Computer MCQs C ompiled by: Dr.

Siraj ud Din

UNIT 1 (2)Peripheral
1. Which function calculates the largest value in a set (3)Programme
of numbers? (4)Software
(1) Average (5)None of these
(2)Count Ans: (2)
(3)Minimum 8. If formation of computer, the hardwares..........are
(4)Maximum used.
(5)None of these (1) Monitor, Central Processing Unit (CPU),
Ans: (4) Keyboard, Mouse, Software and Network
2. What do you use to create a chart? (2) Monitor, Central Processing Unit (CPU),
(1)Pie Wizard Keyboard, Mouse Programme and Network
(2)Excel Wizard (3) Monitor, Central Processing Unit (CPU),
(3)Data Wizard Keyboard, Mouse, Printer and Modem
(4)Chart Wizard (4) Monitor, Central Processing Unit (CPU),
(5)None of these Keyboard, Mouse, Application and Network
Ans: (4) (5) None of these
3. What displays the content of the active cell? Ans: (3)
(1)Name box 9.In page preview mode-
(2)Row Headings (1) You can see all pages of your document
(3)Formula bar (2)You can only see the page you are currently
(4)Task pane working
(5)None of these (3)You can only see pages that do not contain
Ans: (3) graphics
4. By default, your documents print in _mode. (4)You can only see the title page of your document
(1)Landscape (5)None of these
(2)Portrait Ans: (1)
(3)Page Setup 10.A CPU contains-
(4)Print View (1) a card reader and a printing device
(5)None of these (2) an analytical engine and a control unit
Ans: (2) (3) a control unit and an arithmetic logic unit
5. What is the best way to have a data and the slide (4) an arithmetic logic unit and a card reader
number appear on every slide ? (5) None of these
(1) choose Tools, Header and Footer, click Slide tab, Ans: (3)
select the desired options, click Apply to 11. Which of the following controls the process of
All interaction between the user and the
(2) choose Insert, Header and Footer, click Slide tab, operating system?
select the desired options, click Apply to (1) User interface
All (2) Language translator
(3) chouse View, Header and Footer, click Slide tab, (3) Platform
select the desired options, click Apply to (4) Screen saver
All (5) None of these
(4) choose File, Header and Footer, click Slide tab, Ans: (1)
select the desired options, click Apply to
All 12.You will work on which groupings, while
(5) None of these formatting the text in word?
Ans: (2) (1) Table, paragraph and index
(2) Paragraph, index and section
6.To move to the bottom of a document, press _. (3) Character, paragraph and section
(1) Insert key (4) Index, character and table
(2) Home key (5) None of these
(3) Ctrl key + End key Ans: (2)
(4) End key 13.When you want to move some text from one page
(5) None of these to a different page, the best method is-
Ans: (3) (1) drag and drop (2) cut and paste (3) delete and
7.Which one of the following four words is odd? retype (4) find and replace (5) None of
(1)Application these

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Ans: (2) 2) Portrait

14.The first computers were programmed using- 3) Page Setup
(1) assembly language 4) Print View
(2) machine language 5) None of these
(3) source code Ans: (2)
(4) object code 22. To find and load a file that has been saved _.
(5) spaghetti code 1) select the Close command
Ans: (2) 2) select the New command
15.How many are the margins on page? 3) select the Save command
(1) Two (header and footer) 4) select the Open command
(2) Four (Upper, lower, right, left) 5) None of these
(3) Two (Landscape, portrait) Ans: (4)
(4) Two (Upper and lower) 23.Which function calculates the largest value in a set
(5) None of these of numbers?
Ans: (2) 1) Average
16. An is a combination of hardware and software 2) Count
that facilitates the sharing of information 3) Minimum
between computing devices. 4) Maximum
(1) network 5) None of these
(2) peripheral Ans: (4)
(3) expansion board 24. Which of the following statements is true ?
(4) digital device 1) Minicomputer works faster than Microcomputer
(5) None of these 2) Microcomputer works faster than Minicomputer
Ans: (1) 3) Speed of both the computers is the same
17. The settings are automatic and standard. 4) The speeds of both these computers cannot be
(1) icon compared with the speed of advanced
(2) default computer
(3) CPU 5) None of these
(4) peripheral Ans: (1)
(5) None of these
Ans: (2) UNIT 2
18. Coded entries which are used to gain access to a 1. Selection of command-
computer system are called- (A) Opens the copy of the document in preview
(1) Entry codes (B) Prints the copy of displayed document
(2) Passwords (C) Brings change in expansion of displayed
(3) Security commands document
(4) Code words (D) Saves the copy of displayed document
(5) None of these (E) None of these
Ans: (2) Ans: (C)
19.To view information on the web you must have a- 2. You organize files by storing them in-
(1) cable modem (A) archives
(2) web browser (B) folders
(3) Domain Name Server (C) indexes
(4) hypertext viewer (D) lists
(5) None of these (E) None of these
Ans: (2) Ans: (B)
20.Which of the following commands is given to 3. How many different documents can you have open
reboot the computer? at any one time ?
1) Ctrl + Alt + Del (A) No more than three
2) Ctrl + Shift + ? (B) Only one
3) Ctrl + Shift + Del (C) As many as your computer memory will hold
4) Ctrl +Alt + shift (D) No more than you taskbar can display
5) Ctrl + Alt + Tab (E) None of these
Ans: (1) Ans: (C)
21. By default, your documents print in _ mode. 4. What type of resource is most likely to be a shared
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network? (B) peripheral

(A) Printers (C) expansion board
(B) Speakers (D) digital device
(C) Floppy disk drives (E) None of these
(D) Keyboards Ans: (A)
(E) None of these 11. In word you can force a page break-
Ans: (A) (A) By positioning your cursor at the appropriate
5. Directory in directory is called- place and pressing the F1 key
(A) Mini directory (B) By using the Insert/Section Break
(B) Junior directory (C) By positioning your cursor at the appropriate
(C) Part directory place and pressing Ctrl + Enter
(D) Sub-directory (D) By changing the font size of your document
(E) None of these (E) None of these
Ans: (D) Ans: (C)
6. Such a pre-made document, which has 12. Junk e-mail is also called-
coordinating font, layout and background, is- (A) spam
(A) Guide (B) spoof
(B) Model (C) sniffer script
(C) Ruler (D) spool
(D) Template (E) None of these
(E) None of these Ans: (D) Ans: (A)

7. In order to create columnar data in Word you need 13. Hackers-

to- (A) all have the same motive
(A) Tab consecutively until your cursor reaches the (B) break into other people's computers
desired place (C) may legally break into computers as long as they
(B) Set tabs or use the Table menu do not do any damage
(C) You need to use Excel (D) are people who are allergic to computers
(D) Press the space bar until your cursor reaches the (E) None of these
desired place Ans: (B)
(E) None of these 14. What type of computers are client computers
Ans: (E) (most of the time) in a client-server system?
8. Saving is a process- (A) Mainframe
(A) To copy the document from memory to storage (B) Mini-computer
medium (C) Microcomputer
(B) To bring change in present status of the document (D) PDA
(C) To change the face or entire form (E) None of these
(D) To develop the document by recording the text Ans: (C)
with the use of keyboard 15. A computer cannot 'boot' if it does not have the-
(E) None of these (A) Compiler
Ans: (A) (B) Loader
9. To insert a word into the middle of a sentence- (C) Operating System
(A) move the cursor to the desired location in the (D) Assembler
sentence and type the new word (E) None of these
(B) move the cursor to the desired location in the Ans (C)
sentence, press Enter key, and type the new 16. The amount of vertical space between lines of
word text in a document is called-
(C) move the cursor to the beginning of the sentence (A) double-space
and start typing (B) line spacing
(D) retype the whole sentence (C) single space
(E) None of these (D) vertical spacing
Ans: (A) (E) None of these
10. A(n) .............. is a combination of hardware and Ans: (B)
software that facilitates the sharing of 17. Example of non-numeric data is-
information between computing devices. (A) Employee address
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(C) Bank balance 24. ............... represents raw facts, where- as

(D) All of these ................. is data made meaningful.
(E) None of these (A) Information, reporting
Ans: (A) (B) Data, information
18. What is embedded system? (C) Information, bits
(A) The programme which arrives by being wrapped (D) Records, bytes
in box. (E) Bits, bytes
(B) The programme which is the permanent part of Ans: (B)
the computer 25. Which keystroke will take you at the beginning or
(C) The computer which is the part of a big computer the end of a long document?
(D) The computer and software system that control (A) Ctrl + PageUp and Ctrl + PageDown
the machine (B) Shift + Home and Shift + End
(E) None of these (C) Ctrl + Home and Ctrl + End
Ans: (D) (D) The only way is by using the right scroll bar
(E) None of these
19. First page of Website is termed as- (A) Ans: (C)
Homepage 26. What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM)
(B) Index makes it useful?
(C) JAVA script (A) ROM information can be easily updated.
(D) Bookmark (B) Data in ROM is nonvolatile, that is, it remains
(E) None of these there even without electrical power.
Ans: (A) (C) ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive
20. ..................... is the appearance of typed data storage.
characters. (D) ROM chips are easily swapped between different
(A) Size brands of computers.
(B) Format (E) None of these
(C) Point Ans:(B)
(D) Colour 27. In page preview mode-
(E) None of these (A) You c a n s e e a l l p a g e s o f your document
Ans: (B) (B) You can only see the page you are currently
21. When a file is saved for the first time- working
(A) a copy is automatically printed (C) You can only see pages that do not contain
(B) it must be given a name to identify it graphics
(C) it does not need a name (D) You can only see the title page of your document
(D) it only needs a name if it is not going to be (E) None of these
printed Ans: (A)
(E) None of these 28. If the file saved earlier is edited, then-
Ans: (B) (A) It is essential to save the file again to store the
22. Office LANS, which are scattered geographically change
on large scale, can be connected by the use of (B) The change will automatically be saved in the file
corporate- (C) If the length is more than a page, the file will be
(A) CAN needed to be saved
(B) LAN (D) The name will be needed to be changed
(C) DAN (E) None of these
(D)WAN Ans: (A)
(E) TAN 29. When creating a word-processed document, this
Ans: (D) step involves the user changing how words on the
23. Where are data and programme stored when the page
processor uses them? appear, both on the screen and in printed form-
(A) Main memory (A) Editing text
(B) Secondary memory (B) Inserting tables and indexes
(C) Disk memory (C) Formatting text
(D) Programme memory (D) Proofing documents
(E) None of these (E) None of these
Ans: (A) Ans: (C)
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(A) Justified (4) It is not unethical because the files are being
(B) Right given for free.
(C) Centre (5) It is not unethical-anyone can access a computer
(D) Left 11. Reusable optical storage will typically have the
(E) None of these acronym-
Ans: (A) (1) CD (2) DVD
UNIT 3 (3) ROM (4) RW (5) ROS
1. Computer uses the .......... number system to store 12. The most common type of storage devices are-
data and perform calculations. (1) persistent (2) optical
(1) binary (2) octal (3) magnetic (4) flash (5) steel
(3) decimal (4) hexadecimal (5) None of these 13. A device that connects to a network without the
2. A disk's content that is recorded at the time of use of cables is said to be-
manufacture and that cannot be changed or erased by (1) distributed (2) free
the (3) centralized (4) open source (5) None of these
user is- 14. A person who used his or her expertise to gain
(1) Memory- only (2) Write-only access to other people's computers to get information
(3) Once- only (4) Run-only (5) Read-only illegally or do damage is a-
3. Which of the following can be used to select the (1) hacker (2) analyst
entire document? (3) instant messenger (4) programmer (5) spammer
(1) CTRL + A (2) ALT + 5 15. To access properties of an object, the mouse
(3) SHIFT + A (4) CTRL + K (5) CTRL + H technique to use is-
4. .......... are attempts by individuals to obtain (1) dragging (2) dropping
confidential information from you by falsifying their (3) right-clicking (4) shift-clicking (5) None of these
identity. 16. To change selected text to all capital letters, click
(1) Phishing (2) Computer viruses the change case button, then click-
(3) Spyware scams (4) Viruses (5) None of the above (1) UPPERCASE (2) UPPER ALL
5. Part number, part description, and number of parts (3) CAPS LOCK (4) Lock Upper (5) Large Size
ordered are examples of 17. The basic unit of a worksheet into which you
(1) control (2) output enter data in Excel is called a-
(3) processing (4) feedback (5) input (1) tab (2) cell
6. A Web site's main page is called its- (3) box (4) range (5) None of these
(1) Home Page (2) Browser Page 18. You can keep your personal files / folders in-
(3) Search Page (4) Bookmark (5) None of these (1) My folder (2) My Documents
7. The simultaneous processing of two or more (3) My Files (4) My Text (5) None of these
programs by multiple processors is- 19. In Word you can force a page break-
(1) multiprogramming (2) multitasking (1) By positioning your cursor at the appropriate
(3) time-sharing (4) multiprocessing (5) None of place and pressing the F1 key
these (2) By positioning your cursor at the appropriate
8. Codes consisting of lines of varying widths or place and pressing Ctrl + Enter
lengths that are computer-readable are known as- (1) (3) By using the Insert/Section Break
an ASCII (4) By changing the font size of your document
code (2) a magnetic tape (5) None of these
(3)an OCR scanner (4) a bar code (5) None of these 20. A DVD is an example of a(n)-
9. To instruct Word to fit the width of a column to the (1) hard disk (2) optical disc
contents of a table automatically, click the..... button (3) output device (4) solid-state storage device
and then point to AutoFit Contents. (5) None of these
(1) Fit to Form (2) format 21. The default view in Excel is ......... view.
(3) Auto size (4) Contents (5) AutoFit (1) Work (2) Auto
10. Why is it unethical to share copyrighted files with (3) Normal (4) Roman (5) None of these
your friends? 22. The process of transferring files from a computer
(1) It is not unethical, because it is legal. on the Internet to your computer is called
(2) It is unethical because the files are being given for (1) downloading (2) uploading
free. (3) FTP (4) JPEG (5) downsizing
(3) Sharing copyrighted files without permission 23. .......... is the process of dividing the disk into
breaks copyright laws. tracks and sectors.
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(3) Crashing (4) Allotting (5) None of these (1) tab consecutively until your cursor reaches the
24. Help Menu is available at which button? desired place
(1) End (2) Start (2) set tabs or use the Table menu
(3) Turnoff (4) Restart (5) Reboot (3) use Excel
25. The contents of .......... are lost when the computer (4) press the space bar until your cursor reaches the
turns off. desired place
(1) storage (2) input (5) None of these
(3) output (4) memory (5) None of these 36. Files are organised by storing them in
26. When you enter text in a cell in Excel, it also (1) tables
appears in which of the following? (2) databases
(1) Status bar (2) Formula bar (3) folders
(3) Row heading (4) Name box (5) None of these (4) graphs
27. Which elements of a Word document can be (5) diagrams
displayed in colour? 37. When a computer is switched on, the booting
(1) Only graphics (2) Only text process performs
(3) Only the first word of each line (1) Integrity Test
(4) All elements, but only if you have a colour printer (2) Power-On Self-Test
(5) All elements (3) Correct Functioning Test
28. A workbook is a collection of (4) Reliability Test
(1) Page Setup (2) Buttons (5) Shut-down
(3) Diagrams (4) Charts (5) Worksheets 38. In Word, the feature that automatically detects
29. appear at the bottom of the Excel Window. common errors is called
(1) Sheet tabs (2) Name Box (1) Autocorrect
(3) Formula bar (4) Title bar (5) None of these (2) Autograph
30. EPROM stands for (3) Spelling and Grammar
(1) Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (4) Go to
(2) Electronic Programmable Read-Only Memory (5) Thesaurus
(3) Enterprise Programmable Read- Only Memory 39. A computer system that is old and perhaps not
(4) Extended Programmable Read-Only Memory satisfactory is referred to as a(n)
(5) Electrical Programmable Read-Only Memory (1) Ancient system
31. The technology that stores only the essential (2) Historical system
instructions on a microprocessor chip and thus (3) Age old system
enhances its (4) Legacy system (5) Legal System
speed is referred to as NTS/CSS/CE Aspirants WhatsApp Group
(1) CISC (2) RISC Shared by Sanaullah +923003234123
(3) CD-ROM (4) Wi-Fi (5) MISC 40. Which of the following is not a binary number?
32. Which is not a basic function of a computer? (1) 001
(1) Store data (2)Accept input (2) 101
(3)Process data (4) Copy text (5) Accept and process (3) 202
data (4) 110
33. ASCII is a coding system that provides (5) 011
(1) 256 different characters 41. Which of the following does not store data
(2) 512 different characters permanently?
(3) 1024 different characters (1) ROM (2) RAM
(4) 128 different characters (3) Floppy Disk
(5) 1000 different characters (4) Hard Disk
34. Which part of the computer is directly invoked in (5) None of these
executing the instructions of the computer 42. Which of the following is the smallest storage? .
program? (1) Megabyte
(1) The scanner (2) Gigabyte
(2) The main storage (3) Kilobyte
(3) The secondary storage (4) Terabyte
(4) The printer (5) None of these
(5) The processor 43. Which menu enables the user to choose toolbars?
35. In order to create column data in Word, you need (1) View
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(3) Insert (1) Join cells

(4) Edit (2) Merge cells
(5) Help (3) Merge table
44. By viewing the properties of the local hard disk (4) Join table
of a computer, the user can find out (5) None of these
(1) the amount of space that has been used up and the 52. Which of the following can be used to store a
remaining free space on the disk. large number of files in a small amount of storage
(2) the name of the user viewing the properties of the space?
disk. (1) File adjustment
(3) nothing useful to the user. (2) File copying
(4) the number of programs available in the (3) File reading
computer, (5) None of these (4) File compatibility
45. Pre-defined and built-in formulas in Excel are (5) File compression
known as 53. In a computer, most processing takes place in
(1) Auto sheets (1) Memory
(2) Diagrams (2) RAM
(3) Charts (3) Motherboard
(4) Tables (4) CUP
(5) Functions (5) None of these
46. Which of the following contains permanent data 54. Data is organized in a worksheet as
and gets updated during the processing of (1) charts and diagrams
transactions? (2) rows and columns
(1) Operating System File (3) tables and boxes
(2) Transaction file (4) graphs
(3) Software File (5) None of the above
(4) Master file 55. Which of the following is an example of a binary
(5) Any File number?
47. The keyboard shortcut to centralise the selected (1) 6AH1
text in Word is (2)100101
(1) Ctrl + Esc (3) 005
(2) Ctrl + C (4) ABCD
(3) Alt + C (5)23456
(4) There is no keyboard shortcut for this operation 56. Spell Check will find errors in which of the
(5) Ctrl + E following?
48. Which of the following helps to protect floppy (1) Today is a rainy day
disks from data getting accidentally erased? (2) Today is a rainy a day
(1) Access notch (3) Is a rainy
(2) Write-protect notch (4) Rainy today a day
(3) Entry notch (5) None of the above
(4) Input notch 57. Which of the following is not a storage medium?
(5) None of these (1) Hard disk
49. A modem is connected to (2) Flash drive
(1) a telephone line (3) DVD
(2) a keyboard (4) CD
(3) a printer (5) Keyboard
(4) a monitor 58. In Excel, when the contents and attributes of a
(5) a scanner cell or range of cells have to be erased using the
50. Large transaction processing systems in menu,
automated organisations use the user must
(1) Online processing (1) select the Cells. choose Edit. and select Clear,
(2) Batch Processing then All
(3) Once-a-day Processing (2) select the Cells. and click Delete on the keyboard
(4) End-of-day processing (3) select the Cells. choose Tools. and select Clear.
(5) Once-a-week processing then Formats
51. The operation of combining two cells into a (4) select the Cells. choose Tools. and select Formula
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(5) None of the above (5) Computer goes to sleep mode

59. The computer abbreviation KB usually means 67. In order to choose the font for a sentence in a
(1) Key Block Word document,
(2) Kernel Boot (1) select Font in the Format menu
(3) Kilo Byte (2) select Font in the Edit menu
(4) Kit Bit (3) select Font in the Tools menu
(5) None of these (4) select Font in the Insert menu
60. If an Excel Worksheet is to be linked for use in a (5) None of the above
Powerpoint presentation, the following should be 68. The ALU performs .......... operations.
clicked (1) logarithm-based
(1) Edit, Paste Special (2) ASCII
(2) Edit, Paste (3) algorithm-based
3) Edit, Copy (4) arithmetic
(4) File, Copy (5) None of the above (5) None of the above
61. RAM stands for 69. Excel is a program that is used to prepare a
(1) Random Access Memory (1) Database
(2) Ready Application Module (2) Text Document
(3) Read Access Memory (3) Spreadsheet
(4) Remote Access Machine (4) Slide Presentation
(5) None of the above (5) None of the above
62. Which of the following is the hardware and not
the software? UNIT 4
(1) Excel 1. Which of the following is a part of the Central
(2) Printer driver Processing Unit?
(3) Operating system a. Printer
(4) Powerpoint b. Key board c. Mouse
(5) Control Unit d. Arithmetic & Logic unit
63. In Word, which menu would the user select to e. None of these
print a document? 2. CAD stands for
(1) Tools a. Computer aided design
(2) File b. Computer algorithm for design
(3) View c. Computer application in design d. All of the above
(4) Wind0Vob e. None of these
(5) None of these 3. Which of the following printer cannot print
64. Which of the following is not true about graphics?
computer files? a. Ink-jet
(1) They are collections of data saved to a Storage b. Daisy Wheel c. Laser
medium d. Dot-matrix
(2) Every file has a filename e. None of these
(3) A file extension is established by the user to 4. A program written in machine language is called?
indicate the date it was created a. Assembler
(4) Usually files contain data b. Object
(5) None of the above c. Computer
65. The common name for a modulator-demodulator d. Machine
is e. None of these
(1) Modem 5. The father of Modern Computer is
(2) Joiner a. Charles Babbage
(3) Networker b. Von-nuumann
(4) Connector c. Danies Ritchel
(5) Demod d. Blaise Pascal
66. What do you see when you click the right mouse e. None of these
button? 6. The Word FTP stands for
(1) The same effect as the left click a. File Translate Protocol
(2) A special menu b. File Transit Protocol
(3) No effect c. File Transfer protocol
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e. None of these d. it depends on the amount of memory on the

7. The lowest form of Computer language is called computer
a. BASIC e. It depends on the speed of the computer‘s
b. FORTRAN processor
c. Machine Language 16. A collection of program that controls how your
d. COBOL computer system runs and
e. None of these processes information is called
8. Best Quality graphics is produced by a. Operating System
a. Dot Matix b. Computer
b. Laser Printer c. Office
c. Inkjet Printer d. Compiler
d. Plotter e. Interpreter
e. None of these 17. Computer connected to a LAN (Local Area
9. Memory which forgets everything when you Network) can
switch off the power is known as a. run faster
a. Corrupted b. go on line
b. Volatile c. share information and /or share peripheral
c. Non-Volatile equipment
d. Non-Corrupted d. E-mail
e.None of these e. None of these
10.The linking of computers with a communication 18. Information travels between components on the
system is called mother board through
a. Networking a. Flash memory
b. Pairing b. CMOS
c. Interlocking c. Bays
d. Assembling d. Buses
e. Sharing e. Peripherals
11.The 16 bit Microprocessor means that it has 19. How are data organized in a spreadsheet?
a. 16 address lines a. Lines & spaces
b. 16 Buses b. Layers & Planes
c. 16 Data lines c. Height & Width
d. 16 routes d. Rows & Columns
e. None of these e. None
12. Data going into the computer is called 20. The blinking symbol on the computer screen is
a. Output called the
b. algorithm a. mouse
c. Input b. logo
d. Calculations c. hand
e. flow chart d. palm
13. Which of the following refers to a small, single- e. cursor
site network? 21. A fault in a computer program which prevents it
a. LAN from working correctly is
b. DSL known as
c. RAM a.B oot
d. USB b Bug
e. CPU c Biff
14. Microsoft Office is d. Strap e. None of these
a. Shareware 22. A self replicating program, similar to a virus
b.Public domain software which was taken from a 1970s
c. Open-sourse software science fiction novel by John Bruner entitled the
d. A vertical market application Shockwave Rider is
e. An application suite a. Bug
15. How many options does a BINARY choice offer b. Vice
a. None of these c. Lice
b. One d. Worm
c. Two e. None of these

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23. A states. is a bi-stable electronic circuit that has c. Inheritance

a. Multivibrator d. Linking
b. Flip-flop e. None of these
c. Logic gates 33.COBOL is widely used in application s
d. laten a. Commercial
e. None of these b. Scientific
24. Unwanted repetitious messages, such as c. Space
unsolicited bulk e-mail is known d. Mathematical
as e. None of these
a. Spam 34. RAM stands for
b. Trash a. Random origin money
c. Calibri b. Random only memory
d. Courier c. Read only memory
e. None of these d. Random access memory
25.DOS stands for e. None of these
a. Disk Operating System 35. 1 Byte = ?
b. Disk operating session a. 8 bits
c. Digital Operating System b. 4 bits
d. Digital Open system c. 2 bits
e. None of these d. 9 bits
26. Who is the chief of Miocrosoft e. None of the above
a. Babbage 36. SMPS stands for
b. Bill Gates a. Switched mode Power Supply
c. Bill Clinton d. Bush b. Start mode power supply
e. None of these c. Store mode power supply
27. Which of the following are input devices. d. Single mode power supply
a. Keyboard b. Mouse e. None of these
c. Card reader d. Scanner 37. The device used to carry digital data on analog
e. All of these lines is called as
28. Examples of output devices are a. Modem
a. Screen b. Multiplexer
b. Printer c. Modulator
c. Speaker d. Demodulator
d. All of these e. None of these
e. None of these 38. VDU is also called
29. Which of the following is also known as brain of a. Screen
computer b. Monitor
a. Control unit c. Both 1 & 2
b. Central Processing unit d. printer
c. Arithmetic and language unit e. None of these
d. Monitor 39. BIOS stands for
e. None of these a. Basic Input Output system
30. IBM stands for b. Binary Input output system
a. Internal Business Management c. Basic Input Off system
b. International Business Management d. all the above
c. International Business Machines e. None of these
d. Internal Business Machines e. None of these 40. Father of ‗C‘ programming language
31. translates and executes program at run time line a. Dennis Ritchie
by line b. Prof Jhon Kemeny c. Thomas Kurtz
a. Compiler d. Bill Gates
b. Interpreter c. Linker e. None of these
d. Loader ANSWERS
e. None of these ----------------------------------------------------------------
32. is an OOP principle --------------------------------------------
a. Structured programming 1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (d)
b. Procedural programming 9. (b) 10. (a)11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (e) 15. (c)

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16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20. (e)21. (b) 22. (d) 1) F5
23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (a) 26. (b) 27. (e) 28. (d) 29. (b) 2) F6
30. (c) 31. (b) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (d) 35. (a) 3) F9
36. (a) 37. (a) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (a) 4) F12
5) None of these
UNIT 5 9............. is the combination of keys to switch
1.The instructions that tell a computer how to carry between the last four places that you have edited
out the processing tasks are referred to as computer 1) ALT + CTRL + Z
......... 2) ALT + CTRL + Y
1) programs 3) ALT + TAB + Z
2) processors 4) ALT + SHIFT + Z
3) input devices 5) None of these
4) memory modules 10............. is the Keyboard shortcut key to insert auto
5) None of these sum
2.An area of a computer that temporarily holds data 1) ALT
waiting to be processed is.......... 2) ALT=
1) CPU 3) ALT+
2) Memory 4) ALT–
3) Storage 5) ALT+CTRL
4) File 11.Data becomes ................ when it is presented in a
5) None of these format that people can understand and use
3.To select or unselect one word to the right 1) processed
1) CTRL + SHIFT 2) graphs
2) CTRL + SHIFT + UP Arrow 3) information
3) CTRL + SHIFT + Down Arrow 4) presentation
4) CTRL + SHIFT + Right Arrow 5) None of these
5) None of these 12.The term ............. designates equipment that
4.To maximize or restore a selected window might be added to a computer system to enhance its
1) CTRL + F7 functionality.
2) CTRL + F10 1) digital device
3) CTRL + F8 2) system add-on
4) CTRL + F9 3) disk pack
5) None of these 4) peripheral device
5.To Copy a picture of the selected window to the 5) None of these
clipboard 13.A ............ is a microprocessor - based computing
1) ALT + TAB device.
2) Ctrl + TAB 1) personal computer
3) ALT + Print Screen 2) mainframe
4) Both (1) and (2) 3) workstation
5) None of these 4) server
6........... is the key to close a selected drop - down 5) None of these
list; cancel a comm-and and close a dialog box. 14.RAM can be thought of as the ......... for the
1) TAB computer's processor
2) SHIFT 1) factory
3) ESC 2) operating room
4) F10 3) waiting room
5) None of these 4) planning room
5) None of these
7.......... is the key we use to run the selected 15.Which of the following are the functions of a
command. operating system
1) SHIFT 1) Allocates resources
2) TAB 2) Monitors Activities
3) ENTER 3) Manages disks and files
4) CTRL 4) All of the above
5) None of these 5) Only 1 and 2
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16.To move a copy of file from one computer to 24.You use a(n) ....., such as a keyboard or mouse, to
another over a communication channel is called ? input information
1) File transfer 1) output device
2) File encryption 2) input device
3) File modification 3) storage device
4) File copying 4) processing device
5) None of these 5) None of these
17.The primary function of the ............ is to set up 25............. is the ability of a device to "jump" directly
the hardware and load and start an operating system to the requested data
1) System Programs 1) Sequential access
2) BIOS 2) Random access
3) CP 3) Quick access
4) Memory 4) All of the above
5) None of these 5) None of these
18.What kind of memory is both static and non - 26............. provides process and memory
volatile ? management services that allow two or more tasks,
1) RAM jobs, or
2) ROM programs to run simultaneously
3) BIOS 1) Multitasking
4) CACHE 2) Multithreading
5) None of these 3) Multiprocessing
19........... is computer software designed to operate 4) Multicoputing
the computer hardware and to provide platform for 5) None of these
running application software 27.The task of performing operations like arithmetic
1) Application software and logical operations is called ......
2) System software 1) Processing
3) Software 2) Storing
4) Operating system 3) Editing
5) None of these 4) Sorting 5) None of these
20.The ......... is the amount of data that a storage 28.The ALU and Control Unit jointly known as
device can move from the storage medium to the 1) RAM
Computer per second 2) ROM
1) data migration rate 2) data digitizing rate 3) CPU
3) data transfer rate 4) data access rate 4) PC
5) None of these 5) None of these
21.A device, which is not connected to CPU, is called 29. RAM is an example of
as ....... 1) Secondary memory
1) land-line device 2) Primary memory
2) On-line device 3) Main memory
3) Off-line device 4) Both (1) and (2)
4) Device 5) None of these
5) None of the above 30.Magnetic disk is an example of
22.What is the other name for programmed chip? 1) Secondary memory
1) RAM 2) Primary memory
2) ROM 3) Main memory
3) LSIC 4) Both (1) and (2)
4) PROM 5) None of these
5) None of these 31. Which one of the following is NOT a computer
23.On-line real time systems become popular in language /
........... generation 1) MS-Excel
1) First Generation 2) BASIC
2) Second Generation 3) COBOL
3) Third Generation 4) C++
4) Fourth Generation 5) None of these
5) None of these 32.Each memory cell has a unique number, assigned
to it is called as the....... of the cell

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1) Address 3) floppy disk drives

2) Register 4) CD drives
3) Number 5) Pen drives
4) Path 41.The CPU and memory are located on the :
5) None of these 1) expansion board
33.RAM is also called as 2) motherboard
1) Read / Write Memory 3) storage device
2) Long Memory 4) output device
3) Permanent Memory 5) display board
4) Primary Memory 42............... is the science that attempts to produce
5) None of these machines that display the same type of intelligence
34. ............ Store data or information temporarily and that humans do
pass it on as directed by the control unit 1) Nanoscience
1) Address 2) Nanotechnology
2) Register 3) Simulation
3) Number 4) Artificial intelligence (Al)
4) Memory 5) None of these
5) None of these 43.Servers are computers that provide resources to
35.Select the Odd one other computers connected to a :
1) Operating system 1) networked
2) Interpreter 2) mainframe
3) Compiler 3) supercomputer
4) Assembler 4) client
5) None of these 5) internet
36.A ............ is an additional set of commands that 44.When creating a computer program, the .........
the computer displays after you make a selection designs the structure of the program
from the main menu 1) End user
1) dialog box 2) System Analyst
2) submenu 3) Programmer
3) menu selection 4) All of the above
4) All of the above 5) None of these
5) None of these 45.A computer program that converts an entire
37.COBOL is an acronym for ............. program into machine language at one time is called
1) Common Business Oriented Language a/ an
2) Computer Business Oriented Language 1) interpreter
3) Common Business Operated Language 2) simulator
4) Common Business Organized Language 3) characters
5) None of these 4) numbers
38.All of the following are examples of real security 5) None of these
and privacy risks EXCEPT 46.Computers process data into information by
1) hackers working exclusively with :
2) Spam 1) multimedia
3) viruses 2) words
4) identity theft 3) characters
5) None of these 4) numbers
39.Which of the following is NOT one of the four 5) None of these
major data processing functions of a computer? 47.The difference between people with access to
1) gathering data computers and the Internet and those without this
2) processing data into information access is
3) analyzing the data or information known as the :
4) storing the data or information 1) digital divide
5) None of these 2) Internet divide
40.All of the following are examples of storage 3) Web divide
devices EXCEPT : 4) broadband divide
1) hard disk drives 5) None of these
2) printers

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48. Computers manipulate data in many ways, and 1) System virus

this manipulation is called...... 2) Trojan horse virus
1) upgrading 3) File virus
2) processing 4) Macro virus
3) batching 5) None of these
4) utilizing 5) None of these 4. A result of a computer virus cannot lead to...
49.The ability to recover and read deleted or 1) Disk Crash
damaged files from a criminal's computer is an 2) Mother Board Crash
example of a law 3) Corruption o f program
enforcement speciality called: 4) Deletion of files
1) robotics 5) None of these
2) simulation 5. Every computer connected to an intranet or
3) computer forensics extranet must have a distinct...
4) animation 1) Firewall
5) None of these 2) Proxy server
50.Where does most data go first with in a computer 3) IP address
memory hierarchy ? 4) Domain name
1) RAM 5) None of these
2) ROM 6. Programming language built into user programs
3) BIOS such as Word and Excel are known as...
4) CACHE 1) 4GLs
5) None of these 2) Macro languages
Answers 3) object-oriented languages
No Ans No Ans No Ans No Ans No Ans 4) Visual programming languages
1 1 11 3 21 3 31 1 41 2 5) None of these
2 2 12 4 22 2 32 1 42 4 7. Firewalls are used to protect against...
3 4 13 1 23 3 33 1 43 2 1) Unauthorized Attacks
4 2 14 3 24 2 34 2 44 2 2) Virus Attacks
5 3 15 4 25 2 35 1 45 3 3) Data Driven Attacks
6 3 16 1 26 1 36 1 46 4 4) Fire Attacks
7 3 17 2 27 1 37 1 47 1 5) None of these
8 4 18 2 28 3 38 2 48 2 8. Which of the following extensions suggest that the
9 1 19 2 29 2 39 3 49 3 file is a backup copy?
10 2 20 3 30 1 40 2 50 1 1) Bak
34) 2 35) 1 36) 1 37) 1 38) 2 2) Bas
3) Com
UNIT 6 4) Txt
1. Which command divides the surface of the blank 5) None of these
disk into sectors and assign a unique 9. Computer programs are written in a high - level
address to each one programming language; however, the
1) Ver human readable version of a program is called...
2) Format 1) Cache
3) Fat 2) Instruction set
4) Check disk 3) Source code
5) None of these 4) Word size
2. If you need to duplicate the entire disk, which 5) None of these
command will you use? 10. The software tools that enable a user to interact
1) Copy with a computer for specific purposes are
2) Disk copy known as...
3) Chkdsk 1) Hardware
4) Format 2) Networked Software
5) None of these 3) Shareware
3. A............. sometimes called a boot sector virus, 4) Applications
executes when a computer boots up 5) None of these
because it resides in the boot sector of a floppy disk 11...............processing is used when a large mail-
or the master boot record of a hard disk order company accumulates orders and

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processes them together in one large set 3) Magnetic tape

1) Batch 4) Optical disk
2) Online 5) None of these
3) Real-time 20. In word processing, an efficient way to move the
4) Group 3rd paragraph to place it after
5) None of these the 5th paragraph is...
12. When a file contains instructions that can be 1) Copy and paste 2) Copy, cut and paste
carried out by the computer, it is often 3) Cut, copy and paste 4) Cut and paste
called a (n) ... file 5) None of these
1) Data 21. Hardware includes..........
2) Information 1) All devices used to input data into a computer
3) Executable 2) Sets of instructions that a computer runs or
4) Application executes
5) None of these 3) The computer and all the devices connected to it
13. A complier translates a program written in a high that are used to input and output data
- level language into... 4) All devices involved in processing information
1) Machine language 2) An algorithm including the central processing unit, memory
3) A debugged program 4) Java 5) None of these and storage
14. A set of step - by - step procedures for 5) None of these
accomplishing a task is known as a (n)... 22. The quickest and easiest way in Word, to locate a
1) Algorithm particular word or phrase in a document
2) Hardware program is to use the ... command
3) Software bug 1) Replace
4) Firmware program 2) Find
5) None of these 3) Lookup
15. A complete electronic circuit with transistors and 4) Search
other electronic components on a small 5) None of these
silicon chip is called a (n)... 23. The term 'user interface' refers to............
1) Workstation 1) What the user sees on the screen and how they can
2) CPU interact with it
3) Magnetic disk 2) How the operating system responds to user
4) Integrated circuit commands
5) None of these 3) The means by which the user interacts with the
16. A saved document is referred to as a... peripheral devices on the computer
1) File 4) The monitor that is available for the computer
2) Word 5) None of these
3) Folder 24. For creating a document, you use... command at
4) Project File Menu.
5) None of these 1) Open
17. What is output? 2) Close
1) What the processor takes from the user 3) New
2) What the user gives to the processor 4) Save
3) What the processor gets from the user 5) None of these
4) What the processor gives to the user 25. The.............. Becomes different shapes depending
5) None of these on the task you are performing
18. When you turn on the computer, the boot routine 1) Active tab
will perform this test... 2) Insertion point
1) RAM test 3) Mouse pointer
2) Disk drive test 4) Ribbon
3) Memory test 5) None of these
4) Power - on self-test 26. Specilizd programs that assist users in locating
5) None of these information on the Web are called....
19. Which of the following storage media provides 1) Information engines
sequential access only? 2) Search engines
1) Floppy disk 3) Web browsers
2) Magnetic disk 4) Resource locators

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5) None of these 35.A ... is a device that not only provides surge
27. The background of any Word document... protection, but also furnishes your computer
1) Is always white colour with battery backup power during a power outage
2) Is the colour you presect under the Options menu 1) Surge strip
3) Is always the same for the entire document 2) USB
4) Can have any colour you choose 5) None of these 3) UPS
28.Correcting errors in a program is referred to as ... 4) Battery strip
1) Debugging 5) None of these
2) Bugging 36.The term ............. designates equipment that
3) Rectifying might be added to a computer system to
4) Modifying enhance, its functionality
5) None of these 1) Digital device
29.Any letter, number, or symbol found on the 2) System add-on
keyboard that you could type into the computer 3) Disk pack
.......... 4) Peripheral device
1) Output 5) None of these
2) Character 37........... this is the act of copying or downloading a
3) Type program from a network and making
4) Print multiple copies of it.
5) Font 1) Network piracy
30.A symbol or question on the screen that prompts 2) Plagiarism
you to take action and tell the computer 3) Software piracy
what to do next ... 4) Site-license piracy
1) Scanner 5) None of these
2) Questionnaire 38.When installing ..., the user must copy and usually
3) Prompt and dialog box decompress program files from a CDROM
4) Information seeker or other medium to the hard disk
5) None of these 1) Programming software
31.Commands at the top of a screen such as FILE- 2) System hardware
EDIT-FONT-TOOLS to operate and change 3) Applications hardware
things within programs ... 4) Applications software
1) Menu bar 5) None of these
2) Tool bar 39.Which one of the following would be considered
3) User friendly as a way that a computer virus can enter a
4) Word processor computer system ?
5) None of these 1) Opening an application previously installed on the
32.The primary device that a computer uses to store computer
information ... 2) Borrowed an illegal copy of software
1) Monitor 3) Viewing a website without causing any additional
2) Memory transactions
3) Disk 4) Running antivirus programs
4) Hard drive 5) None of these
5) None of these 40.Programs such as Mozilla Firefox that serve as
33.A file extension is separated from the main file navigable windows into the Web are called
name with a(n)..., but no spaces ..........
1) Question nark 1) Hypertext
2) Exclamation mark 2) Networks
3) Underscore 3) Internet
4) Period 4) Web browsers
5) None of these 5) None of these
34.Application software is designed to accomplish ... 41.What is the main difference between a mainframe
1) Real -world tasks and a super computer ?
2) computer-centric tasks 1) Super computer is much larger than mainframe
3) Gaming tasks computers
4) Operating system tasks 2) Super computers are much smaller than mainframe
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3) Supercomputers are focused to execute few 1) Scandisk

programs as fast as possible while mainframe 2) Diskcomp
uses its power to execute as many programs 3) Chkdsak
concurrently 4) Defrag
4) Supercomputers are focused to execute as many 5) None of these
programs as possible while mainframe uses Answers
its power to execute few programs as fast as possible No Ans No Ans No Ans No Ans No Ans
5) None of these 1 2 11 1 21 4 31 1 41 3
42.What is the function of Recycle Bin ? 2 2 12 3 22 2 32 4 42 1
1) Store deleted file 3 5 13 1 23 1 33 5 43 4
2) Store temporary file 4 2 14 1 24 3 34 4 44 2
3) Store corrupted file 5 2 15 4 25 3 35 3 45 4
4) Store Document file 6 4 16 1 26 2 36 4 46 4
5) None of these 7 1 17 4 27 4 37 3 47 1
43.Which is the latest version of MS Office ? 8 1 18 2 28 1 38 1 48 1
1) Office XP 9 3 19 2 29 2 39 2 49 2
2) Windows XP 10 4 20 4 30 3 40 4 50 4
3) Office 2007
4) Office 2010 UNIT 7
5) None of these 1. Who is called as ‗‗Father of Computers‘‘?
44.Which device cannot be shared in network ? (A) Charles Babage
1) Floppy (B) Blaise Pascal
2) Keyword (C) Hollirth
3) Computer (D) All of these
4) Printer (E) None of these
5) None of these 2. The first Digital Computer introduced, was named
45.What is the purpose of query ? as :
1) Input data (A) Univac
2) Output data (B) Mark-I
3) Sort & filter (C) Eniac
4) All of above (D) All of these
5) None of these (E) None of these
46.Which port doesn't exist in computer ? 3. How many generations, computer can be
1) USB 2) Parallel classified?
3) Com1 / Com2 4) RAW 5) None of these (A) 4
47.What is the name of excel files ? (B) 5
1) Workbook (C) 3
2) Worksheet (D) 6
3) Spreadsheet (E) None of these
4) Spread book 4. First Generation Computers contain :
5) None of these (A) Transistors
48.Workgroup means (B) Vacuum Tubes
1) Computers in network (C) LSI
2) Individual user (D) VLSI
3) Individual computer (E) None of these
4) All of the above 5. II Generation Computers are made of :
5) None of these (A) Vacuum Tubes
49.Synonym can be reviewed with (B) Transistors
1) Spelling and grammar (C) LSI
2) Thesaurus (D) VLSI
3) Both (E) None of these
4) Synonym viewer 6. IV Generation Computers contain :
5) None of these (A) LSI
50. Which command allows you to reduce fragments (B) Vacuum Tubes
of file and optimize the performance of (C) All Technology
disk ? (D) Transistors

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(E) None of these (B) Microcomputer

7. Vth Generation Computers are based on: (C) Minicomputer
(A) Artificial Intelligence (D) Both (B) & (C)
(B) Programming Intelligence (E) None of these
(C) System Knowledge 16. PARAM is an example of: (A) Super computer
(D) All of these (B) PC
(E) None of these (C) Laptop
8. Computers, combine both measuring and counting, (D) PDA
are called : (E) None of these
(A) Analog 17. Who developed the ‗analytical engine‘?
(B) Digital (A) Jacquard loom
(C) Hybrid (B) Charles Babbage
(D) All of these (C) Shannon
(E) None of these (D) IBM
9. In world today, most of the computers are : (E) None of these
(A) Digital 18. ENIAC stands for :
(B) Hybrid (A) Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator
(C) Analog (B) Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
(D) Complex (C) Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
(E) None of these (D) Electronic Number Integrator and Calculator
10. In any computer installation, how many elements (E) None of these
consists. 19. First Generation of computer was based on which
(A) 2 technology?
(B) 4 (A) Transistor
(C) 3 (B) Vacuum Tube
(D) 1 (C) LSI
(E) None of these (D) VLSI
11. Physical structure of computer is called : (E) None of these
(A) Software 20. Microprocessor was introduced in which
(B) Hardware generation of computer?
(C) Human ware (A) Second Generation
(D) All of these (B) Fourth Generation
(E) None of these (C) Both (A) & (B)
12. A computer can perform, which of the following (D) Third Generation
tasks? (E) All of the above
(A) Computation 21. GUI stands for :
(B) Communication (A) Graphical User Interface
(C) Processing (B) Graph Use Interface
(D) All of these (C) Graphical Universal Interface (D) None of these
(E) None of these 22. The time taken by CPU to retrieve and interpret
13. CPU stands for : the instruction to be executed is called
(A) Computer Processing Unit as:
(B) Central Processing Unit (A) Instruction cycle
(C) Both (A) & (B) (B) Fetch cycle
(D) Communication Processing Unit (C) Both (A) & (B)
(E) None of these (D) All of these
14. In which type of computer, data are represented (E) None of these
as discrete signals. 23. Which of the following is responsible for all
(A) Analog computer types of calculations?
(B) Digital computer (A) ALU
(C) both (B) Control Unit
(D) Digilog Computer (C) Registers
(E) None of these (D) BUS
15. Which of the following is available in the form of (E) None of these
a PC now? 24. Internal memory in a CPU is nothing but :
(A) Mainframe (A) A set of registers

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(B) A set of ALU C. spoofing.

(C) Microprocessor D. hacking.
(D) BUS Answer: C Reference: Theft by Computer
(E) None of these 6. Collecting personal information and effectively
25. Which of the following is permanent memory? posing as another individual is known as the crime
(A) SRAM of:
(B) DRAM (C) ROM A. spooling.
(D) All of these B. identity theft.
(E) None of these C. spoofing.
Answers D. hacking.
No Ans No Ans No Ans Answer: B
1 A 11 B 21 A 7. Malicious software is known as:
2 B 12 D 22 A A. badware.
3 B 13 B 23 A B. malware.
4 B 14 B 24 A C. maliciousware.
5 B 15 B 25 C D. illegalware.
6 A 16 A Answer: B
7 A 17 B 8. A program that performs a useful task while
8 C 18 B simultaneously allowing destructive acts is a:
9 A 19 B A. worm.
10 C 20 B B. Trojan horse.
C. virus.
UNIT 8 D. macro virus.
1. In a survey of more than 500 companies and Answer: B Moderate
government agencies, percent detected 9. An intentionally disruptive program that spreads
computer security breaches. from program to program or from disk to disk is
A. 20 known as a:
B. 75 A. Trojan horse.
C. 85 B. virus.
D. 99 C. time bomb.
Answer: C D. time-related bomb sequence.
2. The survey showed that these businesses lost more Answer: B
than due to security breaches. 10. In 1999, the Melissa virus was a widely
A. $100,000 each publicized:
B. $377 million A. e-mail virus.
C. five employees each B. macro virus.
D. $1 million C. Trojan horse.
Answer: B D. Time bomb.
3. The typical computer criminal is a(n): Answer: A
A. young hacker. 11. What type of virus uses computer hosts to
B. trusted employee with no criminal record. reproduce itself?
C. trusted employee with a long, but unknown A. Time bomb
criminal record. B. Worm
D. overseas young cracker. C. Melissa virus
Answer: B D. Macro virus
4. The majority of computer crimes are committed Answer: B
by: 12. The thing that eventually terminates a worm virus
A. hackers. is a lack of:
B. insiders. A. memory or disk space.
C. overseas criminals. B. time.
D. young teenage computer geniuses. C. CD drive space.
Answer: B D. CD-RW.
5. The common name for the crime of stealing Answer: A
passwords is: 13. When a logic bomb is activated by a time-related
A. spooling. event, it is known as a:
B. identity theft. A. time-related bomb sequence.

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B. virus. Answer: A
C. time bomb. 21. What is the most common tool used to restrict
D. Trojan horse. access to a computer system?
Answer: C A. User logins
14. A logic bomb that was created to erupt on B. Passwords
Michelangelo‘s birthday is an example of a: C. Computer keys
A. time-related bomb sequence. D. Access-control software
B. virus. Answer: B
C. time bomb. 22. The most common passwords in the U.S. or
D. Trojan horse. Britain include all EXCEPT:
Answer: C A. love.
15. What is the name of an application program that B. Fred.
gathers user information and sends it to C. God.
someone through the Internet? D. 123.
A. A virus Answer: D
B. Spybot 23. Hardware or software designed to guard against
C. Logic bomb unauthorized access to a computer network is
D. Security patch known as a(n):
Answer: B A. hacker-proof program.
16. Standardization of Microsoft programs and the B. firewall.
Windows operating system has made the spread of C. hacker-resistant server.
viruses: D. encryption safe wall.
A. more complicated. Answer: B
B. more difficult. 24. The scrambling of code is known as:
C. easier. A. encryption.
D. slower. B. a firewall.
Answer: C C. scrambling.
17. HTML viruses infect: D. password proofing.
A. your computer. Answer: A
B. a Web page in the HTML code. 25. If you want to secure a message, use a(n):
C. both a Web page and the computer that is viewing A. cryptology source.
it. B. encryption key.
D. No C. encryption software package.
Answer: B D. cryptosystem.
18. Software programs that close potential security Answer: D Reference: How It Works: 10.2
breaches in an operating system are known as: Cryptography
A. security breach fixes. 26. To prevent the loss of data during power failures,
B. refresh patches. use a(n):
C. security repairs. A. encryption program.
D. security patches. B. surge protector.
Answer: D C. firewall.
19. When customers of a Web site are unable to D. UPS.
access it due to a bombardment of fake traffic, it is Answer: D
known as: 27. A(n) can shield electronic equipment from power
A. a virus. spikes.
B. a Trojan horse. A. encryption program
C. cracking. B. surge protector
D. a denial of service attack. C. firewall
Answer: D D. UPS
NTS/CSS/CE Aspirants WhatsApp Group Answer: B
Shared by Sanaullah +923003234123 28. All of these are suggestions for safe computing
20. is the measurement of things such as fingerprints EXCEPT:
and retinal scans used for security A. don‘t borrow disks from other people.
access. B. open all e-mail messages but open them slowly.
A. Biometrics B. Biomeasurement C. download shareware and freeware with caution.
C. Computer security D. Smart weapon machinery D. disinfect your system.

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Answer: B Answer: forensics Reference: Online Outlaws:

29. Freeware encrypts data. Computer Crime Difficulty: Challenging
A. encryption 37. Computer often goes unreported because
B. firewall software businesses fear negative publicity.
C. PGP Answer: crime
D. private and public keys 38. connections are the most frequent point of attack
Answer: C for Internet commerce.
30. is defined as any crime completed through the use Answer: Internet
of computer technology. 39. is the most common form of computer crime.
A. Computer forensics Answer: Theft
B. Computer crime 40. A survey by eMarketer.com found that are the
C. Hacking most often cited online fraud cases.
D. Cracking Answer: online auctions Reference: Identity Theft
Answer: B 41. Theft of computers is most common for PDAs
31. Most computer systems rely solely on for and computers.
authentication. Answer: notebook
A. logins 42. When you use a disk in several different
B. passwords computers within the same day, you are taking the
C. encryption chance of contracting a(n) .
D. lock and key Answer: virus Reference: Viruses Difficulty: Easy
Answer: B 43. A(n) attaches itself to documents that contain
32. Creating strong computer security to prevent embedded programs that automate
computer crime usually simultaneously helps tasks.
protect : Answer: macro virus
A. privacy rights. 44. Both viruses and use computer hosts to replicate.
B. personal ethics. Answer: worms
C. the number of cookies downloaded to your 45. programs search for and eliminate
personal computer. viruses.Answer: Antivirus
D. personal space. 46. A security patch is a software program that closes
Answer: A possible security breaches in the operating
33. Over was spent by businesses and government to system. The cost to the consumer is .
repair problems in regard to Y2K. Answer: nothing or free
A. 20 million dollars 47. was once the word used for malicious computer
B. 100 million dollars wizardry.
C. 1 billion dollars Answer: Hackers or hacking
D. 100 billion dollars 48. refers to electronic trespassing or criminal
Answer: D hacking.
34. What is a complex system that takes on nearly Answer: Cracking
complete responsibility for a task eliminating the 49. DoS stands for .
need for people, verification, or decision-making? Answer: denial of service
A. Autonomous system 50. DDoS stands for .
B. Missile defense auto-system Answer: distributed denial of service
C. Smart weapon 51. hijack Web pages and redirect users to other sites.
D. Independent system Answer: Webjackers
Answer: D 52. software monitors and records computer
35. Security procedures can: transactions.
A. will eliminate all computer security risk. Answer: Audit-control
B. reduce but not eliminate risks. 53. Each individual who uses a public key
C. are prohibitively expensive. cryptosystem has keys.
D. are inaccessible for the average home user. Answer: two Reference: How It Works: 10.2
Answer: B Cryptography
Fill in the Blank: 54. PGP stands for .
36. The field of computer uses special software to Answer: Pretty Good Privacy
scan hard drives of potential criminal 55. Mostoperating systems, including Windows XP,
suspects. assign each user a unique .
Answer: user identifier or user ID

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56. It should now be common knowledge that users 9. BIOS stands for
should not open from e-mail recipients that 1) Basic Input Output system
the user does notknow. 2) Binary Input output system
Answer: attachments 3) Basic Input Off system
4) all the above
UNIT 9 5) None
1. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ translates and executes 10. Father of ‘C’ programming language
program at run time line by line 1) Dennis Ritchie
1) Compiler 2) Prof Jhon Kemeny
2) Interpreter 3) Thomas Kurtz 4) Bill Gates
3) Linker 5) None
4) Loader 11. The 16 bit Microprocessor means that it has
5) None 1) 16 address lines
2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is an OOP principle 2) 16 Buses
1) Structured programming 3) 16 Data lines
2) Procedural programming 4) 16 routes
3) Inheritance 5) None
4) Linking 12. Data going into the computer is called
5) None 1) Output
3. COBOL is widely used in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2) algorithm
applications 3) Input
1) Commercial 4) Calculations
2) Scientific 5) flow chart
3) Space 13. Which of the following refers to a small, single-
4) Mathematical site network?
5) None 1) LAN
4. RAM stands for 2) DSL
1) Random origin money 3) RAM
2) Random only memory 4) USB
3) Read only memory 5) CPU
4) Random access memory 14. Microsoft Office is
5) None 1) Shareware
5. 1 Byte = ? 2)Public domain software
1) 8 bits 3) Open-source software
2) 4 bits 4) A vertical market application
3) 2 bits 5) An application suite
4) 9 bits 15. How many options does a BINARY choice
5) None offer
6. SMPS stands for 1) None
1) Switched mode power supply 2) One
2) Start mode power supply 3) Two
3) Store mode power supply 4) it depends on the amount of memory on the
4) Single mode power supply computer
5) None 5) It depends on the speed of the computer‘s
7. The device used to carry digital data on analog processor
lines is called as 16. A collection of program that controls how your
1) Modem computer system runs and processes
2) Multiplexer information is called
3) Modulator 1) Operating System 2) Computer 3) Office 4)
4) Demodulator 5) None Compiler 5) Interpreter
8. VDU is also called 17. Computer connected to a LAN (Local Area
1) Screen Network) can
2) Monitor 1) run faster 2) go on line
3) Both 1 & 2 3) share information and /or share peripheral
4) printer equipment
5) None 4) E-mail 5) None

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18. Information travels between components on (1) Cookies

the mother board through (2) Plug-ins
1) Flash memory 2) CMOS 3) Bays 4) Buses 5) (3) Scripts
Peripherals (4) ASPs
19. How are data organized in a spreadsheet? (5) None of these
1) Lines & spaces 2) Layers & Planes 3) Height & Ans: (1)
Width
4) Rows & Columns 5) None UNIT 11
20. The blinking symbol on the computer screen is 1. Computer uses the .......... number system to store
called the data and perform calculations.
1) mouse 2) logo 3) hand 4) palm 5) cursor (1) binary
Ans:- (2) octal
01.2 06.1 11.3 16.1 (3) decimal
02.3 07.1 12.3 17.3 (4) hexadecimal
03.1 08.3 13.1 18.3 (5) None of these
04.4 09.1 14.5 19.4 ANSWER: 1
05.1 10.1 15.3 20.5 2. A disk's content that is recorded at the time of
manufacture and that cannot be changed or erased
UNIT 10 by the user is-
1. When you are selecting a mouse for a particular (1) Memory-only
computer system, what is the most important (2) Write-only
consideration? (3) Once-only
(1) The type of drivers that come with the mouse (4) Run-only
(2) The length of the mouse cord (5) Read-only
(3) The type of connector the mouse is equipped with ANSWER: 5
(4) The number of buttons the mouse has 3. Which of the following can be used to select the
(5) None of these entire document?
Ans: (3) (1) CTRL + A
2. How is power supplied to a low-power USB (2) ALT + F5
device? (3) SHIFT + A
(1) Through a power cable (4) CTRL + K
(2) From an external power supply (5) CTRL + H
(3) Directly from the computers power supply ANSWER: 1
(4) Through the USB cable 4. .......... are attempts by individuals to obtain
(5) None of these confidential information from you by falsifying their
Ans: (4) identity.
3. All of the following are basic principles of net (1) Phishing
works, except — (2) Computer viruses
(1) each computer must have a network card (3) Spyware scams
(2) there must be communications media connecting (4) Viruses
the network hardware devices (5) None of the above
(3) there must be at least one connecting device ANSWER: 1
(4) each computer must have software that supports 5. Port number, port description, and number of ports
the movement of information ordered are examples of
(5) None of these (1) control
Ans: (2) (2) output
4. The………….data mining technique derives rules (3) processing
from real-world case examples. (4) feedback
(1) Rule discover (5) input
(2) Signal processing ANSWER: 5
(3) Neural nets NTS/CSS/CE Aspirants WhatsApp Group
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(5) None of these All copyrights belong to their respective owners.
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(1) Home Page 13. A device that connects to a network without the
(2) Browser Page use of cables is said to be-
(3) Search Page (1) distributed
(4) Bookmark (2) free
(5) None of these (3) centralized
ANSWER: 1 (4) open source
7. The simultaneous processing of two or more (5) None of these
programs by multiple processors is- ANSWER:5
(1) multiprogramming 14. A person who used his or her expertise to gain
(2) multitasking access to other people's computers to get
(3) time-sharing information illegally or do damage is a-
(4) multiprocessing (5) None of these (1) hacker
ANSWER: 1 (2) analyst
8. Codes consisting of lines of varying widths or (3) instant messenger
lengths that are computer-readable are known as- (4) programmer
(1) an ASCII code (5) spammer
(2) a magnetic tape ANSWER: 1
(3) an OCR scanner 15. To access properties of an object, the mouse
(4) a bar code technique to use is-
(5) None of these (1) dragging
ANSWER: 4 (2) dropping
9. To instruct Word to fit the width of a column to the (3) right-clicking
contents of a table automatically, click the (4) shift-clicking
..... button and then point to AutoFit Contents. (5) None of these
(1) Fit to Form ANSWER:3
(2) Format 16. To change selected text to all capital letters, click
(3) Autosize the change case button, then click- (1)
(4) Contents UPPERCASE
(5) AutoFit (2) UPPER ALL
ANSWER: 5 (3) CAPS LOCK
10. Why is it unethical to share copyrighted files with (4) Lock Upper
your friends? (5) Large Size
(1) It is not unethical, because it is legal. ANSWER: 1
(2) It is unethical because the files are being given for 17. The basic unit of a worksheet into which you
free. enter data in Excel is called a-
(3) Sharing copyrighted files without permission (1) tab
breaks copyright laws. (2) cell
(4) It is not unethical because the files are being (3) box
given for free. (4) range
(5) It is not unethical-anyone can access a computer (5) None of these
ANSWER: 3 ANSWER: 2
11. Reusable optical storage will typically have the 18. You can keep your personal files / folders in-
acronym- (1) My folder
(1) CD (2) My Documents
(2) DVD (3) My Files
(3) ROM (4) My Text
(4) RW (5) None of these
(5) ROS ANSWER: 2
ANSWER: 4 19. In Word you can force a page break-
12. The most common type of storage devices are- (1) By positioning your cursor at the appropriate
(1) persistent place and pressing the F1 key
(2) optical (2) By positioning your cursor at the appropriate
(3) magnetic place and pressing Ctrl + Enter
(4) flash (3) By using the Insert/Section Break
(5) steel (4) By changing the font size of your document
ANSWER: 2 (5) None of these

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ANSWER: 2 (1) Only graphics

20. A DVD is an example of a(n)- (2) Only text
(1) hard disk (3) Only the first word of each line
(2) optical disc (4) All elements, but only if you have a colour printer
(3) output device (5) All elements
(4) solid-state storage device 28. A workbook is a collection of
(5) None of these (1) Page Setup
ANSWER:2 (2) Buttons
21. The default view in Excel is ......... view. (3) Diagrams
(1) Work (4) Charts
(2) Auto (5) Worksheets
(3) Normal ANSWER:5
(4) Roman 29. appear at the bottom of the Excel Window.
(5) None of these (1) Sheet tabs
ANSWER:3 (2) Name Box
22. The process of transferring files from a computer (3) Formula bar
on the Internet to your computer is called (4) Title bar
(1) downloading (5) None of these
(2) uploading 30. EPROM stands for
(3) FTP (1) Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
(4) JPEG (2) Electronic Programmable Read-Only Memory
(5) downsizing (3) Enterprise Programmable Read-Only Memory
ANSWER: 1 (4) Extended Programmable Read-Only Memory
23. .......... is the process of dividing the disk into (5) Electrical Programmable Read-Only Memory
tracks and sectors. ANSWER: 1
(1) Tracking 31. The technology that stores only the essential
(2) Formatting instructions on a microprocessor chip and thus
(3) Crashing enhances its speed is referred to as
(4) Allotting (1) CISC
(5) None of these (2) RISC
ANSWER:2 3) CD-ROM
24. Help Menu is available at which button? (4) Wi-Fi
(1) End (5) MISC
(2) Start ANSWER: 2
(3) Turnoff 32. Which is not a basic function of a computer?
(4) Restart (1) Store data
(5) Reboot (2)Accept input
ANSWER:2 (3)Process data
25. The contents of .......... are lost when the computer (4) Copy text
turns off. (5) Accept and process data
(1) storage ANSWER: 4
(2) input 33. ASCII is a coding system that provides
(3) output (1) 256 different characters
(4) memory (2) 512 different characters
(5) None of these (3) 1024 different characters
ANSWER: 5 (4) 128 different characters
26. When you enter text in a cell in Excel, it also (5) 1000 different characters
appears in which of the following? ANSWER: 4
(1) Status bar 34. Which part of the computer is directly invoked in
(2) Formula bar executing the instructions of the computer
(3) Row heading program?
(4) Name box (1) The scanner
(5) None of these (2) The main storage
ANSWER:2 (3) The secondary storage
27. Which elements of a Word document can be (4) The printer
displayed in colour? (5) The processor

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ANSWER: 5 ANSWER:2
35. In order to create column data in Word, you need 42. Which of the following is the smallest storage?
to (1) Megabyte
(1) tab consecutively until your cursor reaches the (2) Gigabyte
desired place (3) Kilobyte
(2) set tabs or use the Table menu (4) Terabyte
(3) use Excel (5) None of these
(4) press the space bar until your cursor reaches the ANSWER:5
desired place 43. Which menu enables the user to choose toolbars?
(5) None of these (1) View
ANSWER: 5 (2) Format
36. Files are organised by storing them in (3) Insert
(1) tables (4) Edit
(2) databases (5) Help
(3) folders ANSWER: 1
(4) graphs 44. By viewing the properties of the local hard disk
(5) diagrams of a computer, the user can find out
ANSWER:3 (1) the amount of space that has been used up and the
37. When a computer is switched on, the booting remaining free space on the disk.
process performs (2) the name of the user viewing the properties of the
(1) Integrity Test disk.
(2) Power-On Self-Test (3) nothing useful to the user.
(3) Correct Functioning Test (4) the number of programs available in the
(4) Reliability Test computer,
(5) Shut-down (5) None of these
ANSWER: 2 ANSWER: 1
38. In Word, the feature that automatically detects 45. Pre-defined and built-in formulas in Excel are
common errors is called known as
(1) Autocorrect (1) Autosheets
(2) Autograph (2) Diagrams
(3) Spelling and Grammar (3) Charts
(4) Go to (4) Tables
(5) Thesaurus (5) Functions
ANSWER:1 ANSWER:5
39. A computer system that is old and perhaps not 46. Which of the following contains permanent data
satisfactory is referred to as a(n) and gets updated during the processing of
(1) Ancient system transactions?
(2) Historical system (1) Operating System File
(3) Age old system (2) Transaction file
(4) Legacy system (3) Software File
(5) Legal System (4) Master file
ANSWER: 4 (5) Any File
40. Which of the following is not a binary number? ANSWER:4
(1) 001 47. The keyboard shortcut to centralise the selected
(2) 101 text in Word is
(3) 202 (1) Ctrl + Esc
(4) 110 (2) Ctrl + C
(5) 011 (3) Alt + C
ANSWER:3 (4) There is no keyboard shortcut for this operation
41. Which of the following does not store data (5) Ctrl + E
permanently? ANSWER: 5
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(3) Floppy Disk All copyrights belong to their respective owners.
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48. Which of the following helps to protect floppy (1) 6AH1

disks from data getting accidentally erased? (2) 100101
(1) Access notch (3) 005
(2) Write-protect notch (4) ABCD
(3) Entry notch (5) 23456
(4) Input notch ANSWER:2
(5) None of these 56. Spell Check will find errors in which of the
ANSWER:2 following?
49. A modem is connected to (1) Today is a rainy day
(1) a telephone line (2) Today is a rainy a day
(2) a keyboard (3) Is a rainy
(3) a printer (4) Rainy today a day
(4) a monitor (5) None of the above
(5) a scanner ANSWER:5
ANSWER:1 57. Which of the following is not a storage medium?
50. Large transaction processing systems in (1) Hard disk
automated organisations use (2) Flash drive
(1) Online processing (3) DVD
(2) Batch Processing (4) CD
(3) Once-a-day Processing (5) Keyboard
(4) End-of-day processing ANSWER:5
(5) Once-a-week processing 58. In Excel, when the contents and attributes of a
ANSWER:2 cell or range of cells have to be erased using the
51. The operation of combining two cells into a menu, the user must
single cell in Excel is referred to as (1) select the Cells. choose Edit. and select Clear,
(1) join cells then All
(2) merge cells (2) select the Cells. and click Delete on the keyboard
(3) merge table (3) select the Cells. choose Tools. and select Clear.
(4) join table then Formats
(5) None of these (4) select the Cells. choose Tools. and select Formula
ANSWER:2 Audit. then Delete
52. Which of the following can be used to store a (5) None of the above
large number of files in a small amount of storage ANSWER:1
space? 59. The computer abbreviation KB usually means
(1) File adjustment (1) Key Block
(2) File copying (2) Kernel Boot
(3) File reading (3) Kilo Byte
(4) File compatibility (4) Kit Bit
(5) File compression (5) None of these
ANSWER:5 ANSWER: 3
53. In a computer, most processing takes place in 60. If an Excel Worksheet is to be linked for use in a
(1) memory PowerPoint presentation, the following should
(2) RAM be clicked
(3) motherboard (1) Edit, Paste Special
(4) CPU (2) Edit, Paste
(5) None of these (3) Edit, Copy
ANSWER:4 (4) File, Copy
54. Data is organized in a worksheet as (5) None of the above
(1) charts and diagrams ANSWER: 2
(2) rows and columns 61. RAM stands for
(3) tables and boxes (1) Random Access Memory
(4) graphs (2) Ready Application Module
(5) None of the above (3) Read Access Memory
ANSWER:2 (4) Remote Access Machine
55. Which of the following is an example of a binary (5) None of the above
number? ANSWER: 1

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62. Which of the following is the hardware and not ANSWER:4

the software? . 69. Excel is a program that is used to prepare a
(1) Excel (1) Database
(2) Printer driver (2) Text Document
(3) Operating system (3) Spreadsheet
(4) Powerpoint (4) Slide Presentation
(5) Control Unit (5) None of the above
ANSWER:5 ANSWER:3
63. In Word, which menu would the user select to 70. .......... consists of volatile chips that temporarily
print a document? store data or instructions.
(1) Tools (1) CPU
(2) File (2) ROM
(3) View (3)RMA
(4) Wind0Vob (4) RAM
(5) None of these (5) None of these
ANSWER: 2 ANSWER:4
64. Which of the following is not true about
computer files? UNIT 12
(1) They are collections of data saved to a Storage 1. The Core Banking software used by our bank is
medium called:-
(2) Every file has a filename a. Pinnacle
(3) A file extension is established by the user to b. Finacle
indicate the date it was created c. Flexcube
(4) Usually files contain data d. Solaris
(5) None of the above e. None of the above
ANSWER:5 Ans (C)
65. The common name for a modulator-demodulator 2. The unique number given while opening the
is customer master is called
(1) modem a) Customer number
(2) joiner b) Customer identification Number (Cust –ID)
(3) networker c) Account ID
(4) connector d) PAN No
(5) demod e) None of the above
ANSWER: 1 Ans (B)
66. What do you see when you click the right mouse 3. The Unique Customer Identification Number
button? consists of digits.
(1) The same effect as the left click a) 12 numbers
(2) A special menu b) 2 alphabets and 6 digits
(3) No effect c) 10 numbers
(4) A mouse cannot be right clicked d) 15 digits
(5) Computer goes to sleep mode e) None of the above.
ANSWER:2 Ans (C)
67. In order to choose the font for a sentence in a 4. The Customer master maintenance captures the
Word document, following details of the customer.
(1) select Font in the Format menu a) Occupation
(2) select Font in the Edit menu b) Residential address
(3) select Font in the Tools menu c) Date of Birth
(4) select Font in the Insert menu d) Introducer details
(5) None of the above e) All the above
ANSWER:1 Ans (E)
68. The ALU performs .......... operations. 5. As per KYC norms the following details are to be
(1) logarithm-based compulsorily captured while opening new
(2) ASCII accounts.
(3) algorithm-based a) Identity proof
(4) arithmetic b) Residence proof
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d) All the above Number is entered:

e) a & b above a) Control + B b) Alt+B c) Control + C
Ans (B) d) Alt+C e) Control +A
6. The Alternate Banking Delivery Channels are :- Ans (C)
a) E-banking 15. This Functional key should be used when the user
b) Mobile banking wants to clear a field in FCC
c) ATM a) F7 b) F8 c) F1d) F11 e) F10
d) SMS banking Ans (A)
e) All the above Ans (D) 16. Details of cheques paid/unpaid can be found from
7. In whichever screen, where Account number is the menu-?
there, Signature scanned will be displayed by a) CHM35 b) CHM37 c) CHM32
pressing which key. d) CHM39 e) CHM33
a) Alt+A b) Alt+B c) Alt+C d) Alt+S e) Alt+P Ans (B)
Ans (D) 17. The menu for marking stop payment is ?
8. Hold Funds earmarked can be revoke (Delete) by a) CHM35 b) CHM37 c) CHM32
Fast Path d) CHM39 e) CHM33
a) 1055 b) CHM31 c) CHM33 d) CHM35 e) None of Ans (A)
the above 18. External lien on KDR can be marked using the
Ans (C) Fast Path ?
9. Menu for finding incomplete financial transactions a) TDM39 b) TDM24 c) CHM07 d) LNM34 e) ALL
in FCR? the above
a) 4500 b) 4501 c) 4502 d) 4503 e) None of the Ans (B)
above 19. Our individual Customers can now self generate
Ans (D) e-banking ID and Password provided their
10. Term deposits in FCR are auto renewed on the customer master is updated with the following.
due date. This is happens a) Mobile number and email address b) Email
a) Without Change in deposit account number address only
b) New deposit account number is created c) Mobile no, date of birth and email add
c) Renewed at the existing period and scheme d) Mobile number, date of birth, email add and free
d) Only maturity date is changed text-Y
e) Option ‗a‘ and ‗c‘ are true e) None of the above
Ans (E) Ans (E)
11. In CBS environment every branch and its 20. The customer has lost his ATM card. How can he
extension counters as different Service outlets. The hot list the ATM card for preventing misuse?
each a) Inform the card details at our Call center b)
office/branch will have separate DP code.For FCR & Contact the branch for hot listing
FCC DP code consists ofa) c) Both ‗a‘ or ‗b‘
4Di g i t s &3 Ch ar a c te r s d) None of the above e) Send a letter to the branch
b) 4 digiths for both informing the loss of the card.
c) 4 digits & 4 Characters Ans (C)
d) 3 digits for both 21. The computers in all our branches are
e) None of the above interconnected within the premises and this is called
Ans (A) as
12. Function key F8 is used for a) LAN-Local Area Network
a) Accepting the input b) Going to next screen c) b) WAN-Wide Area Network
Committing c) Peer Network
d) To invoke the last used option e) None of these d) Star Network
Ans (D) e) None of the above
13. To move to the previous field while working in Ans (A)
FCR which combination of keys can be used 22. Wherever networks are not possible, our bank has
a) Ctrl+F b) Shift +Tab c) Ct r l+Tab d) Ctrk + E e) gone for satellite connections otherwise called
Shift + F3 as ---
Ans (B) a) WINSAT
14. The key combination populates the Mobile b) VSAT
Number & PAN of customer in the screen where c) SAT
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e) TAT 30. Canara Bank has an Anti-Virus solution from

Ans (B) ‗…………………………….‘ Company
23. The processing of loan proposal has been recently a) Macafee
computerised and the package for it is b) Avira
a) SAFEb) c) Symantec
Lending Automation solutions (LAS) d) Norton
c) ALPS-Automated Lending Processing System e) Microsoft
d) Lead management solutions(LMS) Ans (C)
e) None of the above 31. ―OS‖ in a computer stands for
Ans (C) a) Open Source
24. Cheques lodged in inward clearing can be viewed b) Opening System
by the branch using the menu ? c) Operating System
a) ST639 b) ST038 c) ST6002 d) ST999 d) Optional System
e) None of the above e) Operational Support
Ans (A) Ans (C)
25. To inquire on the status of a cheque entered in 32. ―Plastic Money‖ is referred to
outward clearing , you can use the menu option . a) Credit Card
a) ST639 b) Debit Card
b) ST038 c) Gift Card
c) ST6001 d) ATM Card
d) All the above e) All the above
e) None of the above Ans (E)
Ans (B) 33."Caps Lock‖ key in Key Board is used for
26. Once a transaction is authorised, No modification a) Lock the key board
is allowed. Whether the statement is true or b) Toggle key for lower/upper case of English
false? Alphabet
a) True b) False c) Capturing the print on the screen
c) Partially True d) Control the locking system of computer
d) Partially False e) All the above
e) None of the above Ans (B)
Ans (A) 34.Account Operating Instructions in CBS can be
27. ―Mouse‖ in a computer is ‗…………………‘ viewed in any screen where account number is
device entered by opting Hot Keysa)
a) Input Alt+A,b)Alt+B,c)Alt+C,d)Ctrl+S,e)Alt+S
b) Output Ans (E)
c) Control 35. ―………………….‖ Is an input device
d) Slow a) ROM
e) All the above b) RAM
Ans (A) c) Keyboard d) Monitor e) Motherboard Ans (C)
28. ―SAFE‖ stands for 36. ‗………………..‘ is not a storage device
a) Storage Accounting for Everyone a) RAM
b) Flexible Locker inventory System b) Pen drive c) Floppy
c) Inter linking with CBS-FCR with regard to d) Hard disk
Customer details and collection of Locker e) Compact Disk
Rent through GEFU Ans (A)
d) All of the above 37. In a branch, ‗UPS‘ is used to Supply Electric
e) None of the above Power to
Ans (D) a) Computers
29. ―Monitor‖ in a computer is b) Room Heaters
‗…………………‘device c) Vacuum Cleaner
a) Show d) Air Conditioners
b) Output e) All the above
c) Input Ans (A)
d) Control 38. Computer data is stored in ‗………………….‘
e) Any One of the above a) Tonnes
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c) Bytes b) Computer program to play games on computer

d) Litres c) Very Intelligent, Resourceful and Useful System
e) Millimeters d) Computer device to download the softcopy of data
Ans (C) e) Any one of the above
39. Computer data means Ans (A)
a) Information about customers‘ accounts 47. ―Softcopy‖ means
b) Information about transactions a) Print Out on a soft paper
c) Information about customers‘ signatures b) Print Out on a soft film
d) All the above c) Copy of data in program language
e) None of the above d) Latest CD available in the market
Ans (D) e) All the above
40.‖Software‖ means Ans (C)
a) Soft Computer devices like cables etc. 48. ‗www‘ means
b) Programs used in computer a) World without wirus
c) Soft touch screen monitors b) Worldwide wealth
d) Print outs taken on soft papers c) World Wide Web
e) All the above d) World with web
Ans (B) e) World without Web
41.‘CPU‘ is ‗………………..‘ of a computer Ans (C)
a) Brain 49. A computer in network is identified by
b) Face ‗…………………………‘
c) Eyes a) I P Address
d) Stomach b) Place where it is kept
e) All the above c) Log in ID and Password of the user
Ans (A) d) V Sat placed on the rooftop
42. Computers should be used with e) All the above
‗………………………….‘ Power supply Ans (A)
a) A C 50. To do banking transactions himself through
b) D C computer, a customer must have
c) M C a) Internet Banking ID and password
d) W C b) Windows based Computer c) Internet connection
e) All the above d) Any one of the above e) All a,b & c
Ans (B) Ans (E)
43. A Computer cannot work without 51. Bank‘s call centre can handle customers‘ request
a) Mouse in ‗……………..‘ languages
b) Key Board a) 7
c) Mother Board b) 2
d) Pen Drive c) 9
e) Hard disk d) 5
Ans (C) e) 3
44.‖USB‖ port in a computer is used to connect Ans (A)
a) Pen Drive 52.SMS Banking facility allows a customer to
b) Mouse a) Get transaction alerts on the mobile
c) Key Board b) Get mini statement on mobile
d) Hard Disk c) Get cheque paid/unpaid status on mobile
e) All the above d) Get loan overdue notice on mobile
Ans (E) e) All the above
45.‖Log Out‖ means Ans (E)
a) Shut down the computer 53.RTGS/NEFT is used to do a
b) Come out from the package a) Bank to bank transaction (Inter-Bank)
c) Switch off mains power supply to the computer d) b) Branch to Branch Transaction (Intra- Bank)
Enter the ID and Password c) Banks in India to Overseas Banks d) Any one of
e) All the above the above
Ans (B) e) All the above
46.‖VIRUS‖ is Ans (A)
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54. Minimum amount for funds transfer in ‗NEFT‘ 61. Stuck in a traffic jam, how a customer can do a
is fund transaction
a) 1.00 lac a) Through SMS Banking
b) 100 b) Through Mobile Banking
c) 1000 c) Visiting any nearby Bank
d) No limit d) All the above
e) 5000 e) Any one of these
Ans (D) Ans (B)
55. Minimum amount for funds transfer in ―RTGS‖ 62. As a precaution, FCR ‘Password‘ should be
is informed to
a) 2.00 lac a) Branch Head
b) 50,000 b) RCC
c) 5.00 lac c) Data Centre
d) 10.00 lac d) Family members
e) No Limit e) No one
Ans (A) Ans (E)
56. ‗Buy today, pay tomorrow‘ is possible by using 63. Main gate of ―ATM‖ should be
a) Debit Card a) Closed at the close of branch hours
b) Credit Card b) Closed during 9.30 PM to 6.30 AM
c) Gift Card c) Never Closed
d) Greeting Card d) Closed during replishment the Cash
e) Any One of the above e) None of the above
Ans (B) Ans (D)
57.‘Interest free loan‘ for a limited time is available 64.‖ATM‖ machine has ‗………………….‘ Cassettes
to customers while using a) Two
a) Credit Card b) Three
b) Debit Card c) Four
c) E Card d) One
d) Gift Card e) Five
e) All the above Ans (C)
Ans (A) 65. In a ATM if a customer fails to take cash, the
58. Ideally a customer must have one cash goes to
‗……………………..‘ across the bank a) Bin from where it came
a) Account ID b) Reject Bin
b) Customer ID c) Dropped on the ground
c) CBS ID d) Inside ATM case
d) Place ID e) Any one of the above
e) All the above Ans (B)
Ans (B) 66. Debit cards of Canara Bank are issued by
59. ―Toll free‖ number means a) VISA
a) No Toll Tax b) Master
b) No timing c) Both Visa and Master
c) No Charges d) Infosys
d) No Network e) None of these
e) All the above Ans (C)
Ans (C) 67. Reward Points can be earned by using
60. Which is the easier, cheaper, quicker and secure a) ATM card at ATMs
way of transferring money to a customer of b) Debit card for purchases
another bank? c) Credit Card for purchases
a) Demand Draft d) Gift Card for Purchases
b) Multi City Cheque e) Any one of these
c) RTGS/NEFT Ans (C)
d) Pay Order 68. We have ATMs of following companies
e) All the above a) N C R
Ans (C) b) W I N C O R
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d) a & c d) go to end
e) a b & c e) All the above
Ans (C) Ans (C)
69. Credit card (Visa Card) used for purchases on 76. While typing, use of ―Shift‖ key with any
22.04.2012, what will be the due date for payment alphabet
of bill a) Changes the case of alphabet
a) 10.04.2012 b) Makes the alphabet bold
b) 20.04.2012 c) Makes the alphabet underlined
c) 22.04.2012 d) Makes the alphabet italicized
d) 10.05.2012 e) All the above
e) 22.05.2012 Ans (A)
Ans (D) 77. @ # ? * are known as
70. Bill for Credit Card (Master Card) for a month is a) junk characters
generated on ‗………………..‘ date b) sink characters
a) 20 c) special characters
th d) mild characters
of every month e) All the above
b) 1 Ans (C)
st 78. A strong password should have minimum
day of next month ‗………….‘ Characters
c) Last day of the month a) 8
d) Same day b) 6
e) No idea c) 10
Ans (C) d) 2
71. Interest from the date of purchase till payment on e) No limit
due date for credit card bill is charged @ P A Ans (A)
a) 24 % 79. Generally strong password should have only
b) 18.25% a) Alphabets
c) 11.25% b) Numerals
d) No Interest e) 10 % c) Special Characters
Ans (D) d) a & b
72. To shut down a computer, e) a b& c
a) Switch off the power supply directly Ans (D)
b) Switch off the monitor 80. ‗nEhA@2010‘ is a ‗…………………..‘
c) Click on start button and then click on shut down password
d) Remove the power cable to CPU a) weak
e) Any one of the above b) Strong
Ans (C) c) mild
73. Which is the longest key on the key board? d) soft
a) Space bar e) Harsh
b) Enter key Ans (B)
c) ‗0‘ key 81. In Canara Bank, ‗D I T‘ stands for
d) Function key a) Department of Information Technology
e) Shift Key b) Department for Institutional Technology
Ans (A) c) Department of Income Tax
74. ‗ # ‗ is known as d) Department for Inventions in Technology
a) dash e) Department for Information and Training
b) mash Ans (A)
c) hash 82. With the help of Debit card, maximum
d) cash ‗…………………….‘ Cash can be withdrawn per
e) ash day from
Ans (C) Canara Bank ATM.
75. ‗Home‘ key in key board is used to a) 10,000
a) go home b) 40,000
b) go out c) 20,000
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e) No Limit e) None of the above

Ans (D) Ans (C)
83. Which of the following can be used to withdraw 90. Validity of Password in CBS (FCR & FCC) is 30
cash from our ATM days System prompts to modify -----days in
a) Gift Card advancea)
b) Credit Card 7 Days in FCR & 5 Days in FCC
c) Greeting Card b) 5 days in FCR & 7 days in FCC
d) E Card c) 10 days in both FCR&FCC
e) All the above d) None of the above
Ans (B) e) There are no such prompts available.
84. The Intranet site of Canara bank is called as:- Ans (B)
a) CANARANET 91.In order to get PRR-33:Quarterly Report on LPD
b) CANNET Accounts in CBS(FCR) LPD/Suits details are
c) NET BANKING required to capture in Fast Patha)
d) CANMOBILE BAM83, b) BAM74,c)CIM09,d)BAM59,e) None of
e) None of the above the above
Ans (B) Ans (D)
85. The Official web site of Canara Bank is: 92. AOD (Acknowledge of Debt) details in FCR to
a)www.canarabank.co.in be captured to for getting PRR-12 from the system
b) www.canbank.co.in by opting Fast Patha)
c) www.canarabank.com CIM09,b)BAM83,c)BA020,d)BAM59,e) None of the
d) www.canbank.com above
e) None of the above Ans (C)
Ans (C) 93. In tune with the Damodaran Committee
86. The User-ID to login to Banks RTGS -STP recommendations on Customer Service in Banks our
consists of:- Bank
a) Staff number has developed internet based Online Public
b) Staff number prefixed with Initials Grievances Redressal System with the facility to
c) Staff number prefixed with Zero track
d) Staff number prefixed with R the status online by our customers/general public
e) Staff number suffixed with zero which is called asa)
Ans (C) OPGRS
87. DRC (Disaster Recovery Centre) of Canara Bank b) CPGRS (Canara Public Grievances Redressal
is situated ata) System)
DIT,Bangalore c) OLTS
b)Chennai d) HRMS
c) Delhi e) None of the above
d)Hyderabad Ans (B)
e)Mumbai 94. USBs (Ultra Small Branches) can access CBS
Ans (E) through Laptop over VPN (Virtual Private Network)
88. Call centre of Canara Bank is established at------ using secured URL:
and being maintained by----- a) www.canarabak.com
a) DIT, Bangalore & Canara Bank b)www.canarabank.in
b) DIT, Bangalore & CCSL (Canara Bank Computer c)www.canarabankesn.com
Services Ltd) d)www.canarabankcbs.com
c)Spencer Tower M G Road Bangalore & e) No such facility is available.
Transaction wing Ans (C)
d)DRC, Mumbai & IBM 95. For Login to USB (Ultra Small Branch) which
e) None of the above one is not correct?
Ans (B) a) Same FCR user ID and Password is required
89. Which of the following cannot be used by a b) Separate Login ID and Password is required
customer to do banking tractions himself-? c) Template code 52 to be assigned to the deputing
a)Computer with Internet connection officer
b) Mobile d) URL hhp://172.16.37.38/brn9999/
c) Canara bank call Centre e) A separate user profile in CBS with template code
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Ans (A) c. Available under Business Objective

96. Canara Bank has introduced Online Loan d. Generated by FRS data base
Application & status Tracking System to enable e. All the above
public to Ans (B)
submit online Loan applications by logging into 4. Business Object (BO) reports are generated from
Bank‘s website as per the recommendation of Mr. a. FCR data base directly
Damadodarn Committee. This is known asa) b. FCC data base directly
ALPS (Automated Lending Processing System) c. Single Sign on Server
b) LAPS (Lending Automated Processing System) d. Production Server
c) OLTS (Online Loan Application &Tracking e. Flex cube Report Server (FRS) data base
System) Ans (E)
d)CRM(Customer Relationship Management) 5. Which one of the following Report is not a part of
e) None of the above BO report
Ans (C) a. Daily Report
98. View option for status of Outward NEFT b. Consistency Check Report
message in FCR isa) c. Balancing Report
PM11, b) PM09, c) PMS9, d) NB09,e) None d. Balance Sheet Statement & Report
Ans (B) e. Statement of a CASA account
99. At present which one of the facility is not Ans (E)
available in Canara Bank‘s ATM-? 6. Flex cube Corporate related reports can be access
a) Mobile Top up through
b) Registration of mobile for SMS alert a. FCC data base directly
c) IMPS (Interbank Mobile Payment Service) Funds b. FCR data base
transfer c. From GL report server
d) Direct Tax Payment d. Business Object
e)Visa Money Transfer e. All the above.
Ans (E) Ans (D)
100. Which one is not relevant about MMID?- 7. FRS published report can be accessed under URL
a) Stands for Mobile Money Identifier a. http://172.16.42.70/
b) 7 digit number allotted by the customer‘s Bank b. https://172.16.42.70/
c) For each account separate MMID is required c. http://172.16.142.70/
d) MMID can be retrieved by sending SMS to d. Any one of the above.
5607060 by typing in Capital letter: CANMMID e. None of the above.
e) Beneficiary must have Mobile Banking facility to Ans (A)
get MMID from Bank. 8. Mandatory Reports in CBS is framed based on
Ans(E) which one of the following
a. Business Aspects
UNIT 13 b. Daily/Periodic Requirement
1. Native Reports are c. Administrative Requirement
a. Adhoc Report d. Audit Requirement
b. Batch Report e. All the above
c. Report generated from Production data or OLTP Ans (E)
data. 9. CBS branches/ offices are required to generate
d. All the above. view/print and preserve the required/
e. None of the above. mandatory report without fail because
Ans (D) a. It is difficult to generate at future date.
2. Which one is not correct about Adhoc report b. Archiving / purging of data from central server.
a. Online Report c. Storage limitation
b. Generated under FCR fast path 7775 d. None of the above.
c. View/ print under 7778 e. All the above.
d. EOD/BOD Report Ans (E)
e. Generated directly from production data base. 10. W.E.F 01.04.2012 R-Returns will be compiled
Ans (D) through
3. Batch Reports area. a. FETERS
Adhoc Report b. Extracting data from FCR/FCC
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d. Data from FDs e. None of the above

e. None of the above Ans (D)
Ans (B) 17. Regarding FP 9540 in FCR (CBS) which one is
11. FETERS is correct
a. Foreign Exchange Transaction Electronic a. Option used to debit loan account for Insurance
Reporting System Premium
b. Used for R-Return compilation b. Processing charge
c. Discontinued w.e.f 01.04.2012 c. Disbursement of loan
d. All the above d. Used for reverse wrong credit made earlier in the
e. None of the above loan account
Ans (D) e. Legal charges paid to the advocate.
12. Regarding Daily slip preparation under CBS Ans (D)
environment, which is not correct 18. DD payment under CBS environment which is
a. Waived in CBS environment correct
b. It should be prepared user-wise duly initialed/ a. Can be paid by any CBS branch.
authenticated both by maker/checker b. Paid by debiting BADDs (GL 123500110)
and Authorizers c. At Account Section/ Drawee branch
c. User should write the A/Cs head along with GL d. All the above
No, Txn. sequence no. and clear e. None of the above
narration Ans (A)
d. Daily mandatory report should be generated for 19. Cash BAR should be adjusted on
tallying a. T+2 days
e. Preserved safely in slip bundle b. T+1 day
Ans (A) c. T+0 day
13. Under CBS environment maximum cash d. Within a fortnight on receipt of IBA
withdrawal is permitted to 3rd party at HOST branch e. None of the above
a. Any amount Ans (C)
b. Not permitted 20. TDS on Time Deposit are on
c. `50000/- a. Quarterly
d. `100000 b. Half Yearly
e. `200000 c. Monthly
Ans (B) d. On last day of FY at the time of
14. One of the CA party has got ` 10 Lakhs balance Maturity/Premature closure/prematurity
in his A/C. How much amount he can extension/Part withdrawal which events takes place
withdraw by self cheque in a day from host branch. earlier
a. `50000/- only Ans (D)
b. `200000/- 21. For exemption of TDS ,Form 15G/H should be
c. Any amount captured in FP TDS03
d. Not permitted from host branch a. In the beginning of FY
e. Only transfer entry is permitted b. For every new deposit opened
Ans (C) c. Renewed in different product code
15. X staff has issued a cheque of `50000/- against d. All the above
his OD account in favour of Y. Cheque Ans (D)
will be encashed at 22. KDR receipt in modified format (w.e.f
a. All host branch of Canara Bank 01.05.2012) should be printed in FP
b. Anywhere in India a. TD043
c. Only at Base Branch. b. TD046
d. Only after endorsement c. TD048
e. Not possible d. TD024
Ans (C) e. TD039
16. For 'CANARA BLOG', which is correct Ans (B)
a. A website designed to share information of our 23. SMS/e-mail alert facility in CBS by registering
Bank staff. Mobile no & email in FP CIM09 for getting
b. Accessed at http://sp.canarabank.com/canarablog a. Debit Alert
c. Canara Bank's blog b. Credit Alert
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d. All the above d. All the above

e. None of the above Ans (D)
Ans (D) 31. Premature closure/ part withdrawal of Canara
24. Fees recovered from the borrower for registering Flexi deposits, penalty imposed is
our security interest with Central Registry a. 1%
(CERSAI) should be parked in GL Head b. 2%
a. 209271051 c. Waived w.e.f01.05.2012
b. 209272434 d. No such system
c. 209272431 Ans (C)
d. Not to park, directly remit to H.O. 32. GEFU- Generic External File Upload facility for
e. No fee payable bulk opening of Loan A/c in FCR-Agriculture
Ans (A) linked to security code
25. Debt Restructuring A/C through LN521/AL521 a.701-Crops
in CBS should be captured in b.704-Gold Jewellary
a. BA020 c.27-Land & Building
b. BAM83 d.All the above
c. BAM59 e. None of the above
d. BAM72 Ans.(D)
e. None 33. Our Bank has introduced Internet Banking Kit
Ans (D) (Welcome Kit) to provide Net Banking password
26. Maximum number of transactions permitted for immediately on day of opening of the account for
NEFT in CBS is a. Retail Customer only
a. One b. Corporate Customer only
b. Ten c. Both the above
c. Fifty d. None of the above
d. Any Number Ans (C)
e. 100 34. Which one of the following is true about ATM50
Ans (D) option
27. For Bulk upload facility in NEFT which one is a. No authorization is required
not correct b. Teller has to initiate the transaction and supervisor
a. Any number of transaction is possible has to authorize
b. Created under FP ST045 & BA 451 c. Should be used by any CBS branch
c. Not extended for IndoNepal & card payment d. Used by only ATM attached to branch or Nodal
d. BBC check is not provided for cell
e. Time saving e. (b) & (d) both
Ans (C) Ans (E)
28. Computer operator A in CBS environment can 35. Processing of STR alert in AML package is now
excessive self passing power for cash cheque vested to
upto a. Branch
a. `20000 b. Circle Office
b. `15000 c. Head Office
c. `10000 d. DIT Wing
d. Any amount e. None of the above
e. No power Ans (B)
Ans (C) 36. e-token is used for
29. Single Window Operator A can pass payment a. Authorize-RTGS/NEFT message
a. For other staff A/c b. ROC- MCA 21 authorization
b. Own A/c c. CERSAI Authorization
c. GC payment d. Both (b) and (c)
d. WOF payment e. None of the above
e. None of the above Ans (D)
Ans (E) 37. Regarding RTGS-STP in CBS, which one is not
30. Report ID TP6009 is provided for correct
a. Cash Receipt a. RTGS failed message should be Accept/Reject
b. Cash payment within 1 ½ Hrs from time of receipt
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b. Outward return message automatically credited to e. All the above

the senders account Ans.(E)
c. Outward RTGS message on authorized/released 42. What is DMS?.
System debits CASA/GL account and a. Desktop Management Software.
credit HOBA on 1499 b. Desktop Management Service
d. Account entry failed (AFD) & Bank Payment c. Desktop Management Solution
(298R42) is credited to RTGS GL 209272434 d. Desktop Managerial Solution
e. For Rs.100 Cr & above TWO Authorizers & One e. Desktop Managerial Software.
Releaser is required. Ans.(C)
Ans.(C) 43. For BBC (Branch Batch Closure) check which is
38. MIS-Regulatory requirement in CBS under not required.
CIM09/BAM 83/BA020/M-button of FCC , which a. GL 616- GL Navigation balance alert report.
option is correct b. CH-704-
a. Concerned Officials/Manager is responsible for c. BA 121-
accuracy d. BA001
b. Any change/modifications in the master data e. BO: Report Id :124921-Cash Receipt over Rs.1
should be recorded with reason & Lac received in CA/OD/CC a/c
authenticated by the appropriate authority Ans.(D)
c. Proper records for change to be maintained 44. From the control angle, Branch In Charge/ II Line
d. All the above manager to verify on daily basisa.
e. None of the above TP 5029
Ans.(D) b. SM 6009
39. Which one is not correct regarding VSS- Video c. SM 5003
Surveillance System for ATMs d. SM 6000
a. Checking of VSS camera fitted to ATM on weekly e. All the above
basis Ans.(E)
b. Copy image/data on to a removable media- USB 45. KYC details of Customer has to be captured in FP
Hard Disk one in a month.(on 20th of a. CIM09
every month). b. CIM 22
c. Preserved the same in FBR safe for a minimum of c. CIM13
90 days and it can be recycled d. CIM 50
subsequently. e. All the above
d. For Offsite ATM location backup data at Base Ans.(D)
Branch/Nodal Branch. 46. Benefits to DMS are:
e. All the above. a. Improved system performance
Ans.(E) b.Productive installation Microsoft Security Patches
40. Levy of Service charge on Debit card holders on &service packs
usage of our branch debit card at other Bank's c.Virus free system
ATM @ Financial Transaction- `20 + d.Secured working environment
S.T/Transaction & Non Financial Transaction- `10 + e. All of the above
S.T/Transaction Ans.(E)
a. Waived for all A/C holder 47. Under DMS Envirnment, user cannot do the
b. Waived for SB A/C holder for first five following:
transactions (financial and Non-financial). a. Install or uninstall applications
c. Waived for SB A/C holder for first six transactions b. Share folder/drive
in a month (financial and Nonfinancial). c.use VNC for remote connection
d. A & b above d.Use CD/DVD, Floppy &USB storage devices
e. None of the above e. All of the above
Ans.(D) Ans. (E)
41. What is the advantage of e-payment of customs 48. Net Meeting isa.
duty, which our Bank has introduced in 103 Chatting on internet
designated branches b. Remote desktop connection under DMS
a. Safe & secure mode of making payment environment
b. No paper challan filling c.Used for troubleshooting purpose
c. 24 x 7 basis service d.Both b&c
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Ans.(D) A) Super computer is much larger than mainframe

49.In CBS Outward Clearing ,online Cheque Return computers
option(6560) should be useda. B) Super computers are much smaller than
Before running Value date clearing(ST001)
mainframe computers C) Supercomputers are focused
b. After running Value date clearing
c. Not necessary to opt to execute few programs as fast as possible while
d. Check return to be handled manually mainframe uses its power to execute as many
e. Choice of LPC/Branch programs concurrently
Ans.(A) D) Supercomputers are focused to execute as many
50. Which one of the following is not correct about programs as possible while mainframe uses its power
CBS Fast Path-CIM15? to execute few programs as fast as possible.
a. Facilitate the Branch to maintain customer
manually for NPA classification
b. Branch can create/delete as well as authorize the 6. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character
record coding systems.
c.BO report ID:280086 to know the details of such What does EBCDIC stand for?
customers maintained A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange
d.History of such customers maintained can be Code
known by BO report :280085 B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code
e.CIM15 should used only in applicable cases duly
C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code
obtaining approval of the
concerned authority. D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code
Ans.(B)
7. The brain of any computer system is
A) ALU
600 MCQs B) Memory
1. UNIVAC is C) CPU
A) Universal Automatic Computer D) Control unit
B) Universal Array Computer
C) Unique Automatic Computer 8. Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer A) tracks per inch of surface
2. The basic operations performed by a computer B) bits per inch of tracks
are C) disk pack in disk surface
A) Arithmetic operation D) All of above
B) Logical operation
C) Storage and relative 9. The two kinds of main memory are:
D) All the above A) Primary and secondary B) Random and sequential
C) ROM and RAM
3. The two major types of computer chips are D) All of above
A) External memory chip B) Primary memory chip
C) Microprocessor chip D) Both b and c 10. A storage area used to store data to a
compensate for the difference in speed at which the
4. Microprocessors as switching devices are different units can handle data is
for which generation computers A) Memory
A) First Generation B) Buffer
B) Second Generation C) Accumulator
C) Third Generation D) Address
D) Fourth Generation
11. Computer is free from tiresome and boardroom.
5. What is the main difference between a We call it
mainframe and a super computer? A) Accuracy B) Reliability C) Diligence D)
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A) Feasibility study, system design and testing

B) Implementation and documentation
12. Integrated Circuits (ICs) are related to which C) Lexical Analysis, syntax analysis, and code
generation of computers? generation
A) First generation D) None of the above
B) Second generation
C) Third generation 20. Which of the following IC was used in third
D) Fourth generation generation of computers?
A) SSI
13. CD-ROM is a B) MSI C) LSI
A) Semiconductor memory D) Both a and b
B) Memory register C) Magnetic memory D) None
of above 21. The main electronic component used in first
generation computers was
14. A hybrid computer A) Transistors
A) Resembles digital computer B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves
B) Resembles analogue computer C) Integrated Circuits
C) Resembles both a digital and analogue computer D) None of above
D) None of the above
22. A dumb terminal has
15. Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code A) an embedded microprocessor
called EBCDIC? B) extensive memory
A) Minicomputers C) independent processing capability
B) Microcomputers D) a keyboard and screen
C) Mainframe computers
D) Super computer 23. One millisecond is
A) 1 second
16. The ALU of a computer responds to the B) 10th of a seconds
commands coming from C) 1000th of a seconds
A) Primary memory D) 10000th of a seconds
B) Control section
C) External memory 24. The output quality of a printer is measured by
D) Cache memory A) Dot per sq. inch
B) Dot per inch
17. Chief component of first generation computer C) Dots printed per unit time
was D) All of the above
A) Transistors
B) Vacuum Tubes and Valves 25. Which of the following was a special purpose
C) Integrated Circuits computer?
D) None of above A) ABC
B) ENIAC C) EDVAC
18. To produce high quality graphics (hardcopy) in D) All of the above
color, you would want to use a/n
A) RGB monitor 26. What was the computer invented by Attanasoff
B) Plotter and Clifford?
C) Ink-jet printer A) Mark I B) ABC
D) Laser printer C) Z3
D) None of above
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27. Which of the following storage devices can B) Daughterboard

store maximum amount of data? C) Bredboard
A) Floppy Disk D) Fatherboard
B) Hard Disk
C) Compact Disk
D) Magneto Optic Disk 35. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives,
memory expansion slots and active components are
28. Which computer was considered the first mounted on a single board. What is the name of this
electronic computer until 1973 when court board?
invalidated the patent? A) Motherboard
A) ENIAC B) MARK I C) Z3 B) Breadboard
D) ABC C) Daughter board
D) Grandmother board
29. A physical connection between the
microprocessor memory and other parts of the 36. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium
microcomputer is known as for
A) Path A) Direct access
B) Address bus B) Sequential access
C) Route C) Both of above
D) All of the above D) None of above

30. High density double sided floppy disks could 37. A technique used by codes to convert an analog
store of data signal into a digital bit stream is known as
A) 1.40 MB B) 1.44 GB C) 1.40 GB D) 1.44 MB A) Pulse code modulation
B) Pulse stretcher
31. A high quality CAD system uses the following C) Query processing
for printing drawing and graphs D) Queue management
A) Dot matrix printer
B) Digital plotter 38. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more
C) Line printer correct?
D) All of the above A) It is an output device
B) It is an input device
32. Which of the following is not an input device? C) It is a peripheral device
A) OCR D) It is hardware item
B) Optical scanners
C) Voice recognition device 39. A modern electronic computer is a machine that
D) COM (Computer Output to Microfilm) is meant for
A) Doing quick mathematical calculations
33. The accuracy of the floating-point numbers B) Input, storage, manipulation and outputting of data
representable in two 16-bit words of a computer is C) Electronic data processing
approximately D) Performing repetitive tasks accurately
A) 16 digits B) 6 digits C) 9 digits
D) All of above 40. When was vacuum tube invented?
A) 1900
34. In most of the IBM PCs, the CPU, the device B) 1906
drivers, memory, expansion slots and active C) 1910
components are mounted on a single board. What is D) 1880
the name of the board?
A) Motherboard

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41. Which of the following produces the best A) Sorting

quality graphics reproduction? B) Classifying
A) Laser printer B) Ink jet printer C) Plotter C) Reproducing
D) Dot matrix printer D) Summarizing

42. Computers with 80286 microprocessor is 50. What is the responsibility of the logical unit in
A) XT computer B) AT computers C) PS/2 computer the CPU of a computer?
D) None of above A) To produce result
B) To compare numbers
43. An application suitable for sequential C) To control flow of information
processing is D) To do math’s works
A) Processing of grades
B) Payroll processing 51. Abacus was the first A) electronic computer B)
C) Both a and b mechanical computer C) electronic calculator D)
D) All of above mechanical calculator

44. Which of the following is not processing? 52. If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify
A) arranging address in a RAM, the number of addresses will be
B) manipulating A) 216
C) calculating B) 65,536
D) gathering C) 64K
D) Any of the above
45. The digital computer was developed primarily
in 53. Instructions and memory address are
A) USSR B) Japan C) USA D) UK represented by
A) Character code
46. Software in computer B) Binary codes
A) Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machine C) Binary word
B) Increase the speed of central processing unit D) Parity bit
C) Both of above
D) None of above 54. The terminal device that functions as a cash
register, computer terminal, and OCR reader is the:
47. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier known A) Data collection terminal
by different name which was changes in 1924. What B) OCR register terminal C) Video Display terminal
was that name? D) POS terminal
A) Tabulator Machine Co.
B) Computing Tabulating Recording Co. C) The 55. A set of flip flops integrated together is called
Tabulator Ltd. A) Counter
D) International Computer Ltd. B) Adder
C) Register
48. Before a disk drive can access any sector D) None of the above
record, a computer program has to provide the
record’s disk address. What information does this 56. People often call as the brain of
address specify? computer system
A) Track number A) Control Unit
B) Sector number C) Surface number D) All of above B) Arithmetic Logic Unit
C) Central Processing Unit
49. The arranging of data in a logical sequence is D) Storage Unit
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57. Which is used for manufacturing chips? A) Optical scanner

A) Bus B) Mouse and digitizer
B) Control unit C) Light pen
C) Semiconductors D) All of the above
D) A and b only
66. A set of information that defines the status of
58. The value of each bead in heaven is resources allocated to a process is
A) 1 A) Process control
B) 3 B) ALU
C) 5 C) Register Unit
D) 7 D) Process description

67. Each set of Napier’s bones consisted of

59. The first computer introduced in Nepal was rods.
A) IBM 1400 A) 5
B) IBM 1401 B) 9
C) IBM 1402 C) 11
D) IBM1402 D) 13

60. Mnemonic a memory trick is used in which of 68. BCD is

the following language? A) Binary Coded Decimal
A) Machine language B) Assembly language C) High B) Bit Coded Decimal C) Binary Coded Digit D) Bit
level language D) None of above Coded Digit

61. Instruction in computer languages consists of 69. When was the world’s first laptop computer
A) OPCODE B) OPERAND introduced in the
C) Both of above market and by whom?
D) None of above A) Hewlett-Packard, 1980
B) Epson, 1981
62. Which generation of computer is still under C) Laplink Traveling Software Inc, 1982
development D) Tandy Model-200, 1985
A) Fourth Generation
B) Fifth Generation 70. From which generation operating systems were
C) Sixth Generation developed?
D) Seventh Generation A) First
B) Second
63. A register organized to allow to move left or C) Third
right operations is called a D) Fourth
A) Counter B) Loader C) Adder
D) Shift register 71. The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer
as a personal computer was
64. Which was the most popular first generation A) IBM
computer? B) Super UNIVAC C) Radio Shaks
A) IBM 650 D) Data General Corporation
B) IBM 360
C) IBM 1130 72. How many address lines are needed to address
D) IBM 2700 each machine location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?
A) 10
65. Which is considered a direct entry input device? B) 11

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C) 8 80. Which of the following is used as a primary

D) 12 storage device?
A) Magnetic drum
73. Properly arranged data is called B) Hard Disks
A) Field C) Floppy
B) Words D) All of above
C) Information
D) File 81. Multi user systems provided cost savings for
small business because they use a single processing
74. A computer consists of A) A central processing unit to link several
unit B) A memory A) Personal computers
C) Input and output unit B) Workstations
D) All of the above C) Dumb terminals
D) Mainframes
75. Why are vacuum tubes also called valves?
A) Because they can amplify the weak signals and 82. What are the three decisions making operations
make them strong performed by the ALU of a computer?
B) Because they can stop or allow the flow of current A) Grater than
C) Both of above B) Less than
D) None of above C) Equal to
D) All of the above
76. John Napier invented Logarithm in
A) 1614
B) 1617 83. The word processing task associated with
C) 1620 changing the appearance of a document is
D) None of above A) Editing
B) Writing
77. An integrated circuit is C) Formatting
A) A complicated circuit D) All of above
B) An integrating device
C) Much costlier than a single transistor 84. Nepal brought a computer for census of 2028
D) Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip BS. This computer was of
A) first generation
78. What type of control pins are needed in a B) second generation
microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, in order C) third generation
to prevent two devices from trying to use it at the D) fourth generation
same time?
A) Bus control 85. Algorithm and Flow chart help us to
B) Interrupts A) Know the memory capacity
C) Bus arbitration B) Identify the base of a number system
D) Status C) Direct the output to a printer
D) Specify the problem completely and clearly
79. Where as a computer mouse moves over the
table surface, the trackball is 86. Which statement is valid about computer
A) Stationary program?
B) Difficult to move A) It is understood by a computer B) It is understood
C) Dragged by programmer C) It is understood user
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87. The difference between memory and storage is D) 1987

that memory is and storage is
A) Temporary, permanent B) Permanent, temporary 95. Once you load the suitable program and provide
C) Slow, fast required data, computer does not need human
D) All of above intervention. This feature is known as
A) Accuracy B) Reliability C) Versatility D)
88. When was Pascaline invented? Automatic
A) 1617
B) 1620 96. What is a brand?
C) 1642 A) The name of companies that made computers
D) 1837 B) The name of product a company gives to identify
its product in market
89. Which of the following statement is valid? C) A name of class to indicate all similar products
A) Lady Augusta is the first programmer from different companies
B) Ada is the daughter of Lord Byron, a famous D) All of above
English poet C) ADA is a programming language
developed by US Defense D) All of above 97. Machine language is A) Machine dependent B)
Difficult to program C) Error prone
90. A compiler is a translating program which D) All of above
A) Translates instruction of a high level language
into machine language 98. A byte consists of
B) Translates entire source program into machine A) One bit B) Four bits C) Eight bits
language program D) Sixteen bits
C) It is not involved in program’s execution
D) All of above 99. Modern Computers are very reliable but they
are not
91. What is required when more than one person A) Fast
uses a central computer at the same time? B) Powerful C) Infallible D) Cheap
A) Light pen
B) Mouse C) Digitizer D) Terminal 100. What is the date when Babbage conceived
Analytical engine
92. Which of the following is the first computer to A) 1642
use Stored B) 1837
Program Concept? C) 1880
A) UNIVAC B) ENIAC D) 1850
C) EDSAC
D) None of above 101. What was the expected feature of fifth
generation computers when Japan started FGCS?
93. The term gigabyte refers to A) Operating Systems B) Parallel Processing C)
A) 1024 bytes ULSI
B) 1024 kilobytes D) None of above
C) 1024 megabytes
D) 1024 gigabyte 102. Which of the following memory medium is not
used as main memory system?
94. in which year was UK’s premier computing A) Magnetic core B) Semiconductor C) Magnetic
event started? tape
A) 1980 D) Both semiconductor and magnetic tape
B) 1985
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103. The storage subsystem in a microcomputer D) None of above is true

consists mainly of
or media with varying capacities 111. Which of the following statement is false?
A) Memory or video A) Mechanical analog computers have existed for
B) Magnetic or optical C) Optical or memory D) thousands of years
Video or magnetic B) There are mechanical analog computers and
electronic analog computers.
104. Programs designed to perform specific tasks is C) All electronic computers are digital computers
known as D) All of above are false
A) system software
B) application software 112. Which of the following require large computers
C) utility programs memory?
D) operating system A) Imaging B) Graphics C) Voice
D) All of Above
105. Computer operators
A) writes computer programs for specific problems 113. Which of the following is machine
B) operate the device which input and output data independence program?
from the computer A) High level language B) Low level language C)
C) normally require a college degree in computer Assembly language D) Machine language
science
D) all of the above 114. When was the first electro-mechanical computer
developed?
A) 1880
106. Which of the following is not anti-viruses B) 1990
software? C) 1944
A) NAV D) None of above
B) F-Prot C) Oracle D) McAfee
115. The first machine to successfully perform a long
107. What is a compiler? series of arithmetic and logical operations was:
A) A compiler does a conversion line by line as the A) ENIAC B) Mark-I
program is run C) Analytic Engine
B) A compiler converts the whole of a higher level D) UNIVAC-1
program code into machine code in one step
C) A compiler is a general purpose language 116. Which one is the largest space?
providing very efficient execution A) kilobyte B) petabyte C) terabyte D) gigabyte
D) None of the above
117. FORTRAN programming language is more
108. computers are also called personal suitable for
computers A) Business Applications
A) Mainframe Computer B) Marketing Applications C) Scientific Applications
B) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) Super D) None of the above
Computers
118. The brain of any computer system is
109. Which of the following is not input unit device? A) Control Unit
A) scanner B) camera C) plotter D) digitizer B) Arithmetic Logic Unit
C) Central Processing Unit
110. Identify the correct statement A) IBM PCs used D) Storage Unit
RISC CPU designs B) Macintosh used CISC CPU
design C) IBM used CISC CPU design 119. Analog computer works on the supply of

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A) Continuous electrical pulses

B) Electrical pulses but not continuous 128. On a PC, how much memory is available to
C) Magnetic strength application software?
D) None of the above A) 1024 KB B) 760 KB C) 640 KB D) 560 KB

120. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. 129. In a computer is capable to store single
What is the alternative computer jargon for it? binary bit.
A) Leech B) Squid C) Slug D) Glitch A) Capacitor B) Flip flop C) Register D) Inductor

121. The advantage of COM are its and

A) Compact size; speed readability 130. What does DMA stand for?
B) Compact size, speed A) Distinct Memory Access B) Direct Memory
C) Readability; speed Access C) Direct Module Access
D) Low cost; readability D) Direct Memory Allocation

122. The BIOS is the abbreviation of . 131. Who invented Integrated Circuits?
A) Basic Input Output System B) Best Input Output A) Jack Kilby
System C) Basic Input Output Symbol D) Base Input B) Robert Noyce C) Both of above D) None of above
Output System
132. Operating system, editors, and debuggers comes
123. Which printer is very commonly used for under?
desktop publishing? A) System Software
A) Laser printer B) Application Software
B) Inkjet printer C) Utilities
C) Daisywheel printer D) None of the above
D) Dot matrix printer
133. One computer that is not considered a portable
124. IBM 1401 is is
A) First Generation Computer A) Minicomputer
B) Second Generation Computer B) Laptop computer
C) Third Generation Computer C) Notebook computer
D) Fourth Generation Computer D) All of above

125. Most of the first generation computers were 134. Which of the following is not an electronic
A) Special purpose computers B) General purpose computer?
computers C) Both of above A) ENIAC B) ABC
D) None of above C) UNIVAC
D) EDVAC
126. Floppy disks typically in diameter
A) 3 135. What is the name of the display feature that
B) 5.25 highlights are of the screen which requires operator
C) 8 attention?
D) All of above A) Pixel
B) Reverse video C) Touch screen D) Cursor
127. The output quality of a printer is measured by
A) Dot per inch 136. Which is the largest computer?
B) Dot per sq. inch A) Mainframe Computer
C) Dots printed per unit time B) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) Super
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A) PC
137. Which of the following are the best units of data B) Flags
on an external storage device? C) Memory Address Registers
A) Bits D) General Purpose Registers
B) Bytes
C) Hertz 145. Who invented vacuum tubes?
D) Clock cycles A) John Bardeen
B) William Shockley
138. The personal computer industry was started by C) Lee de Forest
A) IBM D) All of above
B) Apple
C) Compaq 146. An approach that permits the computer to work
D) HCL on several programs instead of one is
A) On-line thesaurus
139. What is meant by a dedicated computer? B) Multiprogramming
A) Which is used by one person only C) Over lapped processing
B) Which is assigned one and only one task D) Outline processor
C) Which uses one kind of software
D) Which is meant for application software 147. Who suggested Stored Program Concept
A) John Mauchley
140. Which programming languages are classified as B) J.P. Eckert
low level languages? C) John Neumann
A) Basic, COBOL, FORTRAN B) Prolog 2, Expert D) Joseph Jacquard
Systems
C) Knowledge based Systems 148. The central processing unit (CPU) consists of
D) Assembly Languages A) Input, output and processing
B) Control unit, primary storage, and secondary
141. What was the main disadvantage of vacuum storage C) Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and
tubes? primary storage D) Control unit, processing, and
A) They were larger in size primary storage
B) They consumed a lot of electricity
C) They produced heat and often burned out 149. The notable features like keyboards, monitors,
D) The operation cost was high GUI were developed in
A) First generation
142. Registers, which are partially visible to users B) Second generation
and used to hold conditional, are known as C) Third generation
A) PC D) Fourth generation
B) Memory address registers C) General purpose
register D) Flags 150. UNIVAC is
A) Universal Automatic Computer
143. Which is not a computer of first generation? B) Universal Array Computer
A) ENIAC C) Unique Automatic Computer
B) UNIVAC D) Unvalued Automatic Computer
C) IBM 360
D) IBM 1401 151. Which is the highest form?
A) Data
144. Registers which are partially visible to users and B) Information C) Knowledge D) All of above
used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU
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152. Who is credited with the idea of using punch B) ABC C) Z3

cards to control patterns in a waving machine? D) None of above
A) Pascal
B) Hollerith 160. A directly accessible appointment calendar is
C) Babbage feature of a
D) Jacquard resident package
153. What is an interpreter? A) CPU
A) An interpreter does the conversion line by line as B) Memory
the program is C) Buffer
run D) ALU
B) An interpreter is the representation of the system
being designed 161. Which unit converts computer data into human
C) An interpreter is a general purpose language readable form?
providing very efficient execution A) Input unit
D) None of the above B) Output unit
C) ALU
D) Control Unit

154. Which is a semi conductor memory? 162. The full form of ALU is
A) Dynamic A) Arithmetic Logic Unit
B) Static B) Array Logic Unit
C) Bubble C) Application Logic Unit
D) Both a & b D) None of above

155. RJ45 UTP cable has Cables. 163. What produces useful information out of data?
A) 2 pair B) 3 pair C) 4 pair D) 5 pair A) Computer
B) Processing
156. Which of the following is not a valid size of a C) Programming
Floppy Disk? D) none of above
A) 8?
B) 5 ¼? 164. Which of the following device was not invented
C) 3 ½? D) 5 ½? by Babbage?
A) Pascaline
157. The earliest calculating devices are B) Difference Engine
A) Abacus C) Analytical Engine
B) Clock D) None of above
C) Difference Engine
D) None of these 165. A digital computer did not score over an analog
computer in terms of
158. Word length of a Personal Computer is A) Speed
A) 4 bits B) Accuracy
B) 8 bits C) Reliability
C) 16 bits D) Cost
D) 64 bits
166. Which number system is usually followed in a
159. What was the first computer to perform all typical 32-bit computer?
calculation using electronics rather than wheels, A) Binary
ratchets, or mechanical switches? B) Decimal
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D) Octal 174. When was the X window system born?

A) 1984
167. A computer has very low failure rate because it B) 1989
uses electronic components. It produces very C) 1988
consistent results. This is highlighted by which of the D) 1990
feature of computer?
A) Accuracy 175. What is the first stage in software development?
B) Reliability C) Versatility D) Automatic A) Specification and design
B) Testing
168. A paper printout of a document is known as C) System Analysis
A) Softcopy output D) Maintenance
B) Hardcopy output
C) Permanent Output 176. Which of the following is valid statement?
D) All of above A) Data in itself is useless unless it is processed
B) The data that is processed is called a program
169. Which electronic component was made out of C) The data which is not yet processed is information
semiconductor material? D) Information is processed by computer to generate
A) Vacuum tubes data.
B) Transistors
C) ICs 177. The Second Generation Computer was based on
D) All of above .
A) Vacuum Tube B) Silicon Chips C) Transistor
170. The act of retrieving existing data from memory D) Bio Chips
is called
A) Read-out
B) Read from 178. EBCDIC stands for
C) Read A) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange
D) All of above Code
B) Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code
171. Which part of the computer is used for C) Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code
calculating and comparing? D) Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code
A) Disk unit
B) Control unit 179. Personnel who design, program, operates and
C) ALU maintains computer equipment refers to
D) Modem A) Console-operator
B) Programmer
172. ABC is a C) Peopleware
A) Special purpose computer D) System Analyst
B) General purpose computer
C) All Purpose Computer 180. IBM System/360 is
D) None of above A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) None of
173. The computer code for the interchange of above
information between terminals is
A) ASCII 181. A system is
B) BCD A) an integration of different units so as to achieve an
C) EBCDIC objective
D) All of above B) input unit
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D) input, output and storage units B) Reconstructing the contents of ROM

C) Erasing and reconstructing the contents of ROM
182. Which of the following programming language D) Duplicating ROM
started from second generation?
A) Cobol B) BASIC C) C 190. ENIAC uses
D) LISP A) Decimal Numbering System
B) Octal Numbering System
183. The translator program used in assembly C) Binary Numbering System
language is called D) Hexadecimal Numbering System
A) Compiler
B) Interpreter C) Assembler D) Translator 191. A term associated with the comparison of
processing speeds of different computer system is:
184. EEPROM stands for A) EFTS
A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only B) MPG
Memory C) MIPS D) CPS
B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only
Memory 192. which of the following is problem oriented
C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only language?
Memory A) High level language
D) None of the above B) Machine language C) Assembly language D) Low
level language
185. Regarding data, computers are very good at
A) store 193. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length
B) Processing equal to
C) retrieve A) 2 byte B) 32 byte C) 4 byte D) 8 byte
D) All of above
194. The term GIGO is related to
186. Bit map terminal A) Accuracy
A) support display containing multiple windows B) Reliability C) Versatility D) Automatic
B) require considerable amount of video RAM
C) requires tremendous amount of copying and hence 195. Web cam is an
low performance A) input unit device B) output unit device C)
D) all of above processing device
D) Input and Output device
187. First generation computers used for
memory 196. Bit stands for A) Binary digits B) bit of system
A) vacuum tubes C) a part of byte D) All of above
B) silicon chips
C) magnetic drum 197. Access time is
D) RAM A) seek time + latency time
B) seek time
188. Which of the following memories allows C) seek time ? latency time
simultaneous read and write operations? D) latency time
A) ROM B) RAM
C) EPROM 198. Which device can understand difference
D) None of above between data &
programs?
189. EPROM can be used for A) Input device
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C) Memory
D) Microprocessor 207. The instructions for starting the computer are
house on
199. Which of the following is a read only memory A) Random access memory
storage device? B) CD-Rom
A) Floppy Disk C) Read only memory chip
B) CD-ROM D) All of above
C) Hard Disk
D) None of these 208. 1 nibble equals to
A) 1 bits B) 2 bits C) 4 bits D) 8 bits
200. Symbolic logic was discovered by
A) George Boole 209. Perforated paper used as input of output media
B) Herman Hollerith is known as
C) Van Neumann A) paper tapes
D) Basic Pascal B) magnetic tape
C) punched papers tape
201. Which of the following is not valid statement? D) card punch
A) Hard is referred to mean something temporary
B) Hard is used to mean something tangible 210. The secondary storage devices can only store
C) Soft is used to mean something permanent data but they cannot perform
D) Soft is used to mean something tangible A) Arithmetic Operation
202. Digital devices are B) Logic operation
A) Digital Clock C) Fetch operations
B) Automobile speed meter D) Either of the above
C) Clock with a dial and two hands
D) All of them 211. Which American computer company is called
Big Blue?
A) Microsoft
203. Primary memory stores B) Compaq Corp
A) Data alone C) IBM
B) Programs alone D) Tandy Svenson
C) Results alone
D) All of these 212. It was in 2028 BS the was brought in
to calculate census data.
204. After copying the content how many times can A) IBM 1400
you paste? B) IBM 1401
A) 1 C) ICL 2950
B) 16 D) None of above
C) 32
D) Many 213. Who is the inventor of ABC Computer?
A) John v. Atanasoff
205. WAN stands for B) Clifford Berry C) Both of above D) None of
A) Wap Area Network B) Wide Area Network C) above
Wide Array Net
D) Wireless Area Network 214. Which of the following is the largest unit?
A) data
206. An error in computer data is called B) field
A) Chip B) Bug C) CPU C) record
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215. Find out who is not the inventor of transistors 222. The computer size was very large in
among following names A) First Generation
A) John Burdeen B) Second Generation
B) William Shockley C) Walter Brattain D) Lee de C) Third Generation
Forest D) Fourth Generation

216. Which of the following is not true for a 223. A name or number used to identify storage
magnetic disk? location devices?
A) It is expensive relative to magnetic tape A) A byte
B) It provides only sequential access to stored data B) A record
C) Users can easily update records by writing over C) An address
the old data D) All of above
D) All of above
224. Which of the following is not computer
217. A disadvantage of the laser printer is language?
A) It is quieter than an impact printer A) High level language
B) It is very slow B) Medium level language
C) The output is of a lower quality C) Low level language
D) None of the above D) All of the above

218. The most commonly used standard data code to 225. Reading data is performed in magnetic disk by
represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation A) Read/write leads
characters used in electronic data processing system B) Sectors
is called C) Track
A) ASCII D) Lower surface
B) EBCDIC C) BCD
D) All of above 226. IBM 7000 digital computer A) Belongs to
second generation B) Uses VLSI
219. Which access method is used to access cassette C) Employs semiconductor memory
tape? D) Has modular constructions
A) Direct
B) Sequential
C) Both of the above 227. Which of the following is not electro-
D) None of the above mechanical computer?
A) Mark I B) ABC
220. A Compiler is C) Zuse
A) a combination of computer hardware D) UNIVAC
B) a program which translates from one high-level
language to another 228. The term ‘computer’ is derived from
C) a program which translates from one high-level to A) Greek language
a machine level language B) Sanskrit language
D) None of these C) Latin language
D) German language
221. Which unit holds data temporarily?
A) Input unit 229. Which statement is valid about magnetic tape?
B) Secondary storage unit A) It is a plastic ribbon
C) Output Unit B) It is coated on both sides with iron oxide
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D) All of above D) computar

230. Which of the following is first generation 238. An input /output device at which data enters or
computer? leaves a computer system is
A) EDSAC A) Keyboard B) Terminal C) Printer
B) IBM 1401 D) Plotter
C) CDC 1604
D) ICL 2950 239. Which of the following is first generation of
computer
231. A hard copy would be prepared on a A) EDSAC
A) Line printer B) IBM-1401
B) Dot matrix Printer C) CDC-1604
C) Typewriter terminal D) ICL-2900
D) All of the above
240. A name or number used to identify a storage
232. The term GIGO is relate to which characteristics location is called
of computers? A) A byte
A) Speed B) A record
B) Automatic C) Accuracy D) Reliability C) An address
D) All of above
233. Which of the following programming language
were used in first generation computers? 241. Computer professionals working in a computer
A) Machine language B) Assembly language C) Both centre are
of above A) Software B) Firmware C) Hardware
D) None of above D) Humanware

234. To locate a data item for storage is 242. The first general purpose electronic computer in
A) Field the world was
B) Feed A) UNIVAC B) EDVAC C) ENIAC
C) Database D) All of above
D) Fetch
243. The contents of information are stored in
235. Who used punched cards practically for the first A) Memory data register
time in the history of computers? B) Memory address register
A) Charles Babbage C) Memory arithmetic registers
B) Dr. Herman Hollerith D) Memory access register
C) Howard Aikin
D) Joseph Jacquard 244. Which of the following is correct full form of
BCD?
236. Hard disk is coated in both sides with A) Binary Coded Decimal
A) Magnetic metallic oxide B) Bit Coded Decimal C) Binary Coded Digit D) Bit
B) Optical metallic oxide Coded Digit
C) Carbon layer
D) All of the above 245. Which was the world’s first microcomputer that
used Intel
237. Which of the following term means to reckon? 80386 microprocessor chip?
A) putare A) IBM PS/2
B) com B) HP-9830
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D) IBM-360 B) modern television

C) washing machines
246. The qualitative or quantitative attribute of a D) anything that can be set to perform different tasks
variable or set of variables is termed as with suitable programs
A) data
B) information 254. Which of the following is a secondary memory
C) both of above device?
D) none of above A) Keyboard
B) Disk
247. Main storage is also called C) ALU
A) Accumulator B) Control Unit C) Register Unit D) D) All of the above
Memory
255. The memory which is programmed at the time it
248. Which of the following are (is) considered to be is manufactured
video component? A) ROM B) RAM C) PROM
A) Resolution B) Color depth C) Refresh rate D) EPROM
D) All of the alcove
256. One of the popular mass storage device is CD
249. For what Antikyathera was used? ROM. What does
A) For counting CD ROM stand for?
B) For Calculating tax collection A) Compactable Read Only Memory
C) For calculating astronomical positions B) Compact Data Read Only Memory
D) For calculating firing weapons C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory
250. Memory unit is one part of
A) Input device 257. Identify the true statement
B) Control unit A) Computers are 100% accurate but it can suffer
C) Output device from GIGO
D) Central Processing Unit B) Computers are reliable because they use electronic
component which have very low failure rate
C) Computer is never tired and does not suffer from
251. Microprocessors can be used to make boredom
A) Computer D) All of above
B) Digital systems
C) Calculators 258. FORTRAN is
D) All of the above A) File Translation
B) Format Translation C) Formula Translation D)
252. Which statement is valid about computer Floppy Translation
program?
A) High level languages must be converted into 259. The programs which are as permanent as
machine language to execute hardware and stored in ROM is known as
B) High level language programs are more efficient A) Hardware B) Software C) Firmware D) ROM
and faster to execute ware
C) It is more difficult to identify errors in high level
language program than in low level programs 260. Which of the following memories must be
D) All of above refreshed many times per second?
A) Static RAM
253. By programmable machine we mean B) Dynamic RAM C) EPROM
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268. Which of the printers used in conjunction with

261. What do you call the translator which takes computers uses dry ink powder?
assembly language program as input & produce A) Daisy wheel printer
machine language code as output? B) Line printer
A) Compiler C) Laser printer
B) Interpreter C) Debugger D) Assembler D) Thermal printer

262. Serial access memories are useful in 269. What is the path from which data flow in a
applications where computer system is known as
A) Data consists of numbers A) Car
B) Short access time is required B) Bus
C) Each stored word is processed differently C) Truck
D) Data naturally needs to flow in and out in serial D) Road
form
270. Which term is used to describe RAM?
263. In mode, the communication channel is A) Dynamic RAM (DRAM) B) Static RAM (SRAM)
used in both directions at the same time? C) Video RAM (VRAM) D) All of the above
A) Full-duplex
B) Simplex 271. In which year was chip used inside the computer
C) Half-duplex for the first time?
D) None of the above A) 1964
B) 1975
264. Who invented Slide Rules? C) 1999
A) John Napier D) 1944
B) William Oughtred C) Gottfried Leibnitz D) Blaise
Pascal 272. Assembly language started to be used from
A) first generation computers
265. The proper definition of a modern digital B) second generation computers
computer is C) third generation computers
A) An electronic automated machine that can solve D) fourth generation computers
problems involving words and numbers
B) A more sophistic and modified electronic pocket 273. Which technology is more reliable?
calculator A) Mechanical
C) Any machine that can perform mathematical B) Electro-Mechanical
operations C) Electronic
D) A machine that works on binary code D) For reliability it does not matter. So all of above
are reliable
266. Memory is made up of
A) Set of wires
B) Set of circuits 274. Which of the following is not an XT
C) Large number of cells microprocessor?
D) All of these A) 8006
B) 8086
267. Which of the following is the most powerful C) 8088
computers? D) None of above
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) Super 275. Hard disk is coated in both side with
Computers A) Magnetic metallic oxide
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C) Carbon layer A) Desktop publishing program

D) All of the above B) Database
C) Spreadsheet
276. ASCII stands for D) All of above
A) American Stable Code for International
Interchange 283. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine
B) American Standard Case for Institutional called the Analytical Engine which he showed at the
Interchange Paris Exhibition. In which year was it exhibition?
C) American Standard Code for Information A) 1820
Interchange B) 1860
D) American Standard Code for Interchange C) 1855
Information D) 1870

277. Raw facts and figures about any particular topic 284. What is the name of the new color laptop
are computer which is powered by a 386 processor at 33
A) Information MHz and is built by Epson? A) AX3/33
B) facts B) NEC-20
C) data C) Magnum 2000
D) none of above D) HCL-3000

278. A computer can solve more than one kind of 285. In analog computer
problem. This is related to which of the following A) Input is first converted to digital form
characteristics? B) Input is never converted to digital form
A) Accuracy C) Output is displayed in digital form
B) Reliability D) All of the above
C) Versatility
D) Automatic 286. Which of the following computer is not invented
by J.P. Eckert and John Mauchly?
279. From which generation computers the printers A) ENIAC B) EDVAC C) UNIVAC D) EDSAC
were used?
A) first 287. When was the company named IBM?
B) second A) 1914
C) third B) 1924
D) fourth C) 1975
D) None of above
280. How many symbols exist in Baudot code?
A) 32 288. Which of the following storage device can store
B) 116 the largest amount of data?
C) 58 A) Hard Disks
D) 76 B) Flash Disks
C) Blu-Ray Disks
281. Following IC chip integrates 100 thousands D) DVDs
electronic components per chip
A) SSI B) MSI 289. Who invented Mark I?
C) LSI D) VLSI A) Howard Aikin
B) J. P. Eckert
282. An application program that helps the user to C) John Mauchley
change any number and immediately see the result of D) John v. Atanasoff
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290. ALU is
A) Arithmetic Logic Unit
B) Array Logic Unit 298. Second generation computers were developed
C) Application Logic Unit during
D) None of above A) 1949 to 1955
B) 1956 to 1965
291. A computer program that converts an entire C) 1965 to 1970
program into machine language at one time is called D) 1970 to 1990
a/an
A) Interpreter 299. What do you call a single point on a computer
B) CPU screen?
C) Compiler A) Cell
D) Simulator B) Element
C) Pixel
292. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers D) Bit
Inc. decide to join hands?
A) 1978 300. Mostly which of the following device is used to
B) 1984 carry user files?
C) 1990 A) Floppy Disk
D) 1991 B) Hard Disk
C) RAM
293. The purpose of vacuum tube was to NOT act D) CDROM
like
A) an amplifier 301. Which of the following computer implemented
B) a switch binary numbers, perform calculations using
C) a router electronics and implemented separate computation
D) None of above and memory for the first time?
A) Mark I B) ABC
294. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are C) Z3
A) More expensive B) More portable C) Less rigid D) None of above
D) Slowly accessed
302. FORTRAN is a programming language. What
295. Which of the following is the most quickly does FORTRAN
accessible storage? stand for?
A) RAM A) File Translation
B) Registers B) Format Translation C) Formula Translation D)
C) Disks Floppy Translation
D) Pen Drive
303. Which of the following memories needs
296. The octal equivalence of 111010 is refreshing?
A) 81 A) SRAM B) DRAM C) ROM
B) 72 D) All of above
C) 71
D) None of above 304. Can you tell what passes into and out from the
computer via its ports?
297. Excessive parallel processing is related to A) Data
A) First generation B) Bytes
B) Fourth generation C) Fifth Generation D) Third C) Graphics
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305. An output device that uses words or messages 313. Which of the following is internal memory?
recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio A) Disks
response is B) Pen Drives
A) Magnetic tape C) RAM D) CDs
B) Voice response unit
C) Voice recognition unit 314. Which operation is not performed by computer
D) Voice band A) Inputting B) Processing C) Controlling
D) Understanding
306. Which of the items below are considered
removable storage media? 315. Floppy disks which are made from flexible
A) Removable hard disk cartridges plastic material are also called?
B) (Magneto-optical) disk C) Flexible disks A) Hard disks
cartridges D) All of the above B) High-density disks
C) Diskettes
307. Which of the following is not purely output D) Templates
device?
A) Screen B) Printer C) Speaker D) Plotter 316. The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-
volatile direct access storage of data and that have no
308. Who developed a mechanical device in the moving parts are known as
17th century that could add, subtract, multiple, A) Magnetic core memory
divide and find square roots? B) Magnetic tape memory
A) Napier C) Magnetic disk memory
B) Babbage D) Magnetic bubble memory
C) Pascal
D) Leibniz 317. A collection of related instructions organized for
a common purpose is referred to as
309. The first Macintosh computer was from A) File
A) First generation B) Database
B) Second generation C) Program
C) Third generation D) None of above
D) Fourth generation
318. Plotter accuracy is measured in terms of
310. Which of the following is not a form of data? repeatability and
A) numbers and characters A) Buffer size
B) images B) Resolution
C) sound C) Vertical dimensions
D) none of above D) Intelligence

311. Which is not a computer classification? 319. Computer instructions written with the use of
A) mainframe English words instead of binary machine code is
B) maxframe called
C) mini A) Mnemonics
D) notebook B) Symbolic code
C) Gray codes
312. The control unit of a microprocessor D) Opcode
A) Stores data in the memory
B) Accepts input data from keyboard C) Performs 320. Which language is directly understood by the
arithmetic/logic function D) None of above computer without translation program?

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A) Machine language A) One stable state B) Two stable state C) Three

B) Assembly language stable state D) None of above
C) High level language
D) None of above 328. Which of the following is used for
manufacturing chips?
A) Control bus B) Control unit C) Parity unit
321. On which aspect the analog computers are better D) Semiconductor
than digital?
A) Speed 329. Which of the following is not a micro computer?
B) Accuracy C) Reliability D) Automatic A) Laptop PCs
B) Tablet PCs
322. Which of the following processors use RISC C) Desktop PCs
technology? D) None of above
A) 486dx
B) Power PC C) 486sx 330. The value of each bead in earth is
D) 6340 A) 1
B) 3
323. Which of the following machine was not C) 5
invented by Charles D) 7
Babbage?
A) Tabulating Machine 331. When did John Napier develop logarithm?
B) Analytical Engine C) Difference Engine D) Both A) 1416
C and D B) 1614
C) 1641
324. How many numbers could ENIAC store in its D) 1804
internal memory
A) 100 332. Which of the following terms is the most closely
B) 20 related to main memory?
C) 80 A) Non volatile
D) 40 B) Permanent C) Control unit D) Temporary

325. The subject of cybernetics deals with the science 333. Which was the world’s first minicomputer and
of when was it
A) Genetics introduced?
B) Control and communication A) PDP-I, 1958
C) Molecular biology B) IBM System/36, 1960
D) Biochemistry C) PDP-II, 1961
D) VAX 11/780, 1962
326. Why ABC is considered electro-mechanical
computer? 334. A group of magnetic tapes, videos or terminals
A) Because it was invented before electronic usually under the control of one master is
computers were developed A) Cylinder B) Surface C) Track
B) Because there are wheels, drums, bars to rotate D) Cluster
and move to produce result
C) Because they use the flow of electrons in different 335. The word length of a computer is measured in
component A) Bytes
D) None of above B) Millimeters
C) Meters
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D) Computer
336. What type of memory is not directly addressable
by the CPU and requires special softw3are called
EMS (expanded memory specification)? 344. Which of the following file organization is most
A) Extended B) Expanded C) Base efficient for a file with a high degree of file activity?
D) Conventional A) Sequential
B) ISAM C) VSAM
337. Which unit holds data permanently? D) B-Tree Index
A) Input unit
B) Secondary storage unit 345. Which of the following is associated with error
C) Output Unit detector?
D) Primary Memory Unit A) Odd parity bit
B) Even parity bit
338. Before a disk can be used to store data. It must C) Both of the above
be D) None of above
A) Formatted
B) Reformatted 346. Magnetic tape can serve as
C) Addressed A) Secondary storage media
D) None of the above B) Output media
C) Input media
339. Computer system comprises of major units D) All of the above
A) input unit, output unit, control unit
B) input unit, output unit, control unit and storage 347. Which company is the biggest player in the
C) input unit, output unit, central processing unit and microprocessor industry?
storage unit A) Motorola
D) input, output and storage units B) IBM C) Intel D) AMD

340. The first general purpose electronic digital 348. The first digital computer built with IC chips
computer in the world was was known as
A) UNIVAC B) EDVAC C) ENIAC A) IBM 7090
D) All of above B) Apple ? 1
C) IBM System / 360
341. Signals can be analog or digital and a computer D) VAX-10
that processes the both type of signals is known as
A) Analog computer B) Digital Computer C) Hybrid 349. EBCDIC can code up to how many different
Computer characters?
D) Mainframe Computer A) 256
B) 16
342. High level language is also called C) 32
A) Problem oriented language D) 64
B) Business oriented language
C) Mathematically oriented language 350. MICR stands for
D) All of the above A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader
B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader C) Magnetic Ink Cases
343. Human beings are referred to as Homosapinens, Reader D) None
which device is called Sillico Sapiens?
A) Monitor 351. Number crunchier is the informal name for
B) Hardware A) Mini computer B) Super computer C)
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D) Mainframe computer A) IBM PCs

B) Apple/Macintosh PCs
352. RATS stand for C) Both of above
A) Regression Analysis Time Series B) Regression D) None of above
Analysis Time Sharing C) Real Analysis Series
D) All of above 360. The first microprocessor built by the Intel
corporation was called
353. Which technology is used in Compact disks? A) 8008
A) Mechanical B) 8080
B) Electrical C) 4004
C) Electro Magnetic D) 8800
D) Laser
361. Which of the following is not a class of
354. Different components of the motherboard of a computers based on size?
PC unit are linked together by sets of parallel A) Mainframe Computers
electrical conducting lines. What are these lines B) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) Super
called? Computers
A) Conductors
B) Buses 362. Who invented EDSAC?
C) Connectors A) John v. Neumann
D) Consecutives B) J.P. Eckert and John Mauchley
C) Maurice Wilkes
355. Which is the first electronic digital computer? D) Howard Aiken
A) ENIAC B) MARK I C) Z3
D) ABC 363. EEPROM stands for
A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only
356. Which of the following is a storage device? Memory
A) Tape B) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only
B) Hard Disk Memory
C) Floppy Disk C) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only
D) All of the above Memory
D) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only
357. The metal disks, which are permanently housed Memory
in, sealed and contamination free containers are
called 364. Which of the following is a class of computers
A) Hard disks based on model?
B) Floppy disk A) Digital Computer
C) Winchester disk B) Hybrid Computers C) Analog Computers D) AT
D) Flexible disk Computers

358. A computer program that converts an entire 365. What are the computers called that performs
program into machine language is called a/an calculations and comparisons usually in the binary
A) Interpreter numbering system? A) Analog Computers
B) Simulator B) Digital Computers
C) Compiler C) Hybrid Computers
D) Commander D) None of above

359. Intel corporation produces chips for which 366. ASCII stands for
computers?

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A) American Standard Code for Information C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
Interchange D) Compact Disk Read Only Memory
B) American Scientific Code for International
Interchange C) American Standard Code for 374. Which unit converts user data into machine
Intelligence Interchange D) American Scientific readable form?
Code for Information Interchange A) Input unit
B) Output unit
367. The data recording format in most of the modern C) ALU
magnetic tape is D) Control Unit
A) 7-bit ASCII
B) 7-bit EBCDIC C) 8-bit ASCII 375. Which unit is known as nerve center of
D) 8-bit EBCDIC computer?
A) ALU B) CU
C) Memory
368. Why ABC computer is called so? D) Registers
A) Because it was developed by Atanasoff and Berry
B) Because it was thought to be the first computer so 376. What does the disk drive of a computer do?
named with first alphabets of English A) Rotate the disk
C) Both of above are the reason to name the B) Read the disk
computer ABC D) None of above are true C) Load a program from the disk into the memory
D) Both b and c
369. Who designed the first electronics computer ?
ENIAC/ 377. Access time is
A) Von Neumann A) seek time + latency time
B) Joseph M Jacquard B) seek time
C) J. P. Eckert and J. W. Mauchly C) seek time
D) All of above D) latency time

370. Central Processing Unit is combination of 378. Who invented the microprocessor?
A) Control and storage A) Marcian E Huff
B) Control and output unit B) Herman H Goldstein
C) Arithmetic logic and input unit C) Joseph Jacquard
D) Arithmetic logic and control unit D) All of above

371. IBM 1401 computer was 379. MICR stands for

A) Mainframe Computer A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader
B) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) None of B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader C) Magnetic Ink Case
above Reader D) None of the above

372. Time during which a job is processed by the 380. The Width of a processor’s data path is
computer is measured in bits.
A) Delay times Which of the following are common data paths?
B) Real time A) 8 bits
C) Execution time B) 12 bits C) 16 bits D) 32 bits
D) Down time
381. MSI is the abbreviation of
373. CD-ROM stands for A) Medium Scale Integrated
A) Compactable Read Only Memory B) Medium System Integrated
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D) Medium System Intelligent B) Automobile speed meter

C) Clock with a dial and two hands
382. IMB launched its first personal computer called D) All of the above
IBM-PC in
1981. It had chips from Intel, disk drives from 390. Which of the following is not true?
Tandon, operating system from Microsoft, the printer A) Transistors are much smaller
from Epson and the application software from B) Transistors produce low heat
everywhere. Can you name the country which C) Transistors were less reliable
contribute D) Transistors were used in radios and other
A) India electronic devices
B) China
C) Germany 391. A characteristic of card systems is:
D) Taiwan A) Slowness in processing data
B) Using cards as records of transactions
383. Which statement is valid about interpreter? C) Needing a larger DP staff
A) It translates one instruction at a time D) All of the above
B) Object code is saved for future use
C) Repeated interpretation is not necessary
D) All of above 392. The full form of EEPROM is
A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only
384. Easily reloctable language is Memory
A) Machine language B) Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only
B) Assembly language Memory
C) High level language C) Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only
D) Medium level language Memory
D) None of the above
385. Which of the following memories needs refresh?
A) SRAM B) DRAM C) ROM 393. The original ASCII code used__bits of each
D) All of above byte, reserving that last bit for error checking
A) 5
386. Through which device the main components of B) 6
the computer communicate with each other? C) 7
A) Keyboard D) 8
B) System Bus
C) Monitor 394. A computer programmer
D) Memory A) Does all the thinking for a computer
B) Can enter input data quickly
387. What type of device is computer keyboard? C) Can operate all types of computer equipments
A) Memory D) Can draw only flowchart
B) Output C) Storage D) Input
395. Fifth generation computer is also known as
388. Which is the limitation of high level language? A) Knowledge information processing system
A) Lower efficiency B) Very large scale integration (VLSI) C) Both of
B) Machine dependence above
C) machine level coding D) None of above
D) None of above
396. The commonly used standard data code to
389. An example of a digital device can be represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation
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characters used in electronic data processing system D) Video Graphics Adapter

is called
A) ASCII 405. A kind of scanner MICR is the short form of
B) EBCDIC C) BCD A) Magnetic Ink Character Reader
D) All of above B) Magnetic Ink Code Reader
C) Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
397. Which of the following have low failure rate? D) None
A) mechanical devices
B) electronic devices 406. Which of the following is not a class based on
C) electro-mechanical devices size?
D) None of above A) Mainframe Computer
B) Micro Computer
398. Which of the following memories need refresh? C) Mini Computer
A) SRAM B) DRAM C) ROM D) Digital Computer
D) All of the above
407. Which 8-bit chip was used in many of today’s
399. A typical personal computer used for business TRS-80 computers?
purposes would have of RAM. A) Z-8000
A) 4 KB B) 16 K C) 64 K D) 256 K B) Motorola 6809
C) Z-8808
400. The ALU of a computer normally contains a D) Z-80
number of high speed storage element called
A) Semiconductor memory 408. Which of the following disk is fixed disk?
B) Registers A) Hard Disks
C) Hard disks B) Flash Disks
D) Magnetic disk C) Blu-Ray Disks
D) DVDs
401. Which was the computer conceived by
Babbage? 409. Which of the following professions has not been
A) Analytical Engine affected by personal computers?
B) Arithmetic Machine A) Medical
C) Donald Kunth B) Clerical and law
D) All of above C) Accounting
D) None of the above
402. The processing speed of first generation
computers was 410. The word Abacus is derived from Abax, a word
A) milliseconds B) microseconds C) nanoseconds D) from
picoseconds A) Latin language
B) Greek Language C) Sanskrit language D) Ancient
403. Model 5100 was in 1957. Egypt
A) The first PC built by IBM
B) The first PC built by Apple 411. In latest generation computers, the instructions
C) The first PC built by Motorola are executed
D) The first PC built by Intel A) Parallel only
B) Sequentially only
404. VGA is C) Both sequentially and parallel
A) Video Graphics Array D) All of above
B) Visual Graphics Array
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412. Which of the following memory medium is not B) IBM 1401

used as main memory system? C) PDP-8
A) Magnetic core D) HP2115
B) Semiconductor C) Magnetic tape D) Both a and b
420. The number of records contained within a block
413. An online backing storage system capable of of data on magnetic tape is defined by the
storing larger quantities of data is A) Block definition
A) CPU B) Record contain clause
B) Memory C) Blocking factor
C) Mass storage D) Record per block
D) Secondary storage
421. Mark I is also known as
414. A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms A) American Sequence Controlled Calculator
characters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed B) Automatic Sequence Calculating Controller C)
dots is called American Sequence Controlled Computer D)
A) Laser printer Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
B) Ink-jet printer C) Drum printer D) Chan printer
422. Which of the following registers is loaded with
415. Which of the following does not affect the the contents of the memory location pointed by the
resolution of a video display image? PC?
A) Bandwidth A) Memory address registers
B) Raster scan rage B) Memory data registers
C) Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution C) Instruction register
D) Screen size D) Program counter

423. Which of the following are the cheapest memory

416. Which of the following printing devices an devices in terms of Cost/Bit?
output composed of a series of data? A) Semiconductor memories
A) Wire matrix printer B) Magnetic Disks C) Compact Disks D) Magnetic
B) Band printer Tapes
C) Wang image printer
D) Both a and c 424. MIS is designed to provide information needed
for effective decision making by?
417. Which of the following is an example of fifth A) Consumers
generation computer? B) Workers
A) PIM/m C) Foremen
B) ICL 2950 D) Managers
C) IBM 1401
D) None of above 425. Which is valid statement
A) 1 KB = 1024 Bytes
418. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for B) 1 MB = 1024 Bytes C) 1 KB = 1000 Bytes D) 1
A) Direct access MB = 1000 Bytes
B) Sequential access
C) Both of above 426. Latency time is
D) None of above A) Time to spin the needed data under head
B) Time to spin the needed data under track
419. Which of the following is not a third generation C) Time to spin data under sector
computer? D) All of above
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427. Who built the first Mechanical Calculator 435. Which of the following items are examples of
A) Joseph Marie Jacquard storage devices?
B) John Mauchly A) Floppy / hard disks
C) Blaise Pascal B) CD-ROMs
D) Howard Aiken C) Tape devices
D) All of the above
428. The most important advantage of a video disk is
A) Compactness 436. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character
B) Potential capacity coding systems.
C) Durability What does ASCII stand for?
D) Cost effectiveness A) American Stable Code for International
Interchange B) American Standard Case for
429. Which of the following generation computers Institutional Interchange C) American Standard Code
had expensive operation cost? for Information Interchange D) American Standard
A) First Code for Interchange Information
B) Second
C) Third 437. Which computers are used as servers for any
D) Fourth medium sized organizations?
A) Mainframe Computer
430. An IBM system/38 represents the computer B) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) Super
class of: Computers
A) Small-scale computer
B) Medium-scale computer 438. Slide Rules was invented in
C) Large-scale computer A) 1614
D) Super computer B) 1617
C) 1620
431. Another word for a daisy wheel printer D) None of above
A) Petal printer
B) Golf ball printer 439. A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to
C) Laser printer data?
D) Line printer A) 680 KB
B) 680 Bytes
432. Cursor is a C) 680 MB D) 680 GB
A) Pixel
B) Thin blinking line C) Pointing device D) None of
these 440. Which of the following required large computer
memory?
433. Which device is used to backup the data? A) Imaging B) Graphics C) Voice
A) Floppy Disk D) All of above
B) Tape
C) Network Drive 441. Which was the computer conceived by
D) All of the above Babbage?
A) Analytical engine
434. Which of the following printers are you sure B) Arithmetic machine
will not to use if your objective is to print on multi C) Donald Knuth
carbon forms? D) All of above
A) Daisy wheel B) Dot matrix C) Laser
D) Thimble 442. The lower deck of an abacus is known as
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B) sky C) 28 or 72
C) earth D) 30 or 72
D) floor
451. Dot-matrix is a type of
443. All modern computer operate on A) Tape
A) Information B) Printer
B) Floppies C) Disk
C) Data D) Bus
D) Word
452. Which is not consisted in a processor
444. The computer that can input analog signals and A) ALU
return result in digital form B) CU
A) Analog Computers B) Digital Computers C) C) Memory
Hybrid Computers D) Registers
D) Mainframe Computers
453. IBM 1401 is the first computer to enter in
445. Offline device is Nepal. It belonged to
A) A device which is not connected to CPU B) A A) First Generation
device which is connected to CPU B) Second Generation
C) A direct access storage device C) Third Generation
D) An I/O device D) Froth Generation

446. What is the latest write-once optical storage 454. The Third Generation Computer was made with
media? .
A) Digital paper A) Vacuum Tube
B) Magneto-optical disk B) Discrete Components
C) WORM disk C) IC
D) CD-ROM disk D) Bio Chips

447. Which of the following programming language 455. Which of the following are the two main
started from second generation? components of the
A) LISP B) C CPU?
C) QBASIC A) Control Unit and Registers
D) FORTRAN B) Registers and Main Memory
C) Control unit and ALU D) ALU and bus
448. Which one of the following input device is user-
programmable? 456. Fifth generation computer is also known as
A) Dumb terminal B) Smart terminal C) VDT A) Knowledge information processing system
D) Intelligent terminal B) Very large scale integration
C) Both of above
449. Floppy disks typically in diameter D) None of above
A) 3?
B) 5.25? C) 8? 457. Second Generation computers were developed
D) All of above during
A) 1949 to 1955
450. Current SIMMs have either or connectors B) 1956 to 1965
(pins) C) 1965 to 1970
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458. What is the name of the computer terminal B) Records are composed of fields
which gives paper printout? C) Fields are composed of characters
A) Display screen D) All of above
B) Soft copy terminal C) Hard copy terminal D)
Plotter 466. Who built the world’s first electronic calculator
using
459. Programs are executed on the basis of a priority telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries?
number in a A) Claude Shannon
A) Batch processing system B) Konrard Zues
B) Multiprogramming C) George Stibits
C) Time sharing D) Howard H. Aiken
D) None of these
467. WAN is a most used abbreviation in
460. When was Apple Macintosh II microcomputer Networking, what is its full form?
introduced in the market? A) WAP Area Network
A) 1964 B) Wide Area Network
B) 1970 C) Wide Array of Network
C) 1983 D) Wireless Access Network
D) 1986
468. In which language is source program written?
461. When was the world’s first laptop computer A) English
introduced in the market and by whom? B) Symbolic C) High level D) Temporary
A) Hewlett-Packard
B) Epson, 1981 469. Which of the following is correct acronym of
C) Laplink traveling software In1982 VGA?
D) Tandy model-2000, 1985 A) Video Graphics Array
B) Visual Graphics Array
462. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier known C) Volatile Graphics Array
by different D) Video Graphics Adapter
name which was changed in 1924. What was that
name? 470. A song being played on computer speaker is
A) Computer Tabulating Recording Co. A) hard output
B) The Tabulator Ltd. B) soft output
C) International Computer Ltd. C) both hard and soft output
D) None of above D) neither hard nor soft output

463. The personnel who deals with the computer and 471. In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT stand
its management put together are called for
A) Software A) Additional Terminals B) Advance technology C)
B) Human ware Applied technology
C) Firmware D) Advanced terminology
D) Hardware
472. Size of the primary memory of a PC ranges
between
464. Which of the following is input device? A) 2KB to 8KB
A) scanner B) speaker C) monitor D) projector B) 64KB & 256KB C) 256KB & 640KB D) None of
these
465. Which of the following is true?
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473. What is the number of read-write heads in the

drive for a 9- trac magnetic tape? 480. Which device is used as the standard pointing
A) 9 device in a
B) 16 Graphical User Environment?
C) 18 A) Keyboard
D) 27 B) Mouse
C) Joystick
474. Apple company used chips from for its D) Track ball
computers
A) Intel 481. Mini computers and micro computers are from
B) Motorola which generation of computers?
C) Both of above A) First
D) None of above B) Second
C) Third
475. Which of the following is a feature of fifth D) Fourth
generation computers?
A) Use of natural language 482. Pick the one that is used for logical operations or
B) artificial intelligence comparisons such as less than equal to or greater
C) bio-chips than. A) Arithmetic and Logic Unit
D) All of above B) Control Unit
C) Both of above
476. Charles Babbage was awarded by Royal Society D) None of above
for his
A) Difference Engine 483. The operating speed of third generation
B) Analytic Engine computer was
C) Binary System in Analytic Engine A) Milliseconds B) Microseconds C) Nanoseconds
D) His concept of input, mill, output and D) Picoseconds
storage
484. Which of the following is true?
477. A computer which CPU speed around 100 A) Mark I was 8 feet long B) Mark I was 2 feet long
million instruction per second and with the word C) Mark I was 40 feet long D) None of above
length of around 64 bits is known as
A) Super computer B) Mini computer C) Micro 485. Charles Babbage is considered the father of
computer modern computers because
D) Macro computer A) of his difference engine
B) of his analytical engine
478. When we look at the cost, which of the C) his concept of input, mill and output
following computer is most expensive? D) All of above
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers C) Micro Computers D) Super 486. Which of the following is used only for data
Computers entry and storage, and never for processing?
A) Mouse
479. Which of the following will happen when data is B) Dumb terminal
entered into a memory location? C) Micro computer
A) It will add to the content of the location D) Dedicated data entry system
B) It will change the address of the memory location
C) It will erase the previous content
D) It will not be fruitful if there is already some data 487. What was the first computer brought in Nepal?
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B) ENIAC A) Intel 308

C) IBM 1401 B) Intel 33
D) None of above C) Intel 4004
D) Motorola 639
488. The primary advantage of key-to-tape data entry
system is 495. Which of the following class of computers can
A) A large percentage of editing can be performed at process physical quantities such as speed?
the time of data entry A) Analog Computers B) Digital Computers C)
B) Key verification is easily performed Hybrid Computers D) None of above
C) The tape is reusable
D) Keying errors can be detected as they occur. 496. How many types of storage loops exists in
magnetic bubble memory
489. Basic is language. A) 8
A) a procedural B) 4
B) an object oriented C) 16
C) both A and B D) 2
D) none of the above
497. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based
490. A computer Program that translates one program PC/AT?
instruction at a time into machine language is called A) 1982
a/an B) 1984
A) Interpreter C) 1985
B) CPU D) 1989
C) Compiler
D) Simulator 498. The silicon chips used for data processing are
called
491. Which of the following have the fastest access A) RAM chips
time? B) ROM chips
A) Semiconductor Memories C) Micro processors
B) Magnetic Disks C) Magnetic Tapes D) Compact D) PROM chips
Disks
499. Which computers used operating systems by
492. The first electronic general purpose digital Microsoft?
computer built by Eckert and Mauchly called ENIAC A) IBM PCs
did not work on the stored program concept. How B) Apple/Macintosh PCs
many numbers could it store in its internal memory? C) IBM Compatibles
A) 100 D) Both A & C
B) 20
C) 40 500. One of the main feature that distinguish
D) 80 microprocessors from micro-computer is
A) Words are usually large in microprocessors
493. The computer that process both analog and B) Words are shorter in microprocessors
digital is called C) Microprocessor does not contain I/O device
A) Analog computer B) Digital computer C) Hybrid D) Exactly the same as the machine cycle time
computer
D) Mainframe computer 501. Napier’s Bones were invented in
A) 1614
494. What was the name of the first commercially B) 1617
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D) None of above
509. A number system that has eight different
502. One computer that is not considered a portable symbols to represent any quantity is known as
computer is A) Binary
A) Minicomputer B) Octal
B) A laptop computer C) Decimal
C) Tablet PC D) Hexadecimal
D) All of the above

503. Computers built before the First Generation of

computers were: 510. The two basic types of record access methods
A) Mechanical are:
B) Electro-mechanical A) Sequential and random B) Sequential and indexed
C) Electrical C) Direct and immediate D) Online and real time
D) None of these
511. Artificial Intelligence is associated with which
504. Which of the following is a way to access generation?
secondary memory? A) First Generation
A) Random access memory B) Second Generation
B) Action method C) Fifth Generation
C) Transfer method D) Sixth Generation
D) Density method
512. One of a class of storage device devices that can
505. What is System Analysis? access storage locations in any order is
A) The design of the screen the user will see and use A) DTE
to enter or display data B) DASD C) DDE D) DDE
B) System analysis defines the format and type of
data the program will use 513. The actual execution of instructions happens in
C) System Analysis involves creating formal model A) ALU B) CU
of the problem to be solved C) Memory
D) None of the above D) None of above

506. Which of the following devices have a limitation 514. Floppy disks are available in
that we can only store information to it but cannot A) Single side single density B) Single side double
erase or modify it? density C) Both of above
A) Floppy Disk D) None of above
B) Hard Disk C) Tape Drive D) CDROM
515. Which of the following is not electro-
507. Which is an item of storage medium in the form mechanical computer?
of circular plate? A) Z3
A) Disk B) ABC
B) CPU C) mark I D) ENIAC
C) Printer
D) ALU 516. Which of the following is a programming
508. Daisy wheel printer is a type of language?
A) Matrix printer A) Lotus
B) Impact printer B) Pascal
C) Laser printer C) MS-Excel
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524. Which of the following memories has the

517. Which converts the user data into machine shortest access times?
readable form? A) Cache memory
A) input unit, output unit, control unit B) Magnetic bubble memory
B) central processing unit C) Magnetic core memory
C) output unit D) RAM
D) decoder unit
525. A small or intelligent device is so called because
518. In what respect human beings are superior to it contains within it a
computers? A) Computer
A) Diligence B) Microcomputer C) Programmable D) Sensor
B) Intelligence
C) Slavery 526. Which of the following is not a primary storage
D) Reliability device?
A) Magnetic tape
519. As compared to the secondary memory, the B) Magnetic disk
primary memory of a computer is C) Optical disk
A) Large B) Cheap C) Fast D) All of above
D) Slow
527. Who invented Analytical engine?
520. The language that the computer can understand A) Blaise Pascal
and execute is called B) George Bool
A) Machine language C) Charles Babbage
B) Application software D) Dr. Herman Hollerith
C) System program
D) All of above 528. CPU speed of a personal computer is
A) 32 KIPS
521. How was the generation of computer classified? B) 100 KIPS C) 1 MIPS
A) by the device used in memory & processor D) None of these
B) by the speed of computer
C) by the model of the computer 529. Circular division of disks to store and retrieve
D) by the accuracy of computer data are known as
A) tracks
522. Which of the following is not a feature of first B) sectors
generation computers C) cycles
A) They used vacuum tubes or valves as main D) rings
electronic component
B) They consumed lots of electricity and produced 530. Which statement is valid?
excessive heat A) 1KB = 1024 bytes
C) They used machine language and assembly B) 1 MB=2048 bytes
language to program the machine C) 1 MB = 1000 kilobytes
D) None of above D) 1 KB = 1000 bytes

523. CAD stands for 531. The least significant bit of the binary number,
A) Computer aided design which is equivalent to any odd decimal number, is:
B) Computer algorithm for design C) Computer A) 0
application in design D) All of the above B) 1
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A) Z3
532. The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that senses B) ABC
the movement by the change in its capacitance, C) Mark I
A) Capacitance keyboard B) Mechanical keyboard C) D) None of above
Qwerty keyboard
D) Dvorak keyboard 540. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which
standard is used for converting the keystroke into the
533. The Stepped Reckoner was invented by corresponding bits?
A) John Napier A) ANSI B) ASCII
B) William Oughtred C) Gottfried Leibnitz D) Blaise C) EBCDIC D) ISO
Pascal
541. In order to play and hear sound on a computer,
one needs:
534. A term used to describe interconnected A) a sound card and speakers
computer configuration is B) a microphone
A) Multiprogramming C) all of them required
B) Modulation D) none of them required
C) Multiprocessing
D) Micro program sequence 542. Which of the following devices can be sued to
directly image printed text?
535. While inserting a diskette into the diskette drive A) OCR B) OMR C) MICR
of a PC, the D) All of above
diskette’s label side should face
A) East 543. For which of the following computers can’t be
B) North C) South D) Up used?
A) gathering data B) calculating data C) comparing
536. Most of the inexpensive personal computers do data D) Arranging data
not have any disk or diskette drive. What is the name
of such computes? 544. Which of the following is called low level
A) Home computers languages?
B) Diskless computers A) Machine language B) Assembly language C) Both
C) Dedicated computers of the above D) None of above
D) General purpose computers
545. A factor which would strongly influence a
537. What is a light pen? business person to adopt a computer is its
A) Mechanical Input device A) Accuracy
B) Optical input device B) Reliability
C) Electronic input device C) Speed
D) Optical output device D) All of above

538. Which of the following class of computers can 546. Who invented punched cards?
not support multiple users simultaneously? A) Charles Babbage
A) Mainframe Computer B) Dr. Herman Hollerith
B) Mini Computers C) Howard Aikin
C) Micro Computers D) Joseph Jacquard
D) All of them can support
547. Each model of a computer has a unique
539. Which of the following is considered first A) Assembly of a computer
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B) Machine language C) High level language D) All D) Both of these

of the above 556. A floppy disk contains
A) Circular tracks only
548. Which of the following is not a primary storage B) Sectors only
device? C) Both circular tracks and sectors
A) Magnetic tape B) Magnetic disk C) Optical disk D) None of the above
D) All of the above
557. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is
549. In a punched card system, data is processed by a A) 1.40 MB B) 1.44 GB C) 1.40 GB D) 1.44 MB
A) Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine
B) Accounting machine, posting machine, and billing
machine
C) Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine 558. The contribution of Konrad Zuse was long
D) Accounting machine, keypunch machine and ignored because
sorter A) He made the computers secretly
B) his computers were very complicated and it took
550. Which device is required for the Internet time for the people to recognize its power
connection? C) of political reasons. He was German. D) All of the
A) Joystick B) Modem C) CD Drive D) NIC Card above

551. A set of rods where numbers were carved and 559. Any method for controlling access to or use of
used for multiplication and division aids is known as memory is known
A) Pascaline A) Memory map
B) Napier’s Bones B) Memory protection
C) Stepped Reckoner C) Memory management
D) Slide Rule D) Memory instruction

552. Seek time is 560. In what respect computers are superior to human
A) time to position the head over proper track beings?
B) time to position the head over proper sector A) Diligence
C) time to position the head over proper cylinder B) Intelligence
D) none of above C) Both of above
D) None of above
553. Tape speed is measured in
A) Feet per second 561. Com in Latin is
B) Inch per second A) intensifying prefix
C) Meter per second B) intensifying suffix
D) Centimeter per second C) a term that means to reckon
D) None of above
554. Punched cards were first introduced by
A) Powers 562. The system unit of a personal computer typically
B) Pascal contains all of the following except:
C) Jacquard A) Microprocessor B) Disk controller C) Serial
D) Herman Hollerith interface D) Modem

555. Which computer support co-processors? 563. Which of the following is related to fifth
A) XT computer generation computers?
B) AT computers A) Knowledge information processing system
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B) Very large scale integration (VLSI) C) Both of 571. Which of the following is the largest
above manufacturer of Hard
D) Only b Disk Drives?
A) IBM
564. The process of starting a or restarting a B) Seagate
computer system by loading instructions from a C) Microsoft
secondary storage device into the computer memory D) 3M
is called
A) Duping B) Booting C) Padding D) CPS 572. Networking such as LAN, MAN started from
A) First generation
565. MSI stands for B) Second generation
A) Medium Scale Integrated Circuits C) Third generation
B) Medium System Integrated Circuits D) Fourth generation
C) Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit
D) Medium System Intelligent Circuit 573. Which characteristic of computer distinguishes
it from electronic calculators?
566. A Pixel is A) Accuracy
A) A computer program that draws picture B) Storage
B) A picture stored in secondary memory C) Versatility
C) The smallest resolvable part of a picture D) Automatic
D) None of these
574. Which of the following registers is used to keep
567. A/n Device is any device that provides track of address of the memory location where the
information, which is sent to the CPU next instruction is located?
A) Input A) Memory address register
B) Output B) Memory data register
C) CPU C) Instruction register
D) Memory D) Program counter

568. What was the nick name of the computer used 575. Which of the following is not the classification
by the of computers based on application?
Americans in 1952 for their H-bomb project? A) Electronic Computers
A) ENIAC B) EDSAC B) Analog Computers C) Digital Computers D)
C) MANIAC Hybrid Computers
D) UNIVAC
576. Which of the following is not a type of Software
569. Which is the type of memory for information A) System Software
that does not change on your computer? B) Application Software
A) RAM B) ROM C) ERAM C) Utility Software
D) RW / RAM D) Entertainment Software

570. LSI, VLSI & ULSI chips were used in which 577. Who invented the high level language C?
generation? A) Dennis M. Ritchie
A) First B) Niklaus Writh
B) Second C) Seymour Papert
C) Third D) Donald Kunth
D) Fourth
578. What do you call the programs that are used to
find out possible faults and their causes?

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A) Operating system extensions

B) Cookies 586. Which of the following is required when more
C) Diagnostic software than one person uses a central computer at the same
D) Boot diskettes time?
A) Terminal B) Light pen C) Digitizer D) Mouse
579. Which computer memory is used for storing
programs and data currently being processed by the 587. Which of the following is not an output device?
CPU? A) Scanner
A) Mass memory B) Printer
B) Internal memory C) Flat Screen
C) Non-volatile memory D) Touch Screen
D) PROM
588. Personal computers used a number of chips
580. Which of the following code used in present day mounted on a main circuit board. What is the
computing was developed by IBM Corporation? common name for such boards?
A) ASCII A) Daughterboard
B) Hollerith Code C) Baudot Code D) EBCDIC Code B) Motherboard C) Father board D) Childboard

581. When was the transistors invented?

A) 1948
B) 1938
C) 1958
D) 1968

582. In the third Generation of computers

A) Distributed data processing first became popular
B) An operating system was first developed
C) High level procedural language were first used
D) Online real time systems first become popular

583. Most important advantage of an IC is its A)

Easy replacement in case of circuit failure B)
Extremely high reliability
C) Reduced cost
D) Lower power consumption

584. Which of the following magazines covers only

the IBM PC and its compatibles?
A) Byte
B) PC Magazine
C) Personal Computing
D) Interface Age

585. UNIVAC was a first generation computer. What

is its full form?
A) Universal Automatic Computer
B) Universal Array Computer
C) Unique Automatic Computer
D) Unvalued Automatic Computer

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Answers 191-C 192-A 193-C 194-A 195-A 196-A

197-A 198-D 199-B 200-A
201-B 202-A 203-D 204-D 205-B 206-B
207-C 208-C 209-A 210-D
211-C 212-B 213-C 214-D 215-D 216-B
217-D 218-A 219-B 220-C
221-D 222-A 223-C 224-B 225-A 226-D
227-D 228-C 229-D 230-A
231-D 232-C 233-A 234-D 235-B 236-A
237-A 238-B 239-A 240-C
1-A 2-D 3-D 4-D 5-C 6-A 241-D 242-C 243-A 244-A 245-C 246-A
7-C 8-D 9-C 10-B 247-D 248-D 249-C 250-D
11-C 12-C 13-D 14-C 15-C 16-B 251-D 252-A 253-A 254-B 255-C 256-D
17-B 18-B 19-C 20-D 257-D 258-C 259-C 260-B
21-B 22-D 23-C 24-B 25-A 26-B 261-D 262-D 263-A 264-B 265-A 266-C
27-B 28-A 29-B 30-D 267-D 268-C 269-B 270-D
31-B 32-D 33-A 34-A 35-A 36-D 271-B 272-B 273-C 274-D 275-A 276-C
37-A 38-C 39-B 40-B 277-C 278-C 279-B 280-A
41-C 42-B 43-C 44-D 45-C 46-A 281-C 282-C 283-C 284-A 285-B 286-D
47-B 48-D 49-A 50-B 287-B 288-A 289-A 290-A
51-D 52-B 53-B 54-D 55-C 56-C 291-C 292-D 293-C 294-A 295-B 296-B
57-C 58-C 59-B 60-B 297-C 298-B 299-C 300-A
61-C 62-B 63-D 64-A 65-D 66-D 301-B 302-C 303-B 304-A 305-B 306-D
67-C 68-A 69-B 70-C 307-A 308-D 309-D 310-D
71-C 72-B 73-C 74-D 75-B 76-A 311-B 312-D 313-C 314-D 315-C 316-D
77-D 78-C 79-A 80-A 317-C 318-B 319-B 320-A
81-C 82-D 83-C 84-B 85-D 86-D 321-B 322-B 323-A 324-B 325-B 326-B
87-A 88-C 89-D 90-D 327-B 328-D 329-D 330-A
91-D 92-C 93-C 94-A 95-D 96-B 331-B 332-D 333-A 334-D 335-D 336-B
97-D 98-C 99-C 100-B 337-B 338-A 339-C 340-A
101-B 102-C 103-B 104-B 105-B 106-C 341-C 342-D 343-D 344-A 345-C 346-A
107-B 108-C 109-C 110-C 347-C 348-C 349-A 350-A
111-C 112-D 113-A 114-C 115-B 116-B 351-b 352-A 353-D 354-B 355-D 356-D
117-C 118-C 119-A 120-D 357-C 358-C 359-A 360-C
121-A 122-A 123-A 124-B 125-A 126-D 361-D 362-C 363-A 364-D 365-B 366-A
127-B 128-C 129-B 130-B 367-D 368-B 369-C 370-D
131-C 132-A 133-A 134-B 135-B 136-A 371-A 372-C 373-D 374-A 375-A 376-D
137-B 138-A 139-B 140-D 377-A 378-A 379-A 380-A
141-C 142-C 143-D 144-B 145-C 146-C 381-A 382-D 383-B 384-B 385-B 386-B
147-C 148-C 149-C 150-A 387-D 388-A 389-A 390-C
151-C 152-D 153-B 154-D 155-C 156-D 391-D 392-A 393-C 394-A 395-A 396-D
157-A 158-B 159-B 160-B 397-B 398-B 399-D 400-B
161-B 162-A 163-B 164-A 165-B 166-A 401-A 402-A 403-A 404-A 405-A 406-D
167-B 168-B 169-C 170-D 407-D 408-A 409-D 410-A
171-C 172-A 173-A 174-A 175-C 176-A 411-C 412-C 413-C 414-B 415-D 416-D
177-C 178-A 179-C 180-A 417-A 418-C 419-B 420-C
181-A 182-A 183-C 184-A 185-D 186-D 421-D 422-C 423-C 424-D 425-A 426-A
187-C 188-B 189-C 190-A 427-C 428-B 429-A 430-A

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431-B 432-B 433-D 434-C 435-D 436-C

437-B 438-C 439-C 440-D
441-A 442-C 443-C 444-C 445-A 446-D
447-D 448-D 449-D 450-D
451-B 452-C 453-B 454-C 455-C 456-A
457-B 458-C 459-B 460-C
461-B 462-B 463-B 464-A 465-D 466-C
467-B 468-C 469-A 470-B
471-B 472-C 473-A 474-B 475-D 476-A
477-A 478-D 479-C 480-B
481-D 482-A 483-C 484-D 485-C 486-B
487-C 488-C 489-A 490-A
491-A 492-B 493-C 494-C 495-A 496-D
497-B 498-C 499-D 500-C
501-B 502-A 503-B 504-A 505-C 506-D
507-A 508-B 509-B 510-A
511-C 512-B 513-A 514-C 515-D 516-B
517-A 518-B 519-C 520-A
521-A 522-C 523-A 524-A 525-D 526-D
527-C 528-B 529-A 530-A
531-A 532-A 533-C 534-A 535-D 536-B
537-B 538-C 539-C 540-A
541-A 542-A 543-A 544-C 545-D 546-D
547-B 548-D 549-D 550-B
551-B 552-A 553-B 554-D 555-B 556-C
557-D 558-C 559-B 560-A
561-A 562-D 563-A 564-B 565-A 566-C
567-A 568-C 569-B 570-D
571-B 572-D 573-C 574-D 575-A 576-D
577-A 578-C 579-B 580-D
581-A 582-D 583-B 584-B 585-A 586-A
587-D 588-B

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