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Top 100 Basic Computer Questions and Answers

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Q :  

What do we call a storage device where the access time is effectively independent of the location of the data?

(A) Direct Access Storage Device

(B) Secondary Storage Device

(C) Primary Storage Device

(D) Gateway Device

(E) None of these

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

The terms “push and pull services” in context with the Banking are used in which among the following generally? 

(A) Rural Banking

(B) Unit Banking

(C) Mobile Banking

(D) Online banking

(E) None of these

Correct Answer : C

Computer Questions 

Q :  

Of the units mentioned in the options, which one is the largest as compared to the others?

(A) Hecto

(B) Deca

(C) Tera

(D) Giga

Correct Answer : C
Explanation :

1. Among the options, terabyte represents the largest amount of data.

2. Computer memory is usually measured in bytes.

3. The storage capacity of a hard disk is measured in megabytes, gigabytes and terabytes.


Q :  

What is the full name of PC?

(A) Public Computer

(B) Personal Computer

(C) Private Computer

(D) both (B) and (C)

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

DVD is an example of?

(A) Output device

(B) Hard Disk

(C) optical disc

(D) object disc

Correct Answer : C
Explanation :

1. Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), sometimes also known as Digital Video Disc (DVD), is an optical disc storage media format for storing digital data.

2. DVD offers higher storage capacity than compact disc (CD) when having the same size.

3. It is a digital optical dose storage format. It can be used for storing video, audio, images or data.


Q :  

Performs simple math for CPU?

(A) DIMM

(B) BUS

(C) ALU

(D) Register

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Information travels between the components of the motherboard through

(A) Peripherals

(B) Flash memory

(C) CMOS

(D) BUS

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

What is the process of dividing a disk into tracks and sectors?

(A) Crashing

(B) Tracking

(C) Formatting

(D) Dicing

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Which of the following is an example of an optical disc?

(A) Magnetic Disc

(B) Memory Disk

(C) Digital Versatile Disc

(D) All these

Correct Answer : C
Explanation :

An optical disk drive (ODD) uses a laser light to read data from or write data to an optical disc. These include CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs.


Q :  

What is DVD?

(A) Digital Versatile Disc

(B) Digital Video Disc

(C) Dynamic Video Disc

(D) Dynamic Versatile Disk

Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

1. Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), sometimes also known as Digital Video Disc (DVD), is an optical disc storage media format for storing digital data.

2. DVD offers higher storage capacity than compact disc (CD) when having the same size.

3. It is a digital optical dose storage format. It can be used for storing video, audio, images or data.


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