Computer Awareness-49

1.     BIOS is responsible for 

a.     Handling the particulars of input/output operations

b.     Output operations 

c.      Input operations

d.     All of the above 

2.     BIOS is an abbreviation for–

a.     Binary Input/Binary Output

b.     Binary synchronous

c.      Binary digit

d.     All of the above

3.     BISYNC is an abbreviation for–

a.     Binary Input/Binary Output

b.     Binary synchronous

c.      Binary digit

d.     All of the above

4.     The overall design, construction, organization and interconnecting of the various components of a computer system is referred as–

a.     Computer Architecture

b.     Computer Flowchart

c.      Computer Algorithm

d.     All of the above 

5.     A number system with a base of two is referred as–

a.      Unary number system

b.     Binary number system

c.      Octal number system

d.     All of the above 

6.     _____Is a program which reproduces itself?

a.      Virus

b.     Software

c.      a and b

d.     None 

7.      ____Viruses that aim at the boot sector of a hard drive are infecting a very crucial component of the boot process?

a.      File infection virus

b.     Boot virus

c.      Network virus

d.     E-mail virus

8.      _____Is the virus that they will attach themselves to EXE files, compressed files like ZIP files and driver files?

a.      File infector virus

b.     Boot virus

c.      Network virus

d.     E-mail virus

9.      _____Is the virus, which is uniquely created to quickly spread throughout the local area network?

a.      File infector virus

b.     Boot virus

c.      Network virus

d.     E-mail virus

10. Which of the following are the main purposes of an operating system?

a.      To provide an environment for a computer user to execute programs on a computer hardware in a convenient and efficient manner

b.     To allocate separate resources of the computer as needed to solve the problem given

c.      Supervision of the executions of user programs to prevent errors and improper use of computer

d.     All of the above

11. Define acronym 'spooling'?

a.      Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-line

b.     Simultaneous Peripheral Operation Off-line

c.      Simultaneous Peripheral Organization On-line

d.     System Peripheral Operation On-line

12. Several programs are in a memory concurrently; the system switches among the programs for efficient processing and minimal idle time is called____?

a.      Multi tasking

b.     Multi programming

c.      Multi functioning

d.     None of the above

13. ____ Is the using scheduling and multiprogramming to provide an economical interactive system of two or more users?

a.      Time sharing

b.     Time changing

c.      Processing

d.     None 

14.  ____Is a system with two or more central processing units?

a.      No definition 

b.     Multi processor

c.      Double processor

d.     None 

15.  ____ Is the system where fast response is desirable, but not required?

a.      Real time systems

b.     Time sharing systems

c.      a and b

d.     None 

16.  ____Is the system where processing must be completed with in certain time constraints appropriate for the system?

a.      Real time systems

b.     Time sharing systems

c.      a and b

d.     None 

17.  ____Is the smallest block that can be read or written on a disk?

a.      Sector

b.     Track

c.      Disk

d.     None of the above

18. . ____Is the collection of sectors all as same circumference on a single surface?

a.      Track

b.     Sector

c.      Disk

d.     None of the above

19.  ____Is the time interval when a process uses Central Processing Unit only?

a.      CPU burst

b.     I/O burst

c.      (a)And(b)

d.     Either (a)or(b)

20.  ____Is the time interval when a process uses I/O devices only?

a.      CPU burst

b.     I/O burst

c.      (a)And(b)

d.     Either (a)or(b)