VEL’S PUBLIC SCHOOL

065-INFORMATICS PRACTICES
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SYSTEMS
CYCLE TEST-1
GRADE : XI (BIO/IP) MAX MARKS : 20

A.ONE MARK QUESTION: (10X1=10)

1. The basic operations performed by a computer are ____________& ___________.

2.Data entered through input device is temporarily stored in the ___________ of the
computer system.
3.Large Scale Integration of electronic circuits allowed integration of complete
CPU on a single chip, called _____________.
4.Apple introduced ________________ machines in 1984.
5.A computer system uses___________ numbers to store and process data.
6. 2 Zettabyte = 2048 ____________.
7.The CPU interacts directly with the _____________ memory to perform read/ write
operation.
8.____________ is an example of customized software.
9.When software to be used has to be purchased from the vendor who has the
copyright of the software, then it is a _________________ software.
10._____________________ involves the process of gathering data from different
sources in digital form.

B.SHORT ANSWER : (5X2=10)

1.What are the advantages of cache memory?

2.How data can be recovered from ROM?
3.Can you distinguish CPU and ALU?
4.Write any four memory units.
5.What is an Operating System? Write names of any two popular
operating systems?