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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE PRACTICE MCQs FOR SBI P.O. EXAM

1. The memory address of the first element of an array is called ___
a) floor address
b) foundation address
c) first address
d) base address
e) second address

2. The term "push" and "pop" is related to the ___
a) Array
b) Lists
c) Stacks
d) All the above
e) None of these

3. A data structure where elements can be added or removed at either end but not in the middle:
a) Linked lists
b) Deque
c) Stacks
d) Queues
e) Bugs

4. Which of the following case does not exist in complexity theory?
a) Best case
b) Worst case
c) Null case
d) Average case
e) Middle case

5. The operation of processing each element in the list is known as ___
a) Traversal
b) Sorting
c) Merging
d) Inserting
e) Layout

6. Human beings are referred to as Homo Sapiens, which device is called Sillico Sapien?
a) Hardware
b) Robot
c) Computer
d) Monitor
e) RAM

7. Asmall or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a ___
a) Computer
b) Microcomputer
c) Programmable
d) Sensor
e) Cursor

8. The Analytical Engine developed during First Generation of computers used ___ as a memory unit.
a) Floppies
b) RAM
c) Counter Wheels
d) Cards
e) Wires

9. Which of the following devices is specially designed to forward packets to specific ports based on the packet's address?
a) Switching hub
b) Specialty hub
c) Filtering hub
d) Port hub
e) Pin hub

10. What is the Operating System used in ATM machine?
a) Windows XP
b) Windows 7
c) Linux
d) Windows 8.1
e) Windows XP or Linux based

11. BOSS is developed in which country?
a) Japan
b) USA
c) UK
d) India
e) China

12. A system call is a method by which a program makes a request to the ____
a) Input Management
b) Interrupt processing
c) Output Management
d) Operating system
e) Operating Management

13. Which of the following is the older high-level (non-assembler) programming language?
a) C
b) LISP
c) FORTRAN
d) BASIC
e) C++

14. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment?
a) Keyboard
b) Mouse
c) Joystick
d) Trackball
e) Printer

15. The section of the CPU that is responsible for performing mathematical operations:
a) Memory
b) Register Unit
c) Control Unit
d) ALU
e) None of the above

16. Which of the following might be used by a company to satisfy its growing communication needs?
a) Front end processor
b) Multiplexer
c) Controller
d) Concentrator
e) All of the above

17. Microsoft .NET is ___
a) Open Source
b) Closed Source
c) Browser
d) Middle Source
e) All the above

18. Technical documentation is prepared by?
a) Users
b) Coders
c) Mangers
d) Marketing & sales people
e) Students

19. Comments can be added using __
a) \comments
b) /* */
c) //
d) %
e) $

20. What are the three main types of computer programming languages?
a) Machine language, assembly language, high level language
b) Imperative language, functional language, declarative language
c) COBOL, FORTRAN-77, C++
d) a and c
e) None of these

21. Which of the following network access standard is used for connecting stations to a circuitswitched network?
a) X.3
b) X.21
c) X.25
d) X.75
e) X.8

22. Which of the following is usually a special one-time operation that must be completed over a limited time period?
a) Batch
b) Patch
c) Project
d) Word
e) File

23. The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that senses the movement by the change in its capacitance. What are these keyboards called?
a) Capacitance keyboards
b) Mechanical keyboards
c) Qwerty keyboards
d) Dvorak keyboards
e) Normal keyboard

24. An IC contains 50 gates each of which consists of 6 components. Its belong to:
a) VLSI
b) LSI
c) MSI
d) SSI
e) SSC

25. Controls of data communication deal with ___
a) the communication channel
b) the computer
c) terminals
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

26. Inventory is also referred to as:
a) Stock
b) Warehouse capacity
c) Materials
d) Materials in hand
e) Storage

27. A server that can perform no other task besides network services is called ___
a) Uno server
b) Dedicated server
c) Committed server
d) Service server
e) Client server

28. What is the shortcut key of printing a document for computer having windows?
a) Shift + P
b) Alt + P
c) Del + P
d) Ctrl + Shift + P
e) Ctrl + P

29. The processing of an application takes place between a client and a ___ processor.
a) Front end
b) Back end
c) Middle end
d) Only a and b
e) a, b and c

30. ___ transforms one interface into another interface.
a) Program
b) Software
c) Data
d) File
e) Data Base

31. What is the full form of CRT?
a) Current Ray Tube
b) Current Ray Technology
c) Cathode Ray Tube
d) Cathode Ray Technology
e) Cat Ray Tube

32. The Analytical Engine developed during First Generation of computers used ___ as a memory unit.
a) RAM
b) Floppies
c) Cards
d) Counter Wheels
e) ROM

33. Which of the following companies is a leader in manufacture of Hard Disk Drives?
a) Samsung
b) IBM
c) Fujitsu
d) Seagate
e) Acer

34. ____ store data or information temporarily and pass it on as directed by the control unit?
a) Address
b) Register
c) Number
d) Memory
e) None of these

35. In ___ mode, the communication channel is used in both directions at the same time?
a) Full-duplex
b) Simplex
c) Half-duplex
d) Duplex
e) None of these

36. "New Comment" option can be found under ___ tab?
a) Insert
b) Data
c) Review
d) View
e) File

37. Which key moves the cursor to the beginning of the next line of text?
a) Shift
b) Enter/ return
c) Tab
d) Backspace/ delete
e) None of these

38. Identify the IP address from the following:
a) 300.215.317.3
b) 302.215@417.5
c) 202.50.20.148
d) 202-50-20-148
e) 101.50. 2 0.148

39. Which one of the following is not a/an image/ graphic file format?
a) PNG
b) GIF
c) BMP
d) GUI
e) None of these

40. In a client/ server model, a client program ___
a) asks for information
b) provides information and files
c) serves software files to other computers
d) distributes data files to other computers
e) All the above

41. Dot-matrix, DeskJet, Inkjet and Laser are all types of which computer peripherals?
a) Keyboard
b) Software
c) Monitor
d) Hardware
e) Printer

42. What is the meaning of 'Hibernate' in Windows XP / Windows 7?
a) Restart the computers in safe mode
b) Restart the computers in normal mode
c) Shutdown the computer terminating all the running applications
d) Shutdown the computer without closing the running applications.
e) None of these

ANSWERS:
1) d; 2) c; 3) b; 4) c; 5) a; 6) c; 7) d; 8) c; 9) a; 10) e;
11) c; 12) d; 13) c; 14) b; 15) d; 16) e; 17) b; 18) b; 19) d; 20) a;
21) b; 22) c; 23) a; 24) c; 25) d; 26) a; 27) b; 28) e; 29) d; 30) b;
31) c; 32) d; 33) d; 34) b; 35) a; 36) c; 37) b; 38) c; 39) d; 40) a;
41) e; 42) d.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

COMPUTER AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. ROM stands for
A. Random Only Memory 

B. Readable Only Memory
C. Real Online Memory 

D. Random Other Memory
E. Read Only Memory

2. Another name for a logic chip is
A. PROM 

B. Memory 
C. Microprocessor
D. ROM 

E. None of these

3. The Number System based on 0 and 1 only is known as..........................
A. Binary System 

B. Barter System
C. Number System

D. Hexadecimal System
E. Special System
4. The capacity of 0.5 inch floppy disk is.....
A. 1.40MB 

B. 1.44GB
C. 1.40GB 

D. 1.45MB 
E. 1.44MB

5. Which of the following is not an integral part of computer ?
A. CPU

B. Mouse
C. Monitor
D. UPS

E. None of these

6. Which of the following is/are not part of the CPU ?
A. Primary storage

B. Registers
C. Control unit

D. ALU
E. None of these

7. The device that reconciles the differences between computers and phones is the ......
A. LAN 

B. Wand reader
C. TCP/IP 

D. scanner 
E. modem

8. A combination of hardware and software that allows communication and electronic transfer of information between computers
A. Network 

B. Backup System 
C. Server

D. Peripheral 
E. Modem

9. Which of the following represents the fastest data transmission speed ?
A. bandwidth

B. bps
C. gbps 
D. kbps

E. mbps

10. What is a major feature of the World Wide Web that makes it simple to learn and use ?
A. Database interface
B. Graphical text interface
C. Graphical user interface
D. Point-to-Point Protocol 

E. None of these

11. Which of the following is an input device that, when moved by the user on a flat surface, causes a pointer on the screen to move accordingly ?
A. Wand reader 

B. Mouse
C. Keyboard 

D. Bar code reader
E. Scanner

12. A bar code reader is an example of a(n}.......
A. processing device
B. storage device 

C. input device
D. output device 

E. printer

13. If your regularly send letters to people, what type of program would you use to create the letters ?
A. Hardware 

B. System software
C. Utility software 
D. Application software
E. None of these

14. Computer gets && with the help of mouse or keyboard.
A. insert 

B. instructions
C. guides 

D. input 
E. None 

15. Dot-matrix is a type of ................
A. Tape

B. Printer
C. Disk 
D. Bus 
E. None 

16. Which of the following represents one billion characters ?
A. Byte

B. Gigabyte 
C. Kilobyte 

D. Megabyte
E. Terabyte

17. Which of the following menu types is also called a drop-down menu ?
A. Fly-down 

B.Pop-down 
C. Pop-up
D. Pull-up

E. Pull-down

18. What is an onscreen picture that represents an object, such as a program or file ?
A. Spool

B. NOS
C. Page

D. Pointer
E. Icon

19. Which of the following is not necessary to be considered computer literate ?
A. The ability to write the instructions that direct a computer
B. An awareness of the computers importance, versatility, and pervasiveness in society
C. Knowledge of what computers are and how they work
D. The ability to interact with computers using simple applications 
E. None of these

20. An area of the microprocessor chip used to temporarily store instructions and data that the processor is likely to use frequently is termed a(n)....
(A) ALL

(B) Bus
(C) Cache
(D) CPU 

(E) Flash

21. Kilobyte equals to how many bytes?
(A) 1000 

(B) 1035 
(C) 100 

(D) 1008 
(E) 1024

22. The central processing unit is an ex-ample of
A. peripheral 
(B) an output unit

(C) software 
(D) a program
(E) hardware

23. CD-ROM stands for ........
(A) Compactable Read Only Memory 

(B) Compact Data Read Only Memory 
(C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memo ry 
(D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory 

(E) Connected Disk Read Only Memory


24. Which of the following terms refers to the ability of a computer to automatically configure a new hardware component that is added to it ?
(A) Formatting 
(B) Multiprocessing

(C) Multiprogramming
(D) Multitasking
(E) Plug and Play

25. Free hard-disk space used to extend the capacity of RAM is ten:
(A) Cache 
(B) Flash memory 
(C) ROM
(D) Virtual memory 
(E) Volatile

26. Making illegal copies of copy-righted software is called ......
(A) Collaboration 
(B) software piracy
(C) electronic distribution
(D) Browsing
(E) software legacy

27. What is loading the operating system into a personal computer called ?
(A) Booting
(B) Prompting

(C) Paging
(D) Interrupting

(E) Readying

28. Which of the following is not an example of application software ?
(A) Database software
(B) Graphics software
(C) Operating system software
(D) Spreadsheet software
(E) Word processing software

29. Pie charts are typically created by using which of the follow ing ?
(A) browser software
(B) database software
(C) desk-top publishing software
(D) word-processing software
(E) spreadsheet software

30. The computer to which a users computer connects in order to access the Internet is called a ........
(A) notebook 

(B) PDA
(C) supercomputer 

(D) server
(E) laptop

31. Which of the following domains is used by for-profit businesses ?
(A) .com

(B) .edu
(C) .mil

(D) .net 
(E) .org

32. WAN stands for ...................
(A) Wired Area Network
(B) Wide Area Network
(C) Wide Array Net
(D) Wireless Area Network
(E) Wanted Area Network

33. What are lists of programs waiting to be run called ?
(A) Shells 

(B) The background
(C) Queues 

(D) Page frames 
(E) Lists

34. An example of peripheral equipm-ent is the
(A) printer 

(B) CPU 
(C) spreadsheet 
(D) microcomputer 
(E) ALU

35. Which of the following commercial software products are examples of operating system software and application soft-ware, respectively ?
(A) Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Word
(B) Microsoft Office XP and Micro soft Windows XP
(C) MS DOS and Microsoft Windows XP
(D) UNIX and LINUX 
(E) UNIX and Java

36. MS Excel is used for ?
(A) Letter writing
(B) Spread Sheet Calculation
(C) Presentation
(D) Painting 
(E) None of these

37. Computer users who are not; computer professionals, are someti-mes called.....
(A) peripheral users
(B) programmers 
(C) librarians
(D) information officers 
(E) end-users

38. Desktop and personal computers are also known as.....
(A) supercomputers
(B) servers 

(C) mainframes
(D) peripheral equipment
(E) microcomputers

39. The ability to exchange information through the use of computer equipment and software is
(A) Data entry
(B) The Internet 
(C) Data retrieval
(D) Electronic communication

(E) None 

40. A computer professional who writes and tests software is called a /an .....
(A) hardware consultant 

(B) librarian 
(C) programmer
(D) computer operator
(E) data entry operator


ANSWERS:
1-E, 2-C, 3-A, 4-E, 5-D, 6-E, 7-E, 8-A, 9-C, 10-C
11-B, 12-D, 13-D, 14-D, 15-B, 16-B, 17-E, 18-E, 19-E, 20-C
21-E, 22-E, 23-D, 24-E, 25-B, 26-B, 27-A, 28-C, 29-E, 30-D
31-E, 32-B, 33-D, 34-A, 35-A, 36-B, 37-E, 38-E, 39-D, 40-C