1. The following device allows the user to add
external components to a computer system
Correct : C. Ports/ system boards
2. Software that manages data in more than one file at a time and these files are treated as tables with rows and columns rather than as lists of records is
Correct : A. Relational Data Base Management Package
3. A program that remains in the memory while other programs are executing
Correct : A. Resident Program
4. The total time elapsed between submission of command and data to a computer and getting the result of computation is the
Correct : B. Response time
5. An automatic machine that is made to perform routine human tasks is
Correct : B. Robot
6. The time required to complete a single, continuous execution of an object program is called
Correct : A. Run time
7. Computer network is a
Correct : D. Both A & B are true
8. A process of collecting, organizing, storing
and otherwise maintaining a complete historical record of programs and other documents used or prepared during the different phases of the system is called
Correct : A. Documentation
9. What are connector symbol?
Correct : D. All the above
10. Console is
Correct : A. A device that enables human operators to communicate with the computer
11. Constant is a value written into a program instruction
Correct : A. that does not change during the execution of the program
12. A removable direct-access storage medium containing multiple magnetic disks mounted vertically on a single-shaft is referred as
Correct : B. Disk pack
13. Diskette is a
Correct : A. A low-cost, thin flexible magnetic disk storage device
14. An optical input device that is used to read
documents printed in a special type font is known as
Correct : A. Document reader
15. For checking spelling one uses
Correct : A. Dictionary Disk
16. A storage devices where the access time is
effectively independent of the location of the data is referred as
Correct : A. Direct access
17. Diagnostic routines is a
Correct : C. Both A & B are true
18. The term DBMS is referred to
Correct : C. Both A & B are true
19. The speed at which data is transferred from the main memory to another medium on which data are recorded is referred as
Correct : A. Data transfer rate
20. The time period during which a computer is malfunctioning or not operating correctly due to machine failures is referred as
Correct : A. Downtime
21. Automatic execution of high-priority computer programs that have been designed to pre- empt the use of computer resources is referred as
Correct : A. Foreground processing
22. Digitizer is an input device
Correct : A. Used to convert graphic and pictorial data into binary inputs for a digital computer
23. A flat, circular plate coated with a magnetic
material on which data can be stored by magnetization of portions of the flat surface is
Correct : A. Disk
24. Disk operating system is referred for
Correct : C. Both A & B
25. Document reader is
Correct : A. An optical input device used to read documents
26. One or more identifying lines printed at the bottom of a page are referred as
Correct : B. Footer
27. FORTRAN is
Correct : C. Both A & B
28. A CPU designed specifically to handle the communications processing task with main purpose is to off-load communications processing task from the host computer so that the host computer can be dedicated for applications and data processing jobs.
Correct : B. Front-end processor
29. An adder which adds three binary digits and
outputs a result bit and a carry bit is referred as
Correct : C. Full adder
30. Emulator is a program that
Correct : A. Permits one computer to execute the machine-language instructions of another computer of a different make
31. EDP is referred to
Correct : C. Both A & B
32. Internet banking is an example of
Correct : A. Electronic funds transfer (EFT)
33. EBCDIC is
Correct : C. 8-bit coding system
34. A data communication facility on which data can be transmitted in two directions is referred as
Correct : A. Duplex
35. Electronic Mail /Message System (EMMS) best suits to
Correct : A. Postal service
36. Digital Computer is a computer
Correct : A. that works with discrete quantities
37. The subdivision of fields
Correct : B. dependent on programming language used
38. The checking operation performed on input is called
Correct : A. validation of data
39. A device that attaches to both ends of an electrical bus and prevents reflection of echoes of signals that reach the end of the bus is called
Correct : A. Terminator
40. A device mounted on a communication satellite which receives, amplifies and retransmits signals’ from earth stations is called
Correct : D. Transponder
41. Technique of using disk space to make programs believe that the system contains more random access memory (RAM) than is actually available is called
Correct : A. Virtual memory
42. A term means that the application software is priced separately from the computer hardware is called
Correct : A. Unbundled
43. Following is not the operating system
Correct : D. BASIC
44. Which of the following is true concerning personal computers?
Correct : D. All the above.
45. While buying a PC system, one should first
Correct : C. both A and B
46. The microcomputers which have the same operating characteristics as the IBM microcomputers are called
Correct : B. IBM PC
47. The personal computers are also referred as
Correct : A. desk top micros
48. POS data-entry system is used extensively by
Correct : B. grocery industry
49. Primary advantage of key-to-tape data-entry systems
Correct : C. The tape is reusable
50. Maximum character EBCDIC can code
Correct : D. 256
51. The hexadecimal number system has a base of
Correct : D. 16
52. The use of parity bit is for
Correct : C. error-detection
53. The following are basic types of record- access methods
Correct : A. sequential and random
54. Which of the following is input/output device?
Correct : D. all the above
55. The following magazine covers only the IBM
PC and its compatibles
Correct : B. PC Magazine
56. The word size of a microprocessor refers to:
Correct : B. the amount of information that can be stored / cycle
57. The primary memory of a personal computer consists
Correct : C. Both ROM and RAM
58. Microsoft Excel is
Correct : B. electronic spreadsheet
59. All the keys on the IBM PC keyboard repeat as long as one holds them down. These keys are known as
Correct : A. typematic key
60. Distributed data processing configuration where all activities passes through a centrally located computer is
Correct : B. spider network
61. Communications device, combines transmissions from several devices into on line is
Correct : C. multiplexer
62. Data communications involving telegraph lines uses
Correct : C. narrowband channels
63. An advantage of the laser printer respect to impact printer is
Correct : D. all the above
64. Data entry can be performed with all of the
following except
Correct : B. COM
65. Magnetic tape can serve as
Correct : D. all the above
66. The advantages of COM are its and .
Correct : B. compact size; speed
67. Elementary data item are
Correct : A. data item which is not broken down into smaller units
68. A semiconductor memory which allows the eraser of the information stared in it so that new information can be stared in it is referred as
Correct : A. EPROM
69. Extended ASCII uses
Correct : A. 8 bits for coding
70. A device used for transmission of images scanned at a transmitting point and duplicated at a receiving point is
Correct : A. Facsimile (FAX)
71. A data transmission medium made of tiny threads of glass or plastic that can transmit huge amount of information at the speed of light is
Correct : A. Fiber optic cable
72. A method of using a communication channel in which signals can be transmitted between a source and a destination in both directions simultaneously is called
Correct : A. Full duplex
73. A sequential electronic circuit which can be
placed in one out of two stable states where each state may be used to represent a binary digit is stated as
Correct : C. Flip-flop
74. A sequence of instruction (software) that is substituted for hardware and stored in read- only memory (ROM) is called
Correct : B. Firmware
75. Anonymous FTP is the
Correct : A. Internet file transfer protocol
76. EFF sites allows anonymous FTP that
Correct : A. Do not require a password or access
77. ANSI is
Correct : C. Both A & B are true
78. APL is
Correct : D. Both A & B are true
79. The overall design, construction, organiza- tion and interconnecting of the various components of a computer system is referred as
Correct : A. Computer Architecture
80. Asynchronous communication is
Correct : A. Communication between independently operating units
81. Audio response is
Correct : C. Both A & B true
82. Automated Office refers to the merger of
in an office environment.
Correct : D. All the above
83. Auxiliary storage is
Correct : A. Secondary storage
84. Archive is
Correct : A. Backup storage
85. A branch of computer science that deals with computers that possess reasoning, learning and thinking capabilities that resemble those of human beings is recognized as?
Correct : B. Artificial intelligence
86. ASCII is
Correct : A. A standard coding system for computers
87. Following is true for Bandwidth
Correct : A. The wider the bandwidth of a communications system the more data it can transmit in a given period of time.
88. ASCII-8 is
Correct : A. An extended version of ASCIl-7
89. ASCII File is
Correct : A. document file in the universally recognized text format
90. A program that translates mnemonic
statements into executable instructions is referred as
Correct : B. Assembler
91. An assembler is a
Correct : A. Translator
92. In a disk system time required for a read/ write head to move to the track where the record to be read or written is stored is
Correct : D. Seek time
93. Computer output which is displayed on the screen of a terminal without a permanent copy is called
Correct : A. Soft copy
94. A storage device or medium where the access time is dependent upon the location of the data is called
Correct : A. Serial access
95. The set of computer programs, procedures, and associated documentation related to the effective operation of a computer system is referred as
Correct : A. Software
96. An adder in which the bits of the operands are added one after another is called
Correct : A. Serial adder
97. A method of providing virtual memory
Correct : A. Segmentation
98. Transmission of data in one direction is called
Correct : A. Simplex
99. SNOBOL is
Correct : C. both A & B
100. Speech recognition is
Correct : A. Ability to input data directly into a computer system by speaking to it