Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?
Magnetic core
Semiconductor
Magnetic tape
Both semiconductor and magnetic tape
Correct Answer :
C. Magnetic tape
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The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as
Hardware
Software
Firmware
ROM ware
What are the stages in the compilation process?
Feasibility study, system design and testing
Implementation and documentation
Lexical Analysis, syntax analysis, and code generation
None of the above
What is the latest write-once optical storage media?
Digital paper
Magneto-optical disk
WORM disk
CD-ROM disk
Computer is free from tiresome and boardroom. We call it
Accuracy
Reliability
Diligence
Versatility
Symbolic logic was discovered by
George Boole
Herman Hollerith
Van Neumann
Basic Pascal
Unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail is known as
Spam
Trash
Calibri
Courier
Which converts the user data into machine readable form?
Input unit, output unit, control unit
Central processing unit
Output unit
Decoder unit
Any storage device added to a computer beyond the immediately usable main storage is known as
Floppy disk
Hard disk
Backing store
Punched card
Which of the following can store information in the form of microscopic pits on metal disks.
Laser disks
Tape cassettes
RAM cartridge
Punched cards
The section of the CPU that selects, interprets and sees to the execution of program instructions
Memory
Register unit
Control unit
ALU
The term referring to evacuating the content of some part of the machine is known as
Dump
Enhancement
Down
Compiler
When was the worlds first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?
Hewlett-Packard, 1980
Epson, 1981
Laplink Traveling Software Inc, 1982
Tandy Model-200, 1985
Properly arranged data is called
Field
Words
Information
File
Office LANS, which are scattered geographically on large scale, can be connected by the use of corporate
CAN
LAN
DAN
WAN
Memory is made up of
Set of wires
Set of circuits
Large number of cells
All of these
Which technology is used in Compact disks?
Mechanical
Electrical
Electro Magnetic
Laser
A typical personal computer used for business purposes would have of RAM.
4 KB
16 K
64 K
256 K
The process of communicating with a file from a terminal is
Interactive
Interrogation
Heuristic
All of the above
The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of a document is
Editing
Writing
Formatting
All of above
Which of the following storage devices can store maximum amount of data?
Floppy Disk
Hard Disk
Compact Disk
Magneto Optic Disk
What is the main difference between a mainframe and a super computer?
Super computer is much larger than mainframe computers
Super computers are much smaller than mainframe computers
Supercomputers are focused to execute as many programs as possible while mainframe uses its power to execute few programs as fast as possible.
Supercomputers are focused to execute few programs as fast as possible while mainframe uses its power to execute as many programs concurrently
MSI stands for
Medium Scale Integrated Circuits
Medium System Integrated Circuits
Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit
Medium System Intelligent Circuit
The brain of any computer system is
ALU
Memory
CPU
Control unit
People often call ______ as the brain of computer system
Control Unit
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Central Processing Unit
Storage Unit
Analog computer works on the supply of
Continuous electrical pulses
Electrical pulses but not continuous
Magnetic strength
None of the above
The word length of a computer is measured in
Bytes
Millimeters
Meters
Bits
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
Regarding data, computers are very good at
store
Processing
retrieve
All of above
For which of the following computers can't be used?
Gathering data
calculating data
Comparing data
Arranging data
Which of the following is the most quickly accessible storage?
RAM
Registers
Disks
Pen Drive