SBI PO: Computer Quiz

Q1. Diskette and hard disks are
(1) Direct access devices
(2) Sequential access devices
(3) Slower than magnetic tape
(4) Used only in mainframe computers

Q2. The main system board of a computer is called the ..........
(1) integrated circuit
(2) motherboard
(3) processor
(4) microchip
(5) None of these

Q3. On which layer of the OSI model the router configuration reside :-
(1) Transport
(2) Network
(3) Logical link
(4) Physical

Q4. Which of the following is a sequential access device
(1) Hard disk
(2) Optical disk
(3) Tape
(4) Flash memory

Q5. If you change Windows 98 to Windows XP, you are actually performing ...........
(1) Upstart
(2) upgrade
(3) update
(4) patch
(5) None of these

Q6. Fastest type of memory from the following list is
(1) Tape
(2) Semiconductor
(3) Disk
(4) Bubble memory

Q7. C++ is a(n) _________ language
(1) Object Oriented
(2) Procedural
(3) Functional
(4) Imperative

Q8. Using output devices one can ............
(1) input data
(2) store data
(3) scan data
(4) view or print data
(5) None of these

Q9. Which of the following are advantages of CD-ROM as a storage media?
(1) CD-ROM is an inexpensive way to store large, amount of data and information
(2) CD-ROM disks retrieve data and information more quickly than magnetic disks do
(3) CD-ROMs make less errors than magnetic media
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

Q10. Accumulator is a _______
(1) Hardwired unit
(2) Sequential circuit
(3) Finite state machine
(4) Register
(5) None of these

Q11. A sequence of instructions,in a computer language to get the desired result is known as
(1) Process
(2) Program
(3) Software
(4) None of these

Q12. To make a copy of the current document to disk ........
(1) Use the 'Save' command
(2) This cannot be done
(3) Use the 'duplicate' command
(4) Copy the document
(5) Use the 'save as' command

Q13. Your position in the text is shown by a ..........
(1) Blinker
(2) Cursor
(3) Causer
(4) Pointer
(5) None of these

Q14. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language at one time is called a/ an ____
(1) interpreter
(2) simulator
(3) compiler
(4) numbers
(5) None of these

Q15. UNIVAC is
(1) Universal Automatic Computer
(2) Universal Array Computer
(3) Unique Automatic Computer
(4) Unvalued Automatic Computer

Q16. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is
(1) 1.40 MB
(2) 1.44 GB
(3) 1.40 GB
(4) 1.44 MB

Q17.  ____________is the ability of a device to "jump" directly to the requested data.
(1) Sequential access
(2) Random access
(3) Quick access
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

Q18. Who amongst the following is called the father of modern computing?
(1) Charles Babbage
(2) Hollerith
(3) Gottfried von Leibnitz
(4) Joseph M. jacquard
(5) None of these

Q19. Superscript, subscript, outline, emboss, engrave are known as ______
(1) font styles
(2) font effects
(3) word art
(4) text effects
(5) None of these

Q20. Documents converted to .......... can be published to the Web.
(1) .doc file
(2) http
(3) machine language
(4) HTML
(5) none of these


ANSWERS:
1. 1         11. 2
2. 2         12. 5
3. 2         13. 2
4. 3         14. 3
5. 2         15. 1
6. 2         16. 4
7. 1         17. 2
8. 4         18. 1
9. 4         19. 2
10. 4        20. 4