Computer Fundamentals MCQs > FREE SET - 4

	1. A connection between two end points, either physical or logical, over which data may travel in both directions simultaneously is called
	A Dump point B Datalink C Duplex D Networks Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	2. You get a CMOS checksum error during bootup. What is most likely the cause?
	A power supply is bad B BIOS needs updating C CMOS battery is nearing end of life D hard drive types are incorrectly defined Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	3. The light pen was developed in
	A 1942 B 1976 C 1950 D 1992 Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	4. Which of the following is a computer memory that can be programmed once, but not reprogrammed.
	A ROM B RAM C PROM D EPROM Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	5. Which of the following are the building blocks of all the circuits in a computer.
	A Circuit switch B Logic gates C Logical Operators D Instructions Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	6. A specific part of an arithmetic & logic unit that is used to perform the operation of multiplication is
	A Multiplier B Multiplener C Multivibrator D Quantization Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option A Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	7. SPSS stands for
	A Statistical Package for Systems Science B Systems Package for Social Science C Statistical Package for Social Science D All of the above Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	8. A special type of device which uses an ordinary telephone with a computer is
	A Light pen B Mouse C Acoustic couple D Touch panel Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	9. A(n) ________ device is any device that provides information which is sent to the CPU.
	A input B output C CPU D memory Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option A Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	10. In which mode, each user has a local input/output device.
	A Interactive B Time sharing mode C Batch processing mode D All of the above Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	11. When connecting two internal SCSI hard disks to a computer, where do you connect the second hard drive?
	A Any open SCSI port on the computer B A Serial port on the first host adapter C An open parallel port on the computer D An open SCSI port on the first hard drive Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option A Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	12. A physical connection between the microprocessor memory and other parts of the microcomputer is known as
	A Path B Address bus C Route D All of the above Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	13. Which of the following transfers data contained on computer cards to the computer system.
	A Card sorter B Card reader C Magnetic disk D Magnetic tape Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	14. There are historical evidences to prove that abacus was first used in
	A India B Japan C China D Indonesia Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	15. Which of the following memories must be refreshed many times per second?
	A Static RAM B Dynamic RAM C EPROM D ROM Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	16. A sound card typically uses which IRQ?
	A 6 B 5 C 15 D 1 Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	17. Which of the following is the expansion of EBCDIC
	A Extended bit comparable to digital interface for computer B Extended bootable computerized digital infrared calculator C Extended binary coded decimal interchange code D Extended binary coded decimal information code Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	18. Third generation computers
	A Were the first to use integrated circuitry B Were the first to use built-in error detecting devices C Used transistors insted of vaccum tubes D All of the above Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option A Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	19. To set a register or counter to the all-zero-state is
	A Rerun B Reset C Remote D Release Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	20. A mechanism for arranging controlled access to a shared resource is
	A Retrieving B Sorting C Balleting D Lock-out Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option D Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	21. What are the concentric circles on floppy disks know as?
	A Tracks B Cylinders C Sectors D Segments Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option A Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	22. An electronic circuit with about 20 transistors fabricated on a silicon chip is known as
	A SSI B MSI C DPS D RJE Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option A Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	23. Main storage is also called
	A Accumulator B Control unit C Register unit D memory Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option D Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	24. During preventative maintenance on a dot matrix printer, do NOT lubricate:
	A Platen assembly B Print head pulley C Print head pins D Paper advance gear bushings Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	25. IBM-PC is an example of
	A A main frame B Machine-in-built C Micro computer D Special purpose Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	26. Multiplication of 1112 by 1012 is
	A 1100112 B 1000112 C 1111002 D 0001012 Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	27. The DC voltage on most circuit boards is:
	A -12 volts B 0 volts C +5 volts D +12 volts Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	28. Who is called the "grand father" of the computer?
	A Blaise Pascal B Charles Babbage C Joseph Jacquard D Dr. Herman Hollerith Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	29. An adder in which the bits of the operands are added one after another is
	A Half-adder B Full-adder C Serial adder D All of the above Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	30. Which of the following is used as "Input device" for the computer?
	A Printer B VDU C TV D Light pen Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option D Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	31. A capacitor is measured in which of the following units?
	A Volts B Ohms C Farads D Resistance Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	32. What is the term which represents the use of links between information of all sorts whether text, graphics, video or audio-based?
	A Hypertext B Hypermedia C HyperCard D Wildcard Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	33. Which of the following is used for manufacturing chips?
	A control bus B control unit C parity unit D semiconductor Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option D Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	34. What is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
	A Light pen B Mouse C Digitizer D Terminal Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option D Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	35. In the Binary numbering system, a (1) represents a jumper being shorted and a (0) represents a jumper being open. On a three-bit jumper block on a SCSI drive, how would an ID of logical 3 be set?
	A 100 B 010 C 011 D 101 Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	36. A six - digit card field used for postal ZIP codes is defined as
	A A letter field B An alphabetic field C A numeric field D An alphanumeric field Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	37. An identifying label on the first record of magnetic tape is
	A Punched paper tape B Optical mark reader C Tape label D Joystick Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	38. The area of computer science which is concerned with the display of pictures is
	A Networks B Graphics C Designing D Architecture Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	39. What is the recommended way to fix the registry description for the printer driver
	A Delete the spool file B Run regedit.exe and remove any reference to the printers C Run sysedit.exe and remove any reference to the printers D Remove the printer driver and reinstall it Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option D Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	40. The two basic types of record-access methods are:
	A sequential and random B sequential and indexed C direct and immediate D on-line and realtime Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option A Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	41. Who launched IBM's First PC in 1981?
	A Dean Cline B C.B. Rogers Jr. C John F. Akers D David Svenson Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	42. What is the number of bits needed for an address in a 4 K memory?
	A 16 B 8 C 12 D 4 Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	43. Which part of computer performs functions similar to the cerebrums of the above cardiac and nervous system of a human body.
	A ALU B Input device C CPU D Control unit Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	44. What is your first action when windows reports that your hard drive is developing bad sectors?
	A replace the hard drive B run secclean from dos C run defrag on the hard drive D run scandisk with the "thorough" option Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option D Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	45. In digital computer all the expressions are coded into
	A Octal digits B Binary digits C Hexadecimal digits D Decimal cligits Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	46. What was the name of the first commercially available micro-processor chip?
	A Intel 8008 B Intel 8080 C Intel 4004 D Motorola 6809 Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	47. A software package to implement a database is
	A System analysis B DBMS C Database D DASD Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	48. Which type of processing that produces output results immediately after input data are entered into a computer system?
	A Time-sharing B Interactive C Batch processing D None of the above Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	49. COM1 is typically represented by which of the following?
	A 15 pin port B 9 pin male port C 9 pin female port D 25 pin male port Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option B Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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	50. Which memory stores the values of variables?
	A SAM B ROM C RAM D PROM Free MCQs www.sharemcq.com     Answer: Option C Explanation: Available Soon. Workspace View Answer Workspace

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