The most important advantage of a video disk is
Compactness
Potential capacity
Durability
Cost effectiveness
Correct Answer :
B. Potential capacity
Related Questions
Compression of digital data for efficient storage is
Buffer
CPU
Packing
Field
Which statement is valid about computer program?
High level languages must be converted into machine language to execute
High level language programs are more efficient and faster to execute
It is more difficult to identify errors in high level language program than in low level programs
All of above
On-line real time systems become popular in ________ generation
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
Which of the following is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
Terminal
Light pen
Digitizer
Mouse
Which of the following statement is valid?
Lady Augusta is the first programmer
Ada is the daughter of Lord Byron, a famous English poet
ADA is a programming language developed by US Defense
All of above
The brain of any computer system is
ALU
Memory
CPU
Control unit
UNIVAC is
Universal Automatic Computer
Universal Array Computer
Unique Automatic Computer
Unvalued Automatic Computer
Which of the following languages is more suited to a structured program?
PL/1
FORTRAN
BASIC
PASCAL
A floppy disk contains
Circular tracks only
Sectors only
Both circular tracks and sectors
None of the above
Main storage is also called
Accumulator
Control Unit
Register Unit
Memory
The output quality of a printer is measured by
Dot per sq. inch
Dots per inch
Dots printed per unit time
All of the above
EEPROM stands for
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
None of the above
Which of the following items are examples of storage devices?
Floppy / hard disks
CD-ROMs
Tape devices
All of the above
A modern digital computer has
Extremely high speed
Large memory
Almost unlimited array
All of the above
An example of a digital device can be
Digital clock
Automobile speed meter
Clock with a dial and two hands
All of the above
Which of the following disk is fixed disk?
Hard Disks
Flash Disks
Blu-Ray Disks
DVDs
A single packet on a data link is known as
Path
Frame
Block
Group
Can you tell what passes into and out from the computer via its ports?
Data
Bytes
Graphics
Pictures
RAM stands for
Random origin money
Random only memory
Read only memory
Random access memory
The computer abbreviation KB usually means
Key Block
Kernel Boot
Kilo Byte
Kit Bit
Which computers used operating systems by Microsoft?
IBM PCs
Apple/Macintosh PCs
IBM Compatibles
Both A & C
Which of the following is valid statement?
Data in itself is useless unless it is processed
The data that is processed is called a program
The data which is not yet processed is information
Information is processed by computer to generate datA.
Which of the following are the best units of data on an external storage device?
Bits
Bytes
Hertz
Clock cycles
A system is
an integration of different units so as to achieve an objective
input unit
input and output unit
input, output and storage units
Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?
Laser printer
Ink jet printer
Plotter
Dot matrix printer
Which of the following is intended to be used in all applications runs on mainframe computers.
LOGO
APL
PL/1
OCCAM
Which of the following is not a class of computers based on size?
Mainframe Computers
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
Super Computers
Who invented Mark I?
Howard Aikin
J. P. Eckert
John Mauchley
John v. Atanasoff
Which of the following can store information in the form of microscopic pits on metal disks.
Laser disks
Tape cassettes
RAM cartridge
Punched cards
ALU is
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Array Logic Unit
Application Logic Unit
None of above