Friday 12 February 2016

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)