COMPUTER BASIC INFORMATION QUIZ

A storage area used to store data to compensate for the difference in speed at which the different units can handle data is

Memory

None of these

Buffer

Accumulator

Address

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When installing ______ The user must copy usually decompress program file from CDROM or medium to the hard disk.

Programming software

Application software

Application hardware

System hardware

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IBM 7000 digital computer

uses VLSI

belongs to second generation

has modular construction

None of these

employs semi conductor memory

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Control Unit of a digital computer is often called the

All of these

Clock

ICs

None of these

Nerve center

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A type of line printer that uses an embossed steel band to form the letters printed on the paper is

Band printer

Dot-matrix printer

None of these

Golf ball printer

Laser printer

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In computer terminology a compiler means

a program which translates source program into object program

a person who computes source programs

None of these

key punch operator

the same thing as a programmer

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Transistorized computer circuits were introduced in the

None of these

second generation

thir4 generation

fourth generation

first generation

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What does a light pen contain?

Refillable ink

Light sensitive elements

Pencil lead

Blue Ink

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Resolution of laser printer is specified in terms of

DPI

CPM

LPM

PPM

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Magnetic tape can serve as

None of these

Input media

Secondary storage media

Output media

All of these

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