Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and Answers on General Ability
11-The devices that work with computer systems as soon as they are connected are described as
(A) Hot swapping
(B) Bay Swap
(C) Plug-N-Play
(D) USB Swapping
(Ans: C)
12-Which one of the following software applications would be the most appropriate for performing numerical and statistical calculations?
(A) Database
(B) Spreadsheet
(C) Graphics package
(D) Document processor
(Ans: B)
13-A branch of scholarship that flourished in Europe, particularly from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, and was devoted to the appreciation, chronicling and classification of historic and non-organic relics, monuments and old text refers to
(A) Archaeology
(B) History
(C) Architecture
(D) Antiquarianism
(Ans: A)
14-LAN, WAN and MAN are computer networks covering different areas. Their first alphabets L, W and M respectively stand for
(A) Local, World and Middle
(B) Long, Wireless and Metropolitan
(C) Local, Wide and Metropolitan
(D) Least, Wireless and Maximum
(Ans: C)
15-A rectangular garden is to be twice as long as its width. If 360 m of fencing including gates will totally enclose this garden, what is the length of the garden?
(A) 120 m
(B) 130 m
(C) 140 m
(D) 150 m
(Ans: A)
16-The ‘Cloud computing’ technology refers to
(A) A set of algorithms that solves problems using fuzzy logic
(B) Many computers that are interconnected through wireless networks and satellites
(C) A distributed computer architecture that provides software, infrastructure and platforms just as required by applications/users
(D) A futuristic technology that will use clouds to perform computing
(Ans: C)
17-The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) used in the CERN project is a particle accelerator located on the border between
(A) Spain and France
(B) France and Germany
(C) Spain and Switzerland
(D) France and Switzerland
(Ans: D)
18-A collection of programs that controls how the computer system runs and processes information is called
(A) Compiler
(B) Operating System
(C) Linker
(D) Assembler
(Ans: B)
19-SMPS is the acronym for
(A) Store Mode Power Supply
(B) Single Mode Power Supply
(C) Switch Mode Power Supply
(D) Start Mode Power Supply
(Ans: C)
20-USB is the acronym for
(A) Uniform Service Broadcasting
(B) Unique Solution Bus
(C) Universal Serial Bus
(D) Universal Service Broadcasting
(Ans: C)