14 Introduction to the Computer (Part 14)
05 Mar 2015
261.An application suitable for sequential processing is
(1) Processing of Grades
(2) Payroll processing
(3) Both a and b
(4) All the above
(5) None of them
262.The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of a document is
(1) Editing
(2) Writing
(3) Formatting
(4) All the above
(5) None of them
263.Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?
(1) Magnetic drum
(2) Prom
(3) Floppy
(4) All the above
(5) None of them
264.Which of the following memories needs refreshing?
(1) SRAM
(2) DRAM
(3) ROM
(4) All the above
(5) None of them
265.Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?
(1) OCR
(2) OMR
(3) MICR
(4) All the above
(5) None of them
266.The output quality of a printer is measured by
(1) Dot per inch
(2) Dot per sq. inch
(3) Dots printed per unit time
(4) All the above
(5) None of them
267.A word in a web page that, when clicked, opens another document ____
(1) anchor
(2) URL
(3) hyperlink
(4) reference
(5) None of these
268.In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed
(1) Parallel only
(2) Sequentially only
(3) Both sequentially and parallel
(4) All the above
(5) None of them
269.Who designed the first electronics computer - ENIAC?
(1) Van-Neumann
(2) Joseph M. Jacquard
(3) J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly
(4) All the above
(5) None of them
270.Who invented the high level language C?
(1) Dennis M. Ritchie
(2) Niklaus Writh
(3) Seymour Papert
(4) Donald Kunth
(5) None of them
271.Personnel who design, program, operate and maintain computer equipment refers to
(1) Console-operator
(2) Programmer
(3) Peopleware
(4) System Analyst
(5) None of them
272.When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?
(1) 1978
(2) 1984
(3) 1990
(4) 1991
(5) None of them
273.A computer cannot ''boot'' if it does not have the _____
(1) Compiler
(2) Loader
(3) Operating System
(4) assembler
(5) None of these
274.An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?
(1) Leech
(2) Squid
(3) Slug
(4) Glitch
(5) None of them
275.What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM) makes it useful ?
(1) ROM information can be easily updated
(2) Data in ROM is nonvolatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power
(3) ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive data storage
(4) ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers
(5) None of these
276.What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention?
(1) Pixel
(2) Reverse video
(3) Touch screen
(4) Cursor
(5) None of them
277.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 contributed the video display?
(1) India
(2) China
(3) Germany
(4) Taiwan
(5) None of them
278.Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards?
(1) Daughter board
(2) Motherboard
(3) Father board
(4) Breadboard
(5) None of them
279.In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives, memory expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board. What is the name of this board?
(1) Motherboard
(2) Breadboard
(3) Daughter board
(4) Grandmother board
(5) None of them
280.Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network ?
(1) LAN
(2) DSL
(3) RAM
(4) USB
(5) CPU
Answers: 261. (3) 262. (3) 263. (2) 264. (2) 265. (1) 266. (2) 267. (3) 268. (3) 269. (3) 270. (1) 271. (3) 272. (4) 273. (3) 274. (4) 275. (2) 276. (2) 277. (4) 278. (2) 279. (1) 280. (2)
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