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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Common Topics in Competitive and Entrance exams , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) .
| 151. |
Cache memory |
| A. | Is a Static RAM |
| B. | Increases the speed of processing by making current programs and data available to the CPU at a rapid rate |
| C. | Both A & B are true |
| D. | Both A & B are false |
| Answer» C. Both A & B are true | |
| 152. |
Following is false for BASIC |
| A. | Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| B. | High-level interactive programming language |
| C. | Works in timesharing environment |
| D. | Low level object oriented language |
| Answer» D. Low level object oriented language | |
| 153. |
A unit for measuring data transmission speed that describes the capacity of a carrier is referred as |
| A. | Baud |
| B. | Bit |
| C. | Bond |
| D. | Batch |
| Answer» A. Baud | |
| 154. |
A process of trying out a new product by independent users before it is finally manufactured/ developed |
| A. | Alpha test |
| B. | Beta Test |
| C. | Gamma test |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Beta Test | |
| 155. |
A selection, choice, or condition involving two possibilities is referred as |
| A. | Unary |
| B. | Binary |
| C. | Octal |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Binary | |
| 156. |
Base band System is |
| A. | A networking system |
| B. | Where the channel support. a single digital signal. |
| C. | Both A & B are true |
| D. | None is true |
| Answer» C. Both A & B are true | |
| 157. |
One of the early coding systems, based on the idea of converting each digit of a decimal number into its binary equivalent rather than converting the entire decimal value into a pure binary form is |
| A. | ASCII code |
| B. | BCD |
| C. | ASCIl-8 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. BCD | |
| 158. |
In Batch processing |
| A. | Several computer programs runs one after another without human interaction to run each program individually. |
| B. | Several computer programs runs one after another with human interaction to run each program individually |
| C. | Selected computer programs runs one after another with human interaction to run each program individually |
| D. | None is true |
| Answer» A. Several computer programs runs one after another without human interaction to run each program individually. | |
| 159. |
BISYNC is |
| A. | Binary synchronous |
| B. | A process of transmitting data |
| C. | A half-duplex, character-oriented, synchronous data communications transmission method |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 160. |
A device that is used to transmit data from one location to another is referred as |
| A. | Storage |
| B. | Memory |
| C. | Carrier |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Storage | |
| 161. |
Programs developed by an outside supplier and provided to the user in a machine readable form is known as |
| A. | Canned Programs |
| B. | Beta program |
| C. | Alpha program |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Canned Programs | |
| 162. |
A binary numbers are represented by |
| A. | Digits 0 and 1 |
| B. | Digits 0,1,….,8 |
| C. | Digits A,B, C,… |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Digits 0 and 1 | |
| 163. |
BIOS is responsible for |
| A. | handling the particulars of input/output operations |
| B. | output operations |
| C. | input operations |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. handling the particulars of input/output operations | |
| 164. |
BIOS is an abbreviation for |
| A. | Binary Input/Binary Output |
| B. | Binary synchronous |
| C. | Binary digit |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Binary Input/Binary Output | |
| 165. |
BISYNC is an abbreviation for |
| A. | Binary Input/Binary Output |
| B. | Binary synchronous |
| C. | Binary digit |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Binary Input/Binary Output | |
| 166. |
The overall design, construction, organization and interconnecting of the various compo- nents of a computer system is referred as |
| A. | Computer Architecture |
| B. | Computer Flow chart |
| C. | Computer Algorithm |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Computer Architecture | |
| 167. |
A number system with a base of two is referred as |
| A. | Unary number system |
| B. | Binary number system |
| C. | Octal number system |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Binary number system | |
| 168. |
In the IBM PC’s, the CPU, the device drives, memory, expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board referred as |
| A. | Motherboard |
| B. | Breadboard |
| C. | Daughter board |
| D. | Father board. |
| Answer» A. Motherboard | |
| 169. |
Instead of buying new computer, productivity of old one can be economically enhanced with the help of? |
| A. | Motherboard |
| B. | Breadboard |
| C. | Daughter board |
| D. | Grandmother board. |
| Answer» C. Daughter board | |
| 170. |
Following communications lines, best suites to interactive processing applications |
| A. | narrowband channels |
| B. | simplex lines |
| C. | full-duplex lines |
| D. | mixed-band channels |
| Answer» C. full-duplex lines | |
| 171. |
Advantage of a multiprogramming system is |
| A. | simultaneous execution of program instructions from two applications |
| B. | concurrent processing of two or more programs |
| C. | single processing at a time |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. concurrent processing of two or more programs | |
| 172. |
A remote batch-processing operation where data is solely input to a central computer would require |
| A. | telegraph line |
| B. | simplex lines |
| C. | mixed-band channel |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. simplex lines | |
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