21 Introduction to the Computer (Part 21)
13 Mar 2015
401.Which of the itSems below are considered removable storage media?
(1) Removable hard disk cartridges
(2) (Magneto-optical) disk
(3) Flexible disks cartridges
(4) All of the above
(5) None of them
402.Which term is used to describe RAM?
(1) Dynamic RAM (DRAM)
(2) Static RAM (SRAM)
(3) Video RAM (VRAM)
(4) All of the above
(5) None of them
403.Which of the following are (is) considered to be video component?
(1) Resolution
(2) Color depth
(3) Refresh rate
(4) All the above
(5) None of them
404.On a PC, how much memory is available to application software?
(1) 1024 KB
(2) 760 KB
(3) 640 KB
(4) 560 KB
(5) None of them
405.Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?
(1) Floppy / hard disks
(2) CD-ROMs
(3) Tape devices
(4) All of the above
(5) None of them
406.The Width of a processor’s data path is measured in bits. Which of the following are common data paths?
(1) 8 bits
(2) 12 bits
(3) 16 bits
(4) 32 bits
(5) None of them
407.Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?
(1) RAM
(2) ROM
(3) ERAM
(4) RW / RAM
(5) None of them
408.What type of memory is not directly addressable by the CPU and requires special software called EMS (expanded memory specification)?
(1) Extended
(2) Expanded
(3) Base
(4) Conventional
(5) None of them
409.Before a disk can be used to store data. It must be.......
(1) Formatted
(2) Reformatted
(3) Addressed
(4) All the above
(5) None of them
410.What type of device is computer keyboard?
(1) Memory
(2) Output
(3) Storage
(4) Input
(5) None of them
411.The original ASCII code used...bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking
(1) 5
(2) 6
(3) 7
(4) 8
(5) None of them
412.Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?
(1) Motorola
(2) IBM
(3) Intel
(4) AMD
(5) None of them
413.What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
(1) Light pen
(2) Mouse
(3) Digitizer
(4) Terminal
(5) None of them
414.A hard copy would be prepared on a
(1) Line printer
(2) Dot matrix Printer
(3) Typewriter terminal
(4) All of the above
(5) None of them
415.A typical personal computer used for business purposes would have... of RAM.
(1) 4 KB
(2) 16 K
(3) 64 K
(4) 256 K
(5) None of them
416.A high quality CAD system uses the following for printing drawing and graphs
(1) Dot matrix printer
(2) Digital plotter
(3) Line printer
(4) All the above
(5) None of above
417.Symbolic logic was discovered by
(1) George Boole
(2) Herman Hollerith
(3) Van Neumann
(4) Basic Pascal
(5) None of them
418.What was the nick name of the computer used by the Americans in 1952 for their H-bomb project?
(1) ENIAC
(2) ED SAC
(3) MANIAC
(4) UNIVAC
(5) None of them
419.The word length of a computer is measured in
(1) Bytes
(2) Millimeters
(3) Meters
(4) Bits
(5) None of them
420.Multi user systems provided cost savings for small business because they use a single processing unit to link several
(1) Personal computers
(2) Workstations
(3) Dumb terminals
(4) Mainframes
(5) None of them
Answers : 401. (4) 402. (4) 403. (3) 404. (4) 405. (1) 406. (2) 407. (2) 408. (1) 409. (4) 410. (3) 411. (3) 412. (4)
413. (4) 414. (4) 415. (4) 416. (2) 417. (1) 418. (3) 419. (4) 420. (3)
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