COMPUTER BASIC INFORMATION QUIZ

The MS-DOS operating system is a .....

graphical user interface, single-tasking operating system

None of these

command-driven interface, single-tasking operating system

command-driven interface, multi-tasking operating system

graphical user interface, multi-tasking operating system

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Which generation of computers is covered by the period 1964-77?

Forth

First

Third

Second

None of these

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Changing an existing document is called _____ the document.

Creating

Modifying

None of these

Editing

Adjusting

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A type of simulation method using random numbers to determine the evolution of a system is

None of these

Padding

Model dispersion

Monadic

Monte carlo

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A computer system consisting of its processor, memory and I/O devices accepts data, processes it and produces the output results. Can you tell in which component is the raw data fed?

Logic unit

None of these

Arithmetic unit

Mass Memory

Main memory

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The memory which is programmed at the time it is manufactured

ROM

RAM

None of these

EPROM

PROM

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A Winchester disk is a

Flexible disk

Disk Stack

All of these

None of these

Removable disk

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What is PCI(Peripheral Component Interconnect)?

A modem standard

A type of system bus

A type of monitor

None of these

A kind of graphics

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The basic unit within a computer store capable of holding a single unit of data is

ALU

None of these

Register

Store location

Control unit

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In an information system, alphanumeric data normally takes the form of-

None of these

Numbers and alphabetical characters

Human voice and other sound

Sentence and paragraph

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