1. USB refers to…. [SSC MTS 2013]
(1) a storage device
(2) a processor
(3) a port type
(4) a serial bus standard
2. DVD refers to …..[SSC MTS 2013]
(1) Digital Video Developer
(2) Digital Video Device
(3) Digital Video Disk
(4) None of the above
3. A nibble is equal to ……….. bits. (SSC CGL 2013]
(1) 4
(2) 8
(3) 16
(4) 32
4. A byte can represent any number between 0 and…. [IBPS Clerk 2012]
(1) 2
(2) 255
(3) 256
(4) 1024
(5) 1025
5. The term ‘gigabyte’ refers to….. [IBPS PO 2012]
(1) 1024 bytes
(2) 1024 kilobytes
(3) 1024 megabytes
(4) 1024 gigabytes
(5) None of these
6. The technique that extends storage capacities of main memory beyond the actual size of the main memory is called….. [IBPS Clerk 2013)
(1) multitasking
(2) virtual storage
(3) multiprocessing
(4) multiprogrammering
(5) switching
7. Flash is
(1) software
(2) hardware
(3) ROM
(4) RAM
(5) None of these
8. Which of the following can hold maximum data?
(1)Optical disk
(2) Floppy disk
(3) Magnetic disk inside
4) Magnetic tape
(5) None of the above
9. Which storage device is mounted on ‘reels?
(1) Floppy disk
(2) Hard disk
(3) Magnetic tapes
(4) CD-ROM
(5) None of these
10. Which of the following memory chip is faster? [SBI Clerk 2012]
(1) There is no certainty
(9) DRAM
(9) SRAM
(4) RAM
(5) None of these
11. A disk’s content that is recorded at the time of manufacture and that cannot be changed or erased by the user is [IBPS PO 2012)
(1) memory – only
(2) write-only
(3) read – only
(4) run – only
(5) non – changeable
12. Which of the following is an example of optical disk? [Allahabad Bank PO 2011]
(1) Digital versatile disks
(2) Magnetic disks
(3) Memory disks
(4) Data bus disks
(5) None of these
13. Cache and main memory will not be able to hold their contents when the power is off. They are …..[Allahabad Bank PO 2012]
(1) dynamic
(2) static
(3) volatile
(4) non-volatile
(5) faulty
14. The term ……… refers to data storage systems that make it possible for a computer or electronic device to store and retrieve data. [SBI PO 2010] (1) retrival technology
(2) input technology
(3) output technology
(4) storage technology
(5) None of these
15. ……… is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors. [PNB Clerk 2010
(1) Tracking
(2) Formatting
(3) Crashing
(4) Alloting
(5) None of these
16. Which of the following is not an access mode?
(1) Random
(2) Sequential
(3) Continuous
14 Direct
(5) All of these
17. The ………. directory is mandatory for every disk
(1) root
(2) bare
(3) sub
(4) care
(5) None of these
18. Frequently-accessed information is held in
(1) hard drive
(2) cache memory
(3) flash memory
(4) read only memory
(5) None of these
19. The primary device that a computer usestostore information is [Punjab & Sind Bank Clerk 2010]
(1) TV
(2) storehouse
(3) desk
(4) hard drive
(5) None of these
20. A removable magnetic disk that holds information is [SBI PO 2010]
(1) floppy disk
(2) hard drive
(3) monitor
(4) portable
(5) None of these
21. Computer memory is normally measured in
(1) kilobytes
(8) megabytes
(3) gigabytes
(4) terabytes
(5) None of these
22. In order to reproduce sound a compact disk (CD) audio player uses a (1) quartz crystal
(2) titanium needle
(3) laser beam
(4) barium titanate ceramic
(5) None of the above
23. The CD-ROM drive is used to….[ Allahabad Bank PO 2011]
(1) play compact disks
(2) play music
(3) install software
(4) control digital information
(5) None of the above
24. Full form of MB is [SBI Clerk 2012]
(1) Micro Bytes
(2) Mega Bytes
(3) Mini Bytes
(4) Milli Bytes
(5) Kilo Bit
25. Information stored in RAM need to be [IBPS Clerk 2011]
(1) check
(2) refresh periodically
(3) modify
(4) detecting errors
(5) None of these
26. Memory is made up of [SBI Clerk 2012)
(1) set of wires
(2) set of circuits
(3) large number of cells
(4) All of the above
(5) None of the above
27 Floppy disks are organised as [IBPS PO 2012]
(1) files
(2) he and folders
(3) tracks and sector
(4) All of these
(5) None of these
28. The storage device used to compensate for the difference in rates of flow of data from one device to another is termed as [SBI PO 2011]
(1) chip
(2) channel
(3) floppy
(4) call
(5) buffer
29. Unit of storage capacity is
(1) meters
(2) bit
(3) bus
(4) cubicmeter
(5) None of these
30. Which of the following is not a ROM?
(1) PROM
(2) EPROM
(3) EEPROM
(4) EDPROM
(5) None of these
31. ……… is the ability of a device to ‘jump’ directly to the requested data. [IBPS Clerk 2012]
(1) Sequential access
(2) Random access
(3) Quick access
(4) All of these
(5) None of these
32. The ……… is the amount of data that a storage device can move from the storage to the computer per second [IBPS Clerk 2012]
(1) data migration rate
(9) data digitising rate
(3) data transfer rate
(4) data access rate
(5) None of the above
33. Virtual memory is [SBI Clerk 2011]
(1) an extremely large main memory
(9) an extremely large secondary memory
(3) an illusion of extremely large main memory
(4) a type of memory used in super computers
(5) None of the above
34. Dynamic RAM consumes …… power and. then the static RAM.
(1) more, faster
(2) more, slower
(3) less, slower
(4) less, faster
(5) None of these
35. Magnetic tape is not practical for applications where data must be quickly recalled because tape is
(1) a random access medium
(2) a sequential access medium
(3) a read only medium
(4) fragile and easily damaged
(5) an expensive storage medium on have special
36. Both the ALU and control section have so purpose storage locations, called ….[SSC CHSL 2014]
(1) address
(2) registers
(3) accumulators
(4) bus
37. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is [SBI Clerk 2012
(1) 1.40 MB
(2) 1.44 GB
(3) 1.40 GB
(4) 1.45 MB
(5) 1.44 MB
38. Where are programs and data to be used by a computer available? [SSC FCI 2012]
(1) Processing unit
(2) Output
(3) Storage
(4) Input
39. The difference between memory and storage that memory is ……… and storage is
(1) temporary, permanent
(a) permanent, temporary
(3) slow, fast
(4) non-volatile, volatile
(5) None of the above
40. Which of the following is the magnetic storage device?
(1) Hard disk
(2) Compact disk
(3) Audio tapes
(4) All of these
(5) None of these
41. …. acts as temporary high speed holding area between the memory and the CPU thereby improving processing capabilities. [IBPS Clerk 2012 (1) ROM
(2) RAM
(3) Temporary memory
(4) Cache memory
(5) Flash memory
42. Storage that retains its data after the power is turned off is referred to as [SBI Clerk 2007
(1) volatile storage
(2) non-volatile storage
(3) sequential storage
(4) direct storage
(5) None of the above
43. Which of the following are advantages of CD-ROM as a storage media?
(1) CD-ROM is an inexperisive way to share large amount of data and information
(2) CD-ROM disks retrieve data information more quickly than magui disks do
(3) CD-ROMs make less errors than mag media
(4) All of the above
(5) None of the above
44. Which of the following has the smallest storage capacity ?
(1) Zip disk
(2) Hard disk
(3) Floppy disk
(4) Data cartridge
(5) CD
45. The computer abbreviation KB usually means [IBPS PO 2011]
(1) Key Block
(2) Kernel Boot
(3) Key Byte
(4) Ket Bit
(5) Kilo Byte
46. The term bit is short for [SBI Clerk 2008]
(1) megabyte
(2) binary language
(3) binary digit
(4) binary number
(5) None of the above
47. 1 mega byte is equal to
(1) 1000 KB
(2) 1024 kb
(3) 1024 KB
(4) 1000 kb
(5) 1 million bits
48. ….. is the smallest memory measurement unit.
(1) Bit
(2) Nibble
(3) Byte
(4) Mega
(5) Zetta
49. The highest unit of information, computer can understand and process, is known as a
(1) exa byte
(2) zetta byte
(3) yotta byte
(4) bronto byte
(5) geop byte
50. 1101, series of four bits (or binary digits) is known as
(1) bit
(2) byte
(3) nibble
(4) input
(5) output
51. The size of any word/number in a computer is measured in
(1) bits
(2) bytes
(3) meter
(4) litre
(5) None of these
52. A nibble is equal to ………. bits. [SSC CHSL 2012]
(1) 16
(2) 32
(3) 4
(4) 8
53. Kilobyte equals to how many bytes? [SBI Clerk 2012]
(1) 1000
(9) 1035
(3) 100
(4) 1008
(5) 1024
54. Which of the following represents one billion characters? [SBI Clerk 2012]
(1) Byte
(2) Giga byte
(3) kilobyte
(4) Megabyte
(5) Terabyte
55. A byte is a collection of [IBPS Clerk 2012)
(1) four bits
(2) six bits
(3) eight bits
(4) ten bits
(5) twelve bits
56. Which of the following statements is valid?
(1) 1 KB = 1024 bits
(2) 1 MB = 2048 bits
(3) 1 MB = 1000 kilobits
(4) 1 KB = 1000 bytes
(5) 1 MB = 1024 kilobytes
57. Which of the following is the smallest measure of storage? [SBI Clerk 2012)
(1) Terra byte
(2) Gigabyte
(3) Kilobyte
(4) Megabyte
(5) Byte
58. How many bytes are there in one gigabyte? [SSC FCI 2012]
(1) 10 bytes
(2) 10 bytes
(3) 10 bytes
(4) 102 bytes
59. The prefix kilo refers to approximately
(1) one thousand
(2) one million
(9) one hundred
(4) one billion
(5) None of these
60. A collection of 8 binary digits O’s or 1’s in a string format is known as (1) bit
(2) byte
(3) kilobyte
(4) kilobit
(5) megabyte