Computer Awareness MCQ SET I
(1)When someone talks about the “memory” of a computer, he is usally referring to
(a) Read only memory
(b) Random access memory
(c) Virtual memory
(d) Cache memory
(2) What do you call a program used to eliminate viruses from a disk ?
(a) Vaccine
(b) Disaster recovery plan
(c) Back up
(d) Defragmentation program
(3) WINDOWS work in the mode –
(a) Enhanced and compressed
(b) Expanded
(c) Extended
(d) None of the above
(4) Which of the following is not considered a portable computer?
(a) Notebook Computer
(b) Lap top Computer
(c) Palm top Computer
(d) Mini Computer
(5) Which of the following is the fastest Printer?
(a) Ink jet
(b) Dot matrix
(c) Laser
(d) Plotter
(6) In Computer, ALU normally contains a number of high speed storage elements called –
(a) Magnetic Disk
(b) Registers
(c) Hard Disk
(d) Semiconductor Memory
(7) Which of the following storage is volatile?
(a) CD –ROM
(b) Floppy disk
(c) Semiconductor Memory
(d) Core Memory
(8) A collection of four bits is called –
(a) Word
(b) Byte
(c) Nibble
(d) Double-word
(9) Which of the following is the fastest?
(a) CPU
(b) Video terminal
(c) Magnetic tapes and disks
(d) Sensors, mechanical controllers
(10) The user interface
(a) Is relatively unimportant
(b) Is easy to provide with good support
(c) Supports both novice and experienced
(d) Is slanted towards novice users