Computer Fundamental Miscellaneous MCQs

Question 1

Codes which do not require to be frequently updated also promote user efficiency due to

Accepted Answer

Stability

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Simplicity

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Sortability

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Expansibility

Question 2

A packet switching network that was sponsored by the Commission of the EEC and became operational in 1979 is

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Euronet

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LAN

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Broadband network

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Star network

Question 3

What is the standard code the computer industry created to represent characters?

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ASCII

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DASI

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ASSH

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BASCII

Question 4

A sizeable geographical area with communication based on the telephone system is though as

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Wide area network

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Local area network

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Modulator-Demodulator

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All of the above

Question 5

A Winchester disk is a

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Disk Stack

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Removable disk

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Flexible disk

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All of the above

Question 6

Which one of the following is the first second-generation computer?

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IBM 7090

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IBM 801

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IBM 7070

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IBM 650

Question 7

Which of the following is not a factor affecting the processing capability or performance of a PC system?

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The revolutions per minute of the printer disk

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The clock sped of the microprocessor

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The primary storage capacity of the processor

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The built-in instruction set available to the microprocessor

Question 8

Condensing output data to exhibit specific information is

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Summarising

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Calculating

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Recording

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Merging

Question 9

Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?

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semiconductor

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control bus

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control unit

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parity unit