The CPU and memory are located on the:
expansion board
motherboard
storage device
output device
Correct Answer :
B. motherboard
Related Questions
A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to
2 byte
32 byte
4 byte
8 byte
Select the Odd one
Operating system
Interpreter
Compiler
Assembler
Which of the following contains permanent data and gets updated during the processing of transactions?
Operating System File
Transaction file
Software File
Master file
A hybrid computer uses a _____ to convert digital signals from a computer into analog signals.
Modulator
Demodulator
Modem
Decoder
Each set of Napiers bones consisted of ______ rods.
5
9
11
13
Which of the following is used only for data entry and storage, and never for processing?
Mouse
Dumb terminal
Micro computer
Dedicated data entry system
What does DMA stand for?
Distinct Memory Access
Direct Memory Access
Direct Module Access
Direct Memory Allocation
Which of the following programming language started from second generation?
COBOl
BASIC
C
LISP
RAM is also called as
Read / Write Memory
Long Memory
Permanent Memory
Primary Memory
The advantage of COM are its and
Compact size; speed readability
Compact size, speed
Readability; speed
Low cost; readability
The central processing unit (CPU) consists of
Input, output and processing
Control unit, primary storage, and secondary storage
Control unit, arithmetic-logic unit and primary storage
Control unit, processing, and primary storage
Word length of a Personal Computer is ___
4 bits
8 bits
16 bits
64 bits
A byte consists of
One bit
Four bits
Eight bits
Sixteen bits
Any method for controlling access to or use of memory is known
Memory map
Memory protection
Memory management
Memory instruction
A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as
Pulse code modulation
Pulse stretcher
Query processing
Queue management
A computer system that is old and perhaps not satisfactory is referred to as a(n)
Ancient system
Historical system
Age old system
Legacy system
Magnetic disk is an example of
Secondary memory
Primary memory
Main memory
Both (1) and (2)
Which converts the user data into machine readable form?
Input unit, output unit, control unit
Central processing unit
Output unit
Decoder unit
A set of flip flops integrated together is called ____
Counter
Adder
Register
None of the above
The terminal device that functions as a cash register, computer terminal, and OCR reader is the:
Data collection terminal
OCR register terminal
Video Display terminal
POS terminal
A factor which would strongly influence a business person to adopt a computer is its
Accuracy
Reliability
Speed
All of above
Latency time is
Time to spin the needed data under head
Time to spin the needed data under track
Time to spin data under sector
All of above
As compared to diskettes, the hard disks are
More expensive
More portable
Less rigid
Slowly accessed
Which of the following is the most powerful computers?
Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
Super Computers
The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of a document is
Editing
Writing
Formatting
All of above
One computer that is not considered a portable is
Minicomputer
Laptop computer
Notebook computer
All of above
Which of the following printers are you sure will not to use if your objective is to print on multi carbon forms?
Daisy wheel
Dot matrix
Laser
Thimble
________ is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors.
Tracking
Formatting
Crashing
Allotting
Which of the following is machine independence program?
High level language
Low level language
Assembly language
Machine language
FORTRAN is a programming language. What does FORTRAN stand for?
File Translation
Format Translation
Formula Translation
Floppy Translation