1500 Computer Awareness Bits For IBPS - Part - 3

601) A watch point is associated with debugger

602) A multithreaded program uses multiple processes

603) Time sharing is a mechanism to provide spontaneous interactive use of a computer system by many users in such a way that each user is given the impression that he/she has his/her own computer

604) The typical scheme of memory management used in IBMOS/360 mainframe system was that of multiprogramming with variable number of memory partitions

605) The concepts used for realization of virtual memory are swapping, demand paging and In-line secondary storage

606) Oracle 8i is an example of OORDBMS

607) ALPHA, RIOS, SPARC are examples of RISC Processors

608) The scope of an identifier refers to where in the program an identifier is accessible

609) Hierarchy is not a component of relational database

610) A two-way selection in C++ is the if…else

611) A recursive function executes more efficiently than its iterative counterpart

612) The body of the recursive function contains a statement that causes the same function to execute before completing the last call

613) Variables that are created during program execution are called dynamic variables

614) When destroying a list, we need a delete pointer to deallocate the memory

615) The first character in the ASCII character set is the null character, which is nonprintable

616) A variable for which memory is allocated at block entry and deallocated at block exit is called a static variable

617) Signal to noise ratio compares signal strength to noise level

618) The ability to create new objects from existing objects is known as inheritance

619) Software tools that provide automated support for the systems development process are OLAP tools

620) Applications/Web server tier processes HTTP protocol, scripting tasks, performs calculations, and provides access to data

621) A language used to describe the syntax rules is known as meta language

622) In a preorder traversal, the binary tree is traversed as follows

623) The general syntax of the function prototype of a value returning function is function name (parameter list)

624) Competitive intelligence is the process of gathering enough of the right information in a timely manner and usable form and analyzing it so that it can have a positive impact

625) Tracing values through a sequence is called a play out

626) In a binary tree, each comparison is drawn as a circle, called a node

627) The term used as a measurement of a communication channel’s data capacity is bandwidth

628) In addition to the nature of the problem, the other key factor in determining the best solution method is function

629) An E-R data model solves the problem of presenting huge information system data models is to users and developers

630) In C++, predefined functions are organized into separate libraries

631) The standard protocol (communication rules for exchange of data) of the internet is TCP/IP

632) For efficiency purposes, wherever possible, you should overload operators as member functions

633) Modifying algorithms that change the order of the elements, not their values, are also called modifying algorithms

634) As long as the tables in a relational database share at least one common data attribute, the tables in a relational database can be normalized to provide useful information and reports

635) DBMS is a simple, fourth generation language used for data retrieval

636) An occurrence of an undesirable situation that can be detected during program execution is known a exception

637) A photo of the company headquarters would be an example of the use of a static web page

638) The Pentium processor contains thousands of transistors

639) SOI technology has been successful with reference to SRAM

640) Secondary storage device is needed to print output results

641) Static random access memory does not fall under the category of secondary storage devices

642) Floppy disk is universal, portable and inexpensive but has its own limitation in terms of storage capacity and speed

643) Some physical property of the microscopic area of the disk surface is changed for recording in common for all types of disks

644) In a disk, each block of data is written into two or more sectors

645) A floppy disk rotates at 100rpm

646) A hard disk has 500 to 1000 tracks or more

647) The storage capacity of a cartridge tape is 400 MB

648) Single density recording is also known as frequency modulation

649) Printer is not an input device

650) The input device that is most closely related to a touch screen is the light pen

651) Laser printer generates characters from a grid of pins

652) The liquid crystal display works on the basis of the relation between polaristion and electric field

653) A COBOL program in source code is not considered to be system software

654) Firmware stored in a hard disk

655) A compiler breaks the source code into a uniform stream of tokens by lexical analysis

656) Sorting of a file tasks is not performed by a file utility program

657) Floppy disk does not generate a hardware interrupt

658) Ada language is associated with real time processing

659) MS DOS is usually supplied on a cartridge tape

660) BREAK is not an internal DOS command

661) Kernel of MS-DOS software resides in ROM

662) The UNIX operating system (available commercially) has been written in C language

663) MS-DOS has better file security system as compared to UNIX

664) UNIX is only a multiprogramming system

665) The UNIX operating system uses three files to do the task mentioned

666) In UNIX, end-of-file is indicated by typing CTRL D

667) Abacus is said to be invented by Chinese

668) An operating system is necessary to work on a computer

669) The first UNIX operating system, as it was in the development stage, was written in the assembly language

670) FAST drivers scientific software packages was developed under contract with NASA

671) LEFT () is not a date function

672) FIF editor is a windows based application

673) Graphics is inserted in frame

674) A language translator is best described as a system software

675) The specification of a floppy is identified by TPI

676) DISC () is not a database function

677) In opening menu of word star C OPTION should be selected for protecting a file

678) The most advanced form of ROM is electronically erasable programmable ROM

679) Secondary storage device is needed to store large volumes of data and programs that exceed the capacity of the main memory

680) MORE sends contents of the screen to an output device

681) NFS stands for N/W file system

682) Main protocol used in internet is TCP/IP

683) We can create a simple web page by using front page express

684) The first line/bar on the word window where the name of the document is displayed is called title bar

685) The clock frequency of a Pentium processor is 50 MHz

686) The input device that is most likely to be used to play computer games is the joystick

687) Linking the program library with main program is not performed by a file utility program

688) The UNIX operating system has been written in C language

689) BIOS of MS-DOS resides in ROM

690) The sector size of a floppy disk varies from 128 bytes to 1024 bytes

691) A program type of errors is flagged by compilers

692) A floppy diskette is organized according to tracks and sectors

693) In word star, the maximum permissible length of search string is 65

694) C is a third generation high level language

695) A CPU has a 16-bit program counter. This means that the CPU can address 64 K memory locations

696) STR () is used for converting a numeric into a character string

697) BASIC language is normally used along with an interpreter

698) In UNIX, open files are shared between the parent and the child

699) In spite of the extra power needed for refreshing. DRAMs are widely used in computers because of its lower cost relatives to SRAMs

700) PIF editor belongs to Main group

701) SUM () is not a financial function

702) 98/04/12 cannot be used to enter a date

703) Windows is popular because of its being expensive

704) Personal computers currently sold in India have main memories at an entry level in the range of megabytes

705) The unit in CPU or processor, which performs arithmetic and logical operations is ALU

706) RAM is volatile

707) The result of arithmetic and logical operations is stored in an accumulator

708) A small amount of memory included in the processor for high speed access is called cache

709) A bus is an electronic track system

710) A co-processor is used to improve the speed of mathematical calculations

711) Intel 80286 belongs to third generation microprocessors

712) A hexadigit can be represented by eight binary bits

713) The number of processes that may running at the same time in a large system can be thousands

714) FORTRAN is a 3GL

715) Root is not an item of the Menu bar

716) Difficult to do what it projects is not considered to be a feature of the spreadsheet

717) While starting the Lotus 1-2-3, the current cell reference is shown at top left hand corner of the screen

718) Bill gates is the chief of Microsoft

719) Excel office assistant can be made to appear by using F1 key and help menu

720) 9 per page is the max no of showing positioning of per page handouts

721) Alignment buttons are available on formatting toolbar

722) Pico second is 10(to the power of-9)

723) Logo refers to a computer language

724) The most appropriate command to permanently remove all records from the current table is Zap

725) The efficient and well designed computerized payroll system would be on-line real time system

726) The scripts which are designed to receive value from Web users is CGI script

727) WAIS stands for – wide assumed information section

728) Modem is used for connecting PC using telephone lines

729) Token bus is the most popular LAN protocol for bus topology

730) Manipulating data to create information is known as analysis

731) A separate document form another program sent along with an E-mail message is known as E-mail attachment

732) When you boot up a PC — portions of the operating system are copied from disk into memory

733) Correcting errors in a program is called debugging

734) A word processor would most likely be used to type a biography

735) A database is an organized collection of data about a single entity

736) Fire fox is a web browser

737) Most of the commonly used personal computers/laptops do not have a command key known as turnover

738) Full form of USB is known as Universal serial bus

739) The quickest and easiest way in Word to locate a particular word or phrase in a document is to use the find command

740) Computer sends and receives data in the form of digital signals

741) Icons are graphical objects used to represent commonly used application

742) Most World Wide Web pages contain HTML commands in the language

743) In any window, the maximize button, the minimize button and the close buttons appear on the title bar

744) Checking that a pin code number is valid before it is entered into the system in an example of data validation

745) Windows 95 and windows 98 and Windows NT are known as operating systems

746) Information on a computer is stored as analog data

747) A program that works like a calculator for keeping track of money and making budgets is spreadsheet

748) To take information from one source and bring it to your computer is referred to as download

749) Windows is not a common feature of software applications

750) A toolbar contains buttons and menus that provide quick access to commonly used commands

751) Input device is an equipment used to capture information and commands

752) Most of the commonly available personal computers/laptops have a keyboard popularly known as QWERTY

753) Editing a document consists of reading through the document you’ve created then—correcting your errors

754) Virtual Box is not a famous operating system

755) Junk e-mail is also called spam

756) DOC is the default file extension for all word documents

757) .bas, .doc and .htm are examples of extensions

758) Codes consisting of bars or lines of varying widths or lengths that are computer readable are known as a bar code

759) Convenience, speed of delivery, generally and reliability are all considered as the advantages of e-mail

760) E-commerce allows companies to conduct business over the internet

761) The most important or powerful computer in a typical network is network server

762) To make a notebook act as a desktop model, the notebook can be connected to a docking station which is connected to a monitor and other devices

763) Storage that retains its data after the power is turned off is referred to as non-volatile storage

764) Virtual memory is memory on the hard disk that the CPU uses as an extended RAM

765) To move to the beginning of a line of text, press the home key

766) When sending and e-mail, the subject line describes the contents of the message

767) Microsoft is an application suite

768) Information travels between components on the motherboard through bays

769) One advantage of dial-up internet access is it utilizes existing telephone security

770) Network components are connected to the same cable in the star topology

771) Booting checks to ensure the components of the computer are operating and connected properly

772) Control key is used in combination with another key to perform a specific task

773) Scanner will translate images of text, drawings, and photos into digital form

774) Information on a computer is stored as digital data

775) The programs and data kept in main memory while the processor is using them

776) Storage unit provide storage for information and instruction

777) Help menu button exist at start

778) Microsoft company developed MS Office 2000

779) Charles Babbage is called the father of modern computing

780) Data link layer of OSI reference model provides the service of error detection and control to the highest layer

781) Optical fiber is not a network

782) OMR is used to read choice filled up by the student in common entrance test

783) A network that spreads over cities is WAN

784) File Manager is not a part of a standard office suite

785) A topology of computer network means cabling between PCs

786) In UNIX command “Ctrl + Z” is used to suspend current process or command

787) Word is the word processor in MS Office

788) Network layer of an ISO-OSI reference model is for networking support

789) Telnet helps in remote login

790) MS Word allows creation of .DOC type of documents by default

791) In case of MS-access, the rows of a table correspond to records

792) Record maintenance in database is not a characteristic of E-mail

793) In a SONET system, an add/drop multipliers removes noise from a signal and can also add/remove headers

794) The WWW standard allows grammars on many different computer platforms to show the information on a server. Such programmers are called Web Browsers

795) One of the oldest calculating device was abacus

796) Paint art is not a special program in MS Office

797) Outlook Express is a e-mail client, scheduler, address book

798) The first generation computers had vacuum tubes and magnetic drum

799) Office Assistant is an animated character that gives help in MSOffice

800) Alta Vista has been created by research facility of Digital Electronic corporation of USA

801) We are shifting towards computerization because technologies help in meeting the business objectives

802) Spiders search engines continuously send out that starts on a homepage of a server and pursue all links stepwise

803) Static keys make a network insecure

804) Joy Stick is an input device that cannot be used to work in MS Office

805) Artificial intelligence can be used in every sphere of life because of its ability to think like human beings

806) To avoid the wastage of memory, the instruction length should be of word size which is multiple of character size

807) Electronic fund transfer is the exchange of money from one account to another

808) Format menu in MS Word can be use to change page size and typeface

809) Assembly language programs are written using Mnemonics

810) DMA module can communicate with CPU through cycle stealing

811) A stored link to a web page, in order to have a quick and easy access to it later, is called bookmark

812) B2B type of commerce is characterized by low volume and high value transactions in banking

813) Advanced is not a standard MS Office edition

814) Workstation is single user computer with many features and good processing power

815) History list is the name of list that stores the URL’s of web pages and links visited in past few days

816) FDDI access mechanism is similar to that of IEEE 802.5

817) MS Office 2000 included a full-fledged web designing software are called FrontPage 2000

818) Macintosh is IBM’s microcomputer

819) X.21 is physical level standard for X.25

820) Enter key should be pressed to start a new paragraph in MS Word

821) Main frame is most reliable, robust and has a very high processing power.

822) Formatting of these toolbars allows changing of Fonts and their sizes

823) The ZZ command is used to quit editor after saving

824) The program supplied by VSNL when you ask for internet connection for the e-mail access is pine

825) The convenient place to store contact information for quick, retrieval is address book

826) Digital cash is not a component of an e-wanet

827) For electronic banking, we should ensure the existence and procedures with regard to identification of customers who become members electronically

828) Jon Von Neumann developed stored-program concept

829) Hardware and software are mandatory parts of complete PC system

830) Firewall is used in PC for security

831) Two rollers are actually responsible for movement of the cursor in mouse

832) In case of a virus getting into computer NORTON will help

833) Tour the server room is to be done by the auditor while internet banking services audit

834) Documentation while developing a software for a Bank is required for auditing

835) Water supply has not become computerized

836) Concurrency control in distributed database supports multi-user access

837) Fifth generation computers are knowledge processors

838) Transistors were first used in 2nd generation computers

839) Intelligence is not a characteristic of a computer

840) A camera is an processing machine

841) To protect organization from virus or attacks all mails sent and received should be monitored, all messages should be encrypted, E- mails should be used only for official purpose

842) Internet collects millions of people all over the world

843) A computer based information system is a system in which a computer is used to process data to get information

844) The time between program input and outputs is called execution time

845) Third generations of computers have On-line real time systems

846) MIME is a compressor that packages different formats into SMTP compatible type

847) The earliest software was developed using the waterfall model

848) EDI e- commerce system can handle non monetary documents

849) Collection to tracks on a disk forms spindle

850) A disk where number of sectors are fixed is called hard sectored

851) Half duplex transmission techniques let computer to alternatively send and receive data

852) Multiplexing combines signals from different sources into one and sends on a faster channel

853) Message switcher chooses correct data path for an incoming message and forwards it to relevant line

854) Speech recognition use thermal sensors along with infrared rays for identification

855) Trojan horse are self replicating malicious code independent of the action of the user, but slow down the processor on entering a network

856) Generation of PIN in bank ATM would require PIN entered is encrypted

857) Availability, integrity, confidentiality is most necessary for data to be useful

858) Grid is a supercomputer created by networking many small computers

859) A character that changes its value throughout the program is called variables

860) A program coded in programming is done by assembling

861) In write mode of file existing text is replaced by new one

862) When an organization gives contract for development of a software, it has to give data to the service provider. In such cases, the ownership of data should be with the client/organization that outsource services

863) Under a centralized organization Intranet be an effective networking tools

864) For optical fiber used in point to point transmission, the repeater spacing is 10-100 km

865) Favorites are accessible from the start menu

866) Task pre-emption, task priority and semaphores are not needed by server program from an operation system

867) The objective of multiprogramming operating system is to maximize CPU utilization

868) The environment provided to ASP is based on Client/server

869) HUB is layer1 device, central device, dumb device

870) The UNIX, echi command is used to display the message or value of any variable on the screen

871) QAM is used in high speed modem

872) Frame Relay technique uses connection oriented

873) Bipolar always has a non-zero average amplitude

874) In a SONET system, an add/drop multipliers can remove signals from a path

875) The server on the internet is also known as Host

876) For multiple branching in ‘C’ we use switch statement

877) Web site is a collection of HTML documents, graphic files, audio and video files

878) The first network that initiated the internet was ARPANET

879) In MODEMS a digital signal changes some characteristic of a carrier wave

880) The binary values are represented by two different frequencies in frequency shift keying

881) Messenger mailbox is present in Netscape communicator

882) Switching is a method in which multiple communication devices are connected to one another efficiently

883) A bridge recognizes addresses of layer 3

884) EPROM is permanent storage device

885) “.TIF” extension name stands for tagged image format

886) The overhead using BRI is 10 percent of the total data rate

887) In programming languages the key word “Void” means it does not return any value when finished

888) The keyboard shortcut to restart your computer is Ctrl + Alt + Del

889) FORTRAN is not a programming language

890) The instruction LOAD A is a one address instruction

891) MS-Excel is also known as spread sheet

892) Manchester encoding is used in Ethernet technology

893) The instruction of a program which is currently being executed are stored in main memory

894) In DOS environment, the command used to save the file is ^Z

895) All high level language uses compiler and interpreter

896) In html coding <p> …… </p> tag is used to display a paragraph

897) In HTML coding, the following attributes color, size, face used in font tag

898) DHTML stands for dynamic hyper text markup language

899) Fiber optics cable supports data rate up to 100 mbps to 2 gbps

900) In Photoshop software we can modify, delete, and edit the image

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