Top 1000+ Solved Important Computer MCQs For Competitive Exams part-1 MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Control of computer system or subsystem operation by an operator who may intervene at arbitrary times is
a. manual control
b. mapping
c. shift register
d. ALU
e. None of these
Q. A plastic card similar to a credit card but having some memory and a microprocessor embedded within it is
a. punched paper tape
b. chip card
c. card punch
d. magnetic tape
e. None of these
Q. A repository for data, usually covering specific topic is
a. database
b. data requisition
c. databank
d. data collection
e. None of these
Q. An on-line backing storage system capable of storing larger quantities of data is
a. CPU
b. memory
c. mass storage
d. secondary storage
e. None of these
Q. Which is an item of storage medium in the form of a circular plate?
a. Disk
b. CPU
c. Printer
d. ALU
e. None of these
Q. The progressing of two or more programs in parallel is
a. concatenation
b. data module
c. concurrency
d. colossus
e. None of these
Q. Which of the following is a list-processing high-level language?
a. APL
b. LISP
c. PROLOG
d. ADA
e. None of these
Q. The use of a computer to get information from a data bank is known as
a. Information withdrawal
b. Computer simulation
c. information retrieval
d. fall-tent searching
e. None of these
Q. Which of the following is a storage medium to copy stored data onto another?
a. Drum
b. Dump
c. Critical path
d. Cybernetics
e. None of these
Q. Another word for a daisy when printer is
a. petal printer
b. golf-ball printer
c. lesser printer
d. line printer
e. None of these
Q. The collection of utility programs, subroutines or application programs used on a particular computer is
a. package
b. system software
c. application programs
d. program library
e. None of these
Q. All the instructions and procedures needed to start Up a computer, to the point it can load an operating system are stored in ROM chips. In IBM compatible PCs this is called the
a. RAM BIOS
b. ROM BIOS
c. EPROM
d. POST
e. None of these
Q. In serial, asynchronous transmissions, the bitis used to signal the end of the character within the data frame.
a. Start
b. Stop
c. Parity
d. Data
e. None of these
Q. The term MIPS refers to
a. millions of instructions per second
b. multiple instructions per second
c. megabytes of instructions per second
d. millions input processor set
e. None of these