Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education 2009 Certification MS-CIT Bank Set 14 - Question Paper

1. Using a secondary device, like a disk, to store parts of programs that cannot fit in RAM is called __________ memory
1) Cache
2) Virtual
3) Extended
4) Firmware

2. Virtual memory uses a secondary device to hold parts of large programs that won't fit into memory
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

3. Which is the smallest unit of memory listed below?
1) Bit
2) Byte
3) Megabyte
4) Terabyte

4. Which is the smallest unit of time listed below?
1) Microsecond
2) Nanosecond
3) Picosecond
4) Millisecond

5. 1 byte of memory is equal to
1) 4 bits
2) 8 bits
3) 16 bits
4) 32 bits

6. A microsecond is 1 thousandth part of a second.
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

7. A nanosecond is 1 billionth part of a second.
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

8. A SCSI card uses only _______ slot & can connect ______ device
1) 1,5
2) 1,7
3) 1,1
4) 7,7

9. A video capture card use to view, capture and use television video clip by converting ______ signals from television or VCR into _______ signals.
1) Digital, Analog
2) Analog, Digital
3) TV, Analog
4) Analog, TV

10. Approximately how many bytes are there in one terabytes?
1) 1 billion
2) 100 billion
3) 1000 billion
4) 10000 billion

11. Approximately how many bytes are there in 1gigabyte?
1) 1 million
2) 100 million
3) 1 billion
4) 100 billion

12. Binary Arithmetic is the combination of:
1) 0's and 1's
2) 1's and 2's
3) Letters and Numbers
4) Letters, Numbers and special characters

13. Calculators use four bit microprocessor.
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

14. Computer can only be booted either from floppy disk or hard disk.
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

15. Data processing in response to software instructions is done by ?
1) Keyboard
2) Monitor
3) CPU
4) Printer

16. EDP is a short term of Electronic Data Printing.
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

17. EPROM is a kind of ___________
1) Operating System
2) Memory
3) Printer
4) Monitor

18. Even if your computer doesn't have enough RAM to hold a program which kind memory might be able to run the program
1) RAM
2) ROM
3) Flash memory
4) Virtual memory

19. For storing 1 byte of 8 bits in common RAM memory, 8 transistors and 8 diodes are needed.
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

20. How many bits are there in 1 nibble?
1) 2
2) 6
3) 8
4) 4

21. How many bits are used in ASCII ?
1) 6
2) 7
3) 8
4) 9

22. How many bits are used in EBCDIC ?
1) 6
2) 7
3) 8
4) 9

23. How many bytes are in 1GB ?
1) 1048576
2) 1073741824
3) 1063741824
4) 1083741824

24. How many bytes are in 1Mb ?
1) 1000
2) 1048576
3) 1058576
4) 1024

25. How many bytes are there in 64 bit word?
1) 32
2) 16
3) 4
4) 8


26. How many digits are there in decimal number system ?
1) 5
2) 6
3) 8
4) 10

27. How many digits are there in hexadecimal number system ?
1) 10
2) 6
3) 16
4) 26

28. How many digits are there in octal number system?
1) 7
2) 8
3) 10
4) 16

29. How many digits are there is binary number system?
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4

30. In an eight bit character code what does the eighth bit denote?
1) Non English Character
2) Graphics Symbol
3) Mathematical Symbol
4) All of the above

31. In Binary number system 1KB = _____ bytes
1) 8 bytes
2) 1240 bytes
3) 1420 bytes
4) 1024 bytes

32. In computer terminology GB means Gigabyte
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

33. In computer terminology MB means Megabyte
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

34. In short forms for the prefixes Mega and Giga the letters m and g must be written in Capital.
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

35. Integrated circuits have moving parts.
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

36. Integrated circuits mainly comprise of transistors, diodes and extremely thin conducting wires.
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

37. ISA bus lines was developed for ______
1) IBM personal computer
2) Minicomputer
3) Mainframe computer
4) Super computer

38. One Kilobyte of memory is equal to
1) 1000 bytes
2) 1042 bytes
3) 1240 bytes
4) 1024 bytes

39. One Mega hertz is
1) 100 Hz
2) 1 million
3) 1 million beats per second
4) 1 million cycles per minutes

40. Plug & play is a set of _____ & ______ standards.
1) RAM & ROM
2) Hardware & Software
3) Put & Play
4) Push & Play

41. ROM chip typically contain special instructions for detailed computer operation are also called
1) Firmware
2) ROM
3) RAM
4) CMOS

42. Switching off and so switching on the computer very frequently affect it’s life.
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

43. The Binary equivalent of seven is
1) 111
2) 1010
3) 100
4) 1111111

44. The chips are also called as
1) Small circuit
2) Integrated circuit
3) Circuit box
4) None of the above

45. The contents of ROM can be easily changed.
1) TRUE
2) FALSE

46. The currently processing program & data by CPU are hold in
1) RAM chip
2) Control unit
3) Microprocessor
4) ALU

47. The data representation in the Computer is done by
1) Hexadecimal Numbering system
2) Octal Number system
3) Binary Number system
4) Decimal Number system

48. The digits used in hexadecimal system are __________
1) 0 to 15
2) 0 to nine & A to F
3) 1 to 16
4) 0 to 16

49. The digits used to represent on or off processing in Binary number system are
1) 0,2
2) 1,2
3) 0,1
4) 1,1

50. The essential info needed every time to turn on the computer is stored in the memory
1) RAM
2) ROM
3) CMOS
4) Cache memory

Earning:   Approval pending.