GCOM-Computer Fundamentals Test -6

Which of the following memory medium is not used as main memory system?

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Magnetic core
Semiconductor
Magnetic tape
Both semiconductor and magnetic tape

Which of the following statement is false?

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Mechanical analog computers have existed for thousands of years
There are mechanical analog computers and electronic analog computers
All electronic computers are digital computers
All of above are false

When was the first electro-mechanical computer developed?

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1880
1990
1944
None of above

The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was:

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ENIAC
Mark-I
Analytic Engine
UNIVAC-1

The storage subsystem in a microcomputer consists mainly of __ or __ media with varying capacities

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Memory or video
Magnetic or optical
Optical or memory
Video or magnetic

Which one is the largest space?

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kilobyte
petabyte
terabyte
gigabyte

. _______ computers are also called personal computers

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Mainframe Computer
Mini Computers
Micro Computers
Super Computers

Identify the correct statement

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IBM PCs used RISC CPU designs
Macintosh used CISC CPU design
IBM used CISC CPU design
None of above is true

Which of the following require large computers memory?

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Imaging
Graphics
Voice
All of Above

Which of the following is machine independence program?

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High level language
Low level language
Assembly language
Machine language

Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as

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system software
application software
utility programs
operating system

Analog computer works on the supply of

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Continuous electrical pulses
Electrical pulses but not continuous
Magnetic strength
None of the above

The brain of any computer system is

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Control Unit
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Central Processing Unit
Storage Unit

FORTRAN programming language is more suitable for ____

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Business Applications
Marketing Applications
Scientific Applications
None of the above

Which of the following is not anti-viruses software?

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NAV
F-Prot
Oracle
McAfee

Computer operators

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writes computer programs for specific problems
operate the device which input and output data from the computer
normally require a college degree in computer science
all of the above

Which of the following is not input unit device?

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scanner
camera
plotter
digitizer

An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?

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Leech
Squid
Slug
Glitch

What is a compiler?

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A compiler does a conversion line by line as the program is run
A compiler converts the whole of a higher level program code into machine code in one step
A compiler is a general purpose language providing very efficient execution
None of the above

What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan started FGCS?

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Operating Systems
Parallel Processing
ULSI
None of above

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