Computer Hardware MCQ Questions and Answers [SET - 3] | Computer Hardware Questions and Answers doc

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1. Is a keyboard input or output ?

A) Input
B)  Output

ANSWER= (A) Input

 

2. Teletypewriter terminal is a example of

A)  Input device
B) Output device
C)  Both A & B
D) None of the above

ANSWER= (C) Both A & B

 

3. Data in a __________ volume is allocated by dividing them into chunks of 64 KB by the operating system.

A) Simple
B) Spanned
C) Striped
D) FAT

ANSWER= (C) Striped

 

4. Which of the following will you require to hear music on your computer?

A) Sound Card
B)  Joy Stick
C)  Tape Recorder
D) Video card

ANSWER= (A) Sound Card

 

5. Which of the following is the 1’s complement of 10?

A) 1
B) 10
C) 11
D) 110

ANSWER= (A) 1

 

6. In Wellizon Textile Company, an employee finds that one of the volumes in the system is running out of space. But, there is no unallocated space in either of the hard drives. But there is a volume that has enough space in it. What should be done?

A) Partition the volume
B) Extend the volume
C) Format the volume
D) Create a mounted volume

ANSWER= (D) Create a mounted volume

 

7. Which standard govern parallel communications?

A) IEEE 1284
B)  RS232
C)  CAT 5
D) None of the above

ANSWER= (A) IEEE 1284

 

8. Which of the following peripheral devices displays information to a user?

A) Secondary storage media
B) Secondary storage devices
C)  Keyboard
D)  Monitor

ANSWER= (A)  Monitor

 

9. The processor is a ___ chip plugged onto the motherboard in a computer system.

A) XLSI
B) ULSI
C) VLSI
D) LSI

ANSWER= (C) VLSI

 

10. When the computer shuts down, the ............ contents are lost.

A) Input
B) Output
C) Memory
D)  Storage

ANSWER= (C) Memory

 

11. Which of the following is a device that is used to connect a number of LANs?

A)   Bridge
B) Switch
C)  Router
D)   Repeater

ANSWER= (A) Router

 

12. The _______________ acts as an interface between the user, application programs, hardware and system peripherals.

A)  Desktop
B) Operating System
C)  Mouse
D)  Windows

ANSWER= (B) Operating System

 

13.A volume that is mapped to an empty folder in another drive is known as a _________.

A) Mounted volume
B) Spanned volume
C) Striped volume
D) Basic volume

ANSWER= (A) Mounted volume

 

14. Any hardware component that allows you to enter data or instructions into a computer is called a(n) ___

A)  Input device
B) System unit
C) Output device
D) Printer

ANSWER= (A)  Input device

 

15. The __________ utility allows you to manage disks, volumes and partitions of your system from the command prompt.

A) Disk Management
B) DiskPart
C) Device Manager
D) Disk Defragmenter

ANSWER= (A) Disk Management

 

16. Present day computers are based on

A)  Digital technology
B) Hybrid technology
C) Analog technology
D) None of the above

ANSWER= (A) Digital technology

 

17. Which memory is known as volatile memory

A)   RAM
B)   ROM
C) Floppy
D)   All of the above

ANSWER= (A) RAM

 

18. DOS provides a text-based interface called the  _____________

A)  Command Prompt
B)  Windows
C)  Editor
D)  CONFIG.SYS

ANSWER= (C) Editor

 

19. Which DOS attribute is used by backup programs?

A)  Read-only
B)  Archive
C)  Hidden
D) System

ANSWER= (B) Archive

 

20. The new ___ integrates the function of a processor, memory and video on a single chip.

A) Chip processor
B) System on a chip
C) Power processor
D) Micro processor

ANSWER= (D) Micro processor

 

21. A hard disk is divided into tracks which are further subdivided into ..........

A)  Vectors
B) Clusters
C)  Sectors
D)  None of the above

ANSWER= (C) Sectors

 

22. which peripheral port provides the fastest throughput to laser printers -

A)   SCSI
B)  Serial
C) Parallel
D) RS-232

ANSWER= (D) RS-232

 

23. The box that contains the central electronic components of the computer is the

A) Input device
B) Peripheral
C) System unit
D)  Motherboard

ANSWER= (C) System unit

 

24. The Expansion cards are inserted into .............. in a computer.

A) Slots of CPU
B) Hard Disk of CPU
C) Peripheral Devices
D)  None of above

ANSWER= (A) Slots of CPU

 

25.The text based ANSWER FILE used to automate the Installation of Windows XP Professional is

A) UNATTEND.BAT
B) UNATTEND.TXT
C) UNATTEND.UDB
D)  UNATTEND.XLS

ANSWER= (B) UNATTEND.TXT

 

26. The cost of a given amount of computing power has ___ dramatically with the progress of computer technology.

A)  Increased
B) Fluctuated
C) Changed proportionally with the economy
D) Stayed the same

ANSWER= (A) Increased

 

27. The Central Processing Unit consists of -

A) Control Unit
B) ALU
C) CPU
D)  All of the above

ANSWER= (A)  All of the above

 

28. Dot matrix printer is an example of

A)  Impact Printer
B)   Lazer Printer
C) Thermal Printer
D) None of the above

ANSWER= (A) Impact Printer

 

29. You have several computers that you want to upgrade to Windows Vista Ultimate. Prior to performing the upgrade, you want to run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor. Which of the following operating systems can you evaluate using this tool? (Choose all that apply).

A) Windows 2000 Professional
B) Windows XP Professional
C)  Windows Vista Home Basic
D) Windows Me

ANSWER=  B, C

 

30. Which of the following processors fall below Windows Vista’s minimum recommended requirements? (Choose all that apply)

A) 3.0 GHz Pentium IV
B) 500 MHz Pentium III
C) 1 GHz Pentium III
D) 700 MHz Pentium III

ANSWER= B, D

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