Tuesday, 1 December 2020

General Computer Test - 1


1.   ………….is a technique of improving the priority of process waiting in Queue for CPU allocation

a)    Starvation                    

b)    Ageing

c)    Revocation                  

d)    Relocation

e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

2.   A grammar for a programming language is a formal description of

a)    Syntax                         

b)    Semantics

c)    Structure                      

d)    Code

e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

3.   …………is a technique of temporarily removing inactive programs from the memory of computer system

a)    Swapping            

b)    Spooling

c)    Semaphore             

d)    Scheduler

e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

4.   The memory allocation scheme subject to “external” fragmentation is

a)    segmentation

b)    swapping

c)    pure demand paging

d)    multiple fixed contiguous partitions

e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

5.Virtual memory is

a)    simple to implement

b)    used in all major commercial operating systems

c)    less efficient in utilization of memory

d)    useful when fast I/O devices are not available

e)    None of these

       Ans : (b)

6. Before proceeding with its execution, each process must acquire all the resources it needs is called

a)    hold and wait

b)    No pre-emption

c)    circular wait

d)    starvation

e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

7. The main reason to encrypt a file is to.................

a)    Reduce its size

b)    Secure it for transmission

c)    Prepare it for backup

d)    Include it in the start-up sequence

e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

8. ‘LRU’ page replacement policy is

a)    Last Replaced Unit

b)    Last Restored Unit

c)    Least Recently Used

d)    Least Required Unit

e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

9. Which  of   the  following   is  not   a  fundamental process state

a)    ready

b)    terminated

c)    executing

d)    blocked

e)    None of these

Ans : (d) 

10. ODBC stands for

a)    Object Database Connectivity

b)    Oral Database Connectivity

c)    Oracle Database Connectivity

d)    Open Database Connectivity

e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

11. Which two files are used during operations of the DBMS

a)    Query languages and utilities

b)    DML and query language

c)    Data dictionary and transaction log

d)    Data dictionary and query language

e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

12. A protocol is a set of rules governing a time sequence of events that must take place

a)    between peers

b)    between an interface

c)    between modems

d)    across an interface

e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

13. In communication satellite, multiple repeaters are known as

a)    detector

b)    modulator

c)    stations

d)    transponders

e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

14. Which of the following is required to communicate between two computers?

a)    communications software

b)    protocol

c)    communication hardware

d)    (d) all     of     above     including     access     to transmission medium

e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

15. Which of the following is an advantage to using fiber optics data transmission?

a)    resistance to data theft

b)    fast data transmission rate

c)    low noise level

d)    All of these

e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

16. Which of the following is not a transmission medium?

a)    Telephone lines

b)    Coaxial cables

c)    modem

d)    microwave systems

e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

17. A technique for direct search is

a)    Binary Search

b)    Linear Search

c)    Tree Search                 

d)    Hashing

e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

18. Two main measures for the efficiency of an algorithm are

a)    Processor and memory

b)    Complexity and capacity

c)    Time and Space

d)    Data and Space

e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

19. The space factor when determining the efficiency of algorithm is measured by

a)    Counting the maximum memory needed by the algorithm

b)    Counting the minimum memory needed by the algorithm

c)    Counting the average memory needed by the algorithm

d)    Counting the maximum disk space needed by the algorithm

e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

20. Which of the following does not affect the resolution of a video display image?

a)    Bandwidth

b)    Raster scan rage

c)    Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution

d)    Screen Size

e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

21. Latency time is

a)    Time to spin the needed data under head

b)    Time to spin the needed data under track

c)    Time to spin data under sector

d)    All of these

e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

22. DPI stands for

a)    Desktop projection Ink

b)    Dot per inch

c)    Dot-matrix printer ink

d)    Desktop pixel Inch

e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

23.  Databases software may be divided into

a)    five distinct categories

b)    four distinct categories

c)    three distinct categories

d)    two distinct categories

e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

24.  File record length

a)    Should always be fixed

b)    Should always be variable

c)    Depends upon the size of file

d)    Should be chosen to match the data characteristics.

e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

25.  ………….is the time required by a sector to reach below read/write heat

a)    Seek Time

b)    Latency Time

c)    Access Time

d)    None

e)    None of these

Ans : (b)


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