COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

  COMPUTER  FUNDAMENTAL


1. How many cycles per second are in 1 GHz?
 
a. 1000
b. 1000000
c.10000000000
d. 100000
 Ans- c 10000000000

2. Which in not an output device?
a. Monitor
b. Printer
c. Speaker
d. Mouse
Ans- Mouse

3. How many bits are in a NIBBEL ?
A. 32
B. 16
C. 4
D. 64
Ans- 4

4. Where does your PC store your programmes when the power is off ?
a. Dram
b. Hard Disk
c. Cache
d. Monitor
Ans- Hard Disk

5. The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is 
A. 1.40 MB
B. 1.44 MB
C. 1.40 GB
D. 1.44 GB
Ans- 1.44 MB

6. Which of the following is first Generation of computer?
a. EDSAC
b. IBM-1400
c. CDC-1604
d. ICL-2900
Ans EDSAC

7. Second generation computer were developed during
a. 1949 to 1955
b. 1956 to 1965
c. 1965 to 1970
d. 1970 to 1990
Ans - 1956 to 1965

8. Modern computer are very reliable but they are not 
a. fast
b. powerful
c. infallible
d. cheap
Ans- infallible

9. All modern computer operate on 
a. Information 
b. floppies
c. data
d. word
Ans - data

10. Dot matrix is a type of
a. tape
b. printer 
c. disk
d. bus
Ans - printer

11. Modern computer are very reliable but they are not 
a. powerful
b. fast
c. infallible
d. Cheap
Ans - infallible

12. How many values can be represented by as single byte? 
a. 4
b. 16
c. 64 
d. 512
Ans- 512

13. One Megabyte equals approximately
a. 1000 bits
b. 1000 bytes
c. 1 million bytes
d. 1 million bits
Ans- 1 million bytes

14. The blinking symbol on the computer screen is called the
a. mouse
b. logo
c. hand
d. cursor
Ans - cursor

15. The personal computer industry was started by
a. microsoft
b. Apple
c. compaq
d. Wipro
Ans- Apple

16. Which of the following is not an output device?
a. Scanner
b. Printer
c. Flat screen
d. Touch screen
Ans - Scanner

17. The Size of commonly used floppy disk is
a. 4.5"
b. 3.5"
c. 3.25"
d. 5.5"
Ans - 3.5"

18. What are the unit used to count the speed of a printer
a. CPM
b. DPI
c. PPM
d. BIT
Ans - DPI

19. How many cycles are allowed to a RAM?
a. 1
b. 10
c. 100
d. 1000
Ans - 1

20. Programmes stored in ROM are called
a. Hardware 
b. Firmware
c. Software
d. All the these
Ans - Firmware

21. Which of the following  is not a valid size of a floppy disk? 
a. 8 
b. 5 1/4
c. 3 1/2
d. 5 1/2
Ans - 5 1/4

22. Which of the following term is related with scanners?
a. Laser 
b. Twain
c. Cartridge
d. media
Ans- Twain

23. Primary Memory stores
a. data
b. programmes
c. results
d. all of these
Ans - all of these

24. A set of instructions telling the computer what to do is called
a. mentor
b. instructor
c. compiler
d. programme
Ans- Programme

25. Which of the following is used a as primary storage device?
a. Magnetic DRUM
b. PROM
c. Floppy Disk 
d. All of these
Ans - PROM

26. Where is your BIOS stored?
A. DRAM
B. SDRAM
C. FLASH
D. HARD DISK
 Ans- FLASH

27. Which in not an input device?
A . Keyboard
b. Monitor
c. Touch Screen
d. Mouse
Ans- Monitor

28. Which device can understand difference between data and programmes?
a. Input Device
b. Output Device
c. Memory 
d. Microprocessor
Ans- Microprocessor

29. Which 8- bits chip was used in many of today's TRS-80 computers?
a. z-8000
b. z- 8808
c. z-80
d. Motorola 6809
Ans - z-80

30. Which is the fastest?
a. Hard Disk
b. Flash
c. RDRAM 
d. CD Drive
Ans- RDRAM

31. What is the number of read - write heads in the drive for a 9- trace magnetic tape?
a. 9 
b. 16
c. 18
d. 27
Ans- 9

32. How many bits are in a byte?
a. 32 
b. 16
c. 8
d. 64
Ans- 8

33. What is the width and height ration of traditional computer monitor?
a. 5.2
b. 4.3
c. 16.9
d. 9.16
Ans- 9.16

34. How many heads to read a DSHD  diskette?
a. One 
b. Two
c. more than two
d. can't say
Ans - one

35. The Number of pixels displayed on a screen is known as the screen
a. resolution
b. colour depth
c. refresh rate
d. viewing size
Ans- resolution

36. Instructions and memory address are represented by?
a. character code
b. binary code
c. binary word
d. parity bits
Ans - binary code
 
37. Which of the following in not a typical peripheral part?
a. USB
b. Parallel
c. Serial
d. DVD
Ans- DVD

38. Which technology us used in compact disks?
a. Digital paper
b. Magneto-optical disk
c. Worm disk
d. CD-ROM disk
Ans- CD-ROM disk

39.Which technology is used in compact disks?
a. Mechanical 
b. Electrical
c. Electromagnetic 
d. Laser
Ans- Laser

40. How many cycles are allowed to a EEPROM?
a. 1 
b. 10
c. 100
d. 1000
Ans- 1000

41. Which of the following memories needs refresh?
a. DRAM
B. RAM
C. SRAM
D. All of These
Ans- RAM

42. What king of a dot pitch monitor is better to have?
a. Medium 
b. Higher
c. Lower
d. None of these
Ans- Lower

43. What is the name of the computer terminal which gives paper printout?
a. Display screen
b. Soft copy terminal
c, Hard copy terminal 
d. Plotter
Ans - hard copy terminal

44. What is cache memory
a. Extra memory used for overflow your hard disk
b. A place to store secret information like pass words 
c. It is same as your hard disk drive
d. fast memory used for data that is accessed often
Ans- Fast memory used for data that is accessed often

45. What is PCI?
a. A kind of printer
b. A type of microprocessor
c. A type of system bus
d. An input-output device
Ans- A type of system bus

46. What does CPU stand for?
a. computer Processing unit
b.central Processing Unit
c. central Processing Unit
d. computer Programme Unit
Ans- Central Processing Unit

47. Which is usually faster in a PC system?
A. DDRAM
B. RDRAM
C. SDRAM
D. None of These
Ans- DDRAM

48.     How many bits are there in 1K byte?
a. 1024
b. 1000
c. 512
d. 1096
Ans- 1024

49. What does ROM  stand for?
a. Random only Memory
b. Read Only Memory
c. Read On  Memory
d. Random Only Memory
Ans- Read Only Memory

50. What does GUI stand for?
a. Genuine Unit Invention
b. Graphical Uses Imagination
c. Graphical Unit Interface
d. Graphical User Interface
Ans- Graphical User Interface

51. how much data can a double sided high density 3.5 inches floppy disk device store?
A. 1.44 MB
B. 2.6 MB
C. 760 MB
D. 10 GB
Ans- 1.44 MB

52. ALU is
A. Array logic unit
B. Arithmetic logic unit
C. Application logic unit
D. None of these
Ans- Arithmetic logic unit


53. FORTRAN is
A. File translation
B. Format translation
C. Formula translation
D. Floppy translation
Ans- Formula translation

54. WAN stand for
A. Wap area network
B. Wide area network
C. Wide Array network
D. Wireless area network
Ans- Wide area network

55. The most important advantage of a video disk is
A. Compactness
B. Potential capacity
C. Durability
D. Cost effectiveness
Ans- Potential capacity

56. Which of this for does not comprise
a part of the control unit
A. Decader 
B. Instruction register
C. Control logic circuits
D. Timer for clock
Ans- Instructions register

57. offline operation is a operation of devices without the control of..
A. Memory
B. CPU
C. ALU
D. Control unit
Ans- CPU

58. A CD is a data storage of the type
A. Magnetic
B. Optical
C. Electrical
D. Electro mechanical
Ans- magnetic

59. The IC chip used in computer is made of
A. Chromium
B. Iron oxide
C. Silica
D. Silicon
Ans- silicon

60. What are the two types of memory that your computer uses
A. RAM
B. RW/RAM
C. ROMERAM
D. POST
Ans- RAM


61. What digital are representative of all binary numbers
A. 0
B. 1
C. 0 and 1
D. 3
ANS- 0 ANS 1

62. What technology of memory is cache RAM usually
A. DRAM
B. SRAM
C. FLASH
D. EEROM
Ans- SRAM

63. THE ACT OF RETRIEVING EXISTING DATA FROM MEMORY IS CALLED
A. Read out
B. Read from
C. Read
D. All of these
Ans- All of these

64. Who invented the high level language?
a. Dennis M Ritchie
b. Niklaus Writh
c. Seumour Pepert
d. Donad Kunth
Ans- Dennis M Ritchie


65. A computer programme that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an
a. interpreter 
b. simulator
c. complier
d. commander
Ans- complier

66. The two kinds of main memory are 
a. primary and secondary
b. random and sequential
 c. ROM and RAM
d. All of these
Ans- ROM and RAM

67. Microsoft office is 
a. shareware software
b. public-domain software
c. open-source
d. an application suite
Ans- an application suite

68. Data going  into the computer is called
a. output
b. input
c. algorithm 
d. calculations
Ans- input

69. Transformation of input into output is performed by
a. peripherals
b. memory
c. storage
d. the CPU
Ans- the CPU

70. When cutting and pasting the item cut is temporarily
a. ROM
b. hard drive
c. diskette
d. clipboard
Ans- clipboard

71. The punched card used in IBM  system contains
a. 90 columns
b. 96 columns
c. 80 columns
d. 100 columns
Ans- 96 columns


72. Which of following storage device is not connected with micro computers?
a. magnetic tape
b. floppy disk
c. hard disk
d. none of these
Ans- magnetic tape

73. A Pixel is 
a. computer programme that draws picture
b. a picture stored in secondary memory
c. the smallest resolvable part of a picture
d. None of the above
Ans- The smallest resolvable part of a picture

74. Primary memory stores
a. data alone
b. programmes alone
c. instructions 
d. All of these
Ans- all of these

75. Memory is made up of
a. set of wires
b. set of circuits
c. large number of cells 
d. All of these
Ans- large number of cells



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