Computer Awareness MCQs & Quiz for Banking, IBPS, RRB, RBI, SBI Exams - Set 3

1)   Which of the following are characteristics of a gaming computer?

a. Powerful Video Card
b. Great Memory
c. Powerful Processor
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
A gaming computer is basically a simple desktop computer which has high-performance hardware like a powerful video card, memory and processor. These are essential for the handling of video games. These are called PC games.


2)   Which of the following devices usually come with touchscreens?

a. Nintendo Game Consoles
b. Electronic Voting Machines
c. Point of Sale Systems
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
A touchscreen is basically an input device which is present on top of an electronic visual display. It is found in devices like Nintendo Game Consoles, EVMs, Personal computers, POS systems.


3)   This part of the computer does all of the ‘thinking’. It can carry out billions of instructions per second and gets very hot.

a. Motherboard
b. Hard Drive
c. Processor
d. RAM
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Processor

Explanation:
A processor is the computer’s engine. The CPU is the part that actually does stuff by following the instructions of the computer program that it’s running.


4)   What is the full form of SMPS?

a. Switched-Mode Power Supply
b. Switching Manual Power Supply
c. Switched Maintenance Power Supply
d. None of the Above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Switched-Mode Power Supply

Explanation:
A switched-mode power supply (SMPS) is an electronic circuit that converts power using switching devices. They are used in many places in a computer.


5)   Which of the following is used for 3D positioning and modeling, animation and other application?

a. Space ball
b. Trackball
c. Spac ball
d. All of the mentioned
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Space ball

Explanation:
Space ball is a 3D positioning device. Space ball is used as a graphical input device to enter any graphical data or information. Spaceball is based on fixed spherical ball


6)   What type of device is a digital camera?

a. Input
b. Output
c. Software
d. Storage
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Input

Explanation:
A digital camera is a camera that captures photographs in digital memory. The history of the digital camera began with Eugene F. Lally of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.


7)   The CPU and Memory are located in which of the following ?

a. Expansion Board
b. Mother Board
c. Storage Device
d. Output Device
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mother Board

Explanation:
Motherboard holds and allows communication between many of the crucial electronic components of a system, such as the central processing unit and memory, and provides connectors for other peripherals.


8)   What is the full form of ESD?

a. Electric supply Delay
b. Electrostatic Discharge
c. Electric Software Duty
d. None of the Above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Electrostatic Discharge

Explanation:
ESD stands for Electrostatic discharge. It is the sudden flow of electricity between two electrically charged objects caused by contact or an electrical short.


9)   A spare monitor made by a different manufacturer than the original computer’s desktop will work when the original one breaks in any situation. Which feature of computer design concept makes this possible?

a. Standardization
b. Firmware
c. Plug and play
d. Componentization
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Standardization

Explanation:
Standardization is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties. Standardization can help to maximize compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability .


10)   How many pins does a Single in-Line Memory Module have?

a. 16
b. 30 or 72
c. 48
d. 23
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 30 or 72

Explanation:
A SIMM, or single in-line memory module, is a type of memory module containing random-access memory used in computers from the early 1980s to the late 1990s.It has either 30 pins or 72 pins.