Question Bank & Answer Key of Fundamental of Computers Part 8
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111. The primary function of the … is to set up the hardware and load and start an
operating system
a. System Programs
b. BIOS
c. CP
d. Memory
Answer: B
112. What kind of memory is both static and non -volatile?
a. RAM
b. ROM
c. BIOS
d. CACHE
Answer: B
113 … is computer software designed to operate the computer hardware and to provide platform for running application software
a. Application software
b. System software
c. Software
d. Operating system
Answer: B
114. The … is the amount of data that a storage device can move from the storage medium to the Computer per second
a. data migration rate
b. data digitizing rate
c. data transfer rate
d. data access rate
Answer: C
115. A device, which is not connected to CPU, is called as …
a. land-line device
b. On-line device
c. Off-line device
d. Device
Answer: C
116. What is the other name for programmed chip?
a. RAM
b. ROM
c. LSIC
d. PROM
Answer: C
117. On-line real time systems become popular in … generation
a. First Generation
b. Second Generation
c. Third Generation
d. Fourth Generation
Answer: C
118. You use a (n) … , such as a keyboard or mouse, to input information
a. output device
b. input device
c. storage device
d. processing device
Answer: B
119 … is the ability of a device to “jump” directly to the requested data
a. Sequential access
b. Random access
c. Quick access
d. All of the above
Answer: B
120 … provides process and memory management services that allow two or more tasks, jobs, or programs to run simultaneously
a. Multitasking
b. Multithreading
c. Multiprocessing
d. Multicomputing
Answer: A
121. The task of performing operations like arithmetic and logical operations is called …
a. Processing
b. Storing
c. Editing
d. Sorting
Answer: A
122. ALU and Control Unit jointly known as
a. RAM
b. ROM
c. CPU
d. PC
Answer: C
123. RAM is an example of
a. Secondary memory
b. Primary memory
c. Main memory
d. Both (1) and (2)
Answer: B
124. Magnetic disk is an example of
a. Secondary memory
b. Primary memory
c. Main memory
d. Both (1) and (2)
Answer: A