Computer Awareness Questions on Hardware

1. Where would you find the letters QUERTY?
(1) Mouse
(2) Screen
(3) Numeric Keypad
(4) Keyboard
(5) None of these

2. How did the computer mouse get its name?
(1) It's cable looks like a tail
(2) Because it squeaks when moved
(3) It has ears
(4) Teeth outside mouth
(5) None of these

3. What are you most likely to use when playing
(1) Touch screen a computer game?
(2) Light pen
(3) notepad
(4) Joystick
(5) None of these

4. A digitising tablet can be used for?
(1) Tracing diagrams
(2) Printing letters
(3) Reading barcodes
(4) Playing
(5) None of these

5. Which of the following is a pointing device
(1) Hard disk .
(2) CD-ROM drive
(3) Touch screen used for computer input.
(4) RAM
(5) None of these

6. What does a light pen contain?
(1) Refillable ink
(2) Light sensitive elements
(3) Pencil lead
(4) Blue Ink
(5) None of these

7. What would be the best way to move around a 3D
environment?
(1) Use a tracker ball
(2) Use a keyboard.
(3) Use a space mouse
(4) Use Joystick
(5) None of these

8. What input device can be used for marking
(1) Optical mark reader
(2) Bar code reader
(3) Mouse a multiple choice test
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

9. What input device could tell you the price of
(1) Mouse a bar of chocolate?
(2) All of the above
(3) Optical mark reader
(4) Bar code reader
(5) None of these

10. Where would you find a magnetic strip?
(1) Speakers
(2) Credit card
(3) Smart card
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

11. Hard copy is a term used to describe...?
(1) Printed output
(2) Writing on a hard board
(3) Storing information on the hard disk
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

12. What do the abbreviations VAB stand for?
(1) Voice activated broadcasting
(2) Visual audio board
(3) Voice answer back
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

13. What are the individual dots which make up a picture on
the monitor screen called?
(1) Coloured spots
(2) All of the above
(3) Pixies
(4) Pixels
(5) None of these

14. A daisy wheel is a type of...?
(1) None of these
(2) Storage device
(3) Pointing device
(4) All of the above
(5) Printer

15. Factory production lines can be automated using...?
(1) Machine tools
(2) VDUs
(3) Plotters
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

16. An impact printer creates characters by using...?
(1) An inked ribbon and print head
(2) Electrically charged ink
(3) An ink pen
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

17. What would you NOT use with a flatbed plotter?
(1) A pen
(2) Eraser
(3) Paper
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

18. What would be the best way to move around a 3D
environment?
(1) Electrostatic plotters
(2) None of these
(3) Thermal printers
(4) All of the above
(5) Robots

19. What do you need for an ink jet printer?
(1) A drum
(2) A cartridge
(3) A ribbon
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

20. A laser printer does NOT use?
(1) A photo conductive drum
(2) A print head
(3) A laser beam
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

21. The amount of data that a disk may containis known as
the disk's...?
(1) Volume
(2) Size
(3) All of the above
(4) Storage capacity
(5) None of these

22. You can protect a floppy disk.
(1) Read
(2) Read and Write
(3) Write
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

23. Information on a hard disk is usually backed-up using
a..?
(1) CD-ROM
(2) Magnetic tape
(3) Floppy disk
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

24. Magnetic storage devices can represent binary 0 by the
absence of...?
(1) A magnetic field
(2) Magnetic tape
(3) Static electricity
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

25. Magnetic tape is a..?
(1) Random access medium
(2) A parallel access medium
(3) Serial access medium
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

26. Hard disks can have a storage capacity in the region
of...?
(1) 1Gb
(2) 1.44Mb
(3) 720K
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

27. Formatting a disk results in all the data being...?
(1) Saved to the disk
(2) Copied from the disk
(3) Deleted from the disk
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

28. Which storage device has the largest capacity in Mb's?
(1) A floppy disk
(2) A CD-ROM
(3) Magnetic tape storage
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

29. Which storage device cannot be erased?
(1) A CD-ROM
(2) None of these
(3) Magnetic tape storage
(4) All of the above-
(5) A floppy disk

30. Where should floppy disks be stored?
(1) By a sunny window
(2) In a drawer
(3) All of the above
(4) By magnet objects
(5) None of these

31. Who is accredited with developing the architecture of the
modern computer?
(1) Sir Clive Sinclair
(2) Bill Gates
(3) All of the above
(4) None of these
(5) John Von Neumann

32. Which bus carries information between processors
and peripherals?
(1) Autobus
(2) Data bus
(3) Address bus
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

33. Which bus controls the sequencing of read/write
operations?
(1) Control bus
(2) Address bus
(3) Data bus
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

34. The contents of these chips are lost when the computer
is switched off?
(1) RAM chips
(2) ROM chips
(3) DRAM chips
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

35. What are responsible for storing permanent data and
instructions?
(1) RAM chips
(2) All of the above
(3) DRAM chips
(4) ROM chips
(5) None of these

36. Which parts of the computer perform arithmetic
calculations?
(1) Registers
(2) ALU
(3) Logic bus
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

37. What are small high speed memory units used for
storing temporary results?
(1) All of the above
(2) Registers
(3) Control unit
(4) CPUs
(5) None of these

38. What maintains the status of the last operation carried
out by the ALU?
(1) Instruction pointer .
(2) Status register
(3) Accumulator
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

39. How many bits of information can each memory cell in a
computer chip hold?
(1) 8 bits
(2) 1 bit
(3) Obits
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

40. What type of computer chips are said to be volatile?
(1) ROM chips
(2) RAM chips
(3) DRAM
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these -

41. An example of an embedded system is ...?
(1) A CD-ROM
(2) A machine tool
(3) A calculator
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

42. Which computers use single chip processors?
(1) All of the above
(2) Parallel computers
(3) Cray computers
(4) Personal computers
(5) None of these

43. Travel agents use this computer system when reserving
flights.
(1) Supercomputer
(2) Mainframe computer
(3) Personal computer
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

44. Which computers are used in the weather forecasting
industry?
(1) Super computers
(2) Notebook computers
(3) Jon Von Neumann computers
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

45. Which computers are connected to many terminals and
can multitask?
(1) Minicomputers
(2) LEO 1 computers
(3) All of the above
(4) None of these
(5) Personal computers running MS-DOS

46. Vacuum tube based electronic computers are...?
(1) Second generation
(2) Hoover generation
(3) First generation
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

47. Which generation of computer was developed from
microchips?
(1) Third generation
(2) Second generation
(3) Fourth generation
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

48. Which generation of computer uses more than one
microprocessor?
(1) Second generation
(2) Third generation
(3) None of these
(4) All of the above
(5) Fifth generation

49. Which generation of computer developed using
integrated circuits?
(1) Second generation
(2) Fifth generation
(3) Thirtl generation
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

50. Which of these is actually a very basic computer?
(1) a toaster
(2) a stove
(3) a light bulb
(4) a calculator
(5) None of these

51. Imagine that a user has a WORD document open at a
workstation and that workstation is unexpectedly
disconnected from the school network and from the Internet.
Where should the user BEST save her work?
(1) USB key
(2) P drive
(3) None of these
(4) S drive
(5) H drive

52. Computer memory that temporarily stores information is
called the ____.
(1) RAM
(2) CPU
(3) ROM
(4) IBM
(5) None of these

53. The brain of the computer is called the _____.
(1) IBM
(2) ROM
(3) RAM
(4) CPU
(5) None of these

54. The operating system is also called the ______ between
the user and the computer.
(1) interrelate
(2) interface
(3) interference
(4) intermediate
(5) None of these

55. When installing a peripheral you also usually need to
install a _____ .
(1) port
(2) server
(3) driver
(4) password
(5) None of these

56. Computers use which of the following number systems
to store information?
(1) base 4
(2) base 2
(3) base8
(4) base 10
(5) None of these

57. A single binary digit is known as
(1) MB
(2) byte
(3) KB
(4) bit
(5) None of these

58. Internet Safety relates to__________.
(1) only those who buy products online
(2) only those who sign up for chat rooms
(3) only those who do their banking online
(4) everyone who uses a computer that can conned to the
Internet
(5) None of these

59. A file name extension for Word 2007 files is ___.
(1) .gif
(2) .txt
(3) .docx
(4) .exe
(5) None of these

60. A KB represents____bytes
(1) 8
(2) 1,000,000,000
(3) 1,000,000
(4) 1,000
(5) None of these

61. How many Bytes in a Megabyte (MB)?
(1) 1,000,000
(2) 1,024,000
(3) 1,048,576
(4) 1,000,024
(5) None of these

62. Which QBasic statement is W'-'rnost evil?
(1) PRINT
(2) LOCATE
(3) GOTO
(4) RANDOMIZE
(5) None of these

63. What does ALU stand for?
(1) Arithmetic Logic Unit
(2) Asymmetrical Localizing Unit
(3) Because his legs are in the way
(4) Awfully Long-winded Unionist
(5) None of these

64. How many pins on a standard DDR RAM Dimm?
(1) 64
(2) 256
(3) 168
(4) 184 '
(5) None of these

65. Which Platform(s) can a Pentium III Processor beused in?
(1) Socket 370 / Socket mPGA 370 / Slot 1
(2) Socket 462 / Slot A /Socket 8
(3) Socket 5 / Socket 7 /Socket 3
(4) Slotl/Slot A/Socket A
(5) None of these

67. If a computer is constantly rebooting itself, what is most
commonly the problem?
(1) Insufficient Power-Supply Unit
(2) Bad Sectors on Hard Drive
(3) Processor Overheating
(4) Defective/Bad Memory
(5) None of these

68. What does the company name 'AMD' stand for?
(1) Always Making Dough
(2) Advanced Micro Devices
(3) Alternating Micron Deficiencies
(4) A Mad Device
(5) None of these

69. How many pins does Ethernet use in the RJ-45
Connection?
(1) 3
(2) 2
(3) 6
(4) 4
(5) None of these

70. What does SSE stand for in Intel's SSE Technology?
(1) Sophisticated Software Enhancer
(2) Streaming Simmd Extensions
(3) Some Stupid Enhancer
(4) Simplistic Software Extensions
(5) None of these

73. Which does NOT belong to a Intel Pentium 4 Platform?
(1) DDRSDRAM
(2) EDO/Fast-Page Ram
(3) SDRAM
(4) Rambuss
(5) None of these

75. What Video Card is Best Suited for 3D Games?
(1) ATI 3D Charger
(2) nVidia GeForce 256 DDR
(3) ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
(4) 3DFX VooDoo 5
(5) None of these

76. What platform does the AMD K6 3+ Processor Belong to?
(1) Sockets
(2) Socket7
(3) Slot A
(4) Slotl
(5) None of these

77. What platform can the VIA/Cyri III Processor Be used in
jut c the following?
(1) Slot 1
(2) Socket A
(3) Slot A
(4) Socket 7
(5) None of these

78. What motherboard manufacturer is the most popular
out of the following?
(1) Abit
(2) AOpen
(3) IWill
(4) Asus
(5) None of these

79. What is the BEST ram solution for the Intel Pentium
4 Processor?
(1) SDRAM
(2) DDR SDRAM
(3) EDO/Fast Page Ram
(4) Rambuss
(5) None of these

80. How did the SHIFT key get it's name?
(1) From the Latin word for large, Shiftius, which v as the
first language ever used on acomouter.
(2) Because it shifts the ASC11 table by a value of 32.
(3) It was a carry-over from typewriters which had both
upper and lower case letters on each print head and used a
mechanical shifting of the print head to differentiate.
(4) <font color=red>(Bad pun alert!)</font color=red>
Because the Capitol is full of shifty characters.
(5) None of these

81. If an 8-bit integer has a maximum of 256 possible
values, what is the highest possible value of a 16 bit integer?
(1) 512
(2) 257
(3) 65536
(4) 65535
(5) None of these

82. What does BASIC stand for?
(1) Basically, it's just your basic computer language, so
they named it BASIC.
(2) Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
(3) Binary Analysis System Interpretation Commandset
(4) Byte Arranging Software for Improved Coding
(5) None of these

83. What does ASCII stand for? '
(1) Array of Simple Character Iteration Indices
(2) Another Stupid Character Identification Idea
(3) Alternate Source Code Image Improvement
(4) None of these
(5) American Standard Code for Information Interchange

84. The access method used for magnetic tape is_____
(1) Direct
(2) Random
(3) All of the above
(4)Sequential
(5) None of these

85. By .Processing we understand ____
(1) String manipulation only
(2) None of the above
(3) Processing string of only words
(4) Processing string of numbers and special symbols
(5) None of these

86. The difference between memory and storage is that the
memory is ___ and storage is ____
(1) Slow, fast
(2) Temporary, permanent
(3) Permanent, temporary
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

87. Which of the Following holds the ROM, CPU, RAM and
expansion cards "
(1) Hard disk
(2) Floppy disk
(3) All of the above
(4) Mother board
(5) None of these

(88) The language that the computer can understand and
execute is called ____
(1) System program
(2) Application software
(3) Machine language
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

89. Which of the following devices can be used to directly
input printed text
(1) MICR
(2) OMR
(3) OCR
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

90. A floppy disk contains
(1) Circular tracks only
(2) Both circular tracks and sectors
(3) Sectors only
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

91. CD-ROM is a
(1) Semiconductor memory
(2) None of these
(3) Magnetic memory
(4) All of the above
(5) Memory register

92. Actual execution of instructions in a computer takes
place in ,
(1) Control Unit
(2) ALU
(3) Storage unit
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

93. Which of the following is used as a primary storage
device
(1) Magnetic tape
(2) PROM
(3) Floppy disk
(4) None of these
(5) All of the above

94. Information retrieval is faster from
(1) Floppy disk
(2) Hard disk
(3) Magnetic tape
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

95. Operating system is
(1) A collection of software routines
(2) A collection of input-output devices
(3) A collection of hardware components
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

96. Operating system
(1) Provides a layered, user-friendly interface .
(2) Link a program with the subroutines it references
(3) Enables a programmer to draw a flowchart
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

97. Execution of two or more programs by a single CPU is
known as:
(1) Multiprocessing
(2) Time sharing
(3) Multiprogramming
(4) None of these
(5) All of these

98. Modem stands for
(1) A type of secondary memory
(2) Mainframe operating device memory
(3) Modulator demodulator
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

99. Typical data transfer rate in LAN are of the order of
(1) Kilo bits per sec
(2) Bits per sec
(3) Mega bits per sec
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

100. Ethernet uses
(1) Ring topology
(2) Bus topology
(3) Mesh topology
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

101. Wide area networks (WANs) always require
(1) None of these
(2) High speed processors
(3) Same type
(4) All of the above
(5) High bandwidth communication source link

102. Typical bandwidth of optical fibers is
(1) Order of GHz
(2) Order of KHz
(3) Order of Hz
(4) None of these
(5) All of the above

103. A large number of computers in a wide geographical
area can be efficiently connected by
(1) Twisted pair lines
(2) Coaxial cables
(3) All of the above
(4) None of these
(5) Communications satellites

104. Which of the following topologies is not of broadcast type?
(1) Star
(2) None of these
(3) Ring
(4) All of the above
(5) Bus

105. Bug means
(1) A difficult syntax error in a program
(2) Documenting programs using an efficient Documentation
too
(3) A logical error in a program
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

106.The part of machine level instruction, which tells the
central processor what was to be Done is
(1) Operation code
(2) Address
(3) All of the above
(4) Operand
(5) None of these

107. Indicate which , of the following is not true about 4GL.
(1) Many database management system packages support
4GLs
(2) 4GL does not support a high -level of screen interaction
(3) A 4GL is a software tool which is written, possibly, in
some third generation language
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

108. Indicate which of the following, best describes the term
"software"
(1) Systems programs only
(2) Application programs only
(3) All of the above
(4) Both (1) and (2)
(5) None of these

109. A translator is best described as
(1) A hardware component
(2) A system software
(3) An Application software
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

110. Indicate which of the following is not true about an
interpreter
(1) Interpreter analyses each source statement every
time it is to be executed
(2) Interpreter is a kind of translator
(3) Interpreter generates an object program from the
source program
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

111. The errors that can be pointed out by the compiler are
(1) All of the above
(2) Semantic errors
(3) Logical errors
(4) Syntax errors
(5) None of these

112. C is
(1) An assembly language
(2) A machine language
(3) A third generation high level language
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

113. A graph preapared by a computer
(1) is its output
(2) None of these
(3) is a hard copy
(4) all of the above
(5) is the piece of information to use

114. Which of the following does not represent on I/O device
(1) speaker which beeps
(2) ALU
(3) plotter
(4) joystick
(5) None of these

115. The communication line between the CPU, memory
and peripherals is called a
(1) all of these
(2) line
(3) media
(4) Bus
(5) None of these

116. Memories which can be read only are called..............
memories
(1) ROM
(2) RAM
(3) PROM
(4) EPROM
(5) None of these

117. Example of non-numerical data is
(1) All of the above
(2) Examination score
(3) Bank balance
(4) Employee address
(5) None of these

118. One thousand byte; opresenta
(1) Megabyte
(2) Gigabyte
(3) None of these
(4) All of the above
(5) Kilobyte

119. The language that the computer . can understand and
execute is called
(1) Application software
(2) Machine language
(3) System program
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

120. A step by step procedure used to solve a problem is
called
(1) Operating system
(2) None of these
(3) Application Program
(4) All of the above
(5) Algorithm

121. Which of the following holds the ROM, CPU, RAM and
expansion cards
(1 ) Mother board
(2) Cache memory
(3) Hard disk
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these

122. The errors that can be pointed out by the compiler are
(1) Logical errors
(2) Semantic errors
(3) Syntax errors
(4) All of the above
5) None of these

123. A computer cannot "boot" if it does not have the
(1) Compiler
(2) Loader
(3) None of these
(4) Assembler
(5) Operating system

124. WAN hardware includes
(1) EOF
(2) Bridger and modems
(3) Multiplexors and routers
(4) All of above
(5) None of these

125.Third generation computers
(1) Were the first to use built-in error detecting device
(2) Used transistors instead of vaccum tubes
(3) Were the first to use neural network
(4) None of these
(5) All of the above

126. A Winchester disk is a
(1) None of these
(2) Removable disk
(3) Flexible disk
(4) All of the above
(5) Disk stack

127. A computer can be defined as an electronic device that
can be(choose the most precise definition):
(1) carry out arithmetical operation
(2) accept and process data using a set of stored instructions
(3) carry out logical function
(4) present information on.a VDU
(5) None of these

128. The Central Processing Unit:
(1) is operated from the control panel.
(2) is controlled by the input data entering the system
(3) controls all input, output and processing.
(4) controls the auxiliary storage unit
(5) None of these

129.Computer follows a simple principle called GIGO which
means:
(1) garbage in garbage out
(2) garbage input good output
(3) great instructions great output
(4) good input good output.
(5) None of these

130. The term 'baud' is a measure of the:
(1) memory capacity
(2) speed at which data travels over the communication line
(3) instruction execution time
(4) all of the above
(5) None of these

131. A bootstrap is:
(1) a memory device
(2) a device to support the computer
(3) an error correction technique
(4) a small initialisation program to start up a computer
(5) None of these

132.Which of the following is not hardware:
(1) Magnetic tape
(2) Printer
(3) Assembler
(4) VDU terminal
(5) None of these

133. Pick out the wrong definition :
(1) EDP- acronym for Electronic Data Processing
(2) COBOL-a language used for business data processing
(3) Control unit - heart of a computer.
(4) None of these
(5) Access time-time needed to access the output

134. Terminal is a:
(1) point at which data enters or leaves the computer
(2) device to give power supply to computer
(3) the last instruction in a program
(4) any input /output device.
(5) None of these

135. Multiple choice examination answer sheets can be
evaluated automically by
(1) Optical Character Reader
(2) Optical Mark Reader
(3) Magnetic tape reader
(4) Magnetic ink character reader.
(5) None of these

136. An operating system
(1) is not required on large computers
(2) is always supplied with the copmuter
(3) consists of programs that help in the operation of
computer.
(4) is always supplied with the BASIC
(5) None of these

137. Which of the following would cause quickest acess
(1) direct access from a magnetic tape
(2) direct access from a cassette tape
(3) direct access from a floppy disk
(4) direct access from a hard disk
(5) None of these

138. The process of retaining data for future use is called
(1) reading
(2) storing
(3) writing
(4) coding
(5) None of these

139. A file is corrected immediately after the input of a transaction.
This is an example of
(1) on-line updating
(2) batching
(3) sorting
(4) off-line updating
(5) None of these

140. Magnetic tapes are good storage media for
(1) backup and low volume data
(2) None of these
(3) storing original but low volume data
(4) storing original but high volume data
(5) backup and high volume data

141.Which of the following is a computercode
(1) EPROM
(2) JAVA
(3) All of the above
(4) EBCDIC
(5) None of these

142. Data is generally coded in 8-bit units, such a unit is also
called
(1) k
(2) byte
(3) field
(4) Word
(5) None of these

143. Half adder is logic CKT that adds. .........Digit at a time
(1) three
(2) one
(3) Two
(4) zero
(5) None of these

147. In 1st Complement a number which is Subtracted from
other number is known as..........
(1) Carry
(2) subtrahend
(3) All of this
(4) minuend
(5) None of these

148. In a 2nd Complement a number which is subtracted
from other number is known as...........
(1) Carry
(2) Minuend
(3) Subtrahend
(4) All of this
(5) None of these

149. In 2nd Complement a number which is subtracted from
other number is known as.............
(1) Minuend
(2) Subtrahend
(3) Carry
(4) All of this
(5) None of these

156...........Are used for converting one type of number
system in to other form.
(1) half adder
(2) logic gate
(3) Encoder
(4) FA
(5) None of these
157.......... Are used for converting one type of number
system in to the other form
(1) logic gate
(2) Decoder
(3) half adder
(4) Full adder
(5) None of these

158. Multiplexer means.................
(1) One in to many
(2) All of these
(3) many in to many
(4) many in to one
(5) None of these

159. Multiplexers is also known as.
(1) adder
(2) demux
(3) mux
(4) subtracter
(5) None of these

160. ASCII code isa......... bit code.
(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 9
(4) 8
(5) 7

162.The decimal number is converted in to excess 3
codes by adding, to each decimal digit.
(1) 4
(2) 8
(3) 3
(4) 2
(5) 7

163. 110+110=............
(1) 3
(2) 0
(3) 1
(4) 2
(5) None of these

164. 12+12=...........
(1) 1
(2) 0
(3) 2
(4) 3
(5) None of these

165.The digital system usually operated on.........system.
(1) decimal
(2) binary
(3) octal
(4) hexadecimal
(5) None of these

166. The binary system use powers of..........for positional
values.
(1) 16
(2) 10
(3) 8
(4) 2

167. After counting 0, 1, 10, 11, 'the next binary number is
(1) 100
(2) 12
(3) 101
(4) 110
(5) None of these

170. In logic algebra, variables can assume only two
values:either..........or 1.
(1) 2
(2) 4
(3) 3
(4) 0
(5) None of these

171. A logic gate is an electronic circuit which
(1) None of these
(2) allows electron flow only in one direction
(3) works on binary algebra
(4) alternates between 0&1 values
(5) makes logic decisions

172. In positive logic, logic gate 1 corresponds to
(1) positive voltage
(2) zero voltage level
(3) higher voltage level
(4) lower voltage level
(5) None of these

173. In negative logic, the logic state 1 corresponds to
(1) lower voltage level
(2) negative logic
(3) zero voltage
(4) more negative voltage
(5) None of these

175. An X-OR gate produces an output only when it's two
inputs are
(1) high
(2) low
(3) None of these
(4) same
(5) different

176. An AND gate
(1) is equivalent to a series switching circuit
(2) implements logic addition
(3) is an any-or-all gate
(4) is equivalent to a parallel switching circuit
(5) None of these

178. The only function of a NOT gate is to
(1) stop a signal
(2) recomplement a signal
(3) act as a universal set
(4) invert an input signal
(5) None of these

179. A NOR gate is ON only when all it's inputs are
(1) OFF
(2) positive
(3) higb
(4) ON
(5) None of these

181.Karnaugh map (K-map) technique provides a systematic
method for simplifying ———
(1) multiplexers
(2) logic gates
(3) All of these
(4) None of these
(5) Boolean expressions

184. A octal is group of —— 1's
(1) 2
(2) 6
(3) 8
(4) 4
(5) None of these

187. A Register is a group of — —
(1) Flip-flops
(2) OR & AND gate
(3) OR gates
(4) All of these
(5) None of these

192.The First Microprocessor was ______
(1) 8080
(2) Intel 4004
(3) 8085
(4) 4008
(5) None of these

193. 8085 was introduced in ___
(1) 1971
(2) 1972
(3) 1976
(4) 1978
(5) None of these

194. In 1978 Intel introduced the 16 bit Microprocessor 8086
now called as_____
(1) APX80
(2) M6800
(3) ZylogzSOOO
(4) Intel 8086
(5) None of these

195.Which is a 8 bit Microprocessor ______
(1) Intel 4040
(2) Motorala MC-6801
(3) Pentium-I
(4) 8088
(5) None of these

196. Pentium-l, Pentium-ll, Pentium III and Pentium-IV are
recently introduced microprocessor by______
(1) Motorala
(2) None
(3) Stephen Mors
(4) Intel
(5) None of these

197. The address bus flow in ____
(1) unidirection k
(2) bidirection
(3). Mulidirection
(4) Circular
(5) None of these

198. Status register is also called as _______
(1) Accumulator
(2) None of these
(3) Counter
(4) Stack
(5) flags
203. The First electronic computer was completed in ___ .
(1) 1941 (2) 1938 (3) 1946
(4) 1950 (5) None of these
204. The First Generation of computer appeared during the
period __ .
(1) 1937 to 1949
(2) 1964 to 1974
(3) 1934 to 1944
(4) 1945 to 1954
(5) None of these
205.The Second Generation of computers used ___
(1) Transistors
(2) IC-Chip
(3) Vaccum tubes
(4) Microprocessor chip
(5) None of these
206. The fourth Generation began in________
(1) 1974
(2) 1965
(3) 1935
(4) 1975
(5) None of these
207. ____is used .to create Large program on internet
(1) C++
(2) HTML
(3) Java script
(4) C language
(5) None of these
208.The Device which converts instructions into the binary
form that is understood by the computer and supply to the
computer is known as___.
(1) Memory
(2) Output
(3) Automatic
(4) Input
(5) None of these
209. Laptop PCs are also known as ___Computers
(1) Mainframe (2) Super
(3) Notebook
(4) personal
(5) None of these

210. The symbol is used to indicate a point at which decision
has to be made __ .
(1) decision
(2) Connector
(3) processing
(4) Terminal
(5) None of these
211 . Windows 98 is ____________
(1) Graphics System
(2) None of these
(3) Drawing system
(4) Processing system
(5) Operating System
212. A common topology to any network is _ __ topology
(1) Star (2) Bus
(3) Tree (4) Ring
(5) None of these
213. A flip flop has ____ stable status
(1) Two (2) five
(3) four (4) Three
(5) None of these
214. Flip flop is also called as _____
(1) Stable (2) Tri stable
(3) bistable
(4) not stable
(5) None of these
215. The number system that we use in our day to day life is
called the Number System __ .
(1) Octal (2) Decimal
(3) hexadecimal
(4) Binary
(5) None of these
216.The Binary system has base ___ .
(1) 2 (2) 8
(3) 10 (4) 16
(5) None of these
217. The Octal Number system has base ______
(1) 2 (2) 10
(3) 10 (4) 8
(5) None of these
218. The Decimal Number system has base ___ .
(1) 8 (2) 10
(3) 16 (4) 2
(5) None of these
219.The Hexadecimal Number system has base_.
(1) 2 (2) 10
(3) None of these
(4) 8 (5) 16
225. Hexadecimal number system has ..... symbols.
(1) 16 (2) 12
(3) 15 (4) 10
(5) None of these
226.Octal number system has ..... symbols.
(1) 15 (2) 16
(3) 10 (4) 8
(5) None of these
227. Binary number system has ..... symbols.
(1) 15 (2) 2
(3) 16 (4) 10
(5) None qtthese
228. Decimal n/mber system has ..... symljfls.
(1) 15 (2) 16
(3) 10 (4) 2
(5) None of these
237. The binary equivalent of (64)10 , is :
(1) 11000000 (2) 1100000
(3) 1100010 I (4) 1000000
(5) None of these
238. The two kinds of main memory are:
(1) ROM and RAM
(2) Random and sequential
(3) Primary and secondary
(4) All of above
(5) None of these
239.Which of the following will happen when data is entered
into a memory location?
(1) It will add to the content of the location
(2) It will erase the previous content
(3) It will change the address of the memory location
(4) It will not be fruitful if there is already some data at the
location
(5) None of these
240. A storage area used to store data to a compensate
for the difference in speed at which the different units can
handle data is
(1) Buffer (2) Memory
(3) Accumulator
(4) Address
(5) None of these
241. To locate a data item for storage is
(1) Field (2) Feed
(3) Fetch (4) Database
(5) None of these
242.Time during which a job is processed by the computer is
(1) Delay times (2) Execution time
(3) Real time
(4) Down time
(5) None of these
243. A directly accessible appointment calendar is feature of
a ... resident package
(1) CPU (2) ALU
(3) Buffer (4) Memory
(5) None of these
244. The term gigabyte refers to
(1) 1 024 megabytes
(2) 1 024 kilobytes
(3) 1024 bytes
(4) 1 024 gigabyte
(5) None of these
245. Which of the following processors use RISC
technology?
(1) 486dx (2) 486SX
(3) PowerPC (4) 6340
(5) None of these
247. The two major types of computer chips are
(1) External memory chip
(2) Primary memory chip
(3) Microprocessor chip
(4) None of these
(5) Both 2 and 3
248. As compared to the secondary memory, the primary
memory of a computer is
(1) Large (2) Cheap
(3) Slow (4) Fast
(5) None of these
249. Which of the following is a way to access secondary
memory?
(1) Action method
(2) Transfer method
(3) Density method
(4) None of these
(5) Random access memory .
250. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous
read and write operations?
(1) ROM (2) EPROM
(3) RAM
(4) None of above
(5) None of these .
251. Which of the following memories has the shortest
access times?
(1) Magnetic bubble memory
(2) Cache memory
(3) Magnetic core memory
(4) RAM
(5) None of these

253. A set.of information that defines the status of resources
allocated to a process is
(1) Process control
(2) ALU
(3) Register Unit
(4) None of these
(5) Process description
254.Any method for controlling access to or use of memory
is known
(1) Memory map
(2) None of these
(3) Memory management
(4) Memory instruction
(5) Memory protection
255. A type of core store that has a lower access time than
the de-vices used for working store in the same
processor is known as
(1) Core memory
(2) Address register
(3) Fast core
(4) Buffer
(5) None of these
257. A disk storage medium in the form of an assembly
contain-ing a single rigid magnetic disk permanently is
(1) Fixed disk
(2) Card reader
(3) Card punch
(4) Disk cartridge
(5) None of these
258. A memory that is capable of determining whether a
given da-tum is contained in one of its address is
(1) ROM
(2) CAM
(3) PROM
(4) RAM
(5) None of these
259. A method of implementing a memory management
system is
(1) All of the above
(2) Bridgeware
(3) Broadband coaxial system
(4) Buddy system
(5) None of these
260. A plastic card similar to a credit card but having some
memory and a microprocessor embedded within it is
(1) Chip card
(2) Card punch
(3) Magnetic tape
(4) None of these
(5) Punched paper tape
261. The use of spooler programs and/or .........Hardware
allows personal computer operators to do the processing
work at the same time a printing operation is in progress
(1) Registered mails .
(2) Buffer
(3) CPU
(4) Memory
(5) None of these
262.Which chips using special ex-ternal equipment can
reprogram
(1) PROM (2) ROM
(3) SAM (4) RAM
(5) None of these
263. Interface electronic circuit is used to interconnect I/O
de-vices to a computer's CPU or
(1) ALU (2) Register
(3) Buffer (4) Memory
(5) None of these
264. Which term is used to describe RAM?
(1) Dynamic RAM (DRAM)
(2) Static RAM (SRAM)
(3) Videc RAM (VRAM)
(4) None of these
(5) All of the above
265. Which is the type of memory for information that does
not change on your computer?
(1) ROM
(2) RAM
(3) ERAM
(4) RW/RAM
(5) None of these
266. A typical personal computer used for business purposes
would have... of RAM.
(1) 4KB (2) 256 K
(3) 64 K (4) 16 K
(5) None of these
267.Which computer memory is used for storing programs
and data currently being processed by the CPU?
(1) Mass memory
(2) None of these
(3) Non-volatile memory
(4) PROM
(5) Internal memory
268.Which of the following is a sec-ondary memory device?
(1) Disk
(2) Keyboard
(3) ALU
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these
269. The difference between memory and storage is that
memory is ......and storage is...
(1) Permanent, temporary ..
(2) Temporary, permanent
(3) Slow, fast
(4) All of above
(5) None of these
270. Which of the following regis-ters is used to keep track of
address of the memory location where the next instruc-tion is
located?
(1) Memory address register
(2) Memory data register
(3) Instruction register
(4) None of these
(5) Program counter
271. How many'address lines are needed to address each
memory location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?
(1) 10 (2) 12
(3) 8 (4) 11
(5) None of these
272.The memory which is pro-grammed at the time it
is manufactured
(1) PROM (2) RAM
(3) POM (4) EPROM
(5) None of these
273. Registers, which are partially visible to users and used
to hold conditional, are known as
(1) PC
(2) General purpose register
(3) Memory address registers
(4) Flags
(5) None of these
274. The two basic types of record access methods are:
(1) Online and real time
(2) Sequential and indexed
(3) Direct and immediate
(4) Sequential and random
(5) None of these
275.Which of the following memo-ries needs refresh?
(1) DRAM (2) SRAM
(3) ROM (4) All of above
(5) None of these
276. Access time is
(1) seek time
(2) seek time + latency time
(3) seek time - latency time
(4) latency time
(5) None of these

277. Seek time is
(1) time to position the head over proper cylinder
(2) time to position the head over proper sector
(3) time to position the head over proper track
(4) none of above
(5) None of these
278.A name or number used to identify a storage location
devices?
(1) A byte (2) A record
(3) All of above (4) An address
(5) None of these
279. Which of the following regis-ters is loaded with the contents
of the memory location pointed by the PC?
(1) Memory address registers
(2) Instruction register
(3) Memory data registers
(4) Program counter
(5) None of these
280. Codes consisting of bars or lines of varying widths or
lengths that are computer-readable are known as—
(1) an ASCII code
(2) a magnetic tape
(3) a bar code
(4) an OCR scanner
(5) None of these
281. A __ represents approximately one billion memory
location.
(1) kilobyte (2) gigabyte
(3) megabyte (4) terabyte
(5) None of these
282. In a database ___ fields store numbers used to
perform calculation.
(1) Next (2) Key
(3) Alphanumeric
(4) None of these
(5) Numeric
283. A (n)_ is a program that makes the computer easier to
use.
(1) Operating system
(2) Application
(3) Network
(4) Utility
(5) None of these
284. Storage that retains its data after the power is turned off
is referred to as
(1) non-volatile storage
(2) volatile storage
(3) sequential storage
(4) direct storage
(5) None of these
285. Which of the following is the largest unit of storage ?
(1) KB (2) GB
(3) MB (4) TB
(5) None of these 286.
286. The person contributing the idea of the stored program
was
(1) Daniel Thomas
(2) Charles Babbage
(3) Howard Aiken
(4) John Neumann
(5) Dennis Ritenie.
287. Which of the following refers to the memory in your
computer?
(1) USB (2) DSL
(3) RAM (4) LAN
(5) CPU



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1.(4) 2.(1) 3-(4) 4.(1)
5-(3) 6-(2) 7-(3) 8.(1)
9-(4) 10.(2) 11. (1) 12.(3)
13.(4) 14.(5) 15.(2) 16.(1)
17-(3) 18.(5) 19.(2) 20.(1)
21. (4) 22.(3) 23.(1) 24.(2)
25.(3) 26.(1) 27.(3) 28.(2)
29.(5) 30-(2) 31 .(5) 32.(2)
33.(1) 34.(1) 35-(4) 36.(2) .
37.(4) 38.(3) 39.(1) 40.(2)
41. (3) 42.(4) 43.(3) 44.(1)
45.(5) 46.(3) 47.(1) 48.(5)
49.(3) 50.(4) 51.(5) 52.{1)
53.(4) 54,(2) 55.(3) 56.(2)
57.(4) 58. (2) 59.(3) 60.(4)
61. (2) 62. (3) 63.(1) 64.(4)
65.(1) 66.(5) 67.(1) 68.(2)
69.(4) 70.{2) 71 .(3) 72.(1)
73-(2) 74.(4) 75.(3) 76.(2)
77.J1) 78.(4) 79.(1) 80.(3)
81 .(4) 82.(2) 83.(5) 84.(4)
85,(3) 86.(2) 87.(4) 88.(3)
89.(1) 90.(2) 91 .(5) 93.(1)
93.(4) 94.(2) 95.(1) 96.(2)
97.(4) 98.(3) 99.(1) 100.(2)
101 .(5) 102.(4) 103.(5) 104.(2)
105.(3) 10G.(4) 107.(2) 108.(4)
109.(3) 110.(1) 111- (4) 112.(3)
113.(5) 114,{2) 115.(4) 116.(1)
117.(4) 118.(5) 119.(2) 120.(5)
121.(1) 122.(3) 123.(5) 124.(3)
125.(4) 12G.(5) 127 .(2) 128.(3)
129.(1) 130.(2) 131 .(4) 132.(3)
133.(5) 134.(1) 135.(2) 136.(3)
137.(4) 138.(2) 139.(1) 140.(5)
141 .(4) 142.(2) 143.(3) 144.(5)
145.(1) 146.(3) 147.(4) 148.(3)
149.(1) 150~(3) 151 .(2) 152.(2)
153.(1) 154.(4) 155.(2) 156.(3)
157 .(2) 158.(4) 159.(3) 160.(5
161 .(2) 162.(3) 163.(4) 164.(1)
165.(2) 166.(4) 167-(1) 168,(2)
169.(3) 170.(4) 171 .(5) 172.(3)
173.(1) 174.{2) 175.(5) 176.(1)
177.(3) 178.(4) 179.(1) 180.(4)
181 .(5) 182.(2) 183.(1) 184.(3)
185.(2) 186.(4) 187.(1) 188.(3)
189.(3) 190.(1) 191 ,(4) 192.{2)
193.(3) 194.(1) 195.(2) 196.(4)
197.(1) 198.(5) 199.(4) 200.(2)
201 .(3) 202.(4) 203.(3) 204.(4)
205.{1) 206.(2) 207.(3) 208.(4)
209.(3) 210.(1) 211. (5) 212.(1)
213.(4) 214.(3) 215.(2) 216.{1)
217.(4) 218.(2) 219.(5) 220.(3)
221 .(1) 222.(2) 223.(3) 224.(4)
225.(1) 226.(4) 227.(2) 228.(3)
229.(5) 230.(1) 231 .(2) 232.(4)
233.(5) 234.(1) 235.(3) 236.(2)
237.(4) 238.(1) 239.(2) 240.(1)
241 .(3) 242.(2) 243.(4) 244.(1)
245.(3) 246.(4) 247.(5) 248.(4)
249.(5) 250.(3) 251.(2) 252.(1)
253.(5) 254.(5) 255.(2) 256.(1)
257.(4) 258.(2) 259.(4) 260-(5)
261 .(2) 262.(1) 263;(4) 264.(5)
265.(1 266.(2) 267.(5) 268.(1)
269.(2) 270.(5) 271 .(4) 272.(3)
273.(2) 274.(4) 275.(1) 276. (2)
277.(3) 278.(4) 279.(2) 280. (3)
281. (2) 282.(5) 283.(4) 284.(1)
285. (2) 286. (4) 287. (3)