Preparatory Guidebook for Comprehensive Examination

QUESTION BANK
COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Choose the best Answers and give statements for TRUE / FALSE

Data once processed becomes _________________.

(a) Raw Facts
(b) Programs
(c) Memory address
(d) Information.

Star, Ring, Tree, Bus are all ________________.

(a) MAN Topologies
(b) LAN Topologies
(c) Proxies
(d) Network Protocols

Sphygmomanometer is a type of a _________________ computer.

(a) Digital
(b) Hybrid
(c) Super
(d) Input

Mini computers do not contain any micro computer in them.

(a) True
(b) False - Give reason (Are comprised of several micro computer)

GUI Stands for _______________.

(a) Gaming User Interlink
(b) Graphically Unused Intercept
(d) Graphical User Interface
(c) Graphically Use Integrate

Laser printers contain a photosensitive _____ and a toner.

(a) Drum
(b) Mirror
(c) Heat Laser
(d) Cartridge

A real time operating system gives immediate response of complete system when required.
(a) True
(b) False - Give reason (B/C this is their main functionality)

Mono Chrome have a _________________ display.

(a) Gas Plasma
(b) LCD
(c) Black & White
(d) Electron missile.
In which Category may the following best fall (Fiber Optic, Satellite, Radio Frequency, Coaxial
Cable, Twisted Pair).
(a) Transmission Media
(b) Guided Media
(c) Unguided Media
(d) a & c

Band & chain printers are one of the fastest mechanisms of printing.
(a) True
(b) False - Give reason (They are used for Electric supply billing ect. for a whole city)

Track balls are a type of a _________________ input device.

(a) Tablets
(b) Pointing
(c) Printing
(d) Tracing

Fiber optics has data transfer speed in hundreds of ________________.

(a) Tera Bits
(b) Mega Bits
(c) Giga Bits
(d) Kilo Bits

Keyboards first six letters are _________________.

(a) QWRETY
(b) ASDFG
(c) qwerty
(d) ~12345

All Coaxial cables are shielded by braided hair like conductor coating.
(a) True
(b) False - Give reason (they don fall in shielded /unshielded category the have built in shield of
broiled hair)

A dot matrix printer is a type of _________________ printer.

(a) Impress
(b) Intact
(c) Impact
(d) Contract

_________________ is a collection of raw facts.

(a) Virus
(b) Programs
(c) Memory address
(d) Data.

Key board, Motherboard, electronic cards, mouse etc is all types of _________________.
(a) Digital
(b) Hardware
(c) Analog
(d) Input
A laser printer sprays ink on the paper.
(a) True
(b) False - Give reason (It burns with heat)

There are ______________ types of Operating Systems.

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) None of these

Touch screens contain layers of locking _________________.

(a) Gates
(b) LCD
(c) Circuits
(d) Sensors.

Scanners, Printers, Mouse, Track balls all use a mechanical effort for working.
(a) True
(b) False - Give reason

Which one amongst the following is not a characteristic of an operating system?

(a) Defragmentation
(b) Up gradation
(c) Data Compression
(d) Programming

A _________________ can Support a graphically rich game.

(a) General Purpose Micro Computer
(b) Main Frame
(c) Analog
(d) Multi meter

Keyboards normally have _________________ keys. (102/105 standard)

(a) 105
(b) 106
(c) Both a & B
(d) None of these

Normal Hard Disk Drive revolves at _________________ Rotations per minute.

(a) 3200
(b) 3600
(c) 3400
(d) 6300

ATM Machines are a type of a General purpose computer.

(a) True
(b) False - Give reason

The _________________ the size of the speaker magnet the greater will be sound output.
(a) Smaller
(b) Bigger
(c) Compact
(d) Complex

Gas plasma contains _________________ gas.

(a) CNG
(b) Helium
(c) Neon
(d) SUI
All Microprocessors are provided with additional RAM and ROM.
(a) True
(b) False - Give reason

Application Software has _______________ types.

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) None of these

Joysticks have 4 buttons in the_________________.

(a) Base
(b) Lever
(c) Buffer
(d) Wire

A _______________ converts Analog signals into digital for computers use and vice versa for
output.
(a) Sound Card
(b) LAN Card
(c) Both a & b
(d) Only a

LAN Networks are faster than all types of networks.

(a) True
(b) False - Give reason

All types of ________________ are System Software.

(a) Drivers
(b) Operating Systems
(c) Both a & b
(d) Only b

System Software that _______________ hardware/devices.

(a) Runs
(b) Monitors / Administers
(c) Controls
(d) Executes

System software is basically made with machine language Instructions.

(a) True
(b) False - Give reason

Windows operating systems by Microsoft are _______________.

(a) Single User/Single Tasking
(b) Multi User/Single Tasking
(c) Single user/Multi Tasking
(d) None of these

Signal dropping after some specific length on guided media is known as.
(a) Attenuation
(b) Broad casting
(c) Collision Domain
(d) Tapping

Fiber optic is delicate in handling and installing.

(a) True
(b) False - Give reason