Gk Questions interview questions – page 121

A ______ is a software application for retrieving , presenting , and traversing information resources on the world wide web.

1. HTTP
2. E-mail
3. Web browser
4. Search engine

A US standard keyboard follows

1. QWERTY model
2. 104 model
3. 108 model
4. All of these

Large computers which can process huge data at high speeds are known as

1. Microcomputers
2. Mainframe
3. Minicomputers
4. Networks

A microprocessor with 12 address lines is capable of addressing

1. 64 location
2. 1024 location
3. 2048 location
4. 4096 location

The daily processing of corrections to customer accounts best exemplifies the processing mode of

1. Interactive processing
2. Batch processing
3. Real time processing
4. All of the above

Modem stands for

1. Mode emulator
2. Maximum emulator
3. Modulator demodulator
4. None of these

The first Unix operating system was written in

1. Programming C
2. Machine language
3. Java
4. Pascal

Instructions or programs for controlling the computer are called

1. Analyst
2. Hardware
3. Programmer
4. Software

Fan housing is used for the purpose of

1. Cooling the UPS
2. Cooling the software
3. Cooling the monitor
4. Cooling the CPU

For creating and editing legal documents which application packaged would be most useful.

1. Spreadsheet
2. Word processing
3. Communication
4. Graphic

Which of the following kind of devices allow the user to add components and capabilities to a computer system?

1. Expansion slots
2. Input devices
3. Storage devices
4. System boards

In digital signature, the private key is used for ____ and the public key for ____

1. Ciphertext, plaintext
2. Plaintext, ciphertext
3. Decryption, encryption
4. Encryption, decryption

The performance or ‘speed’ of a computer network is normally measured in ___

1. KIPS
2. MIPS
3. Mbps
4. None of these

Which one of the following has been developed as a supercomputer project by the Bhabha Atomic Research Certre (BARC)?

1. Anupam
2. Chips
3. Flosalver Mark
4. Param padam

Which one of the following is a computer virus?

1. Software program
2. IC 7344
3. Bacteria
4. Fungi

____ is the father of computer. 

1. Ada byron
2. Charles babbage
3. Blaise pascal
4. Herman hollerith

Who is the chief of Microsoft?

1. Bush
2. Bill clinton
3. Bill gates
4. Babbage

The first microprocessor was developed in 1971 by

1. Intel
2. NASA
3. Apple
4. IBM

____ contains the basic software you need in order to find, retrieve, view and send information over the Internet.

1. Website
2. Modem
3. Router
4. Web browser

Which of the following is not a basic function of a computer?

1. Accept input
2. Scan data
3. Process data
4. All of the above

Which of the following device used "set of bead" to represent the unit of data?

1. EDVAC
2. ENIAC
3. Mark-I
4. Abacus

A computer that combines the characteristics of analog and digital computer.

1. Hybrid computer
2. Digital computer
3. Super computer
4. Analog computer

Information stored in RAM is considered volatile which means it is

1. stored when the electricity is shut off
2. not held permanently, only temporarily
3. store permanently in the CPU device
4. store there permanently

The contents of  _____ are lost when the computer turns off.

1. Memory
2. Storage
3. Input
4. Output

The primary purpose of an operating system is ___

1. To make the most efficient use of the computer hardware
2. To allow people to use the computer
3. To keep systems programmers employed
4. To make computers easier to use

The computer monitor is ____ device.

1. Scanning
2. Output
3. Input
4. Software

Which of the following is an output device?

1. Monitor
2. Printer
3. Mouse
4. (a) and (b) both

MS Excel consists of ___

1. 15000 rows
2. 17108 rows
3. 19000 rows
4. 65536 rows

Another word for ‘Graphics’ for a word processor?

1. Peripheral
2. Highlight
3. Execute
4. Clipart

Nowadays computers all over the world can talk to each other. Which is one of the special accessories essential for this purpose?

1. Fax
2. Scanner
3. Modem
4. Keyboard