Computer Awareness Questions for NIACL Assistant 2017

Q1. A Bug can be called an error which generally comes in a software or a hardware. Which among the following is another name that may refer to bugs in computers? 
(a) Leech 
(b) Squid 
(c) Slug 
(d) Glitch 
(e) Skim 


Q2. Which of the following general purpose software allows you to do mathematical or financial calculation?  
(a) Word processing program 
(b) Spreadsheet program 
(c) Presentation program 
(d) Media Player 
(e) DTP program  

Q3. Which of the following is used to insert a CD/DVD in a computer? 
(a) NIC Card 
(b) Modem 
(c) Hard Drive 
(d) Disk Drive 
(e) USB 

Q4. Which of the following displays the work done by a computer? 
(a) RAM
(b) Printer 
(c) Monitor 
(d) ROM
(e) Mouse 

Q5. Who among the following is considered the father of modern computing? 
(a) Joseph Marie Jacquard 
(b) John Napier 
(c) Blaise Pascal 
(d) Charles Babbage 
(e) Herman Hollerith 

Q6. Which of the following generations of computers used transistors for the first time? 
(a) First generation 
(b) Second generation 
(c) Third generation 
(d) Fourth generation 
(e) Fifth generation 

Q7. Which of the following is a translator program used for assembly language? 
(a) Complier 
(b) Interpreter 
(c) Translation 
(d) Translator 
(e) Assembler 

Q8. In the past generation of computers, IBM system/360 was a :
(a) mainframe computer 
(b) minicomputer 
(c) microcomputer 
(d) All of these 
(e) None of these 

Q9. In computer terms, a system is defined as :
(a) an integration of different units so as to achieve an objective 
(b) input unit 
(c) input and output units 
(d) input, output and storage units 
(e) storage units 

Q10. Which of the following is the largest space among given options? 
(a) Kilobyte 
(b) Petabyte 
(c) Terabyte 
(d) Gigabyte 
(e) Nibble 

Q11. Which of the following is a type of monitor? 
(a) CRT
(b) LED
(c) TFT
(d) OLED
(e) All of these 

Q12. BIOS is the most important part of the computer system. Choose the correct full form of BIOS.
(a) Basic Input/Output System
(b) Best Input/Output System 
(c) Basic Input/Output Symbol 
(d) Base Input/ Output System 
(e) None of these 

Q13. The processing of a job is done on the priority of job or urgency of the job. This is called :
(a) FIFO scheduling 
(b) LIFO scheduling 
(c) Priority scheduling 
(d) SJF scheduling 
(e) None of these 

Q14. A microcomputer’s storage subsystems comprise ______ or ______ media. 
(a) memory, video 
(b) magnetic, optical 
(c) optical, memory 
(d) video, magnetic 
(e) None of these 

Q15. What are those programs collectively called which are created for performing particular tasks in the computer system? 
(a) System software 
(b) Application software 
(c) Utility software 
(d) Operating system 
(e) None of these