Monday, 25 February 2013

CS21-40

Computer Science 


21. Compression of digital data for efficient storage is
Buffer
CPU
Packing
Field

22. Computer memory consists of
RAM
ROM
PROM
All of the above

23. A path by which communication is achieved between a central processor and other devices is called
Audit trail
Network
Bus
Channel

24. A memory that holds micro programs is
Core memory
ROM
RAM
Control memory

25.The organization and interconnection of the various components of a computer system is
Architecture
Networks
Graphics
Designing

26.Which of the following is the coding of data so that is can't be easily understood if intercepted.
Barcode
Decoder
Encryption
Mnemonics

27. RAM is used as a short memory because it is
Volatile
Has small capacity
Is very expensive
Is programmable

28. Which printer uses a combination of laser-beam & electro photographic techniques.
Laser printers
Dot-Matrix
Line printer
Daisy wheel

29. Which of the following is not currently a topic in computer science?
Speech recognition
Artificial intelligence
Thermodynamics
Multiprocessing

30. Where have the program and data to be located before the ALU and control unit of a computer can operate on it?
Internal memory
Secondary memory
Microprocessor
Magnetic tapes

31. Human beings are referred to as Homosapiens. Which device is called Silico sapiens?
Monitor
Hardware
Robot
Computer

32. Time during which a job is processed by the computer is
Delay time
Real time
Execution time
Down time

33. What is meant by a dedicated computer?
Which is used by one person only
Which is assigned one and only one task
Which uses on kind of software
Which is meant for application software only

34. The two kinds of main Memory are:
Primary and secondary
Random and sequential
Random and sequential
All of the above

35. Name of the first guided weapon in the world which used a programmable digital computer:
Sting Ray Torpedo
Mk 46 Torpedo
Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM)
Tomahawk Missile

36. Programs designed to perform specific tasks is called known as
System software
Application software
Utility programs
Operating system

37. What is the name given to the weapons which use computerised guidance system?
Guided weapons
Smart weapons
Dumb weapons
Starwars weapons

38. A monitor's _____ is the distance between the holes in the mask behind the screen. This helps determine how sharp the dots appear.
refresh rate
dot pitch
resolution
color depth

39. The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage elements called
semiconductor memory
registers
hard disk
magnetic disk

40. Which of the following holds data and processing instructions temporarily until the CPU needs it?
ROM
control unit
main memory
coprocessor chips



This set of questions are contributed by Dr. AR Routray, Lecturer, Dept of APAB
and the page is developed by our student Mr. Neelamadhaba Panigrahi, 2nd semester ICT and Ex-student, Miss Priyadarsini Mishra
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