MCQ on Computer Hardware & Software | IBPS RRB Computer Awareness Questions and Answers:
1. What are the units used to count the speed of a printer?
a. DPI
b. CPM
c. PPM
d. BIT
e. None of these
Answer: (a)
2. Which of these is a pointing and draw device?
a. Scanner
b. Mouse
c. Printer
d. CD-ROM
e. Keyboard
Answer: (b)
3. You can use the Tab key to
a. indent a paragraph
b. move a cursor across the screen
c. move the cursor down the screen
d. Both ‘1’ and ‘2’
e. None of the above
Answer: (a)
4. All of the following are examples of input device except
a. mouse
b. scanner
c. keyboard
d. printer
Answer: (d)
5. What does MICR stand for?
a. Magnetic Ink Code Reader
b. Magnetic Ink Character Register
c. Magnetic Ink Code Register
d. Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
e. Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
Answer: (d)
6. Which of the following is/are the kind of smart card?
a. Micro processor card
b. Memory card
c. ‘1’ and ‘2’ both
d. None of these
Answer: (c)
7. Which of the following devices is used to give input as well as to display output?
a. Headsets
b. Tourch screen
c. Facsimile
d. Audio cards
e. All of these
Answer: (e)
8. Laser printers belong to
a. page printer
b. line printer
c. band printer
d. dot matrix printer
Answer: (a)
9. What does the acronym BIOS stand for?
a. Basic Internal Output System
b. Basic Input/Outer System
c. Basic Inner/Output System
d. Basic Input/Output Systemisation
e. Basic Input/Output System
Answer: (e)
10. Which of the following registers is used to keep track of address of the memory location where the next instruction is located?
a. Program Register
b. Memory Address Register
c. Instruction Register
d. Memory Data Register
e. None of these
Answer: (a)
11. Which among the following is not an example of a system software?
a. Debugger
b. Operating system
c. Software Driver
d. Adobe Photoshop
Answer: (d)
12. ………. is a software which is used to do particular task.
a. Program
b. Operating system
c. Data software
d. Data
e. Application software
Answer: (e)
13. Operating system is a
a. system software
b. application software
c. hardware
d. language
Answer: (a)
14. In computer terminology, ‘CAD’ stands for
a. Computer Algorithm and Design
b. Computer Applied Design
c. Computer Application Design
d. Computer Aided Design
e. Other than those given as options
Answer: (d)
15. A CPU generally handles an interrupt by executing an interrupt service routine
a. by checking the interrupt register at fixed time intervals.
b. as soon as an interrupt as raised
c. by checking the interrupt register after finishing the execution of the current instruction
d. by checking the interrupt register at the end of fetch cycle
e. None of these
Answer: (c)
16. Which of the following groups consists of only input devices?
a. Mouse, Keyboard, Printer
b. Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor
c. Mouse, Keyboard, Plotter
d. Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner
e. None of the above
Answer: (d)
17. Software refers to
a. firmware
b. the physical components that a computer is made of
c. programs
d. people ware
e. None of these
Answer: (c)
18. Pointing device includes the following except
a. joystick
b. mouse
c. trackball
d. keyboard
Answer: (d)
19. Which of the following are properties of USB?
a. Platform dependent
b. Platform independent
c. Source dependent
d. Software dependent
e. Software Independent
Answer: (b)
20. …… printer cannot print more than one characters at a time.
a. Daisy wheel
b. Line
c. Laser
d. Dot matrix
Answer: (d)