IBPS computer awareness question answers

1. Surgeons can perform delicate operations by manipulating devices through computers instead of manually. This technology is known as:

• robotics.
• computer forensics.
• simulation.
• forecasting.

2. A process known as ____________ is used by large retailers to study trends.

• data mining
• data selection
• POS
• data conversion

3. ____________terminals (formerly known as cash registers) are often connected to complex inventory and sales computer systems.

• Data
• Point-of-sale (POS)
• Sales
• Query

4. A(n) ____________ system is a small, wireless handheld computer that scans an items tag and pulls up the current price (and any special offers) as you shop.

• PSS
• POS
• inventory
• data mining

5. The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminal's computer is an example of a law enforcement specialty called:

• robotics.
• simulation.
• computer forensics.
• animation.

6. Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?

• gathering data
• processing data into information
• analyzing the data or information
• storing the data or information

7. ____________ tags, when placed on an animal, can be used to record and track in a database all of the animal's movements.

• POS
• RFID
• PPS
• GPS

8. All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT:

• hackers.
• spam.
• viruses.
• identity theft.

 

9. Technology no longer protected by copyright, available to everyone, is considered to be:

• proprietary.
• open.
• experimental.
• in the public domain.

10. ____________ is the study of molecules and structures whose size ranges from 1 to 100 nanometers.

• Nanoscience
• Microelectrodes
• Computer forensics
• Artificial intelligence

11. ___________is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of intelligence that humans do.

• Nanoscience
• Nanotechnology
• Simulation
• Artificial intelligence (AI)

12. ____________ is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion.

• A process
• Software
• Storage
• Information

13. The name for the way that computers manipulate data into information is called:

• programming.
• processing.
• storing.
• organizing.

14. The components that process data are located in the:

• input devices.
• output devices.
• system unit.
• storage component.

 

 15. After a picture has been taken with a digital camera and processed appropriately, the actual print of the picture is considered:

• data.
• output.
• input.
• the process.

16. Computers use the ____________ language to process data.

• processing
• kilobyte
• binary
• representational

17. Computers process data into information by working exclusively with:

• multimedia.
• words.
• characters.
• numbers.

18. In the binary language each letter of the alphabet, each number and each special character is made up of a unique combination of:

• eight bytes.
• eight kilobytes.
• eight characters.
• eight bits.

19. All of the following are examples of input devices EXCEPT a:

• scanner.
• mouse.
• keyboard.
• printer.

20. A string of eight 0s and 1s is called a:

• megabyte.
• byte.
• kilobyte.
• gigabyte.

21. A ____________ is approximately one billion bytes.

• kilobyte
• bit
• gigabyte
• megabyte

22. A ____________ is approximately a million bytes.

• gigabyte
• kilobyte
• megabyte
• terabyte

23. ____________ is any part of the computer that you can physically touch.

• Hardware
• A device
• A peripheral
• An application

24. Computers gather data, which means that they allow users to ____________ data.

• present
• input
• output
• store

 25. The term bit is short for:

• megabyte.
• binary language.
• binary digit.
• binary number.