IBPS Computer & Professional Knowledge Model Questions

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1.    This machine can replace the mainframes very soon

• Application servers    
• Workstations
• Pentium 
• Power PC

2.    What is the architecture that is used in PS/2 range of IBM computers ?

• ISA
• EISA
• MCA
• Local Bus

3.    MCA means

• Main Computer Architecture
• Micro Channel Architecture 
• Micro Chip Architecture
• Micro Computer Architecture

4.    Compared to CISC processors, RISC processors contain

• more registers and smaller instruction set  
• larger instruction set and less registers
• less registers and smaller instruction set
• more transistor elements

5.    What is an application server ?

• Network node that stores applications
• Software that  allows interchange application
• Multitasking operating system
• Network server currently available for use with large client-server systems.

6.    Choose the one which is coprocessor :

• 80287
• Graphic Accelerator
• Video Graphics Array
• Network adapter 

7.    Choose the one which is not necessary for a multimedia PC :

• Video Card
• Scanner
• CD-ROM
• All the above 

8.    80386 SX processor from Intel has

• 16 bit address bus and 32 bit data bus
• 16 bit address bus and 16 bit data bus
• 16 bit address bus and 64 bit data bus
• 8 bit data bus and 16 bit address bus 

9.    DIP switches are used to store system setup information in

• PC/AT 286
• PC/XT
• PC/AT 386
• Pentium

10.   Power PC is the latest in the PC market. it is 

• a less power consumption PC
• a microprocessor with Intel and Motorola compatible
• the latest model microprocessor from Intel
• a PC which can work both on Intel based (DOS and Unix) and Apple operating systems.

11.  What is data highway ?

• A road New York
• A network of on-line database
• A network into which subscriber machines can plug-in and communicate between one another
• An integrated network of communica-tion supporting data transfer, TV, cable, Telephone, Video Conferencing, Video on Demand and other communication services in one.

12.  Choose the company that does not use Motorola chips in their computers :

• APPLE
• HEWLETT-PACKED
• ATARI
• COMPAQ  

13.   Till recently all processors produced were complex instruction set computing (CISC) processors. The important reason for this was :

• memory was costly and access times were large 
• all problems required complex instructions
• software technology was not advances to do without complex instructions
• RISC processor technology was not available

14.  When RISC processors are used, this is true :

• compilers are complex 
• large number of processor instructions are used
• programs are more complicated than in CISC processors
• RISC cannot be used in high performance machines like graphic workstations and network servers.

15.  Choose the one which is not a property of RISC processor

• implements only instructions most used by programmers 
• timing constraints are eased since circuitry is simplified
• complex operations are implemented by software
• All of the above are properties     

16.   Choose the company which manufactures the multimedia accessory cards for :

• IBM
• Creative labs 
• Combaq
• Dell

17.   Frame Grabber cards are basically used for :

• capturing single frames from a video output 
• showing video in a window inside Windows
• used to download a single screen//frame from computer to a video
• capturing single screens in the computer while any display is on the screen.

18.   Video capture can be done presently with a Video card, using the following program :

• Video for Windows
• Windows Media Player
• CI Manager
• Microsoft Reader

19.   The following programs in Windows is used for recording sound using a sound card :

• Media Player
• Sounder
• Multimedia Extensions
• Recorder

20.    In any windows program, the video clips recorded as AVI files can be directly played using the following features :

• GUI functions
• Kernel functions
• MCI functions
• Video functions

21.    The register which keeps track of the execution of a program and which contains the memory address of the instruction currently being executed is known as

• Index register
• Memory address register
• Program counter
• Instruction register

22.  The register which holds the address of the location to or from which data are to be transferred is known as

• index register
• instruction register
• memory address register 
• memory data register 

23.   If some device requires urgent service, normal execution or programs may sometimes by preempted using.

• an interrupt signal
• a request to memory modules
• DMA
• All of the above 

24.  The register which contains the data to be written into or readout of the addressed location is known as

• index register 
• memory address register
• memory data register
• program counter 

25.   A single bus structure is primarily found in

• Main frames
• Super computers
• High performance machines
• Mini and micro computers

26.   In which of the following terminals the screen is regarded as an array of pixels, where each pixel is either on or off.

• Character map terminal
• bit map terminal
• RS-232 terminal
• All of the above

27.   On of the main feature that distinguish microprocessors from micro-computers is

• Words are usually larger in micro-processor
• Words are shorter in micro-processors
• Microprocessors does not contain I/O devices
• Computer are not fully integrated

28.   Microprocessor can be used to make

• Computers
• Digital Systems
• Calculators
• All the above

29.   In a generic microprocessor, instruction cycle time is

• shorter than machine cycle time
• larger than machine cycle time    
• exactly double the machine cycle time
• exactly the same as the machine cycle time.

30.    What tape 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.

• Bus control
• Interrupts
• Bus arbitration
• Status

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Practice Questions
Computer Questions For Various Exams

1. All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT:

• hackers.
• spam.
• viruses.
• identity theft.

2. A process known as------------- is used by large retailers to study trends.

• data mining
• data selection
• POS
• data conversion

3. ---------terminals (formerly known as cash registers) are often connected to complex inventory and sales computer systems.

• Data
• Point-of-sale (POS)
• Sales
• Query

4. A(n)-----------------system is a small, wireless handheld computer that scans an items tag and pulls up the current price (and any special offers) as you shop.

• PSS
• POS
• inventory
• data mining

5. The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminals computer is an example of a law enforcement specialty called:

• robotics.
• simulation.
• computer forensics.
• animation.

6. Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?

• gathering data
• processing data into information
• analyzing the data or information
• storing the data or information

7. ----------tags, when placed on an animal, can be used to record and track in a database all of the animals movements.

• POS
• RFID
• PPS
• GPS

8. Surgeons can perform delicate operations by manipulating devices through computers instead of manually. This technology is known as:

• robotics.
• computer forensics.
• simulation.
• forecasting.

9. Technology no longer protected by copyright, available to everyone, is considered to be:

• proprietary.
• open.
• experimental.
• in the public domain.

10. ---------is the study of molecules and structures whose size ranges from 1 to 100 nanometers.

• Nanoscience
• Microelectrodes
• Computer forensics
• Artificial intelligence

11. ---------------is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of intelligence that humans do.

• Nanoscience
• Nanotechnology
• Simulation
• Artificial intelligence (AI)

12. ----------------is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion.

• A process
• Software
• Storage
• Information

13. The name for the way that computers manipulate data into information is called:

• programming.
• processing.
• storing.
• organizing.

14. Computers gather data, which means that they allow users to ____________ data.

• present
• input
• output
• store

15. After a picture has been taken with a digital camera and processed appropriately, the actual print of the picture is considered:

• data.
• output.
• input.
• the process.

16. Computers use the ----------language to process data.

• processing
• kilobyte
• binary
• representational

17. Computers process data into information by working exclusively with:

• multimedia.
• words.
• characters.
• numbers.

18. In the binary language each letter of the alphabet, each number and each special character is made up of a unique combination of:

• eight bytes.
• eight kilobytes.
• eight characters.
• eight bits.

19. The term bit is short for:

• megabyte.
• binary language.
• binary digit.
• binary number.

20. A string of eight 0s and 1s is called a:

• megabyte.
• byte.
• kilobyte.
• gigabyte.

21. A ____________ is approximately one billion bytes.

• kilobyte
• bit
• gigabyte
• megabyte

22. A ____________ is approximately a million bytes.

• gigabyte
• kilobyte
• megabyte
• terabyte

23. ____________ is any part of the computer that you can physically touch.

• Hardware
• A device
• A peripheral
• An application

24. The components that process data are located in the:

• input devices.
• output devices.
• system unit.
• storage component.

25. All of the following are examples of input devices EXCEPT a:

• scanner.
• mouse.
• keyboard.
• printer.

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Q.1.Which was the world’s first minicomputer and when was it introduced?

1. PDP-I, 1958
2. IBM System/36, 1960
3. PDP-II, 1961
4. VAX 11/780, 1962

Q.2.How many address lines are needed to address each memory location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?

1. 10
2. 11
3. 8
4. 12

Q.3.Which American Computer Company is called big blue?

1. Microsoft
2. Compaq Corp
3. IBM
4. Tandy Sevenson

Q.4.When did IBM introduced the 80286 based PC/AT?

1. 1982
2. 1984
3. 1985
4. 1989

Q.5.The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Motley and Accrete called ENIAC did not work on the stored program concept. How many number s could it store in its internal memory?

1. 100
2. 20
3. 40
4. 80

Q.6.The digital computer was developed primarily in

1. USSR
2. Japan
3. USA
4. UK

Q.7.The subject of cybernetics deals with the science of

1. Genetics
2. Control and communications
3. Molecular biology
4. Biochemistry

Q.8.who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns of a weaving machine?

1. Pascal
2. Hollerith
3. Babbage
4. Jacquard

Q.9.Most of the inexpensive personal computer does not have any disk or diskette drive. What is the name of such computes?

1. Home computers
2. Diskless computers
3. Dedicated computer
4. General computer

Q.10.Which of the following required large computer memory?

1. Imaging
2. Graphics
3. Voice
4. All of above

Q.11.A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is:

1. EFTS
2. MPG
3. MIPS
4. CFPS

Q.12.The processes of starting or restarting a computer system by loading instructions from a secondary storage device into the completer memory is called

1. Duping
2. Booting
3. Padding
4. All of above

Q.13.Who invented the microprocessor?

1. Marcian E Huff
2. Herman H Goldstein
3. Joseph Jacquard
4. All of above

Q.14.One computer that is not considered a portable computer is

1. Minicomputer
2. A laptop computer
3. Mini computer
4. All of the above

Q.15.The accuracy of the floating-point numbers representable in two 16-bit words of a computer is approximately

1. 16 digits
2. 6 digits
3. 9 digits
4. All of above

Q.16.A dumb terminal has

1. An embedded microprocessor
2. Extensive memory
3. Independent processing
4. A keyboard and screen

Q.17.Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of repeatability and

1. Buffer size
2. Resolution
3. Vertical dimensions
4. Intelligence

Q.18.Daisy wheel printer is a type of

1. Matrix primer
2. Impact printer
3. Laser printer
4. Manual printer

Q.19.The number of records contained within a block of data on magnetic tape is defined by the

1. Block definition
2. Record contain clause
3. Blocking factor
4. Record per block factor

Q.20.Serial access memories are useful in applications where

1. Data consists of numbers
2. Short access time is required
3. Each stored word is processed differently
4. Data naturally needs to flow in and out in a serial form

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