Deck 8: Computer Terminology and Concepts

Question 1

ENIAC uses

A)decimal numbering system
B)octal numbering system
C)binary numbering system
D)hexadecial numbering system

Answer 1

decimal numbering system

Question 2

A term associated with the comparison of processing speeds of different computer system is:

A)efts
B)mpg
C)mips
D)cps

Answer 2

mips

Question 3

which of the following is problem oriented language?

A)high level language
B)machine language
C)assembly language
D)low level language

Answer 3

high level language

Question 4

A 32 bit microprocessor has the word length equal to

A)2 byte
B)32 byte
C)4 byte
D)8 byte

Question 5

The term GIGO is related to

A)accuracy
B)reliability
C)versatility
D)automatic

Question 6

Web cam is an

A)input unit device
B)output unit device
C)processing device
D)input and output device

Question 7

Access time is

A)seek time + latency time
B)seek time
C)seek time ? latency time
D)latency time

Question 8

Which device can understand difference between data & programs?

A)input device
B)output device
C)memory
D)microprocessor

Question 9

Which of the following is a read only memory storage device?

A)floppy disk
B)cd-rom
C)hard disk
D)none of these

Question 10

Symbolic logic was discovered by

A)george boole
B)herman hollerith
C)van neumann
D)basic pascal