LIC AAO EXAM COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE SOLVED PAPER (Exam Held on: 22-03-2015)

1. What does the acronym PDF stand for? 
(a) Portable Documenting Format (b) Portable Documentation File 
(c) Portable Documentation Format (d) Portable Document Format 
(e) Portable Document File (Ans : d)

2. LSI in chip technology stands for– 
(a) Large-Scale Integration (b) Low-Scale Internet (c) Local-Scale Integration 
(d) Large-Scale Internet (e) Low-Scale Integration (Ans : a)

3. Which of the following best describes a network in which a company's data and applications are stored at offsite data centers that are accessed over the Internet? 
(a) Extranet (b) Intranet (c) Virtual Private Network 
(d) Cloud Computing (e) Local Area Network (Ans : d)

4. Which of the following is not a binary number? 
(a) 110 (b) 1001 (c) 100110 (d) 233 (e) 11101  (Ans : d)

5. Micro Processor speed is measured in–
(a) megabytes (b) bytes (c) kilobytes (d) gigabytes (e) gigahertz (Ans : e)

6.  ……….is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to computer network. 
(a) Networking Internet Connection (b) Newer Industrial Computer 
(c) Network Integration Card (d) Network Internal card 
(e) Network Interface Card (Ans : e)

7. A hard disk drive consists of several fixed, rotating disks called– 
(a) platters (b) RAIDs (c) cylinders (d) plotters (e) mini -disks (Ans : a)

8. Which of the following is the correct order of the four major functions of a computer? 
(a) Process, Storage, Input, Output (b) Input, Process, Output, Storage 
(c) Process, Output, Input, Storage (d) Storage, Output, Process, Input 
(e) Input, Output, Process, Storage (Ans : b)

9. What does the acronym PROM stand for? 
(a) Programmer Read-Only Memory (b) Programmable Read-Only Memory 
(c) Programmable Read-Only Memory (d) Program Read-Only Memory 
(e) Programmed Read-Only Memory (Ans : b)

10. Which of the following is an electronic or paper log used to track computer activity? 
(a) Monitor (b) Trace route (c) Cookie (d) Audit trail (e) Web log (Ans : d)

11. The largest unit of storage is– 
(a) Byte (b) Terabyte (c) Megabyte (d) Kilobyte (e) Gigabyte (Ans : b)

12. Which of the following devices sends and receives data over telephone lines to and from computers? 
(a) Modem (b) Expansion slot (c) Printer (d) Speaker (e) Sound Card (Ans : a)

13. How many bytes are there in a terabyte? 
(a) 1000 (b) 1 billion (c) 1 trillion (d) 1 million (e) 1 quadrillion (Ans : c)

14. Which is a pointing device? 
(a) Joystick (b) Monitor (c) Scanner (d) Plotter (e) Printer (Ans : a)

15. Checking whether a program functions correctly, and then correcting errors, is known as– 
(a) decoding (b) error-proofing a program (c) debugging 
(d) de-erroring (e) default error-checking (Ans : c)

16. This system conversion called ……….involves running the old and new systems simultaneously before converting completely to the new system. 
(a) pilot conversion (b) convergent conversion (c) phased conversion 
(d) direct conversion (e) parallel conversion (Ans : e)

17. Programs such as Mozilla Firefox that serve as navigable windows into web are called–
(a) Internet (b) Networks (c) Web browser (d) URL (e) Hypertext (Ans : c)

18. Which of the following protects the system from hackers? 
(a) Snort (b) Scanner (c) Firewall (d) Backup (e) Hub (Ans : c)

19. What is Linux ? 
(a) Input Device (b) Operating System (c) Processor 
(d) Storage Device (e) Output Device (Ans : b)

20. The cell reference for range D20 to H35 in MS Excel will be–
(a) D20 + H35 (b) D20:H35 (c) D20;H35 
(d) D20 - H35 (e) D20,H35 (Ans : b)

21. The digital telecommunications term ISDN is an abbreviation for– 
(a) International Services Digital Network (b) Integrated Standard Digital Networks 
(c) Internet Services Data Network (d) Interactive Standard Dynamic Networks 
(e) Integrated Services Digital Network (Ans : e)

22. Verification of login name and password is known as–
(a) Logging in (b) Alienation (c) Certification (d) Authentication (e) Configuration (Ans : d)

23. If you change Windows 98 operating system to Windows XP, you are performing a(n)–
(a) Push up (b) Patch (c) Upgrade (d) Update (e) Pull down (Ans : c)

24. While using MS Word, which key deletes text before, or to the left of the insertion point? 
(a) Escape (b) Delete (c) Backspace (d) Page down (e) Page up (Ans : c)

25. The minimum number of rows and columns in MS Word document is–
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 1 (c) 2 and 2 (d) 2 and 1 (e) 3 and 3 (Ans : b)

26. VoIP stands for–
(a) Voice Over Internet Protocol (b) Visual Object Integration Protocol 
(c) Virtual Object Integration Program (d) Virtual Object Integration Protocol 
(e) Voice Object Integration Program (Ans : a)

27. Which of the following place the common data elements in order from smallest to largest? 
(a) Character, record, field, database, file (b) Character, file, record, field, database 
(c) Character, record, field, file, database (d) Character, field, record, file, database 
(e) Database, file, record, field, character (Ans : d)

28. Which of the following is not an output device in computer organization ? 
(a) Plotter (b) Speaker (c) Scanner (d) Monitor (e) Printer (Ans : c)

29. The process of writing computer instructions in a programming language is known as–
(a) Algorithming (b) Processing (c) File (d) Instructioning (e) Coding (Ans : e)

30. Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program? 
(a) High level language (b) Low level language (c) Middle level language 
(d) Assembly language (e) Machine language (Ans : e) 

LIC AAO EXAM COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE SOLVED PAPER (Exam Held on: 12-05-2013)

1. What is not true about computer file ? 
(a) File is a collection of data or information (b) Program file stores programs, where as text file store text 
(c) All information stored in a computer must be a file (d) Computer file can be stored on different types of media cases 
(e) A file size can be negative whole number of bytes upto a system limit (Ans : e)

2. The octal equivalent of the binary number 1101010111001111₂, is– 
(a) 152181₈ (b) 152781₈ (c) 153182₈ (d) 152717₈ (e) None of these (Ans : d)

3. Which of the following is not about computer hardware? 
(a) Monitor (b) Mouse (c) Speakers (d) ALU (e) All of these (Ans : e)

4. Which of the following are numeric data types? 
(a) Array (b) Floating point (c) Fixed point (d) Only (b) and (c) (e) None of these (Ans : d)

5. Printed version of document is known, as– 
(a) Hard Copy (b) Soft copy (c) Electronic copy (d) Only (a) and (b) (e) All of these (Ans : a)

6. Which of the following is not a software? 
(a) ALU (b) Microsoft word (c) JSP (d) PHP (e) ASP.NET (Ans : a)

7. If you are stuck on a page of website on Internet explorer and you want to get the update frequently, what will you do ? 
(a) Refresh button (b) Rewind button (c) Back button (d) Forward button (e) None of these (Ans : a)

8. Which of the following is not an output device? 
(a) Monitors (b) Printers (c) Headphones (d) Projectors (e) Keyboard (Ans : e)

9. Main circuit of computer is known as– 
(a) Central processing unit (b) Intel (c) Motherboard (d) RAM (e) ROM (Ans : c)

10. OLAP stands for– 
(a) Over Lap Analytical-Processing (b) On-line Analytical Processing (c) On-line Logical Analytical Processing 
(d) One Time Analytical Processing (e) None of these (Ans : b)

11. CD stands for– 
(a) Compact Disk (b) Combo Disk (c) Comparative Disk (d) Computing Disk (e) None of these (Ans : a)

12. Which of the following is associated with Internet? 
(a) Home page (b) Mouse (c) Digitizer (d) Dumb terminals (e) All of these (Ans : a)

13. The information of credit and debit card are stored on 
(a) Magnetic strip card (b) Mega strip card (c) Magnetic information card 
(d) Magnetic data card (e) None of these (Ans : a)

14. RAM stands for– 
(a) Read Available Memory (b) Read Access Memory (c) Random Access Memory 
(d) Read Antivirus Memory (e) All of these (Ans : c)

15. IT stands for– 
(a) Information Television (b) Inter Telecommunication (c) Only (a) and (b) 
(d) Information Theory (e) Information Technology (Ans : e)

16. ……….is an electronic device or a software the performs the composition, reading, formatting. 
(a) Word processor (b) Word comprehension (c) Word vocabulary 
(d) Comprehensive knowledge (e) None of these (Ans : a)

17. ……….is a method of exchanging digital message from an author to one or more recipients. 
(a) Electronic document (b) Electronic mail (c) Electronic message 
(d) Electronic letter (e) None of these (Ans : b)

18. The part of computer architecture which is related to programming, data types, instruction, registers, addressing modes is known as– 
(a) Super computer (b) CPU (c) Mother board (d) Instruction set (e) All of these (Ans : d)

19. The process of carrying out command in the machine is known as– 
(a) Executing (b) Scheduling (c) Processing (d) Only (a) and (c) (e) Only (b) and (c) (Ans : a)

20. The brain of any computer system is known as– 
(a) ALU (b) Memory (c) CPU (d) Control Unit (e) None of these (Ans : c)

21. The time taken by a device to locate data and instructions and make them available to the CPU is known as– 
(a) A processing cycle (b) Clock speed (c) CPU speed (d) Access time (e) All of these (Ans : a)

22. A Plastic card similar to a credit card but having some memory and a microprocessor embedded in it is– 
(a) Punched paper tape (b) Chip card (c) Card Punch (d) Magnetic card (e) None of these (Ans : b)

23. Memory that cannot be processed directly by CPU is– 
(a) Internal memory (b) Secondary memory (c) Cache memory (d) System memory (e) None of these (Ans : b)

24. Which statement is valid about interpreter? 
(a) It translates one instruction at a time (b) Object code is saved for future use (c) Repeated instruction is not necessary 
(d) Only (a) and (b) (e) All of these (Ans : a)

25. What type of program controls the various computer parts and allows the user to interact with the computer? 
(a) Utility software (b) Operating system (c) Database program (d) Word processing software (e) All of these (Ans : a)

26. You organize files by storing them in– 
(a) Archives (b) Folders (c) Indexes (d) Lists (e) None of these (Ans : b)

27. Editing document consists of testing through the document you've created them. 
(a) Correcting the errors (b) Printing it (c) Saving it (d) Deleting it (e) None of these (Ans : a)

28. A ………. is a large scale electronic repository of data that is time-variant. 
(a) data warehouse (b) data mine (c) knowledge based system (d) decision support system (e) None of these (Ans : a)

29. A ………. is a collection of computers and device connected together. 
(a) Protocol (b) Memory card (c) Network (d) CPU (e) None of these (Ans : c)

30. A search engine is a program to search– 
(a) for information (b) web pages (c) web pages for specified index terms 
(d) web pages for information using specified search terms (e) None of these (Ans : d) 

United India Insurance Company (UIIC) Assistant exam Computer Knowledge Solved Paper (Exam Held on: 03-01-2013)

1. Which one of the following would not be considered as a form of secondary storage? 
(a) Floppy Disk (b) Optical Disk (c) RAM (d) Flash Drive (e) Hard Disk (Ans : c)

2. The Processor is an example of computer–
(a) Software (b) Output Unit (c) Storage (d) Program (e) Hardware (Ans : e)

3. A hexadecimal number is a number to the base–
(a) 2 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 4 (e) 8 (Ans : c)

4. Java in computer programming is a–
(a) Compiler (b) Hardware Device Driver (c) Low-level Language 
(d) High-level Language (e) Programming Mid-level Language (Ans : d)

5. Which of the following is not a binary number? 
(a) 01010 (b) 11111 (c) 31121 (d) 00000 (e) 110110 (Ans : c)

6. What does the acronym WAN stand for? 
(a) Widest Area Network (b) Wild Area Network (c) Wide Area Networking 
(d) Wide Area. Network (e) Wider Area Network (Ans : d)

7. FTP is an acronym for– 
(a) File Transaction Protocol (b) File Truncation Protocol (c) File Translation Protocol 
(d) File Transfer Protocol (e) File Transmission Protocol (Ans : d)

8. Connections to the Internet using a phone line and a modem are called….. connections. 
(a) Digital (b) Dial-up (c) Broadband (d) Dish (e) Both (b) and (c) (Ans : b)

9. Documents converted to….. can be published to the web. 
(a) A doc file (b) HTTP (c) machine language (d) HTML (e) None of these (Ans : b)

10. What is extension of Microsoft Word document? 
(a) txt (b) doc (c) ppt (d) xls (e) psd (Ans : b)

11. Outlook Express is a(n)–
(a) protocol (b) Search Engine (c) Browser (d) Network (e) E-mail Client (Ans : e)

12. Printers and screens in computer system are common form of– 
(a) Processing device (b) Computation units (c) Input units 
(d) Storage units (e) Output units (Ans : e)

13. LSI in chip technology stands for– 
(a) Large-Scale Internet (b) Low-Scale Integration (c) Low-Scale Internet 
(d) Local-Scale Integration (e) Large-Scale Integration (Ans : e)

14. Ctrl + n in MS word is used to–
(a) Save document (b) Start Paragraph (c) Open new document 
(d) Close document (e) Open a saved document (Ans : c)

15. Connections to other documents or to other locations within a website is known as–
(a) Hyper connects (b) Plug-ins (c) Hyperlinks (d) Filters (e) Bots (Ans : c)

16. Checking whether a program functions correctly and then correcting errors, it is known as– 
(a) Error-proofing a program (b) Default error-checking (c) De-erroring 
(d) Debugging (e) Decoding (Ans : d)

17. Single-word reference to viruses, worms etc. is–
(a) harmware (b) virus (c) phish (d) malware (e) killer war (Ans : d)

18. Converting the computer language of 1’s and 0’s to characters, that can be understood is known as…... 
(a) Selecting (b) Creating clip-art (c) Decoding (d) Generating (e) Highlighting (Ans : c)

19. Storage that returns its data after the power is turned off is referred’ to as–
(a) Sequential storage (b) Direct storage (c) Non-destructive storage 
(d) Non-volatile storage (e) Volatile storage (Ans : d)

20. A compiler in computing means–
(a) A programmer. (b) A person who compiles source program. (c) Keypunch operator 
(d) A gaming software (e) A program which translates source program into object program (Ans : e)

21. What is Windows Vista? 
(a) Processor (b) Output Device (c) Storage Device 
(d) Input Device (e) Operating System (Ans : e)

22. Which of the following is not an operating system used in computer? 
(a) Windows 95 (b) Windows 2000 (c) MS-DOS 
(d) Windows 3.1 (e) Windows 98 (Ans : d)

23. “DTP” is a computer abbreviation usually means– 
(a) Digital Transmission Protocol (b) Desktop Publishing (c) Document Type Processing 
(d) Document Transfer Processing (e) Data Type Programming (Ans : b)

24. Which of the following is equivalent roughly to 1 billion bytes? 
(a) One kilobyte (b) One Terabyte (c) One Gigabyte 
(d) One Megabyte (e) One Megabit (Ans : c)

25. The ALU and Control unit, jointly is known as–
(a) RAM (b) CPU (c) PC (d) EPROM (e) ROM (Ans : b)

26. The….. port resembles a standard phone jack. 
(a) Fire wire (b) modem (c) peripheral (d) serial (e) None of these (Ans : b)

27. The ALU performs….. operations. 
(a) arithmetic (b) ASCII (c) algorithm-based (d) logarithm-based (e) None of above (Ans : a)

28. A group of related records in a database is called a(n)–
(a) object (b) memo (c) table (d) record (e) None of these (Ans : c)

29. What is the generation of computers which are built with microprocessors? 
(a) third (b) fourth (e) first (d) second (e) prior to first (Ans : b)

30. The digital telecommunication term ISDN is an abbreviation for 
(a) Internet Services Data Network (b) International Services Digital Network 
(c) Integrated Services Digital Network (d) Interactive Standard Dynamic Networks 
(e) Integrated Standard Digital Networks (Ans : c)

31. How to specify cell range from A10 to A 25 in MS Excel? 
(a) (A10-A25) (b) (A10 to A25) (c) (A10 : A25) (d) (A10 . A25) (e) (A10 A25) (Ans : c)

32. If you change Windows 98 operating system to Windows XP, then it is known as–
(a) Update (b) Patch (c) Pull down (d) Push up (e) Upgrade (Ans : e)

33. ALU and control unit of most of the computers are combined and are embedded on a single . 
(a) Monochip (b) Control unit (c) Microprocessor (d) ALU (e) Microfilm (Ans : c)

34. QWERTY is used with reference to–
(a) Printer (b) Monitor (c) Keyboard (d) Mouse (e) Joystick (Ans : c)

35. Where does most data go first with’ in a computer memory hierarchy? 
(a) RAM (b) ROM (e) BIOS (d) CACHE (e) None of these (Ans : a)

36. A result of a computer virus can not lead to–
(a) Disk Crash (b) Mother Board Crash (c) Corruption of program 
(d) Deletion of files (e) None of above (Ans : b)

37. Which of the following extensions suggest that the file is a backup copy– 
(a) Bak (b) Bas (c) Com (d) Txt (e) None of these (Ans : a)

38. Which of the following storage media provides sequential access only? 
(a) Floppy disk (b) Magnetic disk (c) Magnetic tape (d) Optical disk (e) None of above (Ans : a)

39. The….. becomes different shapes depending on the task you are performing. 
(a) Active tab (b) Insertion point (c) Mouse pointer (d) Ribbon (e) None of above (Ans : c)

40. A file extension is separated from the main file name with a(n)– 
(a) question mark (b) exclamation mark (c) underscore (d) period (e) None of above (Ans : e) 

IBPS Bank Clerk CWE Solved Paper -2013 (Exam Held on 29-09-2013)

1. Which of the following groups consist of only input devices ?

(A) Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor (B) Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor

(C) Mouse, Keyboard, Plotter (D) Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

2. A menu contains a list of–

(A) commands (B) data (C) objects (D) reports (E) None of these

Ans : (A)

3. What is output ?

(A) What the processor takes from the user (B) What the user gives to the processor

(C) What the processor gets from the user (D) What the processor gives to the user

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

4. An error is also known as–

(A) bug (B) debug (C) cursor (D) icon (E) None of these 

Ans : (A)

5. Computer ........ is whatever is typed, submitted, or transmitted to a computer system.

(A) input (B) output (C) data (D) circuitry (E) None of these

Ans : (A)

6. Which process checks to ensure the components of the computer are operating and connected properly ?

(A) Booting (B) Processing (C) Saving (D) Editing (E) None of these

Ans : (A)

7. Unsolicited commercial email is commonly known as–

(A) spam (B) junk (C) hoaxes (D) hypertent (E) None of these

Ans : (A)

8. ....... is processed by the computer into information.

(A) numbers (B) processor (C) input (D) data (E) None of these

Ans : (D)

9. A web site address is a unique name that identifies a specific ............ on the web.

(A) web browser (B) web site (C) PDA (D) link (E) None of these

Ans : (B)

10. A device that connects to a network without the use of cables is said to be–

(A) distributed (B) centralised (C) open source (D) wireless (E) None of these

Ans : (D)

11. Editing a document consists of reading through the document you've created, then–

(A) correcting your errors (B) printing it (C) saving it (D) deleting it (E) None of these

Ans : (A)

12. The Internet allows you to–

(A) send electronic mail (B) view web pages

(C) connect to servers all around the world (D) All of these

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

13. Most mail program automatically complete the following two parts in an e-mail– 

(A) From : and Body : (B) From : and Date : (C) From : And To : (D) From : and Subject : (E) None of these

Ans : (B)

14. Where is the disk put in a computer ?

(A) in the modem (B) in the hard drive (C) into the CPU (D) in the disk drive (E) None of these

Ans : (D)

15. The name a user assigns to a document is called a (n)–

(A) filename (B) program (C) record (D) data (E) None of these

Ans : (A)

16. An e-mail address typically consists of a user ID followed by the ..... sign and the name of the e-mail server that manages the user's electronic post office box.

(A) @ (B) # (C) & (D) « (E) None of these

Ans : (A)

17. A personal computer is designed to meet the computing needs of a(n)– 

(A) individual (B) department (C) company (D) city (E) None of these

Ans : (A)

18. Ctrl, shift and alt are called ........ keys.

(A) adjustment (B) function (C) modifier (D) alphanumeric (E) None of these

Ans : (B)

19. File ....... shrinks the size of a file so it requires less storage space.

(A) scanning (B) synthesizing (C) defragmenting (D) compression (E) None of these

Ans : (D)

20. In addition to the basic typing keys, desktop and notebook computer keyboards include a (n) ..... keypad to efficiently move the screenbased insertion point.

(A) editing (B) number (C) locked (D) docked (E) None of these

Ans : (B)

21. To insert a new slide in a presentation, press–

(A) CTRL+N (B) CTRL+M (C) CTRL+O (D) CTRL+S (E) CTRL+F

Ans : (B)

22. Drop Cap offers ................ positions in settings

(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 2 (D) 5 (E) 1

Ans : (A)

23. The feature of Word that automatically adjusts the amount of space between certain combination of characters so that an entire word looks more evenly spaced is termed as–

(A) Spacing (B) Kerning (C) Positioning (D) Scaling (E) Justifying

Ans : (B)

24. While recording a macro, the third step will be–

(A) Using your mouse or key-board, perform the task you want to automate

(B) Assign a keyboard shortcut to the macro (C) Give the macro a name

(D) Start recording (E) Select the location of macro on toolbar

Ans : (B)

25. ............ is not available on the Ruler of MS Word screen

(A) Centre Indent (B) Right Indent (C) Left Indent (D) Tab stop box (E) None of these

Ans : (A)

26. Which cannot be used to close the Word application– 

(A) ALT+ F4 (B) File-> Close (C) File-> Exit (D) X button in the word window (E) None of these

Ans : (B)

27. Excel workbook contains–

(A) Workbooks (B) Worksheets (C) Worksheets and charts (D) Work areas (E) All of these

Ans : (C)

28. Conslidate option does not offer ......... function

(A) AVERAGE (B) MAX (C) PMT (D) SUM (E) StDev

Ans : (C)

29. To see first row and first column in an excel sheet at all times even if you scroll till the end of sheet– 

(A) Use workbook views feature (B) Use switch windows feature

(C) Use freeze panes feature (D) Use freeze row and freeze column option

(E) Use headings

Ans : (D)

30. NOW0 returns– 

(A) Current date (B) Current time (C) Current year (D) Current date and time (E) Current month

Ans : (D)

31. Default header of a warksheet– 

(A) Username (B) Date and time (C) Sheet name (D) Workspace name (E) None of these

Ans : (E)

32. Which of these language uses both interpreter and compiler–

(A) COBOL (B) CASIC (C) JAVA (D) C++ (E) All of these

Ans : (C)

33. ................. is a type of memory organization or image file format used to store digital images

(A) Pixmap (B) GUI (C) Pixel (D) Resolution (E) Vector graphics

Ans : (A)

34. .............. file format used for data compression and archiving

(A) .EXE (B) .INI (C) .COM (D) .ZIP (E) .WIN

Ans : (D)

35. In second generation, ........ language were introduced after binary language

(A) Assembly level language (B) High level language 

(C) Low level language (D) Data definition language 

(E) Structured query language

Ans : (A)

36. Which layer of the OSI model performs segmentation of a data stream–

(A) Application layer (B) Network layer (C) Physical layer (D) Transport layer (E) Presentation layer

Ans : (D)

37. ............ is a combination of software and hardware

(A) Firmware (B) Shareware (C) Freeware (D) Netware (E) Software

Ans : (A)

38. SCSI is related to–

(A) Network (B) Storage (C) Data transfer (D) Images (E) Resolution

Ans : (B)

39. The amount of the data, CPU can transmit at a time to main memory and to input and output devices–

(A) Data width (B) Bus width (C) Memory width (D) Capacity (E) None of these

Ans : (B)

40. The daily processing of corrections to customer accounts can be simplified into a processing mode of–

(A) Time-sharing (B) Centralized processing (C) Batch processing (D) Real-time processing (E) None of the above

Ans : (C)