COMPUTER BASIC INFORMATION QUIZ

Super-computers

None of these

Can now fit on a single silicon chip

Are not fast enough for some applications

Are usually designed to process accounting applications

Are found at thousands of sites around the world

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A framework in which circuit boards can he mounted is

Chip

None of these

Bar code

Card cage

Switch circuit

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What is the name of the earliest calculating machine which was based on concepts found in modern computers but was unfortunately never built?

Pascal's Adder

Leibnitz's Multiplier

Babbage's Difference Engine

Differential Analyser

None of these

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If the processor of a computer does not have a direct and unassisted access to data items, these items are said to be

offline

None of these

remote

detached

disconnected

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Memories which can be read only are called ___

ROM

DRAM

Vertual Memory

RAM

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The binary system uses powers of

2

16

10

None of these

8

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The binary equivalent of the Hexadecimal number 7BD is

101110000000

All of these

111010000000

None of these

11110111101

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A micro processor chip used in a PC system

Is the only chip cound in most PC models

None of these

Almost always operates on by-bits of data at a time

Performs the arithmetic-logic and control functions

Performs the primary storage function

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General purpose computer are those that can be adopted to countless uses simply by changing its-

Output device

Input device

Processor

Program

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A floppy disk contains

Sectors only

Circular tracks only

Both circular tracks and sector

All of these

None of these

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