Computer Knowledge Quiz for upcoming IBPS Exams – Set 23

1. Even if a disk drive fails, the computer application
running and using it can continue processing. This application is said to have
been designed with this feature called

(a) 100 percent up-time

(b) Fault tolerance

(c) High reliability

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

2. Which media has the ability to have data/information
stored (written) on them by users more than once?

(a) CD-R disks

(b) CD-RW disks

(c) Zip disks

(d) Opti-Disks

(e) Both CD-RW disks and Zip disks

3. Storage media such as a CD read and write information
using _______.

(a) a laser beam of red light

(b) magnetic dots

(c) magnetic strips

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

4. The main memory of a computer can also be called

(a) Primary storage

(b) Internal memory

(c) Primary memory

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

5. The life span of a CD-ROM is

(a) approximately one year

(b) approximately two years

(c) approximately five years

(d) approximately twenty-five years

(e) almost unlimited

6. The signal which shows that a computer is waiting for a command
from the user is

(a) prompt

(b) event

(c) time slice

(d) interrupt

(e) None of these

7. _______ increase the accuracy of a search by fine-tuning the
keywords in the search.

(a) Indexes

(b) Italics

(c) Compounds

(d) Links

(e) Operators

8. The fastest component for accessing stored data/ information
is/are

(a) cache

(b) DVDs

(c) hard disks

(d) main memory

(e) tape

9. A standard CD player accesses data/information using
which method?

(a) Sequential access

(b) Random access

(c) Multivariate access

(d) All of these

(e) None of these

10. _______ is a set of keywords, symbols, and a system of rules
for constructing statements by which humans can communicate the instructions to
be executed by a computer.

(a) A computer program

(b) A programming language

(c) An assemble

(d) Syntax

(e) None of these