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Computer Fundamentals | Set 3

1. Which of the following is a multi processing system?

Correct : D. all of the above

2. Which of the following operatiing system allows multi tasking?

Correct : D. all of the above

3. which of the following is not a real time operasting system?

Correct : D. dos

4. _______is a program informing a program an event has occured

Correct : C. interrupt

5. PCs support _____ types of software interrupts

Correct : B. 256

6. which of the following is an example of system software?

Correct : D. none of the above

7. which spread sheet package was later sold to LotusDevelopment Corp.?

Correct : C. visicalc

8. Which one of the following is a characteristics of a spreadsheet application?

Correct : D. all of the above

9. ____ includes the operating system and all the utilities that enable the computer to function

Correct : C. system software

10. .world wide web is made of documents created with language called

Correct : A. html

11. To access and display documkents on the web you must have a communication standard called

Correct : D. html

12. The standard that allows you to enter the name and location of informationand the method for transporting the information over the internet

Correct : B. url

13. as you scroll through a webpageit is likely you will see some underlined text or text in different colour. These represent

Correct : B. hypertext links

14. The major categories for toplevel domain are

Correct : D. all of the above

15. what defines the different aspects of web page including heading levels, bold italics, images, paragraph

Correct : A. html

16. the process of visiting websites on ikternethosted by various companies, organisations etc is called

Correct : B. browsing

17. which of the following is a search engine?

Correct : A. alta vista

18. which is the tool that provides a single interface that enables users to search many different searc engines, indexes, databases simultaneously?

Correct : B. search engines

19. one way of protecting the email message is

Correct : B. encryption

20. the feature of an email program which allows you to storethe information about the people with whom you correspond is?

Correct : C. address book

21. The default priority of an e-mail message is

Correct : C. normal

22. which of the following is a telecommunication processor

Correct : D. all of the above

23. which of the following is a function a telecommunication software

Correct : C. access control

24. WAN stands for

Correct : D. wide area network

25. LSI stans for

Correct : B. large scale integration

26. the first general purpose computer was

Correct : B. eniac

27. the two types of RAM are

Correct : C. static and dynamic

28. which of the followinbg loses its contents when the computer is turned off?

Correct : A. ram

29. which is the memoery chip that is programmed during the manufacturing process

Correct : A. rom

30. the two types of auwillary storage devices are

Correct : A. random and sequential access

31. which of the following is a sequential access drive?

Correct : C. magnetic tape

32. WORM stands for

Correct : B. write once read many

33. which of thefollowing is the slowest in accessing data?

Correct : C. magnetic tape

34. which is the reusable optical disk?

Correct : D. cd-rw

35. which of the following is not an sequential-access device?

Correct : A. cd-rom

36. the mouse which needs a special mouse pad is

Correct : B. optical

37. which is the technology that is used as a direct entry method in banks?

Correct : C. micr

38. Which is the technology used in the evaluation of aptitude test

Correct : B. omr

39. an input device used widely on supermatkets

Correct : D. bar code reader

40. Touch sensitive pad used as a pointing devicein poratbl computers?

Correct : A. touch pad

41. Display technique that enables a monitor to provide more resolution inexpensively

Correct : C. interlacing

42. _____ is a program created in human-readable format

Correct : A. source code

43. Which of the following is a basic feature of a word processor?

Correct : D. all of the above

44. which of the following is an advanced feature of word processor

Correct : A. font specification

45. which of the following is represented by a series of 1s and 0s?

Correct : A. machine level language

46. text based browser

Correct : C. lynx

47. www is the brain child of

Correct : A. tim berners lee

48. requirements of dial up connection

Correct : D. all of the above

49. equipment that allows single phone connection for both adsl and voice calls

Correct : A. splitter

50. which one of the following is not a internet protocol?

Correct : D. isp

51. SLIP is used in

Correct : C. dialup

52. which one of the foloowing identifies a particular internet resource?

Correct : C. url

53. which one of the following is the correct order of hierarchy for a URL

Correct : A. protocol-server name-domain name-toplevel doman name

54. which of the following is a interpreted language

Correct : D. basic

55. which one of the following is not a modifier key

Correct : C. insert

56. which one of the following was included in modern IBM compatible keyboards?

Correct : B. start

57. mouse was pioneered by

Correct : A. xerox

58. mouse was invented by

Correct : C. douglas engelbart

59. which is considered to be the next generation of OMR

Correct : B. icr

60. which one of the following monitors has an electron gun

Correct : C. crt

61. which of the folowing are basic categories of mouse

Correct : D. all of the above

62. which one of the following is a digital modulation technique

Correct : D. all of the above

63. what are the components of a computer hardware

Correct : D. all of the above

64. which one of these consist of interconnected electronic devicesthat control everything that computer does?

Correct : A. hardware

65. which one of the following is the first spreadsheet application?

Correct : A. visicalc

66. Computer is free from tiresome and boardroom. We call it

Correct : C. Diligence

67. The output quality of a printer is measured by

Correct : B. Dot per inch

68. The accuracy of the floating-point numbers representable in two 16-bit words of a computer is approximately

Correct : A. 16 digits

69. Computers with 80286 microprocessor is

Correct : B. AT computers

70. Today’s computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changes in 1924. What was that name?

Correct : B. Computing Tabulating Recording Co.

71. What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer?

Correct : B. To compare numbers

72. Which was the most popular first generation computer?

Correct : A. IBM 650

73. Nepal brought a computer for census of 2028 BS. This computer was of

Correct : B. second generation

74. in which year was UK’s premier computing event started?

Correct : A. 1980

75. What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan started FGCS?

Correct : B. Parallel Processing

76. Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?

Correct : C. Magnetic tape

77. The storage subsystem in a microcomputer consists mainly of __ or __ media with varying capacities

Correct : B. Magnetic or optical

78. Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as

Correct : B. application software

79. Computer operators

Correct : B. operate the device which input and output data from the computer

80. Which of the following is not anti-viruses software?

Correct : C. Oracle

81. What is a compiler?

Correct : B. A compiler converts the whole of a higher level program code into machine code in one step

82. _______ computers are also called personal computers

Correct : C. Micro Computers

83. Which of the following is not input unit device?

Correct : C. plotter

84. Identify the correct statement

Correct : C. IBM used CISC CPU design

85. Which of the following statement is false?

Correct : C. All electronic computers are digital computers

86. Which of the following require large computers memory?

Correct : D. All of Above

87. Which of the following is machine independence program?

Correct : A. High level language

88. When was the first electro-mechanical computer developed?

Correct : C. 1944

89. The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was:

Correct : B. Mark-I

90. Which one is the largest space?

Correct : B. petabyte

91. FORTRAN programming language is more suitable for ____

Correct : C. Scientific Applications

92. The brain of any computer system is

Correct : C. Central Processing Unit

93. Analog computer works on the supply of

Correct : A. Continuous electrical pulses

94. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?

Correct : D. Glitch

95. The advantage of COM are its __ and __

Correct : A. Compact size; speed readability

96. The BIOS is the abbreviation of ________.

Correct : A. Basic Input Output System

97. Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing?

Correct : A. Laser printer

98. IBM 1401 is

Correct : B. Second Generation Computer

99. Most of the first generation computers were

Correct : A. Special purpose computers

100. Floppy disks typically in diameter

Correct : D. All of above