Combined Bank Senior Officer May 2024 – Written (BIBM) question & solution

Questions from the Combined Bank Senior Officer recruitment exam, May 2024 – Written (BIBM), shared by the candidates who sat it. The paper: 36 MCQs, 20 written questions. So far 35 MCQs and 20 written questions have been shared. Topics include General Knowledge, Computer Networks, Coding, Bangla and DBMS.

MCQ (35)

  1. Expansion of FTP is _____
    1. a) Fine Transfer Protocol
    2. b) File Transfer Protocol
    3. c) First Transfer Protocol
    4. d) Fast Transfer Protocol
  2. How long is an IPv6 address?
    1. a) 32 bits
    2. b) 128 bits
    3. c) 64 bits
    4. d) 132 bits
  3. What does HTTPS stand for?
    1. a) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure
    2. b) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol System
    3. c) Hyper Text Transfer Packet System
    4. d) Hyper Text Transport Protocol Secure
  4. A set of rules is called _____
    1. a) domain
    2. b) resource locator
    3. c) hypertext
    4. d) protocol
  5. Which of the following is the root tag of the HTML document?
    1. a) <body>
    2. b) <head>
    3. c) <title>
    4. d) <html>
  6. Which is not a valid variable name in PHP?
    1. a) age
    2. b) _age
    3. c) PersonAge
    4. d) 1age
  7. Which of the following statements about the "do while" loop is correct?
    1. a) The condition is checked before the loop body is executed for the first time.
    2. b) The loop body is guaranteed to execute at least once.
    3. c) The loop condition must always be false for the loop to execute.
    4. d) The "do while" loop and "while" loop have identical behavior in all cases.
  8. Which of the following statements about abstract classes and interfaces in Java is correct?
    1. a) An abstract class can implement multiple interfaces.
    2. b) An interface can have concrete methods (methods with a body).
    3. c) An abstract class cannot have any method implementations.
    4. d) A class can extend multiple abstract classes.
  9. Which of the following correctly describes the meaning of "Class", "&&", and "&" in Java?
    1. a) Class is a keyword to define a new class; && is a bitwise AND operator; & is a logical AND operator.
    2. b) Class is used to create objects; && is a bitwise OR operator; & is a logical OR operator.
    3. c) Class is used to create objects; && is a logical OR operator; & is a bitwise OR operator.
    4. d) Class is a keyword to define a new class; && is a logical AND operator; & is a bitwise AND operator.
  10. To start Python from the command prompt, use the command _____
    1. a) execute python
    2. b) go python
    3. c) python
    4. d) run python
  11. What is Java's machine code?
    1. a) Java source code is directly executed by the CPU.
    2. b) Java source code is compiled into platform-specific machine code by the Java compiler.
    3. c) Java source code is compiled into assembly code, which is then executed by the CPU.
    4. d) Java source code is compiled into bytecode, which is interpreted or compiled to native machine code by the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
  12. Which of the following is commonly used to remotely access a computer system?
    1. a) SNMP
    2. b) FTP
    3. c) SSH
    4. d) SMTP
  13. Which of the following protocols is used for receiving e-mails?
    1. a) SMTP
    2. b) POP3
    3. c) HTTP
    4. d) FTP
  14. Which CSS property is used to set the thickness or boldness of the text?
    1. a) font-size
    2. b) font-style
    3. c) font-weight
    4. d) font-family
  15. Which of the following keyboard shortcuts is commonly used to close a tab in most web browsers?
    1. a) Ctrl + T
    2. b) Ctrl + W
    3. c) Ctrl + N
    4. d) Ctrl + Q
  16. Which normal form is considered adequate for normal relational database design?
    1. a) 2NF
    2. b) 5NF
    3. c) 4NF
    4. d) 3NF
  17. Linear search is also called _____
    1. a) Random Search
    2. b) Sequential search
    3. c) Perfect search
    4. d) None
  18. If a link transmits 4000 frames per second and each slot has 8 bits, the transmission rate of circuit of this TDM is _____.
    1. a) 64 Kbps
    2. b) 32 Mbps
    3. c) 32 Kbps
    4. d) 64 Mbps
  19. Who are the Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council?
    1. a) China, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States
    2. b) China, France, Japan, United Kingdom, and United States
    3. c) China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States
    4. d) China, France, Russia, Germany, and United States
  20. Which of the following page replacement algorithms suffers from Belady's anomaly?
    1. a) FIFO
    2. b) LRU
    3. c) Optimal Page Replacement
    4. d) Both LRU and FIFO
  21. Which one of the following is not a part of the local government in Bangladesh?
    1. a) Union Parishad
    2. b) Upazila Parishad
    3. c) Zila Parishad
    4. d) National Parliament
  22. What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Bangladesh?
    1. a) 42.3°C
    2. b) 43.2°C
    3. c) 44.5°C
    4. d) 45.1°C
  23. Who is the writer of "On Liberty"?
    1. a) Thomas Hobbes
    2. b) John Stuart Mill
    3. c) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    4. d) John Locke
  24. Who received the Ekushey Padak 2024 in Social Service in Bangladesh?
    1. a) Md Ziaul Haque and Rafique Ahmed
    2. b) Jalal Uddin Khan and Kalyani Ghosh
    3. c) Muhammad Samad and Lutfor Rahman Riton
    4. d) Shibli Mohammad and Dolly Johur
  25. How many members of NATO?
    1. a) 40
    2. b) 32
    3. c) 30
    4. d) 35
  26. What is Bangladesh's ranking as a remittance recipient globally?
    1. a) 5th
    2. b) 7th
    3. c) 8th
    4. d) 10th
  27. Who has won the most gold medals at a single Olympics-
    1. a) Michael Phelps
    2. b) Usain Bolt
    3. c) Simone Biles
    4. d) Larisa Latynina
  28. What does "Epistemology" mean?
    1. a) Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge
    2. b) The study of the nature and scope of knowledge.
    3. c) The study of human behavior and cognition.
    4. d) The study of moral principles and values.
  29. বঙ্কিমচন্দ্রের জন্ম ও মৃত্যু সাল কত?
    1. a) 7 জুন 1738 - 8 এপ্রিল 1894
    2. b) 27 জুন 1838 - 8 এপ্রিল 1894
    3. c) 15 জুন 1838 - 15 এপ্রিল 1894
    4. d) 7 জুন 1848 - 8 এপ্রিল 1898
  30. তন্ময় এর সন্ধি বিচ্ছেদ কি?
    1. a) তদ্ + ময়
    2. b) তন + অময়
    3. c) ত + ন্ময়
    4. d) তন্ম + অয়
  31. 'বিভাবরী' অর্থ?
    1. a) আলোকমাতা
    2. b) নদী
    3. c) নারী
    4. d) রাত্রি
  32. উৎকর্ষতা কি কারণে অশুদ্ধ?
    1. a) সন্ধিজনিত
    2. b) প্রত্যয়জনিত
    3. c) উপসর্গজনিত
    4. d) বিভক্তিজনিত
  33. সকলে কবি নন, কেউ কেউ কবি- উক্তিটি কি?
    1. a) বুদ্ধদেব বসু
    2. b) কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম
    3. c) অমিয় চক্রবর্তী
    4. d) জীবনানন্দ দাস
  34. What is the antonym of 'transparent'?
    1. a) Transform
    2. b) Lubricant
    3. c) Pure
    4. d) Hazy
  35. 1²+2²+3²+……………+7² ধারাটির সমষ্টি কত?
    1. a) n(n+1)/2
    2. b) {n(n+1)/2}²
    3. c) n(n+1)(n+2)/6
    4. d) n(n+1)(2n+1)/6

Written (20)

  1. What is Padma Shri Award? Mention the name of Renowned Bangladeshi singer who has recently got the Padma Shri Award.
  2. What is BIMSTEC?
  3. Mention the day and month of celebration of International Mother's Day.
  4. Who will host the T20 World Cup 2024?
  5. Mention the name of the First Governor of Bangladesh Bank.
  6. What exactly is a microcontroller? What distinguishes a microprocessor from a microcontroller? Mention the differences between RISC and…
  7. Assume that an office has three departments and each department has 50 to 70 employees who are using computers with Windows operating…
  8. Briefly describe the following network devices: Repeater, Hub, Bridge, Switch and Router.
  9. What are the different types of transmission media used for data communication? Explain their advantages and disadvantages.
  10. What is SaaS and multi-tenant architecture? How are they related? What are the advantages and disadvantages of multi-tenancy? For a…
  11. What do you understand by software quality assurance (SQA)? While purchasing a software system for your company, as a SQA team leader what…
  12. Write a program in any language to find the sum of rows and columns of a m × n matrix, where m and n is taken input from the user. Give…
  13. Write a program in any language to find the prime numbers between 1.......n, where n is taken as user input. Sample input: Enter value of…
  14. Let you procure a microfinance application and host it in your office's data centre. What kind of cyber-security threats should you be…
  15. What do you understand about the IT disaster recovery plan? Describe your approach to disaster recovery and business continuity planning…
  16. Let a database has two tables, Customers and Orders. The following figure shows the partial data of these two tables. Based on this…
  17. Briefly describe primary key, foreign key and indexing in relational database and their relationship. Do you think database indexing…
  18. How many types of modes are used in data transferring through networks? Briefly explain those modes. Differentiate between TCP vs UDP.
  19. You are asked to lead a team of software engineers to develop an application software system for your company and deploy it as fast as…
  20. What is machine learning? Differentiate among supervised learning vs unsupervised learning vs reinforcement learning.

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