Computer Quiz

1. Wide area networks (WANs) always require

(1) None of these

(2) High speed processors

(3) Same type

(4) All of the above 

(5) High bandwidth communication source link

2. Typical bandwidth of optical fibres is

(1) Order of GHz

(2) Order of KHz

(3) Order of Hz 

(4) None of these 

(5) All of the above

3. A large number of computers in a wide geographical area can be efficiently connected by

(1) Twisted pair lines

(2) Coaxial cables

(3) All of the above

(4) None of these 

(5) Communications satellites 

4. Which of the following topologies is not of broadcast type?

(1) Star 

(2) None of these

(3) Ring

(4) All of the above

(5) Bus

5. Bug means

(1) A difficult syntax error in a program

(2) Documenting programs using an efficient Docu¬mentation too 

(3) A logical error in a program

(4) All of the above

(5) None of these

6.The part of machine level instruction, which tells the central processor what was to be Done is

(1) Operation code

(2) Address

(3) All of the above 

(4) Operand

(5) None of these

7. Indicate which , of the following is not true about 4GL. 

(1) Many database management system packages support 4GLs

(2) 4GL does not support a high -level of screen interaction

(3) A 4GL is a software tool which is written, possibly, in some third generation language

(4) All of the above

(5) None of these

8. Indicate which of the following, best describes the term "software"

(1) Systems programs only

(2) Application programs only

(3) All of the above

(4) Both (1) and (2)

(5) None of these

9. A translator is best described as

(1) A hardware component

(2) A system software 

(3) An Application software

(4) All of the above

(5) None of these 

10. Indicate which of the following is not true about an interpreter

(1) Interpreter analyses each source statement every time it is to be executed

(2) Interpreter is a kind of translator

(3) Interpreter generates an object program from the source program

(4) All of the above

(5) None of these 

11. The errors that can be pointed out by the compiler are

(1) All of the above

(2) Semantic errors

(3) Logical errors 

(4) Syntax errors 

(5) None of these

12. C is

(1) An assembly language

(2) A machine language

(3) A third generation high level language

(4) All of the above

(5) None of these

13. A graph prepared by a computer

(1) is its output

(2) None of these

(3) is a hard copy

(4) all of the above 

(5) is the piece of information to use

14. Which of the following does not represent on I/O device 

(1)   speaker which beeps 

(2) ALU 

(3) plotter

(4) joystick

(5) None of these

15. The communication line between the CPU, memory and peripherals is called a 

(1) all of these   

(2) line 

(3) media 

(4) Bus 

(5) None of these

Answers..

1. 5
2. 4
3. 5
4. 2
5. 3
6. 4
7. 2
8. 4
9. 3
10. 1
11. 4
12. 3
13. 5
14. 2
15. 4