Computer Awareness for IBPS RRB/ IBPS PO/ IBPS CLERK/ RBI ASSISTANT

Dear Readers,

Q1. Functions of keys F1, F2 and F3 are _____________ respectively.

(a) activating menu bar, search and renaming selected icon

(b) search, reboot and activating menu bar

(c) activating help, renaming selected icon and search

(d) reboot, activating help and refresh

(e) activating help, reboot, renaming selected icon

Q2. Which of the following describe router functions?

(a) Packet switching

(b) Packet filtering

(c) Internetwork communication

(d) Path selection

(e) All of the above

Q3. Which among the following computer network usually spans a city or a large campus?

(a) LAN

(b) DAN

(c) MAN

(d) WAN

(e) None of these

Q4. Name the input device from the given options, that cannot be used to work in MS Office?

(a) Scanner 

(b) Mouse 

(c) Keyboard 

(d) Joy stick 

(e) All of the above 

Q5. Which type of virus is generally scripted into common application programs like Excel and Word to infect the other documents and spreads to the other parts when the application is running?

(a) Macro Viruses

(b) File infector virus

(c) Resident Viruses

(d) Boot virus

(e) Worms

Q6. To ‘maximize’ a window means to :

(a) Fill it to capacity 

(b) Expand it to fit the desktop 

(c) Put only like files inside 

(d) Drag it to the Recycle Bin 

(e) None of the above 

Q7. Which of the following types of menu shows the further sub-choices?  

(a) Reverse 

(b) Template 

(c) Scrolled 

(d) Rapped 

(e) Pull-down

Q8. Which physical layer devices can be used to enlarge the area covered by a single LAN segment?

1. Switch

2. NIC

3. Hub

4. Repeater

5. RJ45 transceiver

(a) 1 only

(b) 1 and 3

(c) 3 and 4

(d) 5 only

(e) None of these

Q9.Trackball is an example of a/an:

(a) Programming device  

(b) Pointing device

(c) Output device 

(d) Software device 

(e) Printing device 

Q10.A micro-computer is a small, relatively inexpensive computer with a microprocessor. Which is the first micro-computer?  

(a) Z2

(b) Titan-1

(c) MARK-B

(d) Altair 

(e) None of these 

Q11. A CD player can access data/information using which method?

(a) Sequential access

(b) Random access

(c) Multivariate access

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

Q12. Each box in a spreadsheet is called a ________.

(a) Cell 

(b) Block

(c) Field 

(d) Table

(e) Empty space

Q13. ________key is the example of Toggle key.

(a) Alt 

(b) Shift

(c) Control 

(d) Escape

(e) Caps Lock

Q14. Which among the following is a type of device that is used for identifying people by their unique characteristics?

(a) biometric device 

(b) Web camera 

(c) joystick 

(d) scanner 

(e) None of these 

Q15. Which of the following statements is true in the context of Watermark?  

(a) A watermark can only be applied to a single page in a document 

(b) A watermark is not visible to viewers in a hard copy 

(c) A watermark is a ghost text 

(d) The colour of a watermark cannot be changed 

(e) None of these 

Answers:

S1. Ans. (c)

Sol. Functions of keys F1, F2 and F3 are activating help, renaming selected icon and search respectively.

S2. Ans. (e)

Sol.  All of the given options are router functions.

S3. Ans. (c)

Sol. MAN is an abbreviation for Metropolitan Area Network and is a computer network that usually spans a city or a large campus.

S4. Ans. (d)

Sol. Joystick is used for gaming purpose and MS Word is a text editing application.

S5. Ans. (a)

Sol. A macro virus is a computer virus that "infects" a Microsoft Word or similar application and causes a sequence of actions to be performed automatically when the application is started or something else triggers it.

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. ‘maximize’ a window means expanding it to fit the desktop.

S7. Ans.(e)

Sol. Pull down menu shows further sub-choices.

S8. Ans. (c)

Sol. A repeater operates at the physical layer. Its job is to regenerate the signal over the same network before the signal becomes too weak or corrupted so as to extend the length to which the signal can be transmitted over the same network.  A hub is basically a multiport repeater. A hub connects multiple wires coming from different branches, for example, the connector in star topology which connects different stations.

S9. Ans.(b)

Sol. Trackball is an example of a pointing device (mouse).

S10. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Altair is widely recognized as the spark that ignited the microcomputer revolution as the first commercially successful personal computer.

S11. Ans. (d)

Sol. All are memory access mechanism which a CD Player can use.

S12. Ans. (a)

Sol. Each box in a spreadsheet is called a cell.

S13. Ans. (e)

Sol. A toggle key is a key that is used to turn a function on or off, or to switch between two functions.

S14. Ans.(a)

Sol. A biometric device is a type of device that records the unique characteristics such as finger prints because it is impossible to have two different persons with the same fingers prints.  

S15. Ans.(c)

Sol. A watermark is a ghost text that is set behind the content of a page.