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COMPUTER FUNDAMENTAL MCQs

Fundamental And Concepts Of Computer

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Question 11. When was punched-card equipment used for the first time to process the British census?
  1.    1910
  2.    1907
  3.    1911
  4.    1914
  5.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1911
Question 12. A hashing scheme is used with
  1.    sequential file organization
  2.    direct file organization
  3.    indexed sequential file organization
  4.    partitioned file organization
  5.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> direct file organization
Question 13. A computer has a 1024K memory. What does the letter K stand for
  1.    Kilometre
  2.    Thousand
  3.    1024
  4.    MB
  5.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1024
Question 14. The time taken for the read/write head to move to the correct track on the magnetic disk is called
  1.    epoch delay
  2.    latency delay
  3.    seek time
  4.    approach time
  5.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> seek time
Question 15. Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is called
  1.    Mnemonics
  2.    Symbolic code
  3.    Gray code
  4.    Op-code
  5.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Symbolic code
Question 16. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:
  1.    microprocessor
  2.    disk controller
  3.    serial interface
  4.    modem
  5.    All of the above are contained
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> modem
Question 17. Which of the following are the two main components of the CPU?
  1.    control unit and registers
  2.    registers and main memory
  3.    control unit and ALU
  4.    ALU and bus
  5.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> control unit and ALU
Question 18. 1024 bytes represent a
  1.    Megabyte
  2.    Gigabyte
  3.    Kilobyte
  4.    None of the above
  5.    Storage
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Kilobyte
Question 19. A characteristic of card systems is:
  1.    slowness in processing data
  2.    using cards as records of transactions
  3.    needing a larger DP staff
  4.    all the above
  5.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> all the above
Question 20. A directly accessible appointment calendar is a feature of a _____ resident package.
  1.    CPU
  2.    Memory
  3.    Buffer
  4.    ALU
  5.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Memory

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