CREST Cyber Olympiad (CCO) Class 10 Sample Paper

CLASS

10
SAMPLE PAPER

CREST Cyber Olympiad (CCO)

Syllabus for CCO is available at https://www.crestolympiads.com/cco-syllabus

Pattern And Marking Scheme
Class Topic/Section No. of Marks per Questions Total Marks
Questions
Computers & IT 25 1 25
st th
1 to 4 Achiever’s Section 10 2 20
Grand Total 35 - 45
Computers & IT 40 1 40
5th to 10th Achiever’s Section 10 2 20
Grand Total 50 - 60

1. Identify the system from the given options that uses a computer as a component but
whose prime function is not that of a computer.
(a) Distributed System (b) Workstations
(c) Embedded Computer System (d) Data Entry System

2. When a computer is turned on or restarted, a special type of absolute loader called
_______ is executed.

(a) Boot loader (b) Bootstrap loader
(c) Relating loader (d) Compile and Go loader

3. Pragya created a Sales database in MS ACCESS which has the sales information of all
sales agents across the company. Pragya has to send a summary of the sales
achieved on a weekly basis to the four Regional should Pragya create for the Sales
Heads?

(a) Query (b) Table
(c) Form (d) Report

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4. PowerPoint provides convenient tools and features you can use while you are
presenting your slide show. Which of the following is not a tool available during the
presentation slide show?

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

5. A form of net abuse consisting of sending huge volumes of emails to an address in an
attempt to overflow the mailbox or overwhelm the server where the email address is
hosted is called _______.

(a) Malware (b) Email bombarding
(c) Phishing (d) Spam

6. In computer networking, IP is responsible for ________ communication, whereas, TCP
is responsible for ________ communication.

(a) host-to-host, process-to process (b) process-to-process, host-to-host
(c) process-to-process, process-to-process (d) node-to-node, node-to-node

7. Match the following Keyboard shortcuts with their functions in MS PowerPoint:
(a) F5 (i) Display the shortcut menu
(b) ESC (ii) Start a presentation from the beginning
(d) Shift + F10 (iii) End a presentation

(a) (A) - (i) (B) - (ii) (C) - (iii) (b) (A) - (ii) (B) - (iii) (C) - (i)
(c) (A) - (ii) (B) - (iii) (C) - (i) (d) (A) - (iii) (B) - (i) (C) - (ii)

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8. Which of the following best resembles the conversion process when loaded into the
memory?

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

Achiever’s Section
9. Which of the following HTML syntax is used to display a border with dimensions given
below:
The top border = 10 pixels
The bottom border = 5 pixels
The left border = 20 pixels
The right border = 1 pixels

(a) border-width : 10px 20px 5px 1px
(b) border-width : 10px 1px 5px 20px
(c) border-width : 5px 20px 10px 1px
(d) border-width : 10px 5px 20px 1px

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10. The research and development department at your Dad’s office has been
experimenting with different technologies to help improve the performance of the
network. One group has been examining the use of a broadband network. According to
you, which of the following is the correct statement about broadband and baseband.

(a) Broadband networks carry several channels on a single cable, whereas in a
baseband network several cables carry one channel
(b) Baseband network carry a single channel on a single cable, whereas broadband
networks carry several channels on a single cable
(c) Baseband refers to local area networks, and broadband refers to wide area
networks
(d) Baseband operates at a standard bit rate, whereas broadband nay operate at
different rates as needed

Answers
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (b)

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