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. Which of the following Key is not found in normal computers / laptops?
[A] Turn key
[B] Alt key
[C] del key
[D] shift key
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Correct Answer: A [Turn key ]
Notes:
Turn key is involving the provision of a complete product or service that is ready for immediate use. It is not found is normal computers.
2. A hybrid computer is the one which exhibits the features of __?
[A] analog computer
[B] digital computer
[C] both analog and digital computer
[D] mainframe computer
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Correct Answer: C [both analog and digital computer ]
Notes:
Hybrid computers are those computers which exhibit features of both the analog computers and digital computers.
3. Now a days Vishing has become a criminal practice of using social engineering over which of the following?
[A] Social networking sites
[B] Mobile Phones
[C] E-mails
[D] Cyber cafés
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Correct Answer: B [Mobile Phones ]
Notes:
Voice phishing or Vishing is a form of criminal phone fraud. It is using social engineering over the telephone system. It is to gain access to private personal and financial information for the purpose of financial reward.
4. ADSL data communications technology uses which of the following for faster data transmission?
[A] Voiceband modem
[B] Wireless Modem
[C] Copper telephone Lines
[D] Sockets
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Correct Answer: C [Copper telephone Lines ]
Notes:
Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) is a type of digital subscriber line (DSL) technology. It is a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission using copper telephone lines than a conventional voiceband modem can provide.
5. 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.
6. In which year Microsoft was founded ?
[A] 1970
[B] 1974
[C] 1975
[D] 1976
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Correct Answer: C [1975]
Notes:
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Microsoft Windows.
7. Which among the following is NOT a web browser?
[A] SpaceTime
[B] NeoPlanet
[C] Sputnik
[D] MeeGo
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Correct Answer: D [MeeGo]
Notes:
MeeGo is not a web browser. It is a discontinued Linux distribution hosted by the Linux Foundation, using source code from the operating systems Moblin and Maemo.
8. Which of the following are part of the Logical Operations of the computer?
[A] Addition
[B] Greater Than
[C] Subtraction
[D] Differentials
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Correct Answer: B [Greater Than]
Notes:
A computer performs both arithmetic and logical operations. Examples of logical operations are greater than, less than, equal to , opposite etc.
9. In a book of which author was the word computer first mentioned?
[A] Mark Twain
[B] Sherlock Holmes
[C] Richard Braithwait
[D] Enid Blyton
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Correct Answer: C [Richard Braithwait]
Notes:
As per the Oxford English Dictionary, the word “computer” was first used in 1613 in a book called The Yong Mans Gleanings by English writer Richard Braithwait.
10. Which of the following is the system bus?
[A] Bus connecting Keyboard and Motherboard
[B] Bus connecting CPU and Memory
[C] Bus connecting Memory and Monitor
[D] Bus connecting Hard Disk and Monitor
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Correct Answer: B [Bus connecting CPU and Memory]
Notes:
The bus connecting the CPU and memory is one of the defining characteristics of the system and is known as the system bus. Mostly the CPU and Memory they work synchronously.
