Computer Questions Answers for Competitive Exams Set-24

Computer Questions Answers for Competitive Exams Set-24

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1. Alta Vista is a

(A) Programme

(B) Software

(D) Search Engine

AltaVista was a web search engine owned by Yahoo!. AltaVista was once one of the most popular search engines but lost its ground due to the rise of Google. In May 2011, Yahoo! shut down the site.

2. ATM is the abbreviation for

(A) Automatic Teller Machine

(B) Automated Teller Machine

(D) Authorised Teller Machine

An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine (ATM) is a computerized telecommunications device that enables the clients of a financial institution to perform financial transactions without the need for a cashier, human clerk or bank teller. The first modern ATMs came into use in December 1972 in the UK; the IBM 2984 was designed at the request of Lloyds Bank.

3. A ‘Bit’ refers to

(A) Binary informatics

(B) Bilingual information

(D) Binary digit

A bit (a contraction of binary digit) is the basic capacity of information in computing and telecommunications; a bit can have the value of either 1 or 0 (one or zero) only. These attributes may be implemented, in a variety of systems, by means of a two state device.

4. _______ allows users to access accounts and pay bills

(A) Distance Learning

(B) Online Banking

(C) E-Commerce

(D) Multimedia

Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce, is the buying and selling of product or service over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. Electronic commerce draws on such technologies as electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems

5. The act of writing new data into register

(A) is possible only when the register is an accumulator

(B) is possible only when the register is an accumulator or instruction register

(D) is non-destructive to existing contents

The act of writing new data into register is possible only when the register is an accumulator or instruction register.

6. Which one of the following is an optical disk ?

(A) Jaz disk

(B) Super disk

(D) Zip disk

An optical disc is an electronic data storage medium that can be written to and read using a low-powered laser beam. Super disk is an optical disk.

7. The term API refers to

(A) Application Program Interface