COMPUTER LITERACY QUESTIONS 1.
Computer follows a simple principle called GIGO, which means a)GarbageIinput Good Output b) Garbage In Garbage Out c)Great Instruction Great output d)Good Instruction Garbage Output 2. 32 bit processor has a a) 32 bit register c) 32 Mb of RAM Intel Pentium Core I3 Processor is a a)32 Bit Processor c)24 Bit Processor
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Hardware used in 1st Generation Computers was a) Transistors b) Vacuum Tubes c) Integrated Circuits d) Microprocessors The collection of wires that connect several devices is called a) Bus b) Link c) Cables d) Bi-directional wires Stored Program Concept was introduced by a)John Von Neumann b)Blaise Pascal c)Charles Babbage d)Abacus ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage elements called a)Registers b)Hard Disk c)Floppy Disk d)Magnetic Disk A part of the Machine Level Instruction which tells CPU what has to be done is a) Operation Code b)Address c)Operand d)Register Which of the following is a Primary Storage device a) Magnetic Tape b)Optical Disk c)Magnetic Disk d)RAM Light Pen is a a)Input Device c)Monitor
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If a computer is on but does not respond to a System Reset what is it said to be? a)dead b)Off c)Insensitive d)Hung The best printer for colour photograph is a)Dot Matrix b)Colour Laser c)Daisy Wheel Printer d)Page Printer Which chips are erasable by ultra violet rays after removing them from main circuit a) EPROM b) SRAM c)ROM d) DRAM Memory in which access time is independent of memory location is known as a)Random Access Memory b)Sequential Access Memory c)Secondary Memory d)None of the above Resolution of the Monitor is measured in terms of a)Density of Pixels b)Number of light elements c)Screen Size d)Colour Daisy Wheel Printer is a type of a)Impact Printer c)Page Printer Diskettes and Hard Disks are a)Direct Access Devices c)Slower than magnetic tapes
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The connections that give the highest possible band width is a)Twisted pair of wires b)Coaxial cable c)Fiber Optic cable d) T1 lines Number of bit patterns provided by a seven bit code is a) 256 b)128 c)64 d)512 Which of the following is not a network topology a)Bus b)Star c)Ring d)Circle The word length of a computer is measured in a) Bits b)Kilo bits
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The input/output device which accepts inputs from a monitor is a)Touch Screen b) Joy stick c)Plotter d)Printer A set of pre-recorded instructions executed by a computer is called a)Action b)Hardware c)Program d)Firmware
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