Daily Computer Quiz : 18th September 2018

1. A device that can convert digital signal to analog signal is-

(1) a packet 

(2) Modem

(3) Switch

(4) Router

(5) None of these

2. A network that requires human interventions to route signals is –

(1) bus network

(2) ring network

(3) star network

(4) T-switched network

(5) None of these

3. A dot-matrix printer-

(1) is an input-output device 

(2) is an output device only

(3) is an input device only 

(4) only 2 & 3

(5) None of these

4. Which of the following is true?

(1) Plotters are not available for microcomputer systems

(2) Micro-computer are not programmed like conventional computers

(3) Mini-computers are task-oriented

(4) The contents of ROM are easily changed

(5) None of these

5. ROM is composed of-

(1) Magnetic cores  

(2) Micro-processors 

(3) Photoelectric cells 

(4) Floppy disks

(5) None of these

6. The computer code for interchange of information between terminals is-

(1) ASCII 

(2) BCD 

(3) BCDIC  

(4) Hollerith

(5) None of these

7. A temporary storage area, attached to the CPU, for I/O operations, is a-

(1) Channel 

(2) Buffer 

(3) Register 

(4) Core

(5) None of these

8. A characteristic of the ASCII code is

(1) its limitation to a maximum of 96 character configuration

(2) its use of the zone codes 1010, 1011 and 1100

(3) its independence from Hollerith code

(4) All of these

(5) None of these

9. A term used interchangeably with diskette is-

(1) Disk cartridge 

(2) Disk pack

(3) Floppy disk 

(4) Packette disk

(5) None of these

10. The daily processing of corrections to customer accounts best exemplifies the processing mode of

(1) batch processing  

(2) real-time processing

(3) time-sharing 

(4) off-line processing

(5) None of these

Answers

1. 2

2. 4

3. 2

4. 3

5. 2

6. 1

7. 2

8. 3

9. 3

10. 1