Computer Awareness-23

    1.     Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only store information to it but cannot erase or modify it?

a.      Floppy Disk   

b.     Hard Disk

c.      Tape Drive   

d.     CDROM

    2.     Which of the following is the largst manufacturer of Hard Disk Drives?

a.       IBM   

b.     Seagate

c.      Microsoft   

d.     3M

    3.     The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as

a.      Hardware   

b.     Software

c.      Firmware   

d.     ROM ware

    4.     To save a document in different location use :

a.      Save   

b.     Save as

c.      Save as web page   

d.     All of above

     5.     Which of the following is not an manufacturer of Hard Disk drives?

a.      Samsung   

b.     Intel

c.      Seagate   

d.     Western Digital

     6.     The two basic types of record - access methods are

a.      Sequential and random

b.     Sequential and indexed

c.      Direct and immediate

d.     On-line and real time

     7.     A disadvantage of the laser printer is :

a.      It is  quieter than an impact printer

b.     It is very slow

c.      The output is of a lower quality

d.     None of these

      8.     Different components on the motherboard of a PC processor unit are linked together by sets or parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called?

a.      Conductors   

b.     Buses

c.      Connectors   

d.     Connectivity

     9.     Which of the following professions has been affected by personal computers?

a.      Medical  

b.     Clerical and law

c.      Accounting   

d.     All of the above

    10. What is meant by a dedicated computer?

a.      Which is used by one person only

b.     Which is assigned one and only one task

c.      Which uses one kind of software

d.     Which is meant for application software

     11. A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a / an

a.      Interpreter   

b.     CPU

c.      Compiler   

d.     Simulator

     12. Instructions and memory address are represented by

a.      Character code   

b.     Binary codes

c.      Binary word   

d.     Partiy bit

     13. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are

a.      More expensive   

b.     More portable

c.      Less rigid   

d.     Slowly accessed

     14. The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform

a.      Arithmetic Operation

b.     Logic operation

c.      Fetch operstions

d.     Either of the above

     15. A physical connection between the microprocessor memory and other parts of the microcomputer is known as

a.      Path   

b.     Address bus

c.      Router   

d.     All of the above

     16. A group of magnetic tapes, videos or terminals usually under the control of one master is

a.      Cyinder   

b.     Surface

c.      Track   

d.     Cluster

     17. Each model of a computer has a unique

a.      Assembly of a computer

b.     Machine language

c.      High level language

d.     All of the above

     18. Which company is the biggest player in the microprocessor industry?

a.      Motorola   

b.     IBM

c.      Intel   

d.     AMD

     19. Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU?

a.      Mass memory   

b.     Internal memory

c.      Non-volatile memory

d.     PROM   

     20. Microprocessors can be used t make

a.      Computer   

b.     Digital systems

c.      Calculators   

d.     All of the above