General Computer Test - 49

 

1. ‘DOS’ floppy disk does not have :

(a)    A Boot Record

(b)    A File Allocation Table

(c)     A Root Directory

(d)    Virtual Memory

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

2. A disk on which you store information…..

(a)    plate

(b)    data disk

(c)     paper disk

(d)    TV disk

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

3. Lets you leave a screen or program……..

(a)    boot

(b)    programs

(c)     exit

(d)    text

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

4. Procedures are typically documented in manuals written by :

(a)    computer specialists

(b)    end users

(c)     Microsoft

(d)    service providers

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

5. What deletes the entire file except the file structure?

(a)    ERASE

(b)    DELETE

(c)     ZAP

(d)    PACK

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

6. ………takes one line, checks it for errors and then executes it.

(a)    Assembler

(b)    Interpreter

(c)     Loader

(d)    Compiler

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

7. Which of the following is not an input device?

(a)    OCR

(b)    Optical scanners

(c)     Voice recognition device

(d)    COM (Computer Output to Microfilm)

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

8. A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as :

(a)    Pulse code modulation

(b)    Pulse stretcher

(c)     Query processing

(d)    Queue management

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

9. The number of bits that can be transmitted over a network in a certain period of time :

(a)    Latency

(b)    Delay

(c)     Bandwidth

(d)    Baud

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

10. Linux partitions are created using the file system :

(a)    FAT

(b)    FAT32

(c)     EXT3

(d)    NTFS

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

11. Which of the following data structure is widely used in a network model RDBMS?

(a)    Arrays

(b)    trees           

(c)     graphs

(d)    stacks

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

12. The scientist who developed the idea of the WWW is :

(a)    James Gosling

(b)    Tim Berns Lee

(c)     Andrew Tannenbaum

(d)    Linus Torvalds

(e)    Bill Gates

Ans : (b)

13. What was the data transmission method in which bi-directional data flow is allowed?

(a)    Simplex

(b)    Duplex

(c)     Analog

(d)    Single side mode

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

14. To check the presence of a computer in the network, use the command :

(a)    ping

(b)    cmd

(c)     check

(d)    ipconfig

(e)    connect

Ans : (a)

15. The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of a document is :

(a)    Editing

(b)    Writing

(c)     Formatting

(d)    All of these

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

16. Easy to use……….

(a)    user friendly

(b)    select

(c)     helpful

(d)    ever-ready

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

17. Anything written on the screen……….

(a)    cursor

(b)    text

(c)     folder

(d)    boot

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

18. A  method of executing two or more programs concurrently using the same computer describe :

(a)    multi processing

(b)    multi programming

(c)     virtual processing

(d)    time sharing

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

19.A one-time password is :

one that changes every time it is used

one that is assigned once and not changed at all.

one that can be used only at a particular time of the day

one that is assigned for all session that starts at a particular time

None of these

Ans : (a)

20.A hardware interface that allows for the connection of several peripheral devices to a single PCI board.

(a)    SCSI

(b)    SATA

(c)     ATA

(d)    PCI

(e)    None of these

Ans : (a)

21. ……….is a language, instead of using numbers, programmers began using English like abbreviations (Mnemonics) to represent the elementary operations.

(a)    Machine language

(b)    Mnemonics language

(c)     Assembly level language

(d)    High level language

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)

22.Encryption decryption are functions of :

(a)    Transport layer

(b)    Session layer

(c)     Presentation layer

(d)    All of these

(e)    None of these

Ans : (b)

23. The process of building a model that demonstrate the features of a proposed product, service or system is called a :

(a)    JAD

(b)    RAD

(c)     templating

(d)    prototyping

(e)    TAD

Ans : (d)

24. Memory, also called random access memory, or RAM………

(a)    contains the electronic circuits that cause processing to occur

(b)    makes the information resulting from processing available for use

(c)     allows data, programs, commands, and user responses to be entered into a computer

(d)    consists of electronic components that store data

(e)    None of these

Ans : (d)

25.  A……….represent approximately one billion memory locations.

(a)    kilobyte

(b)    megabyte

(c)     gigabyte

(d)    terabyte

(e)    None of these

Ans : (c)