People often call ______ as the brain of computer system
Control Unit
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Central Processing Unit
Storage Unit
Correct Answer :
C. Central Processing Unit
Related Questions
Raw facts and figures about any particular topic are
Information
facts
data
none of above
Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?
Floppy / hard disks
CD-ROMs
Tape devices
All of the above
Circular division of disks to store and retrieve data are known as
tracks
sectors
cycles
rings
CPU speed of a personal computer is
32 KIPS
100 KIPS
1 MIPS
None of these
A device for converting handwritten impressions into coded characters & positional coordinates for input to a computer is
Touch panel
Mouse
Wand
Writing tablet
The first generation of computers available was based on the bit micro processors.
4
8
16
64
One computer that is not considered a portable computer is
Minicomputer
A laptop computer
Tablet PC
All of the above
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
The accuracy of the floating-point numbers representable in two 16-bit words of a computer is approximately
16 digits
6 digits
9 digits
All of above
The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was:
ENIAC
Mark-I
Analytic Engine
UNIVAC-1
Which of the following memories has the shortest access times?
Cache memory
Magnetic bubble memory
Magnetic core memory
RAM
Which was the world's first minicomputer and when was it introduced?
PDP-I, 1958
IBM System/36, 1960
PDP-II, 1961
VAX 11/780, 1962
One computer that is not considered a portable is
Minicomputer
Laptop computer
Notebook computer
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
The two basic types of record access methods are:
Sequential and random
Sequential and indexed
Direct and immediate
Online and real time
Which of the following is the most quickly accessible storage?
RAM
Registers
Disks
Pen Drive
ALU is
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Array Logic Unit
Application Logic Unit
None of above
A compiler is a translating program which
Translates instruction of a high level language into machine language
Translates entire source program into machine language program
It is not involved in program's execution
All of above
As compared to the secondary memory, the primary memory of a computer is
Large
Cheap
Fast
Slow
Programs are executed on the basis of a priority number in a
Batch processing system
Multiprogramming
Time sharing
None of these
________ are used for plotting graphs and design on papers
Trackball
Joystick
Light pen
Plotters
Which is a unit representing the no bits of discrete.
Baud
Byte
Bit
All of the above
Which of the following is the 1's complement of 10?
1
110
11
10
Any storage device added to a computer beyond the immediately usable main storage is known as
Floppy disk
Hard disk
Backing store
Punched card
What is embedded system?
The programme which arrives by being wrapped in box.
The programme which is the permanent part of the computer
The computer which is the part of a big computer
The computer and software system that control the machine
Which is the first electronic digital computer?
ENIAC
MARK I
Z3
ABC
What is the path from which data flow in a computer system is known as
Car
Bus
Truck
Road
A name or number used to identify a storage location is called
A byte
A record
An address
All of above
Which of the following is not a micro computer?
Laptop PCs
Tablet PCs
Desktop PCs
None of above
Chief component of first generation computer was
Transistors
Integrated Circuits
None of above
Vacuum Tubes and Valves