Computer Questions :

1.    Full form of TCP is:

(1) Transmission Control Protocol

(2) Total Control Protocol

(3) Transmission Control Program

(4) Totaling Control Program

(5) None of these

2.    __ provides a common address space and routes the packets of data across the entire internet?

(1) IP                               

(2) TCP

(3) UDP                          

(4) ALU

(5) None of these

3.    Cyberspace is being governed by a system of law and regulation called?

(1) Civil Law                   

(2) Criminal Law

(3) Electronic Law                      

(4) Cyber Law

(5) Cyber Authority

4.    To move to the beginning of a line of text, press __key?

(1) Home                          

(2) Ctrl

(3) Space                         

(4) Enter

(5) None of these

5.    What menu is selected to change the font and style?

(1) Tools                           

(2) File

(3) Format                        

(4) Edit

(5) None of these

6.    The process of starting the computer and loading of operating system programs for execution is known as

(1) initialization                

(2) retrieving

(3) loading                                   

(4) searching

(5) booting

7.    Primary memory is used by the:

(1) user                           

(2) input device

(3) CPU                          

(4) all of these

(5) None of these

8.    In a disk, each block of data is written into -

(1) one sector                 

(2) three sector

(3) Two sectors              

(4) Two or more sectors

(5) either two or three sectors:

9.    The Pentium processor contains-

(1) tens of thousands of transistors

(2) hundred thousands of transistors

(3) thousands of transistors

(4) several millions of transistors

(5) hundred transistors

10.  __ was the precursor to internet as we know it today?

(1) ARPANET                

(2) USENET

(3) TELNET                                

(4) DBMS

(5) None of these

 

11.  Which of the following is not an operating system?

(1) DOS                          

(2) Oracle

(3) Linux                         

(4) Windows

(5) None of these

12.  In word, what combination of keys do you press to delete an entire word?

(1) Ctrl + del                   

(2) Alt + del

(3) Shift + Backspace    

(4) Shift + Alt + del

(5) None of these

13.  Hardware that adds two numbers is:

(1) the control unit          

(2) an internal CPU register

(3) Arithmetic Logic Unit 

(4) Browser

(5) None of these

14.  A small amount of memory included in the processor for high speed access id called-

(1) Register                     

(2) Cache

(3) RAM                          

(4) ROM

(5) None of these

15.  A byte represents a group of:

(1) 10 bits                         (2) 40 bits

(3) 16 bits                         (4) 18 bits

(5) 8 bits

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

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


9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

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./Mouse
(4) RAM 
(5) None of these

6. What does a light pen contain?
(1) Refillableink
(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

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

1). A central computer that holds collections of data and programs for many PCs, workstations, and other computer is a ____________.

a) Supercomputer

b) minicomputer

c) laptop

d) server

e) None of these

2). To insert a copy of the clipboard contents, _____________ whatever was last cut or copied at the insertion point.

a) paste

b) stick in

c) fit in

d) push in

e) None of these

3). Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code called EBCDIC? 

a) Minicomputers 

b) Microcomputers 

c) Mainframe computers 

d) Super computer

e) None of the above

4). A special, high-speed storage area within the CPU in which all data must be represented before it can be processed is called?

a) BIOS

b) Cache

c) RAM

d) Register

e) None of these

5). To send another station a message, the main thing a user has to know is ______.

a) Whether this is a voice or data network

b) The other station’s address

c) How the network works

d) Whether the network is packet-switched or circuit-switched

e) None of these

6). The method of Internet access that requires a phone line, but offers faster access speeds than dial-up is the _______ connection

a) fibre-optic service

b) satellite access

c) cable access

d) digital subscriber line (DSL)

e) modem

7). Name the software which creates a mirror image of the entire hard disk, including the operating system, applications, files, and data?

a) Utility programs

b) Operating system

c) Backup software

d) Driver imagining

e) None of these

8). The first UNIX operating system was written in the which of the following language?

a) Assembly Language

b) C Language

c) JAVA

d) B Language

e) None of these

9). Graphical devices which are widely used to represent the graphic on screen are

a) CRT

b) Flat panel

c) Touch Screen 

d) All of the above

e) None of these

10). The ATTRIB command will

a) set or remove the Read-Only, Archive, System and Hidden attributes

b) define the data files search path that DOS will use each time it fails to locate in the current directory.

c) instruct DOS to route disk drive references from one disk to another

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

11). Which among the following are the best tools for the fixing errors on disks?

a) CHKDSK

b) FIXDSK

c) FDISK

d) SCANDISK

e) None of the above

12). Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU? 

a) Mass memory 

b) Internal memory 

c) Non-volatile memory 

d) PROM

e) None of the above

13). In a punched card system, data is processed by a 

a) Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine 

b) Accounting machine, posting machine, and billing machine 

c) Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine 

d) Accounting machine, keypunch machine and sorter

e) None of the above

14). CAD stands for 

a) Computer aided design 

b) Computer algorithm for design 

c) Computer application in design 

d) Computer aided for design

e) All of the above

15). Which of the following is not a feature of first generation computers 

a) They used vacuum tubes or valves as main electronic component 

b) They consumed lots of electricity and produced excessive heat 

c) They used machine language and assembly language to program the machine 

d) All of the above

e) None of above

1). A central computer that holds collections of data and programs for many PCs, workstations, and other computer is a ____________.

a) Supercomputer

b) minicomputer

c) laptop

d) server

e) None of these

2). To insert a copy of the clipboard contents, _____________ whatever was last cut or copied at the insertion point.

a) paste

b) stick in

c) fit in

d) push in

e) None of these

3). Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code called EBCDIC? 

a) Minicomputers 

b) Microcomputers 

c) Mainframe computers 

d) Super computer

e) None of the above

4). A special, high-speed storage area within the CPU in which all data must be represented before it can be processed is called?

a) BIOS

b) Cache

c) RAM

d) Register

e) None of these

5). To send another station a message, the main thing a user has to know is ______.

a) Whether this is a voice or data network

b) The other station’s address

c) How the network works

d) Whether the network is packet-switched or circuit-switched

e) None of these

6). The method of Internet access that requires a phone line, but offers faster access speeds than dial-up is the _______ connection

a) fibre-optic service

b) satellite access

c) cable access

d) digital subscriber line (DSL)

e) modem

7). Name the software which creates a mirror image of the entire hard disk, including the operating system, applications, files, and data?

a) Utility programs

b) Operating system

c) Backup software

d) Driver imagining

e) None of these

8). The first UNIX operating system was written in the which of the following language?

a) Assembly Language

b) C Language

c) JAVA

d) B Language

e) None of these

9). Graphical devices which are widely used to represent the graphic on screen are

a) CRT

b) Flat panel

c) Touch Screen 

d) All of the above

e) None of these

10). The ATTRIB command will

a) set or remove the Read-Only, Archive, System and Hidden attributes

b) define the data files search path that DOS will use each time it fails to locate in the current directory.

c) instruct DOS to route disk drive references from one disk to another

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

11). Which among the following are the best tools for the fixing errors on disks?

a) CHKDSK

b) FIXDSK

c) FDISK

d) SCANDISK

e) None of the above

12). Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU? 

a) Mass memory 

b) Internal memory 

c) Non-volatile memory 

d) PROM

e) None of the above

13). In a punched card system, data is processed by a 

a) Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine 

b) Accounting machine, posting machine, and billing machine 

c) Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine 

d) Accounting machine, keypunch machine and sorter

e) None of the above

14). CAD stands for 

a) Computer aided design 

b) Computer algorithm for design 

c) Computer application in design 

d) Computer aided for design

e) All of the above

15). Which of the following is not a feature of first generation computers 

a) They used vacuum tubes or valves as main electronic component 

b) They consumed lots of electricity and produced excessive heat 

c) They used machine language and assembly language to program the machine 

d) All of the above

e) None of above

1. _________ is responsible for overall control and co-ordination of instruction execution.

(1)CPU

(2) ALU

(3) RAM 

(4) Control UNIT

(5) None of these

2. ________is a high speed memory ,that can be used in between CPU and main memory

(1)CPU

(2) buffer

(3) Spooling 

(4) Cache

(5) None of these

3. ________Storage capacity are frequently measured in

(1) Hz

(2) Byte

(3) MlPS 

(4) bps

(5) None of these

4. (1024)3 is equivalent to-

(1) approx I million

(2) Approx 1 billion

(3) approx 10 thousand 

(4) 3096

(5) None of these

5. PROM is a _________ memory i.e. the stored information remain even if power is switched off.

(1) Volatile memory

(2) Buffer memory

(3) Spooling 

(4) Non-volatile

(5) None of these

6. _________ is the example of magnetic disk.

(1) Hard-disk

(2) DVD

(3) RAM 

(4) Pen drive

(5) None of these

7. Format command is used to create.....

(1) Sector

(2) memory

(3) Tracks 

(4) Tracks and sector

(5) None of these

8. Time required by a sector to reach below the head is known as-

(1) seek time

(2) Latency time

(3) Access time 

(4) Disk time

(5) None of these

9. Disk access time is-

(1) seek time

(2) Latency time

(3) Seek time + Latency time 

(4) Disk time

(5) None of these

10. A set of corresponding track in the all surface of a disk pack is known as-

(1) Surface

(2) Cylinder

(3) Track 

(4) platter

(5) None of these

Hard Question

1. A framwork in which circuit boards can be mounted is...

(A) Switch circuit

(B) Chip

(C) Card cage

(D) Bar code

(E) None of these

2. A convolutional code that is prone to catastrophic error propagation is......

(A) Mnemonics

(B) Gray code

(C) machine code

(D) Catastrophic code

(E) None of these

3. Which one of the following input device is user-programmable?

(A) Dumb terminal

(B) Smart terminal

(C) VDT

(D) Intelligent terminal

(E) None of these

4. The barcode which is used on all types of items, is read by a scanning device directly into the computer. What is the name of this scanning device?

(A) Laser scanner

(B) Wand

(C) OCR

(D) MICR

(E) None of these

5. A Plastic card similar to a credit card but having some memory and a microprocessor embedded within it is .......

(A) Punched paper tape

(B) Chip card

(C) Card punch

(D) Magnetic tape

(E) None of these

6. The category of operating system that you most likely have running on your PDA computer is a ____________ operating system.

(A) real-time

(B) single-user, single-task

(C) single-user, multi-task

(D) multi-user, multi-task

(E) None of these

7. Which of the following is an example of a real-time operating system?

(A) Lynx

(B) MS DOS

(C) Windows XP

(D) Symbian

(E) None of these

8. A real-time operating system is most likely to be used for which of the following tasks?

(A) Controlling access to a shared printer in a network

(B) Ensuring that the system clock works correctly on a server

(C) Managing the access to system files in a laptop computer

(D) Controlling the fuel injection system of an automobile engine

(E) None of these

9. An essential difference between the operating system that runs a typical desktop computer and the operating system that runs a typical PDA is that

(A) the desktop OS has a graphical user interface whereas the PDA OS does not

(B) the desktop OS can run several programs simultaneously whereas the PDA OS cannot

(C) the desktop OS manages hardware resources whereas the PDA OS does not

(D) the desktop computer has an OS whereas a PDA does not

(E) None of these

10.To set a register or counter to the all-zero-state is...

(A) Rerun

(B) Reset

(C) Remote

(D) Release

(E) None of these

11.A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is...

(A) Process control

(B) ALU

(C) Register Unit

(D) Process description

(E) None of these

12. A family of polynomial block codes designed to correct burst errors is known as

(A) Bar codes

(A) Gray codes

(C) Fire codes

(D) mnemonics codes

(E) None of these

13. The MS-DOS operating system is a

(A) graphical user interface, single-tasking operating system

(B) graphical user interface, multi-tasking operating system

(C) command-driven interface, single-tasking operating system

(D) command-driven interface, multi-tasking operating system

(E) None of these

14. Which of the following was an early desktop operating system that included an integrated graphic user interface with point-and-click features?

(A) MS-DOS

(B) Mac OS

(C) Unix

(D) Gnome

(E) None of these

15.CD-ROM can store upto ____ MB of data

(A) 600 MB

(B) 400 Floppy disk

(C) 320 MB

(D) Both (A) and (B)

(E) None of these

1.This consists of a central node, to which all other nodes are connected.
1) Client
2) Server
3) Hub
4) Gateway
5) None of these

2.____________ is used by the bluetooth to transmit data over short distances.
1) Optical fibre
2) Satellite communication
3) Infrared
4) Microwave
5) None of these

3.Which of the following communication media is also called line of sight communication medium?
1) Radio broadcast
2) Satellite communication
3) Bluetooth
4) Infrared
5) None of these

4.Bar code readers use _____ embedded in them to read bar codes.
1) processors
2) magnetic cells
3) photoelectric cells
4) colour decoders
5) None of these

5.A stylus is used by this type of devices:
1) Tablet PC
2) Smartphones
3) PDAs
4) All the above
5) None of these

6.It is the term used for a wide range of programs used to secretly record an individual's activities on the Internet:
1) Cookies
2) Sniffers
3) Trackers
4) Spyware
5) None of these

7.Which of the following is the sixth phase of the systems life cycle?
1) Systems maintenance
2) Systems development
3) Systems design
4) Systems analysis
5) None of these

8.How many phases are there in every Software development life cycle model?
1) Four
2) Five
3) Six
4) Seven 
5) Nine

9.The container that houses most of the electronic components that make up a computer system is known as the:
1) arithmetic logic unit
2) primary storage unit
3) central processing unit
4) system cabinet
5) None of these

10.This coding system is designed to support international languages like Chinese and Japanese.
1) ASCII
2) ANSI
3) EBCDIC
4) Unicode
5) None of these

11.Tiny circuit-boards etched onto squares of sandlike material called silicon are called
1) ports
2) slots
3) bays
4) chips
5) None of these

12.Most personal computers uses a CISC architecture. Expand the term CISC.
1) Common Instruction Set Computer
2) Coded Instruction Set Computer
3) Custom Instruction Set Computer
4) Complex Instruction Set Computer
5) None of these

13.This is a type of video adapter that contains its own processor to boost performance levels and so they achieve better results than the general-purpose CPU used by the computer.
1) Graphics enhancer
2) Graphics equiliser
3) Repeater
4) Graphics accelerator
5) None of these

14.Which of the following is NOT an example of a microcomputer?
1) Desktop computer
2) Laptop
3) Tablet
4) PDA
5) None of these

15.An easily expandable computer system is said to have a(n)
1) ultra architecture
2) open architecture
3) locked architecture
4) round architecture
5) None of these

1. A framwork in which circuit boards can be mounted is...

(A) Switch circuit

(B) Chip

(C) Card cage

(D) Bar code

(E) None of these

2. A convolutional code that is prone to catastrophic error propagation is......

(A) Mnemonics

(B) Gray code

(C) machine code

(D) Catastrophic code

(E) None of these

3. Which one of the following input device is user-programmable?

(A) Dumb terminal

(B) Smart terminal

(C) VDT

(D) Intelligent terminal

(E) None of these

4. The barcode which is used on all types of items, is read by a scanning device directly into the computer. What is the name of this scanning device?

(A) Laser scanner

(B) Wand

(C) OCR

(D) MICR

(E) None of these

5. A Plastic card similar to a credit card but having some memory and a microprocessor embedded within it is .......

(A) Punched paper tape

(B) Chip card

(C) Card punch

(D) Magnetic tape

(E) None of these

6. The category of operating system that you most likely have running on your PDA computer is a ____________ operating system.

(A) real-time

(B) single-user, single-task

(C) single-user, multi-task

(D) multi-user, multi-task

(E) None of these

7. Which of the following is an example of a real-time operating system?

(A) Lynx

(B) MS DOS

(C) Windows XP

(D) Symbian

(E) None of these

8. A real-time operating system is most likely to be used for which of the following tasks?

(A) Controlling access to a shared printer in a network

(B) Ensuring that the system clock works correctly on a server

(C) Managing the access to system files in a laptop computer

(D) Controlling the fuel injection system of an automobile engine

(E) None of these

9. An essential difference between the operating system that runs a typical desktop computer and the operating system that runs a typical PDA is that

(A) the desktop OS has a graphical user interface whereas the PDA OS does not

(B) the desktop OS can run several programs simultaneously whereas the PDA OS cannot

(C) the desktop OS manages hardware resources whereas the PDA OS does not

(D) the desktop computer has an OS whereas a PDA does not

(E) None of these

10.To set a register or counter to the all-zero-state is...

(A) Rerun

(B) Reset

(C) Remote

(D) Release

(E) None of these

11.A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is...

(A) Process control

(B) ALU

(C) Register Unit

(D) Process description

(E) None of these

12. A family of polynomial block codes designed to correct burst errors is known as

(A) Bar codes

(A) Gray codes

(C) Fire codes

(D) mnemonics codes

(E) None of these

13. The MS-DOS operating system is a

(A) graphical user interface, single-tasking operating system

(B) graphical user interface, multi-tasking operating system

(C) command-driven interface, single-tasking operating system

(D) command-driven interface, multi-tasking operating system

(E) None of these

14. Which of the following was an early desktop operating system that included an integrated graphic user interface with point-and-click features?

(A) MS-DOS

(B) Mac OS

(C) Unix

(D) Gnome

(E) None of these

15.CD-ROM can store upto ____ MB of data

(A) 600 MB

(B) 400 Floppy disk

(C) 320 MB

(D) Both (A) and (B)

(E) None of these

1. A switch in a network is used to ?

A.  It is used to connect systems on network

B.  It is used to stop hacking

C.  It is used to stop viruses

D.  It is used to boot systems remotely

E. None of these

2. Which among following is not a logical gate ?

A. NOR

B. XOR

C. AND

D. NAT

E. None of these

3.Direct Access Storage Device is also referred as ?

A. DAST

B. DISD

C. DASD

D. DAST

E. None of above

4. BIND full form is ?

A. Berkely Internet Name Domain

B. Binary Internet Domain

C. Bonafied Internet Name Domain

D. Basic  Internet Name Domain

E. None of above

5. What is unit of speed of Super Computer ?

A. KFLOPS

B. LFLOPS

C. MFLOPS

D. GFLOPS

E. None of these

6. An on-line commercial site such as Amazon.com is an example of a(n) ________ .

A. single-user database application

B. multiuser database application

C. e-commerce database application

D. data mining database application

E. None of these

7.Whose trademark is the operating system UNIX?

 A. Motorola

B. Microsoft

C. BELL Laboratories

D. AshtonTate

E. None of these

8.What is the primary requisite of a good computer programmer?

A. Mathematical mind

B. Artistic mind

C. Logical mind

D. Scientific knowledge

E. None of these

9.The first movie released in 1982 with terrific computer animation and graphics was

A. Star wars

B. Tron

C. Forbidden planet

D. Dark star

E. None of these

10. Graphic interfaces were first used in a xerox product is called

 A. Ethernet

 B. Inter LISP

C. Small talk

D. Zeta LISP

E. None of these

1.A packet switching network that was sponsored by the Commission of the EEC and became operational in 1979 is
A. LAN
B. Broadband network
C. Star network
D. Euronet
E. None of the above

2.What is the standard code the computer industry created to represent characters?
A. DASI 
B. ASSH
C. ASCII 
D. BASCII
E. EPROM

3.A sizeable geographical area with communication based on the telephone system is though as
A. Local area network
B. Wide area network
C. Modulator-Demodulator
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

4. A Winchester disk is a
A. Disk Stack
B. Removable disk
C. Flexible disk
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

5.Which one of the following is the first second-generation computer?
A. IBM 7090
B. IBM 801
C. IBM 7070
D. IBM 650
E. None of the above

6. Which of the following is not a factor affecting the processing capability or performance of a PC system?
A. The clock sped of the microprocessor
B. The revolutions per minute of the printer disk
C. The primary storage capacity of the processor
D. The built-in instruction set available to the microprocessor
E. None of the above

7.Condensing output data to exhibit specific information is
A. Calculating
B. Recording
C. Merging
D. Summarising
E. None of the above
 
8.Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?
A. control bus
B. control unit
C. parity unit
D. semiconductor
E. None of the above
 
9.Which of the following terms applies to communication between separate computer systems?
A. Computer literacy
B. Power supply
C. Applications software
D. Connectivity
E. None of the above
 
10.Output hardware is often categorized according to whether it:
A. is expensive
B. requires a large amount of electricity to work
C. produces hardcopy or softcopy
D. can fit on a desktop
E. None of the above

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
E. 4

12.Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory?
A. nonvolatile
B. permanent
C. control unit
D. temporary
E. None of the above
. 
13.The computer industry uses prefixes of Greek origin to measure large amounts of data. Which term describes 1024 bytes.
A. Kilobyte
B. Megabyte
C. Gigabyte
D. Terabyte
E. None of the above

14.Which kind of storage device can be carried around?
A. Floppy disk
B. Hard disk
C. System cabinet
D. Hard disk drive
E. Floppy disk drive

15.One nibble is equal to
A. 4 bits
B. 8 bits
C. 6 bits
D. 16 bits
E. None of the above