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This section includes 1439 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Data Mining knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 951. |
A disk's content that is recorded at the time of manufacture and that cannot be changed or erased by the user is- |
| A. | Memory only |
| B. | Write only |
| C. | Read only |
| D. | Run only |
| Answer» D. Run only | |
| 952. |
Built in memory of computer is .......................... . |
| A. | EROM |
| B. | ROM |
| C. | RAM |
| D. | PROM |
| Answer» C. RAM | |
| 953. |
Hard disk drives are considered ........................ storage. |
| A. | Flash |
| B. | Non-volatile |
| C. | Temporary |
| D. | Non-permanent |
| Answer» C. Temporary | |
| 954. |
Typical acronym of reuseable optical storage will be ..................... . |
| A. | CD |
| B. | CD-RW |
| C. | DVD |
| D. | RPM |
| Answer» C. DVD | |
| 955. |
The computer monitor is which type of device? |
| A. | Input |
| B. | Scanning |
| C. | Software |
| D. | Output |
| Answer» E. | |
| 956. |
The ...................... may also be called the screen or monitor. |
| A. | Printer |
| B. | Display |
| C. | Scanner |
| D. | Software |
| Answer» C. Scanner | |
| 957. |
The most frequently used piece of hardware for inputting data is ....................... . |
| A. | Keyboard |
| B. | Floppy disk |
| C. | Cursor |
| D. | Software |
| Answer» B. Floppy disk | |
| 958. |
A ....................... is often used to select or highlight. |
| A. | Mouse |
| B. | Icon |
| C. | Keyboard |
| D. | Hard disk |
| Answer» B. Icon | |
| 959. |
A key that will erase information from the computer's memory and characters on the screen ........................ . |
| A. | edit |
| B. | delete key |
| C. | dummy out |
| D. | trust key |
| Answer» C. dummy out | |
| 960. |
If you open a menu and then decide you don't want to select an option after all, click the menu title again or press the ........................ key to close the menu. |
| A. | Shift |
| B. | Tab |
| C. | F1 |
| D. | Esc |
| Answer» E. | |
| 961. |
A sales clerk at a checkout counter scanning a tag on an item rather than keying it into the system, is using ........................ . |
| A. | input automation |
| B. | item data automation |
| C. | scanning automation |
| D. | source data automation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 962. |
The most common storage device for the personal computer is the ........................... . |
| A. | floppy disk |
| B. | USB thum drive |
| C. | zip drive |
| D. | hard disk drive |
| Answer» B. USB thum drive | |
| 963. |
An Integrated Circuit (IC) is |
| A. | Much costlier than a single transistor |
| B. | A complicated circuit |
| C. | An integrating device |
| D. | Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip |
| Answer» E. | |
| 964. |
A specific part of an arithmetic & logic unit that is used to perform the operation of multiplication is |
| A. | Multiplener |
| B. | Multiplier |
| C. | Quantization |
| D. | Multivibrator |
| Answer» C. Quantization | |
| 965. |
Where was the India's first computer installed and when? |
| A. | Institute of Social Science, Agra, 1955 |
| B. | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1971 |
| C. | Indian Institute of Statistics, Delhi, 1957 |
| D. | Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, 1955 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 966. |
A circuit which can store information is known as |
| A. | Memory cell |
| B. | Chip |
| C. | Gate |
| D. | Integrated circuit |
| Answer» B. Chip | |
| 967. |
A micro processor chip used in a PC system |
| A. | Performs the primary storage function |
| B. | Is the only chip cound in most PC models |
| C. | Performs the arithmatic-logic and control functions |
| D. | Almost always operates on by-bits of data at a time |
| Answer» D. Almost always operates on by-bits of data at a time | |
| 968. |
Which of the following is used to make a programs run when the computer is switched on. |
| A. | Warmboot |
| B. | Autoboot |
| C. | Authentication |
| D. | Boot |
| Answer» C. Authentication | |
| 969. |
A acronym for the organisation that publishes programming language standard is |
| A. | ANSI |
| B. | ASCn |
| C. | EBCDIC |
| D. | BCD |
| Answer» B. ASCn | |
| 970. |
What was the computer conceived by Babbage? |
| A. | Games |
| B. | Donald Knuth |
| C. | Arithmetic Machine |
| D. | Analytical Engine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 971. |
A program used to detect overall system malfunction is |
| A. | Utilities |
| B. | System diagnostics |
| C. | System analysis |
| D. | System software |
| Answer» C. System analysis | |
| 972. |
The shifting of a program from one of the memory addresses to another is |
| A. | Data transmission |
| B. | Database |
| C. | Relocation |
| D. | Data collection |
| Answer» D. Data collection | |
| 973. |
Micro computer hardware consists of three basic categories of physical equipment- |
| A. | Keyboard, monitor and hard drive |
| B. | System unit, input / output and memory |
| C. | System unit, input / output and secondary storage |
| D. | System unit, primary storage and secondary storage |
| Answer» D. System unit, primary storage and secondary storage | |
| 974. |
A computer falls into the ........................ category if it is, at the time of construction, one of the fastest computers in the world. |
| A. | mini computer |
| B. | super computer |
| C. | micro computer |
| D. | both (A) and (B) |
| Answer» C. micro computer | |
| 975. |
Digital computers use a ......................... system to encode date and programs. |
| A. | semiconductor |
| B. | decimal |
| C. | binary |
| D. | RAM |
| Answer» D. RAM | |
| 976. |
The first computer was programmed using................................ |
| A. | Assembly language |
| B. | Machine language |
| C. | Apaghetti code |
| D. | Source code |
| Answer» C. Apaghetti code | |
| 977. |
Which type of computer could be found in a digital watch? |
| A. | Mainframe |
| B. | Super computer |
| C. | Embedded computer |
| D. | Notebook computer |
| Answer» D. Notebook computer | |
| 978. |
Transmission and presentation of text and graphics is called |
| A. | Video text |
| B. | Tele-text |
| C. | Network |
| D. | Telematique |
| Answer» B. Tele-text | |
| 979. |
The two main components of the CPU is |
| A. | Registers and main memory |
| B. | ALU and bus |
| C. | Control unit and registers |
| D. | Control unit and ALU |
| Answer» E. | |
| 980. |
The light pen was developed in |
| A. | 1950 |
| B. | 1942 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» B. 1942 | |
| 981. |
Which of the following could be digital input devices for computers? |
| A. | Digital camcorder |
| B. | Microphone |
| C. | Scanner |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 982. |
The most common storage device for the personal computer is the ............................... . |
| A. | floopy disk |
| B. | USB thumb drive |
| C. | zip disk |
| D. | hard disk drive |
| Answer» B. USB thumb drive | |
| 983. |
Which device is used asthe standard pointing device in a Graphical User Environment? |
| A. | Keyboard |
| B. | Mouse |
| C. | Joystick |
| D. | Track ball |
| Answer» C. Joystick | |
| 984. |
OCR stands for ........................... . |
| A. | Optical Character Recognition |
| B. | Optical CPU Recognition |
| C. | Optimal Character Rendering |
| D. | Other Character Restoration |
| Answer» B. Optical CPU Recognition | |
| 985. |
Digital photos and scanned images are typically stored as ........................... graphics with extensions such as .bmp, .png, .jpg, .tif, or .gif. |
| A. | vector |
| B. | bitmap |
| C. | either vector or bitmap |
| D. | neither vector nor bitmap |
| Answer» C. either vector or bitmap | |
| 986. |
The difference between memory and storages is that memory is _____ and storage is _____ |
| A. | Permanent, temporary |
| B. | Temporary, permanent |
| C. | Slow, fast |
| D. | Fast, slow |
| Answer» C. Slow, fast | |
| 987. |
Bubble memory is a |
| A. | Direct access device only |
| B. | Combination of sequential and direct access devices |
| C. | Sequential access device only |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» C. Sequential access device only | |
| 988. |
The mouse ..................... usually appears in the shape of an arrow. |
| A. | indicator |
| B. | marker |
| C. | meter |
| D. | pointer |
| Answer» E. | |
| 989. |
What are the speakers attached to your computer used for? |
| A. | Displaying images |
| B. | Sending messages |
| C. | Storing messages |
| D. | Handling sound and music |
| Answer» E. | |
| 990. |
What is a keyboard used for? |
| A. | Input text and numbers and send commands to the computer |
| B. | To create new keys to use with your computer |
| C. | To open the computer up |
| D. | To create pictures and images and send them to your computer |
| Answer» B. To create new keys to use with your computer | |
| 991. |
The arrow keys can be used to ......................... . |
| A. | delete text |
| B. | move the cursor in the text that has already been entered |
| C. | save the document |
| D. | move the cursor while deleting text |
| Answer» C. save the document | |
| 992. |
GUI stands for- |
| A. | Graphic Unit Interface |
| B. | Graphical User Interface |
| C. | Graphical User Interact |
| D. | Graphics Used Interface |
| Answer» C. Graphical User Interact | |
| 993. |
In which mode, each user has a local input/output device. |
| A. | Time sharing mode |
| B. | Interactive |
| C. | Batch processing mode |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Interactive | |
| 994. |
Which major development led to the production of microcomputers? |
| A. | Floppy disks |
| B. | Magnetic disks |
| C. | Integrated circuits |
| D. | Logic gates |
| Answer» D. Logic gates | |
| 995. |
The range of frequencies available for data transmission is known as |
| A. | Bandwidth |
| B. | Bug |
| C. | Bus |
| D. | Bits |
| Answer» B. Bug | |
| 996. |
Which is a Common-Business oriented language? |
| A. | COBOL |
| B. | C |
| C. | BASIC |
| D. | SNOBOL |
| Answer» C. BASIC | |
| 997. |
In analog computer- |
| A. | Input is never converted to digital form |
| B. | Input is first converted to digital form |
| C. | Output is displayed in digital form |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Input is first converted to digital form | |
| 998. |
A hand-held device for optically reading bar codes on goods, labels & shelves is |
| A. | Wand |
| B. | Light pen |
| C. | Mouse |
| D. | Touch tablet |
| Answer» B. Light pen | |
| 999. |
A six - digit card field used for postal ZIP codes is defined as |
| A. | An alphanumeric field |
| B. | A numeric field |
| C. | A letter field |
| D. | A alphabetic field |
| Answer» C. A letter field | |
| 1000. |
Who developed a mechanical device in the 17th century that could add, subtract, multiply, divide and find square roots? |
| A. | Pascal |
| B. | Napier |
| C. | Leibnitz |
| D. | Babbage |
| Answer» D. Babbage | |