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170+ Computer Awareness Solved MCQs

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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