OBJECTIVE/MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS FOR AMIE SECTION A COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS Computer Fundamentals
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1 OBJECTIVE/MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS FOR AMIE SECTION A COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS Computer Fundamentals 1. Mnemonic a memory trick is used in which of the following language? c. High level language 2. The translator program used in assembly language is called a. Compiler b. Interpreter c. Assembler d. Translator 3. Easily relatable language is c. High level language d. Medium level language 4. Which of the following is called low level languages? c. Both of the above 5. which of the following is problem oriented language? a. High level language b. Machine language c. Assembly language d. Low level language 6. A compiler is a translating program which a. Translates instruction of a high level language into machine language b. Translates entire source program into machine language program c. It is not involved in program s execution
2 7. Which of the following is machine independence program? a. High level language b. Low level language c. Assembly language d. Machine language 8. Which statement is valid about interpreter? a. It translates one instruction at a time b. Object code is saved for future use c. Repeated interpretation is not necessary 9. Which is the limitation of high level language? a. Lower efficiency b. Machine dependence c. machine level coding 10. High level language is also called a. Problem oriented language b. Business oriented language c. Mathematically oriented language 11. A computer programmer a. Does all the thinking for a computer b. Can enter input data quickly c. Can operate all types of computer equipments d. Can draw only flowchart 12. CD-ROM is a a. Semiconductor memory b. Memory register c. Magnetic memory 13. Which of the following is not a primary storage device? a. Magnetic tape b. Magnetic disk c. Optical disk
3 14. A name or number used to identify a storage location devices? a. A byte b. A record c. An address 15. Which of the following is a secondary memory device? a. Keyboard b. Disk c. ALU 16. The difference between memory and storage is that memory is and storage is a. Temporary, permanent b. Permanent, temporary c. Slow, fast 17. A floppy disk contains a. Circular tracks only b. Sectors only c. Both circular tracks and sectors 18. The octal equivalent of is a. 81 b. 72 c The first electronic computer in the world was a. UNIVAC b. EDVAC c. ENIAC 20. The most commonly used standard data code to represent alphabetical, numerical and punctuation characters used in electronic data processing system is called a. ASCII b. EBCDIC c. BCD
4 COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS 1. Which statement is valid about magnetic tape? a. It is a plastic ribbon b. It is coated on both sides with iron oxide c. It can be erased and reused 2. The data recording format in most of the modern magnetic tape is a. 7-bit ASCII b. 7-bit EBCDIC c. 8-bit ASCII d. 8-bit EBCDIC 3. Which of the following is associated with error detector? a. Odd parity bit b. Even parity bit c. Both of the above 4. Tape speed is measured in a. Feet per second b. Inch per second c. Meter per second d. Centimeter per second 5. Magnetic disks are the most popular medium for a. Direct access b. Sequential access 6. Storage capacity of magnetic disk depends on a. tracks per inch of surface b. bits per inch of tracks c. disk pack in disk surface 7. Reading data is performed in magnetic disk by a. Read/write leads b. Sectors c. Track d. Lower surface
5 8. Access time is a. seek time + latency time b. seek time c. seek time latency time d. latency time 9. Seek time is a. time to position the head over proper track b. time to position the head over proper sector c. time to position the head over proper cylinder d. none of above 10. Latency time is a. Time to spin the needed data under head b. Time to spin the needed data under track c. Time to spin data under sector 11. Floppy disks are available in a. Single side single density b. Single side double density 12. Floppy disks typically in diameter a. 3 b c Hard disk is coated in both side above a. Magnetic metallic oxide b. Optical metallic oxide c. Carbon layer 14. Binary circuit elements have a. One stable state b. Two stable state c. Three stable state
6 15. Which statement is valid? a. 1KB = 1024 bytes b. 1 MB=2048 bytes c. 1 MB = 1000 kilobytes d. 1 KB = 1000 bytes 16. Which statement is valid about computer program? a. It is understood by a computer b. It is understood by programmer c. It is understood user d. Both of above 17. Software in computer a. Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machine b. Increase the speed of central processing unit 18. Which of the following is not computer language? a. High level language b. Medium level language c. Low level language 19. Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program? c. High level language 20. Instruction in computer languages consists of a. OPCODE b. OPERAND NOTE : This is model short question paper of computer and informatics subject (section A ) for AMIE students.
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