COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE PRACTICE MCQs FOR IBPS EXAM

1. Data or information used to run the computer is called?
a) Software
b) Hardware 
c) Peripheral
d) CPU 
e) None of the above 

2. To memories the e- mail address one should use?
a) Browser 
b) Search engine 
c) Birthday list 
d) Phone book 
e) Add book 

3. A Hardware device that converts data into meaningful information
a) Protector 
b) Output device 
c) Input device 
d) Program 
e) Processor 

4. What from the following refers to the people, related to computing process?
a) Hardware 
b) Human ware 
c) Software
 d) Firmware 
e) Peripherals 

5. Which of the following is not an example of storage device? 
a) CD 
b) Floppy 
c) Hard disk
d) RAM 
e) DVD 

6. Today, the common form of RAM is built from?
a) Transistors 
b) Vacuum tubes 
c) Semiconductors IC's 
d) Super conductor IC's 
e) None 

7. Benefit of DRAM is ___ 
a) It is cheaper than SRAM 
b) It can store more than SRAM 
c) It is faster than SRAM
d) Data in it can easily be erased than in SRAM 
e) None 


8. Following all are related to spread sheet except?
a) Work sheet 
b) Sell 
c) Formula 
d) Virus detection 
e) None of these 

9. Which element is appropriate for the set of instructions, by which computer performs more than one task?
a) Hardware 
b) Software 
c) Human ware 
d) Firmware 
e) None of these 

10. Which of the following is both output and input? 
a) Printer 
b) Speaker 
c) Modem 
d) monitor 
e) Scanner 

11. A Special software that is used to create a job queue is called_____ 
a) Drive 
b) Spooler 
c) Interpreter
d) Linkage editor 
e) None 

12. Which one of the items listed below is not one of the software engineering layers?
a) Process 
b) Manufacturing 
c) Method 
d) Tools 
e) None 

13. What is the first stage in program development? 
a) Specification and design 
b) System Analysis 
c) Testing 
d) None of the above 
e) All of these 

14. By means of a data flow diagram the analyst can detect ____ 
a) Task duplication 
b) Unnecessary delays 
c) Task overlapping 
d) All of the above 
e) None of the above 

15. Virtual memory is ___ 
a) Related to virtual reality 
b) A form of ROM 
c) A form of RAM 
d) None of the above 
e) All of these 

16. What does RAM stands for? 
a) Read Access Memory 
b) Read Anywhere Memory 
c) Random Anything Memory
d) Random Access Module 
e) Random Access Memory 

17. For transferring file and exchanging messages, which utility is used?
a) Web browser
 b) WWW 
c) e - mail 
d) Hyper text 
e) Search engine 

18. The three main parts of a processor are..? 
a) ALU, control unit and register 
b) ALU, control unit and RAM 
c) Case, control unit and register
d) Control unit, Register and RAM 
e) RAM, ROM and CD- ROM 

19. Which of the following is the second largest unit of RAM? 
a) Terabyte 
b) Megabyte 
c) Byte 
d) Giga byte 
e) None of these 

20. What is present in motherboard that connects CPU with other parts on motherboard?
a) Input unit 
b) System bus 
c) ALU 
d) Primary memory 
e) None of these 

21. ___ servers stores and manage files for network users 
a) Authentication 
b) Main 
c) Web 
d) File 
e) None of these 

22. The OSI model is divided into ____ process called layers 
a) five 
b) six 
c) seven 
d) eight 
e) None of these 

23. System software is a set of programs that enables your computer's hardware devices and ____ software to work together.
a) management
b) Processing 
c) utility 
d) application
e) None of these 

24. In a ring topology, the computer in possession of the ____can transmit data 
a) packet 
b) data 
c) access method 
d) token 
e) None of these 

25. ____ viruses are often transmitted by a floppy disk left in the floppy drive 
a) Trojan horse 
b) Boot sector 
c) Script 
d) logic bomb 
e) None of the above 

26. ____ controls the way in which a computer system functions and provides name by which users can interact with the computer 
a) The platform 
b) Application software 
c) operating software 
d) The Mother board 
e) None 

27. Servers are components that provide resources to other computers connected to a.. 
a) mainframe 
b) network 
c) super computer 
d) client 
e) None of these 

Answers:
1) a; 2) e; 3) e; 4) b; 5) d; 6) c; 7) a; 8) d; 9) b; 10) d; 
11) b; 12) b; 13) d; 14) d; 15) c; 16) e; 17) c; 18) a; 19) d; 20) b; 
21) d; 22) c; 23) d; 24) d; 25) b; 26) c; 27) b.