COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE #34
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. In
which mode, the communication channel is used in both directions at the same
time?
(a) Full-duplex
(b) Simplex
(c) Half-duplex
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
2. Who
invented Slide Rules?
(a) John Napier
(b) William Oughtred
(c) Gottfried Leibnitz
(d) Blaise Pascal
Answer:
(b)
3. What
is the proper definition of a modern digital computer?
(a) An electronic automated machine that can solve
problems involving words and numbers
(b) A more sophistic and modified electronic pocket
calculator
(c) Any machine that can perform mathematical operations
(d) A machine that works on binary code
Answer:
(a)
4. Memory
is made up of which of the following?
(a) Set of wires
(b) Set of circuits
(c) Large number of cells
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(c)
5. Which
of the following is the most powerful computer?
(a) Mainframe Computer
(b) Mini Computer
(c) Micro Computer
(d) Super Computer
Answer:
(d)
6. Which
of the printers used in conjunction with computers uses dry ink powder?
(a) Daisy wheel printer
(b) Line printer
(c) Laser printer
(d) Thermal printer
Answer:
(c)
7. What
is called the path from which data flow in a computer system?
(a) Car
(b) Bus
(c) Truck
(d) Road
Answer:
(b)
8. Which
term is used to describe RAM?
(a) Dynamic RAM (DRAM)
(b) Static RAM (SRAM)
(c) Video RAM (VRAM)
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d)
9. In
which year was chip used inside the computer for the first time?
(a) 1964
(b) 1975
(c) 1999
(d) 1944
Answer:
(b)
10. Assembly
language started to be used from which of the following?
(a) First generation computers
(b) Second generation computers
(c) Third generation computers
(d) Fourth generation computers
Answer:
(b)
11. Which
technology is more reliable?
(a) Mechanical
(b) Electro-Mechanical
(c) Electronic
(d) For reliability it does not matter. So all of the above
are reliable
Answer:
(c)
12. Which
of the following is not an XT microprocessor?
(a) 8006
(b) 8086
(c) 8088
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(d)
13. Hard
disk is coated in both sides with which of the following?
(a) Magnetic metallic oxide
(b) Optical metallic oxide
(c) Carbon layer
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(a)
14. What
is the full form of ASCII?
(a) American Stable Code for International Interchange
(b) American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
(c) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
(d) American Standard Code for Interchange Information
Answer:
(c)
15. Raw
facts and figures about any particular topic are ……………
(a) information
(b) facts
(c) data
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(c)
16. A
computer can solve more than one kind of problem. This is related to which of
the following characteristics?
(a) Accuracy
(b) Reliability
(c) Versatility
(d) Automatic
Answer:
(c)
17. From
which generation computers the printers were used?
(a) First generation computers
(b) Second generation computers
(c) Third generation computers
(d) Fourth generation computers
Answer:
(b)
18. How
many symbols exist in Baudot code?
(a) 32
(b) 116
(c) 58
(d) 76
Answer:
(a)
19. Which
of the following IC chip integrates 100 thousands electronic components per
chip?
(a) SSI
(b) MSI
(c) LSI
(d) VLSI
Answer:
(c)
20. Which
application program helps the user to change any number and immediately see the
result of that change?
(a) Desktop publishing program
(b) Database
(c) Spreadsheet
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(c)
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