INFORMATION SYSTEMS_IS 511 TEST 2
TOPIC 34 & 5
TOPIC 3 – THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND
MOBILE DEVICES
EASY QUESTIONS
Which of the following is required when more than one person uses a central computer at the same time?
- Terminal
- Light pen
- Digitize
- Mouse
ANSWER: A
Which of the following required large computer memory?
- Imaging
- Graphics
- Voice
- All of above
ANSWER: D
A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of A.Speed B.Accuracy
- Reliability
- Cost
ANSWER: D
A plastic card similar to a credit card but having some memory and a microprocessor embeded within it is
- Punch Paper Tape
- Chip Card
- Card Punch
- Magnetic Tape
ANSWER: A
A storage device where the access time is dependent upon the location of the data is
- Random
- Sequential access
- Transaction access
access B. Serial access
ANSWER: B
Which of the following memories has the shortest access time? A. Cache memory
- Magnetic Bubble memory
- Magnetic core memory
D. RAM
ANSWER: A
'megabytes' of computer storage capacity consists of A. one million
- two million
- three million
- four million
ANSWER: A
A small group of bits treated as a single unit is called as
- bits
- binary characters
- input
characters D.bytes
ANSWER: D
Typical data transfer rates in LAN are of the order of
- Bits per sec
- Kilo bits per
- None of the above
sec C. Mega bits per sec
ANSWER: C
The central processing unit(CPU) consists of
- Input, output and processing
- Control unit, Primary storage and secondary storage
- Control unit arithmetic-logic unit, and
primary storage D. Control unit, processing, primary storage
ANSWER: D
A (n) chip provides flexibility and expandability for a computer system; it contains essential Information that is required every time the computer system is turned on.
A. ROM
B. RAM
C. TCP/IP
D. CMOS
ANSWE
R: D
The most commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is called
A. ASCII
B. EBCDIC
C. BCD
- All of above
ANSWER: A
ROM is type of
- semiconductor
- adapter
- networ
k D.firmware ANSWE