COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE #7 MCQ
1. A
disk’s content that is recorded at the time of manufacture and that cannot be
changed or erased by the user is which of the following?
(a) Once - only
(b) Memory - only
(c) Write - only
(d) Read - only
Answer:
(d)
2. Human
beings are referred to as Homo Sapiens. Which device is called Silico Sapiens?
(a) Hardware
(b) Robot
(c) Monitor
(d) Computer
Answer:
(d)
3. An
error in software is called a Bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for
it?
(a) Squid
(b) Slug
(c) Leech
(d) Glitch
Answer:
(d)
4. What
is called a piece of computer hardware that is physically placed between two
devices each of which manages data in a different way?
(a) Cluge
(b) Interface
(c) Data base
(d) Modern
Answer:
(b)
5. All
the keys on the IBMPC keyboard repeat as long as we hold them down. Such types
of keys are known as which of the following?
(a) Typematic
(b) Automatic
(c) Alphabetical
(d) Functional
Answer:
(a)
6. Where
does a computer add and compare data?
(a) Floppy disk
(b) Memory chip
(c) CPU chip
(d) Hard disk
Answer:
(c)
7. In
computer jargon, wetware means which of the following?
(a) Any organic intelligence
(b) High intelligence
(c) Artificial intelligence
(d) Human intelligence
Answer:
(b)
8. What
is called the language that the computer can understand and execute?
(a) Machine language
(b) System software
(c) Application software
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(a)
9. Which
of the following devices can be used to directly input printed text?
(a) OCR
(b) MICR
(c) OMR
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
10. A
high quality CAD system uses which of the following for printing drawing and
graphs?
(a) Machine
(b) Digital plotter
(c) Cot matrix printer
(d) Line printer
Answer:
(b)
11. What
is called the piece of hardware that converts your computer’s digital signal to
an analogue signal that can travel over telephone lines?
(a) Blue cord
(b) Tower
(c) Red wire
(d) Modem
Answer:
(d)
12. What
hardware was used by first generation computers?
(a) CLSI
(b) Valves
(c) ICs
(d) Transistors
Answer:
(b)
13. Which
of the following is a part of central processing unit?
(a) Keyboard
(b) Mouse
(c) Printer
(d) Arithmetic Logic Unit
Answer:
(d)
14. Which
one is the secondary memory device?
(a) ALU
(b) Mouse
(c) Floppy disk
(d) CPU
Answer:
(c)
15. What
are the two kind of main memory?
(a) Direct and sequential
(b) Floppy disk and hard disk
(c) Primary and secondary
(d) ROM
Answer:
(c)
16. What
are called the software instructions intended to satisfy a user’s specific
processing needs?
(a) Micro computer
(b) Documentation
(c) System software
(d) Application software
Answer:
(d)
17. Which
of the following is not a form of Biometrics?
(a) Breath scan
(b) Password
(c) Fingerprint
(d) Retina scan
Answer:
(b)
18. A
typical modern computer uses which of the following?
(a) LSI chips
(b) Valves
(c) Vacuum tubes
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
19. Which
of the following statements best describes the batch method of input?
(a) Data is collected into form of source documents,
place into groups and then input to the computer
(b) Data is processed as soon as it is input
(c) Source documents aren’t used
(d) Data is input at the time it is collected
Answer:
(c)
20. What
does a compiler do?
(a) Translates two statements at a time as the programme
executes
(b) Translates machine language into a high level
language
(c) Translates one statement at a time as the programme
executes
(d) Produces object code
Answer: (d)
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