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| 3451. |
Which generation of computers is covered by the period 1964-77? |
| A. | First |
| B. | Second |
| C. | Third |
| D. | Forth |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Forth | |
| 3452. |
First CAD system called AutoCAD for the PCs was announced in the year 1982. Can you tell who announced it? |
| A. | Intel Corpn. |
| B. | Rolta India Ltd. |
| C. | Autodesk Inc |
| D. | AT & T Corp. |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. AT & T Corp. | |
| 3453. |
Main storage is also called |
| A. | Accumulator |
| B. | Control unit |
| C. | Register unit |
| D. | memory |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3454. |
Which printer is very commonly used for desk-top publishing? |
| A. | Laser printer |
| B. | Ink-jet printer |
| C. | Daisy wheel printer |
| D. | Dot-matrix printer |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Ink-jet printer | |
| 3455. |
What are the concentric circles on floppy disks know as? |
| A. | Tracks |
| B. | Cylinders |
| C. | Sectors |
| D. | Segments |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Cylinders | |
| 3456. |
A one-bit signal that indicates the start of data transmission by an asynchronous device is |
| A. | Parity bit |
| B. | Status bit |
| C. | Zero bit |
| D. | Start bit |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3457. |
Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known as |
| A. | PC |
| B. | Memory Address Registers |
| C. | General purpose registers |
| D. | Flags |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3458. |
An electronic circuit with about 20 transistors fabricated on a silicon chip is known as |
| A. | SSI |
| B. | MSI |
| C. | DPS |
| D. | RJE |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. MSI | |
| 3459. |
Instructions and memory addresses are represented by |
| A. | character codes |
| B. | binary codes |
| C. | binary word |
| D. | parity bit |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. binary word | |
| 3460. |
Which of the following is NOT a primary storage device? |
| A. | Magnetic tape |
| B. | Magnetic disk |
| C. | Optical disk |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3461. |
A device that prints one character at a ! time is kknown as |
| A. | Laser printer |
| B. | Line printer |
| C. | Character printer |
| D. | Dot-Matrix printer |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Dot-Matrix printer | |
| 3462. |
A mechanism for arranging controlled access to a shared resource is |
| A. | Retrieving |
| B. | Sorting |
| C. | Balleting |
| D. | Lock-out |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3463. |
A data item which is not broken down into smaller units is _____ |
| A. | Data element |
| B. | Elementary data item |
| C. | Data entry |
| D. | Database management |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Data entry | |
| 3464. |
A computer is a box full of electronic |
| A. | Switching devices |
| B. | Chips |
| C. | Circuits |
| D. | Registers |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Chips | |
| 3465. |
Who is 1988 announced the latest version of CD-ROM called CD-ROMXA (extended architecture) which provides a documented means of integrating digital audio with computer data on a CD-ROM disk? |
| A. | Sony |
| B. | Philips |
| C. | Microsoft |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3466. |
In which area of the primary storage section are the intermediate processing results held temporarily? |
| A. | Input storage area |
| B. | Program storage area |
| C. | Output storage area |
| D. | Working storage space |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3467. |
What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time? |
| A. | Light pen |
| B. | Mouse |
| C. | Digitizer |
| D. | Terminal |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3468. |
The original ASCII code used _____ bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking. |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 8 |
| E. | 4 |
| Answer» D. 8 | |
| 3469. |
Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory? |
| A. | nonvolatile |
| B. | permanent |
| C. | control unit |
| D. | temporary |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3470. |
The computer industry uses prefixes of Greek origin to measure large amounts of data. Which term describes 1024 bytes. |
| A. | Kilobyte |
| B. | Megabyte |
| C. | Gigabyte |
| D. | Terabyte |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Megabyte | |
| 3471. |
Which kind of storage device can be carried around? |
| A. | Floppy disk |
| B. | Hard disk |
| C. | System cabinet |
| D. | Hard disk drive |
| E. | Floppy disk drive |
| Answer» B. Hard disk | |
| 3472. |
One nibble is equal to |
| A. | 4 bits |
| B. | 8 bits |
| C. | 6 bits |
| D. | 16 bits |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. 8 bits | |
| 3473. |
Which of the following is not a factor affecting the processing capability or performance of a PC system? |
| A. | The clock speed of the microprocessor |
| B. | The revolutions per minute of the printer disk |
| C. | The primary storage capacity of the processor |
| D. | The built-in instruction set available to the microprocessor |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. The primary storage capacity of the processor | |
| 3474. |
Condensing output data to exhibit specific information is |
| A. | Calculating |
| B. | Recording |
| C. | Merging |
| D. | Summarising |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3475. |
Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips? |
| A. | control bus |
| B. | control unit |
| C. | parity unit |
| D. | semiconductor |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3476. |
Which of the following terms applies to communication between separate computer systems? |
| A. | Computer literacy |
| B. | Power supply |
| C. | Applications software |
| D. | Connectivity |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3477. |
What is the standard code the computer industry created to represent characters? |
| A. | DASI |
| B. | ASSH |
| C. | ASCII |
| D. | BASCII |
| E. | EPROM |
| Answer» D. BASCII | |
| 3478. |
A sizeable geographical area with communication based on the telephone system is though as |
| A. | Local area network |
| B. | Wide area network |
| C. | Modulator-Demodulator |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Modulator-Demodulator | |
| 3479. |
A Winchester disk is a |
| A. | Disk Stack |
| B. | Removable disk |
| C. | Flexible disk |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Removable disk | |
| 3480. |
Which one of the following is the first second-generation computer? |
| A. | IBM 7090 |
| B. | IBM 801 |
| C. | IBM 7070 |
| D. | IBM 650 |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. IBM 801 | |
| 3481. |
Primary storage is _____ as compared to secondary storage. |
| A. | Slow and inexpensive |
| B. | Fast and inexpensive |
| C. | Fast and expensive |
| D. | Slow and expensive |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Slow and expensive | |
| 3482. |
Offline device is |
| A. | a device which is not connected to CPU |
| B. | a device which is connected to CPU |
| C. | a direct access storage device |
| D. | an I/O device |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. a device which is connected to CPU | |
| 3483. |
The process of fetching and executing instructions, one at a time, in the order of increasing addresses is known as |
| A. | instruction execution |
| B. | straight line sequencing |
| C. | instruction fetch |
| D. | random sequencing |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. instruction fetch | |
| 3484. |
What is the term which represents the use of links between information of all sorts whether text, graphics, video oi audio-based? |
| A. | Hypertext |
| B. | Hypermedia |
| C. | HyperCard |
| D. | Wildcard |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. HyperCard | |
| 3485. |
Codes which do not require to be frequently updated also promote user efficiency due to |
| A. | Simplicity |
| B. | Sortability |
| C. | Stability |
| D. | Expansibility |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Expansibility | |
| 3486. |
The minimum number of MOS transistors required to make a dynamic RAM cell is |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 4 |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. 2 | |
| 3487. |
The most popular language used with microcomputers and time-shared mini computers, is an easy-to-use high level language. |
| A. | COBOL |
| B. | ADA |
| C. | PASCAL |
| D. | BASIC |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3488. |
An adder in which the bits of the operands are added one after another is |
| A. | Half-adder |
| B. | Full-adder |
| C. | Serial adder |
| D. | All of the above |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 3489. |
The OR, XOR & AND functions can be performed by _____ of the computer in a CPU. |
| A. | ALU |
| B. | CU |
| C. | Memory |
| D. | Register |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. CU | |
| 3490. |
A prewritten program that's sold to perform a common task is called an application |
| A. | System software |
| B. | Package |
| C. | Utilities |
| D. | Program |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Utilities | |
| 3491. |
Locations in the main memory of a computer are called |
| A. | Alphabets |
| B. | Words |
| C. | Data |
| D. | Characters |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Data | |
| 3492. |
Which of the following is a communication network that is devoted to carrying computer information. |
| A. | Data point |
| B. | Data module |
| C. | Data network |
| D. | Data pack |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Data pack | |
| 3493. |
What is the name of the display feature that highlights areas of the screen which require operator attention? |
| A. | Pixel |
| B. | Reverse video |
| C. | Touch screen |
| D. | Cursor |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Touch screen | |
| 3494. |
To set a register or counter to the all-zero-state is |
| A. | Rerun |
| B. | Reset |
| C. | Remote |
| D. | Release |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Remote | |
| 3495. |
A vertically aligned set of tracks on a disk pack is known as |
| A. | Cluster |
| B. | Surface |
| C. | Cylinder |
| D. | Panel |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Panel | |
| 3496. |
Which is used to store firmware. |
| A. | RAM |
| B. | ROM |
| C. | PROM |
| D. | EPROM |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. PROM | |
| 3497. |
Which of the following is the expansion of EBCDIC |
| A. | Extended bit comparable to digital interface for computer |
| B. | Extended bootable computerised digital infrared calculator |
| C. | Extended binary coded decimal interchange code |
| D. | Extended binary coded decimal information code |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. Extended binary coded decimal information code | |
| 3498. |
Which is an electronic device that can store temporarily a single bit of data. |
| A. | Accumulator |
| B. | Buffer |
| C. | Memory |
| D. | Latch |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3499. |
A generalised software package produced to meet the bugs of a variety of data processing users is known as |
| A. | Utility programs |
| B. | System software |
| C. | Operating system |
| D. | Application package |
| E. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. None of the above | |
| 3500. |
Hard disks are formatted in the same manner as floppy disks. However, before a hard disk can be formatted, it must first be _____ |
| A. | partitioned |
| B. | sectioned |
| C. | deleted |
| D. | inter-sectioned |
| E. | write protected |
| Answer» B. sectioned | |