Computer Knowledge #40 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE #40

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Computer Knowledge : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

1. Which statement is valid about interpreter?

(a) It translates one instruction at a time

(b) Object code is saved for future use

(c) Repeated interpretation is not necessary

(d) All of the above

Answer: (b)

2. Which of the following is easily reloctable language?

(a) Machine language

(b) Assembly language

(c) High level language

(d) Medium level language

Answer: (b)

3. Which of the following memories needs refresh?

(a) SRAM

(b) DRAM

(c) ROM

(d) All of the above

Answer: (b)

4. Through which device the main components of the computer communicate with each other?

(a) Keyboard

(b) System Bus

(c) Monitor

(d) Memory

Answer: (b)

5. What type of device is computer keyboard?

(a) Memory

(b) Output

(c) Storage

(d) Input

Answer: (d)

6. Which is the limitation of high level language?

(a) Lower efficiency

(b) Machine dependence

(c) Machine level coding

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

7. Which of the following can be an example of a digital device?

(a) Digital clock

(b) Automobile speed meter

(c) Clock with a dial and two hands

(d) All of the above

Answer: (a)

8. Which of the following is not true?

(a) Transistors are much smaller

(b) Transistors produce low heat

(c) Transistors were less reliable

(d) Transistors were used in radios and other electronic devices

Answer: (c)

9. Which of the following is a characteristic of card systems?

(a) Slowness in processing data

(b) Using cards as records of transactions

(c) Needing a larger DP staff

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

10. What is the full form of EEPROM?

(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: (a)

11. The original ASCII code used ………. bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking.

(a) 5

(b) 6

(c) 7

(d) 8

Answer: (c)

12. A computer programmer ...............

(a) does all the thinking for a computer

(b) can enter input data quickly

(c) can operate all types of computer equipments

(d) can draw only flowchart

Answer: (a)

13. Fifth generation computer is also known as ……………

(a) knowledge information processing system

(b) very large scale integration (VLSI)

(c) Both of the above

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

14. What is called the commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system?

(a) ASCII

(b) EBCDIC

(c) BCD

(d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

15. Which of the following have low failure rate?

(a) Mechanical devices

(b) Electronic devices

(c) Electro-mechanical devices

(d) None of the above

Answer: (b)

16. A typical personal computer used for business purposes would have ………… of RAM.

(a) 4 KB

(b) 16 K

(c) 64 K

(d) 256 K

Answer: (d)

17. The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage element called ……………

(a) Semiconductor memory

(b) Registers

(c) Hard disks

(d) Magnetic disk

Answer: (b)

18. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage?

(a) Analytical Engine

(b) Arithmetic Machine

(c) Donald Kunth

(d) All of the above

Answer: (a)

19. The processing speed of first generation computers was ……………

(a) milliseconds

(b) microseconds

(c) nanoseconds

(d) picoseconds

Answer: (a)

20. Model 5100 was …………… in 1957.

(a) the first PC built by IBM

(b) the first PC built by Apple

(c) the first PC built by Motorola

(d) the first PC built by Intel

Answer: (a)

Post a Comment

0 Comments