CREST Cyber Olympiad (CCO)

Previous Year Paper (2022-23)

Class 3 (Set - A)
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 45

• 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 35 questions in this booklet comprising 2 sections namely
• the Computer & IT and Achievers' Section consisting of 25 questions (1 mark
each) & 10 questions (2 marks each) respectively.
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• There is only ONE correct option to a given question.
• Use HB Pencil or Blue / Black ball point pen only for marking the correct choice of
answers on the OMR Sheet.
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 Computers & IT (Each Question is 1 Mark)

1. Fill in the blank: 6. Find the odd one out:

Different bank transactions can be
done online with the help of a computer
system. This is also known as a. b.
________.

a. e-Books b. e-Business
c. e-Banking d. e-Marketing
c. d.
2. Which among the following devices is
the same as that of a xerox machine
except for that it creates a digital copy? 7. Which among the following options
best fits to the given description?
1. It is also known as volatile memory.
a. b. 2. Directly accessible to the CPU.
3. Comprises of Internal memory.
4. Small in size.

c. d. a. Flash memory
b. Tertiary memory
c. Secondary memory
d. Primary memory
3. Which of the following is NOT an
example of Instant Messaging in
8. Dave and Eva were working on a group
Internet?
activity. Dave wants the documents
and assignment that were stored in
a. Email b. WhatsApp
Eva's local computer. However, Dave
c. Discord d. Telegram
is unaware which among the following
options should he use for convenient
4. The Internet can be used in which of
and efficient file sharing?
the following areas?

a. Shopping
a. b.
b. Chatting
c. Reading e-books
d. All of these

5. Identify the given device: c. d.

9. Olivia wants to create a new file in MS

Paint application. Which among the
following options will help her to do so?
a. Calculator
b. Modem a. View Menu b. Edit Menu
c. Concept keyboard c. File Menu d. Help Menu
d. Scanner

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10. Match the following: a. Online Communications
b. Online Bill Payment
Column A Column B c. Online Recharge
1. Saving a file a. Tool box d. Online gaming
2. Copying a b. File menu
file 15. John's grandfather reads the
3. Zooming an c. Edit menu newspaper every morning. Which
image among the following options do you
think is responsible for printing
a. 1 - b, 2 - c, 3 - a information on the paper?
b. 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - c
c. 1 - c, 2 - b, 3 - a
d. 1 - a, 2 - c, 3 - b a. b.

11. Charles used MS Word for developing

his assignments. He saw the word
count at the bottom of the window.
What do you think is the name of this
c. d.
bar?

a. Status Bar b. Title Bar

c. Menu Bar d. Task Bar 16. Fill in the blank with the correct option:
________ prevents unauthorised
12. State which among the following access to the computer system and
statement(s) is/are false: controls the incoming traffic.

Statement 1: Power supply unit plays a a. Firewall

vital role in the computer system. b. Security
Statement 2: RAM is slower than the c. Authority Services
secondary devices. d. Authentication Services
Statement 3: Read only memory is the
physical hardware inside a computer 17. Read the following paragraph carefully
that temporarily stores data. and answer the question that follows:
Computers have been used by the
army to ensure strategic defences over
a. Statement 3
enemy troops. They have used
b. Statement 1 and Statement 2 computers to decipher secret
c. Statement 1 messages and also to encrypt friendly
d. Statement 2 and Statement 3 communications. They use satellite
images and computer-generated
13. Fill in the blank: images to keep track of targets and
The portrait option is one of the vehicles.
___________ options of the MS Word Which of the following best suits the
application. given description?

a. page orientation a. Computers are used in banks

b. font name b. Computers are used in defence
c. font style c. Computers are used in satellites
d. indenting d. Computers are used in manufacturing

14. Find the odd one out in context to the 18. Which of the following is a device that
Internet: combines CPU, monitor, keyboard, and
mouse in one unit?

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 a. Wrap Text
a. b. b. Text Effects
c. Editing
d. Spacing and Indentation

23. Match the following:

c. d.
Column A Column B
1. WWW pages a. Connectivity
between two
19. Emma wanted to prepare a greeting systems
card for Mother’s Day using the MS 2. IP address b. Main protocol of
Paint application. She wanted to write a internet
beautiful message in the greeting card.
3. TCP/IP c. Multimedia pages
Which among the following options will
she select to write the same?
a. 1 - a, 2 - b, 3 - c
b. 1 - c, 2 - b, 3 - a
a. b. c. 1 - a, 2 - c, 3 - b
d. 1 - c, 2 - a, 3 - b

24. Identify the peripheral based on the

following description:
c. d. 1. It is a typewriter like device.
2. It allows a user to feed the
computer.
20. Anna wants to insert the page number 3. It helps to execute commands with
at the bottom of the page in the MS the help of functional keys.
Word application. Which among the
following options will she use to insert
the page number? a. b.
a. Page Top b. Footer
c. Header d. Page Bottom
c. d.
21. Daniel wants to fill the shapes with
colour. He is unaware of which MS
Paint tool he should use. Can you
assist him? 25. Select the odd one out from the
following options:
a. Fill Colour b. Shape Effects
c. Shape size d. Line Weight
a. b.
22. Kiwi typed two sentences in the MS
Word document. Her mother asked her
to increase the space between the two
sentences by 1. Which of the following c. d.
options should she use in order to get
the same?

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 Achievers’ Section (Each Question is 2 Marks)
26. Noah has different software and c. It is used for putting information
applications installed on her computer. including letters, words and
Which among the following options will numbers into your computer.
d. A device used to display images,
allow her system to interact with other
text, video, and graphics
software and the applications installed information generated by a
in her system? connected computer.

29. State which among the following

a. b. statement(s) is/are incorrect:
Statement 1: Internet can be connected
using a wireless technique.
Statement 2: Webpage does not
consist of animations.
c. d.
Statement 3: Internet is used for
downloading movies.

27. Match the following in context to MS a. Only Statement 2

Paint: b. Statement 1 and Statement 3
c. Statement 2 and Statement 3
d. Only Statement 3
Column I Column II
30. State which among the following
i. No fill a.
statements are true:
Statement 1: The results of the
Natural
ii. b. processed data that we see are known
Pencil
as the Output.
Fill with Statement 2: Keyboards only have a
iii. c.
colour combination of special case characters
Colour and alphabets.
iv. d. Statement 3: Input devices are used for
picker
feeding data to the computer system.
a. i - c, ii - d, iii - a, iv - b Statement 4: Images are converted into
b. i - c, ii - d, iii - b, iv - a printed documents with the help of
c. i - d, ii - c, iii - b, iv - a scanners.
d. i - d, ii - c, iii - a, iv - b
a. Statement 2 and Statement 4
28. Unscramble the jumbled word given b. Statement 1 and Statement 3
below and identify the correct c. Statement 1 and Statement 4
statement about it: d. Statement 2 and Statement 3
ETNIETRN
31. Which among the following device best
a. It allows the exchange of
information between two or more fits the given description?
computers on a network. 1. Consists of a ball held by a socket.
b. A device that interprets commands 2. Resembles like that of a mouse.
from a computer to make line 3. Contains sensors to detect the
drawings on paper with one or rotation.
more automated pens. 4. Also called as a pointing device.

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 assigns them a task that is to be
a. b. carried out by each one of them.
Which of the following option
best describes the given situation?

d. a. Computers are used in marketing

c. b. Computers are used in home
tutoring
c. Computers are used in offices
d. Computers are used in wars
32. Which among the following options
best fits the given description? 34. In MS Word 2016 which of the
1. Eases the task done by humans. following shortcut keys is used to go to
2. Used for doing repetitive actions. the beginning of the document?
3. Widely used in manufacturing,
assembly and packing, transport. a. Ctrl + End b. Ctrl + Del
c. Ctrl + Home d. Ctrl + Ins

35. Which among the following best fits the

a. b.
given description?
1. It is responsible for the flow of
external data through USB.
c. d. 2. Holds the microprocessor chip.
3. Contains CMOS, BIOS and System
bus.
33. Read the following paragraph carefully
and answer the question: a. PROM b. EEPROM
William's mother is a teacher. Due to c. RAM d. Motherboard
the pandemic, she cannot reach out to
school. She asks all the students to
connect to a common link given by her
and teaches them online. She also

Answer Key
1. c 2. a 3. a 4. d 5. c 6. b 7. d 8. b 9. c 10. a
11. a 12. d 13. a 14. d 15. b 16. a 17. b 18. c 19. c 20. b
21. a 22. d 23. d 24. b 25. d 26. b 27. d 28. a 29. a 30. b
31. c 32. b 33. b 34. c 35. d

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