COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE #36
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which
of the following memories needs refreshing?
(a) SRAM
(b) DRAM
(c) ROM
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(b)
2. Can
you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?
(a) Data
(b) Bytes
(c) Graphics
(d) Pictures
Answer:
(a)
3. `Which
of the following is an output device that uses words or messages recorded on a
magnetic medium to produce audio response?
(a) Magnetic tape
(b) Voice response unit
(c) Voice recognition unit
(d) Voice band
Answer:
(b)
4. Which
of the items below are considered removable storage media?
(a) Removable hard disk cartridges
(b) Magneto-optical disk
(c) Flexible disks cartridges
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d)
5. Which
of the following is not purely output device?
(a) Screen
(b) Printer
(c) Speaker
(d) Plotter
Answer:
(a)
6. Who
developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract,
multiple, divide and find square roots?
(a) Napier
(b) Babbage
(c) Pascal
(d) Leibniz
Answer:
(d)
7. The
first Macintosh computer was from which of the following?
(a) First generation
(b) Second generation
(c) Third generation
(d) Fourth generation
Answer:
(d)
8. Which
of the following is not a form of data?
(a) Numbers and characters
(b) Images
(c) Sound
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(d)
9. Which
is not a computer classification?
(a) Mainframe
(b) Maxframe
(c) Mini
(d) Notebook
Answer:
(b)
10. The
control unit of a microprocessor ……………
(a) stores data in the memory
(b) accepts input data from keyboard
(c) performs arithmetic/logic function
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(d)
11. Which
of the following is internal memory?
(a) Disks
(b) Pen Drives
(c) RAM
(d) CDs
Answer:
(c)
12. Which
operation is not performed by computer?
(a) Inputting
(b) Processing
(c) Controlling
(d) Understanding
Answer:
(d)
13. Floppy
disks made from flexible plastic material are also called which of the
following?
(a) Hard disks
(b) High-density disks
(c) Diskettes
(d) Templates
Answer:
(c)
14. The
magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile direct access storage of
data and that have no moving parts are known as which of the following?
(a) Magnetic core memory
(b) Magnetic tape memory
(c) Magnetic disk memory
(d) Magnetic bubble memory
Answer:
(d)
15. A
collection of related instructions organized for a common purpose is referred
to as which of the following?
(a) File
(b) Database
(c) Program
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(c)
16. Plotter
accuracy is measured in terms of repeatability and which of the following?
(a) Buffer size
(b) Resolution
(c) Vertical dimensions
(d) Intelligence
Answer:
(b)
17. Computer
instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine
code is called which of the following?
(a) Mnemonics
(b) Symbolic code
(c) Gray codes
(d) Opcode
Answer:
(b)
18. Which
language is directly understood by the computer without translation program?
(a) Machine language
(b) Assembly language
(c) High level language
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a)
19. On
which aspect the analog computers are better than digital?
(a) Speed
(b) Accuracy
(c) Reliability
(d) Automatic
Answer:
(b)
20. Which
of the following processors use RISC technology?
(a) 486dx
(b) Power PC
(c) 486sx
(d) 6340
Answer:
(b)
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