Explore topic-wise MCQs in Computer Science Engineering (CSE).

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501.

DNS stands for?

A. domain name system
B. direct name system
C. direct network system
D. domain network system
Answer» B. direct name system
502.

Storage of firmware is

A. cache memory
B. ram
C. external
D. rom
Answer» E.
503.

MOM stands for?

A. message oriented middleware
B. mails oriented middleware
C. middleware of messages
D. main object middleware
Answer» B. mails oriented middleware
504.

A “glue” between client and server parts of application.

A. middleware
B. firmware
C. package
D. system software
Answer» B. firmware
505.

Middleware has enabled the production of various types of smart machines having microprocessor chips with embedded software.

A. true
B. false
Answer» C.
506.

The software substituted for hardware and stored in ROM.

A. synchronous software
B. package software
C. firmware
D. middleware
Answer» D. middleware
507.

Which of the following uses multiple hard disk platters mounted on a single central shift?

A. disk drives
B. hard disks
C. disk packs
D. compact disks
Answer» D. compact disks
508.

Which of the following is not a magnetic disk?

A. floppy
B. winchester
C. zip
D. flash
Answer» E.
509.

The process in which a file is partitioned into smaller parts and different parts are stored in different disks is

A. raid
B. mirroring
C. stripping
D. raid classification
Answer» D. raid classification
510.

A set of hard disk drives with a controller mounted in a single box, forming a single large storage unit is

A. disk array
B. drives
C. compact drives
D. multi-cores
Answer» B. drives
511.

What does RAID stand for?

A. redundant array of independent disks
B. redundant array of inexpensive disks
C. redundant array of intermediate disks
D. redundant array of improper disks
Answer» B. redundant array of inexpensive disks
512.

A device similar to a flash drive

A. memory card
B. compact drive
C. compact disk
D. memory disk
Answer» B. compact drive
513.

What does USB stand for?

A. universal signal board
B. universal signal bus
C. universal serial bus
D. universal serial board
Answer» D. universal serial board
514.

Bernoulli disks are a type of magnetic floppy disks.

A. true
B. false
Answer» C.
515.

A plug and play storage device that simply plugs in the port of a computer is

A. flash drive
B. compact disk
C. hard disk
D. cd
Answer» B. compact disk
516.

Winchester disks are a type of

A. optical disks
B. magnetic disks
C. compact disks
D. magnetic drives
Answer» C. compact disks
517.

Word length of a personal computer

A. 64bits
B. 16 bits
C. 8 bits
D. 32 bits
Answer» D. 32 bits
518.

HLDA stands for

A. high level data
B. high level data acknowledgment
C. hold acknowledgement
D. hold data
Answer» D. hold data
519.

The architecture that uses a tighter coupling between the compiler and the processor.

A. epic
B. multi-core
C. risc
D. cisc
Answer» B. multi-core
520.

Processor which is complex and expensive to produce

A. risc
B. epic
C. cisc
D. multi-core
Answer» D. multi-core
521.

If M denotes the number of memory locations and N denotes the word size, then an expression that denotes the storage capacity is

A. m*n
B. m+n
C. 2m+n
D. 2m-n
Answer» B. m+n
522.

                         storage is a system where a robotic arm will connect or disconnect off- line mass storage media according to the computer operating system demands.

A. secondary
B. virtual
C. tertiary
D. magnetic
Answer» D. magnetic
523.

What is the location of the internal registers of CPU?

A. internal
B. on-chip
C. external
D. motherboard
Answer» C. external
524.

Size of the                  memory mainly depends on the size of the address bus.

A. main
B. virtual
C. secondary
D. cache
Answer» B. virtual
525.

The memory implemented using the semiconductor chips is

A. cache
B. main
C. secondary
D. registers
Answer» C. secondary
526.

Which of the following is the fastest means of memory access for CPU?

A. registers
B. cache
C. main memory
D. virtual memory
Answer» B. cache
527.

Which of the following is independent of the address bus?

A. secondary memory
B. main memory
C. onboard memory
D. cache memory
Answer» B. main memory
528.

Cache memory is the onboard storage.

A. true
B. false
Answer» B. false
529.

Any electronic holding place where data can be stored and retrieved later whenever required is

A. memory
B. drive
C. disk
D. circuit
Answer» B. drive
530.

A circuitry that processes that responds to and processes the basic instructions that are required to drive a computer system is

A. memory
B. alu
C. cu
D. processor
Answer» E.
531.

MAR stands for

A. memory address register
B. main address register
C. main accessible register
D. memory accessible register
Answer» B. main address register
532.

The architecture that uses a tighter coupling between the compiler and the processor is

A. epic
B. multi-core
C. risc
D. cisc
Answer» B. multi-core
533.

Processor which is complex and expensive to produce is

A. risc
B. epic
C. cisc
D. multi-core
Answer» D. multi-core
534.

Which of the following processor has a fixed length of instructions?

A. cisc
B. risc
C. epic
D. multi-core
Answer» C. epic
535.

The number of clock cycles per second is referred as

A. clock speed
B. clock frequency
C. clock rate
D. clock timing
Answer» B. clock frequency
536.

The operation that does not involves clock cycles is

A. installation of a device
B. execute
C. fetch
D. decode
Answer» B. execute
537.

It takes one clock cycle to perform a basic operation.

A. true
B. false
Answer» B. false
538.

Computer has a built-in system clock that emits millions of regularly spaced electric pulses per            called clock cycles.

A. second
B. millisecond
C. microsecond
D. minute
Answer» B. millisecond
539.

The transfer between CPU and Cache is

A. block transfer
B. word transfer
C. set transfer
D. associative transfer
Answer» C. set transfer
540.

In                          mapping, the data can be mapped anywhere in the Cache Memory.

A. associative
B. direct
C. set associative
D. indirect
Answer» B. direct
541.

Which of the following is an efficient method of cache updating?

A. snoopy writes
B. write through
C. write within
D. buffered write
Answer» B. write through
542.

Which of the following is not a write policy to avoid Cache Coherence?

A. write through
B. write within
C. write back
D. buffered write
Answer» C. write back
543.

When the data at a location in cache is different from the data located in the main memory, the cache is called

A. unique
B. inconsistent
C. variable
D. fault
Answer» C. variable
544.

LRU stands for

A. low rate usage
B. least rate usage
C. least recently used
D. low required usage
Answer» D. low required usage
545.

Whenever the data is found in the cache memory it is called as

A. hit
B. miss
C. found
D. error
Answer» B. miss
546.

Cache Memory is implemented using the DRAM chips.

A. true
B. false
Answer» C.
547.

What is the high speed memory between the main memory and the CPU called?

A. register memory
B. cache memory
C. storage memory
D. virtual memory
Answer» C. storage memory
548.

What does D in the D-flip flop stand for?

A. digital
B. direct
C. delay
D. durable
Answer» D. durable
549.

The functions of execution and sequencing are performed by using

A. input signals
B. output signals
C. control signals
D. cpu
Answer» D. cpu
550.

Causing the CPU to step through a series of micro operations is called

A. execution
B. runtime
C. sequencing
D. pipelining
Answer» D. pipelining