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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 type of memory holds only the program and data that the CPU is presently processing? [Syndicate Bank Clerk 2010] |
| A. | CMOS |
| B. | ROM |
| C. | RAM |
| D. | ASCII |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. ASCII | |
| 2. |
A flat metallic disk that contains a large amount of permanently stored information read optically is called a... [Allahabad Bank Clerk 2010] |
| A. | Monitor |
| B. | ALU |
| C. | CD-ROM |
| D. | RAM |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. RAM | |
| 3. |
During processing data, programs, and processed information are held temporality in... [Allahabad Bank Clerk 2010] |
| A. | Secondary storage |
| B. | ROM |
| C. | RAM |
| D. | CPU |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. CPU | |
| 4. |
The place where the computer stores programs and data is called - [Bank of Baroda Clerk 2010] |
| A. | Memory |
| B. | Storehouse |
| C. | Storage unit |
| D. | Backup |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Backup | |
| 5. |
Secondary storage.......... [Syndicate Bank 2010, SBI 2010] |
| A. | Does not require constant power |
| B. | Does not use magnetic media |
| C. | Consists of four main types of devices |
| D. | Does not store information for later retrieval |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Does not use magnetic media | |
| 6. |
How is it possible that both programs and data can be stored on the same Floppy Disk? [Syndicate Bank 2010] |
| A. | A floppy disk has two sides, one for data and one for programs |
| B. | Programs and data are both software, and both can be stored on any memory device |
| C. | A floppy disk has to be formatted for one or for the other |
| D. | Floppy disks can only store data, not programs |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. A floppy disk has to be formatted for one or for the other | |
| 7. |
A CD-ROM disk............ [Syndicate Bank 2010] |
| A. | Cannot be erased and rewritten |
| B. | Has more storage capacity than a CD-R |
| C. | Holds less data than a Floppy Disk |
| D. | Can be written only once |
| E. | None of this of these |
| Answer» B. Has more storage capacity than a CD-R | |
| 8. |
RAM is used as a short memory because it is..... [Syndicate Bank 2010, BOB 2011, SSC CPO 2015] |
| A. | Volatile, Temporary |
| B. | Nonvolatile, Permanent |
| C. | Nonvolatile, Temporary |
| D. | Volatile, Permanent |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Nonvolatile, Permanent | |
| 9. |
A (n)...... uses laser technology to store large amount of information - [BOB 2010] |
| A. | Floppy Disk |
| B. | CD-ROM |
| C. | Hard Disk |
| D. | ED-ROM |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Hard Disk | |
| 10. |
Where is data saved permanently? [SBI 2009] |
| A. | Memory |
| B. | Storage |
| C. | CPU |
| D. | Printer |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. CPU | |
| 11. |
The instructions for starting the computer are housed in - [G.C.S. I.U. 2007] |
| A. | RAM |
| B. | CD-ROM |
| C. | ROM Chip |
| D. | All of these |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 12. |
CDs are of which shape? [SBI Associates 2009] |
| A. | Square |
| B. | Rectangular |
| C. | Round |
| D. | Information |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Information | |
| 13. |
Any data or instructions naturel into memory of a computer is considered as. [SBI Associates 2009] |
| A. | Storage |
| B. | Output |
| C. | Input |
| D. | Information |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Output | |
| 14. |
A disk's content that is recorded at the time of manufacture and that cannot be changed or erased by the user is - [SBI 2009] |
| A. | Memory Only |
| B. | Write Only |
| C. | Read Only |
| D. | Run Only |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Run Only | |
| 15. |
The most common type of storage devices are- |
| A. | Persistent |
| B. | Optical |
| C. | Magnetic |
| D. | Flash |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Flash | |
| 16. |
The content of ............ are lost when the computer is turned off. |
| A. | Storage |
| B. | Input |
| C. | Output |
| D. | Memory |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 17. |
The word 'memory' is related to............ |
| A. | Logic |
| B. | Control |
| C. | Input |
| D. | Storage |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 18. |
By firmware we understand........... [SBI 2012] |
| A. | Physical equipment used in a computer system |
| B. | A set of instructions that causes a computer to perform one or more tasks |
| C. | The people involved in the computing process |
| D. | A set of programs that it pre-installed into the read only memory of a computer during the time of manufacturing |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 19. |
Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU? [IBPS PO 2012] |
| A. | Mass memory |
| B. | Internal memory |
| C. | Non-volatile memory |
| D. | PROM |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Non-volatile memory | |
| 20. |
CD ROM is used - |
| A. | To read Compact Disk |
| B. | To listen to music |
| C. | In any software |
| D. | To Central Digital Information |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. To listen to music | |
| 21. |
A permanent memory, which halls data and instruction for start-up the computer and does not erase data after power off. [SBI 2008] |
| A. | Network interface card |
| B. | CPU |
| C. | RAM |
| D. | ROM |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 22. |
............ is not a type of RAM - |
| A. | Megabyte |
| B. | 64 Megabyte |
| C. | 574 Megabyte |
| D. | 32 Megabyte |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. 32 Megabyte | |
| 23. |
CD is a .................. memory - |
| A. | Internal |
| B. | External |
| C. | Auxiliary |
| D. | A and B |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. A and B | |
| 24. |
In which memory is data lost by power off? |
| A. | Disk |
| B. | RAM |
| C. | Floppy |
| D. | CD |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Floppy | |
| 25. |
Flash is................... |
| A. | Software |
| B. | Hardware |
| C. | ROM |
| D. | RAM |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 26. |
Built in memory of computer is. [SBI 2009] |
| A. | EROM |
| B. | ROM |
| C. | RAM |
| D. | PROM |
| E. | EREM |
| Answer» C. RAM | |
| 27. |
Hard disk drives are considered??. storage [SBI 2008] |
| A. | Flash |
| B. | Non-volatile |
| C. | Temporary |
| D. | Non-permanent |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Temporary | |
| 28. |
What is the capacity of super computers floppy disk? |
| A. | 400 M |
| B. | 500 M |
| C. | 600 M |
| D. | 700 M |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 600 M | |
| 29. |
Data gathering in computer means, they allow to use........ Data. [SBI 2008] |
| A. | Present |
| B. | Input |
| C. | Output |
| D. | Store |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 30. |
RAM is a........ Memory ? |
| A. | External |
| B. | Auxiliary |
| C. | Internal |
| D. | Main |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 31. |
For permanent memory in computer objects used are - |
| A. | Floppy Disk |
| B. | Magnetic Tape |
| C. | Hard Disk |
| D. | Optical Disk |
| E. | All of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 32. |
With a CD you can............. [SBI 2009] |
| A. | Read |
| B. | Write |
| C. | Read and write |
| D. | Either read or write |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Write | |
| 33. |
Where, data will remain intact even when the computer is turned off? [SBI 2009] |
| A. | RAM |
| B. | Motherboard |
| C. | Secondary Storage Device |
| D. | Primary Storage Device |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Primary Storage Device | |
| 34. |
The contents of memory will not lose, when the power goes off in.......... [SSC Tier-I 2012] |
| A. | ROM |
| B. | EPROM |
| C. | EEPROM |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Breaking logical memory into blocks of the same size is called as: [SSC LDC 2015] |
| A. | Frames |
| B. | Segments |
| C. | Packets |
| D. | Pages |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Main memory of computer is - |
| A. | Internal |
| B. | External |
| C. | (a) and (b) both |
| D. | Auxiliary |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. External | |
| 37. |
Which of the following medium is used bet-wean CPU & RAM to speed up the processing power of a CPU? [FCI 2015] |
| A. | Virtual Memory |
| B. | DRAM |
| C. | Flash Memory |
| D. | Cache Memory |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Permanent instructions that the computer uses when it is turned on and that cannot be changed by other instructions are contained in - [FCI 2015] |
| A. | ROM |
| B. | RAM |
| C. | REM |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. RAM | |
| 39. |
The faster, costlier and relatively small form of storage managed by computer system hardware is: [SSC SDC 2015] |
| A. | Main Memory |
| B. | Flash Memory |
| C. | Cache |
| D. | Disk |
| Answer» D. Disk | |
| 40. |
Storage which stores or retains data after power off is called [BOB 2010] |
| A. | Volatile Storage |
| B. | Non-volatile Storage |
| C. | Sequential Storage |
| D. | Direct Storage |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Sequential Storage | |
| 41. |
Typical acronym of reusable optical storage will be........... [SBI 2009, IBPS 2014] |
| A. | CD |
| B. | CD-RW |
| C. | DVD |
| D. | RPM |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. DVD | |
| 42. |
Which among the given options is IBM's Supercomputer? [IBPS PO 2016] |
| A. | Tihane-2 |
| B. | Sunway Taihu Light |
| C. | Watson |
| D. | Shasra-T |
| E. | Brain |
| Answer» D. Shasra-T | |
| 43. |
Integrated Chips or IC's were started to be in use from which generation of Computers? [IBPS PO 2016] |
| A. | 1st Generation |
| B. | 2nd Generation |
| C. | 3rd Generation |
| D. | 4th Generation |
| E. | 5th Generation |
| Answer» D. 4th Generation | |
| 44. |
Which of the following is generally costlier? [SBI Clerk 2012, IBPS Clerk 2015] |
| A. | Server |
| B. | Notebook computer |
| C. | Personal computer |
| D. | Laptop computer |
| E. | Mainframe |
| Answer» F. | |
| 45. |
A collection of unprocessed items is [SBI PO 2015] |
| A. | information |
| B. | data |
| C. | memory |
| D. | reports |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. data | |
| 46. |
A computer cannot perform which of the following functions? [IBPS Clerk 2015] |
| A. | Addition |
| B. | Subtraction |
| C. | Bake a cake |
| D. | Division |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Division | |
| 47. |
Integrated Circuit (1C) chips used in computers are made with [IBPS Clerk 2014] |
| A. | copper |
| B. | aluminium |
| C. | gold |
| D. | silicon |
| E. | silver |
| Answer» E. silver | |
| 48. |
PCs are considered fourth-generation and contain [SBI PO 2014] |
| A. | information |
| B. | data |
| C. | vacuum tubes |
| D. | microprocessors |
| E. | transistors |
| Answer» E. transistors | |
| 49. |
Which of the following is a small microprocessor based computer designed to be used by one person at a time? [SBI Clerk 2014] |
| A. | Netbook |
| B. | Supercomputer |
| C. | All-in-one |
| D. | Notebook |
| E. | Personal computer |
| Answer» F. | |
| 50. |
Chip is a common nickname for a(n) [IBPS Clerk 2014, 2015] |
| A. | transistor |
| B. | resistor |
| C. | integrated circuit |
| D. | semiconductor |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. semiconductor | |