Mission IBPS Exam: Computer Awareness Quiz

1.  _____terminals (formerly known as cash registers) are often connected to complex inventory and sales computer systems.
(1) Point-of-sale (POS)
(2) Data
(3) Sales
(4) Query
(5) None of these

2. Smaller and less expensive PC-based servers are replacing ____ in many busi-nesses.
(1) supercomputers
(2) mainframes
(3) laptops       
(4) clients
(5) None of these

3. DSL is an example of a(n) _____  connection.
(1) network     
(2) wireless
(3) slow
(4) None of these
(5) broadband

4.  A term used to describe interconnected computer configuration is
(1) Micro program sequence
(2) Modulation
(3) Multiprocessing
(4) Multiprogramming
(5) None of these

5. What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
(1) Light pen   
(2) Mouse
(3) Terminal     
(4) Digitizer
(5) None of these

6. Multi user systems provided cost savings for small business because they use a single pro-cessing unit to link several
(1) Personal computers
(2) Dumb terminals
(3) Workstations
(4) Mainframes
(5) None of these

7. A dumb terminal has
(1) An embedded micro-proces
(2) Extensive memory
(3) A keyboard and screen
(4) Independeh I processing
(5) None of these

8. What is the full form of USB as used in computer related activities ?
(1) Universal Serial Bus
(2) Ultra Serial Block
(3) United Service Block
(4) universal Security Block
(5) None of these

9. A device that connects to a network without the use pf cables is said to be— 
(1) distributed
(2) open source
(3) centralized 
(4) wireless
(5) None of these

10. A ___ is a collection of com-puters and device connected together.
(1) network
(2) memory card
(3) protocol
(4) central processing unit
(5) None of these Allahabad Bank Clerk Exam, 31.08.2008

11. Multiplexing involves_ path and _ channel.
(1) one, one
(2) multiple, one
(3) one, multiple
(4) multiple, multiple
(5) none of these

12. Which one amongst them is not an inter network ? 
(1) LAN 
(2) WAN
(3) MAN
(4) All are internet works
(5) None of these

13. A proxy server is used for which of the following ?
(1) To provide security against unauthorized users
(2) To provide TCP/IP
(3) To process client requests for datab'ase access
(4) To process client requests for Web pages
(5) None of these

14. The ability to easily add addi-tional users means that a net work is
(1) secure
(2) dedicated
(3) decentralized
(4) scalable
(5) None of these

15. If you wish to extend the length of the network without having the signal degrade, you would use a 
(1) repeater     
(2) switch
(3) gateway     
(4) router
(5) None of these

Answers..

1.(1)
2.(2)
3.{5)
4.(4)
5.(3)
6.(2)
7-{3)
8-(1)
9-(4)
10-(1)
ll.(3)
12.(1)
13.(4)
14.(4)
15.(1)