Computer Awareness : Banking, IBPS, RRB, ITI TO Examination

Computer Awareness Practice Questions

For IBPS PO,Clerk, IBPS RRB,Banking Examinations

1. Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?

• Laser printer
• Ink jet printer
• Plotter
• Dot matrix printer
• All the above

2. Computers with 80286 Microprocessor :

• XT computer
• AT computer
• PS/2 computer
• PS/3 computer
• PS/4 computer

3. An application suitable for sequential processing:

• Processing of grades
• Payroll processing
• Both a and b
• Either a or b
• None of the above

4. Which of the following is not processing?

• Arranging
• Manipulating
• Calculating
• Gathering
• Sorting

5. The digital computer was developed primarily in ___

• USSR
• Japan
• USA
• UK
• India

6. Software in Computer:

• Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machine
• Increase the speed of central processing unit
• Both a and b
• Either a or b
• None of the above

7. Which of the following option in File pull down menu is used to close a MS Word document?

• Quit
• Close
• Exit
• New
• Insert

8. Before a disk drive can access any sector record, a computer program has to provide the record’s disk address. What information does this address specify?

• Track number
• Sector number
• Surface number
• All of the above
• None of the above

9. Arranging of data in a logical sequence is called:

• Sorting
• Classifying
• Reproducing
• Summarizing
• Coding

10. What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer?

• Producing result
• Comparing numbers
• Controlling flow of information
• Performing mathematical operations
• None of the above

11. Bluetooth is a type of radio wave information transmission system that is good for about __

• 30 feet
• 30 yards
• 30 miles
• 300 miles
• 3000 miles

12. The telephone is an example of a(n) ____ signal.

• Analog
• Digital
• Modulated
• Demodulated
• a and b

13. A credit card-sized expansion board that is inserted into portable computers that connects the modem to the telephone wall jack:

• Internal modem
• External modem
• PC Card modem
• Wireless modem
• Router

14. A modem that is contained within the system unit is called a(n) ____ modem.

• external
• internal
• wireless
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth

15. A modem that doesn't need to be connected to a telephone line is the _____ modem.

• external
• internal
• wireless
• DSL
• Broadband

16. A special high-speed line used by large corporations to support digital communications is known as ___

• Satellite/air connection service lines
• Cable modems
• Digital subscriber lines
• T1, T2, T3 and T4 lines
• None Of These

17. An affordable technology that uses existing telephone lines to provide high-speed connections is called ____

• ISDN
• Microwave
• Cable modem
• DSL
• DSN

18. The capacity of a communication channel is measured in ___

• Bandwidth
• Bit capacity
• Baud rate
• Data flow
• Baud flow

19. What is the name given to the values that are automatically provided by software to reduce keystrokes and improve a computer user's productivity?

• Defined values
• Fixed values
• Default values
• Special values
• Function values

20. In MS-DOS 5.0, which is the number that acts as a code to uniquely identify the software product?

• MS
• DOS
• MS DOS
• 5.0
• 4.2.0

21. A page fault:

• Is an error in a specific page
• Occurs when a program accesses a page of memory
• Is an access to a page not currently in memory
• None of these
• All the above

22. The process of transferring data intended for a peripheral device into a disk (or intermediate storso that it can be transferred to peripheral at a more convenient time or in bulk, is known as ___

• Multiprogramming
• Spooling
• Caching
• Virtual programming
• Clearing

23. An instruction in a programming language that is replaced by a sequence of instructions prior to assembly or compiling is known as ___

• procedure name
• macro
• label
• literal
• mini

24. Banker's algorithm for resource allocation deals with:

• Deadlock prevention
• Deadlock avoidance
• Deadlock recovery
• Mutual exclusion
• None of these

25. The state of a process after it encounters an I/O instruction is ___

• Ready
• Blocked/Waiting
• Idle
• Running
• Coding

26. The number of processes completed per unit time is known as _____.

• Output
• Throughput
• Efficiency
• Capacity
• Input

27. Which of the following file name extension suggests that the file is Backup copy of another file?

• TXT
• COM
• BAS
• BAK
• BAT

28. Which technique was introduced because a single job could not keep both the CPU and the I/O devices busy?

• Time-sharing
• Spooling
• Preemptive scheduling
• Multiprogramming
• Multi tasking

29. A sequence of instructions, in a computer language, to get the desired result, is known as:

• Algorithm
• Decision Table
• Program
• All of the above
• None of these

30. Information in a memory that is no longer valid or wanted is known as:

• Non-volatile
• Volatile
• Surplus
• Garbage
• Dustbin