Most important(Aso, ossc, osssc, combain cgrade post) 500 computer awareness mcq type question and answer....

1. Whichofthefollowingis/arecharacteristicsofComputer?

(A) Diligence

(B) Versatility

(D) AlloftheAbove

(D)Allof theAbove

2. Faultyinputsleadtofaultyresults.Itisknownas

(A) Diligence

(B) Versatility

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(C)GIGO

3. GIGOstandsfor

(A) GarbageInGarbageOut

(B) GatewayInGatewayOut

(D) GeographicInGeographicOut

(A)GarbageInGarbageOut

4. Thecapacitytoperformmultipletaskssimultaneouslyistermedas

(A) Diligence

(B) Versatility

(D) AlloftheAbove

(B)Versatility

5. Acomputerdoesnotsufferfromtirednessandlackofconcentration.Itisknownas

(A) Diligence

(B) Versatility

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(A)Diligence

6. FirstGenerationcomputersused forCircuitryand

for memory

(A) TransistorandMagneticCore

(B) ICandMagneticMemory

(D) ICandMagneticCore

(C)VacuumtubesandMagneticdrum

7. SecondGenerationcomputerswerebasedon

(A) IC

(B) Vacuumtube

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(C)transistor

8. FLOPSstandsfor

(A) FloatingPointOperationPerSecond

(B) FileProcessingOperationPerSecond

(D) FileLoadingOperationPerSecond

(A)FloatingPointOperationPerSecond

9. WhichlanguagewasusedtoprogramSecondGenerationcomputers?

(A) BinaryCodedlanguage

(B) Assemblylanguage

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(B)Assemblylanguage

10. EDSACstandsfor

(A) ElectronicDelayStorageAutomaticComputer

(B) ElectronicDiscreteStorageAutomaticComputer

(D) ElectronicDiscreteStorage AutomaticComputer

(A)ElectronicDelayStorageAutomaticComputer

1. InstructionsanddatacanbestoredinthememoryofComputerforautomaticallydirectingtheflowofoperations.Itiscalled

concept.

(A) ObjectiveProgramming

(B) Storedprogram

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(B)Storedprogram

2. “StoredProgram”conceptwasdevelopedby

(A) MauriceWilkes

(B) VonNeumann

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(B)VonNeumann

3. ElectronicDiscreteVariableAutomaticComputer(EDVAC)wasdesignedon concept.

(A) ObjectiveProgramming

(B) Storedprogram

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(B)Storedprogram

4. Which of the following was a small experimental machine basedonNeumann’s storedprogramconcept?

(A) Analyticalengine

(B) Pascaline

(D) NoneoftheAbove

Answer

(C)ManchesterMarkI

5. ThirdGenerationcomputerswerebasedon

(A) IC

(B) Vacuumtube

(D) Noneof theAbove

(A)IC

6. InEDSAC,anadditionoperationwascompletedin microseconds.

(A)4000

(B)3000

(D)1500

7. ULSIstandsfor

(A) UltraLargeScaleIntegration

(B) UltimateLargeScaleIntegration

(D) UltraLargeScriptIntegration

(A)UltraLargeScaleIntegration

8. Whichofthefollowingisfourthgenerationcomputer?

(A) INTEL4004

(B) IBM360

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(A)INTEL4004

9. ICismade upof

(A) microprocessor

(B) vacuumtube

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(C)transistor

10. Fatherofmoderncomputer

(A) CharlesBabbage

(B) AlanTuring

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(B)AlanTuring

1. Ahybridcomputeristhe onehavingcombinedpropertiesof

(A) Micro&Minicomputers

(B) Mini&SuperComputers

(D) Analog&Digitalcomputers

(D)Analog&Digitalcomputers

2. WhichofthefollowingusesahandheldOperatingSystems?

(A) SuperComputer

(B) Laptop

(D) PDA

(D)PDA

3. A terminalcandisplayimagesaswellastext.

(A) text

(B) dumb

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(C)graphical

4. ThewordlengthofMicrocomputersliesintherangebetween

(A) 8and16bits

(B) 8and 21bits

(D) 8and 32bits

(D)8and32bits

5. Thefastestandmostexpensivecomputersare

(A) SuperComputers

(B) QuantumComputers

(D) MicroComputers

(A)SuperComputers

6. Whichofthefollowingisthesmallestandfastestcomputerimitatingbrainworking?

(A) SuperComputer

(B) QuantumComputer

(D) PDA

(B)QuantumComputer

7. A terminaldoesnotprocessorstoredata.

(A) dumb

(B) intelligent

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(A) dumb

8. Theusergenerallyapplies to access mainframe orsupercomputer?

(A) node

(B) terminal

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(B)terminal

9. DesktopandPersonalcomputers arealsoknownas

(A) SuperComputer

(B) QuantumComputer

(D) MicroComputer

(D)MicroComputer

10. Graphicalterminalsaredividedintotwotypes.Theyare

(A) textanddumb

(B) dumbandintelligent

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(C)vectormodeandrastermode

1. WhichlanguageisusedforArtificialIntelligence(AI)?

(A) FORTRAN

(B) COBOL

(D) PROLOG

(D)PROLOG

2. Whocoinedtheterm“ArtificialIntelligence”?

(A) CharlesBabbage

(B) AlanTuning

(D) JohnMcCarthy

(D)JohnMcCarthy

3. isacomputationalmodelbasedonthestructureofbiologicalneural networks?

(A) ArtificialNeuralNetwork(ANN)

(B) BiologicalNetwork

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(A)ArtificialNeuralNetwork(ANN)

4. Aneuralnetworkinwhichthesignalpassesinonlyonedirectioniscalled

(A) FeedforwardNeuralNetwork

(B) RecurrentNeuralNetwork

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(A)FeedforwardNeuralNetwork

5. isanartificialneuralnetworkwithmultiplehiddenlayersbetweentheinput and outputlayers?

(A) Deepneuralnetwork

(B) Shallowneuralnetwork

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(A)Deepneuralnetwork

6. ThemostfamousRecurrentNeuralNetworkis

(A) Perceptrons

(B) RadialBasisNetworks

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(C)Hopfieldnet

7. Whichneuralnetworkallowsfeedbacksignal?

(A) FeedforwardNeuralNetwork

(B) RecurrentNeuralNetwork

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(B)RecurrentNeuralNetwork

8. Whichofthefollowingis/areapplication(s)ofNeuralNetwork?

(A) Patternrecognition

(B) MobileComputing

(D) AlloftheAbove

(D)Allof theAbove

9. WhichalgorithmisusedinlayeredFeedforwardNeuralNetwork?

(A) Backpropagationalgorithm

(B) BinarySearch

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(A)Backpropagationalgorithm

10. RadialBasisFunction(RBF)networkshave layers.

(A) One

(B) Four

(D) Three

(D)Three

1. Thechipusedincomputers,ismadeof

(A) Silicon

(B) IronOxide

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(A)Silicon

2. FourthGenerationcomputerswerebasedon

(A) IC

(B) Vacuumtube

(D) Microprocessors

(D)Microprocessors

3. Thefirstcomputerlanguagedevelopedwas

(A) COBOL

(B) PASCAL

(D) FORTRAN

(D)FORTRAN

4. The first calculator that can perform all four arithmeticoperations(Addition,Subtraction,Multiplication,Division)wasknownas

(A) Pascaline

(B) SlideRule

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(C)StepReckoner

5. Thefirstcomputerspreadsheetprogramwas

(A) Lotus1-2-3

(B) MSExcel

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(C)Visicalc

6. Whichofthefollowingisanexampleforfourthgenerationlanguage(4GL)?

(A) COBOL

(B) PowerBuilder

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(B)PowerBuilder

7. VDUstandsfor

(A) VideoDisplayUnit

(B) VisualDisplayUnit

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(B)VisualDisplayUnit

8. Whichlanguageisdirectlyunderstoodbythecomputerwithouttranslationprogram?

(A) BASIC

(B) Assemblylanguage

(D) Clanguage

(C)Machine language

9. HermanHollerithdevelopedamachinecalled

(A) Pascaline

(B) Analyticalengine

(D) TabulatingMachine

(D)TabulatingMachine

10. ElectronicDelayStorageAutomaticComputer(EDSAC)wasinventedby

(A) HermanHollerith

(B) JWMauchy

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(C)JohnVonNeumann

1. Whichregisterscaninteractwithsecondarymemory?

(A) Register

(B) MemoryAddressRegister(MAR)

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(B)MemoryAddressRegister(MAR)

2. WhichFlipFlopisusedtostoredatainregisters?

(A) DFlipFlop

(B) JKFlipFlop

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(A)D FlipFlop

3. ISPstandsfor

(A) InstructionStandardProcessing

(B) InstructionStandardProcessor

(D) InstructionSetProcessor

Answer

(D)InstructionSetProcessor

4. Thedecodedinstructionisstoredin

(A) Register

(B) MemoryAddressRegister(MAR)

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(C)InstructionRegister(IR)

5. Whichisnotanintegralpartofcomputer?

(A) CPU

(B) Monitor

(D) UPS

(D)UPS

6. Themostfrequentlyusedinstructionsofacomputerprogramarelikelytobefetchedfrom

(A) Harddisk

(B) ROM

(D) Cache

(D)Cache

7. Theprimaryaimofcomputerprocessistoconvertthedatainto

(A) table

(B) graph

(D) information

(D)information

8. Themaincircuit-boardofthesystemunitis

(A) RAM

(B) MotherBoard

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(B)MotherBoard

9. ALUandControlUnithavespecialpurposelocationscalled

(A) Registers

(B) MotherBoard

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(A)Registers

10. ThecommunicationlinebetweenCPUmemoryandPeripheralsiscalleda

(A) Registers

(B) MotherBoard

(D) NoneoftheAbove

(C)Bus

1. A communication system that transfers data between thecomponentsinsideacomputerorbetweencomputersiscalled

A. Port

B. Bus

C. Registers

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Bus

2. WhichbusconnectsalltheinternalcomponentsofacomputersuchasCPUandmemorytothemainboard(motherboard)?

A. ExpansionBus

B. ExternalBus

C. InternalBus

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.InternalBus

3. AbusthatconnectsacomputertoPeripheraldevicesiscalled

A. SystemBus

B. MemoryBus

C. Front-SideBus

D. ExternalBus

Answer

D.ExternalBus

4. ExternalBusisalsoreferredas

A. SystemBus

B. MemoryBus

C. Front-SideBus

D. ExpansionBus

D.ExpansionBus

5. TheCommandtoaccessthememoryortheI/Odeviceiscarriedby

A. AddressBus

B. DataBus

C. ControlBus

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.ControlBus

6. AcomputerbusthatisusedtospecifyaPhysicaladdress?

A. AddressBus

B. DataBus

C. ControlBus

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.AddressBus

7. Abusthattransferdatafromonecomponenttoanotherorbetweencomputersiscalled

A. AddressBus

B. DataBus

C. ControlBus

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.DataBus

8. RISCstandsfor

A. ReverseInstructionSetComputer

B. ReverseInformationSetComputer

C. ReducedInformationSetComputer

D. ReducedInstructionSetComputer

D.ReducedInstructionSetComputer

9. is a register for Short-term, intermediate storage ofarithmeticandlogicdatainaComputer’s CPU.

A. Accumulator

B. Bus

C. Buffer

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.Accumulator

10. isagroupof commandsforaCPUinmachinelanguage.

A. InformationSet

B. InstructionSet

C. Buffer

D. None oftheAbove

B.InstructionSet

1. VonNeumannArchitectureisa

A. MultipleInstructionMultipleData(MIMD)

B. SingleInstructionMultipleData(SIMD)

C. MultipleInstructionSingleData(MISD)

D. SingleInstructionSingleData(SISD)

D.SingleInstructionSingleData(SISD)

2. Programmingthatactuallycontrolsthepathofsignalsordatawithincomputeriscalled

A. AssemblylanguageProgramming

B. MachinelanguageProgramming

C. MicroProgramming

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.MicroProgramming

3. CISCstandsfor

A. CompoundInstructionSetComputer

B. ComplexInformationSetComputer

C. CompoundInformationSetComputer

D. ComplexInstructionSetComputer

D.ComplexInstructionSetComputer

4. Theregisterwhichholdstheaddressofthelocationtoorfromwhichdataaretobetransferredisknownas

A. InstructionRegister

B. Controlregister

C. MemoryAddressRegister

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.MemoryAddressRegister

5. Aninterruptcanbetemporarilyignoredbythecounteriscalled

A. MaskableInterrupt

B. Non-maskableInterrupt

C. vectoredInterrupt

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.MaskableInterrupt

6. Thecomputerperformsallmathematicalandlogicaloperationsinsideits

A. VisualDisplayUnit

B. MemoryUnit

C. OutputUnit

D. CentralProcessingUnit

D.CentralProcessingUnit

7. WhichofthefollowingUnitcanbeusedtomeasurethespeedof a computer?

A. BAUD

B. SYPS

C. MIPS

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.MIPS

8. Thecircuitusedtostoreonebitofdataisknownas

A. Encoder

B. OR

C. FlipFlop

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.FlipFlop

9. Thecontrolunitcontrolsotherunitsbygeneratingcontroland

A. CommandSignals

B. Timingsignals

C. Transfersignals

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Timingsignals

10. WhichofthefollowingbusstructureisusuallyusedtoconnectI/Odevices?

A. Singlebus

B. Multiplebus

C. Starbus

D. NoneoftheAbove

Answer

A.Singlebus

1. AninterfacethatprovidesI/Otransferofdatadirectlytoandformthememoryunitandperipheralistermedas

A. DDA

B. Serialinterface

C. DirectMemoryAccess(DMA)

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.DirectMemoryAccess(DMA)

2. Abasicinstructionthatcanbeinterpretedbycomputergenerallyhas

A. Anoperandandanaddress

B. decoderandanaccumulator

C. Sequenceregisteranddecoder

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.Anoperandandanaddress

3. Theloadinstructionismostlyusedtodesignateatransferfrommemorytoaprocessorregisterknownas

A. Accumulator

B. InstructionRegister

C. Programcounter

D. MemoryaddressRegister

A.Accumulator

4. The communication between the components in amicrocomputertakesplaceviatheaddressand

A. I/Obus

B. Databus

C. Addressbus

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Databus

5. Theoperationexecutedondatastoredinregistersiscalled

A. Macro-operation

B. Micro-operation

C. Bit-operation

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Micro-operation

6. Which register keeps tracks of the instructions in the programstoredinmemory?

A. AddressRegister

B. IndexRegister

C. ProgramCounter

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.ProgramCounter

7. Inwhichaddressingmodetheoperandisgivenexplicitlyintheinstruction?

A. Absolute

B. Immediate

C. Indirect

D. Direct

B.Immediate

8. Whennecessary,theresultsaretransferredfromtheCPUtomainmemoryby

A. I/Odevices.

B. CPU.

C. Shiftregisters.

D. NoneoftheAbove.

C.Shiftregisters.

9. Agroupofbitsthattellthecomputertoperformaspecificoperationisknownas

A. Instructioncode

B. Micro-operation

C. Accumulator

D. Register

A.Instructioncode

10. Theaveragetimerequiredtoreachastoragelocationinmemoryandobtainitscontentsiscalled .

A. Latencytime.

B. Accesstime.

C. Turnaroundtime.

D. Responsetime.

B.Accesstime.

1. The addressing mode which makes use of in-direction pointersis

A. Offsetaddressingmode

B. Relativeaddressingmode

C. Indirectaddressingmode

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.Indirectaddressingmode

2. Whichaddressingmodeismostsuitabletochangethenormalsequenceofexecutionofinstructions?

A. Immediate

B. Indirect

C. Relative

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.Relative

3. Which of the following is used as an intermediate to extend theprocessorBUS?

A. Gateway

B. Router

C. Connector

D. Bridge

D.Bridge

4. ThemethodofaccessingtheI/Odevicesbyrepeatedlycheckingthestatusflagsis

A. Memory-mappedI/O

B. Program-controlledI/O

C. I/Omapped

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Program-controlledI/O

5. Theprocesswhereintheprocessorconstantlychecksthestatusflagsiscalledas

A. Polling

B. Inspection

C. Reviewing

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.Polling

6. The branch logic that provides decision making capabilities inthecontrolunitisknownas

A. conditionaltransfer

B. unconditionaltransfer

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. Noneoftheabove

B.unconditionaltransfer

7. Interruptsthatareinitiatedbyaninstructionare

A. internal

B. external

C. hardware

D. software

D.software

8. InterruptswhichareinitiatedbyanI/Odriveare

A. internal

B. external

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. Alloftheabove

B.external

9. Contentoftheprogramcounterisaddedtotheaddresspartoftheinstructioninordertoobtaintheeffectiveaddressiscalled

A. relativeaddressmode.

B. indexaddressingmode.

C. registermode.

D. impliedmode.

A.relativeaddressmode.

10. A register capable of shifting its binary information either totherightortheleftiscalleda

A. parallelregister.

B. serialregister.

C. shiftregister.

D. storageregister.

C.shiftregister.

1. Thepatternofprintedlinesonmostproductsarecalled

A. OCR

B. prices

C. barcodes

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.barcodes

2. MICRstandsfor _

A. MagneticInkColourRecognition

B. MagneticInkCodeRecognition

C. MagneticInkComputerRecognition

D. MagneticInkCharacterRecognition

D.MagneticInkCharacterRecognition

3. TheOCRrecognisesthe ofthecharacterswiththehelpoflight source.

A. Size

B. Shape

C. Colour

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Shape

4. WhichUnitisusedtomeasurethespeedofaprinter?

A. DPI

B. CPM

C. PPM

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.PPM

5. WhichofthefollowinggroupsconsistofonlyInputdevices?

A. Mouse,Keyboard,Monitor

B. Mouse,Keyboard,Printer

C. Mouse,Keyboard,Plotter

D. Mouse,Keyboard,Scanner

D.Mouse,Keyboard,Scanner

6. USBreferstoa

A. storagedevice

B. processor

C. porttype

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.porttype

7. OCRisusedforthepreparationof

A. electricitybills

B. telephonebills

C. insurancepremium

D. AlloftheAbove

D.AlloftheAbove

8. Ajoystickisprimarilyusedto/for _

A. printtext

B. drawpicture

C. computergaming

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.computergaming

9. The mayalsobecalledthescreenormonitor.

A. Scanner

B. Display

C. HardDisk

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Display

10. Whattypeofdevicesarecomputerspeakersorheadphones?

A. Input

B. Output

C. Input/Output

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Output

1. Whichoftheseisapointinganddropdevice?

A. Scanner

B. Printer

C. Keyboard

D. Mouse

D.Mouse

2. Aparallelportismostoftenusedby

A. Scanner

B. Printer

C. Keyboard

D. Mouse

B.Printer

3. Ahardcopywouldpreparedona

A. DotmatrixPrinter

B. Plotter

C. TypeWriterTerminal

D. Alloftheabove

D.Alloftheabove

4. External devices such as printers, keyboards and modems areknownas

A. SpecialBuys

B. AddonDevices

C. Peripherals

D. Alloftheabove

C.Peripherals

5. Thehighertheresolutionofamonitor,the

A. largerthepixels.

B. closertogetherthepixels.

C. furtherapartthepixels.

D. lessclearthescreenis.

B.closertogetherthepixels.

6. Inlaserprinters,printingisachievedbydeflectinglaserbeamonto surface ofa drum.

A. Magnetic

B. Electric

C. Photosensitive

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.Photosensitive

7. TherateatwhichscanningisrepeatedinaCRTiscalled

A. Resolution

B. Refreshrate

C. Bandwidth

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Refreshrate

8. Anexampleofperipheralequipmentis

A. Printer

B. CPU

C. SpreadSheet

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.Printer

9. Trackballisanexampleofa/an

A. Outputdevice

B. Printingdevice

C. Pointingdevice

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.Pointingdevice

10. Whichisthebestpositionforoperatingthemouse?

A. Tailawayfromtheuser

B. Tailfacingtheright

C. Tailfacingtheleft

D. Tailtowardstheuser

D.Tailtowardstheuser

1. FirstComputermousewasbuiltby

A. DouglasEngelbart

B. WilliamEnglish

C. RobertZawacki

D. VonNeumann

A.DouglasEngelbart

2. Whichofthefollowingisnotahardware?

A. Processor

B. Printer

C. Mouse

D. Java

D.Java

3. ThetransferofdatafromaCPUtoperipheraldevicesofcomputerisachievedthrough

A. Modem

B. Interface

C. Buffer

D. I/OPorts

D.I/O Ports

4. Athinplateorboardthatcontainselectroniccomponentsiscalled

A. HardDisk

B. RAM

C. ROM

D. CircuitBoard

D.CircuitBoard

5. A isusedtocreateadigitalrepresentationofaprinteddocumentor photograph.

A. VideoDigitizer

B. Scanner

C. Monitor

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Scanner

6. Thewheellocatedbetweenthetwostandardbuttonsonamouseisusedto

A. clickinWebpages.

B. scroll.

C. clickandselectitems.

D. jumptodifferentWebpages

B.scroll.

7. Anydataandinstructionenteredinthememoryofacomputeris

A. Storage

B. Output

C. Input

D. Information

C.Input

8. Whichinputdeviceresemblesanupside-downmouse?

A. Trackball

B. Pointingstick

C. Trackpad

D. Touchpad

Answer

A.Trackball

9. Bar-codereadersuselighttoread

A. UPCs

B. UPSs

C. POSs

D. opticalmarks

A.UPCs

10. Thedisplaysizeofamonitorismeasured

A. diagonally.

B. horizontally.

C. vertically.

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.diagonally.

1. Thecomputerorsystemperipheralsthatreceivesdatafromprocessingunitarecalled

A. InputDevices

B. OutputDevices

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.OutputDevices

2. A displaying screen in which text is presented in one colour andbackgroundisofanyothercolouriscalled

A. monochromescreen

B. highresolutionscreen

C. lowresolutionscreen

D. mediumresolutionscreen

A.monochromescreen

3. LEDstandsfor

A. LowEmissionDisplay

B. LiquidEmittingDisplay

C. LessEmittingDiode

D. LightEmittingDiode

D.LightEmittingDiode

4. Amarkeronthecomputerscreenusedtoshowthecurrentpositioniscalled

A. colouredmarker

B. positionchecker

C. cursor

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.cursor

5. Whichofthefollowingdeviceisusedtoenterthetextandnumericaldataina computer?

A. Plotter

B. Scanner

C. Printer

D. Keyboard

D.Keyboard

6. Printerresolutionisusuallymeasuredin

A. CharactersPerMinute(CPM)

B. PixelsPerInch(PPI)

C. PagesPerMinute(PPM)

D. DotsPerInch(DPI)

D.DotsPerInch(DPI)

7. isaninputdevicethatconvertsanaloginformationintodigitalform.

A. Plotter

B. TrackBall

C. LightPen

D. Digitizer

D.Digitizer

8. isaspecialtypeofopticalscannerusedtorecognizethetypeofmarkmade byPenor Pencil.

A. OpticalCharacterReader

B. BarcodeReader

C. OpticalMarkReader

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.OpticalMarkReader

9. Whichofthefollowingisnon-emissivedisplay?

A. LED

B. LCD

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.LCD

10. printersprintthecharactersbystrikingthemontheribbonwhichisthenpressedonthepaper.

A. Impact

B. NonImpact

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.Impact

1. Whichinputdeviceisusedtoreadinformationonacreditcard?

A. GraphicTablet

B. NumericKeyboard

C. BarCodereader

D. MagneticStripereader

D.MagneticStripereader

2. LCDstandsfor

A. LightCrystalDisplay

B. LowCrystalDisplay

C. LessCrystalDisplay

D. LiquidCrystalDisplay

D.LiquidCrystalDisplay

3. Whichofthefollowingworksasmouse?

A. Keyboard

B. Scanner

C. Trackball

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.Trackball

4. Theworkdonebyacomputeroperatorisdisplayedinwhichpartofcomputer?

A. CPU

B. VDU

C. ALU

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.VDU

5. Which involves photo scanning of the text character bycharacter, analysis of the scanned in image , and thentranslationofthecharacterimageintocharactercode?

A. OCR

B. OMR

C. BarcodeReader

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.OCR

6. InOCRprocessing,Whenacharacterisrecognized,itisconvertedinto code.

A. binary

B. ASCII

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.ASCII

7. LaserprintersandInk-jetprintersareanexampleof

A. Impact

B. NonImpact

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.NonImpact

8. Whichofthefollowingisusedasprincipalflightcontrolinthecockpitofmanyair crafts?

A. GraphicTablet

B. JoyStick

C. BarCodereader

D. MagneticStripereader

B.JoyStick

9. TFTstandsfor

A. ThickFilmTransistor

B. ThinFilmTransistor

C. ThinFilmTransmitter

D. ThickFilmTransmitter

B.ThinFilmTransistor

10. WhichofthefollowingisusedatPointofSalestoinputproductinformation?

A. GraphicTablet

B. MICR

C. BarCodereader

D. MagneticStripereader

C.BarCodereader

1. Whichinputdeviceisusedforinsertingpinnumbersforcreditcards?

A. GraphicTablet

B. Numericpad

C. BarCodereader

D. MagneticStripereader

B.Numericpad

2. is a device used for reading bar coded data(containslight and darklines).

A. GraphicTablet

B. Numericpad

C. BarCodereader

D. MagneticStripereader

C.BarCodereader

3. Whichinputdeviceisusuallyastandardfeatureoflaptops?

A. GraphicTablet

B. NumericKeyboard

C. touchpad

D. MagneticStripereader

C.touchpad

4. aredevicesthatconvertelectricalenergyintolight.

A. EmissiveDisplays

B. Non-EmissiveDisplays

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.EmissiveDisplays

5. Which of the following input device is used in Banks to readmagnetisedcharactersonaCheque?

A. OCR

B. MICR

C. BarCodereader

D. MagneticStripereader

B.MICR

6. printersprintthecharacterswithoutusingribbonandit canprint a completepage atatime.

A. Impact

B. NonImpact

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.NonImpact

7. Impactprinterscanbedividedinto types.

A. Four

B. Six

C. Three

D. Two

D.Two

8. printersaretheprintersthatprintonecharacteratatime.

A. Laser

B. Drum

C. Chain

D. DotMatrix

D.DotMatrix

9. WhichofthefollowingisanexampleforCharacterprinter?

A. Laser

B. Drum

C. Chain

D. DaisyWheel

D.DaisyWheel

10. Whichofthefollowingisanexampleforlineprinter?

A. Laser

B. Drum

C. DaisyWheel

D. DotMatrix

B.Drum

1. Non-ImpactPrintersuse technologies.

A. electrostaticandchemical

B. thermal

C. inkjet

D. AlloftheAbove

D.AlloftheAbove

2. Whichprintersproduceoutputbymechanicalcontactbetweentheprinthead andpaper?

A. Impact

B. Non-impact

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.Impact

3. isacomputerprinterforprintingvectorgraphics.

A. Plotter

B. Projector

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.Plotter

4. Plottercanbedividedinto types.

A. Three

B. Six

C. Four

D. Two

D.Two

5. Therefreshrateofmonitorismeasuredin

A. byte

B. seconds

C. Hertz

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.Hertz

6. InDLPProjector,DLPstandsfor

A. DirectLightProcessing

B. DirectLowProcessing

C. DigitalLowProcessing

D. DigitalLightProcessing

D.DigitalLightProcessing

7. isaninterfaceforconnectingeightormoredatawires.

A. SerialPort

B. Firewire

C. ParallelPort

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.ParallelPort

8. is a high-speed real-time interface for serial bus andithas datatransferup to 400 Mbps.

A. SerialPort

B. Firewire

C. ParallelPort

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Firewire

9. transmitsonebitof datathroughasinglewire.

A. SerialPort

B. Firewire

C. ParallelPort

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.SerialPort

10. Whichreferstothediagonaldistancebetweentwocolouredpixels?

A. Refreshrate

B. DotPitch

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.DotPitch

1. is an input device that accepts input when the userplacesa fingertiponthecomputer screen.

A. JoyStick

B. LightPen

C. Trackball

D. TouchScreen

D.TouchScreen

2. OpticalCharacterRecognition(OCR)isalsoknownas

A. IntelligentCodeRecognition

B. IntermediateCodeRecognition

C. IntermediateCharacterRecognition

D. IntelligentCharacterRecognition

D.IntelligentCharacterRecognition

3. is a handheld electro-optical pointing device. It isalsocalledmousepen.

A. JoyStick

B. LightPen

C. Trackball

D. TouchScreen

B.LightPen

4. Joystickallowsmovementsin directions.

A. UpandDown

B. LeftanRight

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.Both(A)and(B)

5. Abasictouchscreenhasthreemaincomponents.Itincludestouchsensor,controllerand

A. transmitter

B. receiver

C. softwaredriver

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.softwaredriver

6. anexternalbusstandardusedfortransferringdatato andfrom digital devices.

A. SerialPort

B. Firewire

C. ParallelPort

D. USB

D.USB

7. printerisalsocalledpinprinter.

A. Laser

B. Drum

C. DaisyWheel

D. DotMatrix

D.DotMatrix

8. Whichofthefollowingisalsoknownasreflectivescanner?

A. Handheldscanner

B. Flatbedscanner

C. Drumscanner

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Flatbedscanner

9. Ascannerthatismovedbyhandoverthematerialbeingcapturedisknownas

A. Sheetfedscanner

B. Flatbedscanner

C. Drumscanner

D. Handheldscanner

D.Handheldscanner

10. MICRreadsthecharactersbyexaminingtheirshapesin

form.

A. binary

B. ASCII

C. matrix

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.matrix

1. Wherewouldyoufindtheletters“QWERTY”?

A. JoyStick

B. LightPen

C. NumericPad

D. Keyboard

D.Keyboard

2. Whatdoesalightpencontain?

A. lead

B. ink

C. lightsensingelements

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.lightsensingelements

3. isaprotocoldesignedforrecordingandplayingbackmusicondigitalsynthesizers.

A. MusicalInterface

B. GraphicalUserInterface(GUI)

C. MusicalDigitalInstrumentInterface(MIDI)

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.MusicalDigitalInstrumentInterface(MIDI)

4. Whichisaninteractivedevicethatfacilitatestouchsensationandfine-motioncontrolinRoboticsandVirtualreality?

A. LightPen

B. Joystick

C. DataGlove

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.DataGlove

5. SpecialI/Odevicessuchas,Joystick,DataGloveareinvolvedin __applications.

A. Photonics

B. Haptics

C. Agnostic

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Haptics

Haptics–Scienceofapplyingtouchsensationandcontroltointeractwithcomputerapplications

6. Whichdevicetypicallyattachabletocomputerkeyboardthatallowsa blind people toread?

A. LightPen

B. Joystick

C. Touchscreen

D. Brailledisplay

Answer

D.Brailledisplay

7. ManyDotMatrixprintersare

A. uni-directional

B. bi-directional

C. multi-directional

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.bi-directional

8. Whichisahardwarecomponentorsystemofcomponentsthatallowsahumanbeingto interactwithacomputer?

A. Interfacedevice(IDF)

B. GraphicalUserInterface(GUI)

C. MusicalDigitalInstrumentInterface(MIDI)

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.Interfacedevice(IDF)

9. Whichisanescapecodelanguageusedtosendcommandstotheprinterforprintingdocuments?

A. Postscript

B. PCL

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.PCL

10. PCLstandsfor

A. PrintCodeLanguage

B. PrinterCodeLanguage

C. PrinterCharacterLanguage

D. PrinterCommandLanguage

D.PrinterCommandLanguage

1. isaprinterlanguagethatusesEnglishphrasesandprogrammatic constructions to describe the appearance of aprintedpage tothe printer.

A. Postscript

B. PCL

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.Postscript

2. is a device which recognises physical or behaviouraltraitsoftheindividual.

A. SmartCardReader

B. OpticalCharacterReader(OCR)

C. OpticalMarkReader(OCR)

D. BiometricSensor

D.BiometricSensor

3. Printer resolution is a numerical measure of print quality that ismeasuredin

A. PagesPerMinute(PPM)

B. LinesPerMinute(LPM)

C. CharactersPerSecond(CPS)

D. DotsPerInch(DPI)

D.DotsPerInch(DPI)

4. ThetonerorinkinaLaserprinteris

A. dry

B. wet

C. Either(A)or(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.dry

5. Athermaltransferprinterisa printer that uses heattoregister animpressiononpaper.

A. Impact

B. Non-impact

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Non-impact

6. Thermaltransferprintercanbedividedinto types.

A. Three

B. Four

C. Six

D. Two

Answer

D.Two

DirectThermalPrinter,ThermalWaxtransferPrinter

7. DirectThermalprinterdoesnotuse

A. heat

B. coatedpaper

C. ribbon

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.ribbon

8. Whichofthefollowingtypeofprinterusesathermaltransferribbonthatcontains wax-basedink?

A. DirectThermal

B. ThermalWaxtransfer

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.ThermalWaxtransfer

9. isadevicethatperformsavarietyoffunctionsthat would otherwise be carried out by separate peripheraldevices.

A. SingleFunctionPeripheral

B. MultiFunctionPeripheral

C. DualFunctionPeripheral

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.MultiFunctionPeripheral

10. Impactprinter(s)is/are

A. DotMatrixprinter

B. Lineprinter

C. DaisyWheelprinter

D. AlloftheAbove

D.AlloftheAbove

1. Theterm referstodatastoragesystemsthatmakeitpossible for a computer or electronic device to store andretrievedata.

A. inputtechnology

B. outputtechnology

C. storagetechnology

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.storagetechnology

2. isthetimefromthestartofonestoragedeviceaccesstothetimewhenthenextaccesscanbestarted.

A. Mode

B. Accesstime

C. capacity

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Accesstime

3. ThememoryunitthatcommunicatesdirectlywiththeCPUiscalled

A. SecondaryorAuxiliaryMemory

B. PrimaryorMainMemory

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.PrimaryorMainMemory

4. Whichmemorystoreslargeamountofdataandthedatacannotbe processed directlybytheCPU?

A. SecondaryorAuxiliaryMemory

B. PrimaryorMainMemory

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.SecondaryorAuxiliaryMemory

5. Which of the following is/are hard disk performanceparameter?

A. Seektime

B. Latencyperiod

C. Accesstime

D. Alloftheabove

D.Alloftheabove

6. Adisk’scontentthatisrecordedatthetimeofmanufactureandthatcannotbechangedorerasedbytheuseris

A. Writeonly

B. ReadOnly

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.ReadOnly

7. WhichofthefollowingmemoriesusesaMOScapacitorasitsmemorycell?

A. SRAM

B. DRAM

C. ROM

D. FIFO

B.DRAM

8. Anibbleisequalto

A. 4bits

B. 8bits

C. 16bits

D. 32 bits

A.4bits

9. Abytecanrepresentanynumberbetween0and

A. 312

B.255

C.1024

D.1025

B.255

10. Whichofthefollowingmemorychipisfaster?

A. DRAM

B. SRAM

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

B. SRAM

1. Theterm‘giga byte’equalsto

A. 1024byte

B. 1024KB

C. 1024GB

D. 1024MB

D.1024MB

2. is a data area shared by hardware devices orprogramprocessesthatoperateatdifferentspeedsorwithdifferentsets ofpriorities.

A. Flashmemory

B. Virtualmemory

C. Buffer

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.Buffer

3. isthetransferofcomputerdatafromatemporarystorageareatothe computer’spermanentmemory.

A. Flash

B. Virtual

C. BufferFlush

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.BufferFlush

4. Whichisageneraltermforallformsof solidstatememorythatdo not need to have their memory contents periodicallyrefreshed.

A. Volatilememory

B. NonVolatilememory

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.NonVolatilememory

5. is computer storage that only maintains its datawhilethedevice ispowered.

A. Volatilememory

B. NonVolatilememory

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.Volatilememory

6. is a type of non-volatile memory that erases data inunitscalled blocks.

A. Flashmemory

B. Virtualmemory

C. Buffer

D. NoneoftheAbove

Answer

A.Flashmemory

7. is a feature of an operating system that allowsacomputertocompensateforshortagesofphysicalmemorybytemporarily transferring pages of data from RAM to diskstorage.

A. Flashmemory

B. Virtualmemory

C. Buffer

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Virtualmemory

8. istheprocessofdividingthediskintotracksandsectors.

A. Formatting

B. Tracking

C. Allotting

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.Formatting

9. Theprimarydevicethatacomputerusestostoreinformationis

A. FloppyDisk

B. Monitor

C. HardDrive

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.HardDrive

10. Aremovablemagneticdiskthatholdsinformationis

A. FloppyDisk

B. HardDrive

C. Monitor

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.FloppyDisk

1. WhichofthefollowingisatypeofRAMusedspecificallyforvideoadapters or3D accelerators?

A. DRAM

B. SRAM

C. SGRAM

D. VRAM

D.VRAM(VideoRAM)

2. Which of the following is clock-synchronized RAM that is usedforvideomemory?

A. DRAM

B. SRAM

C. SGRAM

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.SGRAM(SynchronousGraphicsRAM)

3. is a copy of Basic Input/Output Operating System(BIOS)routinesfrom ReadOnlyMemory(ROM)intoaspecialareaof RAMsothattheycanbeaccessedmorequickly.

A. DynamicRAM

B. ShadowRAM

C. SynchronousGraphicsRAM

D. VideoRAM

B.ShadowRAM

4. Whichmemorydoesnotusecapacitorinitsmemorycell?

A. SRAM

B. DRAM

C. ROM

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.SRAM

5. InformationstoredinRAMneedtobe

A. Check

B. modify

C. refreshperiodically

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.refreshperiodically

6. Memoryismadeupof

A. setofwires

B. largenumberofcells

C. setofcircuits

D. NoneoftheAbove

Answer

B.largenumberofcells

7. istheabilityofadeviceto‘jump’directlytotherequesteddata

A. Sequentialaccess

B. Randomaccess

C. Quickaccess

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Randomaccess

8. Virtualmemoryis

A. anextremelylargemainmemory

B. anextremelylargesecondarymemory

C. atypeofusedinsupercomputers

D. anillusionofextremelylargemainmemory

D.anillusionofextremelylargemainmemory

9. Whichofthefollowingisanexampleofopticaldisk?

A. Magneticdisk

B. Memorydisk

C. DigitalVersatileDisk

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.DigitalVersatileDisk

10. Cacheandmainmemorywillnotbeabletoholdtheircontentswhenthepower isoff.Theyare

A. Static

B. Dynamic

C. NonVolatile

D. Volatile

D.Volatile

1. Thehardwareinwhichdatamaybestoredforacomputersystemiscalled

A. Registers

B. Bus

C. ControlUnit

D. Memory

D.Memory

2. Whichofthefollowingmemoryiscapableofoperatingatelectronicsspeed?

A. Magneticdisk

B. Magneticdrum

C. Semiconductormemory

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.Semiconductormemory

3. Memories in which any location can be reached in a fixedamountoftimeafterspecifyingitsaddressiscalled

A. SequentialAccessMemory

B. RandomAccessMemory

C. QuickAccessMemory

D. Massstorage

B.RandomAccessMemory

4. Whichofthefollowingistheuserprogrammedsemiconductormemory?

A. SRAM

B. DRAM

C. EPROM

D. None oftheAbove

C.EPROM

5. is a type of non-volatile memory composed of athin layer of material that can be easily magnetized in only onedirection.

A. Bubblememory

B. RAM

C. SRAM

D. NoneoftheAbove

A.Bubblememory

6. Themagneticstoragechipsusedtoprovidenon-volatiledirectaccess storage of data and that have no moving parts areknownas _

A. Magneticcorememory

B. Magnetictapememory

C. Magneticdiskmemory

D. Magneticbubblememory

Answer

D.Magneticbubblememory

7. _isaveryhighspeedmemoryplacedinbetweenRAMand CPU.

A. Magneticdisk

B. Magneticdrum

C. Virtualmemory

D. Cachememory

D.Cachememory

8. EDODRAMstandsfor

A. ExtendedDigitalOutputDynamicRAM

B. ExtendedDynamicOutputDigitalRAM

C. ExtendedDataOutputDigitalRAM

D. ExtendedDataOutputDynamicRAM

D.ExtendedDataOutputDynamicRAM

9. Abyteisacollectionof

A. 4bits

B. 12bits

C. 6bits

D. 8bits

D.8bits

10. Whichof thefollowingtermsisthemostcloselyrelatedtomainmemory?

A. NonVolatile

B. Permanent

C. Temporary

D. NoneoftheAbove

C.Temporary

1. Undervirtualstorage

A. Twoormoreprogramsarestoredinprimarystorage

B. Onlyactivepagesofaprograminprimarystorage

C. Inter-program,interferencemayoccur

D. NoneoftheAbove

B.Onlyactivepagesofaprograminprimarystorage

2. Comparingwithsecondarystorage,primarystorageis

A. Slowandexpensive

B. Slowandinexpensive

C. Fastandinexpensive

D. Fastandexpensive

D.Fastandexpensive

3. Techniqueofplacingsoftware/programsinaROMsemiconductorchipiscalled

A. PROM

B. EPROM

C. Firmware

D. Noneoftheabove

Answer

C.Firmware

4. The can be programmed one time either themanufacturerorthecomputeruser.Onceprogrammeditcannotbemodified.

A. PROM

B. EPROM

C. RAM

D. ROM

D.ROM

5. Techniquetoimplementvirtualmemorywherememoryisdividedintounitsoffixedsizememoryis

A. Paging

B. De-fragments

C. Segmentation

D. Noneoftheabove

A.Paging

6. Storage device where time to retrieve stored information isindependentofaddresswhereitisstorediscalled

A. RandomAccessMemory

B. SecondaryMemory

C. System

D. Noneoftheabove

A.RandomAccessMemory

7. AmemoryinCPUthatholdsprograminstructions,inputdata,intermediate results and the output information producedduringprocessingis

A. System

B. PrimaryMemory

C. SecondaryMemory

D. Noneoftheabove

B.PrimaryMemory

8. Technique of using disk space to make programs believe thatthesystemcontainsmoreRandomAccessMemory(RAM)thanisactuallyavailableiscalled

A. RandomAccessMemory

B. PrimaryMemory

C. SecondaryMemory

D. VirtualMemory

D.VirtualMemory

9. CPUperformsread/writeoperationsatanypointintimein

A. PROM

B. EPROM

C. RAM

D. ROM

B.EPROM

10. A storage device or medium where the access time isdependentuponthelocationofthedataiscalled

A. Parallelaccess

B. Serialaccess

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. Noneoftheabove

B.Serialaccess

1. Theinstructionsforstartingthecomputerarehouseon

A. HardDisk

B. CD-ROM

C. ReadOnlyMemorychip

D. Alloftheabove

C.ReadOnlyMemorychip

2. EAROMstandsfor_

A. ElectricallyAlteredReadOnlyMemory

B. ElectricallyAcceptedReadOnlyMemory

C. ElectronicallyAlterableReadOnlyMemory

D. ElectricallyAlterableReadOnlyMemory

D.ElectricallyAlterableReadOnlyMemory

3. is a method of storing data bits using magneticchargesinsteadoftheelectricalchargesusedbyDRAM.

A. VRAM

B. WRAM

C. MRAM

D. Noneoftheabove

C.MRAM

MagnetoresistiveRAM

4. isahigh-performancevideoRAMthatisdualported.

A. VRAM

B. WRAM

C. MRAM

D. Noneoftheabove

B. WRAMWindowRAM

5. isRAMthatcombinesthefastreadandwriteaccessofDynamicRAM

A. VRAM

B. WRAM

C. MRAM

D. FRAM

D. FRAMFerroelectricRAM

6. is a form of non-volatile storage that operates bychangingtheresistanceofaspeciallyformulatedsoliddielectricmaterial.

A. VRAM

B. WRAM

C. MRAM

D. RRAM

D. RRAMResistiveRAM

7. Whichofthefollowingmemorieshastheshortestaccesstime?

A. Cachememory

B. MagneticBubbleMemory

C. MagneticCoreMemory

D. Noneoftheabove

A.Cachememory

8. Whichofthefollowingismandatoryforeverydisk?

A. root

B. sub

C. bare

D. Noneoftheabove

A.root

9. Whichofthefollowingisthesmallestmeasureofstorage?

A. KB

B. MB

C. TB

D. Byte

D.Byte

10. Kilobyteequalstohowmanybytes?

A.1000

B.1064

C.1024

D.Noneoftheabove

C.1024

1. isagenerictermfororganizedcollectionofcomputerdata andinstructions.

A. firmware

B. Software

C. hardware

D. Noneoftheabove

B.Software

2. Softwarerefersto

A. firmware

B. physicalcomponentsthatacomputerismadeof

C. programs

D. Noneoftheabove

C.programs

3. Softwarecanbecategorizedas

A. FirmwareandHardware

B. SystemsoftwareandFirmware

C. ApplicationsoftwareandHardware

D. SystemsoftwareandApplicationSoftware

D.SystemsoftwareandApplicationSoftware

4. This type of software works with end users, applicationsoftwareandcomputerhardwaretohandlethemajorityoftechnicaldetails.

A. Communicationssoftware

B. Applicationsoftware

C. Utilitysoftware

D. Systemsoftware

D.Systemsoftware

5. _programsperformdaytodaytasksrelatedtothemaintenanceofthecomputer system.

A. Operatingsystem

B. SystemUtilities

C. Languagetranslators

D. Applicationsoftware

SystemUtilities

6. Applicationsoftware

A. isdesignedtohelpprogrammers

B. isusedtocontroltheoperatingSystem

C. performsspecifictaskforcomputerusers

D. isusedformakingdesignonly

C.performsspecifictaskforcomputerusers

7. Itisthesetofprogramsthatenablesyourcomputershardwaredeviceandapplicationsoftware toworktogether.

A. Operatingsystem

B. Helpersoftware

C. Systemsoftware

D. Applicationsoftware

C.Systemsoftware

8. Whichofthefollowingis/areanexample(s)ofSystemSoftware?

A. DeviceDrivers

B. Languagetranslators

C. SystemUtilities

D. Alloftheabove

D.Alloftheabove

9. isthefirstlayerofsoftwareloadedintocomputermemorywhenitstarts up.

A. DeviceDrivers

B. Languagetranslators

C. SystemUtilities

D. Operatingsystem

D.Operatingsystem

10. aresystemprograms,whichareresponsibleforproperfunctioningofdevices.

A. DeviceDrivers

B. Languagetranslators

C. SystemUtilities

D. Operatingsystem

A.DeviceDrivers

1. A helpsinconvertingprogramminglanguagestomachinelanguage.

A. Operatingsystem

B. SystemUtilities

C. Languagetranslator

D. Applicationsoftware

C.Languagetranslator

2. Whichofthefollowingis/areexample(s)ofanOperatingSystem?

A. UNIX

B. Linux

C. WindowsXP

D. Alloftheabove

D.Alloftheabove

3. LanguageTranslatorscanbedividedintothreemajorcategories.Theyare

A. Compiler,OperatingSystemand Assembler

B. Compiler,DeviceDriverandAssembler

C. Compiler,InterpreterandSystemUtility

D. Compiler,InterpreterandAssembler

D.Compiler,InterpreterandAssembler

4. Whichofthefollowinglanguageistheclosesttothemachinecode?

A. Compiler

B. Interpreter

C. Assembler

D. Noneoftheabove

C.Assembler

5. Which analyses and executes the source code in line-by-linemanner,withoutlookingattheentire program?

A. Compiler

B. Interpreter

C. Assembler

D. Noneoftheabove

B.Interpreter

6. A is a special program that processes statementswritteninaparticularprogramminglanguageandturnsthemintomachine language.

A. Compiler

B. DeviceDriver

C. Assembler

D. Noneoftheabove

Answer

A.Compiler

7. _ is a software used to compose, format, edit, andprintelectronicdocuments.

A. Spreadsheets

B. WordProcessor

C. ImageEditors

D. Noneoftheabove

B.WordProcessor

8. Whichofthefollowingis/areexample(s)ofWordProcessors?

A. MicrosoftWord

B. WordPerfect

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. Noneoftheabove

C.Both(A)and(B)

9. aredesignedspecificallyforcapturing,creating,editingandmanipulating images?

A. Spreadsheets

B. WordProcessor

C. ImageEditors

D. Noneoftheabove

C.ImageEditors

10. Whichofthefollowingis/areexample(s)ofSpreadsheets?

A. MicrosoftExcel

B. Lotus1-2-3

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. Noneoftheabove

C.Both(A)and(B)

1. Whichreferstoanyprogramthatisnotcopyrighted?

A. Freeware

B. Shareware

C. OpenSourceSoftware

D. PublicDomainSoftware

D.PublicDomainSoftware

2. Whichtermiscommonlyusedforcopyrightedsoftwaregivenawayfree byitsauthor?

A. Freeware

B. Shareware

C. OpenSourceSoftware

D. PublicDomainSoftware

A.Freeware

3. isthesoftwarewhichcomeswiththepermissionforpeopletoredistributecopiesforalimited period.

A. Freeware

B. Shareware

C. OpenSourceSoftware

D. PublicDomainSoftware

B.Shareware

4. Linuxisatypeof

A. Freeware

B. Shareware

C. OpenSourceSoftware

D. PublicDomainSoftware

C.OpenSourceSoftware

5. Whichofthefollowingisapplicationsoftware?

A. DatabaseManagementSystem

B. Spreadsheets

C. ImageEditor

D. Alloftheabove

D.Alloftheabove

6. _isacombinationofsoftwarepermanentlystoredinthe memory.

A. Freeware

B. Shareware

C. OpenSourceSoftware

D. Firmware

D.Firmware

7. representsthemajorityofsoftwarepurchasedfrom software publishers.

A. CommercialSoftware

B. ProprietarySoftware

C. OpenSourceSoftware

D. Firmware

A.CommercialSoftware

8. WhichofthefollowingsoftwareisalsocalledasClosedSourceSoftware?

A. CommercialSoftware

B. ProprietarySoftware

C. OpenSourceSoftware

D. Firmware

B.ProprietarySoftware

9. isacollectionofoneormorefilesthatcorrectflaws in the performance, reliability or security of a specificsoftwareproduct.

A. SoftwareUpdate

B. SoftwarePiracy

C. Softwarepatch

D. Noneoftheabove

C.Softwarepatch

10. WhichofthefollowingisSystemSoftware?

A. MicrosoftWord

B. MicrosoftExcel

C. AdobePhotoshop

D. Windows7

D.Windows7

1. Whichofthefollowingis/areexample(s)ofImageEditors?

A. Adobephotoshop

B. AdobeIllustrator

C. CorelDraw

D. Alloftheabove

D.Alloftheabove

2. distributedasfreeware,butitrequirestheusertoview advertisementsto usethe software.

A. Adware

B. Abandonware

C. Donationware

D. Alloftheabove

A.Adware

3. Adwareissometimescalled

A. Shareware

B. Abandonware

C. Donationware

D. Spyware

D.Spyware

4. istheunauthorizedcopyingofanorganization’sinternally developed software or the illegal duplication ofcommerciallyavailable software.

A. Softwarelicense

B. SoftwarePiracy

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. Noneoftheabove.

B.SoftwarePiracy

5. WhichofthefollowingactivitycanbetermedasSoftwarePiracy?

A. Softloading

B. HardDiskloading

C. InternetDownloading

D. Alloftheabove

D.Alloftheabove

6. meanssharingaprogramwithsomeonewhoisnotauthorizedbythelicenseagreementtouseit.

A. Softloading

B. HardDiskloading

C. InternetDownloading

D. Renting

D.Alloftheabove

7. EULA is a legal agreement between a software producer and auser.What doesEULAstandfor?

A. ExitUserLicenseAgreement

B. ExitUtilityLicenseAgreement

C. EndUtilityLicenseAgreement

D. EndUserLicenseAgreement

D.EndUserLicenseAgreement

8. If you borrow and copy a friend’s software in violation of thelicensingagreement,whatkindofpiracyisthat?

A. InternetDownloading

B. HardDiskloading

C. Softloading

D. Renting

C.Softloading

9. Softloadingisalsocalled _

A. EndUserPiracy

B. Softlifting

C. Both(A)and(B)

D. Noneoftheabove.

C.Both(A)and(B)

10. is a content distribution protocol enablesefficient software distribution and peer-to-peer sharing of verylarge files by enabling users to serve as network redistributionpoints.

A. Freeware

B. BitTorrent

C. CorelDraw

D. Noneoftheabove.

B.BitTorrent

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