MB of fixed storage and
d. (i) Bill Gates, (ii) January 1, 1980, (iii) 30MB of removable storage
PCI Card, (iv) Bio Chips
a. Hard disk
46. Which of the following statements are b. Magnetic disk
incorrect? c. Optical disc drives
Statement 1: NPL, ARPANET, Merit d. Winchester disk
Network are few of the networks that led
to the Internet. 49. Which is the best definition of a software
Statement 2: Packet switching is not a package?
rapid store and forward networking
design. a. A set of computer programs used for
Statement 3: IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses a certain function such as word
while IPv6 uses 64-bit addresses processing
Statement 4: CYCLADES is called the b. The box, manual and license
killer-application of the Internet. agreement that accompany
commercial software
a. Statement 3 and Statement 4 c. An add-on for your computer such as
b. Statement 1 and Statement 2 additional memory
c. Statement 2 and Statement 3 d. A protection you can buy for a
d. Statement 2 and Statement 4 computer

47. Complete the following sentence: 50. What should you do if you require the
In a computer, Screen Saver enables same format at specified places while
you to __________. working in MS Word application?

a. save energy if it turns off the screen a. Click the Format painter and click at
or the backlight the specified places holding the Alt
b. protect your computer from being Key.
accessed by other users when you b. Click the Format Painter and click at
make it password enabled the specified places holding the Ctrl
c. display another picture for your Key.
screen after specified time as per c. Double click the Format Painter and
specification click at the specified places.
d. All of the above d. All of the above are valid

48. Identify the term with the help of the

following statements:

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 Answer Key
1. c 2. d 3. b 4. a 5. a 6. c 7. d 8. c 9. b 10. a
11. d 12. c 13. c 14. a 15. c 16. b 17. d 18. c 19. a 20. d
21. d 22. d 23. b 24. d 25. b 26. a 27. b 28. b 29. b 30. a
31. b 32. d 33. b 34. a 35. b 36. b 37. b 38. a 39. a 40. d
41. b 42. c 43. c 44. b 45. c 46. d 47. d 48. d 49. a 50. c

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