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1. Which of the following is used only for data entry and storage?
a. Mouse
b. Dumb terminal
c. Micro computer
d. Dedicated data entry system
2. Which is considered a direct entry input device?
a. Optical scanner
b. Mouse and digitizer
c. Light Pen
d. All of the above
3. Which of the following is not an input device?
a. OCR
b. Optical scanners
c. Voice recognition devices
d. COM (computer output micro film)
4. The storage capacity of a disk system depends on the bits per inch of track and the tracks per inch of…
a. Cylinder
b. Hub
c. Cluster
d. Surface
5. The word length of a computer is measured in…
a. Bytes
b. Millimeters
c. Meters
d. Bits
6. Before a disk can be used to store data. It must be……….
a. Formatted
b. Reformatted
c. Addressed
d. None of above
7. What type of device is computer keyboard?
a. Memory
b. Output
c. Storage
d. Input
8. What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
a. Light pen
b. Mouse
c. Digitizer
d. Terminal
9. A hard copy would be prepared on a…
a. Line printer
b. Dot matrix printer
c. Type writer terminal
d. All of the above
10. A high quality CAD system uses the following for printing drawing and graphs…
a. Dot matrix printer
b. Digital plotter
c. Line printer
d. All of the above
11. Symbolic logic was discovered by…
a. George Boole
b. Herman Hollerith
c. Van Neumann
d. Basic Pascal
12. Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing?
a. Disk unit
b. Control unit
c. ALU
d. Modem
13. Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?
a. Data/information
b. Bytes
c. Graphics
d. Pictures
14. Where as a computer mouse moves over the table surface, the trackball is…
a. Stationary
b. Difficult to move
c. Dragged
d. Moved in small stems
15. 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
16. Computer operators…
a. Write computer programs for specific problems
b. Operate the devices which input and output data from the computer
c. Normally require a college degree in computer science
d. All of the above
17. A computer programmer…
a. Does all the thinking for a computer
b. Can enter input data quickly
c. Can operate all types of computer equipment
d. Can draws only flowchart
18. CD-ROM is a…
a. Semiconductor memory
b. Memory registers
c. Magnetic memory
d. None of the above
19. Which of the following is not a primary storage device?
a. Magnetic tape
b. Magnetic disk
c. Optical disk
d. All of the above
20. A name or number used to identify a storage location is called…
a. A byte
b. A record
c. An address
d. All of the above
21. Which of the following is a secondary memory device?
a. Keyboard
b. Disk
c. ALU
d. All of the above
22. The difference between memory and storage is that memory is….. and storage is…..
a. Temporary, Permanent
b. Permanent, temporary
c. Slow, fast
d. All of the above
23. A floppy disk contains…
a. Circular tracks only
b. Sectors only
c. Both circular tracks and sector
d. None of the above
24. The digital computer was developed primarily in…
a. USSR
b. Japan
c. USA
d. UK
25. Who is created with the idea of using punch cards to control patterns in a weaving machine?
a. Pascals
b. Hollerith
c. Babbage
d. Jacquard
26. Which of the following require large computer memory?
a. Imaging
b. Graphics
c. Voice
d. All of the above
27. A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is:
a. EFTS
b. MPG
c. MIPS
d. CPS
28. The subject of cybernetics deals with the science of…
a. Genetics
b. Control and communications
c. Molecular biology
d. Biochemistry
29. The process of starting or restarting a computer system by loading instructions from a secondary storage device into the computer memory is called…
a. Duping
b. Booting
c. Padding
d. All of the above
30. The first electronic computer in the world was…
a. UNIVAC
b. EDVAC
c. ENIAC
d. All of the above
31. Microprocessors can be used to make…
a. Computers
b. Digital systems
c. Calculators
d. All of the above
32. A storage area used to store data to compensate for the difference in speed at which the different units can handle data is…
a. Memory
b. Buffer
c. Accumulator
d. Address
33. To locate a data item for storage is…
a. Field
b. Feed
c. Database
d. Fetch
34. Perforated paper used as input and output media is known as…
a. Paper tapes
b. Magnetic tape
c. Punched paper tape
d. Card punch
35. Time during which a job is processed by the computer is…
a. Delay time
b. Real time
c. Execution time
d. Down time
36. A computer with CPU speed around 100 million instructions per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as…
a. Super computer
b. Mainframe computer
c. Mini computer
d. Micro computer
37. A factor which would strongly influence a business person to adopt a computer is its…
a. Accuracy
b. Reliability
c. Speed
d. All of the above
38. Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?
a. Motorola
b. IBM
c. Intel
d. AMD
39. Number cruncher is the informal name for…
a. Mini computer
b. Super computer
c. Micro computer
d. Mainframe computer
40. Which term is used to describe RAM?
a. Dynamic RAM (DRAM)
b. Static RAM (SRAM)
c. Video RAM (VRAM)
d. All
41. The brain of a computer system is…
a. ALU
b. Memory
c. CPU
d. Control unit
42. The personnel who deals with the computer and its management put together are called…
a. Software
b. Human ware
c. Firmware
d. Hardware
43. A “byte” is…
a. found in the upper right corner of a window screen
b. a group of 8 bits
c. capacity of a sound card
d. the part that moves on a disk drive
44. Which of the following is an acronym, for Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer?
a. UNIVAC
b. EDSAC
c. EDVAC
d. Abacus
45. The storage subsystem in a microcomputer consists mainly of ………… or …………. Media with varying capacities…
a. Memory or Video
b. Magnetic or Optical
c. Optical or Memory
d. Video or Magnetic
46. Current SIMMs has either ………….. or ……….. connectors (pins)…
a. 9 or 32
b. 30 or 70
c. 28 or 72
d. 30 or 72
47. What was the name of the first commercially available microprocessor chip?
a. Intel 308
b. Intel 33
c. Intel 4004
d. Motorola 639
48. The number of characters that can be stored in given physical space is…
a. Word length
b. Bytes
c. Data density
d. Field
49. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?
a. ROM
b. RAM
c. EPROM
d. None of the above
50. Which of the following is form of semiconductor memory in which it is possible to change the contents of selected memory locations by applying suitable electrical signals?
a. CAM
b. ROM
c. EEPROM
d. Abacus