COMPUTER QUESTION AND ANSWER

 28. Junk e-mail is also called a. spam. a. spam 29. Hackers b. break into other people's computers. 30. What type of computers are client computers (most of the time) in a client-server system? c. Microcomputer. 31. A computer cannot 'boot' if it does not have the c. Operating System. 32. The amount of vertical space between lines of text in a document is called c. single space. 33. Example of non-numeric data is a. Employee address. 34. What is embedded system? d. The computer and software system that control the machine. 35. First page of Website is termed as- a. Homepage. 36. . … Is the appearance of typed characters? a. Size. When a file is saved for the first time b. it must be given a name to identify it. 38. Office LANS, which are scattered geographically on large scale, can be connected by the use

of corporate d. WAN. 39. Where are data and programme stored when the processor uses them? a. Main memory. 40. . … represents raw facts, where-as...….. is data made meaningful b. Data, information. 41. What characteristic of read-only memory (ROM) makes it useful? b. Data in ROM is non-volatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power. 42. What do you call the programs that are used to find out possible faults and their causes? a. operating system extensions. Which programming languages are classified as low level languages? d. Assembly languages.
44. Which of the following is not anti- viruses’ software? a. NAV. 45. Which device is required for the Internet connection? b. Modem. 46. What does DMA stand for? b. Direct Memory Access. 47. Which of the following is a storage device? d. All of the above. 48. When did John Napier develop logarithm? b. 1614. 49. A normal CD- ROM usually can store up to _________ _data. 680 MB. 50. MIS is designed to provide information needed for effective decision making by? d. Manager

72. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention? b. Reverse video

73. Personal computers use a number of chips mounted on a main circuit board. What is the common name for such boards?

 b. Motherboard

74. In most IBM PCs, the CPU, the device drives, memory expansion slots and active components are mounted on a single board. What is the name of this board?

a. Motherboard 

75. What is meant by a dedicated computer?     

 b. Which is assigned one and only one task 

 76. The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all of the following except:

d. Modem

77. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an

 c. Compiler 

78. A computer program that translates one program instructions at a time into machine language is called a/an

a. Interpreter 

79. A small or intelligent device is so called because it contains within it a

 d. Sensor

80. A fault in a computer program which prevents it from working correctly is known as

 b. Bug 

81. A self replicating program, similar to a virus which was taken from a 1970s science fiction novel by John Bruner entitled the Shockwave Rider is

 d. Worm

82. A state. is a bi-stable electronic circuit that has

 b. Flip-flop