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What type of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, in order to prevent two devices from trying to use it at the same time?
[A]
Bus control
[B]
Interrupts
[C]
Bus arbitration
[D]
All of the above
62
Which of the following is used as a primary storage device?
[A]
Magnetic drum
[B]
Hard Disks
[C]
Floppy
[D]
All of above
63
Multi user systems provided cost savings for small business because they use a single processing unit to link several
[A]
Personal computers
[B]
Workstations
[C]
Dumb terminals
[D]
Mainframes
64
The difference between memory and storage is that memory is _____ and storage is __
[A]
Temporary, permanent
[B]
Permanent, temporary
[C]
Slow, fast
[D]
All of above
Answer: Temporary, permanent
65
What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
[A]
Light pen
[B]
Mouse
[C]
Digitizer
[D]
Terminal
66
The term gigabyte refers to
[A]
1024 bytes
[B]
1024 kilobytes
[C]
1024 megabytes
[D]
1024 gigabyte
67
Which is the most common types of computer?
[A]
Desktop
[B]
Notebook
[C]
Server
[D]
All of the above
68
Which is the newest development of full featured portable computer?
[A]
A Notebook PC
[B]
A Handheld PC
[C]
Tablet PC
[D]
All of above
69
Which of the following is a mid range computer?
[A]
Mainframe
[B]
Mini computer
[C]
micro computer
[D]
Supercomputer
70
Which is the first computer in India?
[A]
ENIAC
[B]
HEC-2M
[C]
SZ 40/42
[D]
Harwell CADET
71
Which of the following exactly define computer?
[A]
A machine which is lightweight and used for calculation
[B]
A unit record machine
[C]
An electronic device that store and process data to give desire result
[D]
A program instruction machine
Answer: An electronic device that store and process data to give desire result
72
The basic operations performed by a computer are
[A]
Arithmetic operation
[B]
Logical operation
[C]
Storage and relative
[D]
All the above
73
The two major types of computer chips are
[A]
External memory chip
[B]
Primary memory chip
[C]
Microprocessor chip
[D]
Both b and c
74
Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on
[A]
tracks per inch of surface
[B]
bits per inch of tracks
[C]
disk pack in disk surface
[D]
All of above
75
A storage area used to store data to a compensate for the difference in speed at which the different units can handle data is
[A]
Memory
[B]
Buffer
[C]
Accumulator
[D]
Address
76
Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code called EBCDIC?
[A]
Minicomputers
[B]
Microcomputers
[C]
Mainframe computers
[D]
Super computer
Answer: Mainframe computers
77
Chief component of first generation computer was
[A]
Transistors
[B]
Vacuum Tubes and Valves
[C]
Integrated Circuits
[D]
None of above
Answer: Vacuum Tubes and Valves
78
What are the stages in the compilation process?
[A]
Feasibility study, system design and testing
[B]
Implementation and documentation
[C]
Lexical Analysis, syntax analysis, and code generation
[D]
None of the above
Answer: Lexical Analysis, syntax analysis, and code generation
79
One millisecond is
[A]
1 second
[B]
10th of a seconds
[C]
1000th of a seconds
[D]
10000th of a seconds
Answer: 1000th of a seconds
80
A physical connection between the microprocessor memory and other parts of the microcomputer is known as
[A]
Path
[B]
Address bus
[C]
Route
[D]
All of the above
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