Computers and IT MCQs
Computer Awareness Questions and Quiz for Banking, IBPS, RRB, RBI, SBI, NABARD examinations of 2024-2025. Computer Awareness MCQs for Competitive Exams. GKToday Computer Awareness for IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, Bank PO, Bank Clerk and other entrance / competitive examinations.
31. What is the full form of ‘LAN’?
[A] Land Area Network
[B] Linear Area Network
[C] Line Area Network
[D] Local Area Network
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Correct Answer: D [Local Area Network]
Notes:
A local area network is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building.
32. Consider the following statements:
1. Adam Osborne produced the first portable computer.
2. Ian Wilmut created the first cloned sheep.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
[A] 1 only
[B] 2 only
[C] Both 1 and 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct Answer: C [Both 1 and 2]
Notes:
Adam Osborne created the first commercially available portable computer, the Osborne 1, released in April 1981. It weighed 24.5 pounds (12 kg), cost US$1795—just over half the cost of a computer from other manufacturers with comparable features—and ran the popular CP/M 2.2 operating system.
Sir Ian Wilmut, British developmental biologist was the first to use nuclear transfer of differentiated adult cells to generate a mammalian clone, a Finn Dorset sheep named Dolly, born in 1996.
33. What is the name of Cloud developed by Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology?
[A] Indian Banking Public Cloud
[B] Bankers Cloud, India
[C] Banking Cloud of India
[D] Indian Bank Community Cloud
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Correct Answer: D [Indian Bank Community Cloud]
Notes:
Indian Bank Community Cloud (IBCC) is a community cloud offering CBS, e-mail, Mobile Banking, eKYC and e-learning, etc. IBCC is set up by IDRBT, the first community cloud for banking industry in the world and is currently being managed by its subsidiary IFTAS.
34. What does A denote in the term TCAM ?
[A] Access
[B] Accept
[C] Asset
[D] Assess
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Correct Answer: A [Access]
Notes:
The Telecommunications Access Method (TCAM) is a method in IBM’s OS/360 and successors computer operating systems. The TCAM is responsible to access terminals units within a teleprocessing network.
35. Which of the following does not belong to the malware group?
[A] Java clients
[B] Worms
[C] Trojan Horse
[D] Virus
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Correct Answer: A [Java clients]
Notes:
Malware is any software intentionally designed to harm or exploit a device or network. Worms, Viruses, and Trojan horses are all types of malicious software (malware). They can cause serious damage to software and hardware components. They spread without manual interference and can destroy entire networks. On the other hand, Java clients refer to any client application written in the Java programming language that runs on the Java platform. They are not a form of malware, hence it is the odd one out.
36. Which memory is both static and non-volatile?
[A] CACHE
[B] ROM
[C] BIOS
[D] RAM
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Correct Answer: B [ROM]
Notes:
A computer memory that contains fixed information and retains its programmed state as long as the power is on is known as static memory. Random Access Memory (RAM) is referred to as volatile memory and is lost when the power is turned. However, Read Only Memory (ROM)is non-volatile and the contents are retained even after the power is switched off. No power source is required to maintain the bit values in ROM memory.
37. In Windows, Icons such as Add/ Remove programs, Add New Hardware, Modems etc.; are found in:
[A] Task Bar
[B] Control Panel
[C] Network Neighbourhood
[D] My Computer
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Correct Answer: B [Control Panel]
Notes:
The Control Panel is a part of the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface which allows users to view and manipulate basic system settings and controls via applets, such as adding hardware, adding and removing software, controlling user accounts and changing accessibility options.
38. Which command is not used to switch off the computer?
[A] Turn off
[B] Log off
[C] Shut Down
[D] Hibernate
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Correct Answer: D [Hibernate]
Notes:
Turn off, Log off and Shut Down are commands used to switch off the computer.
39. Arithmetic and Logic Unit:
- Perform Arithmetic operations
- Store Data
- Perform comparisons
- Communicate with input devices
Which of the following is true?
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 3
[C] Only 1 and 2
[D] Only 1 and 3
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Correct Answer: D [Only 1 and 3]
Notes:
Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU) performs Arithmetic operations and comparisons.
40. The popular search engine “Google” derives its name from the word “Googol”. What does the word mean?
[A] To search
[B] To index
[C] To crawl
[D] The numeral one followed by a hundred zeros
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Correct Answer: D [The numeral one followed by a hundred zeros]
Notes:
Google derived its name from the word “googol”, a term coined by then nine-year-old Milton Sirotta, nephew of the American mathematician Edward Kasner. The story goes, Kasner had asked his nephew to invent a name for a very large number – ten to the power of one hundred (the numeral one followed by 100 zeros), and Milton called it a googol.
