Computer Operator Questions Set 17

Computer Operator Questions

Multiple Choice Questions:
1. Different components on the motherboard of a PC unit are linked together by sets of parallel electrical conducting lines. What are these lines called?
a) Conductor's             b) Buses                  c) Connectors             d) Consecutively

2. The output quality of a printer is measured by
a) Dot per cm         b) Dot per inch       c) Dot printed per unit time      d) All of the above

3. Personal computers used a number of chips mounted on a min circuit board. What is the common name for such boards?
a) Daughterboard          b) Motherboard              c) Fatherboard            d) Breadboard

4. The act of retrieving existing data from memory is called
a) Read out                   b) Read from                  c) Read                        d) All of the above

5. Floppy disks, which are made from flexible plastic, material, are also called?
a) Hard disks                b) High-density disks          c) Diskettes             d) Templates

6. Which of the following is classified as an impact printer?
a) Jet Printer                b) Daisy wheel Printer         c) Thermal Printer    d) Laser Printer

7. A trackball is manipulated by
a) Palm                        b) Foot                                 c) Fingers                  d) Sound

8. How many bits can be stored in the 8k RAM?
a) 8000                        b) 8192                                 c) 4000                      d) 4096

9. What is meant by the term RAM?
a) Memory which can only be read             
b) Memory which can be both read and written to       
c) Memory which is used for permanent storage     
d) Memory which can only be written to

10. The Intel comes out with its RISC i860 chip in 
a) 1983                       b) 1984                         c) 1985                         d) 1989


Answer Key
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