SBI Quiz : Computer Aptitude

Q1. Which type of memory is not directly addressable by the CPU and requires special software called EMS?

1. Extended

2. Expanded

3. Base

4. Conventional

5.None of these

ANS(2)-Expanded


Q2.The original ASCII code uses___________bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking.

1. 5

2. 6

3. 7

4. 8

5. 10

ANS(3)-7

Q3.Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?

1. Motorola

2. IBM

3. Intel

4. AMD

5. All of these

ANS(3)-Intel

Q4.A high quality CAD system uses which of the following for printing, drawing and graphs ?

1. Dot matrix printer

2. Digital plotter

3. Line printer

4. Scanner

5. All of the above

ANS(2)-Digital plotter

Q5.Symbolic logic was discovered by___________

1. George Boole

2. Herman Hollerith

3. Vonn Neumann

4. Basic Pascal

5. Sun Microsystem

ANS(1)-George Boole

Q6.Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports__________?

1. Data

2. Bytes

3. Graphics

4. Pictures

5. Information

ANS(1)-Data

Q7.Which type of computers use the 8-bit code called EBCDIC?

1. Minicomputers

2. Microcomputers

3. Mainframe computers

4. Super computer

5. Desktop

ANS(3)-Mainframe computers

Q8.Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is called-

1. Mnemonics

2. Symbolic code

3. Gray codes

4. Opcode

5. Barcode

ANS(2)-Symbolic code

Q9.CD-ROM Is a _______

1. semiconductor memory

2. Memory register

3. Magnetic memory

4. None of the above

5. All of these

ANS(4)-None of the above

Q10.A name or number used to identify a storage location is called-

1. A byte

2. A record

3. An address

4. Data

5. All of above

ANS(3)-An address