Monday 21 November 2011

IBPC CLERKS EXAM COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE MODEL PAPER


1.A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to ..........
1) 680 KB   
2) 680 Bytes
3) 680 MB   
4) 680 GB
5) None of these

2.Which programming languages are classified as low level languages ?
1) Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN
2) Prolog 2, Expert Systems
3) Knowledge based Systerms
4) Assembly Languages
5) None of these

3.Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only store information to it but cannot erase or modify it ?
1) Floppy Disk   
2) Hard Disk
3) Tape Drive   
4) CDROM
5) None of these

4.Which of the following is the largst manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives ?
1) IBM   
2) Seagate
3) Microsoft   
4) 3M
5) None of these

5. The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as
1) Hardware   
2) Software
3) Firmware   
4) ROM ware
5) None of these

6.To save a document in different location use :
1) Save   
2) Save as
3) Save as web page   
4) All of above
5) None of these

7.Which of the following is not an manufacturer of Hard Disk drives ?
1) Samsung   
2) Interl
3) Seagate   
4) Western Digital
5) None of these

8.The two basic types of record - access methods are
1) Sequential and random
2) Sequential and indexed
3) Direct and immediate
4) On-line and real time
5) None of these

9.A disadvantage of the laser printer is :
1) It is  quieter than an impact printer
2) It is very slow
3) The output is of a lower quality
4) All of the above
5) None of these

10.Different components on the motherboard of a PC processor unit are linked together by sets or parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called ?
1) Conductors   
2) Buses
3) Connectors   
4) Connectively
5) None of these

11.Which of the following professions has been affected by personal computers ?
1) Medical   
2) Clerical and law
3) Accounting   
4) All of the above
5) None of these

12.What is meant by a dedicated computer ?
1) Which is used by one person only
2) Which is assigned one and only one task
3) Which uses one kind of software
4) Which is meant for application software
5) None of these

13.A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a / an
1) Interpreter   
2) CPU
3) Compiler   
4) Simulator
5) None of these

14.Instructions and memory address are represented by
1) Character code   
2) Binary codes
3) Binary word   
4) Partiy bit
5) None of these

15.As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
1) More expensive   
2) More portable
3) Less rigid   
4) Slowly accessed
5) None of these

16.The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform
1) Arithmetic Operation
2) Logic operation
3) Fetch operstions
4) Either of the above
5) None of these

17. A physical connection between the microsprocessor memory and other parts of the microcomputer is known as
1) Path   
2) Address bus
3) Router   
4) All of the above
5) None of these

18.A group of magnetic tapes, videos or terminals usually under the control of one master is
1) Cyinder   
2) Surface
3) Track   
4) Cluster
5) None of these

19. Each model of a computer has a unique
1) Assembly of a computer
2) Machine language
3) High level language
4) All of the above
5) None of these

20.Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry ?
1) Motorola   
2) IBM
3) Intel   
4) AMD
5) None of these

21.Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU ?
1) Mass memory   
2) Internal memory
3) Non-volatile memory
4) PROM   
5) None of these

22.Microprocessors can be used t make
1) Computer   
2) Digital systems
3) Calculators   
4) All of the above
5) None of these

23.The subject of cybernetics deals with the science of
1) Genetics   
2) Control and communications
3) Molecular biology
4) Biochemistry
5) None of these

24.A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is :
1) EFTS   
2) MPG
3) MIPS   
4) CFPS
5) None of these

25.An integrated circuit is
1) A complicated circuit
2) An integrating device
3) Much costlier than a single transistor
4) Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
5) None of these

26.Which command is used to set a name to a disk in DOS ?
1) VOLUME   
2) VOL
3) LABEL   
4) DISKLABEL
5) None of these

27. Which file starts MS Word ?
1) Winword.exe   
2) Word.exe
3) Msword.exe   
4) Word2003.exe
5) None of these

28.To get to the 'Symbol' dialog box, click on the ......... menu and choose 'Symbol'.
1) Insert   
2) Format
3) Tools   
4) Table
5) None of these

29.Superscript, subscript, outline, emboss, engrave are known as
1) font styles   
2) font effects
3) word art   
4) text effects
5) None of these

30.Shimmer, Sparkle text, Blinkng Background etc. are known as
1) font styles   
2) font effects
3) word art   
4) text effects
5) None of these

31.Which of the following is not availabel in Font Spacing ?
1) Normal   
2) Loosely
3) Condensed   
4) Expanded
5) None of these

32.Bold, Itali, Regular are known as
1) font styles   
2) font effects
3) word art   
4) text effects
5) None of these

33.If you begin typing an entry into acell and then realize that you don't want your entry placed into a cell, you 1) Press the Erase key
2) Press esc
3) Press the Enter button
4) Press the Edit Formula button
5) None of these

34.Which of the following will not cut information?
1) Pressing Ctrl + C    
2) Selecting Edit > Cut. from the menu
3) Clicking the cut button ont he standard
4) Pressing Ctrl + X
5) None of these

35.Computer connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) can
1) run faster   
2) go on line
3) share information and / or share peripheral equipment
4) E-mail   
5) None of these

36.A self replicating program, similar to a virus which was taken from a 1970s science fiction novel by John Bruner entitled the Shockwave Rider is ........
1) Bug   
2) Vice
3) Lice   
4) Worm
5) None of these

37.Unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk - e-mail is known as
1) Spam   
2) Trash
3) Calibri   
4) Courier
5) None of these

38.COBOL is widely used in ........... applications
1) Commericial   
2) Scientific
3) Space   
4) mathematical
5) None of these

39.VDU is also called
1) Screen   
2) Monitor
3) Both 1 & 2   
4) printer
5) None of these

40.What kind of software would you most likely use to keep track of billing account ?
1) Word Processing   
2) Electronic Publishing
3) Spreadsheet   
4) Web authoring
5) None of these

41.Test the validity of the statements ?
1) 1 KB = 1024 BYTES
2) 1 MB = 2048 BYTES
3) 1MB = 100 KILOBYTES
4) 1 KB = 1000 BYTES
5) None of these

42.Which of the following is not a computer language ? <br/>
1) BASIC   
2) C++
3) C#   
4) Java
5) Microsoft

43.Which among the following is a correct definition of "Digital Divide"?
1) gap between people having access to mobile and internet access
2) gap between people having access to internet / IT and no internet / IT
3) gap between people having access to broadband and narrowband internet
4) gap between people having access to internet banking and normal banking
5) gap between the people having an email account and no email account

44.Now a days Vishing has become a criminal practice of using social engineering over which of the following?
1) Social networking sites
2) Mobile Phones   
3) E-mail   
4) Cyber cafes   
5) All of the above

45.What is the fullform of W3C?
1) World Wide Web Consortium
2) World Wide Web Company
3) World Wide Web Center
4) World Wide Web Command
5) None of these

46.Which among the following is used for removing a software bug / defect which is available for free of cost from the software provider ?
1) Version   
2) Update
3) Help   
4) Patch
5) Syntax

47.In the MICR Code Line Structure what do represent the first three digits of Sort field number consisting of nine digits ?
1) City   
2) Bank
3) Branch   
4) Account Type
5) None of the above

48.Most of the internet banking sites provide which of the following feature to reduce the risk of keystroke logging for the password entry ?
1) Virtual keyboard   
2) Finger Touching
3) Touchscreen   
4) Shape Writer
5) Dasher

49.ADSL data communications technology uses which of the following for faster data transmission ?
1) Voiceband modem   
2) Wireless Modem
3) Copper telephone Lines
4) Sockets
5) None of the above

50.What is the purpose of keeping electronic devices such as computers, televisions, and remote controlled devices on Sleep mode ?
1) Reduce Power consumption
2) Back UP
3) To write contents of RAM to hard disc
4) To improve download speed
5) None of thea above

ANSWERS:

1) 3    2) 4    3) 4    4) 2    5) 3    6) 2        7) 2    8) 1    9) 5    10) 2   
11) 4    12) 2    13) 1    14) 2    15) 1    16) 4    17) 2    18) 4        19) 2    20) 3  
21) 2    22) 4    23) 2    24) 4        25) 4    26) 3    27) 1    28) 1    29) 2    30) 4       
31) 2    32) 1    33) 2    34) 1    35) 3    36) 4      37) 1    38) 1    39) 3    40) 3   
41) 1    42) 5   43) 2    44) 2    45) 1    46) 4    47) 1    48) 1        49) 3    50) 1

IBPS COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE PRACTICE MCQs

1. Who amongst the following is called the father of modern computing?    
(A) charles babbage   
(B) hollerith   
(C) gottfried von leibnitz   
(D) joesph M. jacquard       
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (A)


2. Which of the following is a circuit that issue signals at regular intervals...
(A) Circuit board   
(B) Clock
(C) Circuit card   
(D) Gates
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (B) 


3. ________ controls the way in which the computer system functions and provides a means by which users can interact with the computer           
(A) The platform    
(B) Application software
(C) Operating system
(D) The motherboard
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (C) 


4. Paper tape is an old-established method of storing data, which replaced.....in many application.    
(B) Magnetic tape
(B) Punched card   
(C) Cartridge tape
(D) Magnetic disk
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (B) 


5. A set of related programms are...
(A) File       
(B) Arrays
(C) Package   
(D) Subscripts
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (C) 


6.Which of the following is a list-processing high-level language...       
(A) APL       
(B) LISP
(C) PROLOG   
(D) ADA
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (B) 


7. The 0 and 1 in the binary numbering system are called binary digits or ....
(A) bytes        
(B) kilobytes
(C) decimal bytes    
(D) bits        
(E) nibbles
ANSWER: (D) 


8. A monitor's ... is the distance between the holes in the mask behind the screen. This helps determine how sharp the dots appear.            
(A) refresh rate    
(B) dot pitch    
(C) resolution   
(D) colour depth
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (B) 


9.All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks Except _
(A) hackers   
(B) spam
(C) viruses   
(D) identify theft
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (B) 


10. A directly accessible appointment calendar is a feature of a ... resident package.
(A) CPU   
(B) memory    
(C) Buffer    
(D) ALU
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (B) 


11.Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM corporation?  
(A) ASCII   
(B) Hollerith Code   
(C) Baudot Code   
(D) EBCDIC Code
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (D) 


12.The first generation computer system used...               
(A) Vacuum tubes   
(B) Transistors   
(C) Registers    
(D) Magnetic cores
(E) Silicon chip 
ANSWER: (A) 

 
13. A term associated with the comparision of processing speeds of different computer system is...        
(A) EFTS   
(B) MPG   
(C) MIPS   
(D) CFPS   
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (C) 


14. Accessing data on tapes is much ....... than that accessing data on disks.
(A) Slower   
(B) Faster   
(C) Same   
(D) All of the above
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (A) 


15. A standard intended to connect relatively lowspeed devices such as keyboards, mice, modems and printers is   
(A) Access bus   
(B) Access time
(C) Connector   
(D) Access story
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (A) 


16.The hardware in which data may be stored for a computer system is called    
(A) Registers   
(B) Bus       
(C) Control unit   
(D) Memory
(E) Chip
ANSWER: (D) 


17.A byte consists of one group of 8 bits put together. What is the largest decimal number which can be represented by a byte?
(A) 128       
(B) 256
(C) 255       
(D) 118
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (C) 


18. The 7-bit ASCII code widely used         
(A) For data communication work
(B) In IBM mainframe models
(C) For coding external memory
(D) In large machines produced by non-IBM vendors
(E) None of the above
ANSWER: (A) 


19. Perforated paper used as input or output media is known as...      
(A) Paper tape    
(B) Magnetic tape
(C) Punched paper tape
(D) Card punch
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (A) 


20. The ____ directory is mandatory for every disk.           
(A) Root   
(B) Base   
(C) Sub       
(D) Case   
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (A) 


21. The invention of the slide rule is attributed to..          
(A) Babbage   
 (B) Oughtred        
(C) Pascal   
(D) Napier        
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (B) 


22. Which of the following is not an advantage of magnetic disk storage.  

(A) The access time of magnetic disk is much less than that of magnetic tape   
(B) Disk storage is longer lasting than magnetic tape
(C) Disk storage is less expensive than tape storage
(D) All of the above
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (E) 


23. Zip disks are referred as....   
(A) Primary memory       
(B) Secondary memory     
(C) Register   
(D) All of the above
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (B)  


24. Two write a data one uses...    
(A) CD-ROM drive   
(B) CD-R drive   
(C) Record player    
(D) All of the above
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (B) 


25. The memory sizes in mainframe computers and advanced technology micro computer are expressed as   
(A) Bytes    
(B) Kilo-bytes
(C) Bits   
(D) Megabytes
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (D) 


26.A byte is comprised of   
(A) One bit   
(B) Four bits
(C) Eight bits   
(D) Sixteen bits
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (C) 


27.A hard copy would be prepared on a    
(A) Line printer   
(B) Dot matrix printer
(C) Type writer terminal   
(D) Plotter
(E) All of the above       
ANSWER: (E) 


28.A prefix for billion which is equal to .... is called as billi.       
(A) 100            
(B) 10000
(C) 1000        
(D) 10
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (D) 


29. Which of the following animations cannot be done in PowerPoint ?  
(A) bullet list, revealed one bullet point at a time
(B) clip art - Fly in from the bottom
(C) table, revealed row by row
(D) chart, revealed by series
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (C) 


30. In MS-Excel, what displays the contents of the active cell ?    
(A) Namebox    
(B) RowHeadings
(C) Formulabar    
(D) Taskpane
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (C) 


31. Several views are available in MS Front Page. Which one of the following is NOT a valid view ?      
(A) Design View     
(B) Folders View   
(C) Navigation View
(D) Web Server View
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (D)
 
32. An electronic device that is capable of accepting encoded data at its input and generating unencoded data at its output is
(A) Modem   
(B) Joystick   
(C) Decoder   
(D) Plotter
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (C) 


33. A communication protocol that converts noisy data links into communication channels free of transmission errors is known as           
(A) Data link protocol   
(B) Data link
(C) Data medium       
(D) Data model
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (A) 


34. One of the components of central processing unit (CPU) of the computer that performs mathematical and logical operations is ...       
(A) ALU (arithmetic logical unit)       
(B) Address register   
(C) Analog   
(D) All of the above
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (A) 


35. In Assembly language....    
(A) Mnemonics are used to code operations   
(B) Alphanumeric symbols are used for addresses
(C) Language lies between high-level language and machine language   
(D) All of the above
(E) None of these
ANSWER: (D) 

Sunday 20 November 2011

IBPS COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1.The instructions that tell a computer how to carry out the processing tasks are referred to as computer .........
1) programs 
2) processors
 3) input devices 
4) memory modules
5) None of these


2.An area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed is ..........
1) CPU
2) Memory
3) Storage 
4) File
5) None of these

3. To select or unselect one word to the right
1) CTRL + SHIFT 
2) CTRL + SHIFT + UP Arrow
3) CTRL + SHIFT + Down Arrow
4) CTRL + SHIFT + Right Arrow
5) None of these

4. To maximize or restore a selected window
1) CTRL + F7 
2) CTRL + F10
3) CTRL + F8 
4) CTRL + F9
5) None of these

5. To Copy a picture of the selected window to the clipboard
1) ALT + TAB 
 2) Ctrl + TAB
3) ALT + Print Screen
4) Both (1) and (2)
5) None of these

6. .......... is the key to close a selected drop - down list; cancel a comm-and and close a dialog box.
1) TAB 
2) SHIFT
3) ESC 
4) F10
5) None of these

7.  ......... is the key we use to run the selected command.
1) SHIFT 
2) TAB
3) ENTER 
4) CTRL
5) None of these

8. ............ is the functional key to display save-as box.
1) F5 
2) F6
3) F9 
4) F12
5) None of these

9. ............ is the combination of keys to switch between the last four places that you have edited
1) ALT + CTRL + Z 
2) ALT + CTRL + Y
3) ALT + TAB + Z 
4) ALT + SHIFT + Z
5) None of these

10. ............ is the Keyboard shortcut key to insert auto sum
1) ALT 
2) ALT=
3) ALT+ 
4) ALT–
5) ALT+CTRL

11.Data becomes ................ when it is presented in a format that people can understand and use
1) processed 
2) graphs
3) information
4) presentation
5) None of these

12. The term ............. designates equipment that might be added to a computer system to enhance its functionality.
1) digital device 
2) system add-on
3) disk pack 
4) peripheral device
5) None of these

13.    A ............ is a microprocessor - based computing device.
1) personal computer
2) mainframe
3) workstation   
4) server
5) None of these

14.    RAM can be thought of as the ......... for the computer's processor
1) factory 
2) operating room
3) waiting room 
4) planning room
5) None of these

15.    Which of the following are the functions of a operating system
1) Allocates resources
 2) Monitors Activities
3) Manages disks and files
4) All of the above
5) Only 1 and 2

16.    To move a copy of file from one computer to another over a communication channel is called ?
1) File transfer 
2) File encryption
3) File modification 
4) File copying
5) None of these

17.    The primary function of the ............ is to set up the hardware and load and start an operating system
1) System Programs 
2) BIOS
3) CP 
4) Memory
5) None of these

18.    What kind of memory is both static and non - volatile ?
1) RAM 
2) ROM
3) BIOS 
4) CACHE
5) 5) None of these

19.    .......... is computer software designed to operate the computer hardware and to provide platform for running application software
1) Application software
2) System software
3) Software 
4) Operating system
5) None of these

20.    The ......... is the amount of data that a storage device can move from the storage medium to the Computer per second
1) data migration rate 
2) data digitizing rate
3) data transfer rate
4) data access rate
5) None of these

21.    A device, which is not connected to CPU, is called as .......
1) land-line device 
2) On-line device
3) Off-line device 
4) Device
5) None of the above

22.    What is the other name for programmed chip?
1) RAM
2) ROM
3) LSIC 
4) PROM
5) None of these

23.    On-line real time systems become popular in ........... generation
1) First Generation 
2) Second Generation
3) Third Generation 
4) FOurth Generation
5) None of thes

24.    You use a(n) ....., such as a keyboard or mouse, to input information
1) output device 
2) input device
3) storage device 
4) processing device
5) None of these

25.    ............ is the ability of a device to "jump" directly to the requested data
1) Sequential access
2) Random access
3) Quick access 
4) All of the above
5) None of these

26.    ............ provides process and memory management services that allow two or more tasks, jobs, or programs to run simultaneously
1) Multitasking 
2) Multithreading
3) Multiprocessing 
4) Multicoputing
5) None of these

27.    The task of performing operations like arithmetic and logical operations is called ......
1) Processing 
2) Storing
3) Editing 
4) Sorting
5) None of these

28.    The ALU and Control Unit joinly known as
1) RAM 
2) ROM
3) CPU 
4) PC
5) None of these

29.    RAM is an example of
1) Secondary memory
2) Primary memory
3) Main memory     
4) Both (1) and (2)
5) None of these

30.    Magnetic disk is an example of
1) Secondary memory
2) Primary meory
3) Main memory   
4) Botha (1) and (2)
5) None of these

31.    Which one of the following is NOT a computer language /
1) MS-Excel 
2) BASIC
3) COBOL 
4) C++
5) None of these

32.    Each memory cell has a unique number, assigned to it is called as the ....... of the cell
1) Address  
2) Register
3) Number 
4) Path
5) None of these

33.    RAm is also called as
1) Read / Write Memory
2) Long Memory
3) Permanent Memory
4) Primary Memory
5) None of these

34.    ............ Store data or information temporarily and pass it on as directed by the control unit
1) Address 
2) Register
3) Number 
4) Memory
5) None of these

35.    Select the Odd one
1) Operating system 
2) Interpreter
3) Compiler 
4) Assembler
5) None of these

36.    A ............ is an additional set of commands that the computer displays after you make a selection from the main menu
1) dialog box 
2) submenu
3) menu selection 
4) All of the above
5) None of these

37.    COBOL is an acronym for .............
1) Common Business Oriented Language
2) Computer Business Oriented Language
3) Common Business Operated Language
4) Common Business Organized Language
5) None of these

38.    All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT
1) hackers 
2) Spam
3) viruses 
4) identity theft
5) None of these

39.    Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?
1) gathering data
2) processing data into information
3) analyzing the data or information
4) storing the data or information
5) None of these

40.    All of the following are examples of storage devices EXCEPT :
1) hard disk drives 
2) printers
3) floppy disk drives 
4) CD drives 
5) Pen drives

41.    The CPU and memory are located on the :
1) expansion board 
2) motherboard
3) storage device 
4) output device
5) display board

42.    .............. is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of intelligence that humans do
1) Nanoscience 
2) Nanotechnology
3) Simulation
4) Aritificial intelligence (Al)
5) None of these

43.    Servers are computers that provide resources to other computers connected to a :
1) networkd 
2) mainframe
3) supercomputer 
4) client
5) internet

44.    When creating a computer program, the ......... designs the structure of the program
1) End user 
2) System Analyst
3) Programmer 
4) All of the above
5) None of these

45.    A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called a/ an
1) interpreter 
2) simulator
3) characters 
4) numbers
5) None of these

46.    Computers process data into information by working exclusively with :
1) multimedia 
2) words
3) characters 
4) numbers
5) None of these

47.    The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those without this access is known as the :
1) digital divide 
2) Internet divide
3) Web divide 
4) broadband divide
5) None of these

48.    Computers manipulate data in many ways, and this manipulation is calld ......
1) upgrading  
2) processing
3) batching  
4) utilizing
5) None of these

49.    The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminal's computer is an example of a law enforcement speciality called:
1) robotics   
2) simulation
3) computer forensics 
4) animation
5) None of these

50.    Where does most data go first with in a computer memory hierarchy ?
1) RAM 
2) ROM
3) BIOS 
4) CACHE
5) None of these

ANSWERS:
    1) 1    2) 2    3) 4    4) 2    5) 3    6) 3        7) 3    8) 4    9) 1    10) 2 
11) 3    12) 4    13) 1    14) 3    15) 4    16) 1    17) 2    18) 2        19) 2 
20) 3    21) 3    22) 2    23) 3    24) 2        25) 2    26) 1    27) 1    28) 3    29) 2    30) 1   
31) 1    32) 1    33) 1    34) 2    35) 1    36) 1   37) 1    38) 2    39) 3    40) 2 
41) 2    42) 4    43) 2    44) 2    45) 3    46) 4    47) 1    48) 2        49) 3    50) 1

Thursday 17 November 2011

COMPUTER KNOWLWDGE QUESTIONS FOR BANK EXAMS


1. The earliest calculating devices are?
a) Clock
b) Difference Engine
c) Abacus
d) Calculator

2. The basic operations performed by a computer are?
a) Arithmetic Operations
b) Logical Operations
c) Storage and relative
d) All of the above

3. The man who built the first Mec-hanical Calculator was?
a) Joseph Marie Jacquard
b) John Mauchly
c) Blaise Pascal
d) Harward Ailken

4. Punched cards were first introduced by?
a) Powers
b) Pascal
c) Jacquard
d) Herman Hollerith

5. LSTs(Large Integration) used in?
a) First generation
b) Second generation
c) Third generation
d) Fourth generation

6. What is MS Word?
a) A game
b) An Operating System
c) Word Processing Software
d) Typing tutor software

7. MS Excel is a?
a) Window based word processor package
b) Window based spreadsheet package
c) DOS based spreadsheet package
d) Window based accounting package

8. Power Point can display date from which of the following add-in software of MS-Office?
a) Equation Editor
b) Organization Chart
c) Photo Album
d) All of these

9. The first network that planted the seeds of Internet was?
a) ARPANET
b) NSF net
c) V net
d) I net

10. Abbreviation www in www.yahoo.com, stands for?
a) World Word in Wonder
b) World Wide Web
c) World Web is Widening
d) Wonderful World Web

11. What is Active Desktop?
a) A term that is synonymous with viewing your desktop as a web page
b) A feature to customize your desktop to display informat-ion you can update from the Internet.
c) Both (a) and (b) above mentioned.
d) Software

12. Active Window means?
a) The active window is designated by a different color toolbar than other open windows.
b) The window that currently open
c) Both (a) and (b) above mentioned
d) The window that is last used

13. A bitmap is?
a) Is a format which windows use for desktop wallpaper?
b) A graphic file format made up of small dots.
c) A specific kind of bitmap file with the BMP extention.
d) All of the above.

14. Which of the following printers generates character from a grid?
a) Inkjet
b) Laser
c) Daisy wheel
d) Dot matrix

15. Close Button?
a) When clicked will close the dialog box, document or program displayed in the window.
b) Is located at the right top end of the title bar of most Win-dows.
c) Implies for the small button with an X on it
d) All of the above

16. A dialog box is a one?
a) Which is a sort of on-screen from where you can fill in the blanks, make selections from lists and chose various combinations of options and settings.
b) In which you can connect to another Internet user and establish an audio and video contact using Microsoft Word.
c) In which you can give verbal commands to Microsoft Word menu
d) All of the above

17. A letter, memo, proposal or other file that is created using Microso-ft Word is called as?
a) Master
b) Slide
c) Document
d) Worksheet

18. The meaning of double-click is?
a) Pushing and releasing the main mouse button twice in rapid succession when the on-tree mouse pointer is positioned over the desired item
b) Appearance of an icon
c) To take a selection from the document and move it to the clipboard
d) All of the above

19. A folder: (A) is an organizational tool used to store files.(B) is synonymous with directory, but folder is the newer preferred term (C)contains data?

a) A only
b) B only
c) C only
d) None of the above

20. Commercially produced first computer?
a) IBM
b) MIPS
c) UNIVAC
d) EDSAC

21. Banks and other big organizations requiring large data storage use?
a) Laptop PC's
b) Desktop PC's
c) Mainframe Computer
d) Workstation

22. High Level Language useful for the beginners is?
a) BASIC
b) PASCAL
c) FORTRON
d) COBOL

23. For Scientific work the most popular language is?
a) PASCAL
b) FORTRON
c) COBOL
d) PROLOG

24. Which is not the portable computer?
a) Micro-processor
b) Calculator
c) Series Computes
d) Parallel Computers

25. OBJECT ORIENTED language is?
a) ADA
b) PROLOG
c) PASCAL
d) FORTRAN

26. Information is?
a) Summarization process of data
b) Data Information
c) Textual form of data
d) Facts and figures

27. Total memory of system can be known using?
a) DIR commands
b) MEM commands
c) Warm boot
d) TOT MEM commands

28. For running WINDOW minimum disk free space required is?
a) 8 MB
b) 10 MB
c) 16 MB
d) 32 MB

29. The first graphical web browser are?
a) Gopher
b) WAIS
c) CERN
d) Mosaic

30. The programs used to view web pages are called?
a) Clients
b) Server
c) Browser
d) Programmer

31. FTP means?
a) File Transfer Protocol
b) File Telnet Protocol
c) Fast Track Processing
d) Fine Tunning programs

32. Which among the following is faster than Main Memory?
a) RAM
b) ROM
c) Cache
d) None of the above

33. Semi Conductor Memory is known as?
a) RAM
b) ROM
c) PROM
d) EPROM

34. In which generation computers IC have been used?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth

35. High level language is?
a) Machine Independent
b) Machine dependent
c) (a) And (b) are true
d) (a) And (b) are false

36. Hypertext is?
a) Text stored in the memory of the computer
b) Text displayed on the screen of the computer
c) Special text used in developing Internet developing package
d) A system of managing textual Information by creating associations between different documents

37. Information on a computer is sto-red in the form of?
a) Files
b) Folders
c) Directory
d) Data dictionary

38. TCP is?
a) Transfer control protocol
b) Transfer control process
c) Transmission control protocol
d) Transmission control process

39. Every computer on the Internet is known as?
a) Host
b) Client
c) Modem
d) Server

40. Fax machines are used to send documents through a?
a) Telephone line
b) Modems
c) Co-axial Wire
d) All of these

41.The term overflow means?
a) An excess of Internal storage
b) An excess of external storage
c) A situation where record cannot fit in to its right place
d) A device, which controls the level of humidity in the computer room.


42. In computer science, by Informa-tion we mean?
a) Any output coming out from computer
b) A report printed by computer
c) Processed data put in intelligent form
d) Plural of data

43. Which of the following are parts of the CPU?
a) Secondary Memory
b) Control unit
c) Input device
d) Printer

44. The purpose of an application program is to?
a) Meet specific user needs
b) Make equivalent run better
c) Allow the operating system to control resources better
d) Convert program written in high-level language to machine level language

45. Micro computers are?
a) 8 bit
b) 16 bit
c) 32 bit
d) Either 8 or 16 bit

ANSWERS:

1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (d) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (b)
11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (d) 15. (d) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (d) 20. (c)
21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (d) 25. (a) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (a) 29. (d) 30. (c)
31. (a) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (a) 36. (d) 37. (a) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (a)
41. (a) 42. (c) 43. (b) 44. (a) 45. (d)

Wednesday 16 November 2011

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE MCQs FOR BANK EXAMS

1. ______Is the most widely used medium for telecommunications
a) Twisted Pair
b) Coaxial Cable
c) Optical Fiber
d) None
 
2. ______Is widely used medium of communication for cable television systems
a) Twisted Pair
b) Coaxial Cable
c) Optical fiber
d) None
 
3. ______Cable consists of one or more filaments of glass fiber wrapped in protective layers that
carries data by means of pulses of light
a) Twisted Pair
b) Coaxial Cable
c) Optical fiber
d) None
 
4. ______Is a computer network used for communications among computers and different information technological devices close to one person
a) Personal Area Network
b) Local Area Network
c) Metropolitan Area Network
d) Wide Area Network
 
5. ______Is a collection of conceptual tools for describing data, data relationships, data semantics
and constraints
a) Data base
b) Data Model
c) E_R Model
d) None
 
6. Association among two or more entities called
a) Entity
b) Entity set
c) Relationship
d) Degree of relation
 
7. DDL stands for
a) Data Definition Language
b) Data Delete Language
c) Data Device Language
d) Database Definition Language
 
8. SDL stands for
a) Storage Definition Language
b) Save Definition Language
c) Storage Database Language
d) Shortcut Definition Language
 
9. DML stands for
a) Date Manipulation Language
b) Database Manipulation Language
c) Data Manuscript Language
d) Data Manipulation Language
 
10. ____Is the language that enable user to access or manipulate data as organized by appropriate
data model
a) DML
b) SDL
c) DDL
d) All of the above
 
11. ____Is the language to specify the internal schema. (This language may specify the mapping between two schemas)
a) DML
b) SDL
c) DDL
d) None of the above
 
12. All candidate keys excluding the primary key are known as
a) Compound key
b) Partial key
c) Alternative key
d) None of the above
 
13. The user commands that are used to interact with a database is called as
a) Query
b) Interaction
c) Command
d) Instruction
 
14. The updates that are applied to database before it becomes effective in real world
a) Retroactive update
b) Proactive update
c) Simultaneous update
d) All of the above
 
15. The updates that are applied to database after it becomes effective in real world
a) Retroactive update
b) Proactive update
c) Simultaneous update
d) All of the above
 
16. The updates that are applied to database at the same time when it becomes effective in real
world?
a) Retroactive update
b) Proactive update
c) Simultaneous update
d) All of the above
 
17. Match the following (select the test by using the key board)
a) A word from its beginning to its end
b) A paragraph from its begging to its end
c) The entire document
1. CTRL+ DOWN ARROW
2. CTRL+LEFT ARROW
3.CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHTARROW
a) a-3,b-1,c-2
b) a-3,b-2,c-3
c) a-3,b-2,c-1
d) a-2,b-3,c-1
 
18. Match the following (Move through your document)
a) One character to the left
b) One character to the right
c) One word to the left
d) One word to the right
1. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
2. CTRL+LEFT ARROW
3. RIGHT ARROW
4. LEFT ARROW
a) a-4,b-3,c-2,d-1
b) a-4,b-2,c-3,d-1
c) a-1,b-3,c-4,d-2
d) a-2,b-1,c-3,d-4
 
19. Match the following (To move)
a) One paragraph down
b) To the beginning of a document
c) To the end of a document
d) Up one screen at a line
e) Down one screen at a time
1. CTRL+END
2. PAGE DOWN
3. CTRL+HOME
4. CTRL+DOWN ARROW
5. PAGE UP
a) a-5,b-3,c-1,d-4,e-2
b) a-4,b-3,c-2,d-5,e-1
c) a-3,b-4,c-1,d-5,e-2
d) a-4,b-3,c-1,d-5,e-2
 
20. In a word document Red underline indicates
a) Possible spelling error/word doesn't recognize a word
b) Word thinks that grammar should be revised
c) A word is spelled correctly, but does not seem to be the correct word sentence
d) All of the above
 
21. In a word document Green underline indicates
a) Possible spelling error/word doesn't recognize a word
b) Word thinks that grammar should be revised
c) A word is spelled correctly, but does not seem to be the correct word sentence
d) All of the above
 
22. In a word document Blue underline indicates?
a) Possible spelling error/word doesn't recognize a word
b) Word thinks that grammar should be revised
c) A word is spelled correctly, but does not seem to be the correct word sentence
d) All of the above
 
23. By default the Microsoft word document will be saved into a folder called
a) Desktop
b) My documents
c) D drive
d) Personal folder
 
24. What is the default file name for the word document?
a) Taken from the text at the start of the document
b) Word document
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
 
25. In word-2010____is the key to see numbers and letters displayed over icons, tabs or commands towards the top of your screen?
a) Ctrl key
b) Tab key
c) Alt key
d) None of the above
 
26. ____ Is the keyboard shortcut key to close the word program
a) Alt+F4
b) Alt+F5
c) Alt+F6
d) Alt+F7
 
27. How will you remove all formatting added to your documents (such as bold, italics, and underline etc.)
a) Save
b) Save as plain text file
c) Save as
d) All of the above
 
28. _____Is the file format we can use to distribute the document to some one using totally different word processing program from a different software manufacturer, such as word perfect
a) Word document (.doc)
b) Rich Text Format (.RTF)
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
 
29. _____Is the Icon to magnify or reduce the display
a) Print layout
b) Zoom
c) View
d) All of the above
 
30. Match the following
a) Cut 1. CTRL+C
b) Copy 2. CTRL+V
c) Paste 3. CTRL+X
a) a-1, b-3, c-2
b) a-2, b-1, c-3
c) a-3, b-1, c-2
d) a-3, b-2, c-1
 
31. What is text formatting?
a) Formatting characters and words with in a document
b) Saving the word document
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
 
32. By default MS-Word 2010 uses a font called
a) Arial
b) Times New roman
c) Tahoma
d) Caliber
 
33. Superscript refers to____
a) Characters displayed below the line of the normal text
b) Characters displayed above the line of the normal text
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None
 
34. Subscript refers to ___
a) Characters displayed below the line of the normal text
b) Characters displayed above the line of the normal text
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None
 
35. (a+b)2 is an example for ----
a) Subscript
b) Superscript
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None
 
36. CO2 is an example for ---
a) Subscript
b) Superscript
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None
 
37. You need to find a particular word or phrase and replace this item with alternative text, what is
the keyboard shortcut key
a) Ctrl+G
b) Ctrl+P
c) Ctrl+H
d) Ctrl+F
 
38. _____Is the path to create Header/Footer
a) Insert/Header & Footer
b) File/Header & Footer
c) Edit/Header & Footer
d) None of the above
 
39. __ Is the path to create footnotes
a) References/footnote
b) Insert/footnote
c) Edit/footnote
d) None
 
40. _____ Is the path to save a document in PDF format
a) Edit/Save as/PDF/Save
b) File/Save as/PDF/Save
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above


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