Computer Mcqs (754)

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• ______________is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of intelligence that humans do?
1. Nanoscience
2. Nanotechnology
3. Simulation
4. Artificial intelligence (Al)
• The CPU and memory are located on the__________?
1. expansion board
2. motherboard
3. storage device
4. output device
• All of the following are examples of storage devices EXCEPT____________?
1. hard disk drives
2. printers
3. floppy disk drives
4. CD drives
• Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?
1. gathering data
2. processing data into information
3. analyzing the data or information
4. storing the data or information
• All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT____________?
1. hackers
2. Spam
3. Viruses
4. identity theft
• COBOL is an acronym for________________?
1. Common Business Oriented Language
2. Computer Business Oriented Language
3. Common Business Operated Language
4. Common Business Organized Language
• A________________is an additional set of commands that the computer displays after you make a selection from the main menu?
1. dialog box
2. submenu
3. menu selection
4. All of the above
• Select the Odd one from the following
1. Operating system
2. Interpreter
3. Compiler
4. Assembler
• ___________Store data or information temporarily and pass it on as directed by the control unit?
1. Address
2. Register
3. Number
4. Memory
• Which one of the following is NOT a computer language?
1. MS-Excel
2. BASIC
3. COBOL
4. C++
• Magnetic disk is an example of____________?
1. Secondary memory
2. Primary memory
3. Main memory
4. Both (1) and (2)
• RAM is an example of___________?
1. Secondary memory
2. Primary memory
3. Both A. and B.
4. none
• ALU and Control Unit jointly known as__________?
1. RAM
2. ROM
3. CPU
4. PC
• The task of performing operations like arithmetic and logical operations is called____________?
1. Processing
2. Storing
3. Editing
4. Sorting
• _________________provides process and memory management services that allow two or more tasks, jobs, or programs to run simultaneously?
1. Multitasking
2. Multithreading
3. Multiprocessing
4. Multicomputing
• _______________is the ability of a device to ";jump"; directly to the requested data?
1. Sequential access
2. Random access
3. Quick access
4. All of the above
• You use a(n)___________such as a keyboard or mouse, to input information?
1. output device
2. input device
3. storage device
4. processing device
• On-line real time systems become popular in______________generation?
1. First Generation
2. Second Generation
3. Third Generation
4. Fourth Generation
• What is the other name for programmed chip?
1. A. RAM
2. ROM
3. LSIC
4. PROM
• A device, which is not connected to CPU, is called as___________?
1. land-line device
2. On-line device
3. Off-line device
4. Device
• The______________is the amount of data that a storage device can move from the storage medium to the Computer per second?
1. data migration rate
2. data digitizing rate
3. data transfer rate
4. data access rate
• _____________is computer software designed to operate the computer hardware and to provide platform for running application software?
1. Application software
2. System software
3. Software
4. None of these
• What kind of memory is both static and non -volatile?
1. RAM
2. ROM
3. BIOS
4. CACHE
• The primary function of the__________is to set up the hardware and load and start an operating system?
1. System Programs
2. BIOS
3. CP
4. Memory
• To move a copy of file from one computer to another over a communication channel is called?
1. File transfer
2. File encryption
3. File modification
4. File copying