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Computer Fundamentals - II

Description: A Test to Check the Computers Fundamentals of Students
Number of Questions: 50
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Tags: Computer History Fundamentals Computer Basics RAM and ROM CPU Programming Languages Hardware Software Packages
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Computer memory.

  1. Performs all calculations.

  2. Receives input data.

  3. Is extremely limited.

  4. Is better than human memory.


Correct Option: A

PARAM is a

  1. Mainframe computer.

  2. Super computer.

  3. Minicomputer

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: B

What is the common method used by low megaflop computers for high-speed data transmission?

  1. Print Spooling.

  2. Cycle stealing.

  3. Looping

  4. Multiplexing


Correct Option: B

How many types of arithmetic operations does the ALU of all computers perform?

  1. 4

  2. 5

  3. 2

  4. 8


Correct Option: B

How many alphanumeric characters are there in BLT 1987?

  1. 10

  2. 14

  3. 7

  4. 63


Correct Option: C

What is the name of memory card which is conceptually related to the smart card but is similar to the video disk?

  1. Laser card.

  2. Optical card.

  3. Master card.

  4. VISA


Correct Option: A

What is the size of the optical disk which is used for recording high quality music?

  1. 4.7 inch.

  2. 5 ½ inch.

  3. 3 ½ inch.

  4. 8.7 inch.


Correct Option: A

Reel to Tape drives are commonly used with:

  1. mainframe computers.

  2. laptop computers.

  3. mini computers.

  4. micro computers.


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is a serial Printer?

  1. Daisy wheel printer.

  2. chain printer.

  3. drum printer.

  4. line printer.


Correct Option: A

When a disk stack is serviced by comb like mechanism, there is only one read/write head for each:

  1. disk surface.

  2. cylinder

  3. track

  4. disk


Correct Option: A

The Standard size reel of magnetic tape is

  1. 120 feet in length.

  2. 1200 feet in length.

  3. 2400 feet in length.

  4. 240 feet in length.


Correct Option: C

EFT makes use of

  1. port a punch.

  2. MICR.

  3. mark sensing.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: D

The reflective strip noting the physical end of a tape is the

  1. end-of-reel marker.

  2. load-point-marker.

  3. tape end marker.

  4. tape mark.


Correct Option: A

First Computer in India was manufactured by

  1. CMC

  2. ECIL

  3. HCL

  4. BEL


Correct Option: B

What is the name of the computer, which was first used for programming and playing music?

  1. ILLIAC

  2. ENIAC

  3. UNIVAC

  4. Apple 1

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct option is 1 

What was the amount of memory required by the earliest operating System called DOS 1.0?

  1. 96 K

  2. 16 K

  3. 32 K

  4. 8 K


Correct Option: D

In Positive logic, logic state 1 corresponds to

  1. positive voltage.

  2. higher voltage.

  3. zero voltage.

  4. lower voltage.


Correct Option: B

A turnaround document frequently is used by.

  1. Manufacturing firms.

  2. Supermarkets.

  3. Wholesalers

  4. Utilities


Correct Option: D

The time taken for read/write head to move to the correct track on magnetic disk is called

  1. latency delay

  2. epoch delay

  3. approach time

  4. seek time

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct option is (4). 

The Access Time of Magnetic bubble memory is approximately

  1. 30 nanoseconds.

  2. 30 microsecondsn

  3. 30 milliseconds.

  4. 30 seconds.


Correct Option: C

In Asynchronous Transmission, Inter Character Gap

  1. is fixed.

  2. is variable.

  3. is always zero.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: B

Ethernet uses

  1. bus topology.

  2. ring topology.

  3. star topology.

  4. tree topology.


Correct Option: A

A large number of computers in a wide geographical area can be efficiently connected using.

  1. Communication satellite.

  2. Fiber optics cable.

  3. Twisted pair cables.

  4. Coaxial cables.


Correct Option: A

Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known as

  1. memory Map.

  2. memory protection.

  3. memory management.

  4. All of the above.


Correct Option: B

A code that is written into a serially accessed memory is

  1. gray code.

  2. EOD

  3. bar code.

  4. BCD code.


Correct Option: B

The estimation of the value of a function at a point beyond the interval in which the data lies is called as

  1. emulation

  2. interpolation

  3. extrapolation

  4. simulation


Correct Option: B

What type of magnetic material is normally used in Bubble memories?

  1. Magnetic core.

  2. Cobalt

  3. Garnet

  4. Metallic


Correct Option: C

In Digital data transmission, Baud rate is

  1. equal to bit rate.

  2. always smaller than bit rate.

  3. always greater than bit rate.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: D

The operation code itself specifies all the required addresses is

  1. indirect addressing

  2. implied addressing

  3. inclined addressing.

  4. immediate addressing.


Correct Option: D

A disk storage medium in the form of an assembly containing a single rigid magnetic disk permanently is:

  1. fixed disk.

  2. disk cartridge.

  3. card punch.

  4. card reader.


Correct Option: B

How much megabit of data is typically stored in bubble device?

  1. 6

  2. 1

  3. 10

  4. 4


Correct Option: B

Which of the following types of displays is the latest to be used for portable computers?

  1. LED display

  2. Electroluminescent display

  3. Plasma display

  4. LCD display

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option (2) is correct.

The time interval between successive elements of a discrete time signal is:

  1. access time.

  2. seek time.

  3. epoch time.

  4. real time.


Correct Option: C

The control of job running within a system is:

  1. job monitoring.

  2. job stream.

  3. job min.

  4. job step.


Correct Option: A

Any message or messages to be output exactly as they are indicated in the instruction is called

  1. database

  2. address

  3. program

  4. literals


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is an abbreviation of a hardware programming language?

  1. AHPL

  2. AFL

  3. ACM

  4. APL


Correct Option: A

Arithmetic Operation are coded in.

  1. Decision symbols.

  2. Processing symbols.

  3. Terminal symbols.

  4. I/o symbols.


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is a System Programming Language for micro computers in the Intel family?

  1. LOGO

  2. SNOBOL

  3. PC/M

  4. PL/1


Correct Option: C

A device that operates under the control of other device is called

  1. sten

  2. slave

  3. simulator

  4. emulator


Correct Option: B

The storage capacity of a floppy is maximum in

  1. DSDD

  2. DSSD

  3. SSSD

  4. SSDD


Correct Option: A

A plastic card with flowchart symbols cut out of it is

  1. punched card.

  2. tape

  3. template.

  4. sprite


Correct Option: C

Most hard disks rotate at a speed of

  1. 300 RPM

  2. 360 RPM

  3. 3600 RPM

  4. 36000 RPM


Correct Option: C

The storage capacity of a double density disk is

  1. 360 KB

  2. 1.44 MB

  3. 2.88 MB

  4. 720 KB


Correct Option: C

A Winchester disk is

  1. a flexible disk.

  2. a disk Stack.

  3. a removable disk.

  4. a hard disk.


Correct Option: B

How many disks are there in a typical disk stack?

  1. 2

  2. 6

  3. 10

  4. 8


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is a minimum error code?

  1. Binary code.

  2. Gray code.

  3. Excess-3 code.

  4. Octal code.


Correct Option: B

The sum of weights in a self complementing BCD code must be

  1. 7

  2. 9

  3. 10

  4. 8


Correct Option: B

The ASCII code is

  1. numeric code.

  2. same as BCD code.

  3. alphanumeric code.

  4. seldom used.


Correct Option: C

Who developed a mechanical device in 17th century that could add, subtracts, multiply, divide and find Square root?

  1. Napier

  2. Babbage

  3. Pascal

  4. Leibnitz


Correct Option: D

The excess-3 code is also known as

  1. cyclic redundancy code.

  2. weighted code.

  3. self complementing code.

  4. algebraic code


Correct Option: C
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