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1. Which of the following is a permanent storage location within the CPU used to hold a binary value temporarily for manipulation and/or for simple calculations?
Main memory
Secondary memory
Register
Both a and b
2. Which of the following register holds a data value that is being stored to or retrieved from the memory location?
PSW
Main memory
Memory data register
Cache register
3. A device that allows entering data and instruction into a computer system is called
interaction
terminal
communication
input
4. Which of the following are examples of pointing devices?
Mouse trackball
joystick light pen
touch screen
All
5. Which of the following is not a type of mouse?
Wireless mouse
Optical mouse
Mechanical mouse
Electromechanical mouse
6. Which of the keys are also known as modifier keys?
Shift
Ctrl
Alt
All the above
7. Which keys are also known as toggle keys?
Caps lock Num lock
Control key Enter key
Shift Esc
Both a yand b
8. Which key is used to indent a paragraph?
Spacebar
Tab
Shift
None
9. Which key is used to open the Start menu?
Windows
Alt
Ctrl + Alt
None of these
10. Which key is used to erase data from the computer s memory and characters on the screen?
Backspace
Delete
Shift + Alt
Both a and b
11. The first computer architecture was designed in
1970
1985
1968
1975
12. Which bus is used to connect external devices?
Address
Data
Control
External
13. Which of the following is not an integral part of the computer system?
CPU
Mouse
Monitor
UPS
14. Which of the following device provides surge protection and battery backup power during a power outage?
Battery strip
Surge strip
UPS
USB
15. Which of the following is a temporary storage location attached to CPU for input and output operations? Register
Memory chip
Register
Buffer
Core
16. Which of the following is used to measure the speed of the CPU (processor)?
Processing speed
Unit
Coprocessor
Clock speed
17. A uniform interval of CPU time allocated for performing a task is called
real time
seek time
time slice
unit time
18. What is the full form of DMA?
Direct memory access
Dynamic memory access
Double memory access
None of these
19. Which of the following optical input device converts data and images on paper into digital form?
Printer
Scanner
Projector
Scanner
20. What kind of device is a digital camera?
Input
Output
I/O
None
21. Which of the following device is a visual display unit (VDU)?
Webcam
Projector
Monitor
None
22. The clarity of an image depends on which factors?
Resolution of the screen
Dot pitch
Refresh rate
All of the above
23. What is the full form of CRT device?
Cathode Ray Tube
Crystal Ray Tube
Cathode Ray Transistor
None
24. LCD stands for None
Liquid Crystal Display
Light Crystal Display
Liquid Cathode Display
None
25. What does TFT stand for?
Transistor Film Transistor
Thin Film Transistor
Thin Film Transducer
None
26. What is the full form of LED?
Light Emitted Diode
Light Emitter Diode
Liquid Emitted Diode
Both a and c
27. The speed of a printer is measured in All of the above
CPS (Character per second)
LPM (Lines Per Minute)
PPM (Pages Per Minute)
All of the above
28. What kind of device is a printer?
Input
Output
Storage
All
29. The resolution of a printer is numerically measured in
DPI
PPI
LPM
All
30. Which of the following device is/are both input and output devices?
Plotter
Modems
Touch screen
All except plotter
31. Which of the following device uses a pen pencil marker or other writing tools for creating vector graphics?
Speaker
Plotter
Electrostatic printer
Projector
32. What is the full form of USB in data cables?
Universal Structural Bus
Unicode Serial Bus
Universal Serial Bus
Universal Smart Bus
33. Which port is used to connect audio and video multimedia devices like video camera?
Parallel Port
Serial Port
USB
Firewire
34. Which of the following port has slow speed data transmission?
Parallel Port
Serial Port
USB
Firewire
35. Which port is used to connect a printer to the computer system?
Firewire
Serial Port
Parallel Port
Both a and b
36. Which port is used to connect Hard drive and new DVD drive in the computer system?
Parallel Port
Serial Port
Firewire
Both a and b
37. Which of the following software can interpret voice data into words that can be understood by a computer?
Word Recognition Software
Speech Recognition Software
Speech Input Software
Talking Software
38. External devices such as keyboards modems printers and projectors are known as
add-on devices
PC expansion slot devices
peripherals
None
39. Which of the following are properties of USB ports?
Platform independent
Platform dependent
Software dependent
Software independent
40. The data transfer from the central processing unit to peripheral devices of computer is achieved through
interfaces
buffer memory
modems
I/O ports
41. Which of the following generates high-quality output?
Impact printer
Non-impact printer
Plotter
Scanner
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