Question # 1

Magnetic tape can serve as

Choose an answer

Secondary storage media

Output media

Input Media

All of the above

A name or number used to identify a storage location is called.

Choose an answer

A byte

A record

An address

None of above

Different components on the motherboard of a PC processor unit are linked together by sets or parallel electrical conducting lines What are these lines called.

Choose an answer

Conductors

Buses

Connectors

Connectively

Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for.

Choose an answer

Direct access

Seuential access

Both of above

None of these

Distributed data processing configuration where all activates passes through a centrally located computer is.

Choose an answer

Ring network

Spider network

Hierachicar network

Data control network

Which of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction.

Choose an answer

Laser printer

Ink jet printer

Plotter

Dot matrix printer

The two kinds of main memory are

Choose an answer

Primary and secondary

Radom and Seuential

ROM and RAM

All of above

The subdivision of fields.

Choose an answer

Always done to give the programmer greater flexibility

Dependent on programming language used.

Never accomplished on fields containing numeric data

All above

Before a sdisk cna be used to store data it must be.

Choose an answer

Formatted

Reformatted

Addressed

None

When did arch rivals IBM and Apple computers in c decide to join hands.

Choose an answer

1978

1984

1990

1991

The latest PC keyboards use a circuit that senses the movement by the change in its capacitance.

Choose an answer

Capacitance keyboard

Mechanical keyboard

Werty key board

Dvorak keyboard

The accuracy of the floating point numbers representable in two 16 bit words of a computer is approximately

Choose an answer

10 digits

6 digits

9 digits

All of above

Diagnostic routines is a.

Choose an answer

Programs used to print error messages

Indicates system problems and improper program instructions

Both A and B are true

None

One of the main feature that distinuish microprocessors from micro computers is.

Choose an answer

Words are usually larger in microprocessors

Words are shorter in microprocessors

Microprocessor does not contain 1/0 devices

Exactly the same as the machine cycle time

More Classes

Other Links

PPSC Computer Science Chapter 1 Basic Computer Knowledge Online Test MCQs With Answers

Choose an answer

Choose an answer

Choose an answer

Choose an answer

Choose an answer

Choose an answer

Choose an answer

Choose an answer

Choose an answer

Choose an answer

Choose an answer

Choose an answer

Choose an answer

Choose an answer