Computer Awareness for IBPS PO / SBI PO 2017

Q1. _________ is a set of computer programs used on a computer to help perform tasks. 
(a) An instruction 
(b) Memory 
(c) A processor 
(d) Software 
(e) Hardware 

Q2. Which of the following is an example of computer software? 
(a) Laser printer 
(b) MySQL 
(c) Joystick 
(d) All of these 
(e) None of these 

Q3. Internet Explorer is a(n): 
(a) System software 
(b) Application software 
(c) Programming software 
(d) All of these 
(e) None of these 

Q4. _____ is usually recorded and played, displayed, or accessed by information content processing devices, which as computerised and electronic devices, but can also be part of live performance. 
(a) Virus 
(b) BIOS software 
(c) Multimedia 
(d) C++ 
(e) None of these 

Q5. Which of the following appropriately relates with starting up an operating system?  (a) Starting 
(b) Entering 
(c) Formatting 
(d) Booting 
(e) None of these 

Q6. In MS-DOS 6.22, which part identifies that product uniquely?
(a) MS
(b) DOS
(c) Ms - DOS
(d) 6.22 
(e) None of these 

Q7. Who is the father of computers? 
(a) Ada Byron 
(b) Charles Babbage 
(c) Blaise Pascal 
(d) Herman Hollerith 
(e) None of these 

Q8. Who is the chief of Microsoft?
(a) Babbage 
(b) Bill Gates 
(c) Bill Clinton 
(d) Bush 
(e) None of these 

Q9. An electronic device, operating under the control of instruction that can accept and process the data, produce output and store the results for future use is called _________.
(a) Input 
(b) Computer 
(c) Software 
(d) Hardware 
(e) None of these 

Q10. Computer gathers data, which means that they allow users to __________ data.
(a) Present 
(b) Input 
(c) Output 
(d) Delete 
(e) None of these 

Q11. The smallest unit of information, a computer can understand and process is known as ________.
(a) Digit 
(b) Byte 
(c) Megabyte 
(d) Bit 
(e) Hertz

Q12. Which of the following is not a type of database?
(a) Hierarchical
(b) Relational
(c) Network
(d) Transition
(e) None of the above

Q13. Which among the following is an organised collection of data about a single entity?
(a) file
(b) excel
(c) dictionary
(d) library
(e) None of these

Q14. Which of the following is not a DBMS software?
(a) dBASE
(b) FoxPro
(c) Oracle
(d) Sybase
(e) Database2000

Q15. DBMS helps to achieve:
(a) data independence
(b) more redundancy
(c) centralised manner to control of data
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(e) None of the above


Solutions :

S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. Software is a set of computer programs used on a computer to help perform tasks. Computer software, or simply software, is that part of a computer system that consists of encoded information or computer instructions, in contrast to the physical hardware from which the system is built.

S2. Ans. (b)
Sol. MySQL is an example of computer software. MySQL is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS).

S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. Internet Explorer is an Application Software.

S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. Multimedia is the field concerned with the computer-controlled integration of text, graphics, drawings, still and moving images (Video), animation, audio, and any other media where every type of information can be represented, stored, transmitted and processed digitally.

S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. Booting is a startup sequence that starts the operating system of a computer when it is turned on. A boot sequence is the initial set of operations that the computer performs when it is switched on. Every computer has a boot sequence.

S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. MS-DOS 6.22; 6.22 is the version number which identifies it uniquely.

S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. Charles Babbage is the father of computers.

S8. Ans. (b)
Sol. Bill Gates is the chief of Microsoft.

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Computer is an electronic device operating under the control of instruction that can accept and process the data, produce output and store the results.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Computer allows user to input data, and by user’s inputs it gathers data.

S11. Ans. (d)
Sol. Bit is the smallest unit of information.

S12. Ans. (d)
Sol. There is no transition database.

S13. Ans. (e)
Sol. Record is the correct answer, as it is not in the given options none of these is correct.

S14. Ans. (e)
Sol. Database2000 is not a DBMS Software.

S15. Ans. (d)
Sol. DBMS helps to achieve data independence and centralized manner to control of data. It controls data redundancy.

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