Which computer memory is used for storing programs and data currently being processed by the CPU?
Mass memory
Internal memory
Non-volatile memory
PROM
Correct Answer :
B. Internal memory
Related Questions
Access time is
seek time + latency time
seek time
seek time ? latency time
latency time
Which part interprets program instructions and initiate control operations.
Input
Storage unit
Logic unit
Control unit
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
ASCII stands for
American Stable Code for International Interchange
American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
American Standard Code for Interchange Information
Which of the following is first generation of computer
EDSAC
IBM-1401
CDC-1604
ICL-2900
Which generation of computer is still under development
Fourth Generation
Fifth Generation
Sixth Generation
Seventh Generation
An area of a computer that temporarily holds data waiting to be processed is________
CPU
Memory
Storage
File
Which technology is used in Compact disks?
Mechanical
Electrical
Electro Magnetic
Laser
Which of the following is not a binary number?
1
101
202
110
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
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
Daisy wheel printer is a type of
Matrix printer
Impact printer
Laser printer
Manual printer
Through which device the main components of the computer communicate with each other?
Keyboard
System Bus
Monitor
Memory
Multi user systems provided cost savings for small business because they use a single processing unit to link several
Personal computers
Workstations
Dumb terminals
Mainframes
________ refers to electronic trespassing or criminal hacking.
Cracking
Jacking
Spoofing
Smarming
A normal CD-ROM usually can store up to data?
680 KB
680 Bytes
680 MB
680 GB
Computer memory consists of
RAM
ROM
PROM
All of the above
The first electronic computer was developed by
J.V. Attansoff
Bill Gates
Simur Cray
Winton Serf
FORTRAN programming language is more suitable for
Business Applications
Marketing Applications
Scientific Applications
None of the above
The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a personal computer was
IBM
Super UNIVAC
Radio Shaks
Data General Corporation
Which unit holds data permanently?
Input unit
Secondary storage unit
Output Unit
Primary Memory Unit
MSI stands for
Medium Scale Integrated Circuits
Medium System Integrated Circuits
Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit
Medium System Intelligent Circuit
Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as
system software
application software
utility programs
operating system
Which type of system puts the user into direct conversation with the computer through a keyboard?
Real time processing
Interactive computer
Batch processing
Time sharing
Assembly language started to be used from
first generation computers
second generation computers
third generation computers
fourth generation computers
Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more correct?
It is an output device
It is an input device
It is a peripheral device
It is hardware item
The typical computer criminal is a(n):
Young hacker.
Trusted employee with no criminal record.
Trusted employee with a long, but unknown criminal record.
Overseas young cracker.
Which of the following statements is true?
Minicomputer works faster than Microcomputer
Microcomputer works faster than Minicomputer
Speed of both the computers is the same
The speeds of both these computers cannot be compared with the speed of advanced
Instructions and memory address are represented by
Character code
Binary codes
Binary word
Parity bit
Find out who is not the inventor of transistors among following names
John Burdeen
William Shockley
Walter Brattain
Lee de Forest