General purpose computers are those that can be adopted to countless uses simply by changing its
A. keyboard
B. printer
C. program
D. display screen
E. None of the above
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What is the name of the visible silver rectangle which separates the take-up portion of the magnetic tape from the data recording portion?
A. Load maker
B. Load marker
C. Tape separator
D. Tape marker
E. None of the above
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A part located in the central processing unit that stores data & information is known as
A. Core memory
B. PROM
C. EPROM
D. ROM
E. None of the above
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A software package to perform calculations on data arranged in an array is
A. System software
B. Utility programs
C. Electronic spread sheet
D. Application programs
E. None of the above
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What was the name of the first stored program electronic computer which was built in 1949 at Cambridge University in England?
A. EDVAC
B. EDSAC
C. UNIVAC
D. MARK-I
E. None of the above
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A computer with CPU speed around 100 million instructions per second & with the word length of around 64 bits is known as
A. Super computer
B. Mini computer
C. Micro computer
D. None of the above
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A computer program consists of
A. System flowchart
B. Program flowchart
C. Algorithms written in computer's language
D. Discrete logical steps.
E. None of the above
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An input device which can read characters directly from an ordinary piece of paper is
A. OCR
B. OMR
C. MSI
D. POS
E. None of the above
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Which of the following is not a part of the CPU
A. storage unit
B. arithmetic and logic unit
C. program unit
D. control unit
E. None of the above
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Which of the following chips can be reprogrammed with special electric pulses?
A. EPROM
B. PROM
C. ROM
D. EEPROM
E. None of the above
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In this world of fast changing computer technology, one of the most important factor to be considered while purchasing a PC is, it should have a provision for
A. high level integration
B. self upgradability
C. intelligent sensors
D. faster data access
E. None of the above
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A collection of eight bits is called
A. Byte
B. Word
C. Record
D. File
E. None of the above
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The ALU of a central processing unit does the essential maths work for the computer. What does the control unit do?
A. Communicates its results
B. Activates the output device
C. Monitors the flow of information
D. Control the printer
E. None of the above
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Which of the following storage and retrieval methods would be well suited to your processing requirements if you only need to retrieve records one at a time and there is no fixed pattern to the requests for data and records?
A. indexed sectors
B. sequential
C. direct
D. indexed direct
E. None of the above
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In MODEMS
A. Several digital signals are multiplexed
B. A digital signal changes some characteristic of a carrier wave
C. Digital signal is amplified
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
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Which is a secondary memory device?
A. CPU
B. ALU
C. Floppy disk
D. Mouse
E. None of the above
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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
E. None of the above
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In a PC, how much memory is available to application software?
A. 1024 KB
B. 760 KB
C. 640 KB
D. 560 KB
E. 2048 KB
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For a memory system, the cycle time is
A. same as the access time
B. longer than the access time
C. shorter than the access time
D. submultiple of the access time
E. None of the above
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The number of records contained within a block of data on magnetic tape is defined by the
A. block definition
B. record contain clause
C. blocking factor
D. record per block factor
E. None of the above
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