COMPUTER BASIC INFORMATION QUIZ

One byte can be used to encode any integer between 'O' and -inclusive

256

None of these

255

16

128

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A new technology which provides the ability to create an artificial world and have people interact with it is called

None of these

virtual reality

televirtuality

3-D reality

alternative reality

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What was the first general - purpose electronic computer ?

CSIRAC

ENIAC

Zuse Z3

IBM 405

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A path linking 2 hardware or telecommunication units down which data and control signals can be transmitted is

Modulation

Channel

Demodulation

None of these

Signalling

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An optical input device that interprets pencil marks on paper media is

Magnetic tape

Optical sacnners

Punch card reader

O.M.R

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Which of the following is not an advantage of magnetic disk storage?

None of these

The access time of magnetic disk is much less than that of magnetic tape

Disk storage is less expensive than tape storage

All of these

Disk storage is longer lasting than magnetic tape

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The no of logical records in a physical record is

Group

Sector

Blocking factor

Field

None of these

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The hardware in which data may be stored for a computer system is called

Control unit

Registers

Chip

Bus

Memory

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A memory that is capable of determining whether a given datum is contained in one of its addresses is

CAM

PROM

RAM

ROM

None of these

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The most popular language used with microcomputers and time-shared mini computers, is an easy-to-use high level language.

PASCAL

None of these

ADA

COBOL

BASIC

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