Computer as a System

Computer as Hardware and Software

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following input/output devices is not associated with personal computers?

  1. Mouse
  2. Colour monitor
  3. Punched card
  4. Dot matrix printer
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Malicious software (like trojan horses, viruses, worms) is known as

  1. spyware
  2. adware
  3. spam
  4. malware
  5. None of these
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a computing device?

  1. Notebook computer
  2. Cellular telephone
  3. Digital scanner
  4. Personal digital assistant
  5. None of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an open source software?

  1. Windows
  2. Macintosh
  3. Linux
  4. NetWare
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_______ is a set of computer programs used in a computer to perform tasks.

  1. An instruction
  2. Software
  3. Memory
  4. A processor
  5. Hardware
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following keyboards is the fastest?

  1. QWERTY
  2. Dvorak
  3. Alphanumeric
  4. Numeric
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a collection of physical components that constitutes of a computer system?

  1. Hardware
  2. Software
  3. OS
  4. BIOS
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

____________ are specially designed computer chips that reside inside other devices such as your car or your electronic thermostat.

  1. Servers
  2. Embedded processor chip
  3. Joystick
  4. Robotic computers
  5. All of the above
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following input devices uses switch contacts placed under a plastic pad, which may be inscribed with symbols?

  1. Touch pad
  2. Punched card
  3. Soft keyboard
  4. Mouse
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an internet software?

  1. Net scape navigator
  2. Internet explorer
  3. UNIX
  4. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an application software?

  1. Word processor
  2. JAVA
  3. Database program
  4. Web browser
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A peripheral output device that stores large amount of information up to 650 MB is

  1. a hard disk
  2. a floppy drive
  3. a CD ROM
  4. none of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following printers cannot print graphics?

  1. Ink-jet
  2. Daisy wheel
  3. Laser
  4. Dot matrix
  5. None of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The ________ of a system includes the programs or instructions.

  1. hardware
  2. icon
  3. software
  4. information
  5. none of these
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

OMR stands for

  1. Optical Music Recogniser
  2. Optical Mark Recognition
  3. Optical Markup Reader
  4. None of these