Computer Awareness Questions for Banking Exam

1. Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network?
  • a. LAN
  • b. DSL
  • c. RAM
  • d. USB
  • e. CPU
Ans: (a)

2. A _______ is a bi-stable electronic circuit that has two stable states.
  • a. Multivibrator
  • b. Flip-flop
  • c. Logic gates
  • d. laten
  • e. None
Ans: (b)

3. SMPS stands for __________.
  • a. Switched mode power supply
  • b. Start mode power supply
  • c. Store mode power supply
  • d. Single mode power supply
  • e. None
Ans: (a)

4. The linking of computers with a communication system is called
  • a. Networking
  • b. Pairing
  • c. Interlocking
  • d. Assembling
  • e. Sharing
Ans: (a)

5. Which of the following is a part of the Central Processing Unit?
  • a. Printer
  • b. Key board
  • c. Mouse
  • d. Arithmetic & Logic unit
  • e. None
Ans: (d)

6. Microsoft Office is
  • a. Shareware
  • b.Public domain software
  • c. Open-source software
  • d. A vertical market application
  • e. An application suite
Ans: (e)

7. Computer connected to a LAN (Local Area Network) can ______.
  • a. run faster
  • b. go on line
  • c. share information and /or share peripheral equipment
  • d. E-mail
  • e. None
Ans: (c)

8. A fault in a computer program which prevents it from working correctly is known as __________.
  • a. Boot
  • b. Bug
  • c. Biff
  • d. Strap
  • e. None
Ans: (b)

9. A self replicating program, similar to a virus which was taken from a 1970s science fiction novel by John Bruner entitled the Shockwave Rider is
  • a. Bug 
  • b. Vice
  • c. Lice
  • d. Worm
  • e. None
Ans: (d)

10. Which of the following printer cannot print graphics?
  • a. Ink-jet
  • b. Daisy Wheel
  • c. Laser
  • d. Dot-matrix
  • e. None 
Ans: (b)

11. DOS stands for ___________.
  • a. Disk Operating System 
  • b. Disk operating session
  • c. Digital Operating System
  • d. Digital Open system
  • e. None
Ans: (a)

12. Who is the chief of Microsoft?
  • a. Charles Babbage
  • b. Bill Gates
  • c. Bill Clinton
  • d. Bush
  • e. None
Ans: (b)

13. IBM stands for _________.
  • a. Internal Business Management
  • b. International Business Management
  • c. International Business Machines
  • d. Internal Business Machines
  • e. None
Ans: (c)

14. COBOL is widely used in ____________ applications.
  • a. Commercial
  • b. Scientific
  • c. Space
  • d. Mathematical
  • e. None
Ans: (a)

15. Memory which forgets everything when you switch off the power is known as
  • a. Corrupted
  • b. Volatile
  • c. Non-Volatile
  • d. Non-Corrupted
  • e. None
Ans: (b)