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COMPUTER LITERACY QUESTIONS

1. Computer follows a simple principle called GIGO, which meansa)GarbageIinput Good Output b) Garbage In Garbage Out

c)Great Instruction Great output d)Good Instruction Garbage Output

2. 32 bit processor has aa) 32 bit register b)32 I/O devices

c) 32 Mb of RAM d) 32 bit Bus or Register

3. Intel Pentium Core I3 Processor is aa)32 Bit Processor b)64 Bit Processor

c)24 Bit Processor d)16 Bit Processor

4. Hardware used in 1st Generation Computers wasa) Transistors b) Vacuum Tubes

c) Integrated Circuits d) Microprocessors

5. The collection of wires that connect several devices is calleda) Bus b) Link

c) Cables d) Bi-directional wires

6. Stored Program Concept was introduced bya)John Von Neumann b)Blaise Pascal

c)Charles Babbage d)Abacus

7. ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage elements calleda)Registers b)Hard Disk

c)Floppy Disk d)Magnetic Disk

8. A part of the Machine Level Instruction which tells CPU what has to be done isa) Operation Code b)Address

c)Operand d)Register

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Which of the following is a Primary Storage devicea) Magnetic Tape b)Optical Disk

c)Magnetic Disk d)RAM

10. Light Pen is aa)Input Device b)Output Device

c)Monitor d)Printer


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11. If a computer is on but does not respond to a System Reset what is it said to be?a)dead b)Off

c)Insensitive d)Hung

12. The best printer for colour photograph isa)Dot Matrix b)Colour Laser

c)Daisy Wheel Printer d)Page Printer

13. Which chips are erasable by ultra violet rays after removing them from main circuita) EPROM b) SRAM

c)ROM d) DRAM

14. Memory in which access time is independent of memory location is known asa)Random Access Memory b)Sequential Access Memory

c)Secondary Memory d)None of the above

15. Resolution of the Monitor is measured in terms ofa)Density of Pixels b)Number of light elements

c)Screen Size d)Colour

16. Daisy Wheel Printer is a type ofa)Impact Printer b)Laser Printer

c)Page Printer d)Colour Printer

17. Diskettes and Hard Disks area)Direct Access Devices b)Sequential Access Devicesc)Slower than magnetic tapes d)None of the above

18. The connections that give the highest possible band width isa)Twisted pair of wires b)Coaxial cable

c)Fiber Optic cable d) T1 lines

19. Number of bit patterns provided by a seven bit code isa) 256 b)128

c)64 d)512

20. Which of the following is not a network topologya)Bus b)Star

c)Ring d)Circle

21. The word length of a computer is measured ina) Bits b)Kilo bits


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c)Mega bits d) Tera bits

22. Set of matched tracks are called asa) Cylinder b)Track

c)Sector d)Cluster

23. Cache Memory lies betweena)CPU and Main Memory b)CPU and Keyboardc)CPU and Secondary Storage d)CPU and Monitor

24. The input/output device which accepts inputs from a monitor isa)Touch Screen b) Joy stick

c)Plotter d)Printer

25. A set of pre-recorded instructions executed by a computer is calleda)Action b)Hardware

c)Program d)Firmware

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