Computer Awareness MCQs and Quiz for Banking, IBPS, RRB, RBI, SBI Exams
Computer Awareness Questions and Quiz for Banking, IBPS, RRB, RBI, SBI, NABARD examinations of 2020-2021. Computer Awareness MCQs for Competitive Exams. GKToday Computer Awareness for IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, Bank PO, Bank Clerk and other entrance / competitive examinations.
1. A DSLAM is a device used by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to route incoming DSL connections to the Internet. What is its correct full form?
[A] Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
[B] Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplier
[C] Digital Service Line Access Multiplexer
[D] None of these
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Correct Answer: A [Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer ]
Notes:
A digital subscriber line access multiplexer is a network device which is located in telephone exchanges. It connects multiple customer digital subscriber line interfaces to a high-speed digital communications channel using multiplexing techniques.
2. What is HTTP 404?
[A] An error message indicating server not found
[B] An error message indicating moved permanently
[C] An error message indicating forbidden
[D] An error message indicating server found
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Correct Answer: A [An error message indicating server not found ]
Notes:
The HTTP 404, 404 Not Found, 404, Page Not Found, or Server Not Found error message is Hypertext Transfer Protocol standard response code. In computer network communications it indicates that the browser was able to communicate with a given server but server cant find it.
3. Which among the following is the most common source of Viruses to the hard disk of your computer?
[A] Incoming Email
[B] Outgoing Email
[C] CD ROMs
[D] Websites
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Correct Answer: A [Incoming Email ]
Notes:
Incoming emails is the most common source of Viruses to the hard disk of a computer. Hackers are using e mail for attacking a computer. The incoming email is the most vulnerable way.
4. What would be the number of bytes, transferred at the rate of 1 Kilobit per second?
[A] 100
[B] 108
[C] 125
[D] 140
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Correct Answer: C [125]
Notes:
kilobit per second (symbol kbit/s or kb/s, often abbreviated “kbps”) is a unit of data transfer. The rate equal to 1,000 bits per second. It is 125 bytes per second.
5. Dynamic Adhoc Wireless Networks (DAWN) usually come under ___?
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Correct Answer: D [5G]
Notes:
The DAWN Dynamic Ad-hoc Wireless Networks project is developing a general theory of complex and dynamic wireless communication networks. It comes under 5G.
6. Which among the following is a high-level language used to develop software applications in compact, efficient code that can be run on different types of computers with minimal change?
[A] FORTRAN
[B] C
[C] COBOL
[D] ALGOL
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Correct Answer: C [COBOL]
Notes:
COBOL is a high level labguage used to develop software applications in compact. It is compiled English-like computer programming language designed for business use. It object-oriented since 2002.
7. Which of the following audio / video formats was developed by Microsoft?
[A] MPEG
[B] ADX
[C] WMA
[D] AVS
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Correct Answer: C [WMA]
Notes:
Windows Media Audio (WMA) is a series of audio codecs and their corresponding audio coding formats developed by Microsoft.
8. Which of the following blogging platform was first launched by Pyra Labs?
[A] WordPress
[B] Blogger
[C] Typepad
[D] Twitter
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Correct Answer: B [Blogger]
Notes:
Blogger is the platform founded by Pyra Labs in 1999. Google acquired it in 2003. WordPress is a free and open-source content management system by wordpress foundation. Twitter is an American microblogging and social networking service founded in 2006.
9. What was UNIVAC?
[A] A computer
[B] A Super computer
[C] A software Programme
[D] A Computer Manufacturer
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Correct Answer: A [A computer]
Notes:
Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC) was innovated in 1940s that led to the first commercially successful computer.
10. “Internet escrow ” is a term most commonly related to which of the following?
[A] E-commerce
[B] Software Development
[C] Privacy Security
[D] Database Management
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Correct Answer: A [E-commerce]
Notes:
Escrow is a financial instrument whereby an asset is held by a third party on behalf of two other parties that are in the process of completing a transaction. E commerce hold the asset of a merchant before it is sold to a customer. So it is Internet escrow.
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