Fundamentals of Hardware & Software 123

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Main memory is another name for _______________ store.
a. backing
c. major
b. immediate access
d. disk
ANS: B

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2. ________________ is the most common type of volatile memory.

a. ROM
c. CMOS
b. Flash memory
d. RAM
ANS: D

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3. _____________ is a primary storage device that may be programmed once by the user.
a. RAM
c. PROM
b. ROM
d. EPROM
ANS: C

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4. A bit is a ______________ digit.

a. denary
b. analog
ANS: C

c. binary
d. small

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5. A ____________ is the smallest element in an electonic image.

a. byte
c. pixel
b. character
d. point
ANS: C

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6. The prefix ______________ means billion.

a. giga
b. kilo
ANS: A

c. tera
d. exa

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7. _______________ refers to the number of bits that may be held in a word.

a. Clock speed
c. Sequential access
b. Word size
d. Device interface
ANS: B

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8. The capacity of a DVD is typically measured in ________________.

a. Kilobytes (KB or K)
c. Gigabytes (GB)
b. Megabytes (MB)
d. Terabytes (TB)
ANS: C

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9. A ______________ is a sequentially accessed medium.

a. Disk drive
c. Magnetic tape
b. Magnetic disk
d. Tape drive

ANS: C

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10. ___________ is a type of memory circuitry that holds the computers startup routine.
a. RIM (Read Initial Memory)
c. ROM (Read-Only Memory)
b. RAM (Random Access Memory)
d. REM (Reay Ever Memory)
ANS: C

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11. All of the following items are widely used input devices EXCEPT the _________.
a. Keyboard and mouse
c. Digital camera and web camera
b. Microphone and scanner
d. Printer and monitor
ANS: D

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12. In data representation, a _____________ represents one character which may be a letter, number, or
punctuation mark.
a. Bit
c. Byte
b. Bistable
d. Word
ANS: C

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13. Which of the following statement is UNTRUE?

a. CPU + peripherals = computer system
c. All computers have input capabilities
b. All computers have input devices
d. All input devices are peripherals
ANS: B

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14. Devices that capture data directly from a source document include all of the following itmes EXCEPT
____________.
a. Optical scanners and optical readers
c. Magnetic-ink character recognition readers
b. Bar code readers
d. Portable keyboards
ANS: D

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15. The speed of a dot-matrix printer is measured by the number of __________ that it can print.
a. Characters per second
c. Pages per second
b. Characters per minute
d. Pages per minute
ANS: A

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16. A(n) _____________ printer is suitable for printing multi-part forms because they easily print through
many layers of paper.
a. Laser
c. Inkjet
b. Thermal
d. Dot Matrix
ANS: D

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17. Which of the following devices are MOST LIKELY to be used at an airport for border control
activities?
a. OMR, document scanner, web camera
c. OMR, bar code reader, web camera
b. OCR, document scanner, digital camera
d. OCR, bar code reader, digital camera
ANS: B

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18. A home computer system is equipped with a memory card reader, a floppy disk drive, a DVD drive
and an internal hard disk. The LEAST and MOST portable media that can be used with this computer
are _______________.
a. hard disk and memory card
c. DVD and floppy disk
b. DVD and memory card
d. Hard disk and floppy disk
ANS: A

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19. Arrange the flollowing secondary storage devices in order of increasing capacity from smallest to
largets: a 1 GB memory card, CD-ROM, DVD and a 128 MB flash drive.
a. Flash drive, CD-ROM, memory card, DVDc. Memory card, flash drive, CD-ROM, DVD
b. Flash drive, CD-ROM, DVD, memory cardd. Memory card, CD-ROM, flash drive, DVD
ANS: A

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20. All of the following are systems programs EXCEPT ____________

a. Utilities
c. Word-processors
b. Translators
d. Operating systems
ANS: C

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21. A ____________ is the smallest addressable unit on a disk.

a. Track
c. Cylinder
b. Platter
d. Sector
ANS: D

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22. The term _____________ designates equipment that might be added to a computer system to enhance
its functionality.
a. Digital
c. Peripheral
b. Disk
d. System
ANS: C

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23. ___________ is a temporary holding area for data, application program instructions, and the operating
system.
a. RAM
c. PROM
b. ROM
d. EPROM
ANS: A

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24. A financial institution needs only to provide the caller a limited amount of information.
A ____________ system is ideal to satisfy this need.
a. Voice capture
c. Voice response
b. Voice recognition
d. Sound Capture
ANS: C

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25. Large-scale applications sometimes refer to a graphics tablet as a ___________.

a. Scanner
c. Reader
b. Pointer
d. Digitizer
ANS: D

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26. All of the following devices are commonly used non-impact printers EXCEPT ___________.
a. Ink-jet printers and photo printers
c. Label and postage printers

b. Laser printers and thermal printers

ANS: D

d. Line and dot-matrix printers

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27. _____________ is a type of chip from which data can be erased by exposure to ultraviolet light.
a. RAM
c. PROM
b. ROM
d. EPROM
ANS: D

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28. Eight bits are called a ____________.

a. Word
b. Byte
ANS: B

c. Bistable
d. Sector

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29. _____________ refers to the number of bits that a microprocessor can manipulate at one time.
a. Clock speed
c. Sequential access
b. Word size
d. Device
ANS: B

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30. A ____________ is a sub-division of a track that stores data on a disk.

a. Bistable
c. Cylinder
b. Buffer
d. Sector
ANS: D

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31. Two commonly used types of impact printers are ___________.

a. Ink-jet printers and laser printers
c. Photo printers and large-format printers
b. Dot-matrix printers and line printers
d. Mobile printers and thermal printers
ANS: B

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32. All of the following are general purpose software EXCEPT _____________.
a. Databases
c. Web browsers
b. Spreadsheets
d. Word-processors
ANS: C

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33. Which of the following acronyms represents a computer bus primarily designed for the transfer of data
between a computer system and a mass storage device?
a. SICS
c. SCSI
b. SATA
d. IDE
ANS: B

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34. _______________ enables users to convert the image from a fax modem to text and then edit it.
a. Optical mark recognition (OMR)
c. Megnetic ink character recognition (MICR)
b. Optical character recognition (OCR)
d. Fax image recognition (FIR)
ANS: B

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35. ______________ are used in specialized fields such as engineering and drafting for outputting largeformat drawings.
a. Digitizers
c. Laser printers

b. Plotters
ANS: B

d. Sheet feed scanners

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36. Which device has internal storage in the form of a buffer?

a. Speaker
c. Visual display unit (VDU)
b. Laser printer
d. Computer output microfilm recorder
ANS: B

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37. What unit of measurement is normally used to express the speed of memory?
a. Seconds
c. Microseconds
b. Milliseconds
d. Nanoseconds
ANS: D

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38. All the following are special purpose software EXCEPT:

a. Media players
c. Web browsers
b. Photo-editing software
d. Word-processors
ANS: D

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39. All the following software are examples of operating systems EXCEPT:
a. Firefox
c. Macintosh
b. Linux
d. Vista
ANS: A

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40. Which of the following items are not a component of a graphical user interface?
a. Windows
c. Menus
b. Icons
d. Prompts
ANS: D

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41. The speed of an ink-jet printer is measured by the number of ____________ it can print.
a. Characters per second (CPS)
c. Pages per second (PPS)
b. Characters per minute (CPM)
d. Pages per minute (PPM)
ANS: D

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42. The system used by mission control in Houston, Texas to monitor the operation of space exploaration
vechicles is an example of the ___________ processing mode.
a. Batch
c. Real-time
b. On-line
d. Time-sharing
ANS: C

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43. All the following are examples of hardware interfaces EXCEPT __________.
a. Sensors
c. Pop-up menus
b. Touch screens
d. Braille keyboards
ANS: C

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44. A _____________ is a device that is externally connected to, and under the control of the central
processing unit.
a. Bistable
c. Disk controller

b. Peripheral
ANS: B

d. Memory controller
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45. ____________ is a primary storage device that may be programmed and reprogrammed by the user.
a. RAM
c. PROM
b. ROM
d. EPROM
ANS: D

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46. Automated directory assistance services utilize ____________ technology for accepting user input.
a. Voice capture
c. Voice response
b. Voice recognition
d. Sound capture
ANS: A

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47. To which category of software does Microsoft Works belong?

a. Cusom-written
c. Integrated
b. Customized
d. Special purpose
ANS: C

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48. Banks and other financial institutions utilize ______________ technology that automatically verifies
the identity of callers wishing to access their accounts.
a. Voice capture
c. Voice response
b. Voice recognition
d. Sound capture
ANS: B

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49. In an airport, a system consisting of sensors, bar code readers and remote controls is MOST LIKELY
use for ______________.
a. Aircraft boarding
c. Border Control
b. Baggage handling
d. Passenger check-in
ANS: B

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50. Some _____________ printers spray ink, while others use heat or laser to create images.
a. Non-impact
c. Impact
b. Line
d. Hard-copy
ANS: A

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51. A monitor is measured in the same way as a television is measured, that is _____________.
a. Vertically from the top corner to the bottomc. Diagonally from one corner to the other
b. Horizontally from the left corner to the
d. In square units that indicate the area of the
right
screen
ANS: C

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52. A(n) ____________ printer is usually faster than a(n) ___________ printer but sometimes slower than
a ____________ printer.
a. dot-matrix, inkjet, laser
c. inkjet, dot matrix, laser
b. dot-matrix, laser, inkjet
d. inkjet, laser, dot-matrix
ANS: C

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53. The ability of a computer to execute two or more programs at the same time, using one CPU is called:
a. Multitasking
c. Microprocessing
b. Muliprocessing
d. Multiprogramming
ANS: D

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54. Which of the following activity is NOT a function of an operating system?

a. File management
c. Memory management
b. Print management
d. Process management
ANS: B

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55. A train station may use a ____________ system to notify passengers of schedule information or a
trains status.
a. Voice capture
c. Voice response
b. Voice recognition
d. Sound capture
ANS: C

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56. Amazon, the US-based online retailer, allows third-party companies to use excess processing capacity
on its computer system. This is an example of the ___________ processing mode?
a. Batch
c. Real-time
b. On-line
d. Time-sharing
ANS: D

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57. _____________ is a character representation scheme.

a. ASCII
c. Sign and magnitude
b. BCD
d. Twos complement
ANS: A

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58. The _____________ representation of the base 10 value 23 is 0010 0011.

a. ASCII
c. Sign and magnitude
b. BCD
d. Twos complement
ANS: B

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