1. The word bandwidth is also used to mean ________?

 
[A]width of the data cable
[B] amount of data transferred
[C] number of the computers on a particular network
[D] none of the above

2. NetBIOS was introduced in 1983 by which company as an improvement to the

standard BIOS used by Windows-based computers?

[A] Dell
[B] IBM
[C] Compaq
[D] SyteK Inc

3. DDL is used to define the structure of a database, including the tables, columns, and
data types that it contains. Its full form is? 

[A] Data Definition Language

[B] Data Definition Link
[C] Determination Language.
[D] None of these

4. 32 bit operations were introduced for the first time by Microsoft in ________? 
[A] windows 9.5
[B] windows 3.0
[C] windows 3.11
[D] None of the above
5. A hybrid computer is the one which exhibits the features of __?
[A] analog computer
[B] digital computer
[C] both analog and digital computer
[D] mainframe computer

6. Which of the following is the processing unit of the computer?

[A] CPU
[B] Memory
[C] Graphic Card
[D] Mother Board

7. Who had proposed the principle of modern computer in his 1936 paper?
[A] Alan Turing
[B] Geoff Tootill
[C] Ferranti Mark
[D] Grace Hopper

8. Which of the following indicates where is the computer is in terms of the program
sequence?

[A] Logic Gate

[B] Knot Circuit
[C] Program Manager
[D] Program Counter
9. Which of the following is / are operating systems?
[A] Windows
[B] UNIX
[C] Linux
[D] All of the above

10. A computer cannot boot if it does not have which of the following?
[A] Compiler
[B] Loader
[C] Operating System
[D] Assembler

11. Which of the following is used for 3D positioning and modeling, animation and other
application?

[A] Space ball

[B] Trackball
[C] Spac ball
[D] All of the mentioned

12. Which of the following is the device that is constructed with the series of sensors
that detects hand and finger motion?

[A] Digitizers
[B] Data glove
[C] Joystick
[D] Track ball
13. Which of the following define the meaning of RAM?
[A] It is a memory which only be read.
[B] It is a memory which both read and written.
[C] It is a memory which is used for permanent storage.
[D] It is a memory which can only be written.

14. What is the name given to the malicious software that is considered to fall between
normal software and a virus?

[A] Spyware
[B] Greyware
[C] Malware
[D] Spam

15. Which of the following is the another term used for Software hosting?
[A] Cloud computing
[B] On demand service
[C] Software as a service or Saas
[D] All of the Above

16. Who among the following is the father of MySQL?

[A] Charles Babbage
[B] Michael Wideneus
[C] Allen Jobs
[D] Madam Kama
17. Which of the following are the examples of ORDBMS?
[A] PostgreSQL
[B] Greenplum
[C] SQL Server
[D] All of the Above

18. Which of the following statements in SQL are considered as Data manipulation
language?

[A] Update
[B] Insert
[C] Delete
[D] All of the Above

19. What is the name given to the computing infrastructure close to the sources of
data?

[A] Edge Computing

[B] Embedded Computing
[C] Encrypted Computing
[D] None of the Above

20. Who among the following proposed the R-tree for the first time?
[A] Antonin Guttman
[B] Van Neumann
[C] Steve Jobs
[D] Michael Raschell
21. What is the full form of IEC?
[A] International Electrotechnical Commission
[B] International Electrical Council
[C] Internet Embedded Commission
[D] None of the Above

22. Which among the following is the term given to the three rules to find logically
implied functional dependencies?

[A] Reflexivity Rules

[B] Normalization Rules
[C] W. Armstrong’s Axioms
[D] Closure Rules

23. Which of the following are the primary ways to enable LAN connections?
[A] Ethernet
[B] Wi-Fi
[C] Both a and b
[D] None of the Above

24. Which of the following device encodes and decodes the analog signals in a dial-up
connection?

[A] Modem
[B] NIC
[C] Router
[D] None of the above
25. What is meant by the terms ‘connect time’?
[A] Speed of data transfer in a connection
[B] Amount of time it took for user to make a connection to a remote computer
[C] Amount of time user is logged in to a remote computer
[D] None of the above

26. What does UDP stand for?

[A] Uninterrupted Delivery Protocol
[B] User Destination Pairing
[C] Uninterrupted Data Parsing
[D] User Datagram Protocol

27. Which of the following layer of the OSI model is used by the TCP for its operation?
[A] Network layer
[B] Transport layer
[C] Data Link layer
[D] Presentation layer

28. What is meant by DOM?

[A] Data Object Model
[B] Document Object Model
[C] Data Organisation Model
[D] Document Organisation Markup
29. Which of these companies own the search engine Bing?
[A] Google
[B] Microsoft
[C] Amazon
[D] IBM

30. When was the first version of Windows released?

[A] 1981
[B] 1998
[C] 1985
[D] 1987

31. Which button in MS Excel is clicked to calculate the sum of a series of numbers?
[A] Autosum
[B] Fill
[C] Merge
[D] Insert

32. Which of the key combination is used to move to the bottom of the column in MS
Excel?

[A] Ctrl + D
[B] Ctrl + U
[C] Ctrl + Down Arrow
[D] Ctrl + End
33. Which of the following cannot be inserted in an MS PowerPoint slide?
[A] Picture
[B] Webpage
[C] Sound
[D] All of the above can be inserted

34. What does MMS stand for?

[A] Multimedia Mobile Service
[B] Media on Mobile Service
[C] Multimedia Messaging Service
[D] Multiple Mobile Settings

35. What happens usually when we delete an email?

[A] It is moved to the trash folder
[B] It gets permanently deleted
[C] It is moved to the outbox
[D] It keeps a copy in the inbox

36. What is Keylogging attack?

[A] attack where keys of the keyboard stop working
[B] action of recording the keys struck on a keyboard
[C] action of sending a different input than the key pressed by the user
[D] None of the above
37. What is SSL?
[A] Secured System Layer
[B] Secret Sockets Layer
[C] Secure Sockets Layer
[D] Sensitive System Layer

38. Analytical Engine, the first fully automatic calculating machine was
developed by
(a) Charles Babbage
(b) Blaise Pascal
(c) Leibniz
(d) John Von Neumann

39. Which was the first mechanical calculating device?

(a) UNIVAC
(b) Abacus
(c) PASCALINE
(d) Leibniz Calculator

40. Pascaline is a
(a) Abacus
(b) Adding Machine
(c) Difference Machine
(d) Multiplication Machine

41. During the second generation, the size of computers was decreased by
replacing vacuum tubes with
(a) ICs
(b) Semiconductors
(c) Transistors
(d) Microprocessor

42. Integrated chips (IC) were started to be used from which generation of
computers?
(a) First generation
(b) Second generation
(c) Third generation
(d) Fourth generation

43. IC chips used in computers are made with

(a) Gold
(b) Silicon
(c) Copper
(d) Silver

44. The primary memory (also called main memory) of a personal computer
consists of
(a) RAM only
(b) ROM only
(c) both RAM and ROM
(d) Cache memory

46. The Boot sector files of the system are stored in which computer memory?
(a) RAM
(b) ROM
(c) Cache
(d) Register

47. RAM is _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _.

(a) volatile, temporary
(b) non-volatile, temporary
(c) volatile, permanent
(d) non-volatile, permanent

48. Which of the following memory is non-volatile?

(a) RAM
(b) ROM
(c) Cache
(d) ROM and Cache

49. Which memory acts as a buffer between CPU and main memory?
(a) RAM
(b) ROM
(c) Cache
(d) Storage

50. Which process is used to map logical addresses of variable length onto
physical memory?
(a) Paging
(b) Overlays
(c) Segmentation
(d) Paging with segmentation

51. Which computer memory chip allows simultaneous both read and write
operations?
(a) ROM
(b) RAM
(c) PROM
(d) EEPROM
52. In which type of memory, once the program or data is written, it cannot be
changed?
(a) EPROM
(b) PROM
(c) EEPROM
(d) None of these

53. In which type of ROM, data can be erased by ultraviolet light and then
reprogrammed by the user or manufacturer?
(a) PROM
(b) EPROM
(c) EEPROM
(d) Both a and b

54. Which type of ROM is used for erasing purposes only?

(a) PROM
(b) EPROM
(c) EEPROM
(d) Both b and c

55. The combination of two or more interconnected networks is called

a) Internetwork
b) LAN
c) MAN
d) WAN

56. ISP stands for

a) International Service Provider
b) International System Provider
c) Internet Service Provider
d) Internetwork System Provider

57. National Internet Service Provider (ISP) networks are connected to one
another by private switching network is called
a) Peering Points
b) Network Access Points
c) National ISP
d) None of these

58. The network that provides high-speed connectivity or transmission speed is

a) MAN
b) LAN
c) WAN
d) Internetwork

59. The method of communication in which transmission of data takes place in

both directions but in one direction at a time is

a) Simplex
b) Four-wire circuit
c) Half-duplex
d) Full duplex

60. The method of communication in which transmission of data takes place in

both directions at the same time is
a) Simplex
b) Four-wire circuit
c) Half-duplex
d) Full duplex

61. The telephone network is a good example of

a) Half-duplex
b) Simplex
c) Full duplex
d) a and c
62. Keyboard and Monitor is a good example of
a) Simplex
b) Half duplex
c) Full duplex
d) a and b

63. Which mode of communication can be used when there is no need for
communication in both directions at the same time.

a) Simplex
b) Half duplex
c) Full duplex
d) b and c

64. In a broad sense, a railway track is an example of

a) Simplex
b) Half duplex
c) Full duplex
d) None of these
65. Nodes are another name of
a) Links
b) Devices
c) Medium
d) Modes
66. A connection that provides a dedicated link between two devices is called

a) Point-to-Point
b) Multipoint
c) Topology
d) Protocol

67. A connection in which more than two specific devices share a single link is
called
a) Standard
b) Multipoint
c) Channel
d) Peering points

68. The geometric arrangement of devices on the network is called

a) Topology
b) Protocols
c) Network
d) Medium

69. A topology in which every node has a dedicated point to point link to all
nodes (devices) within the network is called
a) Mesh
b) Star
c) Bus
d) Ring
70. A topology that consists of a number of devices connected by point to point
links to a central hub is called
a) Mesh
b) Bus
c) Star
d) Ring

71. A topology that consists of multiple devices connected by connectors or the

main cable is called
a) Mesh
b) Ring
c) Star
d) Bus

72. A topology in which each device has a dedicated point-to-point connection

with only the two devices on either side of it is called
a) Mesh
b) Ring
c) Star
d) Bus

73. Which of the following topology is multipoint?

a) Bus
b) Star
c) Ring
d) Mesh

74. The topology that covers security, robust, and eliminating the traffic factor
or control is known as
a) Mesh
b) Ring
c) Bus
d) Star

75. Which of the following topology uses a central hub?

a) Star
b) Bus
c) Mesh
d) Ring

76. A communication pathway that sends data from one point to another is
called
a) Node
b) Link
c) Medium
d) Topology

77. Difficult reconnection and troubleshooting (fault isolation) are

disadvantages of
a) Star topology
b) Mesh topology
c) Bus topology
d) Ring topology

78. The connection of two or more topologies are called

a) Star
b) Mesh
c) Bus
d) Hybrid
79. OSI Reference model stands for
a) Online Systems Interconnection
b) Open Systems Internet
c) Open Systems Interconnection
d) Online Systems Interconnection

80. Which layer is not present in the OSI reference model?

a) Physical Layer
b) Application Layer
c) Transport layer
d) Internet layer

81. A set of internetworking protocol that allows communication across

multiple diverse networks is known as
a) TCP
b) IP
c) ISP
d) TCP/IP

82. TCP/IP stands for

a) Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol
b) Transmission Channel Protocol/Internet Protocol
c) Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
d) Transmission Connection Protocol/Internet Protocol

83. Which is the lowest layer of the OSI model?

a) Data Link
b) Application
c) Network
d) Physical

84. Which of the following is the top layer of OSI model?

a) Presentation
b) Session
c) Application
d) Transport

85. Which layer of OSI model transmits raw bits over a communication
channel?
a) Data Link
b) Physical
c) Network
d) Session

86. Which layer of OSI model divides the stream of bits received from the
network layer into data frames?
a) Physical
b) Transport
c) Data Link
d) Session

87. Which layer of OSI model defines the type of transmission medium between
two devices?

a) Data Link
b) Physical
c) Session
d) Presentation
88. Which layer of OSI model is responsible for the delivery of individual
packets from the source host to the destination host?
a) Network
b) Physical
c) Data Link
d) Application

89. Which layer of OSI model provides hop-to-hop (node-to-node) delivery?

a) Physical
b) Data Link
c) Network
d) None of these

90. Data processing cycle consists of

a) input cycle and output cycle
b) input cycle, output cycle, and processing cycle
c) output cycle and processing cycle
d) data transforming and refining cycle

91. Motherboard is also known as

a) electronic board
b) Printed circuit board(PCB)
c) Combined device board
d) CPU board

92. he hardware in which data is stored permanently for a computer system is

a) Registers
b) Bus
c) Secondary memory
d) Main memory
93. The three main parts of central processing unit (CPU processor) is
a) ALU, Control Unit, and Registers
b) ALU, Control Unit, and RAM
c) Cache, ALU, and RAM
d) Control Unit, RAM, and Cache

94. Ctrl, Shift, and Alt are known as _ _ _ _ _ _ _keys.

(a) function
(b) modifier
(c) alphanumeric
(d) adjustment

95. Which of the following is used in an optical mouse?

(a) Infrared light
(b) Light Emitting Diode (LED)
(c) Sensor
(d) Microwave

96. Wireless mouse communicates through

(a) radiowaves
(b) infrared wave
(c) microwaves
(d) Electromagnetic signal

97. The OCR stands for

(a) Outsized Character Reader
(b) Optical Character Reader
(c) Operational Character Reader
(d) Only Character Reader

98. The OMR stands for

(a) Optical Mark Recognition
(b) Optical Magnetic Reader
(c) Only Mark Recognition
(d) Optical Markup Recognition

99. The MICR stands for

(a) Magnetic Ink Card Reader
(b) Magnetic Ink Code Recognition
(c) Meta Ink Character Recognition
(d) None of these

100. The concept of the internet was originated in

(a) 1970
(b) 1969
(c) 1971
(d) 1981

101. What is the full form of HTML?

(a) High Transfer Machine Language
(b) High Transmission Markup Language
(c) Hyper Text Markup Language
(d) Hypermedia Markup Language

102. Inventor of www (World wide web) is . . . . . .

(a) Bill Gates
(b) Lee. N. Feyong
(c) Tim Berners Lee
(d) Tom Berners Lee
103. To access a webpage, an URL is required. What is the full form of URL?
(a) Uniform Resource Locator
(b) Universal Resource Locator
(c) Universal Resource Line
(d) Uniform Resource Line

104. A computer network that is used to controlled access from outside of an

organization’s intranet is called
(a) Intranet
(b) Frame
(c) Extranet
(d) ISP

105. A software program that is used to view web pages is called

(a) site
(b) host
(c) link
(d) browser

106. Every computer machine host on the internet network has

(a) similar IP address
(b) unique 15-digit number
(c) unique IP address
(d) the same IP address

107. Who is known as the father of Wikipedia?

(a) John Smith
(b) Albert Brown
(c) Jimmy Wells
(d) Stephen Hawkins

108. What is the full form of ISP?

(a) International Service Provider
(b) Internet Service Provider
(c) Ithernet Service Provider
(d) Intra Service Provider

109. What is the full form of NIC?

(a) Network Interconnection Card
(b) Network Internet Card
(c) Network Interface Card
(d) Network Intra Card

110. What is the full form of DNS in a computer network?

(a) Domain Name System
(b) Decimal Number System
(c) Domain Numeric System
(d) Dual Name System

111. In a computer, .com, .edu, .gov, and .net are the examples of
(a) tag
(b) protocol
(c) top level domain extension
(d) IP address

112. A small piece of data sent from a website and stored in the user’s web
browser is called
(a) anonymous file
(b) cookie
(c) web page
(d) information

113. Which of the following is the nature of the cookie?

(a) Non-volatile
(b) Volatile
(c) Transient
(d) Intransient

114. The first dial-up connection was made in 1965 by

(a) Lawrence G. Roberts
(b) Robert Hook
(c) Bill Gates
(d) None of these

115. What is the full form of ISDN?

(a) Internet Service Digital Network
(b) Integrated Service Digital Network
(c) Intranet Service Digital Network
(d) International Service Digital Network
116. Which standard network protocol is used to communicate between web
browser and web server?
(a) FTP
(b) HTTP
(c) IP
(d) NTTP

117. Which of the following protocol is used to connect to Usenet server and
transfer newsgroup articles between systems over the internet?
(a) FTP
(b) NTTP
(c) TCP
(d) TCP/IP

118. Which of the following is used to connect the internet with a computer?
(a) Router
(b) Modem
(c) Network Switch
(d) Server

119. What is the full form of MIME?

(a) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
(b) Multipurpose Intra Mail Extensions
(c) Multiple Internet Mail Extensions
(d) Multiplepurpose Internet Mail Email

120. The web server on the internet is also known as

(a) hub
(b) host
(c) gateway
(d) repeater

121. Which of the following instructs the computer hardware, what to do and
how to do it?
(a) Hardware
(b) Operating system
(c) Software
(d) Device driver
122. One or more defects occurring in the computer software that prevents the
software from working is called
(a) bot
(b) system error
(c) bug
(d) slug

123. Bug means

(a) logical errors in the program
(b) syntax error in the program
(c) runtime error
(d) All of the above

124. A mistake in an algorithm that generates incorrect results or output is

called
(a) logical error
(b) syntax error
(c) compile-time error
(d) procedural error

125. The process of finding errors/defects/bugs in the software program is called

(a) Debugging
(b) Interpreting
(c) Compiling
(d) Testing

126. Software programs developed for performing particular tasks related to

managing computer resources is called
(a) System software
(b) Utility software
(c) Application software
(d) Helper software
127. Application software is developed to accomplish
(a) real-world tasks
(b) operating system tasks
(c) computer-centric tasks
(d) All of the above

128. What is the full form of GUI?

(a) Graphical Universal Interface
(b) Graphical User Interface
(c) General Utility Interface
(d) General Universal Interface

129. Which among the following is not a type of utility system software?
(a) Antivirus
(b) Firewalls
(c) Disk defragmenter
(d) MS-DOS

130. Which utility software is used to protect the computer system from
hackers?
(a) Antivirus
(b) Firewall
(c) AUP
(d) Backup wizard

131. What is the full form of a Virus?

(a) Very Information Record User Search
(b) Very Interchanged Result Until Source
(c) Vital Information Resources Under Siege
(d) Vital Information Resources Under Search
132. Any physical components of a computer system that we can see and touch
is
(a) Software
(b) Peripheral device
(c) hardware
(d) CPU

133. Which of the following component of CPU performs arithmetic operations

such as addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication and logic operations
such as AND, OR, and NOT?
(a) CU
(b) ALU
(c) Both a and b
(d) Register

134. Which among the following is the fastest memory in a computer that holds
information?
(a) Register
(b) Cache
(c) Main memory
(d) RAM

135. Which register holds the address of the current instruction being executed?
(a) Instruction register
(b) Memory data register (MDR)
(c) Stack register
(d) Program counter

136. Which register shows the results of arithmetic and logical operations such
as carry, overflow, negative?
(a) Stack register
(b) Status register
(c) Memory data register
(d) Memory buffer

137. Which keys are also known as toggle keys?

(a) Caps lock, Num lock
(b) Control key, Enter key
(c) Shift, Esc
(d) Both a and b

138. Which of the following is not an integral part of the computer system?
(a) CPU
(b) Mouse
(c) Monitor
(d) UPS

139. Which of the following is a temporary storage location attached to CPU for
input and output operations?
(a) Memory chip
(b) Register
(c) Buffer
(d) Core

140. A uniform interval of CPU time allocated for performing a task is called
(a) real time
(b) seek time
(c) time slice
(d) unit time

141. What is the full form of DMA?

(a) Direct memory access
(b) Dynamic memory access
(c) Double memory access
(d) None of these

142. Internal memory of central processing unit is nothing but

(a) a set of registers
(b) a set of ALU and CU
(c) buses
(d) None

143. Which of the following invented the first microprocessor?

(a) Vint Cerf
(b) Terence Percival
(c) John Mauchly
(d) Ted Hoff

144. The microprocessor consists of millions of

(a) registers
(b) microchips
(c) transistors
(d) semiconductors

145. Which memory unit communicates directly with the CPU?

(a) Main memory
(b) Register
(c) Secondary memory
(d) Auxiliary memory
146. Which input device is mainly used to detect marks on paper?
(a) Barcode reader
(b) OMR
(c) OCR
(d) MICR

147. Which input device is widely used for acquiring textual data from images?
(a) MICR
(b) OCR
(c) Scanner
(d) Sensor

148. The clarity of an image depends on which factors?

(a) Resolution of the screen
(b) Dot pitch
(c) Refresh rate
(d) All of the above

149. What is the full form of CRT device?

(a) Cathode Ray Tube
(b) Crystal Ray Tube
(c) Cathode Ray Transistor
(d) None

150. LCD stands for

(a) Liquid Crystal Display
(b) Light Crystal Display
(c) Liquid Cathode Display
(d) None
151. What does TFT stand for?
(a) Transistor Film Transistor
(b) Thin Film Transistor
(c) Thin Film Transducer
(d) None

152. What is the full form of LED?

(a) Light Emitted Diode
(b) Light Emitter Diode
(c) Liquid Emitted Diode
(d) Both a and c

153. The speed of a printer is measured in

(a) CPS (Character per second)
(b) LPM (Lines Per Minute)
(c) PPM (Pages Per Minute)
(d) All of the above

154. The resolution of a printer is numerically measured in

(a) DPI
(b) PPI
(c) LPM
(d) All

155. What is the full form of USB in data cables?

(a) Universal Structural Bus
(b) Unicode Serial Bus
(c) Universal Serial Bus
(d) Universal Smart Bus
156. Which port is used to connect audio and video multimedia devices like
video camera?
(a) Parallel Port
(b) Serial Port
(c) USB
(d) Firewire
157. Which of the following port has slow speed data transmission?
(a) Parallel Port
(b) Serial Port
(c) USB
(d) Firewire

158. Which port is used to connect a printer to the computer system?

(a) Firewire
(b) Serial Port
(c) Parallel Port
(d) Both a and b

159. The fourth-generation computers were based on the invention of

(a) Microprocessor
(b) Artificial Intelligence
(c) Semiconductors
(d) Microprocessor and AI

160. Fifth generation computers are based on the technique of

(a) Microprocessor
(b) Artificial Intelligence
(c) LSI
(d) VLSI
161. The first computer which provides storage is
(a) EDSAC
(b) EDBAC
(c) MARK-I
(d) ACE

162. Which of the following was the first computer developed by India?
(a) IBM 370
(b) PARAM
(c) Siddhartha
(d) CRAY-1

163. The first supercomputer developed in India is

(a) PARAM
(b) ARYA Bhatt
(c) BUDDHA
(d) SHIVA

164. Analog computer works on the supply of

(a) Continuous electric pulses
(b) Electric pulses but not continuous
(c) Magnetic strength
(d) Natural strength

165. Who is known as the father of computer science?

(a) John Moore
(b) Alan Turing
(c) Adam Osborne
(d) Neal Stephenson
166. Which system is used by digital computers to encode data and programs?
(a) Semiconductor
(b) Decimal system
(c) Binary system
(d) Both b and c

167. Which type of computer is used in a digital watch?

(a) Mainframe
(b) Embedded computer
(c) Minicomputer
(d) Microcomputer

168. Which type of computer is used in weather forecasting?

(a) Embedded computer
(b) Supercomputer
(c) Mainframe
(d) Workstation

169. Which of the following is used as a storage device during first-generation

computers?
(a) Magnetic drum
(b) Hard disk
(c) Floppy
(d) Both a and c

170. Which of the following is an example of solid-state storage device?

(a) Hard Drive
(b) CD
(c) DVD
(d) USB Flash Drive
171. The computer internal memory consists of
(a) Cache memory, registers
(b) CPU registers, main memory, cache memory
(c) Main memory, secondary memory
(d) Virtual memory, cache memory

172. The process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors is called
(a) Tracking
(b) Crashing
(c) Dicing
(d) Formatting

173. Which of the following memory uses flip flop component?

(a) DRAM
(b) SRAM
(c) ROM
(d) SDRAM

174. In which of the following transistor and capacitor is used?

(a) SRAM
(b) DRAM
(c) SDRAM
(d) Both b and c

175. Which type of RAM can be used as cache memory?

(a) SRAM
(b) DRAM
(c) SDRAM
(d) Both a and b
176. EPROM is used for
(a) erasing the data of ROM
(b) reconstructing data of ROM
(c) duplicating ROM
(d) erasing and reconstructing data of ROM

177. EPROM is generally erased by

(a) infrared rays
(b) ultraviolet rays
(c) Electromagnetic signal
(d) 12V electrical pulse

178. Virtual memory is an

(a) extremely large memory
(b) extremely large secondary memory
(c) illusion of an extremely large memory
(d) a type of memory used in supercomputers.

179. Which unit is used to measure the CPU’s processing power?

a) GIPS
b) LIPS
c) MIPS
d) Nanoseconds

180. Which unit is used to measure the CPU’s speed of a computer?

a) IPS
b) GPS
c) Clock speed
d) IPC
181. The clock rate of CPU is measured in which unit?
a) Milliseconds
b) Microhertz
c) Nanoseconds
d) MHz or GHz

182. What is a “register”?

a) Digital circuit
b) Combinational circuit
c) Arithmetic circuit
d) Sequential circuit

183. Which of the following is used to overcome the difference in data transfer
speeds of various devices?
a) Speed enhancing circuit
b) Bridge circuit
c) Buffer register
d) Combinational circuit

184. Before performing arithmetic and logical operations by ALU, data must
first transfer from primary memory to
a) read-only memory
b) ALU register
c) control unit
d) secondary memory

185. An instruction cycle consists of

a) fetching, and decoding
b) decoding, and executing
c) fetching, decoding, executing, and storing
d) fetching, executing, and storing
186. The sequence of events that take place in the computer when it is
interpreting and executing an instruction is called
a) executing cycle
b) instruction cycle
c) machine cycle
d) decoding cycle

187.