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Computer Basics

Fundamental computer concepts including CPU architecture, memory types, file systems, operating systems, and computer history

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following registers holds the instruction code currently being executed?

  1. Memory address register
  2. Base register
  3. Program counter
  4. Instruction register
  5. Stack pointer
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following memory types has the fastest speed?

  1. Main memory
  2. Cache memory
  3. Internal memory
  4. Secondary memory
  5. All the memory types have the same speed
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following decodes( interprets) the retrieved (from the program stored in memory) instructions and then send them for further processing?

  1. RAM
  2. Monitor
  3. Motherboard
  4. ALU
  5. CU
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the extension of an image file?

  1. .wps
  2. .wma
  3. .tiff
  4. .asx
  5. .css
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the function of Base Address Register?

  1. It holds the address of the data item to be retrieved from the main memory.
  2. It holds the starting address of the memory stack.
  3. It holds the address of the next instruction to be executed.
  4. It holds the instruction code currently being executed.
  5. It holds the address of the top element of the memory stack.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a derived gate?

  1. OR Gate
  2. XOR Gate
  3. NAND Gate
  4. NOR Gate
  5. None of the above
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following constants represents carriage return?

  1. 'a'
  2. ' '
  3. ' '
  4. ''
  5. ' '
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a valid numeric constant?

  1. 25,000
  2. 698354L
  3. 7.1e 4
  4. 1.5E+2.5
  5. $255
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Arrange the following characters in ascending order according to their ASCII value.
b, A, (z-A), 0, Z

  1. (z-A), 0, b, A, Z
  2. 0, (z-A), b, A, Z
  3. A,(z-A),0,b,Z
  4. 0, (z-A), A, Z, b
  5. (z-A), 0, A, Z, b
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is incorrect about Windows 95?

  1. Windows 95 was known as Windows 4.0.
  2. It has plug and play features.
  3. It is a 16-bit operating system.
  4. It helps in easier location of system configuration file.
  5. It allows right mouse pointer.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a type of RAM?

  1. ADRAM
  2. DDR SDRAM
  3. RDRAM
  4. CDRAM
  5. DDRCDRAM
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a type of ROM?

  1. PROM
  2. EPROM
  3. EEPROM
  4. EEEPROM
  5. Flash EPROM
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the extension of a game file?

  1. .dem
  2. .wsf
  3. .sys
  4. .cfm
  5. .srt
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the representative computer of fourth generation computers?

  1. ENIAC
  2. IBM 7094
  3. IBM 360
  4. Intel's Xeon
  5. Motorola's 68020
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the example of a Batch operating system?

  1. Windows 98
  2. Windows 2000
  3. MS-DOS
  4. UNIX
  5. LINUX
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