Set 2
1. The term referring to evaluation the content of some part of the machine is known as Dump.
2. The earliest device that qualifies as a digital computer is Abacus.
3. The area of computer science Graphics is concerned with the display of picture.
4. The range of frequencies available for data transmission is known as Bandwidth.
5. A printer in which the characters are embossed on a band is Chain.
6. Software used to convert source program instructions to object instruction is known as Language Processor.
7. Tiny rings made of magnetic material that can be polarized to represent binary 1 or 0 are called Magnetic Core.
8. MIS is used to provide the sight information to the right person at the right time for proper decision making.
9. A file containing relatively permanent data is Master File.
10. An input device converts data punched into paper tape into a binary format’s Paper Tape Reader.
11. An output device that converts data punched into paper tape into a binary format in main storage coded whole patterns punched into a paper tape is Paper Tape Punch.
12. An input device, which read characters directly from ordinary peace of paper, is OCR.
13. AN electronic circuit with about 20 transistors fabricated on a silicon chip is known as SSI.
14. The symbols used in as assembly language are mnemonics.
15. The most important output device in a computer system is magnetic disk.
16. System software programs give instructions about operations inside the computer.
17. The CPU is made up of control unit ALU and memory.
18. Magnetic tape, floppy disk and cassette tape are secondary memory.
19. The base of hexadecimal number system is 16.
20. Light pen used as ‘input device’ for the computer.
21. A generalized software package produced to meet the bugs of a variety of data processing users is known as Application Package.
22. A code consisting of light and dark marks, which may be optically read, is known as Bar codes.
23. The main computer in as networks is called Host Computer.
24. 1bilion per second can perform by a modern fast mainframe digital computer.
25. A compiler means a program which translates source program into object program.
26. A disk with usable recording surfaces on each side is known as Double-sided Disk.
27. A program that converts computer data into some code system other than the normal one is known as Encoder.
28. The time for which a process has been receiving service from the processor is CPU Time.
29. The examination and changing of single bits or small groups of the within a word is called bit manipulation.
30. Job control language used for IBM Mainframe computer.
31. Console is the part of computer system that enable human operator to communicate with the computer.
32. High level languages are not concerned with computer but with compiler.
33. An instruction that transfer program control to one or more possible paths is known as Broad Band channel.
34. The process of writing computer instruction in a programming language is known as Programming.
35. Page reader is able to scan and interpret an entire page that is typed in a special font.
36. An input device that is able to interpret combinations of marks the represents of data is known as Punch Bar-code Reader.
37. A memory in which the information is stored last is on top and its retrieval first is known as Stack.
38. The memory sizes in mainframe computers and advanced technology microcomputers are expressed as Megabytes.
39. The invention of slide rule is attributed to Ought red.
40. A medium for transferring data between two locations is called Communication channel.
41. A place in a computer memory, which stores a unit of information, is Buffer.
42. 8-bits word length computer with very high speed CPU and 64MB main memory is microcomputer.
43. Parity chips are used to check for errors in RAM chips.
44. Registers are used to quickly accept, store and transfer data and instructions that are being used immediately by the CPU.
45. Output hardware is often categorized according to whether it produces hardcopy or softcopy.
46. Shadow mask is not a part of CRT.
47. Graphic terminals output most closely resemble the output produced by a Plotter.
48. An impact printer that uses an interchangeable rotating printing unit for hardcopy output is the chain printer.
49. Daisy Wheel printer can not print graphics.
50. Actual execution of instructions in a computer takes place in Arithmetic Logic Unit.
51. The pieces of equipment which are attached to the CPU of a computer and which it can access are called peripherals.
52. Ball pen does not contain a microprocessor.
53. Bus has both a common meaning and a computer meaning.
54. The mechanical diskette driver in insert your diskette is concerned to the computers bus communication.
55. 3600 is the most common speed in rpm at which the hard disk usually rotate.
56. Disk units that use unremovable plotters are called hard disks.
57. Track ball are the name of the screen-printing device that rolls on bearing and has one or more buttons on its top.
58. LCD is not a character reader.
59. Mass storage is not an alternative name for primary memory.
60. IC do the present day digital computers use for their internal memory.
61. Intel Computer Company invented the RAM chip.
62. MICR has made possible a cashless society.
63. During the past decade, the most improvement probably has been made in input and output units.
64. The comparison of data inside the arithmetic unit is referred to as a Logical operation.
65. In electrostatic plotters the term ‘resolution’ refers to the number of dots per inch.
66. Because it can function in more ways than a line printer, the IBM 6670 is some times referred to as a (n) Intelligent Printer.
67. John W Mouchly is believed to have formulated the idea of stored program, which made computer run faster.
68. Any file in which insertion of new records or deletion of old records occurs at a high rate is referred as a volatile file.
69. Baud is equal to 1 bit per second.
70. Random access is called, when any part of memory can be read equally quickly.
71. A multiprogramming system is one that can share hardware resources with many programs simultaneously.
72. The hardware components of a modern digital computer are connected to each other by a number of parallel wires, Bus is called these wires.
73. The collection of commands is called program.
74. The ALU of central processing unit does the essential math’s work for the computer. Monitors the flow of information does the control unit do.
75. All calculations are performed and all comparisons are made in central processing unit.
76. A certain computer hardware component does not process the data itself but acts as a central nervous system for other data manipulating components. Control unit is it called.
77. Logic is an electronic circuit which makes logic decisions.
78. A code used for standardizing the storage and transfer of information among it various computing devices is called ASCII.
79. Magnetic disk is the most popular medium for direct access secondary storage of a computer.
80. Electroluminescent is the latest to be used for portable computer.
81. Main problem with LCD’s is that they are very difficult to read in bright light and in dull light.
82. Daisy wheel printer prints a character at a time.
83. The points of sale terminals are used for reading bar codes and printed information.
84. Bar codes store information using thick and thin lines.
85. Cache memory is the name given to the specialized storage element in the processor unit of a computer, which is used as ‘scratchpad’ during processing operations.
86. Typical bandwidth of optical fiber is order of GHz.
87. In a modem using debit phase, encoding has the bit rate independent of its baud rate.
88. The access time of magnetic bubble memory approximately 30milli seconds.
89. The refreshing rate of DRAMs is approximately once in two millisecond.
90. Semiconductor memory is not as a mass memory medium.
91. A clocked device that moves it contents one bit to the left of right during each clock cycle is shift register.
92. Bulk Memory is another name for backing store.
93. The base of a number system is Radix.
94. A program used to detect overall system in malfunctions system diagnostics.
95. A uniform interval of CPU time allocated for use in performing a task is known as Time slice.
96. A device used with interactive graphics to control cursor position on the screen is track ball.
97. Data recognized in a relational database is known as Tables.
98. A multifunction memory resident package may include a notepad that allows users to get down short notes and write brief letters.
99. A type of instruction that can produce several lien of machine language code is assemble.
100. A printed circuit board that adds additional capabilities and functions to a computer’s hardware is motherboard.
101. A language used to express algorithms in computer understandable form is assembly language.
102. A computer that works with discrete quantities is digital.
103. Key-to-disk is used to enter data on to a disk device.
104. A card printed on one side and carrying the equivalent magnetic data on the other is magnetic ledger cards.
105. Differential engine was made by Charles Babbage.
106. A way to generating infinite sets of strings is called L-SYSTEM.
107. The process of varying one signal according to the pattern provided by another signal is modulation.
108. A device that receives analog signal as input and produces digital data as output is demodulator.
109. EAROM is called an electrically alterable read-only memory.
110. A type of non-volatile memory in which binary information is stored in any array topoidal magnetic core is Core store.
111. A physical signal carrier that connects several parts of a computer system is Bus.
112. Bot Marker is a physical feature of a magnetic tape.
113. The number of bits stored per unit length is called bit density.
114. RAM is the actual working memory.
115. Source code is the test of a program usually in a high level language.
116. Any memory system that allows only serial access is SAM.
117. Paper tape is an old established method of storing data, which replaced punched tape in much application.
118. A set of related programs are Package.
119. A miniature version of the aircraft control stick, which can generate electrical signals, is joystick.
120. A single unit of data is field.
121. The time for which a piece of equipments called effective time.
122. MS DOS, PC DOS and UNIX are some type of system software used on microcomputers.
123. Internal command instructions are loaded into main memory when the computer is booted.
124. 1981 did IBM release the first version of disk operating system DOS version 1.0
125. Data integrity refers to the degree to which data in database system are accurate and correct.
126. A translator is best described as a system software.
127. The OS manages Memory, Processor and disk & I/O devices.
128. Block or buffer caches are used to improve disk performance.
129. User friendly systems are becoming more common.
130. A system program that sets up an executable program in main memory ready for execution is loader.
131. System generation is always very difficult.
132. System maintenance is necessary on all systems regardless of how good.
133. An interpreter is program that accepts a program written in a high level language and produces an object program.
134. The software’s which translates an instruction at a time and executes the instruction immediately, then takes up the next line. This translation software is called interpreter.
135. When a computer is first turned on or restarted, a special type of absolute loader is executed, called a boot strap loader.
136. While running DOS on a PC, Diskcopy command would be used to duplicate the entire diskette.
137. Operating System is the name given to the organized collection of software that controls the overall operation of a computer.
138. Multitasking is used to simplify using system software.
139. Operating system is collection of software routines.
140. A sequence of instructions, in a computer language, to get the desired result, is known as program.
141. OZ is the name of the operating system for the laptop computer is called maclite.
142. Supervisor state is only allowed to the operating system.
143. The primary purpose of an operating system is to make computer easier to use.
144. Operating system provides a layout, user-friendly interface.
145. A computer cannot “boot” if it does not have the operating system.
146. In a magnetic disk, data is recorded in asset of concentric tracks that are subdivided into sectors.
147. Scheduling is allowing jobs to use processor.
148. A linker creates a load module.
149. In MS-DOS, executable object file and load, modules have extensions .com and .obj respectively.
150. A program is a sequence of instructions.
151. A processor is a device that performs a sequence of operations specified by instructions in memory.
152. Assembler is a program that automates the translation of assembly language into machine language.
153. Virtual memory consists of those addresses that may be generated by a processor during execution of a computation.
154. The macro processor must perform recognize macro definitions and macro calls & substitute arguments.
155. A hardware device that is capable of executing a sequence of instructions is known as processor.
156. Bak extension suggests that the file is a backing copy of other file.
157. An interpreter might be used to covert high-level language instructions into machine language.
158. If you want to execute more than one program at a time, the systems software you using must be capable of multitasking.
159. Special software to create a job queue is called a spooler.
160. Memory management is replaced with virtual memory on current systems.
161. Object code must be loaded before execution.
162. Virtual memory is used in all major commercial operating systems.
163. Assembles, compilers and interpreters are language processor.
164. Booting is name given to the process of initializing a microcomputer with its operating system.
165. Pull-down menus are the most important features of Microsoft Windows program.
166. All the time a computer is switched on; its operating system software has to stay in primary storage.
167. The primary job of the Operating system of a computer is to manage resources.
168. The operating system of computer servers as a software interface between the user and hardware.
169. UNIX is not application software.
170. Performance monitor is not a part of the OS.
171. The essential features of a number system are Radix and set of distinct counting digits.
172. The octal numbers are used external to the computer.
173. Binary numbers need more places for counting because binary base is small.
174. LAN is suitable for networking within a building.
175. Data transfer rate for LAN is normally 1-100mbps.
176. Bus topology shares a single channel on which all stations can receive and transmit data.
177. Ring topology data packet is removing by the source destinations.
178. Token passing LAN ACCESS method use the right to transmission any a special bit patterns.
179. Ring topology is least affected by removal addition of workstations.
180. Protocol is used to communicate between similar modules.
181. The maximum length of data packet in packet switching method in 128-4096 bytes.
182. Virtual circuits task a fixed logical part through network is packet switching method.
183. Bridges is used to connect two LANs using same LAN protocols over a wide area.
184. Network disk drive is really logical disk drives.
185. Different network can be using a remote PC.
186. FDDI used ring type of physical topology.
187. Data link devices function at the data link.
188. You have a single fiber-optic cable linking two office complexes. You would like send Ethernet, token ring and telephone signals over the same cable. Gateways devices can you use to do this.
189. You would like to get the IEEE specification for Ethernet over fiber optical cable. 802.8 specifications are you looking for.
190. Network adapter resides at the center of a star network and links the network cables.
191. You are considering installing an ATM network in your organization. FDDI data-like types will ATM run over.
192. You can use approximately configured router to data between token ring data link types.
193. FDDI network types can be implemented over fiber-optic cable.
194. FDDI network protocols establish permanent and switched virtual circuits between end stations.
195. Hub network equipment should you buy.
196. Active hub device amplifies the network signal but doesn’t interpret the signal or perform path selection or switching.
197. EDP stands for Electronic Data Processing.
198. The first computer introduced in
199. Storage capacity of disk measures in tracks per inch.
200. John Von Newmann had developed ENIAC.
201. The input-output device is disk drive unit.
202. The most popular keyboard is QWERTY.
203. The microfilm reader is OCR device.
204. The encoding & decoding device is modem.
205. The most popular 1st generation computer was IBM 1650.
206. The device is not directly connected to CPU is called off-line.
207. The first floppy disk was developed in 1970.
208. The output of printer is considered hardcopy output.
209. IBM 360 belongs to the third generation.
210. Number of pins used for Dot matrix printer is depends upon printer.
211. The XT stands for Extended Technology.
212. PC-AT computer of Pentium processor has a speed of 100MHz or more.
213. The Intel 8086/8088 microprocessors are called PC/AT.
214. Inventory control is not suited for sequential processing by a computer.
215. Most of the errors blamed on computers are actually due to Data entry errors.
216. The processes of entering data into a storage location cause variation in its address number.
217. A device that both transmits and receives data is Transceiver.
218. Clear is an input to a device that sets that state to zero.
219. Buster is a mechanism for separating continuous for folded paper used inline printers.
220. A group of signal lines used to transmit data in parallel from one element of a computer to another is Data bus.
221. Allocator and manager of memory in an operating system is Kernel.
222. The rpm of the printer disk is not a factor affecting the processing capabilities or performance of a PC system.
223. Super Computers are not fast enough for some applications.
224. Index is used to mark the location of the first sector in a soft sectored disk.
225. A data item, Elementary data item is not broken down into smaller units.
226. A small vacuum tube that glows red when an electric current is passed is LED.
227. A sequence of microinstructions is Micro Sequence.
228. Multiunit line is a data communication link that connects more than two stations nodes.
229. Digital cassette is a particular form of magnetic tape cartridge.
230. A machine associated with card based data processing is collator.
231. CIM is computer microfilm.
232. A frame work in card cage circuit boards can be mounted.
233. Cache is used in high performance systems, inserted between the processor and memory.
234. Hardware used for virtual memory allocation is Base-bond register.
235. A type of memory chip whose contents can not be altered by writing data is
236. The shifting of program from one of the memory addresses to another is relocation.
237. The amount of time is taken up in getting data from a disk is latency.
238. Cray-1 is one of the world’s most powerful computers.
239. A group of sectors that operate together is cluster.
240. Auto-boot is used to make a program run when the computer is switched on.
241. The mechanical calculating machine was made by Blaise Pascal.
242. A subset of characters within a data Field is known as Data string.
243. The process used to setup a program once the system is operational is Boot Strap.
244. Control instruction register is special register, which holds machine instructions.
245. A way of checking the data have been moved or stored correctly is Parity.
246. An input device with a joystick is Paddle.
247. Mainframe is s large computer of which peripherals are mounted in a frame.
248. Translator of high-level language in the object code is called compiler.
249. An assembly language is a division of low-level language.
250. A built in number that identifies a location is storage is known as Address.
251. A sequence of one or more characters is string.
252. The instructions code in machine language are assembled which specifies that basic operation of CPU is up code.
253. A secondary storage device with immediate access to any part of stored is direct access device.
254. A computer which data is represented by a continuously variable physical quantity is Analog Computer.
255. The basic unit within a computer store capable of holding a single unit of data is ALU.
256. A group of characters used to identify a given low-level instruction is Label.
257. A location which is sometimes protected, used for specific purpose only is register.
258. An English mathematician provided the working principles of today’s computers, Charles Babbage.
259. The entire instruction repertoire adopted in the design of a particular computer is Instruction.
260. A group of characters treated as an entry within some computer is a word.
261. A device use to bring information into a computer is input device.
262. The part of a computer system that enables human operators to communicate with the computer is console.
263. A digital device that processes data is known as data processor.
264. The part of total storage of a computer from which instructions are executed is main storage.
265. An optional input device that interprets pencil marks on paper media is OMR.
266. A pen shaped device which can sense light, and is used to point at spots on a video screen is a light pen.
267. Magnetic bubble memory is a non-volatile memory.
268. Joystick can be used to control the movement of a cursor on a video screen.
269. In digital computer, all the expressions are coded into binary digits.
270. The track capacity of single density floppy driver is 2560bytes.
271. The display size of the typical visual display screen is 40 columns wide by 20.
272. Number system with base 2 having two distinct levels is known as binary.
273. The only language understood by a digital computer is called binary language.
274. First electronic digital computer was ENIAC .
275. UNIX operating system was produced by c language.
276. A memory that does not change its contents without external causes is known as static memory.
277. IBM-PC is example of micro computer.
278. The personnel which deal with the computer it management put together are known as human ware.
279. 256 is the max number that can be represented with 8 bits.
280. A magnetic storage device in which data is storage on a cylindrical drum subdivided into tracks in known as drum.
281. Temporary storage used to compensate for a difference in the speed of data flow is buffer.
282. Baud is a unit representing the number bits of discrete.
283. Any storage device added to a computer beyond the immediately usable main storage is known as backing store.
284. The way a computer is designed is known as Architecture.
285. A device in which information is stored by means of small electrical charges is charge coupled device.
286. A computer peripheral that prints one line of output at a time is known as line printer.
287. Data processing computer built to conventional architecture is known as main frame.
288. Data network is a communication network that is devoted to carrying computer information.
289. Latch is an electronic device that can be store temporary a single bit of data.
290. Sequential access method is used for obtaining a record from a cassette tape.
291. Dialup method is used to connect a remote computer.
292. Micro computer has been designed to be as compact as possible.
293. Mouse device of computer operation dispenses with the use of the keyboard.
294. Milk disk circular transparence disk has a patter of radial bars printed on it.
295. A device that converts one type of signal into another is called transducer.
296. A repository for data, usually covering some specific topic is called data bank.
297. The time required for the fetching and execution of one simple machine instruction is CPU cycle.
298. An OS intended for use on microprocessor based systems that support user is CP/M.
299. A program that is employed in the development, repair or enhancement of the program is known as software tool.
300. An index register that is automatically incremented or decremented with each use is Auto index.
