Computer Awareness MCQ Quiz Questions and Answers Quiz Questions

1. A unit of data storage that equals 2 to the 70th power is called?

A Zebibyte B Yottabite C Yobibite D None of the above

2. Any piece of data can be returned in a constant time, regardless of its physical location and whether or not it is related to the previous piece of data using which of the following?

A RAM B ROM C CPU D Network interface card

3. What is the name of the digital circuit that performs arithmetic and logical operations in computers?

A Arithmetic Logic Unit B Digital comparator C Multiplexer D None of these

4. 32 bit operations were introduced for the first time by Microsoft in ________?

A windows 9.5 B windows 3.0 C windows 3.11 D None of the above

5. Structured programming languages such as C, COBOL and FORTRAN were used in which of the following computers?

A First Generation Computers B Second Generation Computers C Third Generation Computers D Fourth Generation Computers

6. The slogan “Write once, run anywhere” is related to which of the following programming languages?

A COBOL B Java C HTML D XML

7. Which among the following is correct about 4GL?

A A computer brand B A software brand C A software program D A programming language

8. Core Banking Solutions are developed to perform__?

A recording of transactions B passbook maintenance C interest calculations D All of the above

9. Which among the following is not a security / privacy risk?

A Spam B Virus C Hacking D Phishing

10. Which among the following was India’s first Teraflop supercomputer?

A PARAM 10000 B PARAM Yuva C PARAM Padma D PARAM 9000/ss

11. What do we call the handoff in which there is a break in the connection on the cellular network?

A Hard handoff B Soft handoff C Rigid handoff D Variable handoff

12. What should be the minimum antenna size for a signal with the wavelength λ ((in metre) ?

A λ B λ/2 C λ/4 D 2λ

13. Which of these protocols is considered as the effective predecessor of the World Wide Web?

A LDAP B Gopher C SMTP D SSH

14. Which among the following is the cheapest type of internet connection?

A Dial-up B ISDN C DSL D Wireless Internet

15. Which of these was the first browser for the classic Mac operating system?

A Samba B Pumba C Timothy D Tyson

16. Which of these was the first browser to display images inline with text?

A Nexus B Safari C Internet Explorer D Mosaic

17. Which of these is a social media networking website?

A Reditt B Whatsapp C Qzone D All of the above

18. Which of these is a Russian search engine?

A AOL B Naver C Yandex D Quihoo360

19. Which was the Nokia’s first smartphone running Windows operating system?

A X8 B Lumia 800 C Lumia 610 D N8

20. Which of these is not an MS Office web service?

A Docs.com B OneDrive C Dropbox D Delve

21. Which was the first built-in camera phone by Nokia?

A Nokia 5800 B Nokia 7250 C Nokia 6600 D Nokia 7650

22. Which key combination is used to select the entire document?

A Ctrl + A B Ctrl + S C Ctrl + W D Ctrl + E

23. Which of these tools is available in MS Excel?

A Spelling B Thesaurus C Research D All of the above

24. Which of these keys is used to view the slideshow in MS PowerPoint?

A F11 B F6 C F8 D F5

25. Which of the following has the shell as an exclusive feature?

A DOS B UNIX C System Software D Linux

26. What does the term SQALE stands for?

A Software Questionable Assessment Lifecycle B Software Quality Assessment based on Lifecycle Expectations C Software Questions and Large Scale Enquiry D None of the Above

27. Which of the following are the advantages of using a DBMS?

A Data security B Data abstraction C Data integrity D All of the Above

28. Which of the following are the objects in Microsoft Access?

A Tables B Queries C Reports D All of the Above

29. Which of the following is the most commonly used operation in relational algebra for projecting a collection of records from a relation?

A Join B Union C Select D All of the Above

30. Which one of the following is not an example of WAN?

A Ethernet B ISDN C Frame Relay D ATM

31. Which of the following networking hardware can operate at anyone of the seven layers of the open systems interconnection model?

A Router B Gateway C Switch D Modem

32. What is the alteration of the signal due to differing propagation speeds of each of the frequencies called as?

A Distortion B Attenuation C Noise D None of the above

33. Which of these standards is used to define Fiber Optic connections?

A IEEE 802.1 B IEEE 802.8 C IEEE 802.11 D IEEE 802

34. Which of these standards is defined by IEEE 802.3ab?

A Megabit Ethernet over copper wiring B Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber optics C Gigabit Ethernet over copper wiring D Fast Ethernet

35. What is the best way to add a background image to all the slides?

A By adding a background image to the first slide B By using Autocorrect option C By editing the master slide D It is not possible in MS PowerPoint

36. What is a Macro in MS Access?

A a datatype B tool that allows to automate tasks C a wizard that creates charts and infographs D None of the above

37. What do we call the malicious computer programs that gains root or administrative access to the computer?

A Antivirus B Spamware C Rootkits D Backdoors

38. What is the name of the attack which happens when a malefactor executes a SQL query to the database via the input data from the client to server?

A Password attack B Sandboxing C SQL injection attack D None of the above

39. What is the length of ATM card Pin?

A 2 digits and 2 alphabets B 4 digits C 10 digits D 2 digits

40. Which of the following is not a feature of Cloud Computing services?

A Easy expandability and scalability B One time Fixed Payment C Faster Product Development D Optimization of Capital Investments

41. Who had discovered the Boolean algebra?

A George Boole B Charles Babbage C Augusta Ada Byron D Herman Hollerith

42. Which of the following was the first commercial computer?

A Manchester Baby B Manchester Mark 1 C EDVAC D Ferranti Mark 1

43. Who had invented the magnetic card system for program storage?

A Pier Giorgio Perotto B Stan Frankel C John Mauchly D Victor Glushkov

44. Which of the following system is also known as desknotes?

A Laptop B Notebook C DTR computer D Nettops

45. Every computer runs an OS software program. What does OS stand for?

A Operating Software B Operating System C Operating Status D Operating Supplier

46. Which of the following is used for 3D positioning and modeling, animation and other application?

A Space ball B Trackball C Spac ball D All of the mentioned

47. Which of the devices converts drawing, printed text or other images into digital form ?

A Keyboard B Scanner C Plotter D OMR

48. Virtual Memory of a computer system has which of the following characteristics?

A It is of unlimited size. B It is as big as maximum addressing capability of the computer system. C It is of size equivalent to total capacity of secondary storage plus size of RAM. D None of the above

49. What is the full form of a PCI bus?

A Peripheral Computer Interconnect B Peripheral Component Interconnect C Passed Component Interconnect D Phased Computer Interconnect

50. Which of the following are the another names for a PEN Drive?

A USB Flash Drive B Gig Stick C Thumb Drive D All of the Above