A device designed to read information encoded into a small plastic card is
Magnetic tape
Badge reader
Tape puncher
Card puncher
Correct Answer :
B. Badge reader
Related Questions
What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM) makes it useful?
ROM information can be easily updated
Data in ROM is non-volatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power.
ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive data storage.
ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers.
Today's computer giant IBM was earlier known by different name which was changes in 1924. What was that name?
Tabulator Machine Co.
Computing Tabulating Recording Co.
The Tabulator Ltd.
International Computer Ltd.
Which unit converts computer data into human readable form?
Input unit
Output unit
ALU
Control Unit
A fault in a computer program which prevents it from working correctly is known as
Boot
Bug
Biff
Strap
The word length of a computer is measured in
Bytes
Millimeters
Meters
Bits
Which of the following processors use RISC technology?
486dx
Power PC
486sx
6340
An intentionally disruptive program that spreads from program to program or from disk to disk is known as a:
Trojan horse.
Virus.
Time bomb.
Time-related bomb sequence.
Which of the following is not input unit device?
scanner
camera
plotter
digitizer
A storage system for small amounts of data is
Magnetic card
Magnetic tape
Punched card
Optical mark reader
The first microprocessor built by the Intel corporation was called
8008
8080
4004
8800
What does DMA stand for?
Distinct Memory Access
Direct Memory Access
Direct Module Access
Direct Memory Allocation
Which of the following is a feature of fifth generation computers?
Use of natural language
artificial intelligence
bio-chips
All of above
Which of the following is not a binary number?
1
101
202
110
The first general purpose electronic computer in the world was
UNIVAC
EDVAC
ENIAC
All of above
Which of the following registers is loaded with the contents of the memory location pointed by the PC?
Memory address registers
Memory data registers
Instruction register
Program counter
The computer abbreviation KB usually means
Key Block
Kernel Boot
Kilo Byte
Kit Bit
The instructions for starting the computer are house on
Random access memory
CD-Rom
Read only memory chip
All of above
A collection of related instructions organized for a common purpose is referred to as
File
Database
Program
None of above
The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of a document is
Editing
Writing
Formatting
All of above
________is a combination of hardware and software that facilitates the sharing of information between computing devices.
network
peripheral
expansion board
digital device
A CPU contains
a card reader and a printing device
an analytical engine and a control unit
a control unit and an arithmetic logic unit
an arithmetic logic unit and a card reader
RAM is an example of
Secondary memory
Primary memory
Main memory
Both (1) and (2)
The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is
1.40 MB
1.44 GB
1.40 GB
1.44 MB
A set of information that defines the status of resources allocated to a process is
A) Process control
ALU
Register Unit
Process description
Process control
Bit stands for
Binary digits
bit of system
a part of byte
All of above
Which is the type of memory for information that does not change on your computer?
RAM
ROM
ERAM
RW / RAM
The device that can both feed data into and accept data from a computer is
ALU
CPU
Input-Output device
All of the above
Which of the following programming language were used in first generation computers?
Machine language
Assembly language
Both of above
None of above
The actual execution of instructions happens in
ALU
CU
Memory
None of above
Which of the following is not electro-mechanical computer?
Z3
ABC
mark I
ENIAC