Computer Fundamentals
Computer Fundamentals
COMPUTER
FUNDAMENTALS
1. Which of the following is/are 7. Second Generation computers were
characteristics of Computer? based on _____
(a) Diligence (b) Versatility (a) IC (b) Vacuum tube
(c) Transistor (d) None of these
(c) Reliability (d) All of the above
Answer: (c)
Answer: (d)
8. FLOPS stands for
2. Fault inputs lead to faulty results. It is (a) Floating Point Operation Per
known as _____ Second
(a) Diligence (b) Versatility (b) File Processing Operation Per
(c) GIGO (d) None of these Second
(c) Floating Processing Operation Per
Answer: (c)
Second
3. GIGO stands for ______ (d) File Loading Operation Per Second
Answer: (a)
(a) Garbage In Garbage Out
(b) Garbage In Gateway Out 9. Which language was used to program
(c) Gopher In Gopher Out Second Generation computers?
(d) Geographic In Geographic Out (a) Binary Coded language
(b) Assembly language
Answer: (a)
(c) Machine language
4. The capacity to perform multiple tasks (d) None of the above
simultaneously is termed as _____ Answer: (b)
(a) Diligence (b) Versatility 10. EDSAC stands for _______
(c) Reliability (d) All of the above (a) Electronic Delay Storage
Answer: (b) Automatic Computer
(b) Electronic Discrete Storage
5. A computer does not suffer from Automatic Computer
tiredness and lack of concentration. It is (c) Electronic Delay Serial Automatic
known as ____ Computer
(d) Electronic Discrete Storage
(a) Diligence (b) Versatility Automatic Computer
(c) GIGO (d) None of these Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
11. Instructions and data can be stored in
6. First Generation computers used _____ the memory of Computer for
for Circuitry and _____ for memory automatically directing the flow of
operations. It is called _____ concept
(a) Transistor and Magnetic Core
(a) Objective Programming
(b) IC and Magnetic Memory (b) Stored program
(c) Vacuum tunes and Magnetic drum (c) Both (A) and (B)
(d) IC and Magnetic Core (d) None of the above
Answer: (c) Answer: (b)
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12. “Stored Program” concept was 18. Which of the following is fourth
developed by _____ generation computer?
(a) Maurice Wilkes (a) INTEL 4004
(b) Von Neumann (b) IBM 360
(c) M.H.A. Newman (c) IBM 1401
(D) None of the above (d) None of the above
Answer: (b) Answer: (a)
13. Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic 19. IC is made up of ______
Computer (EDVAC) was designed on (a) Microprocessor
_____ concept
(b) Vacuum tube
(a) Objective Programming (c) Transistor
(b) Stored program (d) None of the above
(c) Both (A) and (B) Answer: (c)
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b) 20. Father of modern computer ______
(a) Charles Babbage
14. Which of the following was a small
(b) Alan Turing
experimental machine based on
(c) Ted Hoff
Neumann’s stored program concept?
(d) None of the Above
(a) Analytical engine
Answer: (b)
(b) Pascaline
(c) Manchester Mark I 21. A hybrid computer is the one having
(d) None of the Above combined properties of _____
Answer: (c) (a) Micro & Mini computers
15. Third Generation computers were based (b) Mini & Super Computers
on ____ (c) Mainframe & Super Computers
(d) Analog & Digital Computers
(a) IC
Answer: (d)
(b) Vacuum tube
(c) Transistor 22. Which of the following uses handheld
(d) None of the above Operating Systems?
Answer: (a) (a) Super Computer
16. In EDSAC, an addition operation was (b) Laptop
completed in ____ micro seconds (c) Mainframe
(a) 4000 (b) 3000 (d) PDA
(c) 2000 (d) 1500 Answer: (d)
Answer: (d) 23. A _____ terminal can display images as
17. ULSI stands for ______ well as text
(a) Ultra Large Scale Integration (a) Text
(b) Ultimate Large Scale Integration (b) Dumb
(c) Upper Large Scale Integration (c) Graphical
(d) Ultra Large Script Integration (d) None of the Above
Answer: (a) Answer: (c)
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24. The word length of Microcomputers 30. Graphical terminals are divided into
lies in the range between _____ two types. They are _______
(a) 8 and 16 bits (b) 8 and 21 bits (a) Text and dumb
(c) 8 and 24 bits (d) 8 and 32 bits (b) Dumb and intelligent
Answer: (d) (c) Vector mode and raster mode
(d) None of the Above
25. The fastest and most expensive Answer: (c)
computers are _____
31. Which language is used for Artificial
(a) Super Computers
Intelligence (AI)?
(b) Quantum Computers
(a) FORTRAN (b) COBOL
(c) Mainframe Computers
(c) C (d) PROLOG
(d) Micro Computers
Answer: (d)
Answer: (a)
32. Who coined the term “Artificial
26. Which of the following is the smallest Intelligence”?
and faster computer imitating brain
(a) Charles Babbage
working?
(b) Alan Tuning
(a) Super Computers (c) Von Neumann
(b) Quantum Computers (d) John McCarthy
(c) Mainframe Computers Answer: (d)
(d) PDA
33. _______ is a computational model
Answer: (b) based on the structure of biological
27. A ______ terminal does not process or neural networks?
store data (a) Artificial Neural Network (ANN)
(a) Dumb (b) Biological Network
(b) Intelligent (c) Both (A) and (B)
(c) Both (A) & (B) (d) None of the above
(d) None of the above Answer: (a)
Answer: (a) 34. A neural network in which the signal
passes in only one direction is called
28. The user generally applies _____ to
_____
access mainframe or super computer?
(a) Feed forward Neural Network
(a) Node
(b) Recurrent Neural Network
(b) Terminal (c) Both (A) and (B)
(c) Desktop (d) None of the above
(d) None of the above Answer: (a)
Answer: (b)
35. _________ is an artificial neural
29. Desktop and Personal computers are network with multiple hidden layers
also known as _____ between the input and output layers?
(a) Super Computers (a) Deep neural network
(b) Quantum Computers (b) Shallow neural network
(c) Mainframe Computers (c) Both (A) & (B)
(d) Micro Computers (d) None of the above
Answer: (d) Answer: (a)
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36. The most famous Recurrent Neural 42. Fourth Generation computers were
Network is ____ based on ____
(a) Perceptrons (a) IC (b) Vacuum tube
(b) Radial Basis Networks (c) Transistor (d) Microprocessors
(c) Hopfiled net Answer: (d)
(d) None of the above
43. The first computer language developed
Answer: (c)
was _____
37. Which neural network allows feedback
(a) COBOL (b) PASCAL
signal?
(c) BASIC (d) FORTRAN
(a) Feed forward neural network Answer: (d)
(b) Recurrent neural network
(c) Both (A) & (B) 44. The first calculator that can perform all
(d) None of the above four arithmetic operations(Addition,
Answer: (b) Subtraction, Multiplication, Division)
was known as ______
38. Which of the following is/are
application(s) of Neural Network? (a) Pascaline
(b) Slide Rule
(a) Pattern recognition
(c) Step Reckoner
(b) Mobile Computing
(d) None of the above
(c) Speech reading (Lip-reading)
Answer: (c)
(d) Al of the above
Answer: (d) 45. The first computer spreadsheet program
39. Which algorithm is used in layered was _____
Feed forward Neural Network? (a) Lotus 1-2-3
(a) Back propagation algorithm (b) MS Excel
(b) Binary Search (c) Visicalc
(c) Both (A) & (B) (d) None of the above
(d) None of the above Answer: (c)
Answer: (a) 46. Which of the following is an example
40. Radial Basis Function (RBF) networks for fourth generation language(4GL)?
have _____ layers (a) COBOL
(a) One (b) Four (b) PowerBuilder
(c) Two (d) Three (c) FORTRAN
Answer: (d) (d) None of the above
41. The chip used in computers, is made of Answer: (b)
_____ 47. ADU stands for ______
(a) Silicon (a) Video Display Unit
(b) Iron Oxide (b) Visual Display Unit
(c) Chromium (c) Video Divide Unit
(d) None of the above (d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Answer: (b)
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48. Which language is directly understood 54. The decoded instruction is stored in ___
by the computer without translation (a) Register
program? (b) Memory Address Register (MAR)
(a) BASIC (c) Instruction Register (IR)
(b) Assembly language (d) None of the Above
(c) Machine language Answer: (c)
(d) C language 55. Which is not an integral part of
Answer: (c) computer?
49. Herman Hollerith developed a machine (a) CPU (b) Monitor
called ____ (c) Mouse (d) UPS
(a) Pascaline Answer: (d)
(b) Analytical engine 56. The most frequently use instructions of
(c) Census Tabulator a computer program are likely to be
(d) Tabulating Machine fetched from ________
Answer: (d) (a) Hard disk (b) ROM
50. Electronic Delay Storage Automatic (c) RAM (d) Cache
Computer (EDSAC) was invented by Answer: (d)
_____ 57. The primary aim of computer process is
(a) Herman Hollerith to convert the data into _____
(b) JW Mauchy (a) Table (b) Graph
(c) John Von Neumann (c) File (d) Information
(d) None of the above Answer: (d)
Answer: (c)
58. The main circuit-board of the system
51. Which registers can interact with unit is ______
secondary memory? (a) RAM
(a) Register (b) Mother Board
(b) Memory Address Register (MAR) (c) Hard disk
(c) Instruction Register (IR) (d) None of the Above
(d) None of the above Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
59. ALU and Control Unit have special
52. Which Flip Flop is used to store data in purpose locations called _______
registers? (a) Registers
(a) D Flip Flop (b) JK Flip Flop (b) Mother Board
(c) RS Flip Flop (d) None of these (c) Sockets
Answer: (a) (d) None of the Above
Answer: (a)
53. ISP stands for _____
(a) Instruction Standard Processing 60. The communication line between CPU
(b) Instruction Standard Processor memory and Peripherals is called as ___
(c) Information Set Processing (a) Registers (b) Mother Board
(d) Instruction Set Processing (c) Bus (d) None of these
Answer: (d) Answer: (c)
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61. A communication system that transfers 67. A bus that transfer data from one
data between the components inside a component to another or between
computer or between computers is computers is called ______
called ______ (a) Address Bus
(a) Port (b) Bus (b) Data Bus
(c) Registers (d) None of these (c) Control Bus
Answer: (b) (d) None of the Above
62. Which bus connects all the internal Answer: (b)
components of a computer such as CPU
68. RISC stands for ________
and memory to the main board
(motherboard)? (a) Reverse Instruction Set Computer
(b) Reverse Information Set Computer
(a) Expansion Bus
(b) External Bus (c) Reduced Information Set Computer
(c) Internal Bus (d) Reduce Instruction Set Computer
(d) None of the Above Answer: (d)
Answer: (c) 69. _______ is a register for Short-term,
63. A bus that connects a computer to intermediate storage of arithmetic and
Peripheral devices is called logic data in a Computer’s CPU
(a) System Bus (a) Accumulator
(b) Memory Bus (b) Bus
(c) Front-Side Bus (c) Buffer
(d) External Bus (d) None of the above
Answer: (d) Answer: (a)
64. External Bus is also referred as ______ 70. _______ is a group of commands for a
(a) System Bus CPU in machine language
(b) Memory Bus
(a) Information Set
(c) Front-Side Bus
(b) Instruction Set
(d) Expansion Bus
(c) Buffer
Answer: (d)
(d) None of the above
65. The Command to access the memory or Answer: (b)
the I/O device is carried by ______
71. Von Neumann Architecture is a _____
(a) Address Bus (b) Data Bus
(c) Control Bus (d) None of these (a) Multiple Instruction Multiple Data
Answer: (c) (MIMD)
(b) Single Instruction Multiple Data
66. A computer bus that is used to specify a
Physical address? (SIMD)
(c) Multiple Instruction Multiple Data
(a) Address Bus
(MISD)
(b) Data Bus
(c) Control Bus (d) Single Instruction Single Data
(d) None of the Above (SISD)
Answer: (a) Answer: (d)
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72. Programming that actually controls the 77. Which of the following Unit can be
path of signals or data within computer used to measure the speed of a
is called _______ computer?
(a) Assembly language Programming (a) BAUD (b) SYPS
(b) Machine language Programming (c) MIPS (d) None of these
(c) Micro Programming Answer: (c)
(d) None of the above
78. The circuit used to store one bit of data
Answer: (c)
is known as _______
73. CISC stands for ________
(a) Encoder (b) OR
(a) Compound Instruction Set (c) Flip Flop (d) None of these
Computer Answer: (c)
(b) Complex Information Set
Computer 79. The control unit controls other units by
(c) Compound Information Set generating control and _______
Computer (a) Command Signals
(d) Complex Instruction Set Computer (b) Timing signals
Answer: (d) (c) Transfer Signals
74. The register which holds the address of (d) None of the above
the location to or from which data are to Answer: (b)
be transferred is known as ______ 80. Which of the following bus structure is
(a) Instruction Register usually used to connect I/O devices?
(b) Control register (a) Single bus (b) Multiple bus
(c) Memory address register (c) Star bus (d) None of these
(d) None of the above Answer: (a)
Answer: (c)
81. An interface that provides I/O transfer
75. An interrupt can be temporarily ignored
of data directly to and form the memory
by the counter is called ________
unit and peripheral is termed as _____
(a) Maskable Interrupt
(a) DDA
(b) Non-maskable Interrupt
(b) Serial interface
(c) Vectored Interrupt
(c) Direct Memory Access (DMA)
(d) None of the above
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Answer: (c)
76. The computer performs all
82. A basic instruction that can be
mathematical and logical operations
inside its ______ interpreted by computer generally has _
159. Which of the following is an example 166. In DLP Projector, DLP stands for
_______
for Character printer?
(a) Direct Light Processing
(a) Laser (b) Drum
(b) Direct Low Processing
(c) Chain (d) Daisy wheel (c) Digital Low Processing
Answer: (d) (d) Digital Light Processing
160. Which of the following is an example Answer: (d)
for line printer? 167. ____ is an interface for connecting eight
(a) Laser (b) Drum or more data wires
(c) Daisy Wheel (d) Dot Matrix (a) Serial Port
Answer: (b) (b) Fire wire
(c) Parallel Port
161. Non-Impact Printers use__ technologies
(d) None of the above
(a) Electrostatic and chemical Answer: (c)
(b) Thermal
168. ____ is a high-speed real-time interface
(c) Inkjet for serial bus and it has data transfer up
(d) All of the above to 400 Mbps
Answer: (d)
(a) Serial Port (b) Fire wire
162. Which printers produce output by (c) Parallel Port (d) None of these
mechanical contact between the print Answer: (b)
head and paper? 169. _____ transmits one bit of data through
(a) Impact a single wire
(b) Non-impact (a) Serial Port (b) Fire wire
(c) Both (A) and (B) (c) Parallel Port (d) None of these
(d) None of the above Answer: (a)
Answer: (a) 170. Which refers to the diagonal distance
163. _____ is a computer printer for printing between two coloured pixels?
vector graphics (a) Refresh rate
(a) Plotter (b) Dot Pitch
(c) Both (A) and (B)
(b) Projector
(d) None of the above
(c) Both (A) and (B)
Answer: (b)
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a) 171. ___ is an input device that accepts input
when the user places a fingertip on the
164. Plotter can be divided into _____ types computer screen
(a) Three (b) Six (a) Joy Stick (b) Light Pen
(c) Four (d) Two (c) Trackball (d) Touch Screen
Answer: (d) Answer: (d)
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172. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is 178. Which of the following is also known
also known as ________ as reflective scanner?
(a) Intelligent Code Recognition (a) Handheld scanner
(b) Intermediate Code Recognition (b) Flatbed scanner
(c) Intermediate Character Recognition (c) Drum scanner
(d) Intelligent Character Recognition (d) None of the above
Answer: (d) Answer: (b)
173. ______ is a handheld electro-optical 179. A scanner that is moved by hand over
pointing device. It is also called mouse the material being captured is known as
pen _____
(a) Joy Stick (b) Light Pen (a) Sheetfed scanner
(c) Trackball (d) Touch Screen (b) Flatbed scanner
Answer: (b) (c) Drum scanner
(d) Handheld scanner
174. Joystick allows movements in _____
directions Answer: (d)
199. A byte can represent any number 205. Which of the following is/are hard disk
between 0 and _____ performance parameter?
(a) 312 (b) 255 (a) Seek time
(c) 1024 (d) 1025 (b) Latency period
Answer: (b) (c) Access time
200. Which of the following memory chip is (d) All of the above
faster? Answer: (d)
(a) DRAM 206. A disk’s content that is recorded at the
(b) SRAM time of manufacture and that cannot be
(c) Both (A) and (B) changed or erased by the user is _____
(d) None of the above
(a) Write only
Answer: (d)
(b) Read only
201. The term _____ refers to data storage (c) Both (a) and (b)
systems that make it possible for a (d) None of the above
computer or electronic device to store Answer: (b)
and retrieve data
207. Which of the following memories uses
(a) Input technology
(b) Output technology a MOS capacitor as its memory cell?
(c) Storage technology (a) SRAM (b) DRAM
(d) None of the above (c) ROM (d) FIFO
Answer: (c) Answer: (b)
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208. A nibble is equal to _____ 214. Which is a general term for all forms of
(a) 4 bits (b) 8 bits solid state memory that do not need to
have their memory contents periodically
(c) 16 bits (d) 32 bits
refreshed
Answer: (b)
(a) Volatile memory
209. A byte can represent any number (b) None Volatile memory
between 0 and ____ (c) Both (A) and (B)
(a) 312 (b) 255 (d) None of the above
Answer: (b)
(c) 1024 (d) 1025
Answer: (b) 215. ______ is computer storage that only
maintains its data while the device is
210. Which of the following memory chip is powered
faster?
(a) Volatile memory
(a) DRAM (b) Non Volatile memory
(b) SRAM (c) Both (A) and (B)
(c) Both (A) and (B) (d) None of the above
(d) None of the above Answer: (a)
Answer: (b) 216. ______ is a type of non-volatile
memory that erases data in units called
211. The term ‘giga byte’ equals to _____
blocks
(a) 1024 byte (b) 1024 KB (a) Flash memory
(c) 1024 GB (d) 1024 MB (b) Virtual memory
Answer: (d) (c) Buffers
(d) None of the above
212. ______ is a data area shared by
Answer: (a)
hardware devices or program processes
that operate at different speeds or with 217. ______ is a feature of an operating
different sets of priorities system that allows a computer to
compensate for shortages of physical
(a) Flash memory memory by temporarily transferring
(b) Virtual memory pages of data from RAM to disk storage
(c) Buffer (a) Flash memory
(d) None of the above (b) Virtual memory
Answer: (c) (c) Buffer
(d) None of the above
213. ______ is the transfer of computer data
Answer: (b)
from a temporary storage area to the
computer’s permanent memory 218. _________ is the process of dividing
the disk into tracks and sectors
(a) Flash
(a) Formatting
(b) Virtual
(b) Tracking
(c) Buffer Flush (c) Allotting
(d) None of the above (d) None of the above
Answer: (c) Answer: (a)
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219. The primary device that a computer 224. Which memory does not use capacitor
uses to store information is ______ in its memory cell?
(a) Floppy Disk (a) SRAM
(b) Monitor (b) DRAM
(c) ROM
(c) Hard Drive
(d) None of the above
(d) None of the above Answer: (a)
Answer: (c)
225. Information stored in RAM need to be
220. The removable magnetic disk that holds ______
information is _____ (a) Check
(a) Floppy Disk (b) Modify
(b) Hard Drive (c) Refresh periodically
(c) Monitor (d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a) 226. Memory is made up of _____
(a) Set of wires
221. Which of the following is a type of
(b) Large number of cells
RAM used specifically for video (c) Set of circuits
adapters or 3D accelerators? (d) None of the above
(a) DRAM (b) SRAM Answer: (b)
(c) SGRAM (d) VRAM 227. ______ is the ability of a device to
Answer: (d) ‘jump’ directly to the requested to
222. Which of the following is clock- (a) Sequential access
synchronized RAM that is used for (b) Random access
(c) Quick access
video memory?
(d) None of the above
(a) DRAM Answer: (b)
(b) SRAM
228. Virtual memory is _____
(c) SGRAM
(a) An extremely large main memory
(d) None of the above
(b) An extremely large secondary
Answer: (c) memory
223. ______ is a copy of Basic Input/Output (c) A type of used in super computers
Operating System (BIOS) routines from (d) An illusion of extremely large main
memory
Read Only Memory (ROM) into a
Answer: (d)
special area of RAM so that they can be
accessed more quickly 229. Which of the following is an example
of optical disk?
(a) Dynamic RAM
(a) Magnetic disk
(b) Shadow RAM
(b) Memory disk
(c) Synchronous Graphics RAM (c) Digital Versatile Disk
(d) Video RAM (d) None of the above
Answer: (b) Answer: (c)
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230. Cache and main memory will not be 236. The magnetic storage chips used to
able to hold their contents when the provide non-volatile direct access of
power is off. They are _____ data and that have no moving parts are
(a) Static (b) Dynamic known as _____
(c) Non-volatile (d) Volatile (a) Magnetic core memory
Answer: (d)
(b) Magnetic tape memory
231. The hardware in which data may be (c) Magnetic disk memory
stored for a computer system is called (d) Magnetic bubble memory
_____ Answer: (d)
(a) Registers (b) Bus
(c) Control Unit (d) Memory 237. _____ is a very high speed memory
Answer: (d) placed in between RAM and CPU
234. Which of the following is the user 239. A byte is a collection of _____
programmed semiconductor memory? (a) 4 bits
(a) SRAM (b) DRAM (b) 12 bits
(c) EPROM (d) None of these (c) 6 bits
Answer: (c) (d) 8 bits
235. _____ is a type of non-volatile memory Answer: (d)
composed of a thin layer of material
240. Which of the following terms is the
that can be easily magnetized in only
most closely related to main memory?
one direction
(a) Non Volatile
(a) Bubble memory
(b) RAM (b) Permanent
(c) SRAM (c) Temporary
(d) None of the above (d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Answer: (c)
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241. Under virtual storage ______ 246. Storage device where time to retrieve
(a) Two or more programs are stored stored information is independent of
in primary stored address where it is stored is called
(b) Only active pages of a program in _____
primary storage (a) Random Access Memory
(c) Inter-program, interference may (b) Secondary Memory
occur (c) System
(d) None of the above (d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Answer: (b)
247. A memory in CPU that holds program
242. Comparing with secondary storage,
instructions, input data, intermediate
primary storage is _____
results and the output information
(a) Slow and expensive produced during processing is _____
(b) Slow and inexpensive
(a) System
(c) Fast and inexpensive (b) Primary Memory
(d) Fast and expensive (c) Secondary Memory
Answer: (d) (d) None of the above
243. Technique of placing software/ Answer: (b)
programs in a ROM semiconductor chip 248. Technique of using disk space to make
is called _____ programs believe that the system
(a) PROM contains more Random Access Memory
(b) EPROM (RAM) than is actually available is
(c) Firmware called ______
(d) None of the above (a) Random Access Memory
Answer: (c) (b) Primary Memory
(c) Secondary Memory
244. The _____ can be programmed one
(d) Virtual Memory
time either the manufacture or the Answer: (b)
computer user. Once programmed it
cannot be modified 249. CPU performs read/write operations at
any point in time in ______
(a) PROM (b) EPROM
(a) PROM (b) EPROM
(c) SRAM (d) ROM
(c) RAM (d) ROM
Answer: (d)
Answer: (b)
245. Technique to implement virtual
250. A storage device or medium where the
memory where memory is divided into
access time is dependent upon the
units of fixed size memory is _____ location of the data is called _______
(a) Paging (a) Parallel access
(b) De-fragments (b) Serial access
(c) Segmentation (c) Both (A) and (B)
(d) None of the above (d) None of the above
Answer: (a) Answer: (b)
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251. The instruction for starting the 256. ______ is a form of non-volatile storage
computer are house on ______ that operates by changing the resistance
of a specially formulated solid dielectric
(a) Hard Disk
material
(b) CD-ROM
(a) VRAM (b) WRAM
(c) Read only Memory chip
(c) MRAM (d) RRAM
(d) All of the above
Answer: (d)
Answer: (c)
257. Which of the following memories has
252. EAROM stands for ______ the shortest access time?
(a) Electrically Altered Read Only (a) Cache memory
Memory (b) Magnetic Bubble Memory
(b) Electrically Accepted Read Only (c) Magnetic Core Memory
Memory (d) None of the above
(c) Electronically Alterable Read Only Answer: (a)
Memory 258. Which of the following is mandatory
(d) Electrically Alterable Read Only for every disk?
Memory (a) Root
Answer: (d) (b) Sub
(c) Bare
253. ______ is a method of a storing data
(d) None of the above
bits using magnetic charges instead of
Answer: (a)
the electrical charges used by DRAM
259. Which of the following is the smallest
(a) VRAM
measure of storage?
(b) WRAM
(a) KB (b) MB
(c) MRAM (c) TB (d) Byte
(d) None of the above Answer: (d)
Answer: (c)
260. Kilobyte equals to how many bytes?
254. _____ is a high-performance video (a) 1000
RAM that is dual ported (b) 1064
(a) VRAM (c) 1024
(b) WRAM (d) None of the above
(c) MRAM Answer: (c)
(d) None of the above 261. _____ is a generic term for organized
Answer: (b) collection of computer data and
instructions
255. ______ is RAM that combines the fast
(a) Firmware
read and write access of Dynamic RAM
(b) Software
(a) VRAM (b) WRAM (c) Hardware
(c) MRAM (d) FRAM (d) None of the above
Answer: (d) Answer: (b)
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262. Software refers to ______ 267. It is the set of programs that enables
(a) Firmware your computer hardware device and
(b) Physical components that a application software to work together
computer is made of (a) Operating system
(c) Programs (b) Helper software
(d) None of the above (c) System software
Answer: (c) (d) Application software
263. Software can be categorized as _____ Answer: (c)
(a) Compiler, Operating System and 278. Which of the following is/are
Assembler example(s) of Word Processors?
(b) Compiler, Device Driver and
(a) Microsoft Word
Assembler
(b) WordPerfect
(c) Compiler, Interpreter and System
Utility (c) Both (A) and (B)
(d) Compiler, Interpreter and (d) None of the above
Assembler Answer: (c)
Answer: (d)
279. _____ are designed specifically for
274. Which of the following language is the capturing, creating, editing and
closest to the machine code?
manipulating images?
(a) Compiler
(a) Spreadsheets
(b) Interpreter
(c) Assembler (b) Word Processor
(d) None of the above (c) Image Editors
Answer: (c) (d) None of the above
275. Which analyses and executes the source Answer: (c)
code in line-by-line manner, without 280. Which of the following is/are
looking at the entire program?
example(s) of Spreadsheets?
(a) Compiler
(a) Microsoft Excel
(b) Interpreter
(c) Assembler (b) Lotus 1-2-3
(d) None of the above (c) Both (A) and (B)
Answer: (b) (d) None of the above
276. A _____ is a special program that Answer: (c)
processes statements written in a 281. Which refers to any program that is not
particular programming language and
copy righted?
turns them into machine language
(a) Freeware
(a) Compiler
(b) Device Driver (b) Shareware
(c) Assembler (c) Open Source Software
(d) None of the above (d) Public Domain Software
Answer: (a) Answer: (d)
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282. Which terms is commonly used for 288. Which of the following software is also
copyrighted software given away free called as Closed Source Software?
by its author? (a) Commercial Software
(a) Freeware (b) Shareware (b) Proprietary Software
(c) Open Source Software (c) Open Source Software
(d) Public Domain Software (d) Firmware
Answer: (a) Answer: (b)
283. _____ is the software which comes with 289. ____ is a collection of one or more files
the permission for people to redistribute that correct flaws in the performance,
copies for a limited period reliability or security of a specific
(a) Freeware software product
(b) Shareware (a) Software Update
(c) Open Source Software (b) Software Piracy
(d) Public Domain Software (c) Software patch
Answer: (b) (d) None of the above
284. Linux is a type of _____ Answer: (c)
(a) Freeware 290. Which of the following is System
(b) Shareware Software?
(c) Open Source Software
(a) Microsoft Word
(d) Public Domain Software
(b) Microsoft Excel
Answer: (c)
(c) Adobe Photoshop
285. Which of the following is application (d) Windows 7
software? Answer: (d)
(a) Database Management System
291. Which of the following is/are
(b) Spread sheets
example(s) of Image Editors?
(c) Image Editors
(d) All of the above (a) Adobe Photoshop
Answer: (d) (b) Adobe Illustrator
(c) CorelDraw
286. ______ is a combination of software (d) All of the above
permanently stored in the memory Answer: (d)
(a) Freeware
(b) Shareware 292. _______ distributed as freeware, but it
(c) Open Source Software requires the user to view advertisements
(d) Firmware to use the software
Answer: (d) (a) Adware (b) Abandon ware
(c) Donation ware
287. ______ represents the majority of
(d) All of the above
software purchased from software
Answer: (d)
publishers
(a) Commercial Software 293. Adware is sometimes called ____
(b) Proprietary Software (a) Shareware (b) Abandon ware
(c) Open Source Software (c) Donation ware
(d) Firmware (d) Spyware
Answer: (a) Answer: (d)
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294. ______ is the unauthorized copying of 299. Soft loading is also called _______
an organization’s internally developed (a) End User Piracy
software or the illegal duplication of (b) Soft lifting
commercially available software (c) Both (a) and (b)
(a) Software license (d) None of the above
(b) Software Piracy Answer: (c)
(c) Both (A) and (B) 300. ______ is a content distribution
(d) None of the above protocol enables efficient software
Answer: (b) distribution and peer-to-peer sharing of
295. Which of the following activity can be very large files by enabling users to
termed as Software Piracy? serve as network redistribution points
(a) Freeware
(a) Soft loading
(b) BitTorrent
(b) Hard Disk loading
(c) CorelDraw
(c) Internet Downloading
(d) None of the above
(d) All of the above
Answer: (b)
Answer: (d)
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296. _____ mean sharing a program with
someone who is not authorized by the
license agreement to use it
(a) Soft loading
(b) Hard Disk loading
(c) Internet Downloading
(d) Renting
Answer: (d)
297. EULA is a legal agreement between a
software producer and a user. What
does EULA stand for?
(a) Exit User License Agreement
(b) Exit Utility License Agreement
(c) End Utility License Agreement
(d) End User License Agreement
Answer: (d)
298. If you borrow and copy a friend’s
software in violation of the licensing
agreement, what kind of piracy is that?
(a) Internet Downloading
(b) Hard Disk loading
(c) Soft loading
(d) Renting
Answer: (c)
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