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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which of the following is a part of the system unit? [BOB 2010, 2011] |
| A. | CPU |
| B. | Monitor |
| C. | CD-ROM |
| D. | Floppy disk |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Monitor | |
| 2. |
The main system board of a computer is called the. |
| A. | Integrated Circuit |
| B. | Motherboard |
| C. | Processor |
| D. | Microchip |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Processor | |
| 3. |
The ............ is a box that houses the most important parts of a computer system. [SBI 2009] |
| A. | Software |
| B. | Hardware |
| C. | Input Drive |
| D. | System Unit |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 4. |
Where is the disk put in a computer? |
| A. | In a Modem |
| B. | In the Hard Drive |
| C. | Into the CPU |
| D. | In the Disk Drive |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 5. |
Information from one unit to another unit is carried by |
| A. | Data Bus |
| B. | System |
| C. | Control Bus |
| D. | Address Bus |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. System | |
| 6. |
To run a CD in a computer we need..... [SBI 2009] |
| A. | FD Drive |
| B. | CD Drive |
| C. | Zip Drive |
| D. | Pen Drive |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Zip Drive | |
| 7. |
In motherboard information between components travels by......... |
| A. | Flash memory |
| B. | CMOS |
| C. | Port |
| D. | Bus |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 8. |
PC Stands for? |
| A. | Personal Computer |
| B. | Private computer |
| C. | Public Computer |
| D. | A and B both |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Private computer | |
| 9. |
Which among the following is not a mobile Operating System? [IBPS PO 2016] |
| A. | Android |
| B. | Safari |
| C. | Symbian |
| D. | iOS |
| E. | BlackBerry |
| Answer» C. Symbian | |
| 10. |
What is Linux? [SBI Clerk 2014] |
| A. | Input device |
| B. | Storage device |
| C. | Operating system |
| D. | Output device |
| E. | Processor |
| Answer» D. Output device | |
| 11. |
The operating system is the most common type of...... software. [SBI PO 2014] |
| A. | application |
| B. | antivirus |
| C. | communication |
| D. | system |
| E. | Word-processing software |
| Answer» E. Word-processing software | |
| 12. |
Which of the following is an operating system? [SBI Clerk 2014] |
| A. | Linux |
| B. | Debugger |
| C. | Mozilla |
| D. | Google Chrome |
| E. | Intel 8085 |
| Answer» B. Debugger | |
| 13. |
Which of the following refers to the means by which an OS or any other program interacts with the user? [SBI Clerk 2014] |
| A. | Program front-end |
| B. | Programming interface |
| C. | User login |
| D. | User interface |
| E. | User compatibility |
| Answer» E. User compatibility | |
| 14. |
'DOS' floppy disk does not have [SBI PO 2014] |
| A. | a boot record |
| B. | a file allocation table |
| C. | a root directory |
| D. | a virtual memory |
| E. | All of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 15. |
Which of the following refers to restarting the system when it is already powered on? [SBI PO 2014] |
| A. | A strong boot |
| B. | Hibernation |
| C. | A cold boot |
| D. | Standby mode |
| E. | A warm boot |
| Answer» F. | |
| 16. |
Multi-processing means |
| A. | two or more central processing units within a single computer system |
| B. | two or more programs running at once |
| C. | two or more input devices connected to a single computer system |
| D. | two or more tasks carried out by a single computer system |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. two or more programs running at once | |
| 17. |
MS-DOS is ...... operating system, [SBI PO 2014] |
| A. | user friendly graphical |
| B. | graphical user interface |
| C. | real time GUI |
| D. | point and check |
| E. | command line interface |
| Answer» E. command line interface | |
| 18. |
The purpose of DISKCOPY command is to [RBI Grade B 2014] |
| A. | format the disk if it is not formatted before a write operation is initiated on it. |
| B. | overwrite the existing contents of the destination disk as it copies the. New information to it |
| C. | make an exact copy of a floppy disk |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 19. |
Every computer has a(n)....... many also have ...... [RBI Grade B 2014] |
| A. | operating system; a client system |
| B. | operating system; instruction sets |
| C. | application programs; as operating system |
| D. | application programs; a client system |
| E. | operating system application programs |
| Answer» F. | |
| 20. |
The capacity of the number of sectors and the number of file entries 3.5 inch floppy for root directory in MS-DOS are respectively (assume floppy capacity to be 2.88 MB) [RBI Grade B 2013] |
| A. | 20260 |
| B. | 10120 |
| C. | 15240 |
| D. | 32512 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. 32512 | |
| 21. |
Which one of the following DIR commands lists a group of files? [RBI Grade B 2013] |
| A. | DIR INVOICE.bas |
| B. | DIR RESCUE.bas |
| C. | DIR PAY ROLL.bas |
| D. | DIRTOOL?.bas |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 22. |
Which one of the following file names is invalid in DOS? [RBI Grade B 2013] |
| A. | RIT.bat |
| B. | LISTEN.bin |
| C. | RLUA.btt |
| D. | TALK.bas |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. TALK.bas | |
| 23. |
What do you understand by the term 'booting'? [RBI Grade B 2012] |
| A. | The process of starting the computer from the power-off position |
| B. | Connecting computer of the electric switch |
| C. | Increasing the memory of the computer |
| D. | The process of shut down the computer |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Connecting computer of the electric switch | |
| 24. |
Which of the following is not usual file extension in DOS? [RBI Grade B 2012] |
| A. | .exe |
| B. | .bat |
| C. | .0 |
| D. | .class |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. .class | |
| 25. |
Which of the following is the type of software that controls the internal operations in the computer and controls how the computer works will all its parts? [RBI Grade B 2012] |
| A. | Shareware |
| B. | Public domain software |
| C. | Application software |
| D. | Operating system software |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 26. |
Linux is an example of [RBI Grade B 2012] |
| A. | freewave |
| B. | open source software |
| C. | shareware |
| D. | complimentary |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. shareware | |
| 27. |
What happends when you boot up a PC? [RBI Grade B 2012] |
| A. | Portions of the operating system are copied from disk into memory |
| B. | Portions of the operating system are copied from memory onto disk |
| C. | Portions of the operating system are complied |
| D. | Portions of the operating system are emulated |
| E. | The PC gets switched off |
| Answer» B. Portions of the operating system are copied from memory onto disk | |
| 28. |
Usually, in MS-DOS the primary hard disk drives has the drive letter.......... [RBI Grade B 2012] |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. D | |
| 29. |
An operating system is a/an [SSC CGL 2013] |
| A. | accounting software |
| B. | application software |
| C. | system software |
| D. | utility software |
| Answer» D. utility software | |
| 30. |
Which of the following commercial software products are examples of operating system software and application software, respectively? [SBI Clerk 2012] |
| A. | Microsoft Window XP and Microsoft Word |
| B. | Microsoft office XP and Microsoft Windows XP |
| C. | MS DOS and Microsoft Windows XP |
| D. | UNIX and LINUX |
| E. | UNIX and Java |
| Answer» B. Microsoft office XP and Microsoft Windows XP | |
| 31. |
Which one of the following is an MS-DOS external command? [SSC CHSL 2012] |
| A. | DIR |
| B. | COPY |
| C. | FORMAT |
| D. | PROMPT |
| Answer» D. PROMPT | |
| 32. |
.......... is a feature for scheduling and multi-programming to provide an economical interactive system of two or more users. [IBPS Clerk 2012] |
| A. | Time sharing |
| B. | Multi-sharing |
| C. | Time tracing |
| D. | Multi-processing |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Multi-sharing | |
| 33. |
> symbol in DOS commands is used to [SBI Clerk 2007] |
| A. | compare two values |
| B. | redirect input |
| C. | redirect output |
| D. | filter data |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. filter data | |
| 34. |
Which process checks to ensure the components of the computer are operating and connected properly? [SBI PO 2012] |
| A. | Booting |
| B. | Processing |
| C. | Saving |
| D. | Editing |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Processing | |
| 35. |
Which command is used to delete file from a directory in DOS? [SBI Clerk 2007] |
| A. | REN |
| B. | DEL |
| C. | CD |
| D. | MD |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. CD | |
| 36. |
In DOS, the ?label? command is used to [SBI Clerk 2007] |
| A. | create the label of disk |
| B. | change the label of disk |
| C. | remove the label of disk |
| D. | Both a and b |
| E. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. All of the above | |
| 37. |
It is the program that manages the hardware of the computer system including the CPU, memory storage devices and input/output devices. |
| A. | Software |
| B. | Operating system |
| C. | hardware |
| D. | System software |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. hardware | |
| 38. |
What does start or restart the computer? |
| A. | Exit |
| B. | Kick |
| C. | Boot |
| D. | Kick Start |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Kick Start | |
| 39. |
What is the name of the program that controls the computer? |
| A. | The operating system |
| B. | An application program |
| C. | A browser |
| D. | The file manager |
| E. | The compiler |
| Answer» B. An application program | |
| 40. |
It shares characteristics with both hardware and software |
| A. | Operating system |
| B. | Software |
| C. | Data |
| D. | Utility |
| E. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Software | |
| 41. |
Windows operating system is ...... and....... |
| A. | multitasking, multi user |
| B. | multi user, single tasking |
| C. | single user, multitasking |
| D. | single tasking, single user |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. single tasking, single user | |
| 42. |
An operating system is said to be multiuser, if |
| A. | more than one program can run simultaneously |
| B. | more than one users can work simultaneously |
| C. | Either a and b |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Either a and b | |
| 43. |
?...... provides process and memory management services that allow two or more tasks, jobs or programs to run simultaneously. |
| A. | Multitasking |
| B. | Multithreading |
| C. | Multiprocessing |
| D. | Multicomputing |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Multithreading | |
| 44. |
The kernel is ...... user threads, |
| A. | a part of |
| B. | the creator of |
| C. | unaware of |
| D. | aware of |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. aware of | |
| 45. |
Which one of the following is not the function of operating system? |
| A. | Resource Management |
| B. | File Management |
| C. | Networking |
| D. | Processor Management |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Processor Management | |
| 46. |
'DOS' operating system does not have |
| A. | a boot record |
| B. | a file allocation table |
| C. | a root directory |
| D. | a virtual memory |
| E. | All of these |
| Answer» E. All of these | |
| 47. |
Which of the following is/are function of operating system? |
| A. | User interface |
| B. | File system manipulation |
| C. | Resources allocation |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 48. |
It is the first program run on a computer, when the computer boots up. |
| A. | System software |
| B. | Operating system |
| C. | System operations |
| D. | Processing system |
| E. | Memory system |
| Answer» C. System operations | |
| 49. |
A command, in DOS, used to set a name to a disk, is |
| A. | VOL |
| B. | REN |
| C. | LABEL |
| D. | CLS |
| E. | COPYCON |
| Answer» D. CLS | |
| 50. |
Which of the following is not an internal command of DOS? |
| A. | VER |
| B. | COPYCON |
| C. | FORMAT |
| D. | VOL |
| E. | TYPE |
| Answer» D. VOL | |