15 Introduction to the Computer (Part 15)
06 Mar 2015
281.The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:
(1) Microprocessor
(2) Disk controller
(3) Serial interface
(4) Modem
(5) None of them
282.A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an
(1) Interpreter
(2) Simulator
(3) Compiler
(4) Commander
(5) None of them
283.A computer program that translates `one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a/an
(1) Interpreter
(2) CPU
(3) Compiler
(4) Simulator
(5) None of them
284.A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a
(1) Computer
(2) Microcomputer
(3) Programmable
(4) Sensor
(5) None of them
285.The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from
(1) Primary memory
(2) Control section
(3) External memory
(4) Cache memory
(5) None of them
286.The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called
(1) Read-out
(2) Read from
(3) Read
(4) All the above
(5) None of them
287.All modern computer operate on
(1) Information
(2) Floppies
(3) Data
(4) Word
(5) None of them
288.Instructions and memory address are represented by
(1) Character code
(2) Binary codes
(3) Binary word
(4) Parity bit
(5) None of them
289.Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation?
(1) ASCII
(2) Hollerith Code
(3) Baudot Code
(4) EBCDIC Code
(5) None of them
290.What is the latest write-once optical storage media?
(1) Digital paper
(2) Magneto-optical disk
(3) WORM disk
(4) CD-ROM disk
(5) None of them
291.The most important advantage of a video disk is
(1) Compactness
(2) Potential capacity
(3) Durability
(4) Cost effectiveness
(5) None of them
292.What is the number of read-write heads in the drive for a 9-trac magnetic tape?
(1) 9
(2) 16
(3) 18
(4) 27
(5) None of them
293.Before a disk drive can access any sector record, a computer program has to provide the record’s disk address. What information does this address specify?
(1) Track number
(2) Sector number
(3) Surface number
(4) All the above
(5) None of them
294.As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
(1) More expensive
(2) More portable
(3) Less rigid
(4) Slowly accessed
(5) None of them
295.Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called?
(1) Hard disks
(2) High-density disks
(3) Diskettes
(4) Templates
(5) None of them
296.Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more correct?
(1) It is an output device
(2) It is an input device
(3) It is a peripheral device
(4) It is hardware item
(5) None of them
297.What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?
(1) Display screen
(2) Soft copy terminal
(3) Hard copy terminal
(4) Plotter
(5) None of them
298.Dot-matrix is a type of
(1) Tape
(2) Printer
(3) Disk
(4) Bus
(5) None of them
299.The two kinds of main memory are:
(1) Primary and secondary
(2) Random and sequential
(3) ROM and RAM
(4) All the above
(5) None of them
300.A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called
(1) Laser printer
(2) Ink-jet printer
(3) Drum printer
(4) Chan printer
(5) None of them
Answers: 281. (4) 282. (3) 283. (1) 284. (4) 285. (2) 286. (4) 287. (3) 288. (2) 289. (4) 290. (4) 291. (2) 292. (1) 293. (4) 294. (1) 295. (3) 296. (3) 297. (3) 298. (2) 299. (3) 300. (2)
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