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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Computer Science Engineering (CSE) , Information Technology Engineering (IT) , Bachelor of Science in Computer Science FY (BSc CS) , Bachelor of Science in Information Technology FY (BSc IT) , Bachelor of Science in Animation FY (B.Sc animation) .
| 551. |
Access time is |
| A. | seek time + latency time |
| B. | seek time |
| C. | seek time |
| D. | latency time |
| Answer» A. seek time + latency time | |
| 552. |
Who invented the microprocessor? |
| A. | Marcian E Huff |
| B. | Herman H Goldstein |
| C. | Joseph Jacquard |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» A. Marcian E Huff | |
| 553. |
MICR stands for |
| A. | Magnetic Ink Character Reader |
| B. | Magnetic Ink Code Reader |
| C. | Magnetic Ink Case Reader |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Magnetic Ink Character Reader | |
| 554. |
The Width of a processor’s data path is measured in bits. Which of the following are common data paths? |
| A. | 8 bits |
| B. | 12 bits |
| C. | 16 bits |
| D. | 32 bits |
| Answer» A. 8 bits | |
| 555. |
MSI is the abbreviation of |
| A. | Medium Scale Integrated |
| B. | Medium System Integrated |
| C. | Medium Scale Intelligent |
| D. | Medium System Intelligent |
| Answer» A. Medium Scale Integrated | |
| 556. |
IMB launched its first personal computer called IBM-PC in 1981. It had chips from Intel, disk drives from Tandon, operating system from Microsoft, the printer from Epson and the application software from everywhere. Can you name the country which contribute |
| A. | India |
| B. | China |
| C. | Germany |
| D. | Taiwan |
| Answer» D. Taiwan | |
| 557. |
Which statement is valid about interpreter? |
| A. | It translates one instruction at a time |
| B. | Object code is saved for future use |
| C. | Repeated interpretation is not necessary |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» B. Object code is saved for future use | |
| 558. |
Easily reloctable language is |
| A. | Machine language |
| B. | Assembly language |
| C. | High level language |
| D. | Medium level language |
| Answer» B. Assembly language | |
| 559. |
Which of the following memories needs refresh? |
| A. | SRAM |
| B. | DRAM |
| C. | ROM |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» B. DRAM | |
| 560. |
Through which device the main components of the computer communicate with each other? |
| A. | Keyboard |
| B. | System Bus |
| C. | Monitor |
| D. | Memory |
| Answer» B. System Bus | |
| 561. |
What type of device is computer keyboard? |
| A. | Memory |
| B. | Output |
| C. | Storage |
| D. | Input |
| Answer» D. Input | |
| 562. |
Which is the limitation of high level language? |
| A. | Lower efficiency |
| B. | Machine dependence |
| C. | machine level coding |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» A. Lower efficiency | |
| 563. |
An example of a digital device can be |
| A. | Digital clock |
| B. | Automobile speed meter |
| C. | Clock with a dial and two hands |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» A. Digital clock | |
| 564. |
Which of the following is not true? |
| A. | Transistors are much smaller |
| B. | Transistors produce low heat |
| C. | Transistors were less reliable |
| D. | Transistors were used in radios and other electronic devices |
| Answer» C. Transistors were less reliable | |
| 565. |
A characteristic of card systems is: |
| A. | Slowness in processing data |
| B. | Using cards as records of transactions |
| C. | Needing a larger DP staff |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 566. |
The full form of EEPROM is |
| A. | Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| B. | Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| C. | Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory | |
| 567. |
The original ASCII code used__bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 8 |
| Answer» C. 7 | |
| 568. |
A computer programmer |
| A. | Does all the thinking for a computer |
| B. | Can enter input data quickly |
| C. | Can operate all types of computer equipments |
| D. | Can draw only flowchart |
| Answer» A. Does all the thinking for a computer | |
| 569. |
Fifth generation computer is also known as |
| A. | Knowledge information processing system |
| B. | Very large scale integration (VLSI) |
| C. | Both of above |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» A. Knowledge information processing system | |
| 570. |
The commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is called |
| A. | ASCII |
| B. | EBCDIC |
| C. | BCD |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» D. All of above | |
| 571. |
Which of the following have low failure rate? |
| A. | mechanical devices |
| B. | electronic devices |
| C. | electro-mechanical devices |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» B. electronic devices | |
| 572. |
Which of the following memories need refresh? |
| A. | SRAM |
| B. | DRAM |
| C. | ROM |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. DRAM | |
| 573. |
A typical personal computer used for business purposes would have__ of RAM. |
| A. | 4 KB |
| B. | 16 K |
| C. | 64 K |
| D. | 256 K |
| Answer» D. 256 K | |
| 574. |
The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage element called |
| A. | Semiconductor memory |
| B. | Registers |
| C. | Hard disks |
| D. | Magnetic disk |
| Answer» B. Registers | |
| 575. |
Which was the computer conceived by Babbage? |
| A. | Analytical Engine |
| B. | Arithmetic Machine |
| C. | Donald Kunth |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» A. Analytical Engine | |
| 576. |
The processing speed of first generation computers was |
| A. | milliseconds |
| B. | microseconds |
| C. | nanoseconds |
| D. | picoseconds |
| Answer» A. milliseconds | |
| 577. |
Model 5100 was ______ in 1957. |
| A. | The first PC built by IBM |
| B. | The first PC built by Apple |
| C. | The first PC built by Motorola |
| D. | The first PC built by Intel |
| Answer» A. The first PC built by IBM | |
| 578. |
VGA is |
| A. | Video Graphics Array |
| B. | Visual Graphics Array |
| C. | Volatile Graphics Array |
| D. | Video Graphics Adapter |
| Answer» A. Video Graphics Array | |
| 579. |
A kind of scanner MICR is the short form of |
| A. | Magnetic Ink Character Reader |
| B. | Magnetic Ink Code Reader |
| C. | Magnetic Ink Cases Reader |
| D. | None |
| Answer» A. Magnetic Ink Character Reader | |
| 580. |
Which of the following is not a class based on size? |
| A. | Mainframe Computer |
| B. | Micro Computer |
| C. | Mini Computer |
| D. | Digital Computer |
| Answer» D. Digital Computer | |
| 581. |
Which 8-bit chip was used in many of today’s TRS-80 computers? |
| A. | Z-8000 |
| B. | Motorola 6809 |
| C. | Z-8808 |
| D. | Z-80 |
| Answer» D. Z-80 | |
| 582. |
Which of the following disk is fixed disk? |
| A. | Hard Disks |
| B. | Flash Disks |
| C. | Blu-Ray Disks |
| D. | DVDs |
| Answer» A. Hard Disks | |
| 583. |
Which of the following professions has not been affected by personal computers? |
| A. | Medical |
| B. | Clerical and law |
| C. | Accounting |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 584. |
The word Abacus is derived from Abax, a word from |
| A. | Latin language |
| B. | Greek Language |
| C. | Sanskrit language |
| D. | Ancient Egypt |
| Answer» A. Latin language | |
| 585. |
In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed |
| A. | Parallel only |
| B. | Sequentially only |
| C. | Both sequentially and parallel |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» C. Both sequentially and parallel | |
| 586. |
Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system? |
| A. | Magnetic core |
| B. | Semiconductor |
| C. | Magnetic tape |
| D. | Both a and b |
| Answer» C. Magnetic tape | |
| 587. |
An online backing storage system capable of storing larger quantities of data is |
| A. | CPU |
| B. | Memory |
| C. | Mass storage |
| D. | Secondary storage |
| Answer» C. Mass storage | |
| 588. |
A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called |
| A. | Laser printer |
| B. | Ink-jet printer |
| C. | Drum printer |
| D. | Chan printer |
| Answer» B. Ink-jet printer | |
| 589. |
Which of the following does not affect the resolution of a video display image? |
| A. | Bandwidth |
| B. | Raster scan rage |
| C. | Vertical and horizontal lines of resolution |
| D. | Screen size |
| Answer» D. Screen size | |
| 590. |
Which of the following printing devices an output composed of a series of data? |
| A. | Wire matrix printer |
| B. | Band printer |
| C. | Wang image printer |
| D. | Both a and c |
| Answer» D. Both a and c | |
| 591. |
Which of the following is an example of fifth generation computer? |
| A. | PIM/m |
| B. | ICL 2950 |
| C. | IBM 1401 |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» A. PIM/m | |
| 592. |
Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for |
| A. | Direct access |
| B. | Sequential access |
| C. | Both of above |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» C. Both of above | |
| 593. |
Which of the following is not a third generation computer? |
| A. | IBM 360 |
| B. | IBM 1401 |
| C. | PDP-8 |
| D. | HP2115 |
| Answer» B. IBM 1401 | |
| 594. |
The number of records contained within a block of data on magnetic tape is defined by the |
| A. | Block definition |
| B. | Record contain clause |
| C. | Blocking factor |
| D. | Record per block |
| Answer» C. Blocking factor | |
| 595. |
Mark I is also known as |
| A. | American Sequence Controlled Calculator |
| B. | Automatic Sequence Calculating Controller |
| C. | American Sequence Controlled Computer |
| D. | Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator |
| Answer» D. Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator | |
| 596. |
Which of the following registers is loaded with the contents of the memory location pointed by the PC? |
| A. | Memory address registers |
| B. | Memory data registers |
| C. | Instruction register |
| D. | Program counter |
| Answer» C. Instruction register | |
| 597. |
Which of the following are the cheapest memory devices in terms of Cost/Bit? |
| A. | Semiconductor memories |
| B. | Magnetic Disks |
| C. | Compact Disks |
| D. | Magnetic Tapes |
| Answer» C. Compact Disks | |
| 598. |
MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by? |
| A. | Consumers |
| B. | Workers |
| C. | Foremen |
| D. | Managers |
| Answer» D. Managers | |
| 599. |
Which is valid statement |
| A. | 1 KB = 1024 Bytes |
| B. | 1 MB = 1024 Bytes |
| C. | 1 KB = 1000 Bytes |
| D. | 1 MB = 1000 Bytes |
| Answer» A. 1 KB = 1024 Bytes | |
| 600. |
Latency time is |
| A. | Time to spin the needed data under head |
| B. | Time to spin the needed data under track |
| C. | Time to spin data under sector |
| D. | All of above |
| Answer» A. Time to spin the needed data under head | |
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