Computer Science - Computer Fundamentals Part 16

1. Computer can not do anything without a

A.
Chip

B.
Memory

C.
Output device

D.
Program

E.
None of the above

 Answer Option D

2. The ability of a computer system to remain operational despite various failures is

A.
Relation

B.
Schema

C.
Resilience

D.
Versatility

E.
None of the above

 Answer Option C

3. Which of the following memories must be refreshed many times per second?

A.
Static RAM

B.
Dynamic RAM

C.
EPROM

D.
ROM

E.
None of the above

 Answer Option B

4. The third generation of computers covers the period:

A.
1971-1982

B.
1982-1994

C.
1959-1964

D.
1965-1971

E.
1995-now

 Answer Option D

5. An electronic logic gate whose output is logic 0 only when all inputs are logic 1 is

A.
NOR

B.
NAND

C.
OR

D.
NOT

E.
None of the above

 Answer Option B

6. Which of the following is the expansion of EBCDIC

A. Extended bit comparable to digital interface for computer

B. Extended bootable computerised digital infrared calculator

C. Extended binary coded decimal interchange code

D. Extended binary coded decimal information code

E. None of the above

 Answer Option C

7. A vertically aligned set of tracks on a disk pack is known as

A. Cluster

B. Surface

C. Cylinder

D. Panel

E. None of the above

 Answer Option C

8. Which is an electronic device that can store temporarily a single bit of data.

A. Accumulator

B. Buffer

C. Memory

D. Latch

E. None of the above

 Answer Option D

9. A digital device that processes data is known as

A. Data processor

B. Data entry

C. DBMS

D. Database

E. None of the above

 Answer Option A

10. A generalised software package produced to meet the bugs of a variety of data processing users is known as

A. Utility programs

B. System software

C. Operating system

D. Application package

E. None of the above

 Answer Option D

11. Who is 1988 announced the latest version of CD-ROM called CD-ROMXA (extended architecture) which provides a documented means of integrating digital audio with computer data on a CD-ROM disk?

A. Sony

B. Philips

C. Microsoft

D. All of the above

E. None of the above

 Answer Option D

12. Third generation computers

A. Were the first to use integrated circuitry

B. Were the first to use built-in error detecting devices

C. Used transistors insted of vaccum tubes

D. All of the above

E. None of the above

 Answer Option A

13. What is the name of the display feature that highlights areas of the screen which require operator attention?

A. Pixel

B. Reverse video

C. Touch screen

D. Cursor

E. None of the above

 Answer Option B

14. To set a register or counter to the all-zero-state is

A. Rerun

B. Reset

C. Remote

D. Release

E. None of the above

 Answer Option B

15. Which is used to store firmware.

A. RAM

B. ROM

C. PROM

D. EPROM

E. None of the above

 Answer Option B

16. Which of the following is NOT a primary storage device?

A. Magnetic tape

B. Magnetic disk

C. Optical disk

D. All of the above

E. None of the above

 Answer Option D

17. A device that prints one character at a ! time is kknown as

A. Laser printer

B. Line printer

C. Character printer

D. Dot-Matrix printer

E. None of the above

 Answer Option C

18. A mechanism for arranging controlled access to a shared resource is

A. Retrieving

B. Sorting

C. Balleting

D. Lock-out

E. None of the above

 Answer Option D

19. A data item which is not broken down into smaller units is _____

A. Data element

B. Elementary data item

C. Data entry

D. Database management

E. None of the above

 Answer Option B

20. A computer is a box full of electronic

A. Switching devices

B. Chips

C. Circuits

D. Registers

E. None of the above

 Answer Option A

21. What are the concentric circles on floppy disks know as?

A. Tracks

B. Cylinders

C. Sectors

D. Segments

E. None of the above

 Answer Option A

22. A one-bit signal that indicates the start of data transmission by an asynchronous device is

A. Parity bit

B. Status bit

C. Zero bit

D. Start bit

E. None of the above

 Answer Option D

23. Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known as

A. PC

B. Memory Address Registers

C. General purpose registers

D. Flags

E. None of the above

 Answer Option D

24. An electronic circuit with about 20 transistors fabricated on a silicon chip is known as

A. SSI

B. MSI

C. DPS

D. RJE

E. None of the above

 Answer Option A

25. Instructions and memory addresses are represented by

A. character codes

B. binary codes

C. binary word

D. parity bit

E. None of the above

 Answer Option B

26. Which type of computers use the 8 bit code called EBCDIC?

A. Minicomputers

B. Microcomputers

C. Mainframe computers

D. Supercomputers

E. None of the above

 Answer Option C

27. Which generation of computers is covered by the period 1964-77?

A. First

B. Second

C. Third

D. Forth

E. None of the above

 Answer Option C

28. First CAD system called AutoCAD for the PCs was announced in the year 1982. Can you tell who announced it?

A. Intel Corpn.

B. Rolta India Ltd.

C. Autodesk Inc

D. AT & T Corp.

E. None of the above

 Answer Option C

29. Main storage is also called

A. Accumulator

B. Control unit

C. Register unit

D. memory

E. None of the above

 Answer Option D

30. Which printer is very commonly used for desk-top publishing?

A. Laser printer

B. Ink-jet printer

C. Daisy wheel printer

D. Dot-matrix printer

E. None of the above

 Answer Option A

31. Hard disks are formatted in the same manner as floppy disks. However, before a hard disk can be formatted, it must first be _____

A. partitioned

B. sectioned

C. deleted

D. inter-sectioned

E. write protected

 Answer Option A

32. The no of logical records in a physical record is

A. Group

B. Blocking factor

C. Sector

D. Field

E. None of the above

 Answer Option B

33. Personnel who design, program, operate and maintain computer equipment refers to

A. Console-operator

B. Programmer

C. Peopleware

D. System Analyst

E. None of the above

 Answer Option C

34. The magnetic storage chips used to provide nonvolatile direct access storage of data and that have no moving parts are known as

A. Magnetic core memory

B. Magnetic tape memory

C. Magnetic disk memory

D. Magnetic bubble memory

E. None of the above

 Answer Option D

35. In the third generation of computers:

A. distributed data processing first became popular

B. an operating system was first developed

C. high-level procedural languages were first used

D. on-line, realtime systems first became popular

E. All of the above

 Answer Option D

36. A common example of a data storage medium is

A. cartidge

B. floppies

C. cluge

D. disk

E. None of the above

 Answer Option D

37. IBM-PC is an example of

A. A main frame

B. Machine-in-built

C. Micro computer

D. Special purpose

E. None of the above

 Answer Option C

38. Which of the following will happen when data is entered into a memory location?

A. It will add to the content of the location

B. It will change the address of the memory location

C. It will erase the previous content

D. It will not be fruitful if thjere is already some data at that location

E. None of the above

 Answer Option C

39. All inputs must be in ON position to have an output is known as

A. NOT gate

B. AND gate

C. OR gate

D. XOR gate

E. None of the above

 Answer Option B

40. The intersection of a column and row in a spreadsheet is called a bon or

A. Key

B. Field

C. Cell

D. Menu

E. None of the above

 Answer Option C

41. A magnetic storage device on which data is stored on a cylindrical drum, subdivided into tracks is known as

A. Punched card

B. Magnetic disk

C. Magnetic tape

D. Drum

E. None of the above

 Answer Option D

42. The number of bits that are typically stored on each track of a magnetic disk is usually

A. the same

B. different

C. depend on the program to be stored

D. All of the above

E. None of the above

 Answer Option A

43. The silicon chips used for data processing are called

A. RAM chips

B. ROM chips

C. Micro processor

D. PROM chips

E. None of the above

 Answer Option C

44. The code that should be adequate for present and anticipated data processing both for machine and human use is

A. Conciseness

B. Uniqueness

C. Operability

D. All of the above

E. None of the above

 Answer Option C

45. What is the number of bit patterns provided by a 7-bit code?

A. 256

B. 128

C. 64

D. 512

E. None of the above

 Answer Option B

46. The basic unit within a computer store capable of holding a single unit of data is

A. Register

B. ALU

C. Control unit

D. Store location

E. None of the above

 Answer Option D

47. An error in computer data is called

A. Chip

B. Bug

C. Bit

D. Byte

E. None of the above

 Answer Option B

48. A system program which helps the execution of user programs is known as

A. System software

B. Application program

C. Batch operating system

D. Utilities

E. None of the above

 Answer Option C

49. LISP was developed by

A. John Mc Carthy

B. Blaise Pascal

C. Dr. Hollerith

D. John Napier

E. None of the above

 Answer Option A