Computer quiz with solution prepared for the banking and insurance exams like IBPS PO, SBI PO and clerical, LIC AAO exams.

Which of the following is the first step in the ‘transatction processing cycle’? Which captures business data through various modes such as optical scanning or at an electronic commerce website?

  1. Document and report generation
  2. Database maintenance
  3. Transaction processing
  4. Data entry

Option A
A packet switching network that was sponsored by the Commission of the EEC and became operational in 1979 is

  1. LAN
  2. Broadband network
  3. Star network
  4. Euronet
  5. None of the above

Option D
What is the short cut key to open Font dialog box?

  1. Ctrl + F
  2. Alt + Ctrl + F
  3. Ctrl + D
  4. Ctrl + Shift + D
  5. None of these

Option C
Softcopy is the intangible output, so then what is hardcopy?

  1. The physical parts of the computer
  2. The printed parts of the computer
  3. The physical output devices
  4. The printed output

Option C
Memory unit is one part of?

  1. Control unit
  2. Central Processing Unit
  3. Input Device
  4. Output Device
  5. None of the above

Option B
Computer programs are written in a highlevel programming language, however, the human-readable version of a program is called ……….

  1. cache
  2. instruction set
  3. source code
  4. word size
  5. None

Option C
Computers gather data, which means that they allow users to ______ data.

  1. Present
  2. Input
  3. Output
  4. Store

Option D
Data going into the computer is called?

  1. Output
  2. Algorithm
  3. Input
  4. Calculations
  5. Flowchart

Option C
Pick out the wrong definition :

  1. EDP- acronym for Electronic Data Processing
  2. COBOL-a language used for business data processing
  3. Control unit – heart of a computer.
  4. None of these
  5. Access time-time needed to access the output

Option E
Which of the following is used only for data entry and storage and never for processing?

  1. Mouse
  2. Dumb terminal
  3. Micro computer
  4. Dedicated data entry system

Option B
Which of the following will not advance the slides in a slide show view?

  1. Esc key
  2. Spacebar
  3. Enter key
  4. Mouse button
  5. None of these

Option A
Which of the following is not a common feature of software applications?

  1. Menus
  2. Windows
  3. Help
  4. Search

Option B
Name the part of a computer that one can touch and feel.

  1. Hardware
  2. Software
  3. Programs
  4. Output

Option A
Secret code that restrict entry in some program is

  1. Password
  2. Passport
  3. Entry code
  4. Access code
  5. None of these

Option A
A Complier ________

  1. Translates machines language into high level language
  2. Translates one statement at a time as the program executes
  3. Translates two statements at a time as the program executes
  4. Produces object code

Option D
Where is the disk put in a computer

  1. In the hard drive
  2. In the disk drive
  3. Into the CPU
  4. In the modem

Option B
The minimum number of temporary needed to swap the contents of two variables is ?

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 0

Option D
Which of the following is not related to MS Excel?

  1. Formula
  2. Function
  3. Table
  4. Frame

Option D
A gateway is

  1. A device e that enables users to send information simultaneously over a network without slowing down transmission.
  2. An electronic device that connects several computing devices to a network
  3. A point in one network that is an entrance point to another network
  4. A device that links two or more segments of a network and helps direct traffic

Option C
A name or number used to identify storage location devices?

  1. A byte
  2. A record
  3. An address
  4. All of above
  5. A bus

Option C