Computer Quiz – 79

Dear Aspirants,
Welcome to D2G’s Computer Quiz. In upcoming clerk exam Computer section too plays a major role. It carries equal marks(40) similar to other sections. So do concentrate on this also.

1. A fixed number of adjacent bits that represent a particular character or symbol are referred as?
a) Byte
b) Octal
c) Bubble
d) None of these

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Answer a) Byte

2. Cache memory is a?
a) Small buffer storage
b) Permanent storage
c) Main memory
d) None of these

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Answer a) Small buffer storage

3. Which technique is preferable for transferring a large amount of data to and from a memory in a short time?
a) DMA
b) Interrupt driven I/O
c) programmed I/O
d) None of these

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Answer a) DMA

4. Which of the following technique provides dedicated communication channel between two stations.
a) switch network
b) circuit switching
c) packet switching
d) none of these

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Answer b) circuit switching

5. Cache memory?
a) Is a Static RAM
b) Increases the speed of processing by making current programs and data available to the CPU at a rapid rate
c) Both A & B are true
d) Both A & B are false

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Answer c) Both A & B are true

6. Following is false for BASIC?
a) Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
b) High-level interactive programming language
c) Works in timesharing environment
d) Low level object oriented language

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Answer d) Low level object oriented language

7. A unit for measuring data transmission speed that describes the capacity of a carrier is referred as?
a) Baud
b) Bit
c) Bond
d) Batch

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Answer a) Baud

8. The ASCII code is for information interchange by a binary code for?
a) numbers only
b) alphabets only
c) alphanumeric and other common symbols
d) None of these

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Answer c) alphanumeric and other common symbols

9. A collection of wires that connects several device is called?
a) link
b) bus
c) cable
d) port

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Answer b) bus

10. Which of the following is the ascending order of data hierarchy?
a) bit – byte – record – field – data base – file
b) bit – byte – field – record – file – database
c) bit – byte – file – field – record – database
d) bit – record – byte – field – file – database

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Answer b) bit – byte – field – record – file – database