Practice Test: Question Set - 16
1. A storage device which is used to store data & information external to the main storage is known as
- (A) Buffer
- (B) Backing
storage
- (C) PROM
- (D) Accumulator
2. Bit map terminal
- (A) Support
displays containing multiple windows
- (B) Requires
considerable amount of video RAM
- (C) Requires
tremendous amount of copying and hence low performance
- (D) All
of the above
3. The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Mauchly and Eckert called ENIAC did not work on the stored program principle. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory?
- (A) 20
- (B) 40
- (C) 80
- (D) 100
4. The control unit of a microprocessor
- (A) Stores
data in the memory
- (B) Accepts
input data from a keyboard
- (C) Performs
arithmetic / logic / functions
- (D) None
of the above
5. High-level languages are not concerned with computer but with
- (A) Assembler
- (B) Machine code
- (C) Compiler
- (D) None of the
above
6. Which of the following translate back from machine code something resembling the source language?
- (A) Interpreter
- (B) Compiler
- (C) Assembler
- (D) Decompiler
7. What is the name of the reading device which made use of photo sensors and laser technologies to interpret printed, typed or even hand-written data directly from the source documents?
- (A) MICR
- (B) OCR
- (C) Mark-sensing
device
- (D) ATM
8. The most common input device used today is
- (A) Motherboard
- (B) Track ball
- (C) Scanner
- (D) Keyboard
9. Which kind of storage device can be carried around?
- (A) Floppy disk
- (B) Hard disk
- (C) System
cabinet
- (D) Hard disk
drive
10. Which of the following is not a factor affecting the processing capability or performance of a PC system?
- (A) The clock
speed of the microprocessor
- (B) The
revolutions per minute of the printer disk
- (C) The
primary storage capacity of the processor
- (D) The built-in
instruction set available to the microprocessor
11. Which of the following is the fastest?
- (A) CPU
- (B) Magnetic
tapes and disks
- (C) Video
terminal
- (D) Sensors,
mechanical controllers
12. A fully functional computing device containing all the elements of a computer which is built around a MICROPROCESSOR is known as
- (A) Machine-in-built
computer
- (B) Super
computer
- (C) Micro
computer
- (D) Mini
computer
13. A machine associated with card-based data processing is
- (A) Collator
- (B) Cartridge
- (C) Digitizer
- (D) None of the
above
14. The process of writing computer instructions in a programming language is known as
- (A) Coding
- (B) Processing
- (C) Programming
- (D) File
15. Which is not a factor when categorizing a computer?
- (A) Speed
of the output device
- (B) Amount
of main memory the CPU can use
- (C) Cost
of the system
- (D) Where
it was purchased
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