LIC AAO : Computer Model Questions & Previous Question Paper : 2016 Exam

1.  Which of the following best describes a network in which a company's data and applications are stored at offsite data centers that are accessed over the Internet?
(a) Extranet (b) Intranet (c) Virtual Private Network
(d) Cloud Computing (e) Local Area Network

2. LSI in chip technology stands for–
(a) Large-Scale Integration (b) Low-Scale Internet (c) Local-Scale Integration
(d) Large-Scale Internet (e) Low-Scale Integration

3 ………. is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to computer network.
(a) Networking Internet Connection (b) Newer Industrial Computer
(c) Network Integration Card (d) Network Internal card
(e) Network Interface Card

4. Software capable of creating  , administering and publishing websites.

a) CMS b) Web Editors c) Email clients d) Utilities e) FTP

5. Virtual tables in a database are called ______

(a) Object (b) Schema (c) Views (d) constraints (e) index

6. What does the acronym PDF stand for?
(a) Portable Documenting Format (b) Portable Documentation File
(c) Portable Documentation Format (d) Portable Document Format
(e) Portable Document File 

7. A hard disk drive consists of several fixed, rotating disks called–
(a) platters (b) RAIDs (c) cylinders (d) plotters (e) mini -disks

8. Chief component of first generation computer was
a) Transistors b) Vacuum Tubes
c) Integrated Circuits d) Capacitors e) IC

9. What does the acronym PROM stand for?
(a) Programmer Read-Only Memory (b) Programmable Read-Only Memory
(c) Programmable Read-Only Memory (d) Program Read-Only Memory
(e) Programmed Read-Only Memory

10. Which of the following is an electronic or paper log used to track computer activity?
(a) Monitor (b) Trace route (c) Cookie (d) Audit trail (e) Web log

11. The largest unit of storage is–
(a) Byte (b) Terabyte (c) Megabyte (d) Kilobyte (e) Gigabyte

12. Which of the following devices sends and receives data over telephone lines to and from computers?
(a) Modem (b) Expansion slot (c) Printer (d) Speaker (e) Sound Card

13. How many bytes are there in a terabyte?
(a) 1000 (b) 1 billion (c) 1 trillion (d) 1 million (e) 1 quadrillion

14. Which is a pointing device?
(a) Joystick (b) Monitor (c) Scanner (d) Plotter (e) Printer

15. Checking whether a program functions correctly, and then correcting errors, is known as–
(a) decoding (b) error-proofing a program (c) debugging
(d) de-erroring (e) default error-checking

16. This system conversion called ……….involves running the old and new systems simultaneously before converting completely to the new system.
(a) pilot conversion (b) convergent conversion (c) phased conversion
(d) direct conversion (e) parallel conversion

17. Programs such as Mozilla Firefox that serve as navigable windows into web are called–
(a) Internet (b) Networks (c) Web browser (d) URL (e) Hypertext

18. Which of the following protects the system from hackers?
(a) Snort (b) Scanner (c) Firewall (d) Backup (e) Hub

19. What is Linux ?
(a) Input Device (b) Operating System (c) Processor
(d) Storage Device (e) Output Device

20. The cell reference for range D20 to H35 in MS Excel will be–
(a) D20 + H35 (b) D20:H35 (c) D20;H35
(d) D20 - H35 (e) D20,H35

21. The digital telecommunications term ISDN is an abbreviation for–
(a) International Services Digital Network (b) Integrated Standard Digital Networks
(c) Internet Services Data Network (d) Interactive Standard Dynamic Networks
(e) Integrated Services Digital Network

22. Verification of login name and password is known as–
(a) Logging in (b) Alienation (c) Certification (d) Authentication (e) Configuration

23. If you change Windows 98 operating system to Windows XP, you are performing a(n)–
(a) Push up (b) Patch (c) Upgrade (d) Update (e) Pull down

24. While using MS Word, which key deletes text before, or to the left of the insertion point?
(a) Escape (b) Delete (c) Backspace (d) Page down (e) Page up

25. FORTRAN is
a) File Translation b) Format Translation c) Formula Translation
d) Floppy Translation e) None of these

26. VoIP stands for–
(a) Voice Over Internet Protocol (b) Visual Object Integration Protocol
(c) Virtual Object Integration Program (d) Virtual Object Integration Protocol
(e) Voice Object Integration Program

27. Which of the following place the common data elements in order from smallest to largest?
(a) Character, record, field, database, file (b) Character, file, record, field, database
(c) Character, record, field, file, database (d) Character, field, record, file, database
(e) Database, file, record, field, character

28. Which of the following is not an output device in computer organization ?
(a) Plotter (b) Speaker (c) Scanner (d) Monitor (e) Printer

29. The process of writing computer instructions in a programming language is known as–
(a) Algorithming (b) Processing (c) File (d) Instructioning (e) Coding

30. Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program?
(a) High level language (b) Low level language (c) Middle level language
(d) Assembly language (e) Machine language