Category: Computer Fundamentals Objective Questions

Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions on “Graphics Media”.

1. The media texts may throw up discourses and are called ____________
a) Binary oppositions
b) Violations
c) Oppositions
d) Media Illiteracy

Answer: a
Clarification: Some texts may also throw up discourses and their meanings if you attend to what are called binary oppositions. The discourse is also marked by what it is not, by what it is opposed to.

2. In terms of image analysis, it is important to attend to primary level signs in visual codes, most obviously for examples of still photography.
a) True
b) False

Answer: a
Clarification: The statement is true. This approach categorizes the image analysis into three: position, treatment and content.

3. The notion of __________ is one which is especially associated with semiotics and with genres.
a) Media
b) Web
c) codes
d) Text

Answer: c
Clarification: The notion of codes is one which is especially associated with semiotics and with genres. The textual codes may be summarized into: written, spoken, non-verbal and visual.

4. The idea of _________is central to understanding the production of meaning through texts.
a) Identity
b) Content
c) Represntation
d) Network

Answer: c
Clarification: The idea of representation is central to understanding the production of meaning through texts. Texts are nothing but representations in both a material and an ideological sense.

5. ICT stands for?
a) Interaction, Communication and Technology
b) Information, Communication and Technology
c) Interaction, Communication and Text
d) Information, Communication and Text

Answer: b
Clarification: ICT stands for Information, Communication and Technology. ICT is responsible for providing access to information.

6. A system of interlinked documents, websites, portals etc. accessed through the Internet.
a) WWW
b) Internet
c) Web
d) Media

Answer: a
Clarification: World Wide Web a system of interlinked documents, websites, portals etc. accessed through the Internet. Since these links are not physical or mechanical, they are called `virtual’ links or `hyperlinks’.

7. In image analysis, this part refers to objects represented within the image, which may signify to us because of, for example, their symbolic power or because of their composition in relation to each other.
a) Treatment
b) Position
c) Content
d) Media

Answer: c
Clarification: Content refers to objects represented within the image. Treatment in image analysis refers to those primary signs, often part of the technique of photography, which are about how the image is made.

8. A dedicated website for providing specialized information in a particular field.
a) Website
b) Blog
c) Web directories
d) Corporate Websites

Answer: c
Clarification: Web directory is a dedicated website for providing specialized information in a particular field. Such directories are useful for educational purpose.

9. _________ are the web-based interactive applications to express and share your ideas and thoughts with interested people.
a) Website
b) Blog
c) Web directories
d) Corporate Websites

Answer: b
Clarification: Blogs are the web-based interactive applications to express and share your ideas and thoughts with interested people. It is an open platform that can be used as on-line diaries, a journal, or editorial.

10. A term used in the context of web design to suggest the path that user takes while browsing a website.
a) navigation
b) identification
c) graphics media
d) casting

Answer: a
Clarification: Navigation is a term used in the context of web design to suggest the path that user takes while browsing a website.

Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions on “Software Testing”.

1. A set of activities that ensure that software correctly implements a specific function.
a) verification
b) testing
c) implementation
d) validation

Answer: a
Clarification: Verification ensures that software correctly implements a specific function. It is a static practice of verifying documents.

2. Validation is computer based.
a) True
b) False

Answer: a
Clarification: The statement is true. Validation is a computer based process. It uses methods like black box testing, gray box testing, etc.

3. ___________ is done in the development phase by the debuggers.
a) Coding
b) Testing
c) Debugging
d) Implementation

Answer: c
Clarification: Coding is done by the developers. In debugging, the developer fixes the bug in the development phase. Testing is conducted by the testers.

4. Locating or identifying the bugs is known as ___________
a) Design
b) Testing
c) Debugging
d) Coding

Answer: b
Clarification: Testing is conducted by the testers. They locate or identify the bugs. In debugging developer fixes the bug. Coding is done by the developers.

5. Which defines the role of software?
a) System design
b) Design
c) System engineering
d) Implementation

Answer: c
Clarification: The answer is system engineering. System engineering defines the role of software.

6. What do you call testing individual components?
a) system testing
b) unit testing
c) validation testing
d) black box testing

Answer: b
Clarification: The testing strategy is called unit testing. It ensures a function properly works as a unit.

7. A testing strategy that test the application as a whole.
a) Requirement Gathering
b) Verification testing
c) Validation testing
d) System testing

Answer: d
Clarification: Validation testing tests the application as a whole against the user requirements. In system testing, it tests the application in the context of an entire system.

8. A testing strategy that tests the application in the context of an entire system.
a) System
b) Validation
c) Unit
d) Gray box

Answer: a
Clarification: In system testing, it tests the application in the context of an entire system. The software and other system elements are tested as a whole.

9. A ________ is tested to ensure that information properly flows into and out of the system.
a) module interface
b) local data structure
c) boundary conditions
d) paths

Answer: a
Clarification: A module interface is tested to ensure that information properly flows into and out of the system.

10. A testing conducted at the developer’s site under validation testing.
a) alpha
b) gamma
c) lambda
d) unit

Answer: a
Clarification: Alpha testing is conducted at developer’s site. It is conducted by customer in developer’s presence before software delivery.

Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions on “The Storage Unit”.

1. Components that provide internal storage to the CPU are ______
a) Registers
b) Program Counters
c) Controllers
d) Internal chips

Answer: a
Clarification: The Registers are the fast storage units. They are responsible for storing intermediate computational results in the CPU. The registers can be user accessible or inaccessible.

2. Saving data and instructions to make them readily available is the job of __________
a) Storage Unit
b) Cache Unit
c) Input Unit
d) Output Unit

Answer: a
Clarification: The storage unit is responsible for storing the data. It makes the instructions readily available for additional or initial processing whenever required. The cache is a software component that stores data to serve the data requests in future. It can contain the result of some earlier computations.

3. The first practical form of Random Access Memory was the __________
a) SSEM
b) Cathode Ray Tube
c) William’s Tube
d) Thomas’s Tube

Answer: c
Clarification: The first practical form of RAM was William’s Tube made in 1947. It stored data as electrically charged spots on the face of a Cathode Ray Tube.

4. Which of the following is used to hold running program instructions?
a) Primary Storage
b) Virtual Storage
c) Internal Storage
d) Minor Devices

Answer: a
Clarification: The primary storage is responsible for holding the data, intermediate results and the results of ongoing processes or jobs. Virtual storage is the main memory storage required for saving a large amount of data for future reference. The other options are invalid.

5. Which of the following is non-volatile storage?
a) Backup
b) Secondary
c) Primary
d) Cache

Answer: b
Clarification: The secondary storage is the non-volatile storage unit because the data is not lost when the power supply is dissipated. Primary memory is the volatile memory.

6. Which of the following is used in main memory?
a) SRAM
b) DRAM
c) PRAM
d) DDR

Answer: b
Clarification: DRAM stands for dynamic random access memory. It is denser than SDRAM (Static) and therefore it is used in the main memory. They are in the form of semiconductor RAMs.

7. Which of the following are types of ROMs?
a) SROM & DROM
b) PROM & EPROM
c) Only one type there is no further classification
d) PROM & EROM

Answer: b
Clarification: There are two types of Read Only Memories: PROM i.e., Programmable ROM & EPROM i.e., Erasable Programmable ROM. When only a small number of ROMs with a particular memory content is needed, PROM is used and in case of EPROM, all the contents of the storage cells must be erased before the write operation.

8. RAID stands for __________
a) Redundant array of independent disks
b) Redundant array of individual disks
c) Reusable Array of independent disks
d) Reusable array of individual disks

Answer: a
Clarification: RAID is a multiple-disk database design which is viewed as a single logical disk by the operating system. Data are distributed across the physical drives of the array. It guarantees the recovery of data in case of data failure.

9. A non-erasable disk that stores digitized audio information is _____
a) CD
b) CD-ROM
c) DVD-R
d) DVD-RW

Answer: a
Clarification: A compact disk stores digitized audio information. The standard system uses 12 cm disks and can record more than 60 minutes of uninterrupted playing game.

Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions on “IEEE 32 and 64 bit”.

1. Binary addition of 1 + 1 gives the result _____________
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 10

Answer: a
Clarification: The result obtained is 0 with a carry of 1. This carry obtained is added to the next higher column. Binary system can have only two numbers 0 and 1.

2. 4-bit is a valid IEEE- format.
a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Clarification: The two main IEEE formats are 16-bit and 32-bit. No format of 4-bit exists. Further, 8-bit format also exists.
In IEEE format, there are certain bits allotted to sign, exponent and mantissa.

3. The result of 0 – 1 in binary is ______________
a) 0
b) 1
c) 11
d) 10

Answer: b
Clarification: The binary subtraction 0 – 1 gives the result 1. A borrow of 1 is although generated and is removed from the next higher column.

4. The complement of any number can be given by a general term _______________
a) Bⁿ – 1 – N
b) Bⁿ -1 + N
c) Bⁿ +1 – N
d) Bⁿ +1 + N

Answer: a
Clarification: Complement of a number can be given by the term :
C= Bⁿ – 1 – N.
Here,
B= base
n= number of digits
N= the number.

5. The IEEE standard followed by almost all the computers for floating point arithmetic _____
a) IEEE 260
b) IEEE 488
c) IEEE 754
d) IEEE 610

Answer: c
Clarification: Most computers follow the IEEE 754 bit format for floating point arithmetic. IEEE stands for electrical and electronic engineers. It has all the floating point arithmetic specifications.

6. Which of the following is often called the double precision format?
a) 64-bit
b) 8-bit
c) 32-bit
d) 128-bit

Answer: a
Clarification: The 64-bit format is referred to as the double precision format. It has 1 sign bit, 8 exponent bits and 23 bits for the mantissa.

7. What is NaN in IEEE standards?
a) Not arithmetic
b) Not a negation
c) Not a number
d) Not a Node

Answer: c
Clarification: It stands for not a number in IEEE standards. A NaN is obtained whenever a result id indeterminate like whenever anything is divided by 0.

8. The result that is smaller than the smallest number obtained is referred to as ___________
a) NaN
b) Underflow
c) Smallest
d) Mantissa

Answer: b
Clarification: It is referred to as underflow. Nan stands for not a number. The mantissa is the part after the decimal.

9. The number of sign bits in a 32-bit IEEE format _________
a) 1
b) 11
c) 9
d) 23

Answer: a
Clarification: There is only 1 sign bit in all the standards. In a 32-bit format, there is 1 sign bit, 8 bits for the exponent and 23 bits for the mantissa.

10. Express the decimal format of the signed binary number (101010)2 .
a) 10
b) 12
c) -12
d) -10

Answer: d
Clarification: The first bit is the sign bit whereas the rest of the bits are magnitude bits. So the number is: 01010 =2³ * 1 + 2¹ * 1 =8+2 =10.
But, the sign bit is 1 ,
Therefore the answer is : (-2)₁₀.

Computer Fundamentals Quiz on “Memory Storage Devices”.

1. Winchester disks are a type of _______
a) optical disks
b) magnetic disks
c) compact disks
d) magnetic drives

Answer: b
Clarification: The regularly spaced electric pulses per second are referred to as the clock cycles. All the jobs performed by the processor are on the basis of clock cycles.

2. Bernoulli disks are a type of magnetic floppy disks.
a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Clarification: Bernoulli disks are a type of magnetic hard disks and not floppy disks. They are also called as zip disks. It uses a single hard disk platter encased in a plastic cartidge.

3. A plug and play storage device that simply plugs in the port of a computer is __________
a) Flash drive
b) Compact disk
c) Hard disk
d) CD

Answer: a
Clarification: A flash drive often called as a pen drive enables easy transport of data from one computer to another. It comes in various shapes and sizes and may have different added features.

4. What does USB stand for?
a) Universal Signal Board
b) Universal Signal Bus
c) Universal Serial Bus
d) Universal Serial Board

Answer: c
Clarification: USB stands for universal serial bus. A flash drive simply plugs in the USB port of a computer.

5. A device similar to a flash drive ______________
a) Memory card
b) Compact drive
c) Compact disk
d) Memory disk

Answer: a
Clarification: Memory card serves a similar purpose as that of a flash drive. It is in the shape of a card. Useful in electronic devices like Camera, music player, etc.

6. What does RAID stand for?
a) Redundant array of independent disks
b) Redundant array of inexpensive disks
c) Redundant array of intermediate disks
d) Redundant array of improper disks

Answer: a
Clarification: RAID is Redundant array of independent disks. It is an array of disks which can store data bits.

7. A set of hard disk drives with a controller mounted in a single box, forming a single large storage unit is ____________
a) Disk array
b) Drives
c) Compact drives
d) Multi-cores

Answer: a
Clarification: The answer is disk array. It is commonly known as RAID. As a secondary storage device, provides enhanced performance, enhanced storage capacity and reliability.

8. The process in which a file is partitioned into smaller parts and different parts are stored in different disks is ____________
a) RAID
b) Mirroring
c) Stripping
d) RAID classification

Answer: c
Clarification: Enhanced reliability is achieved by using techniques like mirroring and stripping in case of disk arrays. Stripping is the division of a large file into smaller parts and then storing them on different disks.

9. Which of the following uses multiple hard disk platters mounted on a single central shift?
a) Disk drives
b) Hard disks
c) Disk packs
d) Compact disks

Answer: c
Clarification: Disk packs use a number of hard disk platters. Also, they are mounted on a single central shaft.

10. Which of the following is not a magnetic disk?
a) Floppy
b) Winchester
c) Zip
d) FLASH

Answer: d
Clarification: Flash drives are a type of memory storage devices. It is a relatively newer type of secondary storage device which enables easy transfer of data from one computer to another.

Computer Fundamentals Multiple Choice Questions on “High Level Languages”.

1. Prolog comes under ___________
a) Logic Programming
b) Procedural Programming
c) OOP
d) Functional

Answer: a
Clarification: Prolog stands for Programming in Logic. The options mentioned are the four categories of programming. Prolog is a type of logic programming.

2. Java is procedural programming.
a) True
b) False

Answer: b
Clarification: The statement is false. Java is a type of object oriented programming language. It involves solving real-life problems as well.

3. A program that can execute high-level language programs.
a) Compiler
b) Interpreter
c) Sensor
d) Circuitry

Answer: b
Clarification: Interpreter is a program that can execute high-level language programs “directly,” without first being translated into machine language.

4. Executables might be called ________
a) native code
b) executable code
c) complex code
d) machine code

Answer: a
Clarification: The executables are sometimes called native code. HLL are translated to Machine language called the native code.

5. Source program is compiled to an intermediate form called ___________
a) Byte Code
b) Smart code
c) Executable code
d) Machine code

Answer: a
Clarification: The Source program is compiled to an intermediate form called byte code. For each supported platform, write a “virtual machine” emulator that reads byte code and emulates its execution.

6. _______________ is the assembly language for an imaginary architecture.
a) Byte code
b) Machine code
c) Native code
d) Executable code

Answer: a
Clarification: Source program is compiled to an intermediate form – byte code. Byte code is the assembly language for an imaginary architecture.

7. JIT stands for?
a) Just in time
b) Jump in time
c) Jump in text
d) Jump in terms

Answer: a
Clarification: JIT stands for Just in time. JVMs actually compile each bytecode instruction to native code the first time it is used.

8. JVM stands for?
a) Java virtual machine
b) Java visual machine
c) JRE virtual machine
d) JRE visual machine

Answer: a
Clarification: JVM stands for Java Virtual Machine. Other related terms are JRE which is java runtime environment and JDK which is java development kit.

9. A language supported by MS. Net platform.
a) C
b) C++
c) java
d) C#

Answer: d
Clarification: C# is supported by MS. Net platform. JAVA was originally designed for web purposes.

10. Which of the following isn’t a characteristic of High level languages?
a) machine code
b) platform independent
c) interactive execution
d) user-friendly

Answer: a
Clarification: HLL isn’t in machine language. It is converted to machine language for further processing.