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Monday, May 4, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS May 04, 2020

Computer Awareness Set 159

Q31. SAN refers to:
a)Storage Area Network
b) Sample Annual Numbers
c) Search Access Network
d) None of These

Q32. Full form of COMPUTER is:
a) Compulsory Operated Machine Privately Used for Technology Education and Research
b) Commonly Operated Machine Particularly Used for Technology Education and Research
c) Conveniently Operated Method Particularly Used for Technology Education and Research
d) None of These

Q33. COBOL is:
a) Common Business Oriented Language
b) Computer Basics in Other Language
c) Computer Business Oriented Language
d) None of These

Q34. Ctrl + A is for:
a) To Save
b) To Select Whole Area
c) To Bold
d) None of These

Q35. Ctrl + S is for:
a) To Italic
b) To Redo
c) To Save
d) None of These

Q36. SIM means:
a) Speed In Mobile
b) Special Identity Module
c) Subscriber Identity Module
d) None of These

Q37. CPU is:
a) Control Processing Unit
b) Computer Programming Unit
c) Central Processing Unit
d) None of These

Q38. Cable TV network is example of:
a) MAN
b) LAN
c) VAN
d) None of These

Q39. RAM stands for:
a) Read Access Memory
b) Random Access Memory
c) Rewritable Access Memory
d) None of These

Q40. ROM stands for:
a) Read Operating Memory
b) Random Oriented Memory
c) Read Only Memory
d) None of These

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TRB Computer Science May 04, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQs SET 158

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQs SET 158

Q21. Font type, Font size, Bold, Underline, Bullets, Alignment display on:

a) Menu Bar

b) Formatting Tool Bar

c) Standard Tool Bar

d) None of These

Q22. Presentations made on:

a) MS Word

b) MS Excel

c) MS Power Point

d) None of These

Q23. Slides prepares in:

a) MS Word

b) MS Power Point

c) MS Excel

d) None of These

Q24. Full form of DBMS:

a) Data Base Management System

b) Document Base Management System

c) Digital Base Management System

d) None of These

Q25. RDBMS means:

a) Relational Data Base Management System

b) Reliable Data Base Management System

c) Relational Document Base Management System

d) None of These

Q26. Full form of WWW:

a) World Wire Web

b) World Wide Web

c) World Width Web

d) None of These

Q27. Full form of IP:

a) Internet Programming

b) Internet Protection

c) Internet Protocol

d) None of These

Q28. PPP stands for:

a) Point Power Protocol

b) Point to Point Protocol

c) Power Point Presentation

d) None of These

Q29. URL is:

a) Uniform Resource Locator

b) Universal Region Locator

c) Uninterrupted Resource Locator

d) None of These

Q30. KVM stands for:

a) Keyboard Verstality in Mouse

b) Keyboard, Video, Mouse

c) Keyboard, Video, Music

d) None of These

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SSC / RAILWAY May 04, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQs SET 157

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQs SET 157

Q11. LSP stands for:

a) Local Substitution Principle

b) Liskov Substitution Principle

c) Labeled Substitution Principle

d) None of These

Q12. DIP stands for:

a) Domain Inversion Principle

b) Diodic Inversion Principle

c) Dependency Inversion Principle

d) None of These

Q13. ISP stands for:

a) Interface Segregation Principle

b) Internet Segregation Principle

c) Informal Segregation Principle

d) None of These

Q14. OOP was practiced in the:

a) 1970s

b) 1980s

c) 1960s

d) None of These

Q15. Classic OOP - Object Oriented programming can be traced back to a language called

Simula, and in particular Simula 67, which was popular during the _____:

a) 1930s

b) 1960s

c) 1950s

d) None of These

Q16. Full form of DOS:

a) Disk Operating System

b) Disk Operating Software

c) Digital Output System

d) None of These

Q17. DOS file names are restricted to:

a) 5 Characters

b) 6 Characters

c) 8 Characters

d) None of These

Q18. OLE stands for:

a) Operational Linking and Enabling

b) Object Linking and Enabling

c) Object Linking and Embedding

d) None of These

Q19.: Which shows the name of file:

a) Title Bar

b) Menu Bar

c) Standard Tool Bar

d) None of These

Q20. Open, Print and Save display on:

a) Menu Bar

b) Standard Tool Bar

c) Title Bar

d) None of These

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SSC / RAILWAY May 04, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 156

Q1. Object Oriented Programming (OOP) is a _______philosophy:

a) Network

b) Design

c) Data Type

d) None of These

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Q2. OOP uses a different set of programming languages than old procedural programming languages such as:

a) C

b) Pascal

c) Both of Above

d) None of These

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Q3. One of the principal advantage of object oriented programming techniques over procedural programming techniques is that they enable programmers to create ______that do not need to

be changed when a new type of object is added:

a) Networks

b) Modules

c) Data Slates

d) None of These

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Q4. Which among the following definitions are correct:

a) Object - Any entity that has state and behavior is known as an object.

b) Class - Collection of objects is called class. It is logical entity.

c) Inheritance -When one object acquires all the properties and behaviors of parent object its knonw

as inheritance. It provides code re-usability and is used to achieve run time polymorphism.

d) All of the above

e) None of These

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Q5. Which one among the following is incorrect about 'class':

a) A class is simply a representation of the type of object.

b) It is blueprint or plan or template that describes the details of an object.

c) A class is the blue print from which the individual objects are created. It is composed of three

things - a name, attributes and operations

d) All of the above

e) None of These

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Q6. ______provides a powerful and natural mechanism for organizing and structuring your software. It also explains how classes inherit state and behavior from their super classes and explains how to derive one class from another using the simple syntax provided by the java programming language:

a) Object

b) Inheritance

c) Class

d) None of These

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Q7. An _____ is a contract between a class and the outside world. When a class implements an

interface, it promises to provide the behavior published by that ______:

a) Object

b) Interface

c) Package

d) None of These

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Q8. A ____ is a namespace for organizing classes and interfaces in a logical manner. Placing your code into ______makes large software projects easier to manage. This section explains why this is useful and introduces you to the Application Programming Interface (API) provided by

the Java Platform:

a) Inheritance

b) Object

c) Package

d) None of These

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Q9. SRP stands for:

a) Server Responsibility Principle

b) Single Responsibility Principle

c) Standard Responsibility Principle

d) None of These

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Q10. OCP stands for:

a) Open Closed Principle

b) Open Class Principle

c) Organized Closed Principle

d) None of These

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Sunday, May 3, 2020

SSC / RAILWAY May 03, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 155

1. Com in Latin is
A) intensifying prefix
B) intensifying suffix
C) a term that means to reckon
D) None of above

2. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:
A) Microprocessor
B) Disk controller
C) Serial interface
D) Modem

3. Which of the following is related to fifth generation computers?
A) Knowledge information processing system
B) Very large scale integration (VLSI)
C) Both of above
D) Only b

4. The process of starting a or restarting a computer system by loading instructions from a secondary storage device into the computer memory is called
A) Duping
B) Booting
C) Padding
D) CPS

5. MSI stands for
A) Medium Scale Integrated Circuits
B) Medium System Integrated Circuits
C) Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit
D) Medium System Intelligent Circuit

6. A Pixel is _________
A) A computer program that draws picture
B) A picture stored in secondary memory
C) The smallest resolvable part of a picture
D) None of these

7. A/n _____ Device is any device that provides information, which is sent to the CPU
A) Input
B) Output
C) CPU
D) Memory

8. What was the nick name of the computer used by the Americans in 1952 for their H-bomb project?
A) ENIAC
B) EDSAC
C) MANIAC
D) UNIVAC

ANSWER:

1-A
2-D
3-A
4-B
5-A
6-C
7-A
8-C

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SSC / RAILWAY May 03, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 154

1. A set of rods where numbers were carved and used for multiplication and division aids is known as
A) Pascaline
B) Napier’s Bones
C) Stepped Reckoner
D) Slide Rule

2. Seek time is
A) time to position the head over proper track
B) time to position the head over proper sector
C) time to position the head over proper cylinder
D) none of above

3. Tape speed is measured in
A) Feet per second
B) Inch per second
C) Meter per second
D) Centimeter per second

4. Punched cards were first introduced by
A) Powers
B) Pascal
C) Jacquard
D) Herman Hollerith

5. Which computer support co-processors?
A) XT computer
B) AT computers
C) None of these
D) Both of these

6. A floppy disk contains
A) Circular tracks only
B) Sectors only
C) Both circular tracks and sectors
D) None of the above

7. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is
A) 1.40 MB
B) 1.44 GB
C) 1.40 GB
D) 1.44 MB

8. The contribution of Konrad Zuse was long ignored because
A) He made the computers secretly
B) his computers were very complicated and it took time for the people to recognize its power
C) of political reasons. He was German.
D) All of the above

9. Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known
A) Memory map
B) Memory protection
C) Memory management
D) Memory instruction

10. In what respect computers are superior to human beings?
A) Diligence
B) Intelligence
C) Both of above
D) None of above

ANSWER:

1-B
2-A
3-B
4-D
5-B
6-C
7-D
8-C
9-B
10-A

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SSC / RAILWAY May 03, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 153

1. In order to play and hear sound on a computer, one needs:
A) a sound card and speakers
B) a microphone
C) all of them required
D) none of them required

2. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?
A) OCR
B) OMR
C) MICR
D) All of above

3. For which of the following computers can’t be used?
A) gathering data
B) calculating data
C) comparing data
D) Arranging data

4. Which of the following is called low level languages?
A) Machine language
B) Assembly language
C) Both of the above
D) None of above

5. A factor which would strongly influence a business person to adopt a computer is its
A) Accuracy
B) Reliability
C) Speed
D) All of above

6. Who invented punched cards?
A) Charles Babbage
B) Dr. Herman Hollerith
C) Howard Aikin
D) Joseph Jacquard

7. Each model of a computer has a unique
A) Assembly of a computer
B) Machine language
C) High level language
D) All of the above

8. Which of the following is not a primary storage device?
A) Magnetic tape
B) Magnetic disk
C) Optical disk
D) All of the above

9. In a punched card system, data is processed by a
A) Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine
B) Accounting machine, posting machine, and billing machine
C) Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine
D) Accounting machine, keypunch machine and sorter

10. Which device is required for the Internet connection?
A) Joystick
B) Modem
C) CD Drive
D) NIC Card

ANSWER:

1-A
2-A
3-A
4-C
5-D
6-D
7-B
8-D
9-D
10-B

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SSC / RAILWAY May 03, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 152

1. The least significant bit of the binary number, which is equivalent to any odd decimal number, is:
A) 0
B) 1
C) 1 or 0
D) 3

2. The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that senses the movement by the change in its capacitance,
A) Capacitance keyboard
B) Mechanical keyboard
C) Qwerty keyboard
D) Dvorak keyboard

3. The Stepped Reckoner was invented by
A) John Napier
B) William Oughtred
C) Gottfried Leibnitz
D) Blaise Pascal

4. A term used to describe interconnected computer configuration is
A) Multiprogramming
B) Modulation
C) Multiprocessing
D) Micro program sequence

5. While inserting a diskette into the diskette drive of a PC, the diskette’s label side should face
A) East
B) North
C) South
D) Up

6. Most of the inexpensive personal computers do not have any disk or diskette drive. What is the name of such computes?
A) Home computers
B) Diskless computers
C) Dedicated computers
D) General purpose computers

7. What is a light pen?
A) Mechanical Input device
B) Optical input device
C) Electronic input device
D) Optical output device

8. Which of the following class of computers can not support multiple users simultaneously?
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) All of them can support

9. Which of the following is considered first computer in the world?
A) Z3
B) ABC
C) Mark I
D) None of above

10. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into the
corresponding bits?
A) ANSI
B) ASCII
C) EBCDIC
D) ISO

ANSWER:

1-A
2-A
3-C
4-A
5-D
6-B
7-B
8-C
9-C
10-A

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SSC / RAILWAY May 03, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 151

1. How was the generation of computer classified?
A) by the device used in memory & processor
B) by the speed of computer
C) by the model of the computer
D) by the accuracy of computer

2. Which of the following is not a feature of first generation computers
A) They used vacuum tubes or valves as main electronic component
B) They consumed lots of electricity and produced excessive heat
C) They used machine language and assembly language to program the machine
D) None of above

3. CAD stands for
A) Computer aided design
B) Computer algorithm for design
C) Computer application in design
D) All of the above

4. Which of the following memories has the shortest access times?
A) Cache memory
B) Magnetic bubble memory
C) Magnetic core memory
D) RAM

5. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a
A) Computer
B) Microcomputer
C) Programmable
D) Sensor

6. Which of the following is not a primary storage device?
A) Magnetic tape
B) Magnetic disk
C) Optical disk
D) All of above

7. Who invented Analytical engine?
A) Blaise Pascal
B) George Bool
C) Charles Babbage
D) Dr. Herman Hollerith

8. CPU speed of a personal computer is
A) 32 KIPS
B) 100 KIPS
C) 1 MIPS
D) None of these

9. Circular division of disks to store and retrieve data are known as
A) tracks
B) sectors
C) cycles
D) rings

10. Which statement is valid?
A) 1KB = 1024 bytes
B) 1 MB=2048 bytes
C) 1 MB = 1000 kilobytes
D) 1 KB = 1000 bytes

ANSWER:

1-A
2-C
3-A
4-A
5-D
6-D
7-C
8-B
9-A
10-A

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SSC / RAILWAY May 03, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 150

1. Artificial Intelligence is associated with which generation?
A) First Generation
B) Second Generation
C) Fifth Generation
D) Sixth Generation

2. One of a class of storage device devices that can access storage locations in any order is
A) DTE
B) DASD
C) DDE
D) DDE

3. The actual execution of instructions happens in
A) ALU
B) CU
C) Memory
D) None of above

4. Floppy disks are available in
A) Single side single density
B) Single side double density
C) Both of above
D) None of above

5. Which of the following is not electro-mechanical computer?
A) Z3
B) ABC
C) mark I
D) ENIAC

6. Which of the following is a programming language?
A) Lotus
B) Pascal
C) MS-Excel
D) Netscape

7. Which converts the user data into machine readable form?
A) input unit, output unit, control unit
B) central processing unit
C) output unit
D) decoder unit

8. In what respect human beings are superior to computers?
A) Diligence
B) Intelligence
C) Slavery
D) Reliability

9. As compared to the secondary memory, the primary memory of a computer is
A) Large
B) Cheap
C) Fast
D) Slow

10. The language that the computer can understand and execute is called
A) Machine language
B) Application software
C) System program
D) All of above

ANSWER:

1-C
2-B
3-A
4-C
5-D
6-B
7-A
8-B
9-C
10-A

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SSC / RAILWAY May 03, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 149

1. Napier’s Bones were invented in
A) 1614
B) 1617
C) 1620
D) None of above

2. One computer that is not considered a portable computer is
A) Minicomputer
B) A laptop computer
C) Tablet PC
D) All of the above

3. Computers built before the First Generation of computers were:
A) Mechanical
B) Electro-mechanical
C) Electrical
D) None of these

4. Which of the following is a way to access secondary memory?
A) Random access memory
B) Action method
C) Transfer method
D) Density method

5. What is System Analysis?
A) The design of the screen the user will see and use to enter or display data
B) System analysis defines the format and type of data the program will use
C) System Analysis involves creating formal model of the problem to be solved
D) None of the above

6. Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only store information to it but cannot erase or modify it?
A) Floppy Disk
B) Hard Disk
C) Tape Drive
D) CDROM

7. Which is an item of storage medium in the form of circular plate?
A) Disk
B) CPU
C) Printer
D) ALU

8. Daisy wheel printer is a type of
A) Matrix printer
B) Impact printer
C) Laser printer
D) Manual printer

9. A number system that has eight different symbols to represent any quantity is known as
A) Binary
B) Octal
C) Decimal
D) Hexadecimal

10. The two basic types of record access methods are:
A) Sequential and random
B) Sequential and indexed
C) Direct and immediate
D) Online and real time

ANSWER:

1-B
2-A
3-B
4-A
5-C
6-D
7-A
8-B
9-B
10-A

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SSC / RAILWAY May 03, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 148

1. Which of the following have the fastest access time?
A) Semiconductor Memories
B) Magnetic Disks
C) Magnetic Tapes
D) Compact Disks

2. The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Eckert and Mauchly called ENIAC did not work on the stored program concept. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory?
A) 100
B) 20
C) 40
D) 80

3. The computer that process both analog and digital is called
A) Analog computer
B) Digital computer
C) Hybrid computer
D) Mainframe computer

4. What was the name of the first commercially available microprocessor chip?
A) Intel 308
B) Intel 33
C) Intel 4004
D) Motorola 639

5. Which of the following class of computers can process physical quantities such as speed?
A) Analog Computers
B) Digital Computers
C) Hybrid Computers
D) None of above

6. How many types of storage loops exists in magnetic bubble memory
A) 8
B) 4
C) 16
D) 2

7. When did IBM introduce the 20286 based PC/AT?
A) 1982
B) 1984
C) 1985
D) 1989

8. The silicon chips used for data processing are called
A) RAM chips
B) ROM chips
C) Micro processors
D) PROM chips

9. Which computers used operating systems by Microsoft?
A) IBM PCs
B) Apple/Macintosh PCs
C) IBM Compatibles
D) Both A & C

10. One of the main feature that distinguish microprocessors from micro-computer is
A) Words are usually large in microprocessors
B) Words are shorter in microprocessors
C) Microprocessor does not contain I/O device
D) Exactly the same as the machine cycle time

ANSWER:

1-A
2-B
3-C
4-C
5-A
6-D
7-B
8-C
9-D
10-C

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SSC / RAILWAY May 03, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 147

1. Mini computers and micro computers are from which generation of computers?
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth

2. Pick the one that is used for logical operations or comparisons such as less than equal to or greater than.
A) Arithmetic and Logic Unit
B) Control Unit
C) Both of above
D) None of above

3. The operating speed of third generation computer was
A) Milliseconds
B) Microseconds
C) Nanoseconds
D) Picoseconds

4. Which of the following is true?
A) Mark I was 8 feet long
B) Mark I was 2 feet long
C) Mark I was 40 feet long
D) None of above

5. Charles Babbage is considered the father of modern computers because
A) of his difference engine
B) of his analytical engine
C) his concept of input, mill and output
D) All of above

6. Which of the following is used only for data entry and storage, and never for processing?
A) Mouse
B) Dumb terminal
C) Micro computer
D) Dedicated data entry system

7. What was the first computer brought in Nepal?
A) ICL/2950
B) ENIAC
C) IBM 1401
D) None of above

8. The primary advantage of key-to-tape data entry system is
A) A large percentage of editing can be performed at the time of data entry
B) Key verification is easily performed
C) The tape is reusable
D) Keying errors can be detected as they occur.

9. Basic is ________ language.
A) a procedural
B) an object oriented
C) both A and B
D) none of the above

10. A computer Program that translates one program instruction at a time into machine language is called a/an
A) Interpreter
B) CPU
C) Compiler
D) Simulator

ANSWER:

1-D
2-A
3-C
4-D
5-C
6-B
7-C
8-C
9-A
10-A

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SSC / RAILWAY May 03, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 146

1. In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT stand for
A) Additional Terminals
B) Advance technology
C) Applied technology
D) Advanced terminology

2. Size of the primary memory of a PC ranges between
A) 2KB to 8KB
B) 64KB & 256KB
C) 256KB & 640KB
D) None of these

3. What is the number of read-write heads in the drive for a 9- trac magnetic tape?
A) 9
B) 16
C) 18
D) 27

4. Apple company used chips from ______ for its computers
A) Intel
B) Motorola
C) Both of above
D) None of above

5. Which of the following is a feature of fifth generation computers?
A) Use of natural language
B) artificial intelligence
C) bio-chips
D) All of above

6. Charles Babbage was awarded by Royal Society for his
A) Difference Engine
B) Analytic Engine
C) Binary System in Analytic Engine
D) His concept of input, mill, output and storage

7. A computer which CPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as
A) Super computer
B) Mini computer
C) Micro computer
D) Macro computer

8. When we look at the cost, which of the following computer is most expensive?
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers

9. Which of the following will happen when data is entered into a memory location?
A) It will add to the content of the location
B) It will change the address of the memory location
C) It will erase the previous content
D) It will not be fruitful if there is already some data at the location

10. Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment?
A) Keyboard
B) Mouse
C) Joystick
D) Track ball

ANSWER:

1-B
2-C
3-A
4-B
5-D
6-A
7-A
8-D
9-C
10-B

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SSC / RAILWAY May 03, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 145

1. When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?
A) Hewlett-Packard
B) Epson, 1981
C) Laplink traveling software In1982
D) Tandy model-2000, 1985

2. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changed in 1924. What was that name?
A) Computer Tabulating Recording Co.
B) The Tabulator Ltd.
C) International Computer Ltd.
D) None of above

3. The personnel who deals with the computer and its management put together are called
A) Software
B) Human ware
C) Firmware
D) Hardware

4. Which of the following is input device?
A) scanner
B) speaker
C) monitor
D) projector

5. Which of the following is true?
A) Fields are composed of bytes
B) Records are composed of fields
C) Fields are composed of characters
D) All of above

6. Who built the world’s first electronic calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries?
A) Claude Shannon
B) Konrard Zues
C) George Stibits
D) Howard H. Aiken

7. WAN is a most used abbreviation in Networking, what is its full form?
A) WAP Area Network
B) Wide Area Network
C) Wide Array of Network
D) Wireless Access Network

8. In which language is source program written?
A) English
B) Symbolic
C) High level
D) Temporary

9. Which of the following is correct acronym of VGA?
A) Video Graphics Array
B) Visual Graphics Array
C) Volatile Graphics Array
D) Video Graphics Adapter

10. A song being played on computer speaker is
A) hard output
B) soft output
C) both hard and soft output
D) neither hard nor soft output

ANSWER:

1-B
2-B
3-B
4-A
5-D
6-C
7-B
8-C
9-A
10-B

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Saturday, May 2, 2020

SSC / RAILWAY May 02, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 144

1. Dot-matrix is a type of
A) Tape
B) Printer
C) Disk
D) Bus

2. Which is not consisted in a processor
A) ALU
B) CU
C) Memory
D) Registers

3. IBM 1401 is the first computer to enter in Nepal. It belonged to
A) First Generation
B) Second Generation
C) Third Generation
D) Froth Generation

4. The Third Generation Computer was made with ________.
A) Vacuum Tube
B) Discrete Components
C) IC
D) Bio Chips

5. Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?
A) Control Unit and Registers
B) Registers and Main Memory
C) Control unit and ALU
D) ALU and bus

6. Fifth generation computer is also known as
A) Knowledge information processing system
B) Very large scale integration
C) Both of above
D) None of above

7. Second Generation computers were developed during
A) 1949 to 1955
B) 1956 to 1965
C) 1965 to 1970
D) 1970 to 1990

8. What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?
A) Display screen
B) Soft copy terminal
C) Hard copy terminal
D) Plotter

9. Programs are executed on the basis of a priority number in a
A) Batch processing system
B) Multiprogramming
C) Time sharing
D) None of these

10. When was Apple Macintosh II microcomputer introduced in the market?
A) 1964
B) 1970
C) 1983
D) 1986

ANSWER:

1-B
2-C
3-B
4-C
5-C
6-A
7-B
8-C
9-B
10-C

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SSC / RAILWAY May 02, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 143

1. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?
A) Analytical engine
B) Arithmetic machine
C) Donald Knuth
D) All of above

2. The lower deck of an abacus is known as
A) heaven
B) sky
C) earth
D) floor

3. All modern computer operate on
A) Information
B) Floppies
C) Data
D) Word

4. The computer that can input analog signals and return result in digital form
A) Analog Computers
B) Digital Computers
C) Hybrid Computers
D) Mainframe Computers

5. Offline device is
A) A device which is not connected to CPU
B) A device which is connected to CPU
C) A direct access storage device
D) An I/O device

6. What is the latest write-once optical storage media?
A) Digital paper
B) Magneto-optical disk
C) WORM disk
D) CD-ROM disk

7. Which of the following programming language started from second generation?
A) LISP
B) C
C) QBASIC
D) FORTRAN

8. Which one of the following input device is user-programmable?
A) Dumb terminal
B) Smart terminal
C) VDT
D) Intelligent terminal

9. Floppy disks typically in diameter
A) 3?
B) 5.25?
C) 8?
D) All of above

10. Current SIMMs have either __ or __ connectors (pins)
A) 9 or 32
B) 30 or 70
C) 28 or 72
D) 30 or 72

ANSWER:

1-A
2-C
3-C
4-C
5-A
6-D
7-D
8-D
9-D
10-D

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SSC / RAILWAY May 02, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 142

1. Another word for a daisy wheel printer
A) Petal printer
B) Golf ball printer
C) Laser printer
D) Line printer

2. Cursor is a ____
A) Pixel
B) Thin blinking line
C) Pointing device
D) None of these

3. Which device is used to backup the data?
A) Floppy Disk
B) Tape
C) Network Drive
D) All of the above

4. Which of the following printers are you sure will not to use if your objective is to print on multi carbon forms?
A) Daisy wheel
B) Dot matrix
C) Laser
D) Thimble

5. Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?
A) Floppy / hard disks
B) CD-ROMs
C) Tape devices
D) All of the above

6. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. What does ASCII stand for?
A) American Stable Code for International Interchange
B) American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
C) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
D) American Standard Code for Interchange Information

7. Which computers are used as servers for any medium sized organizations?
A) Mainframe Computer
B) Mini Computers
C) Micro Computers
D) Super Computers

8. Slide Rules was invented in
A) 1614
B) 1617
C) 1620
D) None of above

9. A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to __________data?
A) 680 KB
B) 680 Bytes
C) 680 MB
D) 680 GB

10. Which of the following required large computer memory?
A) Imaging
B) Graphics
C) Voice
D) All of above

ANSWER:

1-B
2-B
3-D
4-C
5-D
6-C
7-B
8-C
9-C
10-D

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SSC / RAILWAY May 02, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 141

1. Mark I is also known as
A) American Sequence Controlled Calculator
B) Automatic Sequence Calculating Controller
C) American Sequence Controlled Computer
D) Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator

2. Which of the following registers is loaded with the contentsof the memory location pointed by the PC?
A) Memory address registers
B) Memory data registers
C) Instruction register
D) Program counter

3. Which of the following are the cheapest memory devices in terms of Cost/Bit?
A) Semiconductor memories
B) Magnetic Disks
C) Compact Disks
D) Magnetic Tapes

4. MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by?
A) Consumers
B) Workers
C) Foremen
D) Managers

5. Which is valid statement
A) 1 KB = 1024 Bytes
B) 1 MB = 1024 Bytes
C) 1 KB = 1000 Bytes
D) 1 MB = 1000 Bytes

6. Latency time is
A) Time to spin the needed data under head
B) Time to spin the needed data under track
C) Time to spin data under sector
D) All of above

7. Who built the first Mechanical Calculator
A) Joseph Marie Jacquard
B) John Mauchly
C) Blaise Pascal
D) Howard Aiken

8. The most important advantage of a video disk is
A) Compactness
B) Potential capacity
C) Durability
D) Cost effectiveness

9. Which of the following generation computers had expensive operation cost?
A) First
B) Second
C) Third
D) Fourth

10. An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:
A) Small-scale computer
B) Medium-scale computer
C) Large-scale computer
D) Super computer

ANSWER:

1-D
2-C
3-C
4-D
5-A
6-A
7-C
8-B
9-A
10-A

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SSC / RAILWAY May 02, 2020

COMPUTER AWARENESS MCQS SET 140

1. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed
A) Parallel only
B) Sequentially only
C) Both sequentially and parallel
D) All of above

2. Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?
A) Magnetic core
B) Semiconductor
C) Magnetic tape
D) Both a and b

3. An online backing storage system capable of storing larger quantities of data is
A) CPU
B) Memory
C) Mass storage
D) Secondary storage

4. A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called
A) Laser printer
B) Ink-jet printer
C) Drum printer
D) Chan printer

5. Which of the following does not affect the resolution of a video display image?
A) Bandwidth
B) Raster scan rage
C) Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution
D) Screen size

6. Which of the following printing devices an output composed of a series of data?
A) Wire matrix printer
B) Band printer
C) Wang image printer
D) Both a and c

7. Which of the following is an example of fifth generation computer?
A) PIM/m
B) ICL 2950
C) IBM 1401
D) None of above

8. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for
A) Direct access
B) Sequential access
C) Both of above
D) None of above

9. Which of the following is not a third generation computer?
A) IBM 360
B) IBM 1401
C) PDP-8
D) HP2115

10. The number of records contained within a block of data on magnetic tape is defined by the
A) Block definition
B) Record contain clause
C) Blocking factor
D) Record per block

ANSWER:

1-C
2-C
3-C
4-B
5-D
6-D
7-A
8-C
9-B
10-C

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