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. What is used in most programs that is a part of a program and guides the user through certain steps?
[A] Software
[B] Wizard
[C] Wiki
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Wizard]
Notes:
A software wizard or setup assistant refers to a user interface type that presents a user with a sequence of dialog boxes that lead the user through a series of well-defined steps. Tasks that are complex, infrequently performed, or unfamiliar may be easier to perform using a wizard.
2. Which company developed the Rational Unified Process (RUP) framework?
[A] Microsoft
[B] IBM
[C] Compaq
[D] None of these
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Correct Answer: B [IBM]
Notes:
The Rational Unified Process (RUP) was developed by Rational Software Corporation, which was acquired by IBM in 2003. IBM continued to maintain and distribute RUP after this acquisition. RUP is a widely used iterative software development process framework in the software industry.
3. The slogan “Write once, run anywhere” is related to which of the following programming languages?
[A] COBOL
[B] Java
[C] HTML
[D] XML
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Correct Answer: B [Java]
Notes:
Write once, run anywhere (WORA) slogan was given by Sun Microsystems to illustrate the cross-platform benefits of the Java language. The idea was that Java Programme could be developed on any device, then compiled into a standard bytecode and then could be run on any device which is equipped with Java virtual machine (JVM).
4. First microprocessors were used in which of the following?
[A] Computers
[B] Calculators
[C] Telephones
[D] Printers
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Correct Answer: B [Calculators]
Notes:
The first microprocessors that emerged in the early 1970s were used for electronic calculators, using binary-coded decimal (BCD) arithmetic on 4-bit words.
5. While working on Microsoft Word, which among the following is the command for “Undo”?
[A] Cntrl +A
[B] Cntrl +Z
[C] Cntrl +Y
[D] Cntrl +C
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Correct Answer: B [Cntrl +Z ]
Notes:
Undo is an interaction technique which is implemented in many computer programs. Cntrl +Z is the is for Undo in Microsoft word.
6. 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.
7. Which of the following is the first example of an electromechanical relay computer?
[A] Differential Analyzer
[B] Torpedo Data Computer
[C] Z2
[D] Jacquard Loom
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Correct Answer: C [Z2]
Notes:
The Z2, created by a German Engineer Konrad Zuse in 1939, was one of the foremost examples of an electromechanical relay computer.
8. Which of the following are related to finding information from the RAM?
[A] Memory Buffer Register
[B] Memory Data Register
[C] Memory Address Register
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
Notes:
All three i.e. Memory Buffer Register, Memory Data Register and Memory Address Register represent a collection of storage registers which are located on separate chips from CPU. They all fetch information from memory.
9. Who had designed and constructed the first recognizably modern digital stored-program computer?
[A] J. Lyons
[B] John Newmann
[C] Tom Kilburn
[D] Maurice Wilkes
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Correct Answer: D [Maurice Wilkes]
Notes:
Maurice Wilkes had designed and constructed the first recognizably modern digital stored-program computer.
10. 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.
