BASE INSTITUTE-Namakkal | www.ibpsguide.com List of 100 Important Computer Questions for IBPS Clerk Mains 2016/17 1). IP address consists of how many bits? a) 16 bits b) 8 bits c) 30 bits d) 36 bits e) None of these Answer: e) 2). Which storage device is mounted on “reels”? a) Floppy disk b) CD-ROM c) Magnetic disk d) Magnetic tape e) Hard disk Answer: d) 3). A paint program keeps track of every ______ placed on the screen. a) Shapes b) Object c) Pixel d) Colour e) Symbol Answer: c) 4). Rules of a programming language are called _______. a) Procedures b) Calls c) Methods d) Login e) Syntax Answer: e) 5). A primary key can also be called a ________. a) Super key b) Candidates key c) Alternate key d) Secondary key e) Foreign key Answer: b) 6). Which shortcut key is used to open a new file in MSWord? a) Ctrl+N b) Ctrl+M c) Ctrl+Y d) Ctrl+X e) Ctrl+Z Answer: a) 7). To restart the computer ______ key is used. a) Del + Ctrl b) Backspace + Ctrl c) Ctrl+Alt+0052ight arrow d) Reset

e) None of these Answer: d) 8). Which of the following peripheral devices displays information to a user? a) Monitor b) Keyboard c) Secondary storage devices d) Secondary storage media e) None of these Answer: a) 9). To find a saved document in the computer’s memory and bring it up on the screen to view _______. a) Reverse b) Return c) Retrieve d) Return e) None of these Answer: c) 10). A computer works on a _______ number system. a) Binary b) Octal c) Decimal d) Hexadecimal e) None of these Answer: a) 11). A scanner scans _______. a) Pictures b) Text c) Both pictures and text d) Neither pictures nor text e) None of these Answer: c) 12). Dumb terminals have terminals and ________. a) CD Drive b) Speakers c) Keyboard d) Mouse or speakers e) None of these Answer: c) 13). The portion of the CPU that coordinates the activities of all the other computer components is the ________. a) Mother board b) USB Port c) Control unit d) Arithmetic logic unit e) None of these Answer: c) 14). A repair for a known software bug, usually available at no charge on the Internet, is called a ________.

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BASE INSTITUTE-Namakkal | www.ibpsguide.com a) Version Answer: b) b) Patch 21). In DOS, which of the following commands is used c) Tutorial to delete all the files as well as sub-directories of a d) FAQ directory? e) None of these a) Delete Answer: b) b) Cut 15). When data changes in multiple lists and all lists are c) Ctrl+D not updated, this causes _______. d) Move a) Data redundancy e) None of these b) Information overload Answer: a) c) Duplicate data 22). In programming, you use the following keys: d) Data inconsistency a) Arrow keys e) None of these b) Function keys Answer: d) c) Alpha keys 16). Changing cardinalities in a database is ________. d) Page up and Page Down keys a) A common database design task e) None of these b) A rare database design task, but does occur Answer: b) c) A database design task that never occurs 23). A Website address is a unique name that identifies d) Is impossible to do, so a new database must be a specific ______ on the Web. constructed and the data may be moved into it. a) Web browser e) None of these b) Website Answer: a) c) PDA 17). Because of the importance of making data model d) link changes correctly, many professionals are ______ about e) None of these using an automated process for database redesign. Answer: d) a) Optimistic 24). A disk’s content that is recorded at the time of b) Skeptical manufacture and that cannot be changed or erased by c) Ambivalent the user is d) All the best a) read-only e) None of these b) memory - only Answer: b) c) run-only 18). A computer’s hard disk is a/an d) write-only a) Arithmetic and logical unit e) None of these b) Computer software Answer: a) c) Operating system 25). If you are going to a site you use often, instead of d) Computer hardware having to type in the address every time, you should e) None of these a) save it as a file Answer: d) b) make a copy of it 19). Collecting personal information and effectively c) bookmark it posing as another individual is known as the crime of d) delete it ________. e) None of these a) Spooling Answer: c) b) Identity theft 26). Two different files can have the same name if c) Spoofing a) they are in different folders d) Hacking b) they have same content e) None of these c) Never Answer: b) d) they have different content 20). What type of virus uses computer hosts to e) None of these reproduce itself? Answer: a) a) Time bomb 27). The central processing unit contains which of the b) Worm following as a component? c) Melissa virus a) Main Memory d) Macro virus b) Flow Control Unit e) None of these c) Arithmetic Logic Unit www.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com | mock.ibpsguide.in

BASE INSTITUTE-Namakkal | www.ibpsguide.com d) Instruction Manipulation Unit b) Bold e) None of these c) Center Answer: c) d) Right 28). An ad hoc query is a e) Balanced a) pre-planned question Answer: a) b) pre-scheduled question 35). Large transaction processing systems in automated c) spur-of-the - moment question organizations use ________. d) question that will not return any results a) Online processing e) None of these b) Batch processing Answer: c) c) Once-a-day processing 29). A (n) ________ camera is a peripheral device used to d) End-of-day processing capture still images in a digital format that can be easily e) Once-a-week processing transferred into a computer and manipulated using Answer: b) graphics software. 36). Which of the following is the shortcut to force a a) digital page break in word? b) analog a) Position the cursor at the appropriate place and c) classic press F1 d) film b) Use the Insert/Page break e) None of these c) Position the cursor at the appropriate place and Answer: a) press Ctrl+Enter 30). In a spreadsheet, a cell is defined as the d) Change the font size and color of the document a) intersection of a table and a tuplet e) None of these b) intersection of a table and a database Answer: c) c) intersection of a row and a column 37). What is a device that can change image into codes d) intersection of a field and a record for the computer? e) None of these a) Mouse Answer: c) b) Printer 31). The Word function that corrects text as you type is c) Joystick referred to as _______. d) Keyboard a) Auto Summarize e) Scanner b) Auto Insert Answer: e) c) Auto Correct 38). Which of the following are the two basic types of d) Track Changes graphics used in Word 2000? e) None of these a) Auto shapes and Clip Art Answer: c) b) Header and Footer 32). To move to the bottom of a document, press c) Drawing Objects and Pictures _________. d) Spelling and Grammar a) Insert key e) Word Count b) Home key Answer: c) c) Ctrl key + End key 39). The way to reach at “EXCEL” windows is _______. d) End key a) Click on “STRAT” Button>>find e) None of these b) Click on “STRAT” Button>>Run Answer: c) c) Click on “STRAT” Button 33). A _______ uses pressure as a user presses it with a d) Click on “STRAT” Button>>Run>>type path and stylus to send signals. program name a) touchpad e) Double click at empty space of desktop b) track point Answer: d) c) graphics tablet 40). Application software enables the computer to d) track pad ________. e) key board a) Produce some useful output for the users Answer: a) b) Not produce an easy environment 34). The command that aligns text on both margins of a c) Produce a set of programs document in word is called ________. d) Produce user-understandable programs a) Justify e) All of the above www.ibpsguide.in | www.sscexamguide.com | mock.ibpsguide.in

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