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Which of the following is essentially a magnetic disk on which large amounts of data can be stored?

  • All answers are correct
  • Hard disk
  • Floppy disk
  • CD-ROM
  • DVD-ROM

You use your finger to drag the pointer around the screen. What is this?

  • screen
  • touchpad
  • screen
  • wheel mouse
  • keyboard

Which device carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetical, logical, and inputoutput operations of the system?

  • motherboard bus
  • data unit
  • central processor unit
  • address bus
  • system unit

When the computer turns off, the information is erased from:

  • HARD DISK
  • RAM
  • FLOPPY DISK
  • All answers are correct
  • the permanent memory

How many transistors are included in the Intel Core i7 processor, introduced in 2008?

  • 7 million
  • 731 million
  • 73 million
  • 25 million
  • All answers are correct

Which of the following should only be used for temporary data storage?

  • Rewriteable CD
  • Random access memory
  • Hard drive
  • 3.5inch floppy disk
  • USB flash drive

What is the width: height ratio of a traditional computer monitor?

  • 5:2
  • 16:9
  • 4:3
  • 9:16
  • 12:16

The speed of information processing in the computer depends on:

  • ROM
  • Clock frequency
  • External memory
  • RAM
  • All answers are correct

Which of these five does NOT comprise a part of the system bus?

  • Logic bus
  • Control bus
  • Data bus
  • Address bus
  • All answers are correct

What is the correct definition of the term CISC?

  • Complex Instruction Set Computers
  • Continual Input System Computer
  • Control Independent System Computer
  • Central Immediate Source Construct
  • All answers are correct

Types of computer system

  • Hardware and software
  • Input, output and storage devices
  • Laptop, PDA, tablet PC
  • RAM and ROM
  • All answers are correct

When was the first commercial microprocessor introduced?

  • 1971
  • 2001
  • 1961
  • 1941
  • 1981

With indirect addressing, how many memory lookups are need to obtain the required data?

  • Zero
  • Three
  • Two
  • One
  • All answers are correct

The width of the smallest wire on a computer chip is typically measured in:

  • Millimeters
  • Nanometers
  • Centimeter
  • Microns
  • Kilometer

Which of the following is not part of a computer chips job?

  • Performing mathematical operations
  • Follow sets of instructions
  • Moving data from one memory location to another
  • Starting up the computer
  • All answers are correct

What does CPU stand for?

  • Central processing unit
  • Core processing unit
  • All answers are correct
  • Computer processing unit
  • Central pipelining unit

Central Processing Unit - the brain of the computer is the part of the

  • Motherboard
  • Keyboard
  • There is no right answer
  • Monitor
  • Joystick

What part of the CPU does not execute program instructions; rather, it directs other parts of the system to do so.

  • The system bus
  • The arithmeticlogic unit
  • The motherboard
  • The memory
  • The control unit

Out of what material are computer chips made?

  • Fibre
  • Olestra
  • Plastic
  • Silicon
  • Wood

About how much address space can a 64-bit microprocessor access?

  • 1,000 GB
  • 1 billion GB
  • 2 billion GB
  • 4 GB
  • 3 billion GB

What does ROM stand for?

  • Read-only memory
  • Read-on memory
  • Random-only memory
  • Random access memory
  • Random of memory

What designates the register DI?

  • Destiny index register
  • Next instruction pointer register
  • Code segment register
  • Source index register
  • Base pointers register

Relevance, objectivity, completeness are the properties of :

  • Informatics
  • Information
  • Multimedia
  • Macromedia
  • Interface

The memory that a CPU can use directly is called:

  • clock memory
  • cache memory
  • direct access memory
  • external memory
  • superior memory

The CPU is included on a central component of the computer known as:

  • sound card
  • the motherboard
  • modem
  • the BIOS adapter
  • the command center

In what year was introduced the original PC, used an 16-bit processor, but it only had an 8-bit bus to carry the data.

  • 1981
  • 1961
  • 1941
  • 1971
  • 1991

What designates the register DI?

  • Base pointers register
  • Destiny index register
  • Next instruction pointer register
  • Code segment register
  • Source index register

What designates the register CS?

  • Base pointers register
  • Source index register
  • Code segment register
  • Next instruction pointer register
  • Destiny index register

The first commercial processor was used in:

  • the ENIAC computer Apple Macintosh
  • all answers are correct
  • the Apple Macintosh
  • mobile phone
  • a programmable business calculator

Which of these is an important manufacturer of CPU chips?

  • ADM
  • HP
  • AMD
  • Motorola
  • Hitachi

In what year Intel Corp. created its 4004 programmable chip for calculators

  • 1981
  • 1951
  • 1971
  • 1991
  • 1961

What is the main circuit of a computer?

  • Motherboard
  • Modem
  • Keyboard
  • Microprocessor
  • Scanner

Which of the following has the lowest capacity?

  • Hard drive
  • 3.5inch floppy disk
  • DVD-ROM
  • CD-ROM
  • All answers are correct

What designates the register BP?

  • Base pointers register
  • Source index register
  • Next instruction pointer register
  • Code segment register
  • Destiny index register

What designates the register SI?

  • Base pointers register
  • Code segment register
  • Next instruction pointer register
  • Source index register
  • Destiny index register

When the term central processor unit has been in use in the computer industry?

  • since 1950s
  • since 1970s
  • since 1960s
  • since 1990s
  • since 1980s

Where does the control unit look in order to find the address of the next instruction to be fetched?

  • Accumulator (ACC)
  • Instruction Register (IR)
  • Memory Buffer Register (MBR)
  • Memory Address Register (MAR)
  • All answers are correct

What designates the register IP?

  • Source index register
  • Code segment register
  • Destiny index register
  • Base pointers register
  • Next instruction pointer register

Which of the following has the highest capacity?

  • DVD-ROM
  • Hard disk
  • CD-ROM
  • All answers are correct
  • 3.5inch floppy disk

What designates the register F?

  • Flag register
  • Code segment register
  • Next register
  • Source register
  • Destiny index register

Peripheral components

  • Keyboard
  • Mouse
  • System unit
  • Headphones
  • Monitor

Which program creates and edits bitmap pictures?

  • WordPad
  • Movie Maker
  • Windows
  • Paint
  • Media Player

From the listed terms what is included in the liveware?

  • Hardware engineer
  • Blank DVD
  • Processor, mouse
  • Web browser
  • Database, program

What is the main circuit board of a computer?

  • Keyboard
  • Modem
  • Microprocessor
  • Motherboard
  • Scanner

If your IBM S360 was going to run the BOS360 Operating System you would have been required to have purchased at least how much memory?

  • 8 kilobytes
  • 64 kilobytes
  • There is no correct answer
  • 16 kilobytes
  • 128 kilobytes

The correct hierarchy of terms from largest to smallest is:

  • record, table, database, field
  • field, record, table, database
  • database, table, record, field
  • database, table, field, record
  • table, record, database, field

Which type of CPU was used in the first IBM personal computer?

  • 8-bit
  • There is no correct answer
  • 16-bit
  • 32-bit
  • All answers are correct

The flag register is specially designed to contain all the appropriate status flags

  • 1-bit
  • 16-bit
  • 4-bit
  • 2-bit
  • 8-bit

Which of the following devices would be commonly used to allow the user to access the internet and as such browse the world wide web and send e-mail?

  • Printer
  • Modem
  • Monitor
  • Keyboard
  • Scanner

Computer system consists:

  • Input and output devices
  • ROM and RAM
  • Hardware and software
  • Graphical and multimedia package
  • Main memory and storage device

What device is used for shorter term data storage?

  • Random Access Memory
  • Floppy disk
  • Hard disk and Floppy disk
  • DVD-ROM
  • CD-ROM

Types of computer systems:

  • Hardware and software, wearable PC
  • Storage and output devices, wearable PC
  • Desktop PC, mainframe, wearable PC
  • Single OS and multiple OS, wearable PC
  • Input and output devices, wearable PC

Application software

  • Spreadsheet program
  • Programming language C+
  • Anti-virus utility
  • Device drivers
  • Disk clean-up program

I can read and write, but if you turn off the computer, I forget everything:

  • BIOS
  • ROM
  • CPU
  • RAM
  • SRAM

From the listed terms what is included in the software?

  • Fixed, hard disk
  • Memory chips
  • Spreadsheet, database
  • Removable, hard disk
  • Hardware engineer

What are the four classifications of the Network based on the scale?

  • PAN, LAN, WAN, MAN
  • ACTIVE, CLIENT-SERVER
  • PAN, COAXIAL, WI-FI
  • LAN, ETHERNET, PAN
  • BUS, STAR, RING, MESH

What was the primary medium used to input programs into S360 in the mid-1960s?

  • Teletype terminals
  • Telephone lines
  • Punched cards
  • Paper tape
  • There is no correct answer

System software

  • Device drivers
  • Graphics package
  • Spreadsheet program
  • Database package
  • Word drivers

The first programmable computer in the USA, which appeared in 1946, was called the.

  • CELERON
  • WINDOWS
  • ENIAC
  • HARDWARE
  • COMPUTER

What is the file extension of the Excel program?

  • *.bmp
  • *.accdb
  • *.xlsx
  • *.txt
  • *.pptx

What is the pixel?

  • software
  • picture element
  • long delay
  • programming oddity
  • brief blur

Easy way to access programs

  • Start Menu
  • Shortcut Icons
  • Task Bar
  • Desktop Icons
  • Desktop

ICT standard

  • information standard
  • scientific standard
  • grouped standard
  • technical standard
  • national standard

Which of the following devices should sometimes referred to as the brain of the PC?

  • Printer
  • Modem
  • Scanner
  • Processor
  • Monitor

The Start menu and clock are found on the .

  • task bar
  • start menu
  • desktop
  • scroll bar
  • title bar

From the listed terms what is included in the hardware?

  • Hardware engineer
  • Database, program
  • Data entry operator
  • Processor, mouse
  • Web browser

I have a very good memory. I can read, but I cant write:

  • ROM
  • CPU
  • SRAM
  • RAM
  • BIOS

What is the file extension of the Power Point program?

  • *.txt
  • *.pptx
  • *.accdb
  • *.xlsx
  • *.bmp

Type of ICT tools:

  • mathematical
  • logical
  • interactive board
  • text
  • the internet

Which of the following IBM System360 systems shipped first?

  • There is no correct answer
  • 360 model 20
  • 360 model 90
  • 360 model 30
  • 360 model 44

How also we call microprocessor?

  • Motherboard
  • Hard drive
  • Memory (Personal computer)
  • CPU (Control Processing Unit)
  • PC (Personal computer)

Which device controls the movement of instructions in?

  • CU
  • System bus
  • ALU
  • All answers are correct
  • Register array

Which of the following devices has the special key such as the arrow keys, escape, shift, etc, which are used for performing more complete functions?

  • Scanner
  • Joystick
  • Mouse
  • Modem
  • Keyboard

Work area on which you see your programs

  • Icons
  • Task Bar
  • Desktop
  • Shortcut
  • Start Menu

Speakers are an example of ...

  • an output device
  • a processor
  • a storage device
  • a power supply
  • an input device

A table consists of:

  • macros
  • forms
  • modules
  • queries
  • records

What unit device is used to decode the instructions?

  • Decoder
  • Control logic unit
  • Clock
  • Program counter
  • Timer

Which of the following chips is more expensive?

  • IBP PC
  • IBM
  • UNIVAC
  • CISC
  • ENIAC

What unit is used to hold the result of operations performed by the arithmetic and logic unit

  • Counter
  • Address bus
  • Program
  • Accumulator
  • Decoder

A device that shows a copy of the computers screen on a large screen, often used in presentations?

  • Projector
  • Touch screen
  • Touchpad
  • Stylus
  • Headset