Computer Hardware (Basic Computer Hardware Awareness /Govt Exams) MCQ's




Question 61 :
Status register is also called as _______

  1. Accumulator
  2. None of these
  3. Counter
  4. flags
  

Question 62 :
Which QBasic statement is W'-'rnost evil?

  1. PRINT
  2. LOCATE
  3. GOTO
  4. RANDOMIZE
  

Question 63 :
A type of core store that has a lower access time than the de-vices used for working store in the same processor is known as

  1. Core memory
  2. Address register
  3. Fast core
  4. Buffer
  

Question 64 :
A floppy disk contains

  1. Circular tracks only
  2. Both circular tracks and sectors
  3. Sectors only
  4. All of the above
  

Question 65 :
What does the company name 'AMD' stand for?

  1. Always Making Dough
  2. Advanced Micro Devices
  3. Alternating Micron Deficiencies
  4. A Mad Device
  

Question 66 :
What are responsible for storing permanent data and instructions?

  1. RAM chips
  2. All of the above
  3. DRAM chips
  4. ROM chips
  

Question 67 :
The symbol is used to indicate a point at which decision has to be made __ .

  1. decision
  2. Connector
  3. processing
  4. Terminal
  

Question 68 :
A typical personal computer used for business purposes would have... of RAM.

  1. 4KB
  2. 256 K
  3. 64 K
  4. 16 K
  

Question 69 :
What would be the best way to move around a 3D environment?

  1. Electrostatic plotters
  2. None of these
  3. Thermal printers
  4. Robots
  

Question 70 :
How many pins does Ethernet use in the RJ-45 Connection?

  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 6
  4. 4
  

Question 71 :
Which of the following is not hardware:

  1. Magnetic tape
  2. Printer
  3. Assembler
  4. VDU terminal
  

Question 72 :
Time during which a job is processed by the computer is

  1. Delay times
  2. Execution time
  3. Real time
  4. Down time
  

Question 73 :
The two major types of computer chips are

  1. External memory chip
  2. Primary memory chip
  3. Microprocessor chip
  4. Both 2 and 3
  

Question 74 :
What does ALU stand for?

  1. Arithmetic Logic Unit
  2. Asymmetrical Localizing Unit
  3. Because his legs are in the way
  4. Awfully Long-winded Unionist
  

Question 75 :
The operating system is also called the ______ between the user and the computer.

  1. interrelate
  2. interface
  3. interference
  4. intermediate
  

Question 76 :
The Binary system has base ___ .

  1. 2
  2. 8
  3. 10
  4. 16
  

Question 77 :
What motherboard manufacturer is the most popular out of the following?

  1. Abit
  2. AOpen
  3. IWill
  4. Asus
  

Question 78 :
The fourth Generation began in________

  1. 1974
  2. 1965
  3. 1935
  4. 1975
  

Question 79 :
Flip flop is also called as _____

  1. Stable
  2. Tri stable
  3. bistable
  4. not stable
  

Question 80 :
Codes consisting of bars or lines of varying widths or lengths that are computer-readable are known as?

  1. an ASCII code
  2. a magnetic tape
  3. a bar code
  4. an OCR scanner
  

Question 81 :
What do you need for an ink jet printer?

  1. A drum
  2. A cartridge
  3. A ribbon
  4. All of the above
  

Question 82 :
Where would you find the letters QUERTY?

  1. Mouse
  2. Screen
  3. Numeric Keypad
  4. Keyboard
  

Question 83 :
The number system that we use in our day to day life is called the Number System __ .

  1. Octal
  2. Decimal
  3. hexadecimal
  4. Binary
  

Question 84 :
Binary number system has ..... symbols.

  1. 15
  2. 2
  3. 16
  4. 10
  

Question 85 :
Which of the following is used as a primary storage device

  1. Magnetic tape
  2. PROM
  3. Floppy disk
  4. None of these
  

Question 86 :
The use of spooler programs and/or .........Hardware allows personal computer operators to do the processing work at the same time a printing operation is in progress

  1. Registered mails .
  2. Buffer
  3. CPU
  4. Memory
  

Question 87 :
A large number of computers in a wide geographical area can be efficiently connected by

  1. Twisted pair lines
  2. Coaxial cables
  3. All of the above
  4. Communications satellites
  

Question 88 :
Hexadecimal number system has ..... symbols.

  1. 16
  2. 12
  3. 15
  4. 10
  

Question 89 :
How many'address lines are needed to address each memory location in a 2048 x 4 memory chip?

  1. 10
  2. 12
  3. 8
  4. 11
  

Question 90 :
Which bus controls the sequencing of read/write operations?

  1. Control bus
  2. Address bus
  3. Data bus
  4. All of the above
  
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