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2 The storage subsystem in a microcomputer consists mainly of or media with varying capacities
Memory or video Magnetic or optical Optical or memory Video or magnetic Ans:Magnetic or optical 3 Which of the following is not an input device? OCR Optical scanners Voice recognition device COM (Computer Output to Microfilm) Ans:COM (Computer Output to Microfilm) 4 The central processing unit (CPU) consists of Input, output and processing Control unit, primary storage, and secondary storage Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and primary storage Control unit, processing, and primary storage Ans:Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and primary storage 5 EBCDIC can code up to how many different characters? 256 16 32
64
Ans:Semiconductors 8 The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is
ASCII BCD EBCDIC All of above
Ans:Resembles both a digital and analog computer 11 The silicon chips used for data processing are called
RAM chips ROM chips
Ans:PROM chips 12 The metal disks, which are permanently housed in, sealed and contamination free containers are
called Hard disks Floppy disk Winchester disk Flexible disk
Ans:All of the above 14 An application program that helps the user to change any number and immediately see the result
of that change is Desktop publishing program Database Spreadsheet All of above
Ans:Read only memory chip 16 The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage element called
Semiconductor memory Registers Hard disks Magnetic disk Ans:Registers 17 A factor which would strongly influence a business person to adopt a computer is its
Ans:All of above 18 The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile direct access storage of data and that have
no moving parts are known as Magnetic core memory Magnetic tape memory Magnetic disk memory Magnetic bubble memory
Ans:Regression Analysis Time Series 21 In which year was chip used inside the computer for the first time?
1964 1975 1999 1944 Ans:1975 22 What was the name of the first commercially available microprocessor chip? Intel 308 Intel 33 Intel 4004 Motorola 639
Ans:1965 24 The first digital computer built with IC chips was known as
IBM 7090 Apple 1 IBM System / 360 VAX-10
Ans:High level 26 Which of the following terms is the most closely related to main memory?
Non volatile Permanent Control unit Temporary
Ans:Semiconductor 28 Which of the following is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same
time? Terminal Light pen Digitizer
Mouse
Ans:Terminal 29 Which of the following is used only for data entry and storage, and never for processing?
Mouse Dumb terminal Micro computer Dedicated data
Ans:Dumb terminal 30 To produce high quality graphics (hardcopy) in color, you would want to use a/n
RGB monitor Plotter Ink-jet printer Laser printer
Ans:Plotter 31 Which of the following printers are you sure will not to use if your objective is to print on multi
carbon forms? Daisy wheel Dot matrix Laser Thimble
Ans:Laser 32 Which of the following printing devices an output composed of a series of data?
Wire matrix printer Band printer Wang image printer Both a and c
Ans:All of the above 36 If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify address in a RAM, the number of addresses will be
216 65,536 64K Any of the above
Ans:Both b and c 38 As compared to the secondary memory, the primary memory of a computer is
Large Cheap Fast Slow
Ans:Random access memory 40 Which was the most popular first generation computer?
IBM 1650
Ans:IBM 1650 41 What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer?
To produce result To compare numbers To control flow of information To do math ;s works
Ans:To compare numbers 42 The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform
Arithmetic Operation Logic operation Fetch operations Either of the above
Ans:Either of the above 43 Which of the printers used in conjunction with computers uses dry ink power?
Daisy wheel printer Line printer Laser printer Thermal printer
Ans:Laser printer 44 Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?
Laser printer Ink jet printer Plotter Dot matrix
Ans:Plotter 45 Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?
ROM RAM EPROM None of above Ans:RAM 46 Which of the following memories has the shortest access times?
Ans:Bug 49 A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is
Process control ALU Register Unit Process description
Ans:Process description 50 Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known
Memory map Memory protection Memory management Memory instruction Ans:Memory protection