Top 150+ Solved Computer Awareness MCQ Questions Answer
Q. A storage devices where the access time iseffectively independent of the location of the data is referred as
a. Direct access
b. Secondary storage
c. Primary storag
d. None of these
Q. Diagnostic routines is a
a. Programs used to print error messages
b. Indicates system problems and improper program instructions.
c. Both A & B are true
d. None of these
Q. The term DBMS is referred to
a. Data Base Management system
b. The software used for the management, maintenance and retrieval of the data stored in a data base
c. Both A & B are true
d. None of these
Q. The speed at which data is transferred from the main memory to another medium on which data are recorded is referred as
a. Data transfer rate
b. Byte
c. Buds
d. None of these
Q. The time period during which a computer is malfunctioning or not operating correctly due to machine failures is referred as
a. Downtime
b. Uptime
c. Runtime
d. None of these
Q. Automatic execution of high-priority computer programs that have been designed to pre- empt the use of computer resources is referred as
a. Foreground processing
b. background processing
c. black processing
d. white processing
Q. Digitizer is an input device
a. Used to convert graphic and pictorial data into binary inputs for a digital computer
b. Used to convert graphic and pictorial data into analog inputs for a digital computer.
c. Used for debugging
d. None of these
Q. A flat, circular plate coated with a magneticmaterial on which data can be stored by magnetization of portions of the flat surface is
a. Disk
b. Tape
c. Pen drive
d. None of these
Q. Disk operating system is referred for
a. DOS
b. Operating system which contains the disk-oriented commands and uses disk devices for permanent storage
c. Both A & B
d. None of these
Q. Document reader is
a. An optical input device used to read documents
b. A device that arrange the documents
c. A device that is used to edit document
d. None of these
Q. One or more identifying lines printed at the bottom of a page are referred as
a. Header
b. Footer
c. Index
d. None of these
Q. FORTRAN is
a. Formula Translation
b. A high-level mathematically oriented programming language
c. Both A & B
d. None of these
Q. A CPU designed specifically to handle the communications processing task with main purpose is to off-load communications processing task from the host computer so that the host computer can be dedicated for applications and data processing jobs.
a. Backend processor
b. Front-end processor
c. Node processor
d. None of these
Q. An adder which adds three binary digits andoutputs a result bit and a carry bit is referred as
a. Half adder
b. Quarter adder
c. Full adder
d. None of these
Q. Emulator is a program that
a. Permits one computer to execute the machine-language instructions of another computer of a different make
b. Which is not broken down into smaller units
c. Permits one computer to execute the machine-language instructions of another computer of same make.
d. None of these