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This section includes 124 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Before a disk drive can access any sector record, a computer program has to provide the record s disk address. What information does this address specify? |
| A. | track number |
| B. | sector number |
| C. | surface number |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer systemis: |
| A. | efts |
| B. | mpg |
| C. | mips |
| D. | cps |
| Answer» D. cps | |
| 3. |
A computer has very low failure rate because it uses electronic components. It producesvery consistent results. This is highlighted by which of the feature of computer? |
| A. | accuracy |
| B. | reliability |
| C. | versatility |
| D. | automatic |
| Answer» C. versatility | |
| 4. |
What was the first computer to perform all calculation using electronics rather thanwheels, ratchets, or mechanical switches? |
| A. | mark i |
| B. | abc |
| C. | z3 |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» C. z3 | |
| 5. |
Who is credited with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a wavingmachine? |
| A. | pascal |
| B. | hollerith |
| C. | babbage |
| D. | jacquard |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits setby the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known as |
| A. | pc |
| B. | flags |
| C. | memory address registers |
| D. | general purpose registers |
| Answer» C. memory address registers | |
| 7. |
An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargonfor it? |
| A. | leech |
| B. | squid |
| C. | slug |
| D. | glitch |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logicaloperations was: |
| A. | eniac |
| B. | mark-i |
| C. | analytic engine |
| D. | univac-1 |
| Answer» C. analytic engine | |
| 9. |
The storage subsystem in a microcomputer consists mainly of __ or __ media withvarying capacities |
| A. | memory or video |
| B. | magnetic or optical |
| C. | optical or memory |
| D. | video or magnetic |
| Answer» C. optical or memory | |
| 10. |
What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan startedFGCS? |
| A. | operating systems |
| B. | paralled processing |
| C. | ulsi |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» C. ulsi | |
| 11. |
Once you load the suitable program and provide required data, computer does not needhuman intervention. This feature is known as |
| A. | accuracy |
| B. | reliability |
| C. | versatility |
| D. | automatic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Multi user systems provided cost savings for small business because they use a singleprocessing unit to link several |
| A. | personal computers |
| B. | workstations |
| C. | dumb terminals |
| D. | mainframes |
| Answer» D. mainframes | |
| 13. |
What type of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, inorder to prevent two devices from trying to use it at the same time? |
| A. | bus control |
| B. | interrupts |
| C. | bus arbitration |
| D. | status |
| Answer» D. status | |
| 14. |
How many address lines are needed to address each machine location in a 2048 x 4memory chip? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 11 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | 12 |
| Answer» C. 8 | |
| 15. |
If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify address in a RAM, the number of addresseswill be |
| A. | 216 |
| B. | 65,536 |
| C. | 64k |
| D. | any of the above |
| Answer» C. 64k | |
| 16. |
The terminal device that functions as a cash register, computer terminal, and OCR readeris the: |
| A. | data collection terminal |
| B. | ocr register terminal |
| C. | video display terminal |
| D. | pos terminal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
Before a disk drive can access any sector record, a computer program has to provide therecord’s disk address. What information does this address specify? |
| A. | track number |
| B. | sector number |
| C. | surface number |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives, memory expansion slots and activecomponents are mounted on a single board. What is the name of this board? |
| A. | motherboard |
| B. | breadboard |
| C. | daughter board |
| D. | grandmother board |
| Answer» B. breadboard | |
| 19. |
The accuracy of the floating-point numbers representable in two 16-bit words of acomputer is approximately |
| A. | 16 digits |
| B. | 6 digits |
| C. | 9 digits |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» C. 9 digits | |
| 20. |
A physical connection between the microprocessor memory and other parts of themicrocomputer is known as |
| A. | path |
| B. | address bus |
| C. | route |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. route | |
| 21. |
Which computer was considered the first electronic computer until 1973 when courtinvalidated the patent? |
| A. | eniac |
| B. | mark i |
| C. | z3 |
| D. | abc |
| Answer» B. mark i | |
| 22. |
A storage area used to store data to a compensate for the difference in speed at which thedifferent units can handle data is |
| A. | memory |
| B. | buffer |
| C. | accumulator |
| D. | address |
| Answer» C. accumulator | |
| 23. |
ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. What does EBCDIC standfor? |
| A. | extended binary coded decimal interchange code |
| B. | extended bit code decimal interchange code |
| C. | extended bit case decimal interchange code |
| D. | extended binary case decimal interchange code |
| Answer» B. extended bit code decimal interchange code | |
| 24. |
Which of the following is a read only memory storage device? |
| A. | floppy disk |
| B. | cd-rom |
| C. | hard disk |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. hard disk | |
| 25. |
Symbolic logic was discovered by |
| A. | george boole |
| B. | herman hollerith |
| C. | van neumann |
| D. | basic pascal |
| Answer» B. herman hollerith | |
| 26. |
Which device can understand difference between data & programs? |
| A. | input device |
| B. | output device |
| C. | memory |
| D. | microprocessor |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Access time is |
| A. | seek time + latency time |
| B. | seek time |
| C. | seek time ? latency time |
| D. | latency time |
| Answer» B. seek time | |
| 28. |
Bit stands for |
| A. | binary digits |
| B. | bit of system |
| C. | a part of byte |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» B. bit of system | |
| 29. |
The term GIGO is related to |
| A. | accuracy |
| B. | reliability |
| C. | versatility |
| D. | automatic |
| Answer» B. reliability | |
| 30. |
Web cam is an |
| A. | input unit device |
| B. | output unit device |
| C. | processing device |
| D. | input and output device |
| Answer» B. output unit device | |
| 31. |
which of the following is problem oriented language? |
| A. | high level language |
| B. | machine language |
| C. | assembly language |
| D. | low level language |
| Answer» B. machine language | |
| 32. |
A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is: |
| A. | efts |
| B. | mpg |
| C. | mips |
| D. | cps |
| Answer» D. cps | |
| 33. |
ENIAC uses |
| A. | decimal numbering system |
| B. | octal numbering system |
| C. | binary numbering system |
| D. | hexadecial numbering system |
| Answer» B. octal numbering system | |
| 34. |
EPROM can be used for |
| A. | erasing the contents of rom |
| B. | reconstructing the contents of rom |
| C. | erasing and reconstructing the contents of rom |
| D. | duplicating rom |
| Answer» D. duplicating rom | |
| 35. |
First generation computers used _________ for memory |
| A. | vacuum tubes |
| B. | silicon chips |
| C. | magnetic drum |
| D. | ram |
| Answer» D. ram | |
| 36. |
Regarding data, computers are very good at |
| A. | store |
| B. | processing |
| C. | retrieve |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Bit map terminal |
| A. | support display containing multiple window |
| B. | require considerable amount of video ram |
| C. | requires tremendous amount of copying and hence low performance |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
EEPROM stands for |
| A. | electrically erasable programmable read only memory |
| B. | easily erasable programmable read only memory |
| C. | electronic erasable programmable read only memory |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. easily erasable programmable read only memory | |
| 39. |
The translator program used in assembly language is called |
| A. | compiler |
| B. | interpreter |
| C. | assembler |
| D. | translator |
| Answer» D. translator | |
| 40. |
Which of the following programming language started from second generation? |
| A. | cobol |
| B. | basic |
| C. | c |
| D. | lisp |
| Answer» B. basic | |
| 41. |
A system is |
| A. | an integration of different units so as to achieve an objective |
| B. | input unit |
| C. | input and output unit |
| D. | input, output and storage units |
| Answer» B. input unit | |
| 42. |
IBM System/360 is |
| A. | mainframe computer |
| B. | mini computers |
| C. | micro computers |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» B. mini computers | |
| 43. |
Personnel who design, program, operates and maintains computer equipment refers to |
| A. | console-operator |
| B. | programmer |
| C. | peopleware |
| D. | system analyst |
| Answer» D. system analyst | |
| 44. |
EBCDIC stands for |
| A. | extended binary coded decimal interchange code |
| B. | extended bit code decimal interchange code |
| C. | extended bit case decimal interchange code |
| D. | extended binary case decimal interchange code |
| Answer» B. extended bit code decimal interchange code | |
| 45. |
The Second Generation Computer was based on ________. |
| A. | vacuum tube |
| B. | silicon chips |
| C. | transistor |
| D. | bio chips |
| Answer» D. bio chips | |
| 46. |
Which of the following is valid statement? |
| A. | data in itself is useless unless it is processed |
| B. | the data that is processed is called a program |
| C. | the data which is not yet processed is information |
| D. | information is processed by computer to generate data. |
| Answer» B. the data that is processed is called a program | |
| 47. |
What is the first stage in software development? |
| A. | specification and design |
| B. | testing |
| C. | system analysis |
| D. | maintenance |
| Answer» D. maintenance | |
| 48. |
When was the X window system born? |
| A. | 1984 |
| B. | 1989 |
| C. | 1988 |
| D. | 1990 |
| Answer» B. 1989 | |
| 49. |
The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is |
| A. | ascii |
| B. | bcd |
| C. | ebcdic |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» B. bcd | |
| 50. |
The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called |
| A. | read-out |
| B. | read from |
| C. | read |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» E. | |