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1.     Which among the following is not a mobile Operating System? (a) Bada                       (b) Safari    (c) Symbian (d) MeeGo   ...

#Computer_Awareness Questions asked in IBPS PO & RRB Clerk Mains 2016

1.     Which among the following is not a mobile Operating System?
(a) Bada                      
(b) Safari   
(c) Symbian
(d) MeeGo                   
(e) WebOS
2.     Which among the following key can be used as a shortcut to rename a folder in Microsoft Windows 8 and higher versions?
(a) F2                          
(b) F4                           
(c) F6
(d) F9                           
(e) F11
3.     AT&T designed its first commercial modem, specifically for converting digital computer data to analog signals for transmission across its long distance network. What is the name of the modem?
(a) Telex                     
(b) Memex  
(c) CompuServe
(d) Bell 103 dataset  
(e) Dataphone
4.     Integrated Chips or IC’s were started to be in use from which generation of Computers?
(a) 1st Generation     
(b) 2nd Generation
(c) 3rd Generation 
(d) 4th Generation    
(e) 5th Generation
5.     In Computer programming there is set of subroutine definitions, protocols, and tools for building software and applications. Which among the following is a term for sets of requirements that govern how one application can talk to another?
(a) UPS                        
(b) API                       
(c) CGI
(d) J2EE                      
(e) OLE
6.     BSoDs can be caused by poorly written device drivers or malfunctioning hardware, such as faulty memory, power supply issues, overheating of components, or hardware running beyond its specification limits. Which color screen is displayed when encountered a BSOD Error?
(a) Red                        
(b) Grey                       
(c) Black
(d) Blue                     
(e) Green
7.     Which among the following is the smallest unit in an image in a computer screen?
(a) Unit                        
(b) Pixel     
(c) Array
(d) Resolution           
(e) Clip
8.     Microsoft Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft. In MS Word Spelling Check is a feature available in which tab?
(a) File                        
(b) Home    
(c) Insert
(d) Review                
(e) References
9.     There is a network that can connect networks ranging from small location or area to a bigger range including public packet network and large corporate networks. That network's enterprise allows users to share access to applications, services and other centrally located resources. Its ability for a huge geographical access has transformed networking. Which among the following is that network?
(a) SAN                        
(b) CAN                       
(c) LAN
(d) WAN                    
(e) MAN
10. Which among the following is not an Object Oriented Programming Language?
(a) Python                  
(b) PASCAL
(c) Java
(d) C++                        
(e) Ruby
11. Which cloud is a cloud computing environment that uses a mix of on-premises, private cloud and third-party, public cloud services with orchestration between the two platforms and it is particularly valuable for dynamic or highly changeable workloads?
(a) Dynamic Cloud   
(b) Advance Cloud
(c) Hybrid Cloud     
(d) Sharing Cloud
(e) Combined Cloud
12. If you are allowing a person on the network based on the credentials to maintain the security of your network, then this act refers to the process of ______.
(a) Authentication 
(b) Automation          
(c) Firewall
(d) Encryption           
(e) Decryption
13. The use of combination of 1’s and 0’s is feature of which of the following type of Computer Language?
(a) High Level Language         
(b) PASCAL
(c) Machine Language          
(d) C
(e) COBOL
14. Which among the following is a recently debated principle that Internet service providers and governments regulating the Internet should treat all data on the Internet the same, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, website, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or mode of communication?
(a) Comcast                
(b) Net Neutrality  
(c) Oblique-net          
(d) Net Fraternity     
(e) Fair Web
15. Which among the following is an important circuitry in a computer system that directs the operation of the processor?
(a) Memory                
(b) Address Bus        
(c) Accumulator        
(d) ALU                        
(e) Control Unit
16. MS Word is a text or document editing application program that comes in the package of MS Office Suite. Which among the given options is not related with MS Word?
(a) Page Layout         
(b) Antivirus            
(c) Mailings
(d) Format Painter   
(e) SmartArt
17. Which among the following is another name for a group of 4 bits?
(a) Nibble                  
(b) Byte                       
(c) Kilo Byte
(d) Mega Byte            
(e) Peta Byte
18. Which among the given options is IBM’s Supercomputer?
(a) Tihane-2               
(b) SunwayTaihu Light
(c) Watson                
(d) Shasra-T
(e) Brain
19. Which is a feature included in Microsoft PowerPoint software that allows the user to see all the slides in a presentation at one time?
(a) Slide Sorter       
(b) Slide Master
(c) Handout Master  
(d) Slide Header        
(e) Reading View
20.  Which among the given options does not have flash memory?
(a) Pen Drive             
(b) Hard Disk            
(c) Car Radio
(d) Memory Cards    
(e) Memory Stick
21. Which of the following is not valid version of MS Office?
(a) Office 2010          
(b) Office Vista        
(c) Office 2007
(d) Office 2016          
(e) None of the above
22. Chief component of first generation computer was ____________.
(a) Transistors          
(b) Vacuum Tubes and Valves
(c) Integrated Circuits
(d) VLSI                       
(e) ULSI
23. Which among the following is the largest space?
(a) Kilobyte                
(b) Petabyte             
(c) Terabyte
(d) Gigabyte               
(e) Megabyte
24. Communication between walkie-talkies involves which of the following types of transmission?
(a) Simplex                 
(b) Full –Duplex        
(c) Half-Duplex
(d) Online                   
(e) None of these
25. The process of replacing Windows 8 with Windows 8.1 is called ________.
(a) Upgrading             
(b) Updating            
(c) Installing
(d) Downgrading       
(e) Replacement
26. Example of telecommunication device is a ________ .
(a) modem                
(b) printer
(c) keyboard
(d) scanner                
(e) mouse
27. Which among the following is the reboot where the power to the system is physically turned off and back on again, causing an initial boot of the machine?
(a) Toggle                   
(b) Cold booting     
(c) Warm booting    
(d) Logging off          
(e) None of these
28. Which of the following option may be used to change page-size and margins?
(a) Page Layout      
(b) View      
(c) Home
(d) Data                       
(e) Review
29. What is a Firewall in Computer Network?
(a) The physical boundary of Network
(b) An operating System of Computer Network
(c) A system designed to prevent unauthorized access
(d) A web browsing Software
(e) None of these
30. Which one of the following is an added set of one or more attributes taken collectively to uniquely identify a record?
(a) Alternate key      
(b) Sub key
(c) Super key
(d) Foreign key                         
(e) None of these
31. Bluetooth is an example of which of the following networks?
(a) Personal area network 
(b) Local area network
(b) Virtual private network   
(d) None of the above
(e) Wireless fidelity
32. What is the new default font used in MS Word document?
(a) Times New Roman                            
(b) Arial
(c) Algerian                
(d) Preeti     
(e) Calibri
33. Which is not an object oriented Programming language-?
(a) JAVA                      
(c) C++                         
(b) Python
(d) FORTRAN           
(e) Ruby
34. Who among the following sent the first electronic mail?
(a) Ray Tomlinson
        (b) Charles Babbage
(e) J.Presper Eckert 
(d) John W Mauchly
(e) Ana Lovelace
35. What are programs such as Microsoft Edge that serve as navigable windows into the Web called as?
(a) Hypertext             
(b) Web browsers
(c) Internet                 
(d) Networks             
(e) Windows Navigator
36. Which among the following is a self-contained step-by-step set of operations to be performed?
(a) System Software                 
(b) Algorithm
(c) Network topology              
(d) Application software
(e) Utility software
37. What is Remote Desktop Connection?
(a) It was known as Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 and earlier, it is one of the components of Microsoft Windows.
(b) a technology that allows you to carry your computer in remote areas.
(c) a technology that allows you to sit at the client computer and connect to the host remote computer in a different location
(d) both (a) and (c)
(e) All of the above
38. When you save a Microsoft Access project, what file format do you use?
(a) .adp                      
(b) .Xml                       
(c) .gif                          
(d) .doc                        
(e) .pptx
39. What is the function of control unit?
(a) Providing resources to another node on a network
(b) Performing complex task of logical and arithmetic functions
(c) Memory usage
(d) Directing the operation of the other units by providing timing and control signals.
(e) Displaying output to the end-user
40. Which memory is non-volatile and may be written only once?
(a) RAM                      
(b) EPROM 
(c) EEPROM
(d) PROM                  
(e) None of the above

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