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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
What is a shell |
| A. | It is a hardware component |
| B. | It is a command interpreter |
| C. | It is a part of compiler |
| D. | It is a tool in CPU scheduling |
| Answer» C. It is a part of compiler | |
| 2. |
The mechanism that brings a page into memory only when it is needed is called |
| A. | segmentation |
| B. | fragmentation |
| C. | demand paging |
| D. | page replacement |
| Answer» D. page replacement | |
| 3. |
Which of the following can correct error |
| A. | CRC |
| B. | Hamming code |
| C. | Parity |
| D. | Check digit |
| Answer» C. Parity | |
| 4. |
FIFO scheduling is |
| A. | preemptive scheduling |
| B. | non-preemptive scheduling |
| C. | deadlock scheduling |
| D. | fare-share scheduling |
| Answer» C. deadlock scheduling | |
| 5. |
In round robin scheduling, as the time quantum is increased, the average turn-around time |
| A. | increases |
| B. | decreases |
| C. | remains constant |
| D. | varies irregularly |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Where does the swap space reside |
| A. | RAM |
| B. | Disc |
| C. | ROM |
| D. | On chip cache |
| Answer» C. ROM | |
| 7. |
Register variable is stored in |
| A. | processor |
| B. | RAM |
| C. | ROM |
| D. | peripheral memory |
| Answer» B. RAM | |
| 8. |
The ability to temporarily halt the CPU and use this time to send information on buses is called |
| A. | direct memory access |
| B. | vectoring the interrupt |
| C. | polling |
| D. | cycle stealing |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
What does IDE stand for |
| A. | Integrated development environment |
| B. | Integrated design environment |
| C. | Interior development environment |
| D. | Interior design environment |
| Answer» B. Integrated design environment | |
| 10. |
An exception is another name for a |
| A. | compile error |
| B. | logic error |
| C. | runtime error |
| D. | syntax error |
| Answer» D. syntax error | |
| 11. |
The number of processes completed per unit time is known as |
| A. | output |
| B. | throughput |
| C. | efficiency |
| D. | capacity |
| Answer» C. efficiency | |
| 12. |
A temporary storage area, attached to the CPU, for I/O operations is a |
| A. | John McAfee |
| B. | Fred Cohen |
| C. | Ted Nelson |
| D. | Lance Hoffman |
| Answer» C. Ted Nelson | |
| 13. |
Which one is a voice based personal assistant in Windows 10 devices for performing search and settings |
| A. | Windows Hellow |
| B. | Google Glass |
| C. | Oculus Rift |
| D. | Cortana |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Mnemonics symbols are used in which language |
| A. | Assembly |
| B. | High level |
| C. | BASIC |
| D. | FORTRAN |
| Answer» B. High level | |
| 15. |
A device that takes physiological information about a person and stores in a computer |
| A. | Software |
| B. | Digital camera |
| C. | Microphone |
| D. | Biometric |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Without user knowledge, collecting user information can be done using |
| A. | Hardware |
| B. | Software |
| C. | Freeware |
| D. | Spyware |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Technology used in the first generation computer is |
| A. | Integrated circuit |
| B. | Vacuum tubes |
| C. | Transistors |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» C. Transistors | |
| 18. |
Which of the following can be used for searching and downloading files from internet |
| A. | Browser |
| B. | Compiler |
| C. | Interpreter |
| D. | Assembler |
| Answer» B. Compiler | |
| 19. |
In the architecture of a computer, ALU stands for |
| A. | Analytical Unit |
| B. | Arithmetic Logic Unit |
| C. | Abstraction Logic Unit |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Abstraction Logic Unit | |
| 20. |
A computer program that translates high level language into machine language is known as |
| A. | Macro processor |
| B. | Micro processor |
| C. | Compiler |
| D. | Assembler |
| Answer» D. Assembler | |
| 21. |
ASCII is a |
| A. | 7 bit code |
| B. | 8 bit code |
| C. | 16 bit code |
| D. | 32 bit code |
| Answer» B. 8 bit code | |
| 22. |
NTFS stands for |
| A. | Network File System |
| B. | Nano Technology File System |
| C. | New Technology File System |
| D. | Non Tamperable File System |
| Answer» D. Non Tamperable File System | |
| 23. |
Identify the correct arrangement of networks in the descending order of their geographic area coverage |
| A. | LAN, WAN, MAN |
| B. | WAN, LAN, MAN |
| C. | LAN, MAN, WAN |
| D. | WAN, MAN, LAN |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
The time needed to move the head to a specific track in a hard disk is called |
| A. | Rotational latency |
| B. | Reach time |
| C. | Track Find Time (TFT) |
| D. | Seek time |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
A computer program that manages computer hardware resources is known as |
| A. | Memory manager |
| B. | Database management system |
| C. | Operating system |
| D. | System software |
| Answer» D. System software | |
| 26. |
The digital computer is based on |
| A. | Charles Babbage architecture |
| B. | John von Neumann architecture |
| C. | Alan Turing architecture |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Alan Turing architecture | |
| 27. |
Who is also known as the Father of Modern Computer |
| A. | Charles Babbage |
| B. | Alan Turing |
| C. | John von Neumann |
| D. | Kurt G?del |
| Answer» C. John von Neumann | |
| 28. |
Arrange the following memory types in the decreasing order of their access speed |
| A. | Registers, Cache, Hard disk drive, Magnetic tape |
| B. | Cache, Registers, Hard disk drive, Magnetic tape |
| C. | Registers, Cache, Magnetic tape, Hard disk drive |
| D. | Magnetic tape, Hard disk drive, Cache, Registers |
| Answer» B. Cache, Registers, Hard disk drive, Magnetic tape | |
| 29. |
Safari browser is installed with which Operating System by default |
| A. | Windows |
| B. | Linux |
| C. | Mac |
| D. | Ubuntu |
| Answer» D. Ubuntu | |
| 30. |
Which web browser was developed by Google |
| A. | Internet Explorer |
| B. | Firefox |
| C. | Safari |
| D. | Chrome |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
When customers of a Web site are unable to access it due to flooding of fake network traffic, it is known as |
| A. | Virus |
| B. | Torjan horse |
| C. | Cracking |
| D. | Denial of Service attack |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
The __ greatly reduces the time required to access a single record, without sacrificing the sequential nature of the file |
| A. | Sequential file |
| B. | Indexed sequential file |
| C. | Direct file |
| D. | Relative file |
| Answer» C. Direct file | |
| 33. |
Which of the following is not a phase during the communication via circuit switching |
| A. | Data Transfer |
| B. | Circuit Disconnect |
| C. | Tunneling |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 34. |
Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) refers to a |
| A. | Software tool |
| B. | Work station |
| C. | Super computer |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Work station | |
| 35. |
Typical speed of current fastest super computers is measured in |
| A. | Petaflops |
| B. | GigaHertz |
| C. | MIPS |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. GigaHertz | |
| 36. |
Which segment do eBay.com, Amazon.com belong to |
| A. | C2C |
| B. | B2C |
| C. | C2B |
| D. | B2B |
| Answer» C. C2B | |
| 37. |
What kind of architecture does mobile computing deploy |
| A. | Two layered |
| B. | Three layered |
| C. | Four layered |
| D. | Five layered |
| Answer» C. Four layered | |
| 38. |
A data __ is a repository of information collected from multiple sources, over a history of time, stored under a unified schema. and used for data analysis and decision support |
| A. | Warehouse |
| B. | Repository |
| C. | Mine |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Repository | |
| 39. |
A digital signature is |
| A. | A scanned signature |
| B. | Signature in binary form |
| C. | Encrypting information |
| D. | Signature stored in cloud |
| Answer» D. Signature stored in cloud | |
| 40. |
What does EDI stand for |
| A. | Electronic Data Interchange |
| B. | Electronic Data Interaction |
| C. | Electronic Data Interface |
| D. | E-Commerce Data Interface |
| Answer» D. E-Commerce Data Interface | |
| 41. |
In respect of IPv4 and IPv6, which one is NOT True |
| A. | IPv4 uses 64 bits for addressing |
| B. | IPv6 uses 128 bits for addressing |
| C. | Under IPv4, networks are divided into three classes |
| D. | The number of networks in classes A, B and C are/ were respectively 27, 214 and 221 |
| Answer» B. IPv6 uses 128 bits for addressing | |
| 42. |
Which of the following is a valid MAC address |
| A. | AA-65-EC-6F-C4-YZ |
| B. | 44-FF-AB |
| C. | 30-65-EC-6F-C4-58 |
| D. | A9-B6-4D-3B |
| Answer» D. A9-B6-4D-3B | |
| 43. |
Data moves through the network in a structure called __ |
| A. | Payload |
| B. | Payback |
| C. | Packets |
| D. | Datagram |
| Answer» D. Datagram | |
| 44. |
The __ interface transmits one bit at a time |
| A. | Parallel |
| B. | SCSI |
| C. | Serial |
| D. | Fiber |
| Answer» D. Fiber | |
| 45. |
Which of the following is not a search engine |
| A. | |
| B. | Yahoo |
| C. | Firefox Mozilla |
| D. | Altavista |
| Answer» D. Altavista | |
| 46. |
To add an internal card to a computer, it must have an open __ |
| A. | USB Port |
| B. | Expansion slot |
| C. | Bus |
| D. | Bay |
| Answer» C. Bus | |
| 47. |
Where are cookies stored |
| A. | On the client |
| B. | In HTML |
| C. | In web.xml |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. In HTML | |
| 48. |
The __ lists the location of the files on the disk |
| A. | FAT |
| B. | Boot sector |
| C. | Data area |
| D. | Root Folder |
| Answer» B. Boot sector | |
| 49. |
Which of the following is not a mandatory component of a URL |
| A. | Resource Path |
| B. | Protocol |
| C. | Port Number |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
MS Word is an example of |
| A. | Operating System |
| B. | Processing Device |
| C. | Application Software |
| D. | Input Device |
| Answer» D. Input Device | |