Before a disk drive can access any sector record, a computer program has to provide the records disk address. What information does this address specify?
Track number
All of above
Sector number
Surface number
Correct Answer :
B. All of above
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An output device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic medium to produce audio response is
Magnetic tape
Voice response unit
Voice recognition unit
Voice band
Which of the following memories allows simultaneous read and write operations?
ROM
RAM
EPROM
None of above
A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a
Computer
Microcomputer
Programmable
Sensor
It was in 2028 BS the was brought in to calculate census datA.
IBM 1400
IBM 1401
ICL 2950
None of above
CD-ROM is a
Semiconductor memory
Memory register
Magnetic memory
None of above
Which of the following is internal memory?
Disks
Pen Drives
RAM
CDs
Coded entries which are used to gain access to a computer system are called
Entry codes
Passwords
Security commands
Code words
What was the computer invented by Attanasoff and Clifford?
Mark I
ABC
Z3
None of above
Who built the first Mechanical Calculator?
Joseph Marie Jacquard
John Mauchly
Blaise Pascal
Howard Aiken
Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?
Magnetic core
Semiconductor
Magnetic tape
Both semiconductor and magnetic tape
High level language is also called
Problem oriented language
Business oriented language
Mathematically oriented language
All of the above
In most of the IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drivers, memory, expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board. What is the name of the board?
Motherboard
Daughterboard
Bredboard
Fatherboard
Software in computer
Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machine
Increase the speed of central processing unit
Both of above
None of above
What was the nick name of the computer used by the Americans in 1952 for their H-bomb project?
ENIAC
EDSAC
MANIAC
UNIVAC
An application program that helps the user to change any number and immediately see the result of that change is
Desktop publishing program
Database
Spreadsheet
All of above
Which of the following are input devices?
Keyboard
Mouse
Card reader
Any of these
A person who used his or her expertise to gain access to other people's computers to get information illegally or do damage is a-
Hacker
spammer
instant messenger
programmer
Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?
Magnetic core
Semiconductor
Magnetic tape
Both semiconductor and magnetic tape
Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known
Memory map
Memory protection
Memory management
Memory instruction
Who designed the first electronics computer ENIAC?
Van-Neumann
Joseph M. Jacquard
J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly
All of above
Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for
None of above
Both of above
Sequential access
Direct access
Which of the following IC was used in third generation of computers?
SSI
MSI
LSI
Both a and b
Registers which are partially visible to users and used to hold conditional codes (bits set by the CPU hardware as the result of operations), are known as
PC
Flags
Memory Address Registers
General Purpose Registers
EBCDIC stands for
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code
Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code
Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code
1 Byte =?
8 bits
4 bits
2 bits
9 bits
Bit map terminal
support display containing multiple window
require considerable amount of video RAM
requires tremendous amount of copying and hence low performance
all of above
Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computers?
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
A fault in a computer program which prevents it from working correctly is known as
Boot
Bug
Biff
Strap
Software in computer
Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machine
Increase the speed of central processing unit
Both of above
None of above
High density double sided floppy disks could store of data
1.40 MB
1.44 GB
1.40 GB
1.44 MB