Practice Test: Question Set - 53
1. An adder in which the bits of the operands are added one after another is
- (A) Half-adder
- (B) Full-adder
- (C) Serial
adder
- (D) None
of the above
2. Which language is used in the areas of pattern recognition, artificial intelligence & for simulation of games?
- (A) APL
- (B) FORTH
- (C) LISP
- (D) CORAL
3. Transistorized computer circuits were introduced in the
- (A) First
generation
- (B) Second
generation
- (C) Third
generation
- (D) Fourth
generation
4. The imitation of one device or system by another is
- (A) Simulation
- (B) Emulation
- (C) Resilience
- (D) Compaction
5. Which of the following is not a practical data-processing approach?
- (A) batch-sequential
- (B) batch-direct
- (C) immediate-sequential
- (D) immediate-direct
6. The range of frequencies available for data transmission is known as
- (A) Baud
- (B) Bandwidth
- (C) Byte
- (D) Bits
7. The magnetic storage chips used to provide non-volatile direct access storage of data and that have no moving parts are known as
- (A) Magnetic
core memory
- (B) Magnetic
tape memory
- (C) Magnetic
disk memory
- (D) Magnetic
bubble memory
8. Hardware ________ memory is seldom used in modern computers.
- (A) ROM
- (B) RAM
- (C) LIFO
- (D) PROM
9. IBM 7000 digital computer
- (A) Belongs
to second generation
- (B) Uses VLSI
- (C) Employs semi
conductor memory
- (D) Has
modular construction
10. An electronic circuit with about 20 transistors fabricated on a silicon chip is known as
- (A) SSI
- (B) MSI
- (C) DPS
- (D) RJE
11. The two major types of computer chips are
- (A) External
memory chip
- (B) Primary
memory chip
- (C) Microprocessor
chip
- (D) Both (b) and
(c)
12. What are the stages in the compilation process?
- (A) Feasibility
study, system design and testing
- (B) Implementation
and documentation
- (C) Lexical
Analysis, syntax analysis, and code generation
- (D) None
of the above
13. In most of the IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drivers, memory, expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board. The name of the board is?
- (A) Motherboard
- (B) Daughterboard
- (C) Bredboard
- (D) Fatherboard
14. BCD is
- (A) Binary
Coded Decimal
- (B) Bit
Coded Decimal
- (C) Binary Coded
Digit
- (D) Bit
Coded Digit
15. If in a computer, 16 bits are used to specify address in a RAM, the number of addresses will be
- (A) 216
- (B) 65,536
- (C) 64 K
- (D) Any of the
above
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