Computer Awareness Practice Questions and Answers for SBI Clerk Exams
1. Special effect used to introduce slides in a presentation are called .........
1) Effect
2) Custom animation
3) Transition
4) Animation
5) Preset animation
2. ...... are graphical objects used to represent commonly used application.
1) GUI
2) Drivers
3) Windows
4) Application
5) Icons
3. Computers send and receive data in the form of ................ signals.
1) Analog
2) Digital
3) Modulated
4) Demodulated
5) All of these
4. In any window, the maximize button, the minimize button and the close buttons appear on the .............
1) Title bar
2) Menu bar
3) Status bar
4) Ruler bar
5) Tool bar
5. Every component of your computer is either.............
1) software of CPU / RAM
2) hardware of software
3) application software or system software
4) input devices or output devices
5) None of these
6. Checking that a pin code number is valid before it is entered into the system is an example of ...............
1) error correction
2) backup and recovery
3) data preparation
4) data validation
5) None of these
7. A compiler translates higher level programs into a machine language program, which is called ................
1) source code
2) object code
3) compiled code
4) beta code
5) None of these
8. The ability to find an individual item in a file immediately .................
1) sequential access
2) file allocation table
3) direct access
4) directory
5) None of these
9. Computers connected to a LAN (Local Area
Network) can ...............
1) run faster
2) go online
3) share information and/ or share peripheral equipment
4) E-mail
5) None of these
10. Which is the slowest internet connection service?
1) Digital Subscriber Line
2) T1
3) Cable modem
4) Leased Line
5) Dial-up Service
11. A CD-RW disk ..............
1) has a faster access than an internal disk
2) is a form of optical disk, so it can only be
written once
3) holds less data than a floppy disk
4) can be erased and rewritten
5) None of these
12. A field that uniquely identifies which person,
thing, or event the record describes is a....
1) file
2) data
3) field
4) key
5) None of these
13. The two major categories of software include ..................
1) operating system and utility
2) personal productivity and system
3) system and application
4) system and utility 5) None of these
14. Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT
are known as ..................
1) processors
2) domain names
3) modems
4) operating systems
5) None of these
15. Most World Wide Web pages contain commands in the language ..................
1) NIH
2) URL
3) HTML
4) IRC
5) FTP
16. Information on a computer is stored as...
1) analog data
2) digital data
3) modem data
4) watts data
5) None of these
17. To take information from one source and
bring it to your computer is referred to as...
1) upload
2) download
3) transfer
4) de-link
5) None of these
18. Each box in a spreadsheet is called a .......
1) cell
2) empty space
3) record
4) field
5) None of these
19. Which of the following operating systems is
not owned and licensed by a company?
1) Unix
2) Linux
3) Windows 2000
4) Mac
5) Windows
20. To indent the first paragraph of your report,
you should use this key .................
1) space bar
2) return key
3) tab key
4) shift key
5) None of these
21. When you want to move some text from
one page to a different page, the best
method is ....................
1) drag and drop 2) cut and paste
3) delete and retype 4) find and replace
5) None of these
22. A program that works like a calculator for
keeping track of money and making budgets
................
1) calculator 2) scholastic 3) keyboard
4) spreadsheet 5) None of these
23. A Website address is a unique name that
identifies a specific .................. on the Web.
1) Web browser 2) PDA 3) Website
4) Link 5) None of these
24. Which is the best definition of a software
package?
1) An add-on for your computer such as
additional memory
2) A set of computer programs used for a
certain function such as word processing
3) A protection you can buy for a computer
4) The box, manual and license agreement
that accompany commercial software
5) None of these
25. You can start Microsoft Word by using ........
button.
1) New 2) Start
3) Program
4) Control Panel
5) None of these
ANSWERS:
1-3, 2-5, 3-2, 4-1, 5-2, 6-4, 7-2, 8-3, 9-3, 10-5
11-4, 12-4, 13-3, 14-4, 15-3, 16-2, 17-2, 18-1, 19-2, 20-3
21-2, 22-4, 23-3, 24-2, 25-2
