IBPS Bank exams are attracting lakhs of aspirants across the country. With the applicants ranging from various mediums of education and hail from rural to urban localities, Computer Knowledge may not be an easy subject for IBPS Exam Preparation. Computer devices are common and not a luxury in cities while in villages and towns they are yet to invade their houses.
Computer Awareness is new to into IBPS bank exams when compared to other sections. Seeing the advent of computers in all fields of life, a separate section was dedicated to it. It intends to test the basic computer knowledge, usage of its applications, technical aspects in an applicant. At the same time, the limited access to computers to certain sects of people has set them on a back foot. IBPS exam preparation would be a cake walk for some people and for others it is going to be a tough road. To generalize the IBPS exam for both the sections of applicants, IBPS organizes the CWE exam with medium level of difficulty in this section.
Applicants of IBPS bank exams need to focus good number of hours on Computer Knowledge during the IBPS exam preparation. Though most of the questions seem easy, it is the tough questions that put you ahead of your competitors. To aid your IBPS exam preparation TalentSprint's BankersChoice presents the various sections covered by Computer Awareness can be broadly divided into:
Computer Hardware: Questions will be based on
Input, output and storage devices related to the computer
Different internal parts of laptops and computers
Applications, features, limitations of newer technological devices like rewritable disks
Refer: Windows Help and Support application
Windows and Software & Desktop Applications: Tests your ease with computer usage
Desktop Icons – My Computer, Recycle Bin, My Documents etc.
Start Menu – Programs, Settings, Search, Run
Operations – Creating new files, renaming, saving, deleting files, creating copies, cut-copy-paste, etc.
Setting Changes – Wallpapers, desktop width, color settings, screensavers etc.
No shortcut to master this section. Usage of computers can help you
Refer: Glossary on Windows & computer applications
Microsoft Office Applications: Most stressed section in IBPS bank exams
MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Access and MS Power Point
Shortcuts and various versions of MS Office
File Creation, File Editing, Data Management, Data Operations, Data Formatting
Refer: MS Office and learn the applications practically
Keyboard Shortcuts
With the knowledge in MS Office & Windows, learning keyboard shortcuts becomes easy
Shortcuts based on CTRL, ALT, SHIFT and commonly used keys like Backspace, Enter, Esc, Delete, Caps Lock, Print Screen and F1-F12
Refer: Online sources
Internet and Networking:
Browser – Definition, commonly used browsers, browser features (view, search bar, tabs, etc.), applications of browsers (bookmarks, history) etc.
E-mail – Creating, formatting and sending mails, mail management, e-mail etiquette folders and labels, e-mail features (cc, bcc, read-receipt)
Technical terms like fetch, hibernate, reboot etc.
IT sector and new developments
Refer: Glossary of computer
Though the above list appears long and intensive, with little usage of computers you can add decently to your IBPS exam preparation. Text books of school students on computer Science and NCERT Computer books will be the best resources to crack this section in IBPS, 2014. Need assistance in IBPS exam preparation checkout this video!
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