Computer Fundamentals
1. Which of the following devices
can be sued to directly image printed text?
a. OCR
2. The output quality of a printer
is measured by
b. Dot per sq. inch
3. In analog computer
b. Input is never converted to digital form
4. In latest generation computers,
the instructions are executed
c. Both sequentially and parallel
5. Who designed the first
electronics computer – ENIAC?
c. J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly
6. Who invented the high level
language c?
a. Dennis M. Ritchie
7. Personnel who design, program,
operate and maintain computer equipment refers to
c. Peopleware
8. When did arch rivals IBM and
Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?
d. 1991
9. Human beings are referred to as
Homosapinens, which device is called Sillico Sapiens?
d. Computer
10. An error in software or
hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?
d. Glitch
11. Modern Computer are very
reliable but they are not
c. Infallible
12. What is the name of the display
feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention?
b. Reverse video
13. IMB launched its first personal
computer called IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips from Intel, disk drives from
Tandon, operating system from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and the
application software from everywhere. Can you name the country which
contributed the video display?
d. Taiwan
14. Personal computers use a number
of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such
boards?
b. Motherboard
15. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the
device drives, memory expansion slots and active components are mounted on a
single board. What is the name of this board?
a. Motherboard
16. What is meant by a dedicated
computer?
b. Which is assigned one and only one task
17. The system unit of a personal
computer typically contains all of the following except:
d. Modem
18. A computer program that
converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an
c. Compiler
19. A computer program that translates
one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a/an
a. Interpreter
20. A small or intelligent device
is so called because it contains within it a
d. Sensor
1. The ALU of a computer responds
to the commands coming from
b. Control section
2. The act of retrieving existing
data from memory is called
d. All of above
3. All modern computer operate on
c. Data
4. Instructions and memory address
are represented by
b. Binary codes
5. Which of the following code used
in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation?
d. EBCDIC Code
6. What is the latest write-once
optical storage media?
d. CD-ROM disk
7. The most important advantage of
a video disk is
b. Potential capacity
8. What is the number of read-write
heads in the drive for a 9-trac magnetic tape?
a. 9
9. Before a disk drive can access
any sector record, a computer program has to provide the record’s disk address.
What information does this address specify?
d. All of above
10. As compared to diskettes, the
hard disks are
a. More expensive
11. Floppy disks which are made
from flexible plastic material are also called?
c. Diskettes
12. Regarding a VDU, Which
statement is more correct?
c. It is a peripheral device
13. What is the name of the
computer terminal which gives paper printout?
c. Hard copy terminal
14. Dot-matrix is a type of
b. Printer
15. The two kinds of main memory
are:
c. ROM and RAM
16. A kind of serial dot-matrix
printer that forms characters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is
called
b. Ink-jet printer
17. Which printer is very commonly
used for desktop publishing?
a. Laser printer
18. An output device that uses
words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio response is
b. Voice response unit
19. Which of the following will
happen when data is entered into a memory location?
c. It will erase the previous content
20. A storage area used to store
data to a compensate for the difference in speed at which the different units
can handle data is
b. Buffer
1. To locate a data item for
storage is
d. Fetch
2. programs designed to perform
specific tasks is known as
b. application software
3. perforated paper used as input
of output media is known as
a. paper tapes
4. Time during which a job is processed
by the computer is
c. Execution time
5. a computer which CPU speed
around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64
bits is known as
a. Super computer
6. An approach that permits the
computer to work on several programs instead of one is
c. Over lapped processing
7. A directly accessible
appointment calendar is feature of a … resident package
b. Memory
8. The term gigabyte refers to
c. 1024 megabytes
9. Which of the following
processors use RISC technology?
b. Power PC
10. A/n …. Device is any device
that provides information, which is sent to the CPU
a. Input
11. Current SIMMs have either … or
… connectors (pins)
d. 30 or 72
12. The storage subsystem in a
microcomputer consists mainly of … or … media with varying capacities
b. Magnetic or optical
13. Which of the following is not
an input device?
d. COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)
14. The central processing unit
(CPU) consists of
c. Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and primary
storage
15. EBCDIC can code up to how many
different characters?
a. 256
16. Which is considered a direct
entry input device?
d. All of the above
17. Which is used for manufacturing
chips?
c. Semiconductors
18. The computer code for the
interchange of information between terminals is
a. ASCII
19. A byte consists of
c. Eight bits
20. A hybrid computer
c.
Resembles both a digital and analog computer
1. The silicon chips used for data
processing are called
d. PROM chips
2. The metal disks, which are
permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free containers are called
c. Winchester disk
3. A computer consists of
d. All of the above
4. An application program that
helps the user to change any number and immediately see the result of that
change is
c. Spreadsheet
5. The instructions for starting
the computer are house on
c. Read only memory chip
6. The ALU of a computer normally
contains a number of high speed storage element called
b. Registers
7. a factor which would strongly
influence a business person to adopt a computer is its
d. All of above
8. The magnetic storage chip used
to provide non-volatile direct access storage of data and that have no moving
parts are known as
d. Magnetic bubble memory
9. CAD stands for
a. Computer aided design
10. RATS stand for
a. Regression Analysis Time Series
11. In which year was chip used
inside the computer for the first time?
b. 1975
12. What was the name of the first
commercially available microprocessor chip?
c. Intel 4004
13. When were the first minicomputer
built?
a. 1965
14. The first digital computer
built with IC chips was known as
c. IBM System / 360
15. In which language is source
program written?
c. High level
16. Which of the following terms is
the most closely related to main memory?
d. Temporary
17. Which of the following is used
for manufacturing chips?
d. Semiconductor
18. Which of the following is
required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
a. Terminal
19. Which of the following is used
only for data entry and storage, and never for processing?
b. Dumb terminal
20. To produce high quality
graphics (hardcopy) in color, you would want to use a/n
b.
Plotter
1. Which of the following printers
are you sure will not to use if your objective is to print on multi carbon
forms?
c. Laser
2. Which of the following printing
devices an output composed of a series of data?
d. Both a and c
3. The personal computer industry
was started by
a. IBM
4. In the IBM PC-At, what do the
words AT stand for
b. Advance technology
5. Magnetic tape can serve as
d. All of the above
6. If in a computer, 16 bits are
used to specify address in a RAM, the number of addresses will be
b. 65,536
7. The two major types of computer
chips are
d. Both b and c
8. As compared to the secondary
memory, the primary memory of a computer is
c. Fast
9. Which of the following is a way
to access secondary memory?
a. Random access memory
10. Which was the most popular
first generation computer?
a. IBM 1650
11. What is the responsibility of
the logical unit in the CPU of a computer?
b. To compare numbers
12. The secondary storage devices
can only store data but they cannot perform
d. Either of the above
13. Which of the printers used in
conjunction with computers uses dry ink power?
c. Laser printer
14. Which of the following produces
the best quality graphics reproduction?
c. Plotter
15. Which of the following memories
allows simultaneous read and write operations?
b. RAM
16. Which of the following memories
has the shortest access times?
a. Cache memory
17. A 32 bit microprocessor has the
word length equal to
c. 4 byte
18. An error in computer data is
called
b. Bug
19. A set of information that
defines the status of resources allocated to a process is
d. Process description
20. Any method for controlling
access to or use of memory is known
b. Memory
protection
1. A type of core store that has a
lower access time than the devices used for working store in the same processor
is known as
d. Address register
2. Which of the following is an
acronym for electronic delay storage automatic calculator?
b. EDSAC
3. Which of the following is form
of semi conductor memory in which it is possible to change the contents of
selected memory locations by applying suitable electrical signals?
c. EPROM
4. A disk storage medium in the
form of an assembly containing a single rigid magnetic disk permanently is
b. Disk cartridge
5. A memory that is capable of
determining whether a given datum is contained in one of its address is
c. CAM
6. A method of implementing a
memory management system is
a. Buddy system
7. A plastic card similar to a
credit card but having some memory and a microprocessor embedded within it is
a. Punched paper tape
8. A device that operates under the
control of another device is called
b. Slave
9. Actual data processing
operations are performed in the arithmetic logic section, but not in the ….
Storage section of a processor unit
a. Primary
10. The use of spooler programs
and/or …. Hardware allows personal computer operators to do the processing work
at the same time a printing operation is in progress
d. Buffer
11. Which most popular input device
is used today for interactive processing and for the one line entry of data for
batch processing?
a. Mouse
12. User programmable terminals
that combine VDT hardware with built-in microprocessor is
d. Intelligent terminals
13. The number of characters that
can be stored in given physical space is
c. Data density
14. the storage capacity of a disk
system depends on the bits per inch of track and the tracks per inch of
d. Surface
15. The disk drive component used
to position read/write heads over a specific track I known as
b. Access arm
16. condensing output data to
exhibit specific information is
d. summarizing
17. which chips using special
external equipment can reprogram
b. PROM
18. A storage device whe3re the
access time is depended upon the location of the data is
b. Serial access
19. Which number system is commonly
used as a shortcut notation for groups of four binary digits?
d. Hexadecimal
20. Interface electronic circuit is
used to interconnect I/O devices to a computer’s CPU or
b. Memory
v
One millisecond is : 1000th of a seconds
v
An online backing storage system capable of
storing larger quantities of data is: Mass storage
v
Properly arranged data is called: Information
v
A physical connection between the microprocessor
memory and other parts of the microcomputer is known as: Address bus
v
The brain of any computer system is: CPU
v
A Disc is divided into: Tracks and Sectors
v
Each model of a computer has a unique: Machine
Language
v
Which of the following are (is) considered to be
video component?
Resolution, Color depth, Refresh
rate
v
On a PC, how much memory is available to
application software: 640K
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