Std: 9th Lession: 4 MEMORY, STORAGE DEVICES AND DATA REPRESENTATION MCQ’s

1. What is an alternative name of primary memory?*

A) Volatile B)Permanent C)Auxiliary D)none of these
2. Primary memory is also known as .
A) Main memory B)Volatile memory C)Random Access Memory D)All of These
3. Secondary memory is also known as .
A) Auxiliary memory B)Non-volatile memory C)Permanent memory D)All of These
4. Information in a memory of a digital computer is stored in form of binary digits .
A)0 B)1 C)Both A and B D)9
5. A is a binary digit, which is either 1 or 0.
A) Bit B)Pit C)Chit D)Kit
6. Which of the following is the unit of computer memory?*
A) Bit B)Pit C)Chit D)Kit
7. How many bits from a byte?*
A)4 B)8 C)16 D)32
8. 8 Bits = .
A) A1024 Bytes B)1024 kilo Bytes C)1 Bytes D)1024 Mega Byte
10
9. 2 Bytes= .
A)1024 Bytes B) 1024 kilo Bytes C) 1024 Mega Byte D) 1024 Giga Byte
10. 1024 Bytes = .
A)1 MB B)1 GB C)1 KB D)1 TB
20
11. 2 Bytes= .
A) 1024 BytesB) 1024 kilo Bytes C) 1024 Mega Byte D) 1024 Giga Byte
12. 1024 Kilo Bytes= .
A) 1 MB B)1 GB C)1 KB D)1 TB
13. 230 Bytes= .
A) 1024 BytesB) 1024 kilo Bytes C) 1024 Mega Byte D) 1024 Giga Byte
14. 1024 Mega Bytes= .
A) 1 MB B)1 GB C)1 KB D)1 TB
15. 240 Bytes= .
A) 1024 Bytes B) 1024 kilo Bytes C) 1024 Mega Byte D) 1024 Giga Byte
16. 1024 Giga Bytes= .
A) 1 MB B)1 GB C)1 KB D)1 TB
17. In primary memory, each cell is identified by .
A) An Alphabet B)A sign C)A number D)All of these
18. In primary memory, each cell is identified by number called .
A) Cell register B)Cell Society C)An address of the cell D)None of these
19. The memory from which any location can be chosen randomly is called .
A) RAMB)ROM C)Sequential access memory D)All of these
20. The full form of FIFO is .
A) First In First Out B)Fast in Fast Out C)Fun In Fun Out D)Family In Family Out
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21. Which of the following is a correct example of a FIFO?
A) A queue of people B)Pile of Paper C)Jobs Waiting for service D)None of these
22. The full form of LIFO is .
A) Light In First Out B)Last In First Out C)Liquidity In Finance Out D)None of these
23. Which of the following is a correct example of a LIFO?
A)A queue of people B)Pile(tray) of paper
C) Cars waiting for service D) Jobs Waiting for service
24. needs to be refreshed thousands of time per seconds.
A) DRAM B)SRAM C)PROM D)EPROM
25. does not need to be refreshed.
A) DRAM B)SRAM C)PROM D)EPROM
26. are used to permanently record data and instruction.
A) DRAM B)SRAM C)ROM D)None of these
27. ROM is an ideal memory to store instruction such as .
A) Boot Programs B)Fonts C)Printer driver files D)All of these
28. PROMs are manufactured as blank chips on which data/program can be written with a special devise
called .
A) ROM Writer B)PROM Programmer C)Chip Writer D)Program writer
29. Which of the following mechanism is used to erase content of an EPROM?*
A) Ultraviolet light B)Electric signal C)Laser technology D)Magnetic field
30. Which of the following mechanism is used to erase content of an EEPROM?
A) Ultraviolet light B)Electric signal C)Laser technology D)Magnetic field
31. EEPROMs are very useful in manufacturing .
A) USB pen drive B)Cellular Phones, digital cameras
C)MP3 players, micro SD cards D)All of these
32. The concept of ROM can be utilized to create .
A) Firmware B)Hardware C)Plasticware D)None of these
33. Which of the following type of memory is used by pen drives?*
A) RAM B)PROM C)EEPROM D)Any of these
34. Which of the following is a small and high-speed memory within the computer central processing unit?
A)Secondary B)Auxiliary C)Cache D)ROM
35. Which of the following is not a secondary storage device?
A) Cache memory B)Compact disks C)DVDs D)Pen drives
36. For what amount of time does a secondary memory retain its content?
A)Short duration B)Long duration C)Never D)None of these
37. is not directly accessible by processor of a computer.
A) PROM B)DRAM C)Secondary Memory D) SRAM
38. The purpose of memory is to increase speed of computer processor.
A) RAM B)ROM C)Secondary D)Cache

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39. When the processor needs to perform any read-write operations it first checks into the
memory.
A) Cache B)RAM C)Secondary D)ROM
40. Data and instruction are stored in during its operation.
A) ROM B)RAM C)EPROM D)Secondary Memory
41. Instruction is stored into during its manufacturing.
A) RAM B)SRAM C)DRAM D)ROM
42. The full form of RAM is .
A) Read Access Memory B)Real Access Memory
C)Random Access Memory D)RAndom Memory
43. The fill form of ROM is .
A) Read Only Memory B)Real Only Memory C)Random Only Memory D)ROman Memory
44. requires use of computer’s input/output channels.
A) SRAM B) DRAM C) Secondary Memory D) Cache Memory
45. of the following memory is slow.
A) RAM B)ROM C)Cache Memory D)Secondary
46. A consist of one or more rigid metal or glass plates.
A) Compact Disk B)Hard disk C)Pen drive D)DVD
47. Hard disk allows data to be recorded on the surface of the platters.
A) With ultraviolet light B)Magnetically C)With beams of laser light D)None of these
48. A hard disk platters at a high rate of speed.
A) Goes up and down B)Moves triangularly C)Moves rectangularly D)Spins
49. A hard disk platters spin at a high rate of speed, typically revolutions per minute
A)5000 to 7000 B)4400 to 7400 C)5400 to 7200 D)10000 to 12000
50. The full form of RPM is .
A) Random Private MemoryB)Read Private MemoryC)Real Part MemoryD)Revolutions Per Minute
51. A Read and Write data on the disk platters of the hard disk.
A) Laser light B)Scanner C)Read-Write head D)None ofthese
52. Storage Capacity of hard disk for personal computers range from .
A) 10 GB to 500 GB B)10 MB to 500 MBC)10 KB to 500 KB D)10 TB to 500 TB
53. The storage capacity of external hard disk is .
A) 350 GB B) 500 GB C) 1 TB D) All of these
54. The of the following is a part of computer.
A) CD B) DVD C) Hard Disk D) Pen Drive
55. is also called an optical disk.
A) CD B)DVD C)Hard Disk D)Pen Drive
56. is a flat, round and portable storage medium usually 4.7 inches in diameter.
A)Scanner B)Hard disk C)CD D)Pen drive
57. The Typical capacity of a CD is of data.
A)10 KB B)650 KB C)650 TB D)650 MB

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58. Data is burned into the CD using .
A) Beams of laser light B)Ultraviolet light C)Magnet D)None of these
59. The burns forms patterns of in the CD surface to represent data.
A) Bits and RAM B)Small pits C)Bytes and lands D)None of these
60. does not provide modification of data.
A) Hard disk B)Pen Drives C)Compact Disk D)All of these
61. There are popular types of optical disks.
A)2 B)4 C)5 D)3
62. usually come with data already written onto them.
A) CD-ROM B)Hard disk C)Compact disk D)All of these
63. The full form of CD-ROM is .
A) Compact Disk Real Object Memory B)Compact Disk Roman Memory
C)Compact Disk Read Only Memory D)Cartridge Disk Read Only Memory
64. can be erased and used to rewrite new information
A) CD-R B)CD-RW C)CD-ROM D)All of these
65. The full form of WORM is .
A) Write Once Read Many B) Write Once Rotation Many
C) Work Once Read Many D) Wide Object Read Many
66. of the following is not an optical media.
A) CD-ROM B)DVD C)CD-RW D)Hard Disk
67. CD can contain data such as .
A) Text B)Graphics C)Video D)All of these
68. The full form of DVD is .
A) Diamond Versatile DiskB)Digital Versatile DiskC)Data Verification DiskD)Different Variety Disk
69. On the information are encoded in a different format at a much higher density.
A)CD B)DVD C)Hard Disk D)Pen drive
70. The storage capacity of DVD is .
A) 650 MB B) 500 GB C)4 GB D)500 KB
71. USB Flash Drive are also known as .
A) Hard Drive B)Pen Drive C)Thumb Drive D)Both B and C
72. The Flash Memory Data Storage devices are integrated with a .
A) USB B)TSB C)PSB D)DSB
73. The full form of USB is .
A) Union Serial Bus B) Unusual Small Bus
C) Universal Serial Bus D) Uncommon Short Bus
74. of the following is available in different capacities like 2GB, 4GB,8GB,16GB, 32GB and 64GB.
A) Hard Disk B) CD C) DVD D) Pen Drive
75. If you have a movie clip or photos in your it can be directly attached to the television to see the
movies and photos.
A) Hard Disk B)CD C)DVD D)Pen Drive

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76. of the following instruments have USB port.
A) TV B)MP3 player C)Radio D)Both A and B
77. Which of the following number system is most suitable for basic computer data representation
into machine readable form?
A) Binary B)Octal C)Ternary D)Hexadecimal
78. Which of the following number system has 2 symbols 0 and 1?
A) Decimal B) Binary C) Hexadecimal D) Octal
79. of the following is a valid binary digit.
A)101 B)102 C)1012 D)900
80. of the following is an invalid binary digit.
A)101 B)102 C)1011 D)1001
81. We can quickly identify the binary number with its suffix .
A) B B)b C)2 D)Above Any one
82. The decimal number can be identify with it suffix .
A) B B)D and d C)10 D)Both B and C
83. is not possible with binary digits.
A) Addition B)Subtraction C)Storage of negative numbers D)Multiplication
84. To represent 0, positive and negative integers, different representation schemes are used.
A) 2 B)3 C)4 D)5
85. Which of the following method is used to represent an integer number into computer memory?
A)Sign magnitude methodB)1’s compliment MethodC)2’s compliment MethodD)All of these
86. In a sign magnitude method (-5)10 = .
A)1012 B)01012 C)11012 D)001012
87. In a sign magnitude method, a prefix to indicate positive number.
A)1 B)0 C) - D)+
88. By which of the following method, 0 has two possible representations?
A)Sign magnitude method B)1’s compliment method
C)Both A and B D)2’s compliment method
89. According to 1’s compliment, 0000 0000= .
A) +0 B)-0 C)Both A and B D)None of these
90. According to 1’s compliment, 1111 1111= .
A) +0 B)-0 C)Both A and B D)None of these
91. To represent fractional number, is used.
A) Decimal point number representation B)Decimal number representation
C)Floating point number representation D)None of these
92. The method is commonly used to represent a real number.
A) IEEE 756 bit double precision B) IEEE 31 bit single precision
C) IEEE 30 bit double precision D) IEEE 32 bit single precision
93. The full form of IEEE is .
A) Institute of Electronics, Elastic Engineers B) Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
C) Information of Electronics and Engineers D) Innovative Elements and Electronics Engineers

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94. According to IEEE 32 methods, the left most first bit of a given number is bit.
A) Most significant B)Least significant C)Most frequent D)Least Frequent
95. In computer memory, characters are represented using patterns.
A) Bit B) Chit C) Pit D) Kit
96. The rules determining bit patterns in a specific length are known as .
A) Flow chart B)Prototype C)Coding schemes D)Algorithm
97. Historically coding scheme were used in computers.
A) ASCII B)ANSI C)EBCDI C D)All of these
98. of the following is a 7 bit code.
A) ASCII B) ANSI C) EBCDIC D)UNICODE
99. of the following is a 8 bit code.
A) ASCII B)ANSI C)EBCDIC D)Both B and C
100. The full form of ASCII is .
A) American Standard Code For Information Interchange
B) African Standard Code For Information Interchange
C) All India Standard Code For Information Interchange
D) All Purpose Standard Code For Information Interchange
101. The full form of ANSI is .
A) African National Standard Institute B) Australian National Standard Institute
C) American National Standard Institute D) Algorithm National Standard Institute
102. The full form of EBCDIC is .
A) Extra Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
B) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
C) Exponential Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
D) Electrical Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
103. Which of the following method is used to represent character into computers memory?
A)ASCII B)Unicode C)EBCDIC D)All of these
104. system is developed and maintained by a non-profit organization.
A) ASCII B) UNICODE C) EBCDIC D) ANSI
105. Unicode use bit to represent a character.
A) 16 B) 32 C) Either A or B D) 7
106. coding scheme is popular.
A) UNICODE B)ASCII C)ANSI D)EBCDIC
107. Vector image representation uses to from a picture.
A) Lines B)Curves, rectangles C)Circle D)All of these
108. Vector image are the preferred way to represent .
A) Fonts B) Logos C) Pictures D) All of these
109. The full form of .bmp is .
A) Bit Map Image B) Bit Pixel Image C) Bit Programmed Image D) Binary Map Image

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110. The full form of .jpeg is .
A) Joint Photographic Export Graphics B) Junior Photographers Export Groups
C) Joint Photographic Experts Groups D) Joint Pictures Explore Groups
111. The full form of .png is .
A) Programmable Network Group B) Portable Network Group
C) Programmable Network Graphics D) Pixel Network Graphics
112. The full form of .gif is .
A) Gravity Interchange Format B) Graphics International Formula
C) Graphics Indian Foundation D) Graphics Interchange Format
113. The full form of .tiff is .
A) Tagged Image File Format B) Temple Image File Format
C) Temporary Image File Foundation D) Time oriented Image File Format
114. are the following are the sound/audio file format.
A).wav B).mp3 C).wma D) All of these
115. The full form of .wav is .
A) Wide Audio Variety B) Wide Audio File Format
C) Waveform Audio File Format D) World Audio File Format
116. The full form of .WMA is .
A) Wide Marketable Audio B) World Media Audio
C) Wild Moving Audio D)Windows Media Audio
117. In a digital video more than frames have to be passed to generate effects of continuous
scene.
A) 100 B) 200 C) 300 D) 45
118. are popular video file format.
A) .flv, .avi B) .WMV C) .mp4 D) All of these
119. The full form of .flv is .
A) Flash Video Format B) File Video Formality
C) Flickering Video Format D) Frequency Video Format
120. The full form of .avi is .
A) Average Video Interchange B) Audio Video Interchange
C)Audio Video Interface D)All India Video Format
121. The full form of .wmv is .
A) World Moving Video B) Windows Moving Video
C) Windows Media Video D) Wild Moving Video
122. Many mobile phones use to update the mobile firmware.
A) FOTA B)PHOTA C)MOTA D)all of these
123. The full form of FOTA is .
A) Flying Over The Air B)Firmware Over The Air
C)File update On The Air D)Fileware On The Air
124. In a sign magnitude method, a prefix to indicate positive number.
A)1 B)0 C)- D)+
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 125. According to IEEE 32 method, the most significant bit is .
A) Exponent B)Fraction C)Sign bit D)None of these
126. According to IEEE 32 method, the following 8 bit next to sign bit represents .
A) Exponent B)Fraction C)Sign bit (S) D)None of these
127. According to IEEE 32 method, the following bits next to sign bit represents Exponent (E).
A)10 B)23 C)32 D)8
128. According to IEEE 32 method, the last 23 bit of a number represents .
A) Exponent B)Fraction C)Sign bit (S) D)None of these
129. According to IEEE 32 method, the last bit of a numberrepresents fraction.
A)10 B)32 C)23 D)8
130. In IEEE 32 method, if =1 then the number is negative.
A) F B)E C)S D)all of these
131. In IEEE 32 method, if =0 then the number is positive.
A) F B)E C)S D)all of these
132. of the following number represents character.
A)60 B)63 C)64 D)67
133. of the following number represents a ASCII character’@’.
A)64 B)56 C)58 D)73
134. of the following number represents ASCII character ‘:’.
A)64 B)56 C)58 D)73
135. of the following number represents ASCII character ‘<’.
A)64 B)60 C)58 D)62
136. of the following number represents ASCII character ‘>’.
A)61 B)60 C)58 D)62
137. Number 61= ASCII character.
A)? B)> C)< D)=
138. Number 59= ASCII character.
A): B); C)< D)=
139. Maximum pattern can be formed using 8 bits.
A)356 B)357 C)256 D)100000
140. has capability to represent character from all the major languages across the world.
A)ASCII B)ANSI C)EBCDIC D)UNICODE
141. The 16 bit unicode scheme allows unique patterns.
A)65536 B)66536 C)65356 D)63563
142. more character were added in unicode scheme in may 2001.
A)44000 B)44949 C)65536 D)49449
143. In may 2001, new characters were added from language and culture in unicode scheme.
A)Mexico, Spain, Africa B)Iran, Iraq, Tehran
C)China, Japan, Korea D)India, Pakistan, Nepal
144. Presently, the Unicode latest standard (32 bits ) represents more than .
A)90000 B)10000 C)80000 D)100000

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145. Intersection of a row and column is known .
A) Box B)Pixel C)Pic box D)Table
146. The set of pixels in the form of array is stored in computer’s memory as a raster image or raster
map.
A) Single dimensional B)Three dimensional
C)Two dimensional D)Four dimensional
147. 3.1 mega pixel = resolution.
A)2048 × 1536 B) 2480 × 1356 C) 2840 × 3516 D) 2356 × 1480
148. Early silent films had frames per second to generate effects of continuous scene.
A)15-20 B)25-30 C)60-70 D)80-90
149. The full form of .mp4 is .
A) Mobile Picture 4 group B)Marketable Picture 4 group
C)Mailing Picture expert group D)Moving Picture expert group

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