Top 100 Basic Computer Questions and Answers

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Top 100 Basic Computer Questions and Answers
Q :  

The primary purpose of a computer is to process _______ and convert it into information.

(A) Electricity

(B) Data

(C) Raw material

(D) Water


Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

1. The primary purpose of a computer is to process data and convert it into information. Data is defined as unprocessed information, which is then processed or structured to provide meaningful results. Information is defined as data that can be used for a specific purpose.

2. Computers process data in the following ways-

- Input: Computers receive data through input devices, such as a keyboard, mouse, or camera.

- Processing: Computers process data through processors. The processor operates on data according to a set of instructions.

- Output: Computers display data through output devices, such as monitors, printers, or speakers.


Q :  

Compact Disc Recordable (CDR) is a _______.

(A) Road Aaj Disk

(B) Write, erase, re-write disc

(C) Semi-conductor disc

(D) Write Once Road Many (WORM) Disk


Correct Answer : D
Explanation :

1. Compact Disc Recordable (CDR) is a write-once-read-many (WORM) disc.

2. CD-R stands for Compact Disc Recordable and is a digital optical disc storage format.

3. A CD-R disc is a compact disc that can be written once and read multiple times freely.


Computer GK Questions

Q :  

Which of the following is not an example of an input device?

(A) keyboard

(B) Mouse

(C) OMR

(D) Monitor


Correct Answer : D

Q :  

What are the two types of output devices?

(A) monitor printer

(B) windows 2000 and Windows NT

(C) keyboard mouse

(D) storage disk and floppy


Correct Answer : A

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 :  

File system is permanently stored in?

(A) Device

(B) Primary

(C) Secondary

(D) Direct Memory


Correct Answer : C

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