General Computer Test - 23

 

1. Which of the following is not a factor affecting the processing capability or performance of a PC system?

(a)    The clock speed of the microprocessor

(b)    The revolution 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 these

Ans : (b)

2. Super-computers

(a)    are found at thousands of sites around the world

(b)    can now fit on a single silicon chip

(c)     are usually designed to process accounting applications

(d)    are not fast enough for some applications

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

3. Which hole is used to mark the location of the first sector in a soft-sectored disk?

(a)    Address

(b)    Location

(c)     Index

(d)    Label

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

4. A data item which is not broken down into smaller units is

(a)    data element

(b)    elementary data item

(c)     data entry

(d)    database management

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

5. A language based on graphics for use in education is

(a)    PROLOG

(b)    LOGO

(c)     COBOL

(d)    expansibility

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

6. Codes which do not require to be frequently updated also promote user efficiency due to

(a)    simplicity

(b)    sortability

(c)     stability

(d)    expansibility

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

7. Which of the following is a data communication link that connects more than two stations, nodes, etc.?

(a)    Multipoint connection

(b)    Multipoint line

(c)     Multiple chain

(d)    Multilinked

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

8. Which of the following is a particular form of magnetic tape cartridge?

(a)    Card punch

(b)    Optical mark reader

(c)     Digital cassette

(d)    Punched paper tape

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

9. The ability of a subsystem to be substituted for the originally designated equipment is

(a)    versatility

(b)    compatibility

(c)     reliability

(d)    computability

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

10. A machine associated with card-based data processing is

(a)    Codomain

(b)    Collator

(c)     Cartridge

(d)    Digitizer

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

11. Which is computer input microfilm?

(a)    CIM

(b)    CIR

(c)     BCS

(d)    CAM

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

12. A framework in which circuit boards can be mounted is

(a)    card cage

(b)    motherboard

(c)     cache

(d)    RAM

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

13. Which memory is used in high-performance systems, inserted between the processor and memory?

(a)    ROM

(b)    SAM

(c)     Cache

(d)    RAM

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

14. A hardware used for virtual memory allocation is

(a)    CPU

(b)    base-bound register

(c)     controller

(d)    register unit

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

15. A type of memory chip whose contents cannot be altered by writing data is

(a)    RAM

(b)    PROM

(c)     ROM

(d)    EPROM

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

16. The shifting of a program from one of the memory addresses to another is

(a)    data transmission

(b)    data collection

(c)     relocation

(d)    database

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

17. The amount of time that is taken up in getting data from a disk is

(a)    delay time

(b)    access time

(c)     real time

(d)    latency

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

18. Most computers understand programs written in

(a)    natural English language

(b)    BASIC

(c)     any high-level programming language

(d)    specific programming language

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

19. A subset of characters within a data field is known as

(a)    record

(b)    file

(c)     data string

(d)    bytes

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

20. The process used to set up a program once the system is operational is

(a)    operating system

(b)    black bon

(c)     boot strap

(d)    utility

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

21. Which is special register which holds machine instructions?

(a)    Control unit

(b)    RAM

(c)     Control instruction register

(d)    ALU

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

22. In MODEMS

(a)    several digital signals are multiplexed

(b)    a digital signal changes some characteristic of a carrier wave

(c)     digital signal is amplified

(d)    All of these

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

23. Which is a programming language for military applications?

(a)    COBOL

(b)    CORAL

(c)     C

(d)    FORTRAN

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

24. A way of checking the data have been moved or stored correctly is

(a)    password

(b)    prestel

(c)     parity

(d)    modem

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

25. An input device with a joystick is

(a)    punched card

(b)    paddle

(c)     magnetic tape

(d)    magnetic disk

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)