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The system unit of a personal computer

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8. The process of starting a or restarting a

computer system by loading instructions from
1. The actual execution of instructions happens a secondary storage device into the computer
in memory is called
A) ALU A) Duping
B)CU B)Booting
C)Memory C)Padding
D) None of above D) CPS

2. Which converts the user data into 9. A/n device is any device that
machine readable form? provides information, which is sent to the
A) Input unit CPU
B)Central processing unit A) Input
C)Output unit B)Output
D)Decoder unit C)CPU
D)Memory
3. As compared to the secondary memory,
the primary memory of a computer is 10. Which is the type of memory for
A) Large information that does not change on your
B)Cheap computer?
C)Fast A) RAM
D) Slow B)ROM
C)ERAM
4. Which of the following memories has the D) RW / RAM
shortest access times?
A) Cache memory 11. Which of the following registers is used to
B)Magnetic bubble memory keep track of address of the memory location
C)Magnetic core memory where the next instruction is located?
D) RAM A) Memory address register
B)Memory data register
5. Which of the following is not a primary C)Instruction register
storage device? D)Program counter
A) Magnetic tape
B)Magnetic disk 12. Which computer memory is used for storing
C)Optical disk programs and data currently being processed
D) All of above by the CPU?
A) Mass memory
6. Any method for controlling access to or B)Internal memory
use of memory is known C)Non-volatile memory
A) Memory map D)PROM
B)Memory protection
C)Memory management 13. When was the transistors
D)Memory instruction invented? A) 1948
B) 1938
C) 1958
D) 1968
14. A Most important advantage of an IC is its 21. Which of the following are the cheapest
A) Easy replacement in case of circuit failure memory devices in terms of Cost/Bit?
B)Extremely high reliability A) Semiconductor memories
C)Reduced cost B)Magnetic Disks
D)Lower power consumption C)Compact Disks
D)Magnetic Tapes
15. Which of the following is not an output device?
A) Portable Projector 22. Programs are executed on the basis of a
B)Printer priority number in a
C)Flat Screen A) Batch processing system
D) Touch Screen B)Multiprogramming
C)Time sharing
16. Personal computers used a number of D) None of these
chips mounted on a main circuit board.
What is the common name for such 23. A song being played on computer speaker is
boards? A) hard output
A) Daughterboard B)soft output
B)Motherboard C)both hard and soft output
C)Father board D) neither hard nor soft output
D) Childboard
24. What was the name of the first
17. VGA is commercially available microprocessor
A) Video Graphics Array chip?
B)Visual Graphics Array A) Intel 308
C)Volatile Graphics Array B)Intel 33
D) Video Graphics Adapter C)Intel 4004
D)Motorola 639
18. A chip having 5000 transistors and other
circuit elements and their associated circuits is 25. The silicon chips used for data processing
known as? are called
a. IC chip A) RAM chips
b. LSI chip B)ROM chips
c. VLSI chip C)Microprocessors
d. ULSI chip D)PROM chips

19. Which of the following memory medium 26. Which of the following memories
is not used as main memory system? needs refreshing?
A) Magnetic core A) SRAM
B)Semiconductor B)DRAM
C)Magnetic tape C)ROM
D) Both a and b D) All of above

20. Which of the following registers is loaded with 27. Computer system comprises of major units
the contents of the memory location pointed A) input unit, output unit, control unit
by the PC? B)input unit, output unit, control unit and storage
A) Memory address registers C)input unit, output unit, central processing
B)Memory data registers unit and storage unit
C)Instruction register D) input, output and storage units
D)Program counter
28. Which company is the biggest player in 32. Through which device the main components
the microprocessor industry? of the computer communicate with each other?
A) Motorola A) Keyboard
B)IBM B)System Bus
C)Intel C)Monitor
D) AMD D)Memory

29. Different components of the motherboard of 33. Find out who is not the inventor of
a PC unit are linked together by sets of transistors among following names
parallel electrical conducting lines. What are A) John Burdeen
these lines called? B)William Shockley
A) Conductors C)Walter Brattain
B)Buses D)Lee de Forest
C)Connectors
D) Consecutive 34. Which unit holds data temporarily?
A) Input unit
30. EEPROM stands for B)Secondary storage unit
A) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read C)Output Unit
Only Memory D)Primary Memory Unit
B)Electronic Erasable Programmable Read
Only Memory 35. An input /output device at which data
C)Easily Erasable Programmable Read enters or leaves a computer system is
Only Memory A) Keyboard
D) Easily Erasable Programmable Read B)Terminal
Only Memory C)Printer
D)Plotter
31. Who invented the microprocessor?
A) Marcian E Huff
B)Herman H Goldstein
C)Joseph Jacquard
D) All of above

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