MCQ on Computer Hardware for Bank Exams

Here is the practice set for the topic hardware. It’s very important for the IBPS and other banking sector-related exams. And to clear the sectional cutoff this must be paid attention. 

Directions: Following is the set of questions containing the four choices. You have to mark the correct choice.

Ques 1. Which of the following describes an excess of power that could result in a voltage surge?

(a) Anomaly

(b) Shock

(c) Spike

(d) Virus

(e) Splash

Answer: Option (c)

Explanation:

Lightning, static electricity, magnetic forces, and internal variations in voltage consumption can all result in voltage spikes and surges. The use of a surge protector is the greatest technique to safeguard your electronic devices.

Ques 2. The magnetic strip is found at which location?

(a) Speakers

(b) Credit card

(c) Smart card

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the above

Answer: Option (b)

Explanation:

Currently used magnetic stripe card types include identification cards for employees, credit cards, hotel rooms, gift cards, and public transportation.
A magnetic strip on which data may be encoded or decoded using an electromagnetic method for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a machine that recognizes magnetic fluctuations on the strip.

Ques 3. The compiler can identify the following mistakes:

(a)  Logical errors

(b) Semantic errors

(c) Syntax errors

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the above

Answer: Option (c)

Explanation:

Syntax errors are the kind of errors that the compiler can flag.
A syntax error in computer science refers to a mistake in the order of characters or tokens that are meant to be written in a specific programming language.

Ques 4. What kind of thing is a daisy wheel?

(a) Printer

(b) Storage device

(c) Pointing device

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the above

Answer: Option (e)

Explanation:

At Diablo Data Systems, Andrew Gabor created the impact printing process known as daisy wheel printing in 1970. It produces high-quality output equivalent to luxury typewriters like the IBM Selectric but two to three times faster using replaceable pre-formed type components, each with generally 96 glyphs.

Ques 5. A tool for altering the configuration of a connector’s connection is:

(a) a converter

(b) a component

(c) an attachment

(d) an adapter

(e) Voltmeter

Answer: Option (d)

Explanation:

An adapter is a tool used to switch the configuration of a connector’s connection. 

Ques 6.  Which one of the following qualifies as secondary memory?

(a) Disk

(b) Keyboard

(c) ALU

(d)  All of the above

(e) None of the above

Answer: Option (a)

Explanation:

In secondary memory, data and programs are permanently preserved. The two most typical types of secondary storage media are hard discs and floppy discs. The hard drive’s storage capacity is enormous when compared to the system’s main memory.

Ques 7. Travel agents use the following computer system while booking flights?

(a) Supercomputer

(b) Mainframe computer

(c) Personal computer

(d) All of the above

(e) None of these

Answer: Option (c)

Explanation:

Travel agents use personal computers since they understand machine languages. 

Ques 8. The name of the language that a computer can comprehend and use is:

(a) Application software

(b) Machine language

(c) System program

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the above

Answer: Option (b)

Explanation:

The fundamental language of computers is machine code, which is also referred to as machine language. It is made of digital binary integers, is read by the central processing unit (CPU) of the computer, and appears to be a very long string of zeros and ones.

Ques 9. Which of the following storage units is highest in capacity?

(a) KB

(b) GB

(c) MB

(d) TB

(e) None of these

Answer: Option (d)

Explanation:

Gigabytes are smaller than terabytes. A megabyte is comparable to 1,024 kilobytes, while a terabyte is 1,024 gigabytes (GB).

Ques 10. Registers that are used to hold conditional and are only partially visible to users are known as:

(a) PC

(b) General purpose register

(c) Memory address registers

(d) Flags

(e) None of these

Answer: Option (b)

Explanation:

General purpose registers are extra registers that are present in the CPU and are utilized as needed for data or memory addresses. For instance, if there is a break, storing the content of the current register.

Ques 11. Magnetic tapes are suitable for use as a storage material for?

(a) backup and low volume data

(b) storing original but low-volume data

(c) storing original but high-volume data

(d) backup and high-volume data

(e) None of the above

Answer: Option d

Explanation:

One of the first methods for storing electronic data is magnetic tape. Although tape has mostly been replaced by other storage methods as a primary and backup storage option, due to its great capacity, low cost, and extended durability, the tape is still a good choice for archiving.

Ques 12. A plastic card with inbuilt memory and a microprocessor that resembles a credit card is:

(a) Chip card

(b) Card punch

(c) Magnetic tape

(d) Punched paper tape

(e) None of these

Answer: Option (d)

Explanation:

A long strip of paper with holes punched through it is what makes up punched tape, also known as perforated paper tape, which is a type of data storage. It evolved from punched cards and later coexisted with them, but differs in that the tape is continuous.

Ques 13. In the event of a power outage, a _________ gives your computer battery backup power in addition to surge protection.

(a) surge strip

(b) USB

(c) UPS

(d) battery strip

(e) None of the above

Answer: Option (c)

Explanation:

When incoming power is interrupted, a computer can continue to function for at least a short while thanks to an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). 

Ques 14. The phrase “hard copy” refers to…?

(a) Printed output

(b) Writing on a hard board

(c) Storing information on the hard disk

(d) All of the above

(e) None of these

Answer: Option (a)

Explanation:

Teleprinter pages, continuously printed cassettes, computer printouts, and radio photo prints are a few examples of hard copies. On the other hand, according to 1037C, tangible items like magnetic tapes, floppy discs, or punched paper tapes without printed images are not considered hard copies.

Ques 15. What function does booting perform when the computer is switched on:

(a) Integrity Test

(b) Power-On-Self-Test

(c) Correct Functioning Test

(d) Reliability Test

(e) Shut-down

Answer: Option (b)

Explanation:

The fundamental input/output system (or “starting software”) of a computer executes a diagnostic testing procedure known as POST (Power-On Self-Test) when the power is turned on to check the functionality of the computer’s keyboard, random access memory, disc drives, and other hardware.

Ques 16. What type of storage can’t be deleted?

(a) A CD-ROM

(b) Magnetic tape storage

(c) A floppy disk

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the above

Answer: Option (a)

Explanation:

A pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data is known as a CD-ROM. The term is an acronym for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory, a kind of flash memory. Data stored in CD-ROMs can be read by computers, but cannot be deleted.

Ques 17. Word 2007 files have the file extension :

(a) .gif

(b) .txt

(c) .docx

(d) .exe

(e) None of these

Answer: Option (c)

Explanation:

A .docx file is a text document created in Microsoft Word. The format evolved into a new standard for text documents with the introduction of Word version 2007.

Ques 18. Memory and storage are different in that memory is _______ and storage is ______ .

(a) Slow, fast

(b) Temporary, Permanent

(c) Permanent, Temporary

(d) All of the above

(e) None of the above

Answer: Option (b)

Explanation:

Memory is a temporary storage device and storage is a permanent storage device. 

Ques 19. A USB communication device is referred to as a _________ if it offers data encryption for a safe wireless connection for laptop users.

(a) USB wireless network adapter

(b) wireless switch

(c) wireless hub

(d)  router

(e) None of these

Answer: Option (a)

Explanation:

Even if your device lacks a wireless network card, you can still connect wirelessly to networks via a USB adapter. Once you’ve bought a USB adapter, you’ll need to check to see if it instantly connects to a wireless network. The user guide contains information about this.

Ques 20. What is seek time?

(a) time to position the head over the proper cylinder

(b) time to position the head over the proper sector

(c) time to position the head over the proper track

(d) Disk drive to locate information on disk

(e) None of the above

Answer: Option (d)

Explanation:

The amount of time needed for a hard disc controller to find a particular piece of stored data is known as the seek time. Other delays include rotational delay and transfer time (data rate) (latency). The read/write head of the disc must be in the proper position before anything can be read from or written to it in a disc drive.