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This set of Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Computer Fundamentals Set 6

Q1 | Which one of the following is the oldest and most common transmission line?
  • twisted pair
  • coaxial cable
  • fibre optic cable
  • none of the above
Q2 | which part is called the brain of the computer
  • hard disk
  • cpu
  • alu
  • memory
Q3 | 1giga byte s
  • 1024 bytes
  • 1024 kb
  • 1024 mb
  • none of the above
Q4 | RAM
  • raid applicable memory
  • random access memory
  • radio activated memory
  • none of the above
Q5 | Which of the following is not an output device
  • trackball
  • monitor
  • printer
  • speaker
Q6 | Cray Y-MP/C90 is a
  • microcomputer
  • minicomputer
  • mainframe
  • supercomputer
Q7 | which of the following is a portable computer?
  • laptop
  • subnotebooks
  • pda
  • all of the above
Q8 | IBM S/390 is
  • microcomputer
  • minicomputer
  • mainframe
  • supercomputer
Q9 | which one of the folowing is not a category of microcomputers
  • workstations
  • desktop
  • notebook
  • none of the above
Q10 | sun Blade 2000 is a
  • desktop
  • worksation
  • supercomputer
  • none of the above
Q11 | DDP stands for
  • direct database processing
  • distributed data processing
  • distributed database protection
  • direct data processing
Q12 | which of these work well in DDP?
  • minicomputers
  • mainframes
  • workstation
  • portable computers
Q13 | which one of the following is a Mainframe?
  • sunblade 2000
  • ibm z800
  • cray y-mp
  • all of the above
Q14 | the complex procedure that converts raw data into usefull information
  • parsing
  • powering
  • processing
  • none of the above
Q15 | the circuit board to which a microprocessor is attached is
  • breadboard
  • perfboard
  • motherboard
  • none of the above
Q16 | which one of the following is not a secondary storage device
  • magnetic tape
  • magneto optical disk
  • zip disk
  • none of the above
Q17 | the chip used in IBM PC XT is
  • 8088
  • 8086
  • pentium
  • none of the above
Q18 | which one of these belong to Power PC family?
  • pentium
  • 8086
  • 603
  • none of the above
Q19 | Power Mac personal computers are built on
  • intel
  • motorola
  • g3
  • none of the above
Q20 | which of the following belongs to 80x86 line
  • 68000
  • 603
  • 80286
  • none of the above
Q21 | access time is also known as
  • memory cycle time
  • effective access time
  • latency
  • none of the above
Q22 | the performance of heirarchical memory is defined by
  • response time
  • effective access time
  • memory cycle time
  • none of the above
Q23 | The memory closest to the pricessor is known as
  • page
  • ram
  • cache
  • none of the above
Q24 | Memories are characterised by
  • function
  • capacity
  • response times
  • all of the above
Q25 | the minimum period between two successive request is
  • response time
  • effective access time
  • memory cycle time
  • none of the above