1. Who is the father of Computers?

a) James Gosling
b) Charles Babbage
c) Dennis Ritchie
d) Bjarne Stroustrup

2. Which of the following is the correct abbreviation of COMPUTER?

a) Commonly Occupied Machines Used in Technical and Educational Research
b) Commonly Operated Machines Used in Technical and Environmental Research
c) Commonly Oriented Machines Used in Technical and Educational Research
d) Commonly Operated Machines Used in Technical and Educational Research

3. Which of the following is the correct definition of Computer?

a) Computer is a machine or device that can be programmed to perform arithmetical or logic operation sequences automatically
b) Computer understands only binary language which is written in the form of 0s & 1s
c) Computer is a programmable electronic device that stores, retrieves, and processes the data
d) All of the mentioned

4. What is the full form of CPU?

a) Computer Processing Unit
b) Computer Principle Unit
c) Central Processing Unit
d) Control Processing Unit

5. Which of the following language does the computer understand?

a) Computer understands only C Language
b) Computer understands only Assembly Language
c) Computer understands only Binary Language
d) Computer understands only BASIC

6. Which of the following computer language is written in binary codes only?

a) pascal
b) machine language
c) C
d) C#

7. Which of the following is the brain of the computer?

a) Central Processing Unit
b) Memory
c) Arithmetic and Logic unit
d) Control unit

8. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a computer?

a) Versatility
b) Accuracy
c) Diligence
d) I.Q.

9. Which of the following is the smallest unit of data in a computer?

a) Bit
b) KB
c) Nibble

10. Which of the following unit is responsible for converting the data received from the user into a computer understandable format?
a) Output Unit
b) Input Unit
c) Memory Unit
d) Arithmetic & Logic Unit

11. Which of the following monitor looks like a television and are normally used with non-portable computer systems?
a) LED
b) LCD
c) CRT
d) Flat Panel Monitors

12. Which of the following is not a type of computer code?

a) EDIC
b) ASCII
c) BCD
d) EBCDIC

13. Which of the following part of a processor contains the hardware necessary to perform all the operations required by a computer?
a) Controller
b) Registers
c) Cache
d) Data path

14. Which of the following is designed to control the operations of a computer?

a) User
b) Application Software
c) System Software
d) Utility Software

15. Which of the following device use positional notation to represent a decimal number?
a) Pascaline
b) Abacus
c) Computer
d) Calculator

16. Which of the following is used in EBCDIC?

a) Super Computers
b) Mainframes
c) Machine Codes
d) Programming

17. Which of the following are physical devices of a computer?

a) Hardware
b) Software
c) System Software
d) Package

18. Which of the following defines the assigned ordering among the characters used by the computer?
a) Accumulation
b) Sorting
c) Collating Sequence
d) Unicode

19. Which of the following storage is a system where a robotic arm will connect or disconnect off-line mass storage media according to the
computer operating system demands?
a) Magnetic
b) Secondary
c) Virtual
d) Tertiary

20. Which of the following is known as the interval between the instant a computer makes a request for the transfer of data from a disk
system to the primary storage and the instance the operation is completed?
a) Disk utilization time
b) Drive utilization time
c) Disk access time
d) Disk arrival time

21. Which of the following devices provides the communication between a computer and the outer world?
a) Compact
b) I/O
c) Drivers
d) Storage

22. Which of the following are the input devices that enable direct data entry into a computer system from source documents?
a) System Access devices
b) Data acquiring devices
c) Data retrieving devices
d) Data Scanning devices
23. Which of the following is the device used for converting maps, pictures, and drawings into digital form for storage in computers?
a) Image Scanner
b) Digitizer
c) MICR
d) Scanner

24. Which of the following can access the server?

a) Web Client
b) User
c) Web Browser
d) Web Server

25. Which of the following is known as the language made up of binary-coded instructions?
a) High level
b) BASIC
c) C
d) Machine

26. Which of the following package allows individuals to use personal computers for storing and retrieving their personal information?
a) Personal assistance package
b) Graphics package
c) Spreadsheet package
d) Animation package

27. Which of the following is created when a user opens an account in the computer system?
a) SFD
b) MFD
c) Subdirectory
d) RFD

28. Which of the following is a technique that marked the beginning of computer communications?
a) User Environment
b) Batch Environment
c) Time Sharing
d) Message passing

29. Which of the following is a type of technique in which dumb terminals are connected to a central computer system?
a) Time Sharing
b) Message passing
c) Batch environment
d) User environment

30. Which of the following service allows a user to log in to another computer somewhere on the Internet?
a) e-mail
b) UseNet
c) Telnet
d) FTP

31. Which of the following is not a type of computer on the basis of operation?
a) Digital
b) Analog
c) Hybrid
d) Remote

32. Which of the following type of computer is mostly used for automatic operations?
a) analog
b) digital
c) hybrid
d) remote

33. Which of the following invention gave birth to the much cheaper microcomputers?
a) PDAs
b) Microprocessors
c) Microcomputers
d) Mainframes

34. Which of the following computers are lower than mainframe computers in terms of speed and storage capacity?
a) Mainframes
b) Hybrid
c) Mini
d) Super

35. Which of the following is the first neural network computer?

a) AN
b) AM
c) RFD
d) SNARC

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “The Input Unit”.

1. Which unit is responsible for converting the data received from the user into a computer understandable format?
a) Memory Unit
b) Arithmetic & Logic Unit
c) Input Unit
d) Output Unit

2. The only language which the computer understands is ______________

a) Assembly Language
b) Binary Language
c) BASIC
d) C Language

3. The smallest unit of data in computer is ________________

a) Byte
b) Nibble
c) Bit
d) KB

4. One nibble is equivalent to how many bits?

a) 2
b) 4
c) 8
d) 1

5. Which of the following describes the correct format of an input instruction?

a) IN 82
b) INPUT 82
c) INP 82
d) 82 INP

6. The input machine which originated in the United States around 1880s is a ___________
a) Mouse
b) Joystick
c) Keyboard
d) Bar Code Reader

7. What does the COMPUTER stand for?

a) Commonly Operated Machines Used in Technical and Educational Research
b) Commonly Occupied Machines Used in Technical and Educational Research
c) Commonly Operated Machines Used in Technical and Environmental Research
d) Commonly Oriented Machines Used in Technical and Educational Research
8. 1 yottabyte = ______________
a) 1024 TB
b) 1024 EB
c) 1024 ZB
d) 1024 PB

9. Which of the following is not a function of the Input Unit?

a) It reads instructions and data from the outside world
b) It converts the data into computer acceptable format
c) It makes the data into user understandable format
d) It supplies the data and instructions to the computer for further processing

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “The Output Unit”.

1. The process of producing useful information for the user is called ___________
a) Controlling
b) Outputting
c) Inputting
d) Processing

2. The output unit converts the data entered by the user into computer understandable form.
a) True
b) False

3. VDU stands for __________

a) Virtual Display Unit
b) Visual Display Unit
c) Virtual Detection Unit
d) Visual Detection Unit

4. What does SVGA stand for?

a) Standard Visual Graphics Array
b) Super Visual Graphics Array
c) Standard Video Graphics Array
d) Super Video Graphics Array

5. The devices that used to give single or multiple colored images and drawings are ____________
a) Monitors
b) Printers
c) Plotters
d) VDUs

6. A special request originated from some device to the CPU to acquire some of its time is called ___________
a) Disturbance
b) Attenuation
c) Interrupt
d) Noise

7. Line Printers that print one line at a time are _________

a) Laser Printers
b) Inkjet Printers
c) Drum Printers and Chain Printers
d) Chain Printers and Inkjet Printers

8. A ___________________ monitor looks like a television and are normally used with non-portable computer systems.
a) CRT
b) LCD
c) LED
d) Flat Panel Monitors

9. Which of the following is not a function of the Output Unit?

a) It produces results that can be easily understood by the user
b) It accepts the results produced by the computer
c) It supplies the data and instructions to the outside world
d) It supplies the data and instructions to the computer for further processing

10. PCI stands for _________

a) Peripheral Component Interconnect
b) Partial Component Interconnect
c) Peripheral Component Interaction
d) Partial Component Interaction

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “The Storage Unit”.

1. Components that provide internal storage to the CPU are ______

a) Registers
b) Program Counters
c) Controllers
d) Internal chips

2. Saving data and instructions to make them readily available is the job of __________
a) Storage Unit
b) Cache Unit
c) Input Unit
d) Output Unit

4. Which of the following is used to hold running program instructions?

a) Primary Storage
b) Virtual Storage
c) Internal Storage
d) Minor Devices

5. Which of the following is non-volatile storage?

a) Backup
b) Secondary
c) Primary
d) Cache

6. Which of the following is used in main memory?

a) SRAM
b) DRAM
c) PRAM
d) DDR

7. Which of the following are types of ROMs?

a) SROM & DROM
b) PROM & EPROM
c) Only one type there is no further classification
d) PROM & EROM

8. RAID stands for __________

a) Redundant array of independent disks
b) Redundant array of individual disks
c) Reusable Array of independent disks
d) Reusable array of individual disks

9. A non-erasable disk that stores digitized audio information is _____

a) CD
b) CD-ROM
c) DVD-R
d) DVD-RW

10. The first practical form of Random Access Memory was the __________
a) SSEM
b) Cathode Ray Tube
c) William’s Tube
d) Thomas’s Tube

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “The Arithmetic & Logic
Unit”.

1. The ‘heart’ of the processor which performs many different operations _____________
a) Arithmetic and logic unit
b) Motherboard
c) Control Unit
d) Memory

2. ALU is the place where the actual executions of instructions take place during the processing operation.
a) True
b) False

3. Which of the following is not a bitwise operator?

a) |
b) ^
c) .
d) <<

4. The sign magnitude representation of -1 is __________

a) 0001
b) 1110
c) 1000
d) 1001

5. IEEE stands for ___________

a) Instantaneous Electrical Engineering
b) Institute of Emerging Electrical Engineers
c) Institute of Emerging Electronic Engineers
d) Institute of Electrical and electronics engineers

6. The ALU gives the output of the operations and the output is stored in the ________
a) Memory Devices
b) Registers
c) Flags
d) Output Unit

7. The process of division on memory spaces is called ______________

a) Paging
b) Segmentation
c) Bifurcation
d) Dynamic Division

8. Number of bits in ALU is _________

a) 4
b) 8
c) 16
d) 2

9. Which flag indicates the number of 1 bit that results from an operation?
a) Zero
b) Parity
c) Auxiliary
d) Carry

10. The bitwise complement of 0 is ___________

a) 00000001
b) 10000000
c) 11111111
d) 11111110

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “The Control Unit”.

1. ____________ is the raw material used as input and __________ is the processed data obtained as output of data
processing.
a) Data, Instructions
b) Instructions, Program
c) Data, Program
d) Program, Code

2. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a computer?

a) Diligence
b) I.Q.
c) Accuracy
d) Versatility

4. The part of a processor which contains hardware necessary to perform all the operations required by a computer:
a) Data path
b) Controller
c) Registers
d) Cache

5. What does MAR stand for?

a) Main Address Register
b) Memory Access Register
c) Main Accessible Register
d) Memory Address Register

6. If the control signals are generated by combinational logic, then they are generated by a type of _______________
controlled unit.
a) Micro programmed
b) Software
c) Logic
d) Hardwired

7. Which is the simplest method of implementing hardwired control unit?

a) State Table Method
b) Delay Element Method
c) Sequence Counter Method
d) Using Circuits

8. A set of microinstructions for a single machine instruction is called ___________

a) Program
b) Command
c) Micro program
d) Micro command

9. Micro-program consists of a set of microinstructions which are strings of 0s and 1s.

a) True
b) False

10. A decoder is required in case of a ______________

a) Vertical Microinstruction
b) Horizontal Microinstruction
c) Multilevel Microinstruction
d) All types of microinstructions

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “ASCII”.

1. What does ASCII stand for?

a) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
b) American Scientific Code for Information Interchange
c) American Scientific Code for Interchanging Information
d) American Standard Code for Interchanging Information

2. The decimal representation for the character ‘!’ in ASCII is ____________

a) 31
b) 32
c) 33
d) 34

3. The two types of ASCII are _____________ and ____________

a) ASCII-4 and ASCII-8
b) ASCII-8 and ASCII-16
c) ASCII-7 and ASCII-8
d) ASCII-4 and ASCII-16

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4. Any set of digits or alphabets are generally referred as ______________
a) Characters
b) Symbols
c) Bits
d) Bytes
5. The first 128 characters are the same in both the types of ASCII i.e. ASCII-7 and ASCII-8.
a) True
b) False
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6. The number of characters that can be represented in ASCII-8 are ______________

a) 128
b) 256
c) 32
d) 64

7. The zone of alphabetic characters from A to O in ASCII is _____________

a) 1000
b) 0100
c) 0010
d) 0001

8. The representation of the number 8 in binary in ASCII-8 format _________

a) 00111000
b) 01001000
c) 1000
d) 00011000

9. Binary Coding for the letter X is ______________

a) 01011000
b) 00111000
c) 10001000
d) 00010100

10. Express the ASCII equivalent of the signed binary number (00110010)2.
a) 2
b) 1
c) A
d) ,

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Unicode”.

1. The numbers used to represent numeric values in EBCDIC are _______

a) zoned
b) unsigned
c) packed
d) eb

2. Unicode provides a consistent way of encoding multilingual plain text.

a) True
b) False

3. Which of the following is not a type of numeric value in zoned format?

a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Double
d) Unsigned

4. The sign indicator of unsigned numbers is ____________

a) C
b) D
c) F
d) X

5. The EBCDIC value of the number 345 in zoned format is __________

a) F3F4F5
b) E3E4E5
c) F3F4C5
d) F3F4D5

6. Which of the following is a valid encoding format?

a) UTF-1
b) UTF-8
c) UTF-A
d) UTF-4

7. _________________ defines the assigned ordering among the characters used by the computer.
a) Unicode
b) Collating Sequence
c) Accumulation
d) Sorting

8. The sorting sequence of the strings A1,23,1A will be ______________

a) 23 > A1 > 1A
b) 23 < 1A > A1
c) A1 > 1A > 23
d) A1 < 1A < 23

9. The default character coding in HTML-5 is _____________

a) UTF-8
b) UTF-16
c) UTF-4
d) UTF-32

10. Numbers used in packed decimal format can be used for _____________ operations.
a) logical
b) relational
c) arithmetic
d) bitwise

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “CPU & Control Unit”.

1. Brain of computer is ____________

a) Control unit
b) Arithmetic and Logic unit
c) Central Processing Unit
d) Memory

2. Control Unit acts as the central nervous system of the computer.

a) True
b) False

3. What does MBR stand for?

a) Main Buffer Register
b) Memory Buffer Routine
c) Main Buffer Routine
d) Memory Buffer Register
4. In the instruction ADD A, B, the answer gets stored in ___________
a) B
b) A
c) Buffer
d) C

5. What does PC stand for?

a) Program Changer
b) Program Counter
c) Performance Counter
d) Performance Changer

6. Which of the following holds the last instruction fetched?

a) PC
b) MAR
c) MBR
d) IR

7. The portion of the processor which contains the hardware required to fetch the operations is _______
a) Datapath
b) Processor
c) Control
d) Output unit

8. Causing the CPU to step through a series of micro operations is called _________
a) Execution
b) Runtime
c) Sequencing
d) Pipelining

9. The functions of execution and sequencing are performed by using ______________

a) Input Signals
b) Output Signals
c) Control Signals
d) CPU

10. What does D in the D-flip flop stand for?

a) Digital
b) Direct
c) Delay
d) Durable

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Registers”.

1. CPU has built-in ability to execute a particular set of machine instructions, called as __________
a) Instruction Set
b) Registers
c) Sequence Set
d) User instructions

2. Opcode indicates the operations to be performed.

a) True
b) False
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3. The length of a register is called _______
a) word limit
b) word size
c) register limit
d) register size

4. The _________ holds the contents of the accessed memory word.

a) MAR
b) MBR
c) PC
d) IR

5. Which of the following is not a visible register?

a) General Purpose Registers
b) Address Register
c) Status Register
d) MAR

6. Which of the following is a data transfer instruction?

a) STA 16-bit address
b) ADD A, B
c) MUL C, D
d) RET

7. What is correct instruction if you want the control to go to the location 2000h?
a) MOV 2000h
b) MOV A, 2000h
c) JMP 2000h
d) RET 2000h

8. What kind of a flag is the sign flag?

a) General Purpose
b) Status
c) Address
d) Instruction

9. The number of sign bits in a 32-bit IEEE format __________

a) 1
b) 11
c) 9
d) 23

10. New CPU whose instruction set includes the instruction set of its predecessor CPU is said to be ___________ with its
predecessor.
a) fully compatible
b) forward compatible
c) compatible
d) backward compatible

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Cache Memory”.

1. What is the high speed memory between the main memory and the CPU called?
a) Register Memory
b) Cache Memory
c) Storage Memory
d) Virtual Memory

2. Cache Memory is implemented using the DRAM chips.

a) True
b) False
3. Whenever the data is found in the cache memory it is called as _________
a) HIT
b) MISS
c) FOUND
d) ERROR

4. LRU stands for ___________

a) Low Rate Usage
b) Least Rate Usage
c) Least Recently Used
d) Low Required Usage

5. When the data at a location in cache is different from the data located in the main memory, the cache is called
_____________
a) Unique
b) Inconsistent
c) Variable
d) Fault

6. Which of the following is not a write policy to avoid Cache Coherence?

a) Write through
b) Write within
c) Write back
d) Buffered write

7. Which of the following is an efficient method of cache updating?

a) Snoopy writes
b) Write through
c) Write within
d) Buffered write

8. In ____________ mapping, the data can be mapped anywhere in the Cache Memory.
a) Associative
b) Direct
c) Set Associative
d) Indirect

9. The number of sign bits in a 32-bit IEEE format is ____

a) 1
b) 11
c) 9
d) 23

10. The transfer between CPU and Cache is ______________

a) Block transfer
b) Word transfer
c) Set transfer
d) Associative transfer

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Main Memory Organisation”.

1. Any electronic holding place where data can be stored and retrieved later whenever required is ____________
a) memory
b) drive
c) disk
d) circuit
2. Cache memory is the onboard storage.
a) True
b) False

3. Which of the following is the fastest means of memory access for CPU?
a) Registers
b) Cache
c) Main memory
d) Virtual Memory

4. The memory implemented using the semiconductor chips is _________

a) Cache
b) Main
c) Secondary
d) Registers

5. Size of the ________ memory mainly depends on the size of the address bus.
a) Main
b) Virtual
c) Secondary
d) Cache

6. Which of the following is independent of the address bus?

a) Secondary memory
b) Main memory
c) Onboard memory
d) Cache memory

7. ____________ storage is a system where a robotic arm will connect or disconnect off-line mass storage media according
to the computer operating system demands.
a) Secondary
b) Virtual
c) Tertiary
d) Magnetic

8. What is the location of the internal registers of CPU?

a) Internal
b) On-chip
c) External
d) Motherboard

9. MAR stands for ___________

a) Memory address register
b) Main address register
c) Main accessible register
d) Memory accessible register

10. If M denotes the number of memory locations and N denotes the word size, then an expression that denotes the storage
capacity is ______________
a) M*N
b) M+N
c) 2M+N
d) 2M-N

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Sequential & Direct Access”.

1. Computer has a built-in system clock that emits millions of regularly spaced electric pulses per _____ called clock cycles.
a) second
b) millisecond
c) microsecond
d) minute

2. It takes one clock cycle to perform a basic operation.

a) True
b) False

3. The operation that does not involves clock cycles is ____________

a) Installation of a device
b) Execute
c) Fetch
d) Decode

4. The number of clock cycles per second is referred as ______

a) Clock speed
b) Clock frequency
c) Clock rate
d) Clock timing

5. CISC stands for ___________

a) Complex Information Sensed CPU
b) Complex Instruction Set Computer
c) Complex Intelligence Sensed CPU
d) Complex Instruction Set CPU

6. Which of the following processor has a fixed length of instructions?

a) CISC
b) RISC
c) EPIC
d) Multi-core

7. Processor which is complex and expensive to produce _________

a) RISC
b) EPIC
c) CISC
d) multi-core

8. The architecture that uses a tighter coupling between the compiler and the processor.
a) EPIC
b) Multi-core
c) RISC
d) CISC

9. HLDA stands for _______

a) High level data
b) High level data acknowledgment
c) Hold Acknowledgement
d) Hold Data

10. Word length of a personal computer ___________

a) 64bits
b) 16 bits
c) 8 bits
d) 32 bits
This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Magnetic Tapes”.

1. ________________ is also called auxiliary storage.

a) secondary memory
b) tertiary memory
c) primary memory
d) cache memory

2. Secondary storage virtually has an unlimited capacity because the cost per bit is very low.
a) True
b) False
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3. Magnetic tape is a type of _________ access device.
a) Sequential
b) Direct access
c) Step
d) Indirect

4. The magnetic tape is generally a plastic ribbon coated with ______

a) Magnesium oxide
b) Chromium dioxide
c) Zinc oxide
d) Copper oxide

5. The dots on the magnetic tape represent ________

a) Binary digits
b) Decimal digits
c) Hex digits
d) Oct digits

6. Which of the following is the correct representation for a storage capacity of a tape?
a) Data recording density = Storage capacity
b) Length = Storage capacity
c) Storage capacity= Length * data recording density
d) Storage capacity= Length + data recording density

7. __________________ is the amount of data that can be stored on a given length of tape.
a) Storage capacity
b) Length
c) Data recording density
d) Tape density

8. The number of characters/second that can be transmitted to the memory from the tape is denoted by the term.
a) Data transfer rate
b) Transmission mode
c) Transmission rate
d) Data mode

9. The typical value of data transfer rate is __________

a) 7.7 MB/s
b) 6.6 MB/s
c) 5.5 MB/s
d) 10 MB/s

10. Tape drive is connected to and controlled by _______

a) Interpreter
b) Tape controller
c) CPU
d) Processor
This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Magnetic Disks”.

1. ________________ is used for writing/reading of data to/from a magnetic ribbon.

a) Magnetic disk
b) Magnetic tape
c) Magnetic frames
d) Magnetic Ribbon

2. Magnetic disk is a sequential access device.

a) True
b) False

3. The disk’s surface is divided into a number of invisible concentric circles called:
a) Drives
b) Tracks
c) Slits
d) References

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4. The number of sectors per track on a magnetic disk ________
a) less than 5
b) 10 or more
c) 8 or more
d) less than 7

5. Generally there are __________bytes in a sector.

a) 64
b) 128
c) 256
d) 512

6. Which of the following is not a part of disk address?

a) Sector size
b) Sector number
c) Track number
d) Surface number

7. What does CHS stand for?

a) Cylinder-high-sector
b) Concentric-head-sector
c) Cylinder-head-sector
d) Concentric-high-sector

8. The interval between the instant a computer makes a request for the transfer of data from a disk system to the primary
storage and the instance this operation is completed is called _________
a) Disk arrival time
b) Disk access time
c) Drive utilization time
d) Disk utilization time

9. Disk access time does not depends on which of the following factors __________
a) Seek time
b) Latency
c) Transfer rate
d) Arrival rate

10. The time required to spin the desired sector under the read/write head, once the read/write head is positioned on the
desired track.
a) Seek time
b) Arrival rate
c) Latency
d) Transfer rate

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Optical Disks”.

1. A ____________ disk consists of a circular disk, which is coated with a thin metal or some other material that is highly
reflective.
a) magnetic
b) optical
c) compact
d) hard

2. Optical disks are proved to be a promising random access medium for high capacity secondary storage.
a) True
b) False

3. The technology used in optical disks is ______

a) Reflective
b) Refractive
c) Laser Beam
d) Diffraction

4. The storage capacity of an optical disk is given by:

a) Number of sectors * number of bytes per sector
b) Number of sectors * 2(number of bytes per sector)
c) Number of sectors * 3(number of bytes per sector)
d) Number of sectors * 0.5(number of bytes per sector)

5. Rotation of the disk must vary __________ with the radius of the disk.
a) directly
b) inversely
c) concurrently
d) accordingly

7. The tracks are divided into sectors whose size _______

a) remains the same
b) keeps increasing
c) keeps decreasing
d) remains uneven

8. CLV stands for, in terms of rotation of the optical disk ___

a) Concurrent lines value
b) Constant Linear velocity
c) constant linear value
d) concurrent linear velocity

9. The range of access times of optical disks is generally ______

a) 100 to 300 milliseconds
b) 10 to 30 milliseconds
c) 200 to 400 milliseconds
d) 20 to 40 milliseconds

10. Which of the following is not a type of optical disk?

a) DVD
b) CD
c) WORM
d) Winchester
This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Memory Storage Devices”.

1. Winchester disks are a type of _______

a) optical disks
b) magnetic disks
c) compact disks
d) magnetic drives

2. Bernoulli disks are a type of magnetic floppy disks.

a) True
b) False

3. A plug and play storage device that simply plugs in the port of a computer is __________
a) Flash drive
b) Compact disk
c) Hard disk
d) CD

4. What does USB stand for?

a) Universal Signal Board
b) Universal Signal Bus
c) Universal Serial Bus
d) Universal Serial Board

5. A device similar to a flash drive ______________

a) Memory card
b) Compact drive
c) Compact disk
d) Memory disk

6. What does RAID stand for?

a) Redundant array of independent disks
b) Redundant array of inexpensive disks
c) Redundant array of intermediate disks
d) Redundant array of improper disks

7. A set of hard disk drives with a controller mounted in a single box, forming a single large storage unit is ____________
a) Disk array
b) Drives
c) Compact drives
d) Multi-cores

8. The process in which a file is partitioned into smaller parts and different parts are stored in different disks is
____________
a) RAID
b) Mirroring
c) Stripping
d) RAID classification
9. Which of the following uses multiple hard disk platters mounted on a single central shift?
a) Disk drives
b) Hard disks
c) Disk packs
d) Compact disks

10. Which of the following is not a magnetic disk?

a) Floppy
b) Winchester
c) Zip
d) FLASH

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Output Devices”.

1. Input Devices that use a special ink that contains magnetizable particles of iron oxide are ____
a) Optical disks
b) Magnetic disks
c) MICR
d) Magnetic drives
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2. MICR character set consists of only 2 digits 0 and 1.
a) True
b) False

3. A printer that prints one line at a time and has a predefined set of characters is called _______
a) Laser
b) Drum
c) Inkjet
d) Impact

4. Which of the following is a name of plotter as well as a printer?

a) Flatbed
b) Laser
c) Drum
d) Impact

5. Name the device that converts text information into spoken sentences.
a) Speech Sensors
b) Compact convertors
c) Speech Synthesizers
d) Voice systems

6. Which of the following is not a part of a digitizer?

a) Digitizing tablet
b) Cursor
c) Stick
d) Stylus

7. Which is the device used for converting maps, pictures and drawings into digital form for storage in computers?
a) Digitizer
b) Scanner
c) Image Scanner
d) MICR

8. The process in which a file is partitioned into smaller parts and different parts are stored in different disks is called
_________
a) RAID
b) Mirroring
c) Stripping
d) RAID classification

9. Which of the following Printers have a speed in the range of 40-300 characters per second?
a) Inkjet
b) Laser
c) Dot matrix
d) Drum

10. Which of the following is a temporary output?

a) Hard copy
b) Soft copy
c) Duplicate copy
d) On paper

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “System Softwares”.

1. The physical devices of a computer :

a) Software
b) Package
c) Hardware
d) System Software

2. Software Package is a group of programs that solve multiple problems.

a) True
b) False

3. ____________ refer to renewing or changing components like increasing the main memory, or hard disk capacities, or
adding speakers, or modems, etc.
a) Grades
b) Prosody
c) Synthesis
d) Upgrades

4. Which of the following is designed to control the operations of a computer?

a) Application Software
b) System Software
c) Utility Software
d) User

5. Which of the following is not an example of system software?

a) Language Translator
b) Utility Software
c) Communication Software
d) Word Processors

6. A person who designs the programs in a software package is called :

a) User
b) Software Manager
c) System Developer
d) System Programmer

7. ___________________ is designed to solve a specific problem or to do a specific task.

a) Application Software
b) System Software
c) Utility Software
d) User
8. Assembler is used as a translator for?
a) Low level language
b) High Level Language
c) COBOL
d) C

9. What do you call a program in execution?

a) Command
b) Process
c) Task
d) Instruction

10. Which of the following is not a process state?

a) Terminated
b) Running
c) Blocked
d) Execution

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Application Softwares”.

1. The software designed to perform a specific task:

a) Synchronous Software
b) Package Software
c) Application Software
d) System Software

2. Word processing software is a type of application software.

a) True
b) False

3. Developing software __________ means a major commitment of time, money and resources.
a) In-house
b) In-sync
c) On-date
d) On-duration

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4. Which of the following is not a way of acquiring software?
a) Buying pre-written software
b) Ordering customized software
c) Downloading public-domain Software
d) Duplicating the software

5. OSS stands for:

a) Open System Service
b) Open Source Software
c) Open System Software
d) Open Synchronized Software

6. Public domain software is usually:

a) System supported
b) Source supported
c) Community supported
d) Programmer supported

7. Set of programs which consist of full documentation.

a) Software Package
b) System Software
c) Utility Software
d) File package

8. Interpreter is used as a translator for __________

a) Low level language
b) High Level Language
c) COBOL
d) C

9. What do you call a specific instruction designed to do a task?

a) Command
b) Process
c) Task
d) Instruction

10. They normally interact with the system via user interface provided by the application software.
a) Programmers
b) Developers
c) Users
d) Testers

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Firmware & MiddleWare”.

1. The software substituted for hardware and stored in ROM.

a) Synchronous Software
b) Package Software
c) Firmware
d) Middleware

2. Middleware has enabled the production of various types of smart machines having microprocessor chips with embedded
software.
a) True
b) False

3. A “glue” between client and server parts of application.

a) Middleware
b) Firmware
c) Package
d) System Software

4. MOM stands for?

a) Message oriented middleware
b) Mails oriented middleware
c) Middleware of messages
d) Main object middleware

5. Storage of firmware is ___________

a) Cache Memory
b) RAM
c) External
d) ROM

6. DNS stands for?

a) Domain Name System
b) Direct Name System
c) Direct Network System
d) Domain Network System
7. A software that lies between the OS and the applications running on it.
a) Firmware
b) Middleware
c) Utility Software
d) Application Software

8. A type of middleware that allows for between the built-in applications and the real-time OS?
a) Firmware
b) Database middleware
c) Portals
d) Embedded Middleware

9. What is the other name for object middleware?

a) Object request interface
b) Object enabled interface
c) Object Request broker
d) Object enabled broker

10. The _______ calls certain procedures on remote systems and is used to perform synchronous or asynchronous
interactions between systems.
a) Procedure
b) RPC
c) Message Oriented
d) DB

This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Virtual Memory”.

1. Separation of user logical memory and physical memory is ___________

a) Memory control
b) Memory management
c) Memory sharing
d) Virtual memory

2. Logical Address space can be larger than physical address space.

a) True
b) False

3. Virtual Memory can be implemented via __________

a) Demand Paging
b) Logical paging
c) Structural way
d) Simple division

4. COW stands for?

a) Control over write
b) Convert over write
c) Count over write
d) Copy over write

5. LRU stands for?

a) Least Recently used
b) Less Recently used
c) Least Recurrently used
d) Least Randomly used

6. An allocation that uses a proportional allocation scheme using priorities rather than size.
a) Priority allocation
b) File allocation
c) Preference allocation
d) Simple allocation

7. A process selects a replacement frame from the set of all frames.

a) Local replacement
b) Global replacement
c) Block replacement
d) Module replacement

8. Any program, no matter how small, occupies an entire partition. This is called _____________
a) fragmentation
b) prior fragmentation
c) internal fragmentation
d) external fragmentation

9. A process is busy swapping pages in and out.

a) Thrashing
b) Compaction
c) External Fragmentation
d) Division

10. ____________ is one or more physically contiguous pages.

a) Slab
b) Cache
c) Object
d) Allocator