Information and Technology questions in MPPSC 2014 paper 1

This year MPPSC prelims paper has following questions from ICT:

1. Firewall is used in communication network for protection from-

a) Unauthorized attack    b) data driven attack  c) fire attack  d) virus attack

Ans.  Unauthorized attack

2- One byte has-

a) 8 bits  b) 16 bits c) 32 bits  d) 64 bits

ans- 8 bits  (1 MB= 1024 KB, I kb=1024 Bytes; I Byte= 8 bits)

3- Which of the following is not the connecting device-

a) hub  b) switch c) router d) all

Ans- d

The options given are all connecting devices but the 4th option given in paper is incomplete, it should be all of these are connecting devices.

4- FTP stands for-

a) file translate protocol  b) file transit protocol c) file typing protocol d) file transfer protocol

ans- file transfer protocol

5- SMPS stands for

a- switched mode power supply b- start mode power supply c- signal mode power supply  d-store mode power supply

ans-  switched mode power supply

6-Slowest internet connection is-

a- digital subscriber line  b- dial up service c- leased line d- cable modem

ans- dial up service

7-Word processing, spread sheet and photo editing are example of-

a- application software  b- system software c-  operating system software d- platform software

ans – application software

Level of these questions is easy to moderate and to prepare this section one can go to computer awareness section on bankersadda.com or on gktoday.in