Objective Computer Awareness Notes for Bank, Competitive Exams - 1

Question: 1

______ is the first known calculating device.

(A) Abacus

(B) Napier’s Bone

(C) Slide Rule

(D) Punched Card

Ans: A

Abacus

Question: 2

The ENIAC was developed in the year

(A) 1942

(B) 1945

(C) 1947

(D) 1950

Ans: A

1942

Question: 3

The input device that detects characters printed or written on paper is

(A) Optical character reader

(B) 3D mouse

(C) Voice input system

(D) Trackball

Ans: A

Optical character reader

Question: 4

The _____ is the combination of hardware and software.

(A) Analytical engine

(B) Computer

(C) Calculator

(D) All the above

Ans: B

Computer

Question: 5

_____ of a computer interprets and executes software instructions,

(A) Central Process Unit

(B) Secondary Memory

(C) Main Memory

(D) Input unit

Ans: A

Central Process Unit

Question: 6

The _____ memory is used to temporarily store the programs and data when the instructions are ready to execute.

(A) Primary memory

(B) Secondary memory

(C) Output unit

(D) All the above

Ans: A

Primary memory

Question: 7

The main advantage of using the light pen is

(A) Drawing directly onto the screen

(B) Easy to detect the characters

(C) Accurate

(D) Easy to use

Ans: A

Drawing directly onto the screen

Question: 8

Wired, wireless and virtual are the categories of

(A) Mouse

(B) Monitor

(C) Keyboard

(D) Printer

Ans: C

Keyboard

Question: 9

Expand DPI ______

(A) Double Part ink

(B) Dark Page Ink

(C) Dark Pen Ink

(D) Dots Per Inch

Ans: D

Dots Per Inch

Question: 10

Natural language processing is a component of

(A) AI

(B) ENIAC

(C) OCR

(D) ULSI

Ans: A

AI