Fundamentals of Computer Science 2 Questions

Fundamentals of Computer Science 2 (CSCC2202)

Higher Institute of Commerce and Management (HICM)

Semester: Second Semester

Level: 200

Year: 2015

Answers (200 )

Instruction: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

SECTION A: MCQ- Each question below gives a multiple choice of answers. Select the best (most

appropriate) option/answer and fill in your answer booklet. E.g If the answer to question “I”is “d”,you

write as follows: (1)d diskettes.

1) Which of the following devices allows the user to add external components to a computer

system? (a) Storage device (b) Keyboards (c) system boards/ports (d) diskette

2) Personal computers use a number of clips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common

name for such boards? (a) Monitor (b) Mobo (c) maneboard (d) eight nibbles

3) In binary language, each letter of alphabet, each number, and each specific characters in a unique

combination of (a) eight byte (b) eight kilobytes (c) two nibbles (d) eight nibbles

4) The simultaneous processing of two or more programs by multiple processors is called (a)

multiprocessing (b) multitasking (c) time-sharing(d) multiprogramming (e) None of these

5) The main memory of a computer must be large enough to contain the active parts of (a) The

applications (b)the operating system (c) input/output storage and working storage (d) All of these

(e) None of these

6) Gbps represents data transmission speed. What is the full meaning of Gbps? Gigabits per second

7) The computer that process both analog and digital is called (a) Analog computer (b) Digital

computer (c) hybrid computer (d) Hiebrid computer (e) Supercomputer

8) What term is used to describe using the mouse to open a shortcut menu? (a) Click (b) Double-

click (c)drag and drop (d) Point(e) right-click

9) The process of putting data into storage location is called (a) reading (b)writing (c) Controlling

(d) hand shaking (e) copying

512bytes

11) Which of the following performs modulation and demodulation? (a) satellite (b) modem (c) fiber

optics (d)amplifier (e) Computer

12) Operating system functions may include: (a)Input/output control (b) Virtual storage (c)

multiprogramming (d) processing (e) All the above

13) Memories in which any location can be reached in a fixed and short amount of time after

specifying it’s a address is called (a) Sequential access memory (b) random access memory (c)

secondary memory (d) mass storage

14) Impact printers (a) strikea ribbon against the paper to produce character images (b) include ink-jet

and thermal devices (c) are more expensive than laser printers (d) use optical technology

15) Bar codes store information using (a) punched holes(b) Thick and thin lines (c)All the above

(d)none of the above

16) For which instructions of program in memory the CPU goes through a (a) decode-store-fetch-

execute sequence (b) execute- fetch-store-decode sequence (c) fetch-decode-execute-store

sequence (d) fetch-execute-store-decode sequence (e) none of the above

17) Firmware means: (a) software (b) hardware (c) Software available on hardware (d) software and

hardware (e) None of these

18) Which of the following device can be used directly input printed text? (a) OCR (b) Mouse (c)

MIC (d)Joystick (e) bar code reader

19) The current generation of computers: (a)Second (b) fifth (c) Third (d) fourth (e) first

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20) What is the commonly used unit for measuring the speed of data transmission?(a) bytes per

second (b) Bits per second(c) baud (d) either b or d (e) none of the above

21) Which one of the following can produce the final product of machine processing in a formusable

by humans? (a) storage (b) control (c)input device (d) output device (e) processor

22) The computer device primarily used to provide hardcopy is the (a) CRT (b) line printer (c)

computer console (d) card reader (e) scanner

23) A terabyte comprises? (a) 1024 gigabyte (b) 1024 kilobyte (c) 1024 megabyte (d) 1024 byte

24) The first mechanical computer designed by Charles Babbage was called? (a)Abacus (b)

Analytical (c) Calculator (d) Processor

25) Which part interprets program instructions and initiate control operations? (a) Input (b) storage

(c)Logical unit (d) control unit (e) None of the above

26) Computer (a) Electronic discrete Variable Automatic computer (b) Electronic discrete valuable

automatic computer (c)Electronic developed valuable Automatic computer (d) noneof these

27) A micro computer has primary memory of 640K What is the exact number or byte contained in

the memory? (a) 64*1000 (b) 640*100 (c) 640* 1024 (d) either B or C (e) None of these.

28) Which of the following devices have a limitation that we can only write information on it but

cannot erase or modify it –(a) Floppy Disk (b) Hard Disk (c)Tape Drive (d) CDROM (e) None of

these

29) Integrated Circuit (Ics) are related to which generation of computers? (a) First generation (b)

Second generations (c) Third generation (d) Fourth generation

30) Manchester Mark 1 computer was based on (a) stored program concept (b)

Processing concept (c) electronic change concept (d) All of the above

31) Are specially designed computer chips that inside other device, such as your car or

youth electronic thermostat. a) Servers b) Embedded computer c) Robotic computers

d)Mainframes

32) From which generation operating systems were developed? (a) First (b)Second (c) third (d)

Fourth

33) A slag term used to denote people using the computer (a) Firm ware (b) Liveware (c) Hardware

(d)None of the above

34) The main memory works in conjunction with (a) RAM (b) CPU (c) Special wires cards (d)None

of these

35) Which is very high speed semiconductor memory which can speed up the CPU (a) Secondary

memory (b) Cache memory (c) Primary memory (d) None of these

36) Find the incorrect one (a) 1KB = 1024BYTE (b)1MB =1024BYTE (c) 1GB= 1024MB (d)

1TB=1024GB

37) Where are programs and data kept while the processor is using them? (a) Main memory (b)

Secondary memory (c) Disk Memory (d) Program memory (e) None of these

38) What happens when you boot up a PC (a) Portions of the operating system are copied from the

disk into the memory (b)Portions of the operating system are copied from the memory into the

disk (c)Portions of the operating system are compiled (d) Portions of the operating system are

emulated (e) The PC gets switched off.

39) Granting an outside organization access to internet web page is often implanted using a(n)- (a)

Internet (b) –intranet (c) Extranet (d) Wire net (e) None of these

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40) Communicating information to the outside world involves (a) accepting information from the

outside world (b) communication with another computer (c) producingoutput (d) communication

through cables (e) None of these.

SECTION B: Provide only the CORRECT answer to the following questions:

41) In of computers, assembly level language was introduced after binary

language

42) Which process checks to ensure the components of the computer are operating and connected

properly?

43) A is used to read handwritten or printed text to make a digital image that is

stored in memory.

44) Manipulating data to create information is known as

45) Which type of software controls the internal operations in the computer, and controls how the

computer work with all its parts?

46) What is the process of copying software programs from secondary storage media to the hard disk

called?

47) The smallest resolvable part of a picture is

48) Where BIOS is stored

49) The output quality of a printer is measured by

50) To access a minicomputer, mainframe or supercomputer, users often use a

51) All the logical and mathematic calculations done by the computer happen in/on the

52) To change hardware components into more powerful or rectified version is called

53) The standard protocol of the internet is TCP/IP. What is the full form of TCP/IP?

54) Is the science that attempts to powerful or rectified version is called

55) Something which has easily-understood instruction is said to be

56) Desktop and personal computers are also known as

57) Which box contain the central electronic computer, components of the computer

58) Programs such Mazilla Firefor that serve as navigable windows into the web are called

59) If a new device is attached to a computer, such as a printer or scanner, its must be

installed before the device can be used.

60) Serves computers that provide resource to other computers connected to a

61) General purpose computers are those that can be adopted to countless uses simply by changing its

62) Most application software today come with an interface called

63) A device that reads the information contained on a disk and transfers it to the computer’s

memory

64) Of the four words listed below, which one does not belong? (a) Application (b) Peripherals (c)

Programs (d) Software (e) None of these

65) The settings are automatic an standard

66) EDVAC

67) The process to divide the disc into tracks and sectors is

68) A byte can hold one of data. (a) bit (b) binary digit (c) Character (d)

Kilobyte

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69) Computer is free from tiresome and boredom. We call it

70) An electrical pathway within a computer is called

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