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Computer Fundamentals

Description: Computer Fundamentals- An Objective Type Multiple Questions Test for Students who want to be Successful in Life
Number of Questions: 25
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ZIP code is called

  1. a letter field

  2. an alphabetic field

  3. a numeric field

  4. an alphanumeric field


Correct Option: C

Which of the following input/output devices is not associated with personal computers?

  1. Mouse

  2. Colour monitor

  3. Punched card

  4. Dot matrix printer


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Punched card is not associated with personal computers. A punched card is a piece of stiff paper that contains either commands for controlling automated machinery or data for data processing applications.

A hard copy would be prepared on a

  1. line printer

  2. dot matrix printer

  3. type writer terminal

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D

What was the nickname of the computer used by the Americans in 1952 for their H bomb project?

  1. ENIAC

  2. EDSAC

  3. MANIAC

  4. UNIVAC


Correct Option: C

The first computer mouse was built by

  1. Doughlas Engelbart

  2. William English

  3. Daniel Cougher

  4. Robert Zawacki


Correct Option: B

The word length of a computer is measured in

  1. bytes

  2. millimeters

  3. meters

  4. bits


Correct Option: D

A typical personal computer used for business purposes would have ____________of RAM.

  1. 4K

  2. 16K

  3. 64K

  4. 256K


Correct Option: D

Assigning human qualities and traits to things such as machines or computers is called

  1. Cybernetics

  2. Cybernation

  3. Artificial intelligence

  4. Anthropomorphism


Correct Option: D

Which part of the computer is used for calculating and comparing?

  1. Disk unit

  2. Control unit

  3. ALU

  4. Modem


Correct Option: C

Symbolic logic was discovered by

  1. George Boole

  2. Herman Hollerith

  3. Van Neumann

  4. Basic Pascal


Correct Option: A

What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?

  1. Light pen

  2. Mouse

  3. Digitizer

  4. Terminal


Correct Option: D

_____ pass into and out from computer via its ports.

  1. Data

  2. Bytes

  3. Graphics

  4. Pictures


Correct Option: B

The register which keeps track of the program and which contains the memory address of the instruction currently executing is known as

  1. index register

  2. program counter

  3. memory address register

  4. instruction registers


Correct Option: C

A high quality CAD system uses which of the following for printing and drawing of graphs?

  1. Dot matrix printer

  2. Digital plotter

  3. Line printer

  4. All the above


Correct Option: B

Whenever a computer mouse moves over the table surface, the trackball is

  1. stationary

  2. difficult to move

  3. dragged

  4. moved in small steps


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following input devices is user-programmable?

  1. Dumb terminal

  2. Smart terminal

  3. VDT

  4. Intelligent terminal


Correct Option: D

The CPU of a computer transfers print output to a temporary disk memory at high speed and get back to processing another job without waiting for the output to go to the printer. In this way, the CPU does not remain idle due to its own high speed as compared to the low speed of the printer. What is the name of this memory?

  1. External Memory

  2. I/O Memory

  3. ROM

  4. Buffer Memory


Correct Option: D

The computer memory holds data and

  1. bytes

  2. program

  3. registers

  4. bits


Correct Option: B

Multi user systems provide cost savings for small business because they use a single processing unit to link several

  1. personal computers

  2. workstations

  3. dumb terminals

  4. mainframes


Correct Option: C

Octal numbers are used

  1. in computer hard disk

  2. when binary numbers are too long

  3. external to the computer

  4. for moving the data from ALU to control unit


Correct Option: B

In modern computers, bipolar semiconductor chips are often used in the arithmetic-logic unit. Which material is used for the slower and less expensive primary storage section?

  1. Gallium arsenide (GaAs)

  2. Metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS)

  3. Silicon

  4. Germanium


Correct Option: B

What is the size of the diskettes used by IBM's newer PS/2 personal Computers?

  1. 5 ½�

  2. 8�

  3. 3 ½�

  4. 2 ½�


Correct Option: C

Which type of computers use the 8 bit code called EBCDIC?

  1. Mini Computers

  2. Micro Computers

  3. Mainframe Computers

  4. Super Computers


Correct Option: C

Which among the following is/are decision-making operations performed by ALU of a computer?

  1. Greater than

  2. Less than

  3. Equal to

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data that are currently being processed by the CPU?

  1. Mass memory

  2. Internal memory

  3. Non-volatile memory

  4. PROM


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option (2) is correct.

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