Computer Knowledge : Sample Questions for Bank, SSC , IBPS and Other Examinations

Computer Awareness Questions

MCQ Study Materials

(For Various Competitive Exams)

Q.1.The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactured

1. POM
2. RAM
3. PROM
4. EPROM

Q.2.Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?

1. Magnetic core
2. Semiconductor
3. Magnetic tape
4. Both a and b

Q.3.Registers, which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional, are known as

1. PC
2. Memory address registers
3. General purpose register
4. Flags

Q.4.One of the main feature that distinguish microprocessors from micro-computers is

1. Words are usually larger in microprocessors
2. Words are shorter in microprocessors
3. Microprocessor does not contain I/O devices
4. Exactly the same as the machine cycle time

Q.5.The least significant bit of the binary number, which is equivalent to any odd decimal number  is:

1. 0
2. 1
3. 1 or 0
4. 3

Q.6.What type of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, in order to prevent two devices from trying to use it at the same time?

1. Bus control
2. Interrupts
3. Bus arbitration
4. Status

Q.7.When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?

1. Hewlett-Packard
2. Epson, 1981
3. Laplink traveling software Inc. 1982
4. Tandy model-2000, 1985

Q.8.The first microprocessor built by the Intel Corporation was called

1. 8008
2. 8080
3. 4004
4. 8800

Q.9.Who built the world’s first electronic calculator using telephone relays,light bulbs and batteries/

1. Claude Shannon
2. Konrard Zues
3. George Stibits
4. Howard H. Aiken

Q.10.Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract, multiple, divide and find square roots?

1. Napier
2. Babbage
3. Pascal
4. Leibniz

Q.11.IBM 7000 digital computer

1. Belongs to second generation
2. Uses VLSI
3. Employs semi conductor memory
4. Has modular constructions

Q.12.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

Q.13.Most important advantage of an IC is its

1. Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
2. Extremely high reliability
3. Reduced cost
4. Low powers consumption

Q.14.The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic & logical operations was:

1. ENIAC
2. Mark-I
3. Analytic Engine
4. UNIVAC-1

Q.15.In the third Generation of computers

1. Distributed data processing first became popular
2. An operating system was first developed
3. High level procedural language were first used
4. Online real time systems first become popular

Q.16.An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:

1. Small scale computer
2. Medium scale computer
3. Large scale computer
4. Super computer

Q.17.The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a personal computer was

1. IBM
2. Super UNIVAC
3. Radio Shaks
4. Data General Corporation

Q.18.A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of

1. Speed
2. Accuracy
3. Reliability
4. Cost

Q.19.Microprocessors can be used to make

1. Computer
2. Digital systems
3. Calculators
4. All of the above

Q.20.In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the analytical engine, which he showed at the parts exhibition. In which year was it exhibited?

1. 1820
2. 1860
3. 1855
4. 1970

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