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Codes consisting of lines of varying widths or lengths that are computer-readable are known as-

A. an ASCII code

B. a magnetic tape

C. an OCR scanner

D. a bar code

Correct Answer :

D. a bar code


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Which electronic component was made out of semiconductor material?

A. Vacuum tubes

B. Transistors

C. Ics

D. All of above

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In order to play and hear sound on a computer, one needs:

A. A sound card and speakers

B. A microphone

C. All of them required

D. None of them required

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The magnetic storage chip used to provide non-volatile direct access storage of data and that have no moving parts are known as

A. Magnetic core memory

B. Magnetic tape memory

C. Magnetic disk memory

D. Magnetic bubble memory

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Which is the highest form?

A. Data

B. Information

C. Knowledge

D. All of above

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A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as

A. Pulse code modulation

B. Pulse stretcher

C. Query processing

D. Queue management

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Any storage device added to a computer beyond the immediately usable main storage is known as

A. Floppy disk

B. Hard disk

C. Backing store

D. Punched card

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Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more correct?

A. It is an output device

B. It is an input device

C. It is a peripheral device

D. It is hardware item

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The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is

A. ASCII

B. BCD

C. EBCDIC

D. All of above

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The first computers were programmed using

A. assembly language

B. machine language

C. source code

D. object code

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Which technology is used in Compact disks?

A. Mechanical

B. Electrical

C. Electro Magnetic

D. Laser

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MICR stands for

A. Magnetic Ink Character Reader

B. Magnetic Ink Code Reader

C. Magnetic Ink Cases Reader

D. None

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The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminal's computer is an example of a law enforcement speciality called:

A. robotics

B. simulation

C. computer forensics

D. animation

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From which generation operating systems were developed?

A. First

B. Second

C. Third

D. Fourth

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The time required for the fetching and execution of one simple machine instruction is

A. Delay time

B. CPU cycle

C. Real time

D. Seek time

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The first electronic computer was developed by

A. J.V. Attansoff

B. Bill Gates

C. Simur Cray

D. Winton Serf

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In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives, memory expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board. What is the name of this board?

A. Motherboard

B. Breadboard

C. Daughter board

D. Grandmother board

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Machine language is

A. Machine dependent

B. Difficult to program

C. Error prone

D. All of above

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First page of Website is termed as-

A. Homepage

B. Index

C. JAVA script

D. Bookmark

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Second Generation computers were developed during

A. 1949 to 1955

B. 1956 to 1965

C. 1965 to 1970

D. 1970 to 1990

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The two kinds of main memory are:

A. Primary and secondary

B. Random and sequential

C. ROM and RAM

D. All of above

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Where as a computer mouse moves over the table surface, the trackball is

A. Stationary

B. Difficult to move

C. Dragged

D. Moved in small steps

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One computer that is not considered a portable is

A. Minicomputer

B. Laptop computer

C. Notebook computer

D. All of above

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Which of the following is the most quickly accessible storage?

A. RAM

B. Registers

C. Disks

D. Pen Drive

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A hybrid computer

A. Resembles digital computer

B. Resembles analogue computer

C. Resembles both a digital and analogue computer

D. None of the above

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Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device?

A. Bits

B. Bytes

C. Hertz

D. Clock cycles

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Which of the following is also known as brain of computer

A. Control unit

B. Central Processing unit

C. Arithmetic and language unit

D. Monitor

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Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for

A. None of above

B. Both of above

C. Sequential access

D. Direct access

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A hybrid computer

A. Resembles digital computer

B. Resembles analogue computer

C. Resembles both a digital and analogue computer

D. None of the above

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The output quality of a printer is measured by

A. Dot per sq. inch

B. Dots per inch

C. Dots printed per unit time

D. All of the above

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Which device of computer operation dispenses with the use of the keyboard?

A. Joystick

B. Light pen

C. Mouse

D. Touch