Computer Fundamentals - Objective Questions (MCQ) with Solutions - Set 10
1. The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from
a. Primary memoryb. Control sectionc. External memoryd. Cache memory
2. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called
a. Read-outb. Read fromc. Readd. All of above
3. All modern computer operate on
a. Informationb. Floppiesc. Datad. Word
4. Instructions and memory address are represented by
a. Character codeb. Binary codesc. Binary wordd. Parity bit
5. Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation?
a. ASCIIb. Hollerith Codec. Baudot Coded. EBCDIC Code
6. What is the latest write-once optical storage media?
a. Digital paperb. Magneto-optical diskc. WORM diskd. CD-ROM disk
7. The most important advantage of a video disk is
a. Compactnessb. Potential capacityc. Durabilityd. Cost effectiveness
8. What is the number of read-write heads in the drive for a 9-trac magnetic tape?
a. 9b. 16c. 18d. 27
9.
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?
a. Track numberb. Sector numberc. Surface numberd. All of above
10. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
a. More expensiveb. More portablec. Less rigidd. Slowly accessed
11. Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called?
a. Hard disksb. High-density disksc. Diskettesd. Templates
12. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more correct?
a. It is an output deviceb. It is an input devicec. It is a peripheral deviced. It is hardware item
13. What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?
a. Display screenb. Soft copy terminalc. Hard copy terminald. Plotter
14. Dot-matrix is a type of
a. Tapee. Printerf. Diskg. Bus
15. The two kinds of main memory are:
a. Primary and secondaryb. Random and sequentialc. ROM and RAMd. All of above
16. A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called
a. Laser printerb. Ink-jet printerc. Drum printerd. Chan printer
17. Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing?
a. Laser printerb. Inkjet printerc. Daisy wheel printerd. Dot matrix printer
18. An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio response is
b. Magnetic tapec. Voice response unitd. Voice recognition unite. Voice band
19. Which of the following will happen when data is entered into a memory location?
a. It will add to the content of the locationb. It will change the address of the memory locationc. It will erase the previous contentd. It will not be fruitful if there is already some data at the location
20.
A storage area used to store data to a compensate for the difference in
speed at which the different units can handle data is
a. Memoryb. Bufferc. Accumulatord. Address
Answers:
1. The ALU of a computer responds to the commands coming from
b. Control section
2. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called
d. All of above
3. All modern computer operate on
c. Data
4. Instructions and memory address are represented by
b. Binary codes
5. Which of the following code used in present day computing was developed by IBM Corporation?
d. EBCDIC Code
6. What is the latest write-once optical storage media?
d. CD-ROM disk
7. The most important advantage of a video disk is
b. Potential capacity
8. What is the number of read-write heads in the drive for a 9-trac magnetic tape?
a. 9
9.
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?
d. All of above
10. As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
a. More expensive
11. Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called?
c. Diskettes
12. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more correct?
c. It is a peripheral device
13. What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?
c. Hard copy terminal
14. Dot-matrix is a type of
b. Printer
15. The two kinds of main memory are:
c. ROM and RAM
16. A kind of serial dot-matrix printer that forms characters with magnetically-charged ink sprayed dots is called
b. Ink-jet printer
17. Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing?
a. Laser printer
18. An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio response is
b. Voice response unit
19. Which of the following will happen when data is entered into a memory location?
c. It will erase the previous content
20.
A storage area used to store data to a compensate for the difference in
speed at which the different units can handle data is
b. Buffer
