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Computer Quiz
Computer Quiz
1. Who in 1943 had said, I think there is a world market for may be five computers?
2. What is the name of the printed circuit board (PCB) in a computer that holds the CPU?
3. With reference to a CPU, what do MIPS mean?
4. RAM means Random Access Memory: TRUE or FALSE?
5. Data stored in a ROM cannot be changed by the user of a PC: TRUE or FALSE?
6. A hard disk, DVD, and CD-ROM are examples of what type of memory: primary or
secondary?
7. Which component in a PC maintains the date and time?
8. The capacity of which component in a PC determines the color depth and screen resolution of
a monitor?
9. Is the data in a RAM stored on a temporary or permanent basis?
10. What does the acronym bit stand for?
11. A byte is equivalent to ___ bits
12. A sector of a hard disk can hold ___ bytes of data
13. What type of hard disk formatting creates the FAT (File Allocation Table)?
14. Fragmentation of data on a computer hard disk causes it to work faster: TRUE or FALSE?
15. To write, erase, re-write data on a CD-ROM (CD), what type of CD-ROM you should use?
16. Which has a more storage capacity: a CD or DVD?
17. Which component in the power supply unit of a PC converts AC signals into DC signals?
18. Which device you should use to prevent the effects of fluctuation in the power supply on
your PC and to continue to work for a specific time even if there is no power?
19. What type of memory is a pen drive?
20. A portable pen drive connects to the ______ port of a PC
21. Todays PCs use what type of RAM?
22. The various cards inside a PC require various ______ voltages to function
23. A LCD monitor is also known as a _______ monitor
24. What is the name of the card that controls the read-write head and the motor in a hard disk?
25. The concentric circles on the platter of a hard disk are known as ______
Quiz Answers:
1. Thomas Watson, former IBM chairman
2. Motherboard
3. Million Instructions Per Second
4. TRUE
5. TRUE
6. Secondary
7. CMOS RAM
8. VRAM
9. Temporary
10. Binary digit
11. 8
12. 512
13. High-level
14. False
15. CD-RW
16. DVD
17. Diode
18. UPS
19. FLASH
20. USB
21. DDR-SDRAM
22. DC
23. TFT (Thin-Film Transistor)
24. Disk Controller Card
25. Tracks
COBOL is acronym for:
Common Business Oriented Language
BASIC is acronym for:
Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
KB, MB, GB, is respectively:
Kilo Bites Mega Bites Giga Bites
A set of 8 bits is called:
Bite
A set of 4 bit is called:
Nibble
HDD and FDD are respectively:
Hard Disk Drive, Floppy Disk Drive
Winchester drive is also called:
Hard disk Drive
The center processing unit of a computer consist 3 units namely:
Arithmetic Logic Unit, Control Unit, Memory Unit
A program written using binary codes is called:
Machine language
The computer which has incorporated the characters of analog and
digital computers is:
Hybrid computers
The medium is used by input dives light pen for graphical input is:
CRT screen
SMPS stands for:
Switch Mode Power Supply
UPS stands for:
Uninterrupted Power Supply
The translator program that translates each line of the source program as it run is
called:
Interpreter
The pictorial representation of the procedure proposed to solve a problem by a
program:
Flow chart
ANCII stands for:
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ANSI stands for:
American National Standard Institute
EBCDIC is the acronym for:
3) What type of hard disk formatting creates FAT (File Allocation Table) ?
a) High Level
b) Low Level
8) How can you tell that a particular ribbon cable should only be used to connect a floppy drive?
a) it
b) it has a red line along one edge
c) it
d) it has a twist in it
9)
Data stored in a ROM cannot be changed by user of a computer?
a) TRUE
b) FALSE
12) TO write, erase, rewrite data on a CD RAM what type of CD ROM you should use?
a) CD-RW
b) CD R
17) How much data will a high density (HD) floppy disk hold?
a) 124 KB
b) 640 KB
c) 1.44 MB
d) 2.88MB
18) What is the name of the spec for the holes in a monitor's aperture grill?
a) dot pitch
b) space holes
20) Fragmentation of data on computer hard disk causes it to work faster than before?
a) FALSE
b) TRUE
21) What is the name of the card that controls read,write head and motor in the hard disk
a) Network Card
b) Disc Controller Card
22) Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the power to the system is
turned off?
a) CPU
b) ROM
c) DRAM
d) DIMM
28) hat kind of connectors are used to connect a PC power supply to a hard drive?
a) AT
b) molex
c) mini-molex
d) P9
32) What type of connector is used to plug a telephone line into a modem?
a) COM1
b) RJ-11
c) RJ-45
d) RJ-10
a) 480Mbs
b) 512Mbs
41) Which component in a pc maintains color depth and screen resolution of a monitor?
a) VRAM
b) CMOS RAM
43) When plugging the P8 and P9 power connectors into the system board, which of the
following is true?
a) the black wires of both connectors should NOT be next to each other
b) P8 and P9 don't plug into the system board
c) the black wires of both connectors should be next to each other
d) it doesn't matter which way you plug them in, the voltages are the same
44) Which IRQ does the hard disk controller commonly use?
a) 14
b) 1
c) 2
d) 11
c) ROM
d) SLIPP
47) Which do you use to comment out a line in the autoexec.bat file?
a) rem
b) ram
48) Which device you should use to prevent the effect of power fluctuation in the power supply
on your computer and works for a specific period of time even there is no power?
a) SMPS
b) UPS
50) What does the term "wave table synthesis" relate to?
a) video
b) sound
54) Hard Disk, DVD, CD-ROM are the examples What type of Memory?
a) Primary
b) Secondary
55) Which of the following conditions most increases the likelihood that ESD will occur?
a) hot, dry conditions
b) cool, damp conditions
c) cool, dry conditions
d) hot, damp conditions
60) Which is the best choice for a specification for a video card?
a) AGP
b) SCSI
61) The Concentric circles on the platter of hard disk are known as______
a) Tracks
b) Circles
Answers
(1) c
(11) a
(21) b
(31) a
(41) a
(51) c
(61) a
(2) b
(12) a
(22) b
(32) b
(42) a
(52) a
(3) a
(13) a
(23) a
(33) d
(43) c
(53) a
(4) b
(14) a
(24) b
(34) a
(44) a
(54) b
(5) a
(15) d
(25) a
(35) a
(45) c
(55) c
(6) d
(16) d
(26) a
(36) a
(46) c
(56) c
(7) a
(17) c
(27) d
(37) a
(47) a
(57) a
(8) d
(18) a
(28) b
(38) a
(48) b
(58) b
(9) a
(19) b
(29) b
(39) b
(49) b
(59) b
(10)
(20)
(30)
(40)
(50)
(60)
a
a
b
b
b
a