COMPUTER BASIC INFORMATION QUIZ

Which type of computers use the 8 bit code called EBCDIC?

None of these

Mainframe computers

Supercomputers

Minicomputers

Microcomputers

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If the processor of a computer does not have a direct and unassisted access to data items, these items are said to be

remote

offline

disconnected

detached

None of these

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An internal storage consisting of arrays of small rings of magnetic material called ferrite is

Magnetic core

None of these

Optical mark reader

Magnetic disk

Magnetic tape

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Which of the following is the product of data processing?

Information

System

Data

Software Program

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The punched card used in the IBM System/3 contains

None of these

120 columns

80 columns

96 columns

126 columns

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Which of the following items is not used in Local Area Networks (LANs)

Printer

Computers

Cable

Modem

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MODULA is a

Assembly language

Machine language

Low-level language

Programming language

None of these

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Computer instructions written with the use of English words instead of binary machine code is called

None of these

Mnemonics

Symbolic code

Gray code

Op-code

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Computer scientists are exploring the possibility of culturing bacteria to create living chips which have digital electronic properties. What are these chips called?

natural chips

neural chips

None of these

biochips

bacterial chips

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A vertically aligned set of tracks on a disk pack is known as

Cylinder

Surface

Cluster

None of these

Panel

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