Computers and IT MCQs
Computer Awareness Questions and Quiz for Banking, IBPS, RRB, RBI, SBI, NABARD examinations of 2024-2025. 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 company introduced NetBIOS in 1983?
[A] Dell
[B] IBM
[C] Compaq
[D] SyteK Inc
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Correct Answer: D [SyteK Inc]
Notes:
SyteK Inc. developed the NetBIOS protocol in 1983. NetBIOS stands for Network Basic Input/Output System. The protocol was later adopted by IBM for networking in their PC Network. SyteK Inc. was later renamed Hughes LAN Systems Inc. Microsoft integrated NetBIOS into its operating systems for network communication.
2. Structured programming languages such as C, COBOL and FORTRAN were used in which of the following computers?
[A] First Generation Computers
[B] Second Generation Computers
[C] Third Generation Computers
[D] Fourth Generation Computers
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Correct Answer: C [Third Generation Computers ]
Notes:
The period of third generation was from 1965-1971. The computers of third generation used Integrated Circuits (ICs) in place of transistors. Structured programming languages such as C, COBOL and FORTRAN were used in Third Generation computers.
3. What do we call a CPU that is designed specifically to handle the communications processing task with main purpose is to off-load communications processing task from the host computer so that the host computer can be dedicated for applications and data processing jobs?
[A] Backend processor
[B] Front-end processor
[C] Node processor
[D] File Server
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Correct Answer: B [Front-end processor ]
Notes:
A front end processor (FEP), or a communications processor, is a small-sized computer. It interfaces to the host computer a number of networks. They are SNA, or a number of peripheral devices, such as terminals, disk units, printers and tape units. a CPU that is designed specifically to handle the communications processing task with main purpose is to off-load communications and processing task.
4. 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.
5. What kind of information each of the electrical circuits represents?
[A] Arithmetic
[B] Tertiary
[C] Binary
[D] Quaternary
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Correct Answer: C [Binary]
Notes:
Each circuit represents a bit (binary digit) information. When the circuit is on, it represents a “1” and a “0” when it is off in a positive logic representation.
6. Which of the following is not an arithmetic capability of a computer?
[A] Addition and Subtraction
[B] Calculation
[C] Copy and Paste
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Copy and Paste]
Notes:
A computer is much more than an arithmetic number crunching device and performs many other operations like copy, paste, delete, print etc.
7. Which of the following registers can hold both data and addresses?
[A] General Purpose Register
[B] Data Register
[C] Address Register
[D] Status Register
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Correct Answer: A [General Purpose Register]
Notes:
A General Purpose Register can hold both Data and Address. This means they are combined data/address registers.
8. Which of the following comprise commonly used Assembly language?
[A] ARM
[B] COBOL
[C] BASIC
[D] Python
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Correct Answer: A [ARM]
Notes:
ARM is a commonly used Assembly language. Its full form is known as Advanced RISC Machine.
9. In which of the following applications are analog computers used?
[A] Measurement of Electric Current
[B] Measurement of Frequency
[C] Measurement of Resistance of a Capacitor
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
Notes:
An Analog computer is used in a variety of industrial and scientific applications like measurement of electric current, measurement of frequency and also resistance of a capacitor.
10. Which of the following is a pointing device that uses light to determine mouse motion?
[A] Trackball
[B] Touch screen
[C] Optical Mouse
[D] None of the Above
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Correct Answer: C [Optical Mouse]
Notes:
An optical mouse is a computer mouse which uses a light source, typically a light-emitting diode (LED), and a light detector, such as an array of photodiodes, to detect movement relative to a surface.
