COMPUTER QUIZ - 50

1. Which of the following refers to the associative memory? 

(1) The address of the data is generated by the CPU 

(2) The address of the data is supplied by the users 

(3) There is no need for an address i.e. the data is used as an address 

(4) The data are accessed sequentially 

(5) There is no need for an address i.e. the data is used as an important data 

Ans. (3) There is no need for an address i.e. the data is used as an address 

2. MSI stands for ______. 

(1) Medium Scale Integrated Circuits 

(2) Medium System Integrated Circuits 

(3) Medium Scale Intelligent Circuit 

(4) Medium System Integration Circuits 

(5) Medium Switch Integrated Circuits 

Ans. (1) Medium Scale Integrated Circuits 

3. A system program that combines the separately compiled modules of a program into a form suitable for execution 

(1) assembler 

(2) linking loader 

(3) cross compiler 

(4) load and go 

(5) Interpreter 

Ans. (1) A system program that combines the separately compiled modules of a program into a form suitable for execution is known as assembler. 

4. Which among the following is the time period during which a computer is malfunctioning or not operating correctly due to machine failures? 

(1) Downtime 

(2) Uptime 

(3) Response time 

(4) Runtime 

(5) Both 1 and 4 

Ans. (1) Downtime 

5. The terms Goodput, Throughput and Maximum throughput are most closely associated with which among the following in computers? 

(1) Bit Rate 

(2) Response Time 

(3) Command Line Interface 

(4) Random memory 

(5) Data bandwidth 

Ans. (1) Bit Rate 

6. Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program? 

(1) Machine language 

(2) High level language 

(3) Assembly language 

(4) C language 

(5) All of the above 

Ans. (1) Machine language 

7. Which statement is valid about magnetic tape? 

(1) It is a plastic ribbon 

(2) It is coated on both sides with iron oxide 

(3) It can be erased and reused 

(4) All of above 

(5) None of these 

Ans. (4) All of above 

8. The most frequently used instructions of a computer program are likely to be fetched from: 

(1) RAM 

(2) Cache memory 

(3) Hard disk 

(4) Registers 

(5) ROM 

Ans. (2) cache memory 

9. The part of machine level instruction, which tells the central processor what has to be done, is 

(1) Operation code 

(2) Address 

(3) Locator 

(4) Flip-Flop 

(5) None of the above 

Ans. (1) Operation code 

10. Which of the following is still useful for adding numbers? 

(1) EDVAC 

(2) EDSAC 

(3) ABACUS 

(4) ENIAC 

(5) PARAM 

Ans. (3) ABACUS