Computer Science Basic MCQs - Set 6

1)   The capacity of 3.5 inch floppy disk is

a. 1.40 MB
b. 1.44 GB
c. 1.40 GB
d. 1.44 MB
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1.44 MB

Explanation:
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2)   WAN stands for

a. Wap Area Network
b. Wide Area Network
c. Wide Array Net
d. Wireless Area Network
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Wide Area Network

Explanation:
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3)   MICR stands for

a. Magnetic Ink Character Reader
b. Magnetic Ink Code Reade
c. Magnetic Ink Cases Reader
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Magnetic Ink Character Reader

Explanation:
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4)   EBCDIC stands for

a. Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
b. Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code
c. Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code
d. Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

Explanation:
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5)   Which of the following is a part of the Central Processing Unit?

a. Printer
b. Key board
c. Mouse
d. Arithmetic & Logic unit
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Arithmetic & Logic unit

Explanation:
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6)   CAD stands for

a. Computer aided design
b. Computer algorithm for design
c. Computer application in design
d. Computer analogue design
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Computer aided design

Explanation:
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7)   Junk e-mail is also called

a. spam
b. spoof
c. sniffer script
d. spool
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: spam

Explanation:
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8)   Hackers

a. all have the same motive
b. break into other people's computers
c. may legally break into computers as long as they do not do any damage
d. are people who are allergic to computers
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: break into other people's computers

Explanation:
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9)   What type of computers are client computers (most of the time) in a client-server system?

a. Mainframe
b. Mini-computer
c. Microcomputer
d. PDA
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Microcomputer

Explanation:
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10)   A computer cannot 'boot' if it does not have the

a. Compiler
b. Loader
c. Operating System
d. Assembler
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Operating System

Explanation:
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11)   The amount of vertical space between lines of text in a document is called

a. double-space
b. line spacing
c. single space
d. vertical spacing
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: line spacing

Explanation:
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12)   Example of non-numeric data is

a. Employee address
b. Examination score
c. Bank balance
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Employee address

Explanation:
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13)   What is embedded system?

a. The programme which arrives by being wrapped in box.
b. The programme which is the permanent part of the computer
c. The computer which is the part of a big computer
d. The computer and software system that control the machine
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The computer and software system that control the machine

Explanation:
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14)   First page of Website is termed as-

a. Homepage
b. Index
c. JAVA script
d. Bookmark
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Homepage

Explanation:
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15)   Is the appearance of typed characters?

a. Size
b. Format
c. Point
d. Colour
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Format

Explanation:
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16)   When a file is saved for the first time

a. a copy is automatically printed
b. it must be given a name to identify it
c. it does not need a name
d. it only needs a name if it is not going to be printed
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: it must be given a name to identify it

Explanation:
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17)   Office LANS, which are scattered geographically on large scale, can be connected by the use of corporate

a. CAN
b. LAN
c. DAN
d. WAN
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: WAN

Explanation:
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18)   Where are data and programme stored when the processor uses them?

a. Main memory
b. Secondary memory
c. Disk memory
d. Programme memory
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Main memory

Explanation:
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19)   _______________represents raw facts, where-as. is data made meaningful.

a. Information, reporting
b. Data, information
c. Information, bits
d. Records, bytes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Data, information

Explanation:
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20)   What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM) makes it useful?

a. ROM information can be easily updated
b. Data in ROM is non-volatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power.
c. ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive data storage.
d. ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Data in ROM is non-volatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!