Computer Fundamentals
Computer Fundamentals
Test 21
Fax Machine
Telegram
Telephone
Modem
ASCII
EBCDIC
Straight Binary Code
Gray Code
3. What is a computer programming language on which groups of 1s and 0s are used to represent
instructions and the only language a computer actually understood?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Machine Language
Application Software
High-Level Language
FORTRAN
4. An area of memory that holds the ASCII characters that are being displayed on a monitor is
called_____
A.
B.
C.
D.
Space
Start bit
Terminal
Screen image
5. Processors with more than two registers for arithmetic and logical operations are classified as:
A.
B.
C.
D.
6. What input device translates motions of a ball rolled on a flat surface to the monitor screen?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Wand reader
Pen
Bar Code Reader
Mouse
7. What is the system program used to translate directly an assembly language to machine language
called?
A. Assembler
B. Complier
C. Interpreter
D. Debugger
8. What is operand address?
A. The binary code that represents the operation to be performed by the CPU.
B. The address of the data to be operated as the CPU executes the instruction called the op
code.
C. A short abbreviation for the operation
D. All of the choices
9. What is the standard method for coding data on 80-column, 12-row card?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Baudot code
ASCII
Hollerith code
EBCDIC
10. A software program designs to enter a computer system, usually a network, through security holes
and the replicate itself.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Computer virus
Worm
Trojan horse
HTTP
11. What refers to the computers use of hard disk storage to simulate RAM?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Volatile Memory
ROM
Data Storage
Virtual memory
12. What is set instructions that resides on a storage device, such as hard drive, and can be loaded into
memory and executed called?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Stored program
Service program
Operating program
Memory-resident program
B. Internet
C. E-mail
D. Hypertext
15. Which memory holds the most recently read and frequently read data in memory, making
subsequent retrieval of that data much faster than reading from a tape or disk drive or even from the
main memory?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cache memory
Virtual memory
Static memory
Dynamic memory
16. A large application or program is divided into modules of equal size called_______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pages
Sectors
Segments
Stacks
17. What 5-bit code that has long been used in Telex and teletypewriter communications?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Baudot Code
BCD
EBCDIC
ASCII
18. What is the term for a deadlock situation that occurs when a program references a different page for
almost every instruction, and there is not even enough real memory to hold most of the memory?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Paging
Scanning
Thrashing
Handshaking
19. What is a single word memory location used to temporarily hold data during program execution?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Accumulator
Register
Buffer
Stack
20. What refers to the debugging method in which the program is executed one instruction at a time and
the register contents can be examined after each step?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Text editing
Syntax analyzing
Trace
Stacking
21. In a computer system,_______ is a hardware unit where the control keys are located.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
CPU
Keyboard
I/O section
Console
22. All are parts of the computer hardware organization except one. Which one?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Architecture
Implementation
Hardware realization
Assembler
23. The data manipulated by a program is called ______ depending on its nature and extent.
A.
B.
C.
D.
database
File
Input
All of the choices
24. Which one represent machine instructions by mnemonic names and allows memory addresses and
other to be represented by symbols rather than bit strings?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Assembler
Interpreter
Machine language
Assembly language
25. Which of the following is an instruction that causes data to be brought from memory into an
accumulator register?
A.
B.
C.
D.
LOAD
LOOP
FETCH
JUMP
Writing
Loading
Reading
Memorizing
27. What register holds the data being written into or read out of the addressed memory location?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hold register
Memory address register
Memory data register
Access register
Driver
Transfer program
Language translator
RAM
A source program
An object program
A machine program
A users program
31. A program designed attached in a file produce, and spread from one file to another destroying area
as claying an irritating message, or other use disrupting computer operations
A.
B.
C.
D.
Computer virus
Worm
Trojan horse
All of the choices
32. Which one is the portion of a circle where the instruction is sent from memory to the instructor
register?
A.
B.
C.
D.
LOAD
ACCUMULATE
EXECUTE
FETCH
2
8
10
16
34. A special file that is used by the operating system to store the physical location of all the files on a
storage medium, such as a hard disk or floppy disk is called _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Field
File allocation table
File format
File information table
35. What is that part of a computer instruction that defines what type of operation that the computer is to
execute on specified data?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Machine language
Mnemonic
Assembly language
Op code
Arithmetic circuit
Logic circuit
Electronic circuit
Sequential circuit
38. Which computer port is commonly used in order to speed up the transfer of the computer data?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Parallel port
Serial port
Video port
Modem port
39. Which device puts data on the bus during a write operation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ALU
CPU
Keyboard
Accumulator
41. What is the term used to described the moving of software from another computer to your own
computer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Surfing
Downloading
Uploading
Accessing
43. Which of the following classes of mass memory devices use a laser beam to write and read onto a
specified coated disk?
A.
B.
C.
D.
RAM
ROM
Non-volatile memory
Optical disk memory
44. Which of the following is the busiest bus and the one that carries that actual data?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Address bus
Data bus
Control Bus
Microprocessor
45. HTTP:// is an identifier that appears at the beginning of most Web pages. What does HTTP stands
for?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1,000,000
999,999
1,000,001
1,048,576
47. The bus that communicates control and status information is the:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Address Bus
Data bus
Control Bus
Microprocessor
48. What do you call the program stored in ROM that loads and initializes the operating system on a
computer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bootsector program
CMOS program
BIOS program
Bootstrap program
49. What is the term for a computer or software that requests information from another computer or
server?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Host
Workstation
Client
All of the choices
50. A software that translates a program written in a high-level language into low-level instructions before
the program is executed called_____.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Complier
Assembler
Integrator
Interpreter
52. What computer memory is used during the first cycles of data processing activity?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Chip size
Check bit
Silicon type
RAM capacity
54. Which of the following belongs to a class of codes called the minimum change codes, in which only
one bit in the code group changes when going from one step to the next?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Morse code
BCD code
Excess-3 code
Gray code
55. What is the difference between the high and low frequency spectrum?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cut-off frequency
Bandwith
Resonance frequency
Center frequency
File
Database
Drive
Memory
58. Which of the followings takes the complete decimal and represents it in binary?
59. All are basic operation in Boolean algebra except:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Logical addition
Logical subtraction
Logical multiplication
Logical division
DIP
Metal Type
CMOS
TTL
61. What refers to the time with which a disk can find data being sought?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Access time
Data time rate
Transfer time
Enter time
Hierarchical database
Relational database
Ordered database
Sequential database
63. In what slot does the CD will be connected to the mother board of the computer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
PCI slot
IDE slot
ISA slot
AGP slot
Bit
Byte
Nibble
Word
66. The command line in basic programming is always started by which of the following?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Integer
Alphanumeric
Machine code
Clear code
67. An instruction that alters the normal course of a program by causing it to jump to another instruction
is the________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Rotate instruction
Skip instruction
JUMP
Loop instruction
68. An instruction that causes data in the accumulator to be moved to the memory or a peripheral
register.
A.
B.
C.
D.
FETCH
STORE
LOOP
LOAD
69. What refers to a specific register that always points to the address of the next instruction to be
executed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Instruction register
Pushdown Stack
Program counter
Control bus
70. What id the term for a high speed memory used to store a small amount of data temporarily so that
the data can be retrieved quickly?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cache memory
Video memory
Volatile memory
Scratchpad memory
71. What program is executed on several different computers to compare their speed and performance?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Complier
Assembler
Diagnostic program
Benchmark
72. A computer or software on the network that supplies the network with data and storage is called?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Server
Maintenance
Host
Workstation
73. Which of the following has a function of directing memory and I/Q devices transfers?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Address bus
Data bus
Control bus
Device bus
76. What register holds the current instruction during the execution?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Instruction register
Pushdown register
Program register
Execution register
0
77. A BCD code has how many bits per number?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2
4
8
16
Card printer
Dot-matrix printer
Computer printer
Ink jet printer
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
80. The term firmware is used to described programs stored in which of the following memory hardware?
A.
B.
C.
D.
81. Which one refers to an assembly of computer hardware and software that enables computers to
share data, software and other resources with each other?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Base 10
Octal
Binary
Gray
83. What is needed to translate a high-level program into a sequence of machine instructions that
performs the desired task?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Assembler
Interpreter
Complier
Debugger
Compliers
Accounting
Assembling
Word processing
85. A computer program that appears to perform one function while actually doing something else, such
as inserting a virus into a computer system or stealing a password.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Computer virus
Worm
Trojan horse
Hypertext
86. Which one refers to a device that amplifies a signal and passes it on?
A. Repeater
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B. Amplifier
C. Trap
D. Modulator
87. What refers to characters that can be displayed or printed, including numeral and symbols?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Control Characters
Alphanumeric data
Binary characters
Alphanumeric control
88. What refers to the manner in which alphanumeric data and control characters by sequences of bits?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Controlling
Processing
Coding
Transforming
Cookie File
Java File
HTTP file
HTML file
90. What memory in a computers used to hold the computers start up routine?
A.
B.
C.
D.
RAM
CMOS
ROM
SDRAM
Unloading
Downloading
Reading
Accessing
92. What type of bus carries the memory address from the computer to the memory?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Data bus
Address bus
Control bus
Parallel bus
93. What type of bus carries lines that control the operation of the memory from the microprocessor to
the memory?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Data bus
Address bus
Control bus
Parallel bus
94. What register holds the address of the word currently being accesed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hold register
Memory address register
Memory data register
Access register
Monitor
Cobol
SCADA
IBM PC
96. What is technique used to ensure that the bits within a memory byte are correct?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Handshaking
Parity
Swapping
Processing
97. What is a term for a sequence of computer instructions that perform some functions?
A. Algorithm
B. Machine language
C. Program
D. Assembly language
98. If the executable program is kept on disk or tape, it is normally referred to as _______.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Software
Firmware
Hardware
All of the choices
99. What do you call a network where people can retrieve information communicate, entertain or do
business from comfort of a PC?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Internet
Web site
Facsimile
E-mail
100. What do you call a projector that will be used to project video signals from a computer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Multimedia projector
Electronic projector
Overhead projector
Laptop projector
101. A type of a computer memory circuits that hold data, program instructions, and the operating
system while the computer is on.
A.
B.
C.
D.
102. What refers to one or more integrated circuits that contain permanent instructions that the computer
during boot process?
A.
B.
C.
D.
CMOs
ROM
RAM
Boot Sector
103. Which of the following is used to capture real and moving objects and displays it into a computer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Scanner
Video player
Electronic recorder
Digital camera
Video display
Screen
Monochrome monitor
RGB monitor
Serial port
Parallel port
Special port
Any of these
Star network
Ring network
Cascaded network
Local network
107. What do you call a group of sectors on a storage medium that, when accessed as a group speed up
a data access?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Track
Media
Cluster
Cell
Personal computer
Net computer
Personal digital assistant
Tele computer
Bit
Byte
Cell
Character
110. A collection of information that may be stored in more than one file is called? ________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Databank
Database
Dataware
Data module
111. Which one is a tiny electrically operated switch that can alternate between on and off million times?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Diode
Latch
Pentode
Transistor
112. A boot disk that contains operating system files plus antivirus software is called ______.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Boot disk
Rescue disk
Reserve disk
Restore disk
Anti-antivirus
Antivirus eradicator
Worm
Retro viruses
114. A computer that is smaller and more portable than a computer notebook. It is sometimes called
palm-top computer.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Microcomputer
Minicomputer
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Micro PC
115. What do you call a communication network covering a geographical area the size of the city or
suburban?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
A Laptop
A mega computer
A main frame computer
A desktop computer
117. This term refers to preparing the disk for usage so that the operating system can be written on it.
Which one?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Multitasking
Formatting
Setting
Debugging
Flowchart
Block diagram
Assembler diagram
Machine code
119. What is use to translate high level statements into machine language?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Macros
Assembler
Compiler or interpreter
Loader
BCD
Baudot code
Hollerith code
EBCDIC
An interface standard
A type of computer memory
A type of computer hard disk
A computer cable connecting the hardwares
A.
B.
C.
D.
Software
Central processing unit
Filmware
Hardware
Modem
Security code
Telephone line
PC
Custom software
Instant access software
User-friendly software
Shareware
125. What refers to a technique where each user of a computer takes turns,
Under the control of the operating system, using the entire computer
Main memory for a certain length time?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Multitasking
Time-shaking
Handshaking
Batch processing
126. A multi-user system is similar to a multi-tasking system except that all users are:
A.
B.
C.
D.
127. A computer virus that infects the macros that are attached to documents and spreadsheets is
called __________________
A.
B.
C.
D.
Micro virus
File virus
Document virus
0Spread sheet virus
128. What call a computer that do you receives and stores e-mail data until
Retrieved by the email account holder?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ISP
POP server
POST
MPEG
A.
B.
C.
D.
130. what do you call a microscopic plate of silicon that contains thousands of micro miniature electronic
circuit components?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Integrated transistor
Memory
Central processing unit
Microchip
Application software
Package software
System software
Market software
132. what code is a 7-bit code that allows only 128 different combinations and commonly used in
microcomputers
A.
B.
C.
D.
EBCDIC
ASCII
Baudot code
Hollerith code
133. what do you call a person who gains illegal access to a computer system?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Electronic enthusiast
Hacker
Computer pirate
All of the choice
134. what do you call process of retrieving a file from the internet and storing it in the PC?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Scanning
Browsing
Downloading
Uploading
136. What refers to a computer base system in which a telephone message is recorded in digital form
and then forwarded to others?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Voice mail
Answering machine
Teleconference
Audio conference
137. it refers to the rate at which data is sent over communication lines.
Which one?
A. Propagation rate
B. Uploading rate
C. Baud rate
D. Attenuation
138. what holds data and instructions for further manipulation in the ALU?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Register
Accumulator
Baud rate
Data bus
139. what is in a machine that implies that it is capable of absorbing and organizing new data learning
new concept, reasoning logically and responding to inquires?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Self-process intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Man-free intelligence
All of the choices
Attention
Attraction
Attack
Attempt
141. Which of the following refers to a round piece of plastic that stores data and program as a
magnetized spot?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Digital disk
Hard disk
Floppy disk
None of these
Diode
Triode
Chip
Internet
143. What do you call a series of concentric or spiral storage areas created on a storage medium during
the formatting process?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Traces
Routes
Domains
Tracks
144. What do you call a device that provides the computer with electricity if the is a power failure?
A.
B.
C.
D.
145. what type of database stores all information in the equivalent of a matrix?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hierarchical database
Relational database
Ordered database
Sequential database
146. what is the term for a computer professional who plans an entire computer system?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Programmer
Software developer
System analyst
All of the choice
Stylus computer
Pen-based computer
Touch-screen computer
All of the choice
A thousands kilobytes
A million kilobytes
A group of characters that can fill a computer storage
A hundred thousand bytes
1.44 MB
1.8 MB
1.25 MB
1.5 MB
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gopher
Web page
Password
Browser
Modem
Data auxiliary set
Personal computer
None of these
Oscillator
Multiplexer
Demodulator
Demultiplexer
microphone
digital camera
speakers
screen filter
File
Record
Document
Database
155. What device is used in converting a computer digital signal to analog signals for transmission over
telephone wires?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Modem
Network hub
Digital switch
Demodulator
156. The extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC) uses how many bits of each
character?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2
4
8
16
157. In a network computers, what do you call the computer wherein commonly used files are stored and
accessed?
E. Network computer
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F. Host computer
G. File server
H. PC
158. EE Board October 1999
The digital system usually operates on _____ system.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Decimal
Hexadecimal
Binary
Octal
159. Which one refers to a way of sending and receiving mails between two or people through the global
computer network?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Electronic mail
Express mail
Facsimile
Internet
160. What do you call a communication network that covers a wide geographical area such as a state or
country?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Tape storage
Disk storage
Primary storage
Secondary storage
Supervising control
Remote control
SCADA
Control and monitoring system
163. What refers to the process of sending a copy of file from a local computer to a remote computer?
A. Downloading
B. Electronic mail
C. Uploading routing
164. An individual computer can be interconnected to a network of computers using which of the
following?
A. Interface
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B. Serial port
C. Modem
D. Network hub
165. What type of communication system uses light, rather than electricity to communicate?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Data communication
Optical communication
Microwave communication
Fiber optic communication
Fax machine
Modem
Telegram
Modem
1 Gbytes
10 Gbytes
650 Mbytes
100 Mbytes
Baudot
ASCII
BCD
EBCDIC
170. What is the name of the place in the internet which can be accessed and gather information?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Yahoo
Hotmail
Web site
Web page
D. Software collaboration
172. Which one is used in the screen of a laptop computer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
LCD
CRT
JRT
RSC
173. In order for a program to run, it must be placed in the computers memory by a__________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Computer
Loader
Installer
Interpreter
DDE equipment
Telephone line
ATE equipment
DCE equipment
175. Which computer slot provides a high speed data pathway that is primarily used for graphic cards?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ISA
PCI
AGP
ADE
6s
9s
1s
3s
177. What is used to translate an assembly language code into machine language?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Assembler
Loader
Complier
Interpreter
512
256
128
64
Star network
Ring network
Mesh network
Local network
Facsimile machine
Communication hub
Modem
Cellular phone
182. This slot in the computer typically houses a graphics card, sound card, video card, or modem.
Which one?
A.
B.
C.
D.
IDE
ISA
AGP
PCI
183. What part of the microprocessor fetches and decodes the incoming instruction and generates the
signals necessary for the arithmetic and logic unit to perform the intended function?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ALU
Stack
Accumulator
Control unit
Digital access
Digital protocol
Digital convergence
Digital technology
Log-in
Booting
Password
Log-out
Start-up program
Computer program
Monitor program
All of the choices
Software
Firmware
Hardware
Software and firmware
Minicomputer
Mainframe
Maxicomputer
Microcomputer
Integrated circuit
Microprocessor
Accumulator
ALU
190. What is the function of the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU)?
A.
B.
C.
D.
RAM
ROM
PROM
EPROM
Accumulators
Registers
Program counters
Control units
193. What code results when each digit of a decimal number is represented by its binary equivalent?
A. Morse code
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B. Gray code
C. Binary-coded decimal
D. Straight binary code
194. What provide temporary data storage in sequential order usually on a last-in, first out basis?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Registers
Stacks
Accumulators
Counters
195. What refers to a program that controls the computer at its most basic level and provides the
environment for application programs?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Computer program
Multi-tasking program
Operating system
Assembly language
2
4
6
8
197. What is a term used to described a copyrighted software marketed under a license that allows
users to use the software for a trial period and then send in a registration fee if they wish to continue the
use of it?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Firmware
Trial software
Shareware
Test run software
198. Data does not need to be refreshed and remains as long as the power stays on for what type of
memory?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Dynamic memory
Static memory
Kinetic memory
Virtual memory
200. What memory contains the BIOS that is read in when the computer is first started?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Cache memory
Virtual memory
Os system
Video memory