Computer general knowledge quiz for competitive exams online. Test your computer awareness skills with this multiple choice question answer quiz.

Errors in computer results could be due to

  1. Encoding data
  2. Transmission data
  3. Manipulation data
  4. All

Option D
Which of the following is a storage device that uses rigid, permanently installed magnetic disks to store data/information

  1. Floppy diskette
  2. Hard disk
  3. Permanent disk
  4. Optical disk

Option B
The ___________ is the term used to describe the window that is currently being used

  1. Web window
  2. Display area
  3. Word pad window
  4. None of these

Option D
A(n)— is composed of several computers connected together to share resources and data

  1. Internet
  2. Network
  3. Backbone
  4. Hyperlink
  5. Protocol

Option B
The box that contains the central electronic components of the computer is the

  1. Motherboard
  2. System unit
  3. Peripheral
  4. Input device

Option B
One kilobyte is equal to:

  1. 1000 bytes
  2. 100 bytes
  3. 1024 bytes
  4. 1023 bytes
  5. None of these

Option C
Which of the following peripheral devices displays information to a user?

  1. Monitor
  2. Keyboard
  3. Secondary storage devices
  4. Secondary storage media

Option A
Office LANs that are spread geographically apart on a large scale can be connected using a corporate ——

  1. CAN
  2. WAN
  3. DAN
  4. LAN
  5. TAN

Option B
A record is related to a file as a statement is related to a

  1. Procedure
  2. File
  3. Program
  4. Data

Option C
What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?

  1. Display screen
  2. Soft copy screen
  3. Hard copy terminal
  4. Plotter
  5. None of these

Option C
E- commerce allows companies to ________

  1. Issue important business reports
  2. Conduct business over the internet
  3. Support decision making processes
  4. Keep track of paper based transactions.

Option B
The product of two binary numbers (1011) and (1001) is

  1. 1100011
  2. 1010100
  3. 1011001
  4. 100110
  5. None of these

Option A
The code for a web page is written using

  1. A fifth generation language
  2. Win zip
  3. Perl
  4. Hypertext markup
  5. URL

Option D
Fourth-generation mobile technology provides enhanced capabilities allowing the transfer of both____ data including full-motion video, high-speed Internet access, and video conferencing?

  1. Video data and information
  2. Voice and no voice
  3. Music and video
  4. Video and audio
  5. None of these

Option B
If the ______ bit in X.25 standard is set to1, it means that there is more than one packet.

  1. Q
  2. D
  3. M
  4. P

Option C
Which of the following is the first ever supercomputer that was developed in India by the Indian scientists?

  1. PARAM 6000
  2. PARAM 7000
  3. PARAM 8000
  4. PARAM 1000
  5. PARAM 5000

Option C
IP address contains ……….. bits.

  1. 8 bits
  2. 16 bits
  3. 32 bits
  4. 40 bits
  5. None of these

Option C
Banker’s algorithm for resource allocation deals with:

  1. Deadlock prevention
  2. Deadlock avoidance
  3. Deadlock recovery
  4. Mutual exclusion
  5. None of these

Option B
A computer-intensive problem runs on a _______

  1. Server
  2. Mainframe
  3. Supercomputer
  4. Super PC

Option C
The mirror image of the whole hard disk including the OS, applications, files and data is created by a ______________________.

  1. Utility program
  2. Driver
  3. Backup software
  4. OS
  5. None of these.

Option C