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Q.1
A vertically aligned set of tracks on a disk pack is known as
Cluster
Surface
Cylinder
Panel
None of the above
Q.2
If, in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify addresses in a RAM, the number of addresses will be
2
16
65,536
64K
Any of the above
None of the above
Q.3
The imitation of one device or system by another is
Simulation
Emulation
Resilience
Compaction
None of the above
Q.4
A type of semiconductor memory that usually has small capacity but very fast access is
PROM
RAM
Scratchpad
ROM
None of the above
Q.5
Which most popular input device used today for interactive processing & for the on line entry of data for batch processing.
Mouse
Magnetic disk
Visual display terminal
Card punch
None of the above
Q.6
A fully functional computing device containing all the elements of a computer which is built around a MICROPROCESSOR is known as
Machine-in-built computer
Super computer
Micro computer
Mini computer
None of the above
Q.7
A physical connection between the microprocessor memory and other parts of the microcomputer is known as
Path
Address bus
Route
All of the above
None of the above
Q.8
An IBM System/38 represents the computer class of:
small-scale computer
medium-scale computer
large-scale computer
super computer
None of the above
Q.9
What is the storage capacity of a Hollerith card which is organized into nibbles?
32
64
128
240
None of the above
Q.10
A type of instruction that can produce several lines of machine language code is a
Mnemonic
Address
Macro
assemble
None of the above
Q.11
Third generation computers
were the first to use built-in error detecting devices
used transistors instead of vacuum tubes
were the first to use neural network
All of the above
None of the above
Q.12
High-level languages are not concerned with computer but with
Assembler
Machine code
Compiler
All of the above
None of the above
Q.13
Which major development led to the production of microcomputers?
Magnetic disks
Floppy disks
Logic gates
Integrated circuits
None of the above
Q.14
The first computer made available for commercial use was
Mark-I
ENIAC
EDSAC
UNIVAC
None of the above
Q.15
Which hole is used to mark the location of the first sector in a soft-sectored disk.
Address
Location
Index
Label
None of the above
Q.16
Which system was developed by Rank-Xeron for use with office computers and other equipment.
UNIX
ETHERNET
PC-DOS
MS-DOS
None of the above
Q.17
Bubble memory is a
Sequential access device only
Direct access device only
Combination of sequential and direct access devices
All of the above
None of the above
Q.18
A common use of computer in office is for
Distributed
Word processing
Data
All of the above
None of the above
Q.19
Which of the following term is used in connection with the organisation of files in ALGOL 68
Blow
Machine
Biquinary
Book
None of the above
Q.20
In which mode, each user has a local input/output device.
Interactive
Time sharing mode
Batch processing mode
All of the above
None of the above
Q.21
Sometime data are gathered over a period of time and collected into a group before entering them into a computer for processing. What type of processing is it called?
Interactive processing
Sequential processing
Batch processing
Group processing
None of the above
Q.22
Which of the following is considered a direct-entry input device?
optical scanner
mouse
light pen
digitizer
All of the above
Q.23
Which of the following file organizations is most efficient for a file with a high degree of file activity?
sequential
ISAM
VSAM
B-Tree index
All of the above
Q.24
What is the name of the reading device which mades use of photosensors and laser technologies to interpret printed, typed or even hand-written data directly from the source documents?
MICR
OCR
Mark-sensing device
ATM
None of the above
Q.25
A(n) ____ device is any device that provides information which is sent to the CPU.
input
output
CPU
memory
storage
Q.26
The range of frequencies available for data transmission is known as
Baud
Bandwidth
Byte
Bits
None of the above
Q.27
Full adder has
4 inputs
8 inputs
10 inputs
3 inputs
None of the above
Q.28
The decimal equivalent of the binary number 11100001111 is
1806
1807
2806
All of the above
None of the above
Q.29
A disk storage medium in the form of an assembly containing a single rigid magnetic disk permenently is
fixed disk
disk cartridge
card punch
card reader
None of the above
Q.30
The benefit of using computers are that
Computers are very fast and can store huge amounts of data
Computers produce accurate output even when the input is incorrect
Computers are designed to the inflexible
All of the above
None of the above
Q.31
Which is a Common-Business oriented language.
SNOBOL
BASIC
COBOL
C
None of the above
Q.32
Software instructions intended to satisfy a user's specific processing needs are called _____.
Systems software
A microcomputer
Documentation
Applications software
All of the above
Q.33
Super-computers
Are found at thousands of sites around the world
Can now fit on a single silicon chip
Are usually designed to process accounting applications
Are not fast enough for some applications
None of the above
Q.34
A special type of device which uses an ordinary telephone with a computer is
Light pen
Mouse
Acoustic couple
Touch panel
None of the above
Q.35
The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Mauchly and Eckert called ENIAC did not work on the stored program principle. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory?
100
20
40
80
None of the above
Q.36
A hand-held device for optically reading bar codes on goods, labels & shelves is
Wand
Touch tablet
Mouse
Light pen
None of the above
Q.37
In analog computer
Input is first converted to digital form
Input is never converted to digital form
Output is displayed in digital form
All of the above
None of the above
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