Quiz 113 | Computer Question Bank Clerical Exams

1.The first web server was built in:

A. 1990 in Geneva, Switzerland
B. 1985 in Berkeley, California
C. 1988 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
D. 1947 in Berningham, UK



2.The term bit is short for:

A. megabyte.
B. binary language.
C. binary digit.
D. binary number.



3.In the most popular internet domain name ‘.com’ (dot-com), the ‘com’ is the short form for which word ?

A. Common
B. Commercial
C. Computer
D. Communication



4.A dual-layer DVD is valued because it:

A. Can hold more data
B. Contains a backup of the data stored
C. Uses a second layer to offer a speed increase
D. Creates alternative sound tracks



5.Which of the following word processors came first?

A. WordPerfect
B. Lotus Notes
C. MS Word
D. WordStar



6.Android is the name of the software platform for mobile devices initially developed by …

A. Microsoft
B. Google
C. IBM



7.Which is a type of Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory?

A. Flash
B. Flange
C. Fury
D. FRAM



8.What is the name of world’s first Personal Supercomputer, which is upto 250 times faster than standard PCs ?

A. Eka
B. Tesla
C. Param
D. Deep Blue



9.The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is

A. 1.44 MB
B. 1.40 GB
C. 1.44 GB
D. 1.40 MB



10.The process of error rectification is called

A. Fixation
B. Debugging
C. Decrypting



11.The word bandwidth is also used to mean ________?

A. width of the data cable
B. amount of data transferred
C. number of the computers on a particular network



12.Which of the below media types hold the most information?

A. Blu-ray
B. CD
C. DVD
D. Floppy diskette



13.What do you call a computer on a network that requests files from another computer?

A. A client
B. A host
C. A router



14.'.INI' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

A. Image file
B. System file
C. Hypertext related file
D. Image Color Matching Profile file



15.When new data are to be inserted into a data structure, but there is no available space; this situation is usually called?

A. underflow
B. saturated
C. overflow
D. housefull



16.The IBM PC-XT was the first to include a hard drive. What was the capacity of this disk?

A. 20 MB
B. 1.44 MB
C. 10 MB
D. 750 KB



17.'.TXT' extension refers usually to what kind of file?

A. Text File
B. Music File
C. Image File



18.A team of scientists set a new data speed record transmitting 26 terabits equivalent of 700 DVDs-per second using ___.

A. Double laser
B. Single laser
C. Three lasers
D. Four lasers



19.A small picture that represents a folder, program or other things.

A. Desktop
B. Icon
C. Graphic
D. Image



20.DDL is used to define the structure of a database, including the tables, columns, and data types that it contains. Its full form is ?

A. Data Definition Link
B. Data Definition Language