Q. 1 Which of the following input devices would be best suited to capturing images for use with a personal computer?
(1) Touch screen
(2) Digital camera
(3) Graphics tablet
(4) Optical mark reader
(5) None of these
Ans. (2) Digital camera
Q. 2 Which output device is suited to presenting information that is likely to change very frequently?
(1) Printer
(2) Sound card
(3) COM
(4) Monitor
(5) Plotter
Ans. (4) Monitor
Q. 3 Which of the following might be used to input and interpret information printed on bank cheques?
(1) COM
(2) MICR
(3) OCR
(4) CAD
(5) OMR
Ans. (2) MICR
Q. 4 Which type of printer works by using a charged drum to deposit particles of ink on the paper?
(1) Laser printer
(2) Thermal printer
(3) Daisywheel printer
(4) Inkjet printer
(5) Dot-matrix printer
Ans. (1) Laser printer
Q. 5 Which of the following storage devices is suited to holding large volumes of data that is unlikely to change often?
(1) CD-ROM
(2) Magnetic tape
(3) Floppy disk
(4) Hard disk
(5) Memory (RAM)
Ans. (1) CD-ROM
Q. 6 Which of the following storage devices is normally used to store the computer's operating system, application software and data?
(1) Memory (RAM)
(2) Floppy disk
(3) Hard disk
(4) CD-ROM
(5) Magnetic tape
Ans. (3) Hard disk
Q. 7 In terms of computer storage, which of the following represents the largest unit of measurement?
(1) Gigabyte (Gb)
(2) Bit
(3) Byte
(4) Megabyte (Mb)
(5) Kilobyte (Kb)
Ans. (1) Gigabyte (GB).
Q. 8 The concept of 'zero administration' is associated with _______.
(1) Portable computers
(2) Network computers
(3) Mini computers
(4) Desktop computers
(5) PDAs and organizers
Ans. (2) Network computers
Q. 9 The hardware component used to control the operation of a computer system is _______.
(1) RAM
(2) Keyboard
(3) Hard disk
(4) Processor
(5) Monitor
Ans. (4) Processor
Q. 10 The hardware component used for temporary storage of data and applications for processing is:
(1) Hard disk
(2) RAM
(3) Processor
(4) Monitor
(5) Keyboard
Ans. (2) RAM
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