Practice Test

Q1) What is peripheral ? Show Answer

Q2) The Blu-ray disk is: Show Answer

Q3) What does USB stands for: Show Answer

Q4) Which of the following is not a storage device ? Show Answer

Q5) Which of the following is not an example of an input devices ? Show Answer

Q6) In which year was the webcam first developed ? Show Answer

Q7) Which of the following is an example of volatile memory ? Show Answer

Q8) In Windows XP, What is the keyboard shortcut to display the properties of a selected object ? Show Answer

Q9) What is tape drive ? Show Answer

Q10) Which of the following operating system was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible personal computers during the 1980s to the mid 1990s ? Show Answer

Q11) What is Sticky Keys ? Show Answer

Q12) What does DVD stands for ? Show Answer

Q13) Which of the following printers is the most silent one ? Show Answer

Q14) Which of the following is a secondary memory device ? Show Answer

Q15) Who designed the first electronic computer, ENIAC ? Show Answer

Q16) Which of the following are the two kinds of main memory Show Answer

Q17) Which part of the computer is know as its brain ? Show Answer

Q18) Which of the following is the layout of the standard computer keyboard ? Show Answer

Q19) What is the mouse pointer on the screen called ? Show Answer

Q20) The most common input device used today is the? Show Answer

Q21) Which of the following does not describe one or more characteristics of a computer ? Show Answer

Q22) A dumb terminal can do nothing more than commu-nicate data to and from a CPU of a computer. How does a 'smart' terminal differ from a dumb terminal ? Show Answer

Q23) An impact printer that uses an interchangeable, rotating printing unit for hard copy output is the Show Answer

Q24) To produce high-quality graphics (hard copy) in color, you would want to use a(n) Show Answer

Q25) From amongst the following, pick out the item that does not belong to computer Show Answer

Q26) Hard disks and diskettes are Show Answer

Q27) Which of the following impact printers print fastest ? Show Answer

Q28) All of the following are examples of input devices expect Show Answer

Q29) Which are the three major components of a central processing unit ? Show Answer

Q30) Which of the following is not true of primary storage ? Show Answer

Q31) What is the name of the hardware and software package that is ready for use as soon as it is installed ? Show Answer

Q32) There is only one key in the keyboard of a computer which is without any marketing and is also the widest key of the keyboard. What is the name of this key ? Show Answer

Q33) What is the control unit 's function in the CPU ? Show Answer

Q34) What hardware was used by first generation computers ? Show Answer

Q35) The storage locations in the internal storage of a CPU are called Show Answer

Q36) The computer memory used for temporary storage of data and program is called Show Answer

Q37) The technique of placing software or programs in a ROM semiconductor chip is called Show Answer

Q38) The hardware compnents of a modern digital computer are connected to each other (logically and physically) by a number of parallel wires. What are these wires called ? Show Answer

Q39) The unit of hardware an operator uses to monitor computer processing is the Show Answer

Q40) Which of the following does not contain a microprocessor ? Show Answer

Q41) Which kind of storage device can be carried around ? Show Answer

Q42) A computer has no more sense than a light Show Answer

Q43) What is a microprocessor ? Show Answer

Q44) What of the following terms is related to a monitor ? Show Answer

Q45) A piece of computer hardware that is physically placed between two devices each of which manages data in a different way is called Show Answer

Q46) Which one of the following can produce the final product of machine processing in a form usable by humans ? Show Answer

Q47) The peices of equipment which are attached to the CPU of a computer and which it can access are called Show Answer

Q48) Which of the following devices allows the user to add components and capabilities to a computer system ? Show Answer

Q49) A computer is a box full of electronic Show Answer

Q50) The physical equipment made of various metals, silicon and plastic components that make up the parts of a computer is called Show Answer

Q51) Plotters print Show Answer

Q52) A floppy disk can contain approximately Show Answer

Q53) A slow input unit such as a card reader would be attached to the CPU by means of a Show Answer

Q54) Which of the following pieces of hardware is used the most in the input phase of a computer-based information system ? Show Answer

Q55) A ADU is used as Show Answer

Q56) Which of the following isn 't used in the storage phase of a computer-based information system ? Show Answer

Q57) Which of the following is not a part of the CPU ? Show Answer

Q58) The input bottleneck has been relieved by Show Answer

Q59) An integrated circuit (IC) is Show Answer

Q60) Which of the following is the principle difference between a monochrome monitor and an RGB monitor ? Show Answer

Q61) Which of the following is a part of CPU ? Show Answer

Q62) Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips ? Show Answer

Q63) Whenever a peripheral is being controlled by the CPU, it is said to be on-line. If additionally, the computer files are updated as soon as any change takes place, the system is called Show Answer

Q64) A CPU's processing power is measured in? Show Answer

Q65) The computer device primarily used to provide hard copy is the? Show Answer

Q66) Which of the following is the most appropriate unit for measuring storage capacity of a hard disk? Show Answer

Q67) Why is the width of a data bus so important to the processing speed of a computer? Show Answer

Q68) Which of the following is a secondary memory device? Show Answer

Q69) Which of the following types of terminals is entirely dependent for all its capabilities on the computer system to which it is connected? Show Answer

Q70) Which of the following is used only for data entry and storage, never for processing? Show Answer

Q71) A disadvantage of the laser printer is Show Answer

Q72) Which of the following are used to quickly accept, store and transfer data and instructions that are being used immediately by the CPU? Show Answer

Q73) What do the present day digital computers use for their internal memory ? Show Answer

Q74) What are the two main sections of a CPU chip ? Show Answer

Q75) The term used to define all input and output devices in a computer system is ......... Show Answer

Q76) The mechanical diskette drive in which you insert your disskette is connected to the computer 's ........bus Show Answer

Q77) The main purpose of time sharing techniques used in computers is to make the best use of the Show Answer

Q78) The data between the computer and peripherals always passes via an input/output Show Answer

Q79) Floppy disks which are made from flexible plastic material are also called Show Answer

Q80) Which of the following printers cannot print graphics? Show Answer

Q81) Line printers are those which print a complete line in one go. What is the name of the printer which is opposite of the line printer? Show Answer

Q82) Which of the following is a serial printer? Show Answer

Q83) What is the general name of the device which produces hard copy graphics? Show Answer

Q84) Which printer is very commonly used for desktop publishing? Show Answer

Q85) Dot-matrix is a type of? Show Answer

Q86) The bar code which is used on all types of items from books to candy bars is read by a scanning device directly into the computer. What is the name of this scanning device? Show Answer

Q87) A certain computer hardware component does not process the data itself but acts as a central nervous system for other data manipulating components. What is it called? Show Answer

Q88) Point out the odd item amongst the following Show Answer

Q89) Which type of electric motor is used to activate the read/write head of a floppy diskette drive? Show Answer

Q90) A monitor looks like a TV set but it does not Show Answer

Q91) Which of the following is not an output device of a computer? Show Answer

Q92) Whereas a computer mouse moves over the table surface, the trackball is Show Answer

Q93) What does a ' dumb ' terminal essentially consists of ? Show Answer

Q94) Which one of the following is termed a combination input-output device ? Show Answer

Q95) While inserting a diskette into the diskette drive of a PC, the diskette's label side should face Show Answer

Q96) Personal computers use a number chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards ? Show Answer

Q97) Different components on the motherboard of a PC processor unit are linked together by sets of parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called ? Show Answer

Q98) Which major development led to the production of microcomputers ? Show Answer

Q99) When all other processors wait for one rig process to get off the CPU the phenomenon is called Show Answer

Q100) When a spooler is used, which device is created with respect to the microprocessor ? Show Answer

Q101) If you want to be fair and also increase the throughput for CPU bound processes, you need to Show Answer

Q102) Which scheduler, allocates the processor among the pool of ready processes resident in memory ? Show Answer

Q103) ________ are a type of inexpensive digital camera that remains tethered to a computer and used for Video-Conferencing, Video-Chatting and live Web broadcast. Show Answer

Q104) The meaning of F1, F2, F3 etc. written on keys of computer keyboard is Show Answer

Q105) The IC (Integrated Chips) which are used in computers are made of- Show Answer

Q106) Which of these is a point-and-draw device? Show Answer

Q107) Which part of the computer is used for calculating and com-paring? Show Answer

Q108) A means of capturing an image (drawing or photo) so that it can be stored on a computer is ______ Show Answer

Q109) Access-control based on a person's fingerprints is an example of- Show Answer

Q110) For sound recording, what is necessary ? Show Answer

Q111) Magnetic tape is not practical for applications where data must be quickly recalled because tape is Show Answer

Q112) Which of the following will you require to hear music on your computer ? Show Answer

Q113) Which is the part of a computer that one can touch and feel? Show Answer

Q114) Hardware include Show Answer

Q115) Virtual Memory is Show Answer

Q116) Which of the following are advantages of CD-ROM as a storage media? Show Answer

Q117) Which of the following is a storage device that uses rigid, permanently installed magnetic disks to store data / information? Show Answer

Q118) The piece of hardware that converts your computer's digital signal to an analog signal that can travel over telephone lines is called a ______. Show Answer