Computer Fundamentals - Objective Questions (MCQ) with Solutions - Set 13
1. Which of the following printers are you sure will not to use if your objective is to print on multi carbon forms?
a. Daisy wheelb. Dot matrixc. Laserd. Thimble
2. Which of the following printing devices an output composed of a series of data?
a. Wire matrix printerb. Band printerc. Wang image printerd. Both a and c
3. The personal computer industry was started by
a. IBMb. Applec. Compaqd. HCL
4. In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT stand for
a. Additional Terminalsb. Advance technologyc. Applied technologyd. Advanced terminology
5. Magnetic tape can serve as
a. Secondary storage mediab. Output mediac. Input mediad. All of the above
6. If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify address in a RAM, the number of addresses will be
a. 216b. 65,536c. 64Kd. Any of the above
7. The two major types of computer chips are
a. External memory chipb. Primary memory chipc. Microprocessor chipd. Both b and c
8. As compared to the secondary memory, the primary memory of a computer is
a. Largeb. Cheapc. Fastd. Slow
9. Which of the following is a way to access secondary memory?
a. Random access memoryb. Action methodc. Transfer methodd. Density method
10. Which was the most popular first generation computer?
a. IBM 1650b. IBM 360c. IBM 1130d. IBM 2700
11. What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer?
a. To produce resultb. To compare numbersc. To control flow of informationd. To do math’s works
12. The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform
a. Arithmetic Operationb. Logic operationc. Fetch operationsd. Either of the above
13. Which of the printers used in conjunction with computers uses dry ink power?
a. Daisy wheel printerb. Line printerc. Laser printerd. Thermal printer
14. Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?
a. Laser printerb. Ink jet printerc. Plotterd. Dot matrix printer
15. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?
a. ROMb. RAMc. EPROMd. None of above
16. Which of the following memories has the shortest access times?
a. Cache memoryb. Magnetic bubble memoryc. Magnetic core memoryd. RAM
17. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to
a. 2 byteb. 32 bytec. 4 byted. 8 byte
18. An error in computer data is called
a. Chipb. Bugc. CPUd. Storage device
19. A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is
a. Process controlb. ALUc. Register Unitd. Process description
20. Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known
a. Memory mapb. Memory protectionc. Memory managementd. Memory instruction
Answers:
1. Which of the following printers are you sure will not to use if your objective is to print on multi carbon forms?
c. Laser
2. Which of the following printing devices an output composed of a series of data?
d. Both a and c
3. The personal computer industry was started by
a. IBM
4. In the IBM PC-At, what do the words AT stand for
b. Advance technology
5. Magnetic tape can serve as
d. All of the above
6. If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify address in a RAM, the number of addresses will be
b. 65,536
7. The two major types of computer chips are
d. Both b and c
8. As compared to the secondary memory, the primary memory of a computer is
c. Fast
9. Which of the following is a way to access secondary memory?
a. Random access memory
10. Which was the most popular first generation computer?
a. IBM 1650
11. What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer?
b. To compare numbers
12. The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform
d. Either of the above
13. Which of the printers used in conjunction with computers uses dry ink power?
c. Laser printer
14. Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?
c. Plotter
15. Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?
b. RAM
16. Which of the following memories has the shortest access times?
a. Cache memory
17. A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to
c. 4 byte
18. An error in computer data is called
b. Bug
19. A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is
d. Process description
20. Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known
b. Memory protection 
