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| 1. | ASCII File is | 
| A. | document file in the universally recognized text format | 
| B. | Word processor | 
| C. | System file | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Word processor | |
| 2. | The following are basic types of record- access methods | 
| A. | sequential and random | 
| B. | direct and immediate | 
| C. | sequential and indexed | 
| D. | on-line and real-time | 
| Answer» B. direct and immediate | |
| 3. | For checking spelling one uses | 
| A. | Dictionary Disk | 
| B. | Index disk | 
| C. | Directory | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Index disk | |
| 4. | Communications device, combines transmissions from several devices into on line is | 
| A. | concentrator | 
| B. | modifier | 
| C. | multiplexer | 
| D. | full-duplex line | 
| Answer» D. full-duplex line | |
| 5. | A technique used to reduce the speed mismatch between slow speed I/O devices and fast CPU is called | 
| A. | Spooling | 
| B. | Paging | 
| C. | Segmentation | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Paging | |
| 6. | Extended ASCII uses | 
| A. | 8 bits for coding | 
| B. | 9 bits for coding | 
| C. | 10 bits for coding | 
| D. | 11 bits for coding | 
| Answer» B. 9 bits for coding | |
| 7. | Elementary data item are | 
| A. | data item which is not broken down into smaller units | 
| B. | data item that can be broken down into smaller units | 
| C. | data item which is not decomposed into smaller units | 
| D. | none of these | 
| Answer» B. data item that can be broken down into smaller units | |
| 8. | A group of related items / section of program coding treated as a unit is referred as | 
| A. | Block | 
| B. | Duplex | 
| C. | Street | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Duplex | |
| 9. | A binary numbers are represented by | 
| A. | Digits 0 and 1 | 
| B. | Digits 0,1,….,8 | 
| C. | Digits A,B, C,… | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Digits 0,1,….,8 | |
| 10. | Following is true for Bandwidth | 
| A. | The wider the bandwidth of a communications system the more data it can transmit in a given period of time. | 
| B. | The narrow the bandwidth of a communications system the more data it can transmit in a given period of time. | 
| C. | The wider the bandwidth of a communications system the less data it can transmit in a given period of time. | 
| D. | None is true | 
| Answer» B. The narrow the bandwidth of a communications system the more data it can transmit in a given period of time. | |
| 11. | While buying a PC system, one should first | 
| A. | identify hardware components | 
| B. | define computing needs | 
| C. | both A and B | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 12. | A removable direct-access storage medium containing multiple magnetic disks mounted vertically on a single-shaft is referred as | 
| A. | Tape pack | 
| B. | Disk pack | 
| C. | Cylinder | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» C. Cylinder | |
| 13. | Bubble Memory is | 
| A. | nonvolatile | 
| B. | volatile | 
| C. | permanent | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. volatile | |
| 14. | A data communication facility on which data can be transmitted in two directions is referred as | 
| A. | Duplex | 
| B. | Simplex | 
| C. | Triplex | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Simplex | |
| 15. | Broadband channel is the | 
| A. | The fastest carriers where data transfer rates is of 1 million baud (bits/secon(D) or more. | 
| B. | The slower carriers where data transfer rates is of 56k baud | 
| C. | Musical channel | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. The slower carriers where data transfer rates is of 56k baud | |
| 16. | Speech synthesis is | 
| A. | The ability to input data directly into a computer system by speaking to it | 
| B. | The ability to output data directly from a computer system in spoken words | 
| C. | Processing of voice in computer systems | 
| D. | None of these. | 
| Answer» C. Processing of voice in computer systems | |
| 17. | A collection of complete programs, subroutines, and program modules that have already been developed, tested and documented to be used by programming projects. | 
| A. | Program counter | 
| B. | Program library | 
| C. | Programmer | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» C. Programmer | |
| 18. | A memory in CPU that holds program instructions, input data, intermediate results and the output information produced during processing is | 
| A. | Secondary memory | 
| B. | Primary memory | 
| C. | Auxiliary memory | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» C. Auxiliary memory | |
| 19. | A method of providing virtual memory | 
| A. | Segmentation | 
| B. | De-fragmentation | 
| C. | Paging | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. De-fragmentation | |
| 20. | The following is an nonvolatile memory | 
| A. | ROM | 
| B. | RAM | 
| C. | LSI | 
| D. | VLSI | 
| Answer» B. RAM | |
| 21. | EBCDIC is | 
| A. | 6-bit coding system | 
| B. | 7-bit coding system | 
| C. | 8-bit coding system | 
| D. | 9-bit coding system | 
| Answer» D. 9-bit coding system | |
| 22. | Instead of buying new computer, productivity of old one can be economically enhanced with the help of? | 
| A. | Motherboard | 
| B. | Breadboard | 
| C. | Daughter board | 
| D. | Grandmother board. | 
| Answer» D. Grandmother board. | |
| 23. | A fixed number of adjacent bits that represent a particular character or symbol are referred as | 
| A. | Byte | 
| B. | Octal | 
| C. | Bubble | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Octal | |
| 24. | The hexadecimal number system has a base of | 
| A. | 2 | 
| B. | 4 | 
| C. | 8 | 
| D. | 16 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. | Microsoft Excel is | 
| A. | financial planning package | 
| B. | electronic spreadsheet | 
| C. | graphics package | 
| D. | data-base management package | 
| Answer» C. graphics package | |
| 26. | Which of the following is not true of amagnetic disk? | 
| A. | Users can update records by writing over the old data | 
| B. | It provides sequential access to stored data | 
| C. | It is slow relative to magnetic tape | 
| D. | All of the above are true | 
| Answer» C. It is slow relative to magnetic tape | |
| 27. | The following piece of hardware is used asinput phase of a computer-based information system | 
| A. | Printer | 
| B. | Diskette | 
| C. | Monitor | 
| D. | Keyboard | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. | Following is false for BASIC | 
| A. | Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code | 
| B. | High-level interactive programming language | 
| C. | Works in timesharing environment | 
| D. | Low level object oriented language | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. | ANSI is | 
| A. | American National Standards Institute | 
| B. | A USA based national organization that establishes uniform standards in several fields of computers. | 
| C. | Both A & B are true | 
| D. | None is true | 
| Answer» D. None is true | |
| 30. | A flat, circular plate coated with a magneticmaterial on which data can be stored by magnetization of portions of the flat surface is | 
| A. | Disk | 
| B. | Tape | 
| C. | Pen drive | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Tape | |
| 31. | Following is not the from of secondary storage | 
| A. | Magnetic tape | 
| B. | CD’s | 
| C. | Disk | 
| D. | Hard disk | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. | In Batch processing | 
| A. | Several computer programs runs one after another without human interaction to run each program individually. | 
| B. | Several computer programs runs one after another with human interaction to run each program individually | 
| C. | Selected computer programs runs one after another with human interaction to run each program individually | 
| D. | None is true | 
| Answer» B. Several computer programs runs one after another with human interaction to run each program individually | |
| 33. | The total number of digits (symbols) available to represent numbers in a positional number system is referred as | 
| A. | Number system | 
| B. | Base | 
| C. | Power | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» C. Power | |
| 34. | Automated Office refers to the merger of in an office environment. | 
| A. | Computers | 
| B. | office | 
| C. | telecommunications | 
| D. | All the above | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. | An adder which adds three binary digits andoutputs a result bit and a carry bit is referred as | 
| A. | Half adder | 
| B. | Quarter adder | 
| C. | Full adder | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 36. | In a disk system time required for a read/ write head to move to the track where the record to be read or written is stored is | 
| A. | Access time | 
| B. | Random time | 
| C. | Response time | 
| D. | Seek time | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. | Electronic Mail /Message System (EMMS) best suits to | 
| A. | Postal service | 
| B. | Telephone service | 
| C. | Telegraph service | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Telephone service | |
| 38. | A remote batch-processing operation where data is solely input to a central computer would require | 
| A. | telegraph line | 
| B. | simplex lines | 
| C. | mixed-band channel | 
| D. | none of these | 
| Answer» C. mixed-band channel | |
| 39. | The microcomputers which have the same operating characteristics as the IBM microcomputers are called | 
| A. | IBM desk top | 
| B. | IBM PC | 
| C. | IBM advanced computers | 
| D. | None of theses | 
| Answer» C. IBM advanced computers | |
| 40. | A process of trying out a new product by independent users before it is finally manufactured/ developed | 
| A. | Alpha test | 
| B. | Beta Test | 
| C. | Gamma test | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» C. Gamma test | |
| 41. | In Broadband system a network system | 
| A. | Several analog signals share the same physical network channel. | 
| B. | Only digital signals share the same physical network channel. | 
| C. | Single analog signals share the same physical network channel. | 
| D. | None of these. | 
| Answer» B. Only digital signals share the same physical network channel. | |
| 42. | Primary advantage of key-to-tape data-entry systems | 
| A. | A large percentage of editing can be performed at the time of data entry | 
| B. | Key verification is easily performed | 
| C. | The tape is reusable | 
| D. | Keying errors can be detected as they occur | 
| Answer» D. Keying errors can be detected as they occur | |
| 43. | The time period during which a computer is malfunctioning or not operating correctly due to machine failures is referred as | 
| A. | Downtime | 
| B. | Uptime | 
| C. | Runtime | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Uptime | |
| 44. | Audio response is | 
| A. | output medium | 
| B. | produces verbal responses from the computer system | 
| C. | Both A & B true | 
| D. | None is true | 
| Answer» D. None is true | |
| 45. | In the IBM PC’s, the CPU, the device drives, memory, expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board referred as | 
| A. | Motherboard | 
| B. | Breadboard | 
| C. | Daughter board | 
| D. | Father board. | 
| Answer» B. Breadboard | |
| 46. | The set of computer programs, procedures, and associated documentation related to the effective operation of a computer system is referred as | 
| A. | Software | 
| B. | Hardware | 
| C. | Hardcopy | 
| D. | Softcopy | 
| Answer» B. Hardware | |
| 47. | An optical input device that is used to readdocuments printed in a special type font is known as | 
| A. | Document reader | 
| B. | Documentation | 
| C. | Printer | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Documentation | |
| 48. | The following is responsible for number of logical records in a physical record | 
| A. | Blocking factor | 
| B. | Block | 
| C. | Boolean algebra | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Block | |
| 49. | Maximum character EBCDIC can code | 
| A. | 8 | 
| B. | 16 | 
| C. | 64 | 
| D. | 256 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. | A register in CPU used to store the address of the next instruction to be executed is known as | 
| A. | Program counter | 
| B. | Program library | 
| C. | Programmer | 
| D. | None of these | 
| Answer» B. Program library | |