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This section includes 4320 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 2451. |
Which of the following is usually a special one-time operation that must be completed over a limited time period? |
| A. | Batch |
| B. | Patch |
| C. | Project |
| D. | Word |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Word | |
| 2452. |
A device or system not directly connected to the CPU is |
| A. | On-line |
| B. | Keyboard |
| C. | Memory |
| D. | Off-line |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 2453. |
What is the name given to the specialized storage element in the processor unit of a computer which is used as a "scratch pad" during processing operations? |
| A. | storage register |
| B. | primary memory |
| C. | cache memory |
| D. | accumulator |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. accumulator | |
| 2454. |
The microprocessor of a computer cannot operate on any information if that information is not in its. |
| A. | secondary storage |
| B. | main storage |
| C. | ALU |
| D. | logic unit |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. ALU | |
| 2455. |
Which of the following terms could be used to describe the concurrent processing of computer programs, via CRTs, on one computer system? |
| A. | Time-sharing |
| B. | Online processing |
| C. | Interactive processing |
| D. | All the above processing |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 2456. |
A large number of computers in a wide geographical area can be efficiently connected using |
| A. | Twisted pair lines |
| B. | Coaxial cables |
| C. | Communications satellites |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 2457. |
Which of the following is not an advantage of magnetic disk storage? |
| A. | The access time of magnetic disk is much less than that of magnetic tape |
| B. | Disk storage is longer lasting than magnetic tape |
| C. | Disk storage is less expensive than tape storage |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» F. | |
| 2458. |
A device which converts human readable data into machine language is |
| A. | Card reader |
| B. | Card punch |
| C. | Punched paper tape |
| D. | Character reader |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 2459. |
In negative logic, the logic state 1 corresponds to |
| A. | negative voltage |
| B. | zero voltage |
| C. | more negative voltage |
| D. | lower voltage level |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 2460. |
Which of the following is a part of the Central Processing Unit? |
| A. | Printer |
| B. | Keyboard |
| C. | ) Mouse |
| D. | Arithmetic Logic Unit |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 2461. |
The least expensive OCR units can read |
| A. | hand printed numbers |
| B. | machine printed numbers |
| C. | marks |
| D. | handwriting |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. handwriting | |
| 2462. |
The input unit of a computer |
| A. | feeds data to the CPU or memory |
| B. | retrieves data from CPU |
| C. | directs all other units |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. retrieves data from CPU | |
| 2463. |
Which of the following bus types are used by the Apple Macintosh computer? |
| A. | ISA |
| B. | NuBus |
| C. | EISA |
| D. | MCA |
| E. | PCI Bus |
| Answer» C. EISA | |
| 2464. |
When the time to establish link is large and the size of data is small, the preferred mode of data transfer is |
| A. | Circuit switching |
| B. | Packet switching |
| C. | Time division multiplexing |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Time division multiplexing | |
| 2465. |
Group of instructions that directs a computer is called |
| A. | Storage |
| B. | Memory |
| C. | Logic |
| D. | Program |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 2466. |
Which of the following is not an output device of a computer? |
| A. | Printer |
| B. | keyboard |
| C. | VDU |
| D. | CRT screen |
| E. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. VDU | |
| 2467. |
Which of the following is not true of a magnetic disk? |
| A. | It is expensive relative to magnetic tape |
| B. | It provides only sequential access to stored data |
| C. | Users can easily update records by writing over the old data |
| D. | It does not provide an automatic audit trail |
| E. | All of the above are true |
| Answer» C. Users can easily update records by writing over the old data | |
| 2468. |
A regular TV set can be hooked up to a computer so as to received computer signal instead of a television program. This hooking up is achieved with the help of a |
| A. | modem |
| B. | adapter |
| C. | cable |
| D. | aerial |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. cable | |
| 2469. |
A factor which would strongly influence a businessperson to adopt a computer is its: |
| A. | Accuracy |
| B. | Reliability |
| C. | Speed |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 2470. |
The most common input device used today is |
| A. | Motherboard |
| B. | Track ball |
| C. | Scanner |
| D. | Mouse |
| E. | Keyboard |
| Answer» F. | |
| 2471. |
In a computer system, which device is functionally opposite of a Key-board? |
| A. | Mouse |
| B. | Trackball |
| C. | Printer |
| D. | Joystick |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Joystick | |
| 2472. |
The data appearing first in the left portion of punched card is |
| A. | descriptive data |
| B. | coded data |
| C. | quantitative data |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. quantitative data | |
| 2473. |
Which one of the following is termed a combination input-output device? |
| A. | VDT |
| B. | Keyboard |
| C. | Printer |
| D. | Laser Jet |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Keyboard | |
| 2474. |
The process of writing computer instructions in a programming language is known as |
| A. | Coding |
| B. | Processing |
| C. | Programming |
| D. | File |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Processing | |
| 2475. |
Which of the following input/output devices is not associated with personal computers? |
| A. | mice |
| B. | color monitors |
| C. | punched cards |
| D. | dot-matrix printers |
| E. | optical scanners |
| Answer» D. dot-matrix printers | |
| 2476. |
The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from |
| A. | primary memory |
| B. | control section |
| C. | external memory |
| D. | cache memory |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. external memory | |
| 2477. |
The heart of any computer is the |
| A. | CPU |
| B. | Memory |
| C. | I/O Unit |
| D. | Disks |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Memory | |
| 2478. |
Which of the following are likely to jam the read/write head of a disk pack? |
| A. | Dust |
| B. | Smoke particle |
| C. | Finger print smudge |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 2479. |
Each model of a computer has a unique |
| A. | Assembly language |
| B. | Machine language |
| C. | High level language |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. High level language | |
| 2480. |
Transistorized computer circuits were introduced in the |
| A. | first generation |
| B. | second generation |
| C. | thir4 generation |
| D. | fourth generation |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. thir4 generation | |
| 2481. |
Which of the following is not a practical data-processing approach? |
| A. | batch-sequential |
| B. | batch-direct |
| C. | immediate-sequential |
| D. | immediate-direct |
| E. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. immediate-direct | |
| 2482. |
The register which holds the address of the location to or from which data are to be transferred is known as |
| A. | index register |
| B. | instruction register |
| C. | memory address register |
| D. | memory data register |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. memory data register | |
| 2483. |
Those microcomputers which have the same operating characteristics as the IBM microcomputers are called IBM |
| A. | duplicates |
| B. | clones |
| C. | copies |
| D. | look alikes |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. copies | |
| 2484. |
In a punched card system, data is processed by a |
| A. | keypunch machine, sorter, and posting machine |
| B. | accounting machine, posting machine, and billing machine |
| C. | sorter, posting machine, and billing machine |
| D. | accounting machine, keypunch machine, and sorter |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 2485. |
A single bus structure is primarily found in |
| A. | Main frames |
| B. | Super computers |
| C. | High performance machines |
| D. | Mini-and micro-computers |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 2486. |
What is the highest address possible if 16 bits are used for each address? |
| A. | 65536 |
| B. | 12868 |
| C. | 16556 |
| D. | 643897 |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. 12868 | |
| 2487. |
An integrated circuit is |
| A. | a complicated circuit |
| B. | an integrating device |
| C. | much costlier than a single transistor |
| D. | fabricated on a tiny silicon chip |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 2488. |
Which of the following memories contains a thin film of magnetic material sandwitched between two permanent bias magnets? |
| A. | ROM |
| B. | Magnetic disk |
| C. | Core memory |
| D. | Bubble memory |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Bubble memory | |
| 2489. |
EBCDIC can code up to how many different characters? |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 32 |
| D. | 64 |
| E. | 256 |
| Answer» F. | |
| 2490. |
Which of the following best describes a computer-based information system? |
| A. | A system in which a computer is used to turn data into information |
| B. | Inputting data |
| C. | Processing data |
| D. | Performing complex mathematical calculations |
| E. | Data is put into the computer for processing |
| Answer» B. Inputting data | |
| 2491. |
Accessing records from a file directly without searching from the beginning of the file is |
| A. | Time sharing |
| B. | Random |
| C. | Direct access |
| D. | Access time |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Access time | |
| 2492. |
The monitor of a computer is connected to it by a |
| A. | Wire |
| B. | Cable |
| C. | Bus |
| D. | Line driver |
| E. | Modem |
| Answer» C. Bus | |
| 2493. |
In which addressing mode, the effective address of the operand is generated by adding a constant value to the contents of a register? |
| A. | Absolute mode |
| B. | Indirect mode |
| C. | Immediate mode |
| D. | Index mode |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 2494. |
The term gigabyte refers to |
| A. | 1024 bytes |
| B. | 1024 kilobytes |
| C. | 1024 megabytes |
| D. | 1024 gigabytes |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. 1024 gigabytes | |
| 2495. |
The CPU chip used in a computer is partially made out of |
| A. | silica |
| B. | carbon |
| C. | copper |
| D. | gold |
| E. | silver |
| Answer» B. carbon | |
| 2496. |
Which term is not used to describe the memory component of a computer? |
| A. | ROM |
| B. | PROM |
| C. | RAM |
| D. | SAM |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 2497. |
What type of computer programming is used for airplane ticket reservation system? |
| A. | Multi programming |
| B. | Real time programming |
| C. | Time sharing |
| D. | Batch programming |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Time sharing | |
| 2498. |
The output of a 2 input OR gate is 0 only when its |
| A. | both inputs are 0 |
| B. | either input is 1 |
| C. | both inputs are 1 |
| D. | either input is 0 |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. either input is 1 | |
| 2499. |
A high quality CAD system uses the following for printing drawing and graphs |
| A. | Dot matrix printer |
| B. | Digital plotter |
| C. | Line printer |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Line printer | |
| 2500. |
Microfilm reader is a |
| A. | OCR device |
| B. | COM device |
| C. | MICR device |
| D. | None of the above |
| E. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. MICR device | |