Q.1

If a computer's BIOS allows it, you can boot from a CD-ROM.

  • True
  • False
Q.2

All Operating Systems get their total memory initialized from?

  • CPU
  • BIOS
  • ROM
  • RAM
  • None of the above
Q.3

What problem can occur if a printer cable is to close to a power cable?

  • ESD Electrostatic Discharge
  • EMI Electromagnetic Interference
  • parity error
  • no affect
  • None of the above
Q.4
Which of the following is a storage device?
  • Monitor
  • Scanner
  • Speaker
  • Flash Drive
Q.5
All of the following are examples of input devices EXCEPT a:
  • scanner
  • mouse
  • keyboard
  • printer
  • None of these
Q.6
Which loses its contents when the power is turned off?
  • ROM
  • RAM
  • Hard Disk
  • Power Supply
Q.7
What forgets everything when power is turned off?
  • CPU
  • RAM
  • Motherboard
  • Hard drive
Q.8
A connector used to allow a computer to network with other types of hardware such as printers, keyboards, and speakers is called a...
  • USB Port
  • Printer
  • USB Cable
  • Hardware
Q.9
A small portable hard drive designed to hold digital files and data; also called a thumb or flash drive is also called a...
  • USB Cable
  • CD/DVD Drive
  • USB Port
  • Portable Storage
Q.10
When a computer prints a report, this output is called
  • Program
  • Soft copy
  • Hard copy
  • Printing
  • None of these
Q.11
What is the acronym used for reusable storage devices?
  • CD
  • RW
  • DVD
  • ROM
  • None of these
Q.12
How many pins are there in SIMMs currently in market?
  • 9 or 32
  • 30 or 70
  • 28 or 72
  • 30 or 72
  • None of these
Q.13
Which of the following becomes different shapes depending on the task you are performing?
  • Active tab
  • Active Window
  • Insertion Point
  • Mouse Pointer
  • None of the above
Q.14
In which year was the barcode invented?
  • 1945
  • 1946
  • 1947
  • 1952
  • 1949
Q.15
A circuit with abouttransistors fabricated on a single chip is called
  • MCR
  • MSI
  • MIS
  • RJE
  • None of these
Q.16
ALU is called as ________ of a processor.
  • Heart
  • Master dispatcher
  • Primary memory
  • All of the above
  • None of these
Q.17
What kind of printers are Inkjet printers and laser printers?
  • Nonimpact
  • Impact
  • Dot-matrix
  • Thermal
  • None of these
Q.18
What is the technical term used for the data which is going in the computer?
  • Output
  • Algorithm
  • Input
  • Calculators
  • Flowchart
Q.19
Peripheral devices such as printers and plotters are considered to be what among the following?
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Data
  • Information
  • None of these
Q.20
Which of the following device can be used to store large amounts of data?
  • CDROM
  • CDRAM
  • FLOPPY DISK
  • ZIP DISK
  • HARD DISK
Q.21
What is the other name used for plastic material floppy disk?
  • Hard disks
  • High-density disks
  • Diskettes
  • Templates
  • None of these
Q.22
A byte can be represented in the range of 0 to _____
  • 2
  • 255
  • 256
  • 1024
  • 1025
Q.23
If the system shows a series “POST error”, the problem is related to which component?
  • Hard drive
  • Ram or Rom
  • System board
  • Video adapter
  • None of these
Q.24
Which type of access can be related to magnetic medium for data storage?
  • Direct access
  • Sequential access
  • Indirect access
  • 1 & 2
  • All of the above
Q.25
The higher the resolution of a monitor, the ______________?
  • Larger the pixels
  • Less clear the screen is
  • Further apart the pixels
  • Closer the pixels
  • None of these
Q.26
Which two keys are used in combination with other keys in order to command the computer to perform special instructions?
  • Control, Alt
  • Function, toggle
  • Delete, insert
  • Caps Lock, Num Lock
  • None of these
Q.27
What is the term used to describe those vertical black lines which are inscribed on products and items and is readable by a computer only?
  • An ASCII code
  • A magnetic tape
  • An OCR scanner
  • A bar code
  • None of these
Q.28
Which unit transforms the input into the output?
  • Peripherals
  • Memory
  • Storage
  • The Input-Output unit
  • The CPU
Q.29
What is the meaning of a hard copy?
  • Saved on a floppy disk
  • Printed on a paper
  • Backed up on a tape drive
  • Sent as an e-mail
  • None of these
Q.30
Microprocessors are used to make several types of electronic devices these days. Which of the following uses microprocessors?
  • Computers
  • Digital system
  • Smartphones
  • All of above
  • None of these
Q.31
In addition to repeatability, what is the other unit/parameter used for measuring plotter quality?
  • Buffer size
  • Resolution
  • Vertical dimension
  • Intelligence
  • None of these
Q.32
If the user needs to print anything on multi carbon form, which of the following cannot be used?
  • Daisy wheel
  • Dot matrix
  • Laser
  • Thimble
  • None of these
Q.33
Out of the given input devices in the following list, which option gives those devices which are direct entry input devices?
  • Optical scanner
  • Mouse and digitizer
  • Light pen
  • All of the above
  • None of these
Q.34
Which of the following is the latest device which uses optical storage techniques for data storage?
  • Digital paper
  • Magneto-optical disk
  • WORM disk
  • CD-ROM disk
  • None of these
Q.35
Which of the following is not used as a storage device?
  • Hard disk drives
  • Printers
  • Floppy disk drives
  • CD drives
  • None of these
Q.36
What are the components “which can not be touched by the users” known as?
  • Hardware
  • A device
  • A peripheral
  • An application
  • None of these
Q.37
Arithmetic Logic Unit and control sections have special purpose locations called----
  • Register
  • RAM
  • BIOS
  • I/O
  • ROM
Q.38
The computer-related storage device(s) are non-volatile storage devices?
  • Memory Card
  • Solid State Drive
  • Hard Disk
  • Usb Drive
  • All of the above
Q.39
Which computer has been designed to be as compact as possible?
  • Minicomputer
  • Supercomputer
  • Microcomputer
  • Mainframe
  • None of the above
Q.40
After a picture has been taken with a digital camera and processed appropriately, the actual print of the picture is considered:
  • data
  • output
  • input
  • the process
  • None of these
Q.41
The central processing unit contains which of the following as a component?
  • Memory Regulation Unit
  • Flow Control Unit
  • Arithmetic Logic Unit
  • Instruction Manipulation Unit
  • None of the above
Q.42
The fastest and quietest type of printer is a(n):
  • dot-matrix printer
  • inkjet printer.
  • laser printer.
  • plotter
  • None of these
Q.43
Inkjet printers and laser printers are examples of ____________ printers.
  • non-impact
  • impact
  • dot-matrix
  • thermal
  • None of the above
Q.44
A ____________ is an output device that creates tangible hard copies.
  • monitor
  • printer
  • scanner
  • CRT
  • None of the above
Q.45
A hard disk is divided into tracks which are further subdivided into-
  • Cluster
  • Sectors
  • Vectors
  • Heads
  • None of these
Q.46
The ____________, also called the brain of the computer is responsible for processing data.
  • motherboard
  • memory
  • RAM
  • central processing unit (CPU)
  • None of the above
Q.47
The main circuit – board of the system unit is the –
  • Computer program
  • Control unit
  • Motherboard
  • RAM
  • None of these
Q.48
Which of the following is contained on chips connected to the system board and is a holding area for data instructions and information ? ( Processed data waiting to be output to secondary storage)
  • Program
  • Mouse
  • Internet
  • Memory
  • Modem
Q.49
____________ tags, when placed on an animal, can be used to record and track in a database all of the animal's movements.
  • POS
  • AN/FLR-9
  • PPS
  • GPS
  • RFID
Q.50
Video, sound, and network cards are all examples of _____.
  • adapter cards
  • hard disks
  • peripherals
  • external drives
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