1.
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
2.
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
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c. Connectors
d. Connectivity
3.
Which of the following
professions has been affected by personal computers?
a. Medical
b. Clerical and law
c. Accounting
d. All
of the above
4.
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
5.
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
6.
Instructions and memory
address are represented by
a. Character code
b. Binary
codes
c. Binary word
d. Partial bit
7.
As compared to
diskettes, the hard disks are
a. More
expensive
b. More portable
c. Less rigid
d. Slowly accessed
8.
The secondary storage
devices can only store data but they cannot perform
a. Arithmetic Operation
b. Logic operation
c. Fetch operations
d. Either
of the above
9.
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
10.
A group of magnetic
tapes, videos or terminals usually under the control of one master is
a. Cylinder
b. Surface
c. Track
d. Cluster
11.
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
12.
Which company is the
biggest player in the microprocessor industry?
a. Motorola
b. IBM
c. Intel
d. AMD
13.
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
14.
Microprocessors can be
used t make
a. Computer
b. Digital systems
c. Calculators
d. All
of the above
15.
The subject of
cybernetics deals with the science of
a. Genetics
b. Control
and communications
c. Molecular biology
d. Biochemistry
16.
A term associated with
the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is:
a. EFTS
b. MPG
c. MIPS
d. CFPS
17.
An integrated circuit is
a. A complicated circuit
b. An integrating device
c. Much costlier than a single transistor
d. Fabricated
on a tiny silicon chip
18.
Which command is used to
set a name to a disk in DOS?
a. VOLUME
b. VOL
c. LABEL
d. DISKLABEL
19.
Which file starts MS
Word?
a. Winword.exe
b. Word.exe
c. Msword.exe
d. Word2003.exe
20.
To get to the 'Symbol'
dialog box, click on the ......... menu and choose 'Symbol'.
a. Insert
b. Format
c. Tools
d. Table