Assignment in Educational Testing, Measurement and Evaluation

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUSTIONS

FROM COMPUTER SCIENCE TEXT BOOK

Assigned by : Dr. Sajjad Hussain

Submitted by: Suhail Ahmad (MPhil Scholar)

Subject: Educational Testing, Measurement and Evaluation

Roll No:

CENTER FOR EDUCATION & STAFF TRAINING

UNIVERSITY OF SWAT

Fall 2019
 COMPUTER SCIENCE

Class F.Sc Part 1st

Select the best choice for the following MCQs.

1. _________ is not a portable computer.

a. PDA b. Notebook c. Mainframe d. Laptop

2. The output produced by printers is called___________.

a. Soft copy b. Hand Copy c. Rough output d. Plain output

3. ______translates a high level program line by line.

a. Compiler b. Processor c. Assembler d. Interpreter

4. The distance between pixels on a monitor is called __________.

a. Dot pitch b. Refresh rate c. Size d. Resolution

5. _______ is a type of optical storage.

a. Hard disk b. Floppy disk c. Blue Ray disc d. Zip disk

6. How much is 1MB memory equal to?

a. 1000 KB b. 1024 KB c. 1000 Kilobits d. 1024 Bytes

7. Which of the following is volatile memory?

a. EEPROM b. PROM c. Hard disk d. RAM

8. Which one of the following is the fastest memory?

a. Register b. Magnetic Tape c. Magnetic disk d. Floppy Disk

9. ________ has the highest storage capacity.

a. CD b. Blue Ray Disc c. Register d. DVD

10. Processor is called brain of a __________.

a. Man b. Motor car c. Computer d. Television

11. Computer is a/an ____________________ machine.

a. Mechanical b. Electronic c. Manual d. None of these

12. ___________ is the most powerful computer.

a. Laptop b. Mini c. mainframe d. Super computer

13. Charles Babbage is called as ____________ of computer.

a. Inventor b. Explorer c. Father d. Scientist

14. Digital computer works on____________ data.

a. Discrete b. Continuous c. Analog d. b& c

15. Assembler is used to convert ____________ language into machine language.

a. Java b. C++ c. FORTRAN d. Assembly

16. RAM stands for_________________

a. Random Access Memory b. Ruler & Measure c. ROM d. Rat &

Mouse

17. ROM is a ________________memory.

a. Volatile b. Secondary c. Permanent d. Human

18. Hard Disk is a ____________ memory.

a. Primary b. Secondary c. Volatile d. Sequential

19. ________________ is a magnetic memory

a. RAM b. ROM c. Cache d. Hard disk

20. ______________ is a characteristic of computer.

a. Speed b. errors c. slowness d. in accuracy

21. By _________ the invention of transistor greatly changed the computer development.

a.1848 b. 1948 c. 2000 d. 1960

22. Processing operation is the transformation process to convert _______ into output.

a. output b. information c. input d. text

23. Microcomputers are most commonly known as_________ computers.

a. Super b. Mobile c. Personal d. Analog

24. Computer ____________refers to the physical parts of computer.

a. Hardware b. Software c. Firmware d. Shareware

25. Computer software is a set of______________.

a. Components b. Programs c. Integers d. Words

26. Software can be mainly divided into ______ types.

a. one b. two c. three d. four

27. ________software is a set of programs that controls the computer.

a. Shareware b. Firmware c. System d. General

28. A _______driver is a program that controls a particular type of device.

a. Car b. Truck c. Train d. Device

29. The software that perform a specific task is known as ______purpose application

software.

a. Special b. General c. Common d. Ordinary

30. Plotter is an _________ device.

a. Input b. Output c. Processing d. Memory

31. ____________are audio output devices.

a. Monitors b. Printers c. Speakers d. Plotters

32. Laser Printers produce _________quality print.

a. Low b. Bad c. normal d. high

33. ___________memory holds data and programs not currently in use.

a. Primary b. Main c. RAM d. Secondary

34. Primary memory is also known as______memory.

a. Auxiliary b. Main c. Secondary d. foreign

35. Bit Stands for_____.

a. Byte b. Bitten c. Binary Digit d. Bitter

36. A ______ can hold only one of two values, either 0 or 1.

a. Byte b. Kite c. Kilobyte d. Bit

37. Cache memory is extremely fast _______.

a. ROM b. USB c. Static RAM d. Register

38. Registers are _____ memory units.

a. Small b. Big c. Cheap d. Permanent

39. ___________ is a sequential storage device.

a. ROM b. Magnetic Tape c. Magnetic Disk d. RAM

40. Flash Memory is a __________computer storage chip.

a. Non-volatile b. Permanent c. Secondary d. All of these

41. Which material is used to make memory chip.

a. Silicon b. Iron c. Copper d. Silver

42. ALU performs __________ operations on data.

a. Arithmetic b. Logic c. Control d. Both a & b

43. _________ performs the controlling operations.

a. ALU b. CU c. Memory d. RAM

44. An instruction is a group of ____ that tells the computer to perform an operation.

a. Bits b. Devices c. operators d. Bytes

45. The counter register acts as a counter for _____________ instructions.

a. Program b. Computer c. Looping d. C++

46. _____________register has a special role in multiply and divide operations.

a. Counter b. Address c. General d. Data

47. _____________ is a subsystem that transfers data between computer components.

a. Wires b. Paths c. Bus d. Signal

48. CPU stands for_______________Unit.

a. Central Processing b. Centralized Power c. Central Police d. Core Processing

49. There are _____ types of computer casing.

a. one b. two c. five d. seven

50. _____________is the main circuit board of computer system.

a. hard board b. soft board c. father board d. mother board

51. Basic Input Output System also known as the _____BIOS.

a. Electronic b. Mechanical c. System d. Machine