SBI & IBPS : Computer Questions Quiz - 31

1. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:
  • (1) Microprocessor 
  • (2) Disk controller
  • (3) Serial interface 
  • (4) Modem
  • (5) None of these
Ans: (4) 

2. The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from-
  • (1) Primary memory 
  • (2) Control section
  • (3) External memory 
  • (4) Cache memory
  • (5) None of these
Ans: (2) 

3. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?
  • (1) OCR 
  • (2) OMR
  • (3) MICR 
  • (4) All of above
  • (5) None of these
Ans: (1) 

4. In analog computer
  • (1) Input is first converted to digital form
  • (2) Input is never converted to digital form
  • (3) Output is displayed in digital form
  • (4) All of above 
  • (5) None of these
Ans: (2) 

5. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?
  • (1) Leech 
  • (2) Squid
  • (3) Slug
  • (4) Glitch
  • (5) None of these
Ans: (4) 

6. Second Generation computers were developed during-
  • (1) 1949 to 1955 
  • (2) 1956 to 1965
  • (3) 1965 to 1970 
  • (4) 1970 to 1990
  • (5) None of these
Ans: (2) 

7. Microprocessors as switching devices was used for which generation computers-
  • (1) First Generation 
  • (2) Second Generation
  • (3) Third Generation 
  • (4) Fourth Generation
  • (5) None of these
Ans: (4) 

8. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called-
  • (1) Read-out 
  • (2) Read from
  • (3) Read 
  • (4) All of above
  • (5) None of these
Ans: (4) 

9. Instructions and memory address are represented by
  • (1) Character code 
  • (2) Binary codes
  • (3) Binary word 
  • (4) Parity bit
  • (5) None of these
Ans: (2)

10. Which of the following code used in present day computing, was developed by IBM Corporation?
  • (1) ASCII 
  • (2) Hollerith Code
  • (3) Baudot Code
  • (4) EBCDIC Code
  • (5) None of these
Ans: (4)