Computer Science MCQs with Answer (part 4) by General knowledge Solutions
Computer Science MCQs with Answer (part 4) by General knowledge Solutions
1. Programs from the same developer , sold bundled together
, that provide better integration and share common features , toolbars and
menus are known as ....
(A) software suites ANSWER (A)
(B) integrated software packages
(C) software processing packages
(D) personal information managers
(E) none of these
2. A data warehouse
is which of the following ?
(A) Can be updated by the end users
(B) Contains numerous naming conventions and formats
(C) Organized around important subject areas ANSWER (C)
(D) Contains only current data
(E) None of these
3. ______________ servers store and manages files for
network users.
(A) Authentication
(B) Main
(C) Web
(D) File ANSWER (D)
(E) None of these
4. All of the following are examples of real security and
privacy risks Except _____
(A) hackers
(B) spam ANSWER (B)
(C) viruses
(D) identify theft
(E) None of these
5. ___________ terminals (formerly known as cash registers)
are often connected to complex inventory and sales computer systems .
(A) Data
(B) Sales ANSWER (B)
(C) Query
(D) (Point-of-sale (POS)
(E) None of these
6. The OSI model is divided into _______ processes called
layers.
(A) five
(B) six
(C) seven ANSWER (C)
(D) eight
(E) None of these
7. System software is
the set of programs that enables your computer's hardware devices and ______
software to work together.
(A) management
(B) processing
(C) utility
(D) application ANSWER (D)
(E) None of these
8. ________ are
specially designed computer chips reside inside other devices, such as your car
or your electronic thermostat.
(A) Servers
(B) Embedded computers ANSWER (B)
(C) Robotic computers
(D) Mainframes
(E) None of these
9. The following are
all computing devices , except.........
(A) notebook computers
(B) cellular telephones
(C) digital scanners ANSWER (C)
(D) personal digital assistants
(E) None of these
10. in a ring topology , the the computer in possession of
the ______ can trasmit data
(A) packet
(B) data
(C) access method
(D) token ANSWER (D)
(E) None of these
11. This part of
operating system manages the essential peripherals, such as the keyboard,
screen , disk drives, and parallel and serial ports ____
(A) basic input/output system ANSWER (A)
(B) secondary input/output system
(C) peripheral input/output system
(D) marginal input/output system
(E) None of these
12. Which of the following is form of semi conductor memory
in which it is possible to change the contents of selected memory locations by
applying suitable electrical signals.
(A) CAM
(B) ROM
(C) EAROM ANSWER: (C)
(D) ANACUS
(E) None of these
13. A connection between two end points, either physical or
logical, over which data may travel in both directions simultaneously is
called...
(A) Dump point
(B) Datalink
(C) Duplex ANSWER: (C)
(D) Networks
(E) None of these
14. Which of the following is a machine for reading
documents that are encoded in a way that is readable by person and machine.
(A) Document reader ANSWER: (A)
(B) Distributed system
(C) Artificial intelligence
(D) Document sorter
(E) None of these
15. A compiler means
(A) A person who compiles source programs
(B) The same thing as a programmer
(C) Key punch operator
(D) A program which translates source program into object
program ANSWER: (D)
(E) None of these
16. An assembler is a
(A) Program ANSWER: (A)
(B) Person who assemble the parts
(C) Symbol
(D) Language
(E) None of these
17. Which of the following languages is not well suited for
computation?
(A) PASCAL
(B) FORTRAN
(C) Machine
(D) C ANSWER: (C)
(E) None of these
18. Which one of the
following is not a broadband communication medium
(A) Microwave
(B) Fibre optic cable
(C) Twisted pair ANSWER: (C)
(D) Coaxial cable
(E) None of these
19. Which of the following performs modulation and
demodulation
(A) Coaxial cable
(B) Satellite
(C) Modem ANSWER: (C)
(D) Optical fibre
(E) None of these
20. Which one of the
following is not an application software package
(A) Redhat Linux ANSWER: (A)
(B) Microsoft Office
(C) Adobe PageMaker
(D) Open Office
(E) None of these
21. Can you tell what
passes into and out from the computer via its ports?
(A) Data
(B) Bytes ANSWER: (B)
(C) Graphics
(D) Pictures
(E) None of these
22. The ALU of a
computer responds to the commands coming from
(A) primary memory
(B) control section ANSWER: (B)
(C) external memory
(D) cache memory
(E) None of these
23. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is
called
(A) read-out
(B) read from
(C) read
(D) All of the above ANSWER: (D)
(E) None of these
24. A directly
accessible appointment calendar is a feature of a ……. resident package.
(A) CPU
(B) memory ANSWER: (B)
(C) Buffer
(D) ALU
(E) None of these
25. Perforated paper used as input or output media is known
as
(A) Paper tape ANSWER: (A)
(B) Magnetic tape
(C) Punched paper tape
(D) Card punch
(E) None of these
26. Which of the following is another name fortape transport
(A) Core memory
(B) Card punch
(C) Tape drive unit ANSWER: (C)
(D) Magnetic disk
(E) None of these
27. Control of
computer system or subsystem operation byan operator who may intervene at
arbitary times is
(A) Manual control ANSWER: (A)
(B) Mapping
(C) Shift register
(D) ALU
(E) None of these
28. A device that both transmits and receives data, is
(A) Transducer
(B) Trapdoor
(C) Translator
(D) Transceiver ANSWER: (D)
(E) None of these
29. A memory that is capable of determining whether a given
datum is contained in one of its addresses is
(A) ROM
(B) PROM
(C) CAM ANSWER: (C)
(D) RAM
(E) None of these
30. The invention of the slide rule is attributed to
(A) Babbage
(B) Oughtred ANSWER: (B)
(C) Pascal
(D) Napier
(E) None of these
31. Each model of a computer has a unique
(A) Assembly language
(B) Machine language ANSWER: (B)
(C) High level language
(D) All of the above
(E) None of these
32. Which of the
following circuit is used as a ‘Memory device’ in computers?
(A) Rectifier
(B) Flip-Flop ANSWER: (B)
(C) Comparator
(D) Attenuator
(E) None of these
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