COMPUTER AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. We cannot delete the ____ icon, but we can made it invisible.
a) Recycle
b) My Computer
c) Internet explorer
d) All the above
e) None of the above

2. 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) Restart the computers all the running applications

3. The RF communication can be broadly classified in how many types?
a) Three
b) Four
c) Two
d) Six
e) Ten

4. _____ is sometimes said to be object oriented, because the only way to manipulate kernel objects is by invoking methods on their handles.
a) Windows NT
b) Windows XP
c) Windows VISTA
d) Windows 95/98
e) Windows 7

5. Which of the following is not available on the Ruler of MS Word screen?
a) Tab stop box
b) Left Indent
c) Right Indent
d) Center Indent
e) All of them are available on ruler

6. In OSI network architecture, the dialogue control and token management are responsibility of __
a) session layer
b) network layer
c) transport layer
d) data link layer
e) None of the above

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

8. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/ an
a) Interpreter
b) Simulator
c) Compiler
d) Commander
e) Proposer

9. Which of the following formulas will Excel not be able to calculate?
a) =SUM(Sales)−A3
b) =SUM(A1:A5)*.5
c) =SUM(A1:A5)/(10−10)
d) =SUM(A1:A5)−10
e) = SUM(A1:A5)−A5

10. What are plastic cards the size of a credit card that contains an embedded chip on which digital information can be stored?
a) Customer relationship management systems cards
b) E-government identity cards
c) FEDI cards
d) Smart cards
e) Aadhar card

11. What is the shortcut key you can press to create a copyright symbol?
a) Alt+Ctrl+C
b) Alt + C
c) Ctrl + C
d) Ctrl + Shift + C
e) Ctrl + Shift + D

12. During software development which factor is most crucial?
a) People
b) Process
c) Product
d) Project
e) Purpose

13. How many OSI layers are covered in the X.25 standard?
a) Two
b) Three
c) Seven
d) Six
e) eight

14. The transmission signal coding method of TI carrier is called ___
a) Bipolar
b) NRZ
c) Manchester
d) Binary
e) Bit

15. The idea of MFC document architecture was created by:
a) Microsoft
b) Oracle
c) Xerox
d) IBM
e) Java

16. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator
attention?
a) Pixel
b) Reverse video
c) Touch screen
d) Cursor
e) Image

17. What kind of architecture does mobile computing deploy?
a) Two layered
b) Three layered
c) Four layered
d) Five layered
e) Six layered

18. A word processor would most likely be used to do ___
a) Keep an account of money spent
b) Do a computer search in media center
c) Maintain an inventory
d) Type a biography
e) All the above

19. SDLC stands for?
a) Software Design Life Cycle
b) Software Development Life Cycle
c) System Design Life Cycle
d) System Development Life Cycle
e) None of these

20. When a subroutine is called, the address of the instruction following the CALL instructions
stored in/ on the ___
a) stack pointer
b) accumulator
c) program counter
d) stack
e) pointer

21. What component of .NET includes services used to support web services?
a) Platform
b) Framework
c) Visual Studio
d) System
e) Mather board

22. Which of the following is not one of the four primary focuses of e-government?
a) G2G
b) G2B
c) IG2B
d) IG2G
e) IG2I

23. ____is not a category of EPS.
a) E banking
b) Direct payments
c) Retailing payments
d) Cash on delivery
e) All of these

24. One of the distinguished features of super-computer over other category of computer is ____
a) parallel processing
b) highest accuracy level
c) more speed
d) more capacity
e) less speed

25. Which class is used to control the data being used by application?
a) Document class
b) View class
c) Frame class
d) Application class
e) Software class

26. What is the control unit's function in the CPU?
a) Transfers data to primary storage
b) Stores program instruction
c) Performs logic operations
d) Decodes program instruction
e) Performs logic storage

27. Which of the following is the most common method for online payment?
a) Card based system
b) Cheque based system
c) e cash system
d) All the above
e) None of the above

28. Which of the following is not a product matrix?
a) Size
b) Reliability
c) Productivity
d) Functionality
e) Quality

29. Which of the following transmission systems provide the highest data rate in individual device?
a) Computer bus
b) Telephone lines
c) Voice and mode
d) Lease lines
e) Only voice

30. The most common addressing techniques employed by a CPU is ___
a) Immediate
b) Direct
c) Indirect
d) Register
e) All of the above

31. The key F12 opens a:
a) Save As dialog box
b) Open dialog box
c) Save dialog box
d) Close dialog box
e) Edit dialog box

32. Which of the following signal is not standard RS-232-C signal?
a) VDR
b) RTS
c) CTS
d) DSR
e) DLR

33. The indirect change of the values of a variable in one module by another module is called ___
a) internal change
b) inter-module change
c) side effect
d) side-module update
e) internal effect

34. Operating system is also known as:
a) Database
b) System software
c) Hardware
d) Printer
e) Operating system

35. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?
a) Leech
b) Squid
c) Slug
d) Glitch
e) Bug

36. What happens if you press Ctrl + Shift + F8?
a) It activates extended selection
b) It activates the rectangular selection
c) It selects the paragraph on which the insertion line is
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

37. Which of the following is the latest version of Excel?
a) Excel 2000
b) Excel 2002
c) Excel ME
d) Excel 7
e) Excel XP

38. Which of the following statement is correct?
a) Terminal section of a synchronous modem contains the scrambler
b) Receiver section of a synchronous modem contains the scrambler
c) Transmission section of a synchronous modem contains the scrambler
d) Control section of a synchronous modem contains the scrambler
e) None of the above

39. Human beings are referred to as Homo sapiens, which device is called Silico Sapiens?
a) Monitor
b) Hardware
c) Robot
d) Computer
e) Mouse

40. ____ share characteristics with both hardware and software.
a) Operating system
b) Software
c) Data
d) File
e) None


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

Computer Knowledge Practice Questions for Bank Exams

1. What is an 'internet'?
1) Internal internet used to transfer information internally.
2) Internal internet used to transfer information to the outside company.
3) Internal network designed to serve the internal informational needs of a single organisation.
4) Internal network designed to transfer the information between two organisations.
5) None of the above

2. To send another station a message, the main thing a user has to know is
1) how the network works
2) the other station's address
3) whether the network is packet-switched or circuit - switched
4) whether this is a voice or data network
5) None of the above

3. The data base administrator's function in an organization is
1) to be responsible for the more technical aspects of managing the information contained in organizational databases.
2) to be responsible for the executive level aspects of decisions regarding the information management
3) to show the relationship among entity classes in a data warehouse
4) to define which data mining tools must be used to extract data
5) None of the above

4. A ...... is a computer connected to two networks.
1) link
2) server
3) gateway
4) bridge way
5) None of these

5. Each of the following is a true statement except
1) online systems continually update the master file
2) in online processing, the user enters transactions into a device that is directly connected to the computer system
3) batch processing is still used today in older systems or in some systems with massive volumes of transactions
4) information in batch systems will always be up-to-date
5) None of the above

6. When you save a presentation, ............
1) all slides in a presentation are saved in the same file
2) two files are created; one for graphics and one for content
3) a file is created for each slide
4) a file is created for each animation or graphic
5) None of the above

7. In a client/ server model, a client program
1) asks for information
2) provides information and files
3) serves software files to other computers
4) distributes data files to other computers
5) None of the above

8. Every device on the internet has a unique ....... address (also called an ‘Internet address’) that identifies it in the same way that a street address identifies the location of a house.
1) DH
2) DA
3) IP
4) IA
5) None

9. In a customer data base a customer’s surname would be keyed into a...
1) row
2) text field
3) record
4) computed field
5) None of these

10. A set of interrelated components that collect, process, store and distribute information to support decision making and control in an organization best defines
1) communications technology
2) a network
3) an information system
4) hardware
5) None of the above

11. Control in design of an information system is used to
1) inspect the system and check that it is built as per specifications
2) ensure that the system processes data as it was designed to and that the results are reliable
3) ensure privacy of data processed by it
4) protect data from accidental or intentional loss
5) None of the above

12. Storing same data in many places is called
1) iteration
2) concurrency
3) redundancy
4) enumeration
5) None of these

13. Which of the following is the first step in the 'transaction processing cycle', which captures business data through various modes such as optical scanning or at an electronic commerce website?
1) Document and report generation
2) Database maintenance
3) Transaction processing
4) Data Entry
5) None of the above

14. What is part of a database that holds only one type of information?
1) Report
2) Field
3) Record
4) File
5) None

15. 'MPG' extension refers usually to what kind of file?
1) Word Perfect Document file
2) MS Office document
3) Animation/ movie file
4) Image file
5) None of these

16. If you want to secure a message, use a(n):
1) cryptology source
2) encryption key
3) encryption software package
4) cryptosystem
5) None of these

17. Which key do you press to check spelling?
1) F3
2) F5
3) F7
4) F9
5) None

18. Which area in an Excel window allows entering values and formulas?
1) Title Bar
2) Menu Bar
3) Formula Bar
4) Standard Tool Bar
5) None of these

19. Which of the following helps to reduce spelling error in the document?
1) Auto Format
2) Auto Correct
3) Smart Tags
4) Auto Text
5) None

20. Which of the following is valid IP address?
1) 984.12.787.76
2) 192.168.321.10
3) 1.888.234.3456
4) 192.168.56.115
5) None of these

ANSWERS:
1-1, 2-2, 3-1, 4-2, 5-4, 6-1, 7-4, 8-3, 9-3, 10-3
11-2, 12-3, 13-4, 14-2, 15-3, 16-4, 17-3, 18-3, 19-2, 20-4.