Important Abbreviations Questions and Answers

Answer: A

Correct answer: Core Banking Solution

CBS in the technology sense is the Core Banking Solution - the central system that lets a customer's account be reached from any branch.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Brazil, Russia, India and China

BRIC is the grouping of Brazil, Russia, India and China, named in 2001 for the large economies then growing fastest; South Africa joined later, making BRICS.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Postal Index Number

The PIN code is the six-digit Postal Index Number used to sort mail in India.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Disk Operating System

DOS is Disk Operating System - the name given to early operating systems because managing the disk was their principal job.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Open System Interconnection

OSI is Open Systems Interconnection, the seven-layer reference model against which network functions are described.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Compact Disc

CD is Compact Disc - the optical disc introduced for audio in 1982 and adapted for data as CD-ROM.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Hard Disk Drive

HDD is Hard Disk Drive: rigid magnetic platters spinning inside a sealed unit, as against the solid-state drive that has largely replaced it.

Answer: D

Correct answer: All of the above

AAA is used for all three: the American Automobile Association, anti-aircraft artillery, and in networking the trio of authentication, authorization and accounting.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Internet Protocol

IP is the Internet Protocol, which addresses packets and routes them between networks.

Answer: D

Correct answer: National Thermal Power Corporation

NTPC is India's largest power generating company, formed in 1975.