Computer Fundamental Miscellaneous MCQs

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a primary storage device?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

Magnetic tape

Answer

Magnetic disk

Answer

Optical disk

Question 2

A device that prints one character at a time is kknown as

Accepted Answer

Character printer

Answer

Laser printer

Answer

Line printer

Answer

Dot-Matrix printer

Question 3

A mechanism for arranging controlled access to a shared resource is

Accepted Answer

Lock-out

Answer

Retrieving

Answer

Sorting

Answer

Balleting

Question 4

A data item which is not broken down into smaller units is _____

Accepted Answer

Elementary data item

Answer

Data element

Answer

Data entry

Answer

Database management

Question 5

A computer is a box full of electronic

Accepted Answer

Switching devices

Answer

Chips

Answer

Circuits

Answer

Registers

Question 6

What are the concentric circles on floppy disks know as?

Accepted Answer

Tracks

Answer

Cylinders

Answer

Sectors

Answer

Segments

Question 7

A one-bit signal that indicates the start of data transmission by an asynchronous device is

Accepted Answer

Start bit

Answer

Parity bit

Answer

Status bit

Answer

Zero bit

Question 8

Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known as

Accepted Answer

Flags

Answer

PC

Answer

Memory Address Registers

Answer

General purpose registers

Question 9

An electronic circuit with about 20 transistors fabricated on a silicon chip is known as

Accepted Answer

SSI

Answer

MSI

Answer

DPS

Answer

RJE