Computer Fundamentals Questions
Computer Fundamentals Questions
has been derived from 10. Which among the following cycle consists
1. The word 'computer
which of the following language? of input, processing, output and storage as
(IBPS Clerk Mains 2017
(1) Greek (2) English its constituents?
56. Which of the er? 66. India's fastest and first multi-petaflops
following is generally costlier? supercomnputer named Pratyush was
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unveiled at ISSC CGL 20171
(1) Server (2) Notebook computer
(3) Personal computer (4) Laptop computer (1) Indian Space Research Organisation
(5) Mainframe (2) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
(3) Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology. Pune
57. The user generally applies .. to access
(4) Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
mainframe or supercomputer.
(1) terminal (2) node 67. Choose the odd one out.
(3) desktop (4) handheld (1) Microcomputer (2) Minicomputer
58. First computer of India is (3) Supercomputer (4) Digital computer
(1) PARAM 68. A hybrid computer is the one having the
(2) Siddhartha
(3) IBM-370 (4) CRAY-1 combined properties of
(1) super and microcomputers
39. Where was the first computer in India
(2) mini and microcomputers
installed? [UPSSSC 2016] (3) analog and digital computers
(1) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (4) super and mini computers
(TIFR), Mumbai
69. Computer system which do not require any
(2) Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata
storage device? IRRB NTPC 2016]
(3) Compunational Research Laboratory (CRL),
Pune A. Analog
(4) Indian Railway, New Delhi B. Digital
6. First supercomputer developed in India s C. Hybrid
D. Third generation computer
(1) PARAM (2) CRAY-1
Codes
(3) PARAM ISHAN (4) EPRAMM
(1) B (2) A (3) D (4) C
70. The.. computer is the most common type 73. Which of the following is not the example
of computer. It is used to process of special purpose computer?
information with quantities usually using (1) Automatic aircraft landing
the binary number system. [UPSSSC 2018] (2) Word processor
(1) Hybrid (2) Digital (3) Multimedia computer
(3) Analog (4) Complex (4) All of the above
71. Calculator works on which type of 74. Which type of computer is used in
computer's work method? [UPSSSC 2015] automatic aircraft landing?
(1) Hybrid computer (1) General purpose computer
(2) Analog computer (2) Supercomputer
(3) Digital computer (3) Special purpose computer
(4) None of the above (4) Microcomputer
72. Which of the following computer is mainly 75. Which of the following is the smallest and
related to convert analog output into digital fastest computer imitating brain working?
torm? [UPSSSC 2016] [TBPS P0 2016]
(1) Supercomputer
(1) Digital computer (2) Quantum computer
(2) Analog computer (3) Param-10000
(3) Hybrid computer (4) IBM chips
(4) Mainframe computer (5) None of the above
ANSWERS
1. (4 2. (4) 3. (4) 4. (1) 5. (3) 6. (3) 7. (3) 8. (1) 9. (2) 10. (5)
11. (4) 12. (4) 13. (1) 14. (2) 15. (4) 16. (4) 17. (2) 18. (3) 19. (3) 20. (3)
21. (2) 22. (2) 23. (4) 24. (1) 25.
31. (1)
(4) 26. (1) 27. (3) 28. (1) 29. (4) 30. (2)
32. 3) 33. (4) 34. (2) 35. (2) 36. (2) 37. (3) 38. (3) 39. (4) 40. (3)
41. (4) 42. (4) 43. (4) 44. (2) 45. (3) 46. (4) 47. (4) 48. (4) 49. (4) 50. (5)
51. (2) 52. (3) 53. (2) 54. (4) 55. (1) 56. (5) 57. (2) 58. (2) 59. (2) 60. (1)
61. (4) 62. (4) 63. (1) 64. (3) 65. (3) 66. (3) 67. (4) 68. (3 69. (2) 70. (2)
71. (3) 72. (3) 73. (2) 74. (3) 75. (2)
QUESTION BANK
8. A(n)..device is any device that provides
1. . forms the backbone for building
information, which is sent to the CPU.
successful computer system.
(1) Computer architecture (1) input (2) output
(2) Computer model
(3) CPU (4) memory
(3) Computer instructions 9. Which of the following includes as a type of
36. The part of a computer that coordinates all its 46. Microprocessors can be used to make
functions, is called [IBPS Clerk Mains 2017] (1) computer (2) digital system
(3) calculators (4) All of these
(1) ROM program (2) System board
(3) Arithmetic logic unit (4) Control unit 47. High power microprocessor is
(5) None of these (1) Pentium, Pentium pro [UPSSSC 2019]
37. The control unit controls other units by (2) Pentium II and II
generating (3) Pentium II
(1) control signal (2) timing signal (4) All of the above
(3) transfer signal (4) command signal 48. The microprocessor
of a computer
38. Control unit of a digital computer is oftenn (1) does not understand machine language
called the (2) understands machine language and high level
(1) clock (2) nerve centre language
(3) Both (1) and (2) (4))IC (3) understands only machine language
(4) understands only high leve! languages
39. Memory unit that communicates directly
49. The CPU and memory are located in which
with the CPU is called the
(1) main memory of the foliowing devices?
(2) secondary memory
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(3 auxiliary memory (4) register
(1) Motherboard (2) Expansion board
40. CPU retrieves its data and instructions from (3) Storage device (4) Output device
(1) secondary memory (2) auxiliary memory (5) System unit
(3) main memory (4) All of these
50. Personal computers use a number of
41. Which computer chips
memory is used for storing mounted on a main circuit board. What is
programs and data currently being the common name for such boards?
processed by the CPU? (1) Daughterboard
(1) Mass memory (2) Internal memory (2) Motherboard
(3) Non-volatile memory(4) PROM (3) Broadboard
42. The I/O processor has a direct access (4) None f te ahove
and contains a number of
to..
channels.
independent data 51. Which of the following are the
components
that reside on motherboard?
(1) main memory (2) secondary memory (1) CMOS battery (2) Fan
(3) cache (4) flash memory (3) PCI slot (4) All of these
Printed Circuit
52. A...is the main Board (PCRI 59. A computer executes program in the
i n a computer. ISSC CGL 20181 sequence of RRB NTPC 20161
Memory)
(1) ROM (Read Only A. Execute, Fetch, Decode
(2) CPU (Central Processing
Unit) B. Store, Fetch, Execute
(3) RAM (Random
Access Memory) C. Fetch, Decode, Excecute
(4) M o t h e r b o a r d
D. Decode, Fetch, Execute
(1) D (2) A
53. Which
one
among the following is a mai
system board of a computer? (SSC CGL 2017 (3) C (4) B
(1) CPU (2) Keyboard 60. Which is not an integral part of computer?
(3) Microchip (4) Motherboard (SBI Clerk 2012]
54. The communication line between CPU, (1) CPU (2) Mouse
(3) Monitor (4) UPS
memory and per1pherals is called a
(5) None of these
(1) bus (2) line (3) media (4) All of these
55, A physical connection between the
61. A device that not only provides surge
protection, but also furnishes the computer
microprocessor memory and other parts of
with battery backup power during a power
the micro computer is known as
outage is IBPS RRB PO Mains 2017]
(1) path (2) address bus
(3) route (4) All of these (1) battery strip
(2) UPS
56. The read/write line belongs to (3) surge strip
(1) the data bus (2) the control bus (4) USB
(3) the address bus (4) CPU bus (5) memory
57. The name of the location of a particular 62. What is a power strip? UPSSSC 2019]
piece of data is its (1) It is an electrical device that is used to expand
(1) address the capacity of a wall outlet which can
(2) memory name
accommodate the devices.
(3) storage (4) data location
(2) It plugs multiple components into one power
58. Which of the following is used to connect outlet.
the different external devices? (3) It provides power supply for electronic devices.
(1) Address bus (2) Daia bus (4) It is used to increase the magnitude of voltage/
(3) Control bus (4) External bus current/power of an input signal.
ANSWERS
1.(1) 2. (1) 3. (1) 4. (2) 5. (1) 6. (3) 7. (1) 8. (1) 9. (5 10. (2)
11 2) 12. (3) 13. (4) 14. (3) 15. (3) 16.(1) 17. (3) 18.(1) 19. 14) 20. (1)
21. (1) 22. (2) 23. (2) 24. (4) 25. (1) 26. (1) 27. (5) 28. (1) 29. (4) 30. (3)
31. (4) 32. (1) 33. (i) 34. (3) 35. (5) 36.(4) 37. (1)38. (2) 39. (1) 40. (3)
41. (2) 42. (1) 43. (1) 44. (4) 45. (1) 46. (4) 47. (4) 48. (3) 49. (1) 50. (2)
51. (4) 56. (2)
52. (4) 53. (4) 54. (1) 55. (2) 57. (1) 58. (4) 59.(3 60. (4)
61. (2) 62. (1)
QUESIONBANKK
1. Any component of the computer you can 9. To move to the beginning of a line of text,
see and touch is IBPS Clerk 2015 press the. key.
(1) sottware (2) peripheral (1) Page up (2) Shift
(3) storage (4) CPU (3) Home (4) Enter
(5) hardware 10. In a keyboard, left-right-up-down set of
2. Which of the following is not a hardware? keys facilitates which among the following
ISSC FCI 2012] functions? (IBPS RRB PO Mains 2017
(1) Processor chip (2) Printer (1) Deleting data or modification
(3) Mouse (4) Java (2) Page scrolling to view a document
(3) Launching Start Menu
3. A(n)... device is any hardware component (4) Initiating Search and Help
that allows you to enter data and instructions (5) Controlling RAM or process execution
into a computer SBI Clerk 2014]
11. Shift, Ctrl, Alt are examples of which among
(1) interaction (2) input the following category?
(3) communication (4) output
(5) terminal IBPS RRB PO Mains 2017]
(3) spreadsheet
(3) further apart the pixels
(4) closer together the pixels (4) microcomputer
51. Screen or monitor device is UPSSSC 2016] 61. Dot matrix printer is
(1) unidirectional
(2) bi-directional
(1) hard copy (2) soft copy
(4) random
(3) input device (4) display devic (3) sequential
are
52. The CRT is . . . in shape. 62. The impact printers
RBI Grade B 2013 (1) dot matrix (2) drum
(4) Both (1) and (2)
(1) circular (2) rectangular (3) inkjet
(4) conical of
(3) eclipse 63. Drum printer is an example
(5) None of these (2) output
(1) input
53. CRT has a IRBI Grade B 2013] (3) processing (4) storage
64. The example of non-impact printers
(1) hollow tube (2) vacuun1 tvbe are
ANSWERS
2. 4. (3) 5. (2) 6. (4) 7.
(3) 8. (2) 9 3) 10. (2)
1. (5) 3. (2)
14. (1) 15. (1) 16. (4) 17. (2) 18. (2) 19. (2) 20 2)
11. (1) 12. (4) 13. (3)
21. (2) 22. (4) 23. (4) 24. (4) 25. (2) 26. (1) 27. (4) 28. (3) 29.(1) 30.4
31. (2) 32. (4) 33. (2) 34. (2) 35.(4) 36. (3) 37. (3) 38. (5) 39. (3) 40.(1)
48. (5) 49. (4) 50. (4)
41. (4) 42. (4) 43.(4) 44. (4) 45. (2) 46.(1) 47.(2)
57. (2) 58. (4) 59. (1) 60. (1)
55. (5) 56. (1)
51. (4) 52. (2) 53. (2) 54 (1)
69. (5) 70. (3)
66.(2) 67. (3) 68. (2)
61. (2) 62. (4) 63. (2) 64. (2) 65. (2)
(3) 78. (1) 79. (4) 80. (1)
71. (2) 72. (5) 73. (1) 74. (4) 75. (1) 76.(5) 77.
81. (2) 82 (2) 83. (4) 84. (4) 85.(4) 86. (3)
QUESTION BANKK
1. .stores data and instructions required 8. Which of the
during the processing of data and output
following is a correct
definition of volatile memory?
results. (1) It does retain its contents at high
temperature
(1) Memory (2) Architecture (2) It is to be kept in air-tight box
(3) input (4) Output (3) It loses its content on failure of power
supply
2. Where is data saved permanently? (4) It does not lose its content on failure of power
(1) Memory (2) Storage supply
(3) CPU 4) Printer 9. Cache and main memory will not be able to
3. Where are programs and data to be used by hold their contents when the power is OFF.
the computer available?
They are
(SSC FCI 2012] (1) dynamic (2) static
(1) Processing unit 2) Output (3) volatile (4) non-volatile
(3) Storage (4) Input 10. In computer terminology, what is the full
4. How many types of memory does a form of RAM? SSC CGL 2018
computer have?
(1) Random Access Memory
(1) Four (2) Eight (2) Repeated Access Memory
(3) One 4) Two (3) Rapid Access Memory
5. Primary storage is . (4) Regular Access Memory
as
compared to
secondary storage. l1. ...memory in a computer is where
(1) slow and inexpensive information is temporarily stored while it is
(2) fast and inexpensive being acessed or worked on by the
(3) fast and expensive processo. IBPS RRB PO 2017]
(4) slow and expensive
(1) Logical (2) Secondary
6. The key feature(s) of internal (3) ROM (4) RAM
memory is/are
(1) limited (5) Cache
storage capacity
(2) temporary storage 12. Why RAM is so called? (IBPS Crk 2015]
(3) fast access and high cost
(1) Because it is read and write memor
(4) All of the above
(2) Because it is a volatile memory
7. The two kinds of main (3) Because it can be selected direct!y
memory are #or storing
(1) ROM and RAM and retrieving data and instructions of any
(2) primary and secondary location of chip
(3) floppy disk and hard disk (4) Because it is a non-volatile memory
(4) direct and sequential (5) None of the above
13. Which of the
RAM?
following is not true about 21. A disc's content that is recorded at the time
(IBPS PO 2015, IBPS Clerk 2014] of manufacture and cannot be changed or
(1) KAM is the same as hard disk
(2) RAM is a temporary storage areastorage erased by the user is IBPS Clerk 2013
(3) RAM is volatile (1) memory only (2) write only
(4) RAM is a primary memory (3) once only 4) run only
(5) Other than those given as (5) read only
options 22. In the field of Information and
14. Virtual
memory allocates hard disk space to Communication Technology (ICT), what is
supplement the immediate, functionai
the full form of EEPROM? SSC CGL 2018
memory capacity of ISBI PO 2014]
(1) ROM (1) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read
(2) EPROM
(3) the registers (4) extended memory
Only Memory
(2) Electrically Efficient Portable Read Only
(5) RAM
Memory
15. Storage that retains its data after the power (3) Electrically Efficient Programmable Read
is turned OFF is referred to as Only Memory
(SBI Clerk 2009] (4) Enhanced Electrical Portable Read Only
46. Which of the following has the smallest (2) CD-ROM discs retrieve data and information
disks
storage capacity? (IBPS Clerk 2015] more quickly than magnetic
(2) Hard disk (3) CD-ROMs make less errors than magnetic media
(1) Zip disk
(3) Floppy disk (4) Data cartridge (4) All of the above
(6) CD (5) None of the above
47. FDD stands for 54. Which media has the ability to have
SSC, CGL 2018, IBPS Clerk 2015] data/information stored (written) on them by
(1) Floppy Drive Detector users more than once? [RBI Grade B 2014
(2) Floppy Drive Demodulator (1) CD-R discs
(3) Floppy Disk Drive (2) CD-RW discs
(4) Floppy Demodulator Disc (3) Zip discs
(5) None of the above (4) Optical discs
(5) CD-RW discs and Zip discs
48. . i s the process of dividing the disc into
55. What is the difference between a CD-ROM
tracks and sectors.
[SBI PO 2015, IBPS Clerk Mains 2017] and CD-RW? IBPS P0 2015]
(1) Tracking (2) Formatting (1) They are the same-just two different terms
(3) Crashing (4) Allotting used by different manufactures.
(5) None of these (2) A CD-ROM can be written to and a CD-RW
cannot.
49. Data on a floppy disk was recorded in rings
(3) Other than those given as options
called IBPS RRB PO 2017]
(4) A CD-ROM holds more information than a
(1) flip (2) ringers CD-RW.
(3) rounders (4) fields (5) A CD-RW can be written to but a CD-ROM
(5) segments can only be read
from
50. Magnetic tape is not practical for 56. Compact discs that can store approximately
applications where data must be quickly 650-800 MB of data or 74-80 min of music
recalled because tape is are [SBI Clerk 2015]
(1) a random access medium (1) zip discs (2) CD-ROM
(2) a sequerpial access medium (3 video cards (4) pressing machines
(3) a read o1uly medium (5) floppy diskettes
(4) fragile and easily damaged
57. A flat metallic disk that contains a large
51. Which of the following can hold maximum amount of permanently stored information
data? read optically, is called a
(1) Optical disc (2) Floppy disk (1) monitor (2) ALU
(3) Magnetic disk (4) Magnetic tape (3) CD-ROM (4) RAM
39
58. CD-ROM is an
example of 66. Which of the
IRBI Grade B 2014 following is thesmallest
(1) input device measure of storage?
UPSSSC 2015
(2) output device (1) Tera byte
(2) Gigabyte
(3) Both input & output devices (3) Kilobyte (4) Byte
(4) Memory device 67.
(5) None of the above
. .
used to measure both
are
computer
memory (RAM) and storage capacity of
59. DVD refers to Floppy disks, CD ROM drives and Hard
(SSC MTS 2013]
(1) Digital Video Developer drives. SBI Clerk 2015
(2) Digital Video Device (1) Bytes
(3) Digital Video Disc (2) Bits
(4) None of the above (3) Octal numbers
60. A DVD is (4) Hexadecimal numbers
an
example of a(n) (5) Binary numbers
(1) optical device ISBI Clerk 2014]
68. How many bits are equal to one byte?
(2) output device [SSC CGL 2016]
(3) hard disk (1) 8 (2)6 (3) 7 (4) 2
(4) solid state storage device 69. Instructions and memory address
(5) None of the above are
ANSWERS
1. (1) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. 4) 5. ( 6. (4) 7. (1) 8. (3) 9. (3) 10. (1)
11. (4) 12. (3) 13. (1) 14. (5) 15. (2) 16. (1) 17. (4) 18. (1) 19. (3) 20. (1)
21. (5) 22. (1) 23. (1) 24. (2) 25. (4) 26. (2) 27. (1) 28. (2) 29. (2) 30. (3)
31. (3) 32. (4) 33. (3) 34. (4) 35. (4) 36.(1) 37. (4) 38. (1) 39. (3) 40. (5)
41. (4) 42. (5) 43. (3) 44. (4) 45. (1) 46. (3) 47. (3)
51 (4) 52. (4)
48. (2) 49 (5) 0. (2)
53. (1) 54. (2) 55. (1) 56. (2) 57. (3) 58. (4) 59. (3) 60. (1)
61.(2)
62.(4) 63. (2) 64. (3) 65. (1) 66. (4) 67. (1) 68. (1) 69. (2) 70. (5)
71. (3) 72. (3) 73. (3) 74. (2) 75. (3) 76. (3) 77. (4) 78. ($) 79. (4) 80. (2)
81. (1) 82.(4) 83. (2) 84. (3)