GCOM-Computer Fundamentals Test -10

A disadvantage of the laser printer is

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It is quieter than an impact printer
It is very slow
The output is of a lower quality
None of the above

Which of the following is not true for a magnetic disk?

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It is expensive relative to magnetic tape
It provides only sequential access to stored data
Users can easily update records by writing over the old data
All of above

The instructions for starting the computer are house on

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Random access memory
CD-Rom
Read only memory chip
All of above

Perforated paper used as input of output media is known as

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paper tapes
magnetic tape
punched papers tape
card punch

Find out who is not the inventor of transistors among following names

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John Burdeen
William Shockley
Walter Brattain
Lee de Forest

WAN stands for_________

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Wap Area Network
Wide Area Network
Wide Array Net
Wireless Area Network

After copying the content how many times can you paste?

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1
16
32
Many

An error in computer data is called

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Chip
Bug
CPU
Storage device

Which of the following is the largest unit?

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data
field
record
database file

The computer size was very large in

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First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation

A Compiler is ____

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a combination of computer hardware
a program which translates from one high-level language to another
a program which translates from one high-level to a machine level language
None of these

Which unit holds data temporarily?

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Input unit
Secondary storage unit
Output Unit
Primary Memory Unit

Which American computer company is called Big Blue?

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Microsoft
Compaq Corp
IBM
Tandy Svenson

A name or number used to identify storage location devices?

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A byte
A record
An address
All of above

1 nibble equals to

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1 bits
2 bits
4 bits
8 bits

It was in 2028 BS the _________ was brought in to calculate census data.

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IBM 1400
IBM 1401
ICL 2950
None of above

Which access method is used to access cassette tape?

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Direct
Sequential
Both of the above
None of the above

The most commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is called

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ASCII
EBCDIC
BCD
All of above

The secondary storage devices can only store data but they cannot perform

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Arithmetic Operation
Logic operation
Fetch operations
Either of the above

Who is the inventor of ABC Computer?

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John v. Atanasoff
Clifford Berry
Both of above
None of above

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