Computer Questions

(Part -5)

1
. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives,
memory expansion slots and active components are
mounted on a single board. What is the name of this
board?
A. Motherboard
B. Breadboard
C. Daughter board
D. Grandmother board
2
. 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
3
. The system unit of a personal computer typically
contains all of the following except:
A. Microprocessor
B. Disk controller
C. Serial interface
D. Modem
4
. A computer program that converts an entire
program into machine language is called a/an
A. Interpreter
 B. Simulator
C. Compiler
D. Commander
5
. A computer program that translates one program
instructions at a time into machine language
A. Interpreter
B. CPU
C. Compiler
D. Simulator
6
. A small or intelligent device is so called because it
contains within it a
A. Computer
B. Microcomputer
C. Programmable
D. Sensor
7
. A fault in a computer program which prevents it
from working correctly is known as
A. Boot
B. Bug
C. Biff
D. Strap
8
. Modern Computer are very reliable but they are
not
A. Fast
 B. Powerful
C. Infallible
D. Cheap
9
. What is the name of the display feature that
highlights are of the screen which requires operator
attention?
A. Pixel
B. Reverse video
C. Touch screen
D. Cursor
10
. Personal computers use a number of chips
mounted on a main circuit board. What is the
common name for such boards?
A. Daughter board
B. Motherboard
C. Father board
D. Breadboard

11
. A self replicating program, similar to a virus which
was taken from a 1970s science fiction novel by John
Bruner entitled the Shockwave Rider is
A. Bug
B. Vice
C. Lice
D. Worm
12
. A state. is a bi-stable electronic circuit that has
A. Multivibrator
B. Flip-flop
C. Logic gates
D. laten
13
. Unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited
bulk e-mail is known as
A. Spam
B. Trash
C. Calibri
D. Courier
14
. DOS stands for
A. Disk Operating System
B. Disk operating session
C. Digital Operating System
D. Digital Open system
15
. Who is the chief of Microsoft
A. Babbage
B. Bill Gates
C. Bill Clinton
D. none of these
16
. Which of the following are input devices?
A. Keyboard
 B. Mouse
C. Card reader
D. Any of these
17
. Examples of output devices are
A. Screen
B. Printer
C. Speaker
D. All of these
18
. Which of the following is also known as brain of
computer
A. Control unit
B. Central Processing unit
C. Arithmetic and language unit
D. Monitor
19
. IBM stands for
A. Internal Business Management
B. International Business Management
C. International Business Machines
D. Internal Business Machines
20
. ............ translates and executes program at run
time line by line
A. Compiler
B. Interpreter
C. Linker
 D. Loader
21
. is an OOP principle
A. Structured programming
B. Procedural programming
C. Inheritance
D. Linking
22
. COBOL is widely used in application s
A. Commercial
B. Scientific
C. Space
D. Mathematical
23
. RAM stands for
A. Random origin money
B. Random only memory
C. Read only memory
D. Random access memory
24
. 1 Byte =?
A. 8 bits
B. 4 bits
C. 2 bits
D. 9 bits
25
. SMPS stands for
A. Switched mode Power Supply
 B. Start mode power supply
C. Store mode power supply
D. Single mode power supply
26
. The device used to carry digital data on analogue
lines is called as
A. Modem
B. Multiplexer
C. Modulator
D. Demodulator
27
. VDU is also called
A. Screen
B. Monitor
C. Both 1 & 2
D. printer
28
. BIOS stands for
A. Basic Input Output system
B. Binary Input output system
C. Basic Input Off system
D. all the above
29
. Father of “C‘ programming language
A. Dennis Ritchie
B. Prof John Keenly
C. Thomas Kurtz
D. Bill Gates
30
. The instructions that tell a computer how to carry
out the processing tasks are referred
A. programs
B. processors
C. input devices
D. memory modules

31
. An area of a computer that temporarily holds data
waiting to be processed is……….
A. CPU
B. Memory
C. Storage
D. File
32
. ……….. is the key to close a selected drop -down
list; cancel a command and close a dialog box
A. TAB
B. SHIFT
C. ESC
D. F10
33
. ………. is the key we use to run the selected
command.
A. F10
B. TAB
C. ENTER
 D. CTRL
34
. …………. Is the functional key to display save-as
box.
A. F5
B. F6
C. F9
D. F12
35
. Data becomes ……………. when it is presented in a
format that people can understand and use
A. processed
B. graphs
C. information
D. presentation
36
. The term …………. designates equipment that
might be added to a computer system to enhance its
functionality.
A. digital device
B. system add-on
C. disk pack
D. peripheral device
37
. A ………… is a microprocessor -based computing
device.
A. personal computer
B. mainframe
 C. workstation
D. server
38
. RAM can be treated as the ……… for the
computer’s processor
A. factory
B. operating room
C. waiting room
D. planning room
39
. Which of the following are the functions of a
operating system
A. Allocates resources
B. Monitors Activities
C. Manages disks and files
D. All of the above
40
. To move a copy of file from one computer to
another over a communication channel is called?
A. File transfer
B. File encryption
C. File modification
D. File copying

41
. The primary function of the ………… is to set up
the hardware and load and start an operating
system
A. System Programs
B. BIOS
C. CP
D. Memory
42
. What kind of memory is both static and non -
volatile?
A. RAM
B. ROM
C. BIOS
D. CACHE
43
. ………. is computer software designed to operate
the computer hardware and to provide platform for
running application software
A. Application software
B. System software
C. Software
D. Operating system
44
. The ……… is the amount of data that a storage
device can move from the storage medium to the
Computer per second
A. data migration rate
B. data digitizing rate
C. data transfer rate
D. data access rate
45
. A device, which is not connected to CPU, is called
as …….
A. land-line device
B. On-line device
C. Off-line device
D. Device
46
. What is the other name for programmed chip?
A. RAM
B. ROM
C. LSIC
D. PROM
47
. On-line real time systems become popular in
……….. generation
A. First Generation
B. Second Generation
C. Third Generation
D. Fourth Generation
48
. You use a(n) ….., such as a keyboard or mouse, to
input information
A. output device
B. input device
C. storage device
D. processing device
49
. …………. is the ability of a device to “jump”
directly to the requested data
A. Sequential access
B. Random access
C. Quick access
D. All of the above
50
. …………. provides process and memory
management services that allow two or more tasks,
jobs, or programs to run simultaneously
A. Multitasking
B. Multithreading
C. Multiprocessing
D. Multicomputing
 ANSWERS
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. B
8. C
9. B
10. B
11. D
12. B
13. A
14. A
15. B
16. D
17. D
18. B
19. C
20. B
21. C
22. A
23. D
24. A
25. A
26. A
27. C
28. A
29. A
30. A
31. B
32. C
33. C
34. D
35. C
36. D
37. A
38. C
39. D
40. A
41. B
42. B
43. B
44. C
45. C
46. C
47. C
48. B
49. B
50. A